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Bob Odenkirk is joining the cast of The Bear season two.The Better Call Saul lead's character remains under wraps, however sources tell Variety that he will be appearing in a guest role. The extent of his character's involvement remains to be seen.Earlier this March, FX shared a teaser trailer for the upcoming season, which showed the kitchen crew of The Beef hard at work to reopen the restaurant as The Bear. The main cast of the first season is set to return, including Jeremy Allen White's head chef Carmy Berzatto, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richie, Ayo Edebiri as Sydney, Lionel Boyce as Marcus, Liza Colón-Zayas as Tina, Abby Elliott as Sugar and Matty Matheson as Neil.The Bear season two premieres June 2023.Elsewhere in entertainment, The Conjuring 4 has received an official title.Click here ...

Viewers can look forward to witnessing a whole lot of action from the Maximals in the upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. The first trailer for the movie introduced the powerful beings, who are descendants of the Autobots.A second trailer has now dropped, over a closer look at the Maximals, which are capable of transforming into animals. This particular cut shows a Maximal gorilla and leopard who will presumably be assisting Terrorcons in their fight against a common, world-threatening enemy.The enemy threat comes in the form of Unicron. Introduced in the 1986 Transformers animation, Unicron appears to be a robot but is also capable of shapeshifting into a giant planet.Arriving five years after the 1980s-set Bumblee, the Stephen Caple Jr.-directed Rise of the Beasts skips forward a ...

Jerry Springer has died at the age of 79. The legendary talk show host and former Cincinnati mayor had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a few months ago. He passed away peacefully at home on Thursday morning, his family confirmed.Prior to becoming the host of his own talk show, Springer served on Cicinnati’s City Council beginning in 1971. He was elected mayor of Cincinnati in 1977, serving one term.After a failed bid for Ohio governor in the early 1980s, he launched The Jerry Springer Show in 1991. Widely regarded as one of the most well-known talk shows in history, the series ran for 27 seasons, spanning almost 5,000 episodes, before wrapping up in 2018. Episodes often centered on familial and relationship troubles and featured a question-and-answer segment involving audience member...

For his fifth and final appearance as Indiana Jones, a de-aged Harrison Ford is slated to grace the film for a solid 25 minutes this summer. Perhaps a nod to the old days and his iconic younger years as the titular adventure seeker, LucasFilm has confirmed that the VFX version of Ford will be on screen for one-fifth of the overall playing time. In a report last year, the de-aged characters was confirmed as a crucial part of the storyline.Now, in the fifth installment of the franchise, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy told Empire that the reason for de-aging Indiana Jones in the first 25-minutes is due to the opening scene set in 1944. He said, "My hope is that, although it will be talked about in terms of technology, you just watch it and go, 'Oh ...

Ahead of the release of James Gunn's latest film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Marvel Studios has released a clip titled "Good to Have Friends" which dives into Rocket's backstory.Young Rocket is seen lying in his cell next to three other animal test subjects with the ability to talk. Previously only assigned lab numbers, they decide to all think of a name for themselves. We're introduced to an otter named Lylla (Laura Barton), a rabbit named Floor (Mikaela Hoover), walrus named Teefs (Asim Chadhry), and Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper)."Someday I'm going to make great machines that fly and me and my friends are going to go flying together into the forever and beautiful sky Lylla and Teefs and Floor and me, Rocket," says Rocket in the clipGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is scheduled to pre...

Amidst all the reveals from Warner Bros. Discovery's panel at CinemaCon this year, the studio shared some interesting news regarding Greta Gerwig’s Barbie film. Building on the anticipation that came after the project's first trailer, the showcase offered exclusive footage that revealed John Cena's involvement in Barbie.The footage shown revealed what appears to be a major conflict between all the Barbie and Ken variants living in Barbie Land. Included in the variants were Kate McKinnon's "Weird Barbie" and John Cena as a long-haired King Ocean merman Ken. The unique Ken played by the WWE superstar is expected to accompany Dua Lipa, who also plays a mermaid and performs the film's theme, a cover of Aqua's iconic "Barbie Girl."Cena joins an already star-studded cast with Margot Robbie and R...

At CinemaCon this year, DC material toop up two-hours of the Warner Bros. presentation. During their timeslot, the studio debuted the first-ever trailer for Aquaman 2, shocking fans with a surprise appearance.While neither filmmaker James Wan nor star Jason Momoa could make it in person, they appeared on video to greet fans in Las Vegas. The trailer for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom saw Amber Heard make a cameo in a battle scene, confirming her return as Mera in the sequel. The footage shown caused a stir among fans, as she is seen battling alongside Momoa.Her cameo comes years after her highly-profiled defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp. Heard's appearance is controversial as she testified during the case that she nearly lost her role in Aquaman because of the media firestorm sur...

After a four-year hiatus, the British anthology television series Black Mirror is officially returning with Season 6 this June. Said to be "the most unpredictable, unclassifiable, and unexpected season yet," a new teaser trailer takes us everywhere from a wedding hall to outer space.“I’ve always felt that Black Mirror should feature stories that are entirely distinct from one another, and keep surprising people — and myself — or else what’s the point? It should be a series that can’t be easily defined, and can keep reinventing itself,” the show writer, creator and executive producer Charlie Brooker said.“Partly as a challenge, and partly to keep things fresh for both me and the viewer, I began this season by deliberately upending some of my own core assumptions about what to expect,” Brook...

Another supernatural mystery series from the Duffer Brothers is arriving on Netflix very soon. The streamer recently announced that the new series will be executive produced by the Duffer Brothers and created by Jeffrey Addis and Will Matthews as The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. The series follows a group of unlikely heroes who band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing time away from them. Set in a seemingly picturesque retirement community in the New Mexico desert the Duffer Brothers are bringing yet another dark mystery to Netflix. In regards to working with Addiss and Matthews, the brothers said, "We've been fans of Jeff and Will's writing for a long time, and when they pitched us their idea for The Boroughs, we immediately knew they had something very special on th...

Netflix is set to enforce password sharing fees in the United States in the coming weeks.According to reports, the streamer told shareholders in its quarterly letter that it will begin imposing the fees in Q2 2023, with the feature to be released worldwide in a "broad rollout." A price point is yet to be announced, but Netflix noted that it will make a financial impact on its Q2 and Q3 results. “...we shifted out the timing of the broad launch from late Q1 to Q2. While this means that some of the expected membership growth and revenue benefit will fall in Q3 rather than Q2, we believe this will result in a better outcome for both our members and our business," the streamer said.“We’re pleased with the most recent launches of paid sharing, and while we could have launched broadly in Q1, we ...

Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen are joining the cast of Aziz Ansari's forthcoming directorial debut, Good Fortune.Variety reports that the plot and character details are yet to be revealed, but confirmed Ansari will be co-starring alongside the two other actors. Principal photography is set to begin in May and will be produced by Ansari, Anthony Katagas, Alan Yang, Brady Fujikawa and Jon Humphrey.“We have indeed found good fortune with this film. We love the script and believe strongly in Aziz as both a performer and a director, “ Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group chair Joe Drake said in a statement. “And when you add in Seth and Keanu — two incredible world-class talents — toplining alongside Aziz, this has the potential to be a very special film for us. We moved quickly to land this project o...