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EXCLUSIVE: Emmy Award winner Ben Schwartz has joined the 20th Century feature Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as part of the ensemble cast, which includes Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, Eiza Gonzalez, Jimmy Tatro and Arturo Castro.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director “The Shawshank Redemption” filmmaker Frank Darabont ended an 11-year retirement from directing when the opportunity to helm two episodes of “Stranger Things 5″ presented itself. Why? He recently told The Daily Beast that it’s the blockbuster Netflix series’ heart that convinced him it was time to step out of retirement and direct again.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. If you have kids at home, you’ll want to lunge for the parental controls. “Deadpool & Wolverine” is f-bombing its way to streaming following a smashing success at the box office this summer.

Hugh Jackman is still in superhero shape.The “Deadpool & Wolverine” star took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a shirtless mirror selfie with his 34 million followers. “I am grateful,” Jackman captioned the post of himself in black sweatpants flexing his muscles in the mirror.Along with his shirtless selfie, Jackman attached a nearly four-minute-long voice note, crediting “eight people” for helping him get in shape.“I’ve had a lot of people who talk to me and ask me questions about how I got into shape,” he said.

Hugh Jackman is showing off his ripped physique!

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Hugh Jackman posted a nearly four-minute voice note to social media in which he thanked his team for getting him into optimal shape for “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which featured his long-awaited return as the eponymous X-Men mutant after originally hanging up his claws after 2017’s “Logan.” Jackman’s return powered the Marvel tentpole to $1.2 billion in worldwide ticket sales, making the film the highest-grossing R-rated release in history. “I’ve had a lot of people who talk to me and ask me questions about how I got into shape,” Jackman said.

It was a star-studded affair at a taping of the podcast SmartLess in the Hamptons!

Jimmy Fallon is jealous of Howard Stern’s long interviews.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It’s hard to imagine a less likely setting for a Jelly Roll concert than Amagansett, which is basically part of the Hamptons, the seaside enclave on the eastern end of Long Island that has long been the flexy summer retreat for Manhattan’s ultra-moneyed elite. And although it was a specially invited audience of SiriusXM subscribers and superstars like Bradley Cooper, Jon Hamm, Jimmy Fallon, Shawn Levy, George Stephanopoulos, Fox 5 co-host Rosanna Scotto and at least one Real Housewife, there was a warmth to this plus-sized, heavily tattooed, deeply gracious and galvanizing artist’s performance that speaks not only to his raucous fusion of country, rock and hip-hop, but also his one-in-a-million ability to connect.

Catwoman, Halle Berry has shared her response to critics who “panned” the film.On a recent episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to promote her new Netflix film The Union co-starring Mark Wahlberg, Berry was asked about the 20th anniversary of DC’s Catwoman.When asked if she remembered anything about the film (which received disastrous reviews upon its release), from its filming process to its reception, the actress replied: “I loved it. It got panned – the critics said it sucked balls… and balls aren’t that bad.”She continued after a quick pause to have a laugh: “What I’m happy about is that the children have found it now on the internet, and they love it.

ComicBook that she wasn’t asked to reprise her role as Ororo Munroe/Storm in Marvel’s cameo-filled “Deadpool and Wolverine.”The 58-year-old actress claimed that lead star Ryan Reynolds’ wife Blake Lively even asked her about joining the film.“Blake asked me one time, I ran into her at a Marc Jacobs fashion show, and she said, ‘Would you ever be in my husband’s movie as Storm?’ I said, ‘Yeah, if he asked me,’ ” Berry said, adding, “but he never asked me.”Berry played the iconic weather-controlling superhero in “X-Men” (2000), “X2: X-Men United”(2003), “X-Men: The Last Stand”(2006) and“X-Men: Days of Future Past”(2014).Her co-star Hugh Jackman returned as Wolverine in the third “Deadpool” movie.The film includes numerous appearances from Marvel’s Fox characters, including Jennifer Garner’s Elektra, Wesley Snipes’ Blade, Chris Evans’ Human Torch, Dafne Keen’s Laura/X-23 and Aaron Stanford’s Pyro.Channing Tatum also appeared as Gambit, a role he was supposed to play before Disney bought 20th Century Fox.Other “X-Men” characters like Toad, Juggernaut, Psylocke, Lady Deathstrike and Blob also pop up in the movie.Director Shawn Levy talked about the decision to include all the cameos in “Deadpool and Wolverine” during a recent interview on “The Official Marvel Podcast.”“The vibe on set was a party. We wanted to play with this theme of ‘legacy,’ ” said Levy, 56.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which is now playing in theaters Halle Berry revealed in a recent interview with ComicBook.com while promoting her upcoming Netflix movie “The Union” that she was never asked by Ryan Reynolds to reprise her “X-Men” movie role of Storm in “Deadpool & Wolverine.” The record-breaking Marvel blockbuster featured the surprise returns of several heroes from Fox’s Marvel era, from Jennifer Garner’s Elektra to Wesley Snipes’ Blade. “No,” Berry said when asked if there were talks about playing Storm again in the latest Marvel movie.

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is moving up their Halle Berry starring, Alexandre Aja directed psychological horror movie Never Let Go from Sept. 27 to Sept. 20.

X-Men franchise star Halle Berry has revealed why her portrayal of Storm doesn’t appear in Deadpool & Wolverine – see what she had to say below.Leading up to the film’s release, fans speculated that Berry’s Storm could made a cameo in the film, given her ties to the Fox universe alongside Hugh Jackman‘s Wolverine. However, hopes for Storm’s involvement in the film were dashed when the film was released without the character in sight – save for B-roll footage of the X-Men films during the movie’s credits.Speaking to ComicBook, Berry explained her absence from Deadpool & Wolverine.

Marvel has officially released two remixes of ‘Like A Prayer’ featured in Deadpool & Wolverine.The classic Madonna hit features prominently in the new Marvel film and its trailer, with the ‘Battle Royale’ and ‘Choir’ remixes now available on streaming.The former, which is score-heavy, features the film’s composer Rob Simonsen, while the latter mix is credited to the I’ll Take You There Choir.Last month, star Ryan Reynolds and director Shawn Levy opened up about getting Madonna to agree to use the song.“It did involve a personal visit to Madonna, where we showed Madonna the sequence where ‘Like a Prayer’ would be used,” Levy told Sirius XM (via People).Reynolds added: “Also, let’s preface it with the fact that they don’t licence — that Madonna doesn’t just licence the song, particularly that song. It was a big deal to ask for it and certainly a bigger deal to use it.

“Deadpool & Wolverine” remained the top movie in North American theaters for the third straight week with $54.2 million in ticket sales according to studio estimates Sunday. Worldwide, it’s now surpassed $1 billion.“Deadpool & Wolverine,” though, was closely followed by “It Ends With Us,” the romance drama starring Lively, which surpassed expectations with a stellar $50 million debut.Together, the films created a kind of family edition of “Barbenheimer,” in which a pair of very different movies thrived in part due to counterprogramming.Only this time, the opposite movies were fronted by one of Hollywood’s most famous couples.The films’ one-two punch wasn’t entirely unprecedented.

return to Marvel as Doctor Doom, the creators of “Deadpool & Wolverine” explored the possibility of bringing him back as Tony Stark. Director Shawn Levy revealed that almost everyone approached for a cameo in the film agreed to participate, including Jennifer Garner (Elektra), Henry Cavill (The “Cavillrine” Wolverine variant) and Wesley Snipes (Blade).

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Will Channing Tatum finally get his wish to star in a “Gambit” movie? “I sure hope so,” he told me at Thursday’s premiere of “Blink Twice” at the DGA in West Hollywood. “From your mouth to God’s ears. Write it into existence, my friend.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Ryan Reynolds confirmed in a recent interview with Collider that he got in touch with Nicolas Cage and asked him to reprise his role of Ghost Rider in “Deadpool & Wolverine.” The record-breaking Marvel blockbuster features a handful of actors reprising their comic book characters of yesteryear, from Jennifer Garner’s Elektra to Chris Evans’ Johnny Storm and Wesley Snipes’ Blade. Reynolds wanted Cage to join the film’s epic roster of cameos. Asked if Cage was pursued to reprise Ghost Rider, Reynolds answered: “Yes.” The actor then added: “Came to a conversation for sure.

Ryan Reynolds opened up about one Deadpool & Wolverine cameo that didn’t come through.

new Marvel movie as a variant of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine named “Cavillrine.”Director Shawn Levy told the New York Times that Cavill committed to his role — so much so that the actor “was sick to his stomach” the day after filming.“I think we all were, including poor Henry Cavill, who not only had that pumped-up muscular body but kept that cigar lit and in his mouth for the entirety of the shoot day,” said Levy, 56, in the interview published Monday.“I remember hearing the next day that Henry was sick to his stomach because he had been inhaling cigar smoke for eight hours straight, but never once did he waver,” he added.Levy also revealed that part of the reason Cavill was cast in “Deadpool & Wolverine” was to play into him losing his role as Superman in the DC movies.“In the case of Henry, it was not long after everything went down with DC, and word came that Henry was being replaced as Superman,” Levy explained.He continued: “Given that Deadpool is in constant conversation with culture, it felt like a great opportunity to first of all cast Henry Cavill in a part that he would kick ass at, but also to poke fun at that other comic-book-founded movie studio and play with some self-awareness there.”Cavill broke his silence on his surprise “Deadpool 3” appearance on Instagram Tuesday.“To be safe, I shaved the moustache off for this one. Just the moustache,” he wrote, alongside a photo of his character smoking a cigar.