In Brief: ’24’ getting the movie treatment, and more

In Brief: ’24’ getting the movie treatment, and more

Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer is teaming up with 20th Century Studios for a film adaptation of the TV series 24, sources tell Variety. 24 ran for nine seasons between 2001 and 2014, each season covering 24 consecutive hours in the life of Jack Bauer, an agent from the U.S. government’s fictitious Counter Terrorist Unit, played…Read More…

Director Shawn Levy promises “huge surprises” and “audience joy” in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’

Director Shawn Levy promises “huge surprises” and “audience joy” in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’

Marvel StudiosDuring an appearance on Good Morning America Thursday, Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy boiled the movie down to a “surprising friendship” between Ryan Reynolds’ “Merc with a Mouth” and Hugh Jackman’s razor-clawed X-Man. Levy says there’s “definitely the action and the spectacle, but I think what maybe people are expecting a little less is the warmth…Read More…

Comedy and TV legend Bob Newhart dead at 94

Comedy and TV legend Bob Newhart dead at 94

Comedian and TV star Bob Newhart has died, ABC News has confirmed. He was 94.His longtime publicist, Jerry Digney, reported the legendary comedian with the trademark deadpan delivery died at his home in Los Angeles “after a series of short illnesses.”The Chicago native, born George Robert Newhart, became a household name with the release of…Read More…

Selena Gomez celebrates Emmy acting nod with special cake

Selena Gomez celebrates Emmy acting nod with special cake

Selena Gomez in ‘Only Murders In the Building’ S3; Patrick Harbron/HuluSelena Gomez’s birthday is July 22, but she got a celebratory cake Wednesday for another milestone.Selena received her first-ever Emmy nomination for acting, for her role as Mabel Mora in Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building. The star posted a photo of herself in front of a…Read More…

HBO drops new teaser for series ‘Dune: Prophecy’

HBO drops new teaser for series ‘Dune: Prophecy’

Courtesy HBOHBO has just dropped a new teaser to its forthcoming small-screen spin-off of the Warner Bros. blockbuster Dune franchise, along with news it will debut in November.As reported, Dune: Prophecy is set 10,000 years before the ascension of Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides on the big screen, and “follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat…Read More…