Ridley Scott may not have been present for the first major screening of “Gladiator II” on Friday night on the Paramount lot in Los Angeles, but the 86-year-old director was the favorite topic of conversation for stars Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen and Fred Hechinger in the post-screening Q&A.  Mescal — who plays Lucius Virus, […]

The “Star Trek Universe” panel at New York Comic Con on Saturday unveiled first looks at Season 3 of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” and the fifth and final season of “Star Trek: Lower Decks” — including screening the season premiere episode of the animated series for the assembled fans. Paramount+ also announced that the […]

SPOILER WARNING: This story includes major plot developments in Episode 6 of “Agatha All Along,” currently streaming on Disney+. “It still feels like I’m breaking all the rules, but in a really good way,” Joe Locke says with a brilliantly broad smile. He’s talking with Variety the morning after the debut of Episode 6 of […]

SPOILER WARNING: This story discusses major plot developments in Season 1, Episode 4 of “The Penguin,” currently airing on HBO and streaming on Max. Cristin Milioti has grown quite familiar with the superhero song and dance. After launching her career in 2011 with her Tony-nominated role in “Once” and in 2013 as the Mother in […]

SPOILER WARNING: This story discusses major plot developments in Season 1, Episode 5 of “Agatha All Along,” currently streaming on Disney+. Practically since the news broke that “Heartstopper” star Joe Locke was joining the cast of “Agatha All Along,” Marvel fans have been gleefully speculating about who Locke’s character could be. At the very end […]

On Aug. 28, Amandla Stenberg, the lead of the “Star Wars” series “The Acolyte,” posted an eight-and-a-half-minute video to her Instagram Stories about Lucasfilm’s abrupt decision not to pick up the show for a second season just a month after the Season 1 finale streamed on Disney+.  “It’s not a huge shock for me,” Stenberg […]

DC Studios is getting together the Dynamic Duo — just not the one you might expect. Ahead of the debut of DC’s animated Max series “Creature Commandos,” the studio is mounting its first animated feature project, “Dynamic Duo,” with Warner Bros. Pictures Animation. But rather than focus on Batman and Robin, the film will serve as […]