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Tatiana Maslany, star of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, doesn’t think a second season of the Marvel series is going to happen.

Tatiana Siegel On July 3, GQ.com rolled out a hot-take story titled “How Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Became Public Enemy Number One in Hollywood.” The piece, which was written by freelance film critic Jason Bailey and slammed Zaslav as a Logan Roy-esque mogul, quickly disappeared from GQ’s website, while a new, more friendly version popped up with a separate URL. That version, too, vanished not long after, leaving readers puzzled. But did a GQ editor’s relationship with Warner Bros. play a role in the softening and ultimate removal of the story?  GQ editor-in-chief Will Welch is producing a movie at Warner Bros. titled “The Great Chinese Art Heist,” which is based on a 2018 GQ article by Alex W. Palmer. Jon M. Chu (“Crazy Rich Asians”) is attached to direct and produce the film, which chronicles an audacious European museum crime wave that targeted Chinese antiquities. The project already has a script in place by Ken Cheng, Jessica Gao and Jimmy O. Yang. Sources say Welch was involved in the discussions surrounding the removal of Bailey’s initial story and made the call to pull the revamped story, which ran some 500 words shorter than the published version. Those same sources say Warner Bros. Discovery complained about the initial story to two GQ editors, one of whom was Welch. 

Ice Cube has confirmed that he exited Oh Hell No, a Sony comedy in which he would have starred opposite Jack Black, after refusing to comply with a requirement that he be vaccinated against Covid-19.

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details from the season one finale of She Hulk: Attorney At Law on Disney+.

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you haven’t watched the season finale of “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,” now streaming on Disney+. Throughout “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,” Jennifer Walters, aka She-Hulk (Tatiana Maslany), repeatedly breaks the fourth wall by not only directly addressing the camera, but acknowledging that she exists in a Marvel Studios superhero TV show. In the season finale — pointedly titled “Whose Show Is This?” — Jennifer smashes out of the show entirely, jumping through the Disney+ portal to confront the writers of the show about why the finale is so needlessly convoluted with extraneous, nonsensical plot lines, including one about a cabal of toxic fanboys who troll Jennifer online about being a female superhero who doesn’t deserve her powers.

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details from the season one finale of She Hulk: Attorney At Law.

Karen Idelson When Variety’s annual Entertainment & Technology Summit presented by City National Bank returns Sept. 15 at 1 Hotel in West Hollywood, creatives, executives and everyone in between will be looking for ways to use the latest technologies to tell the kinds of stories that hook audiences and keep them coming back to their chosen platform for more. Whether that means finding ways to use cutting-edge devices such as NFTs or even a more traditional theatrical release, events seem to be evolving at the speed of light. Writer and producer David Goyer, who will speak at the Producers in the Zeitgeist — Creating Across Platforms panel has had hits across the media landscape from the film “Blade” to the “Sandman” series. His experiences give him a particularly broad view of how creators can use new and existing media for their content.

She-Hulk is a pairing we didn’t know we needed until now.The 27-year-old rapper delighted viewers as she made a in the third episode of the She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. The “Savage” singer took on the role of a shapeshifting elf who transforms into her original self, Megan Thee Stallion, to defraud an associate of She-Hulk, played by the wonderful Tatiana Maslany.But what would a Megan Thee Stallion cameo be without some twerking? The star, who sported a slicked-down hairstyle with flicks at the end and a baby-pink business ensemble, showed off a few of her moves in the post-credits scene as she and Maslany, who plays the She-Hulk, get down to her song “Body.”The rapper then says, “You are way more fun than my last lawyer,” to which She-Hulk scarily replies, “I will kill for you, Megan Thee Stallion.” Meghan then hilariously responds, “Dial it back!” Honestly, filming with Megan Thee Stallion must have been such a blast!Megan has She-Hulk actor to thank for her cameo in the show, as she was the one who recommended her to the team.She-Hulk showrunner Jessica Gao , “It was just such a dream come true for so many of us, but especially for Tatiana because she is such a huge Megan fan.

Seeing Megan Thee Stallion twerk in a Marvel television show isn't something many fans may have expected to see. But She-Hulk: Attorney at Law audiences saw just that at the end of the third episode released on Thursday, September 1. The show's star Tatiana Maslany talked about how excited she was to twerk alongside the Savage rapper.  Quite the cameo: But She-Hulk: Attorney at Law audiences saw just that at the end of the third episode released on Thursday, September 1'That's why you take a big Marvel gig,' she joked in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. 'That's why you do it.' Megan's cameo came about because of a storyline where an egomaniac named Dennis, played by Drew Matthews, gets scammed by a shapeshifter posing as the Sweetest Pie singer. At the trial, the court finds in favor of Dennis, and Megan, who is in the gallery watching the proceedings, says, 'That's right, there's only one Megan Thee Stallion!'  Exciting moment: The show's star Tatiana Maslany talked about how excited she was to twerk alongside the Savage rapper (pictured May 2022) Shapeshifter: Megan's cameo came about because of a storyline where one character, an egomaniac named Dennis, played by Drew Matthews, gets scammed by a shape-shifter posing as the Sweetest Pie singer  (pictured April 2022)The show's head writer Jessica Gao said Megan Thee Stallion's cameo was a huge get for the show. 'We didn't even know that we could dream that big,' she admitted.

Megan Thee Stallion has made a cameo appearance in Marvel series She-Hulk: Attorney At Law.The rapper appeared in the third episode of the Disney+ show, which dropped this week, as a shapeshifting elf that takes the form of Megan Thee Stallion to defraud an associate of She-Hulk (Tatiana Maslany) before appearing in a post-credits scene where the pair twerk to ‘Body’.“You are way more fun than my last lawyer,” the rapper says before She-Hulk responds: “I will kill for you, Megan Thee Stallion.” You can watch the clip below.Her role in the show was teased earlier this week by Josh Segarra, who played attorney Augustus “Pug” Pugliese in the episode.According to She-Hulk showrunner Jessica Gao, Megan joined the show thanks to co-star Jameela Jamil.“It was just such a dream come true for so many of us, but especially for Tatiana, because she is such a huge Megan fan,” Gao told Shadow And Act. “When we wrote the episode, we knew that we needed to have a very famous, successful, and beautiful female celebrity.“But we weren’t sure [if they should be] should it be an actor or a musician, like they could all work, [but] it would just be kind of a different vibe for the story.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses plot developments in Episode 3 of “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,” currently streaming on Disney+. Roughly two weeks before shooting the third episode of Marvel Studios’ “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,” head writer Jessica Gao pulled aside star Tatiana Maslany — who plays lawyer Jennifer Walters (aka She-Hulk) — to tell her who the show had cast for a crucial cameo in the episode. Jennifer’s former colleague at the D.A.’s office, chronic mansplainer Dennis Bukowski (Drew Matthews), sues an Asgardian shapeshifter for fraud, after she tricked him into dating her by transforming into a massive celebrity that Dennis had no chance in hell of actually dating.

Megan Thee Stallion is following up her acting debut on Starz’s P-Valley with a cameo appearance in Marvel’s She-Hulk: Attorney At Law.

Three-time Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion is officially joining the MCU with a mystery guest-starring role in Jessica Gao's nine-episode series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, which airs Thursdays on Disney+.The 27-year-old rap star announced her casting in her cover story for New York Magazine's The Cut, which was published on Monday.'When I look at [Queen Latifah and Ice Cube], it inspires me to take it further than just music,' Megan told the mag. Surprise! Three-time Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion (L) is officially joining the MCU with a mystery guest-starring role in Jessica Gao's nine-episode series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, which airs Thursdays on Disney+'I don't feel like I'm only going to be an actress. I feel like I'm also going to be a director and I'm also going to be a producer.'Stallion (born Pete) made her acting debut guest-starring as her own rapper alter ego Tina Snow in the August 7th episode of Starz strip club drama series, P-Valley.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses plot elements from Episode 2 of Marvel Studios’ “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,” currently streaming on Disney+. Mark Ruffalo barely hesitated when Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige and co-president Louis D’Esposito asked him if he’d be willing to appear on the Disney+ series “She-Hulk: Attorney at Large” as Bruce Banner and his giant green alter ego, Smart Hulk. During his interview with Variety, Hulk’s future within the Marvel Cinematic Universe seemed to be weighing on Ruffalo’s mind. The 54-year-old has been playing the character since 2012’s “The Avengers,” when he took over the role after Edward Norton parted ways with Marvel Studios following 2008’s disappointing “The Incredible Hulk.” Since then, Hulk has fought alongside Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) — all of whom have since departed from the MCU. Ruffalo’s Banner, however, has thrived, tussling with Thor on the trash planet of Sakaar in 2017’s “Thor: Ragnarok,” melding his Banner and Hulk selves into Smart Hulk in 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” and welcoming Shang-Chi to the MCU circus in the post-credits scene of 2021’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.”

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterTatiana Maslany knows from playing multiple roles on the same TV series. From 2013 to 2017, she embodied over a dozen clones on the sci-fi series “Orphan Black,” and won an Emmy for it in the process.On the new Marvel Studios series “She-Hulk: Attorney at Large,” however, Maslany tackled a new challenge: Transforming from the capable-if-neurotic Los Angeles lawyer Jennifer Walters into her green, six-foot-seven alter-ego known as She-Hulk.

SPOILER ALERT: This podcast contains details of the first episode of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law that debuted today on Disney+.

As its title suggests, She-Hulk: Attorney At Law is a subversive delight.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticNo one is more annoyed by the derivative moniker of “She-Hulk” than Jennifer Walters, aka She-Hulk herself. In a stark departure from her brooding cousin Bruce (“Avengers” veteran Mark Ruffalo), the lawyer turned reluctant superhero (played by “Orphan Black” star Tatiana Maslany) approaches her life with a winsome grin and “let’s get this over with!” sigh.