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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER WARNING: This story discusses a single scene in Marvel Studios’ “Eternals,” which opens in theaters on Nov.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER WARNING: This article discusses brief references in Marvel Studios’ “Eternals” that, while in no way related to the plot of the film that opens on Nov.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe first full trailer for “The Batman” starring Robert Pattinson — which debuted on Saturday during the DC Fandome virtual fan event — reveals a film that is unmistakably the darkest and most violent cinematic outing yet for the Caped Crusader, even when compared to Christopher Nolan’s gritty “Dark Knight” trilogy.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe Scarlet Speedster is finally racing to movie theaters — and he’s bringing a couple of Dark Knights with him.Actor Ezra Miller debuted the first look at “The Flash,” director Andy Muschietti’s (“It”) feature adaptation of the fleet-footed DC Comics hero, during Saturday’s DC Fandome virtual fan event.

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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterJohn Cena strips once again to his skivvies as a homicidally misguided costume vigilante in the first trailer for the HBO Max series “Peacemaker,” which debuted on Saturday as part of the virtual fan event DC Fandome.“Peacemaker,” the spin-off series from the August feature film “The Suicide Squad,” will premiere on the streaming service on Jan.

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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterOne of Marvel’s most powerful superheroes is finally joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Will Poulter (“Midsommar,” “The Revenant”) has landed the role of Adam Warlock in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterIn a landmark moment in comic book history, Jon Kent — the son of Clark Kent, aka Superman, and Lois Lane — is coming out as bisexual in the pages of DC Comics, the publisher announced on Monday.Jon Kent, currently known as “the Superman of Earth,” will come out in the Nov.

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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER WARNING: This story discusses a major sequence in “The Many Saints of Newark,” currently playing in theaters and streaming on HBO Max.Part of the enduring appeal of “The Sopranos” was how the HBO series operated in counterpoint to decades of organized crime myth-making by Hollywood, from Warner Bros.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER WARNING: Do not read if you haven’t seen “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” currently playing in theaters.The first time a spider shows up in “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” it’s smashed dead by the movie’s villain, Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson).

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterDream, Death and Desire are all finally coming to Netflix.Thirty-two years after DC Comics published the first issue of “The Sandman,” Neil Gaiman’s phantasmagoric dive into the world of dreams, Netflix unveiled the first look at its highly anticipated live-action adaptation on Saturday.Stars Tom Sturridge — who plays Morpheus, a.k.a.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe long promotional campaign for “Stranger Things” Season 4 added a harrowing new wrinkle on Saturday with a first look at the “Creel House” — i.e.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThis year at the Emmys, genre series, especially those adapted from comic books, had their strongest showing ever, with 81 nominations across eight live-action shows.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe “Star Trek” franchise celebrated 55 years of boldly going where no one has gone before with a three-hour live presentation of all five ongoing “Trek” series for Paramount Plus — including the new series “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” Season 2 of “Star Trek: Picard,” Season 4 of “Star Trek: Discovery,” and the animated series “Star Trek: Prodigy” (premiering later this year) and “Star Trek: Lower Decks” (currently streaming its second season).

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER WARNING: Do not read this story if you haven’t seen “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” currently playing in theaters.Throughout “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” there are only a few small signs that the 25th feature film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is actually a part of it.

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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is something of an anomaly within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in that when the title character makes his debut in theaters on Sept.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterDennis Rodman’s infamous 48-hour bender in Las Vegas during the 1998 NBA Finals is set to become a feature film from Lionsgate and Lord Miller.Rodman, then a star player for the Chicago Bulls, asked his coach Phil Jackson if he could take a 48-hour vacation in Las Vegas in the middle of the NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer“Star Trek: Prodigy,” the latest addition to the expanding universe of “Trek” series on Paramount Plus, is adding sci-fi heavyweights John Noble (“Fringe”) and Jimmi Simpson (“Westworld”) to its series regular cast, the streamer announced on Thursday.Noble will voice the animated series’ lead villain, known as the Diviner, who rules the mining asteroid of Tars Lamora in a merciless quest to locate the U.S.S.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSpider-Man has turned the Avengers to dust — on YouTube and Twitter, at least.Despite leaking online a day early, the teaser trailer for “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has set a new all-time record for the most global views in the first 24 hours, with 355.5 million trailer views.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterAny red carpet premiere for a Marvel Studios movie is an over-the-top event, and the gala opening for “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” on Monday night was no exception.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSony Pictures Animation and Amazon are nearing a $100 million deal for the animated feature “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” to stream globally on Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned exclusively.“Hotel Transylvania” has been a monster family franchise for Sony, with the first three films grossing more than $1.3 billion in theaters worldwide since 2012.

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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterMarvel Studios’ “What If…?” — which debuts on Wednesday on Disney Plus — marks a critical creative milestone for the MCU.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER WARNING: Do not read if you’ve not seen “The Suicide Squad,” currently in theaters and streaming on HBO Max.Storm Reid has only two scenes in DC’s R-rated action spectacle “The Suicide Squad,” from writer-director James Gunn, but the 18-year-old acting veteran (“A Wrinkle in Time,” “The Invisible Man,” HBO’s “Euphoria”) makes the most of them.

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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterAs any entertainment journalist who has interviewed James Gunn will tell you, the director of comic book adaptations “Guardians of the Galaxy” and the upcoming “The Suicide Squad” is never shy about answering questions honestly and unreservedly.

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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterFor the second year in a row, San Diego Comic-Con — the largest fan gathering in North America — has been forced by the pandemic to hold its annual convention as a virtual event.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER WARNING: Do not read if you haven’t seen all of Season 1 of “Loki,” currently streaming on Disney Plus.Ever since “Loki” first premiered in June, Kate Herron, who directed all six episodes of the Marvel Studios series, has had to pretend like she knew far less than she really does.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterIn 2020, the world went a full year without a single Marvel Studios project for the first time since 2009.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterFrom the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the final frontier: “WandaVision” director Matt Shakman has been tapped by Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot to direct the next “Star Trek” feature film, from a screenplay by Lindsey Beer (“Sierra Burgess Is a Loser”) and Geneva Robertson (“Captain Marvel”).