Amazon Rescues J.J. Abrams’ ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ With 2-Season Order

Brent Lang Executive Editor “Snowfall” star Damson Idris will appear opposite Brad Pitt in a new Formula One racing film from “Top Gun: Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski. The untitled movie is being made by Apple Original Films and will be produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment. Kosinski will produce the feature alongside seven-time Formula One champion Sir Lewis Hamilton under his Dawn Apollo Films banner, and Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman of Jerry Bruckheimer Films. Ehren Kruger, who did similar honors on “Top Gun: Maverick,” is writing the screenplay.  The racing feature stars Pitt as a former driver who returns to the sport. Idris will play his teammate. Aside from that, engines will be revved, finish lines will be crossed, cars will collide… OK, we really have no idea what happens on or off the track. But since the movie is being made in cooperation with Formula One, the action sequences will likely be a standout.

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 missed “Cocaine Bear” in theaters, worry not: the absolutely preposterous slasher comedy about, yes, a coked-up bear, is coming to Peacock on April 14. The Elizabeth Banks-directed film hits the streamer nearly two months after it premiered in theaters, where it beat box office expectations and earned an impressive $24 million during its opening weekend. The wild R-rated movie, inspired by a stranger-than-fiction story about a drug runner’s plane crash, imagines the events that would have transpired if the American black bear that ingested a duffle bag full of blow had lived to tell the tale. It was budgeted at roughly $35 million, which was mostly dedicated to the CGI used to bring to life the coked-out beast alongside the human cast of Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Alden Ehrenreich, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Brooklynn Prince. Its box office success marks another win for Universal following its killer-doll movie “M3GAN,” which collected $170 million globally and, like “Cocaine Bear,” also became available to stream on Peacock only seven weeks after its release.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Brut, the influential digital media publisher which became one of the main partners for the Cannes Film Festival last year, has just finalized its fourth funding round for approximately $40 million. The company, founded by Guillaume Lacroix, Renaud Le Van Kim and Laurent Lucas six years ago, has enlisted a pair of powerful financial backers: CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container shipping company owned by billionaire businessman Rodolphe Saadé, which also recently nabbed 10% of France’s second biggest commercial network M6, and the daily newspaper La Provence; and MoonPay, a leading Miami-based financial service company for web3 whose investors include former tennis star Maria Sharapova, as well as Snoop Dogg, Drake and Justin Bieber, among others. Aryeh B. Bourkoff’s LionTree advised the deal with MoonPay.

Damson Idris (“Snowfall”) is set to star opposite Brad Pitt in his Untitled Formula One racing feature from Joseph Kosinski, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Plan B Entertainment, Apple Original Films announced on Friday.Kosinski (“Top Gun: Maverick”) is set to direct, as well as produce.Academy Award-nominee Ehren Kruger (“Top Gun: Maverick”) wrote the script.The untitled Formula One racing feature stars Pitt as a former driver who returns to the sport. Damson Idris joins the film as his teammate.Hailing from Apple Studios, the film is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman of Jerry Bruckheimer Films (“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise), Joseph Kosinski (“Top Gun: Maverick”), Mercedes driver and seven-time Formula One champion Sir Lewis Hamilton his Dawn Apollo Films banner, and Plan B Entertainment (“World War Z”).

“Deadpool 3” marks the entrance of the Merc With A Mouth into the MCU. It also sees Ryan Reynold‘s Deadpool join up with Hugh Jackman‘s Wolverine, who’s also in the MCU for the first time.

Adamari López is stepping away from “Hoy Día,” the morning show she’d been involved with over the past 11 years. ¡HOLA! Américas spoke with Telemundo, whose representatives confirmed the news with a statement. “After 11 years with Telemundo, Telemundo and Adamari López have mutually decided that this is the right time for her to leave her role as one of ‘Hoy Día’s’ anchors.

Ben Affleck may be the new Benito. The actor and filmmaker is fluent in Spanish, and he showed off his impressive skills in an interview for a La Cadena SER, a radio network in Spain.

Drake is making headlines ahead with the release of his new song, ‘Search and Rescue.’ The song is out now, and it samples a clip of Kim Kardashian talking about her divorce from Kanye West on The Kardashians.“Come and rescue me. Take me out the club, take me out the trap,” the rapper sings.

Gerard Piqué. The soccer star is now making headlines following new reports of an apparent cheating scandal involving his new girlfriend Clara Chía and his ex-Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola.Details of the rumor were first reported by Sport, revealing that Clara might have been involved in a secret relationship with Guardiola.

If Tristan Thompson had it his way, he’d already be back together with Khloé Kardashian.

Demi Lovato may be one of the top talents to ever come out of The Disney Channel, but the network was not showing her any love this week while celebrating a big milestone! And fans noticed! On Saturday, the TV channel’s

Finding new love is not in the cards for Reese Witherspoon right now!

Boygenius have scored their first UK Number One album with their debut LP ‘The Record’.The trio – comprising Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus – beat off competition from DMA’S new album ‘How Many Dreams?’ to claim the top spot.They have also claimed the top spot on this week’s official UK vinyl albums chart, according to the Official Charts Company.‘The Record’ scored five stars and was described by NME as “the instant classic we were hoping for” and the “indie rock supergroup elevates their songwriting by combining the best parts of their artistry.”The review added: “This debut is a gorgeous testament to what can happen when you allow yourself to fully be seen.

Kanye West has been accused in a lawsuit of allowing a bullying culture to permeate his Donda Academy, among several other complaints.The rapper founded the Christian preparatory private school in Simi Valley, California last September with an aim to “prepare students to become the next generation of leaders”.A lawsuit launched by two former teachers at the school, which Rolling Stone has obtained, claims that the academy fostered an environment of bullying, violated health and safety measures, and had infrastructure and rules in place that negatively impacted student welfare.The two claimants in the lawsuit, Cecilia Hailey and her daughter Chekarey Byers, alleged that they were unfairly fired from the Donda Academy last month in retaliation for reporting code violations.Additionally, they claim that they experienced racial discrimination and received payslips with money missing in the thousands.Representatives for the Donda Academy did not immediately return Rolling Stone’s request for comment.A lawyer for Hailey and Byers, Ron Zambrano, said in a statement: “Kanye West is clearly as bad at running a school as he is at managing his own personal and professional life, enabling an unsafe and illegal school environment for students that also discriminated against the plaintiffs based on their race.“These egregious violations at Donda Academy are just another example of West’s unusual behaviour, and our clients just won’t stand for it, no matter his celebrity status. Kanye needs to realise his genius is in creating music, not in school administration.”Byers added: “I’m extremely sad about all of this.

XXXTentacion have been sentenced to life in prison.Michael Boatwright, 28, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24 were found guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida last month after a month-long trial.XXXTentacion, real name Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, was killed in a shooting aged 20 as he left a car dealership in Miami, Florida in June 2018.Yesterday (April 6) all three men were formally sentenced to life in prison.Dedrick Williams, Trayvon Newsome and Micheal Boatwright have all been sentenced to LIFE in prison without the possibility of parole. They will spend their rest of their lives in prison for the murder of XXXTENTACION.

Game Of Thrones prequel series House Of The Dragon.The actor, who played Jaime Lannister in the original HBO show, told Entertainment Weekly that he “had not” seen the prequel series but inadvertently caught the opening title sequence one time.“One day it came on and I saw the opening credits,” Coster-Waldau said. “And it was a little strange because it was the same music and the title sequence was kind of similar. I was like, ‘Ah, this is too soon.

The Clash has helped expose a man who made £1.2million from fake vinyl records.Richard Hutter had been selling counterfeit records over a six-year period and was given a suspended jail sentence at Bournemouth crown court earlier this week.He was caught out after a Clash fan demanded his money back because of the poor sound quality on the record he had bought online.When the refund was refused the customer complained to trading standards officers, who then bought two sample records from Hutter’s website, Guns N’ Roses‘ ‘Appetite For Destruction’ and ‘Songs For The Deaf’ by Queens Of The Stone Age. Both turned out to be fake.Hutter’s home address was searched in July 2018 as a result, with officers seizing his phone and laptop, as well as a number of counterfeit records and sleeves, according to The Guardian.In addition to selling the vinyls on his website, it was discovered that he had also been selling them through a US website and eBay.On eBay, he had listed almost 1,200 LPs in the space of one year and he charged customers up to £35 for the counterfeit albums.When questioned, Hutter denied knowing they were counterfeit records and said he had sourced them from Europe and sold them on.

For the second time this week, The Simpsons has appeared to predict the future yet again, spooking fans with its “wildest prediction yet". The animated sitcom’s latest look into the crystal ball involves a bizarre combination: the arrest of Donald Trump and the upcoming Barbie film.

Josie Gibson has stunned her fans as she took to Instagram with some gorgeous snaps before her This Morning return. It was revealed earlier this week that the presenter will be back at the helm of the ITV daytime show next week.

A Wythenshawe man and his little brother have both been jailed after their £100,000 drugs racket was brought down. Owen Trainor played a 'leading role' in the supply of cocaine and employed his little brother, Niall, as a ‘trusted’ drugs delivery driver.

Marcus Rashford has broken a number of personal records this season and has now matched a feat recorded by Wayne Rooney 13 years ago.

Multilingual king. Ben Affleck speaking Spanish has made the rounds again and people are definitely surprised. The Air director proved his skills in a new interview with La Cadena SER, a Spanish radio network.

There is nothing better than a big pop girl, and this list of the British female solo artists with the most Number 1s in UK chart history is more than proof of that. 

It’s a Miracle! Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding have risen to Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

report by the state attorney general, the Tennessee House of Representatives has only used its power to expel three times in its 157-year history: six members were expelled in 1866 “for the contempt of the authority of this House,” a member was expelled in 1980 for seeking a bribe in exchange for tanking a piece of legislation, and a representative was expelled in 2016 amid state and federal investigations of sexual misconduct. Under the Tennessee Constitution, lawmakers cannot be expelled for the same offense twice.County commissions in each of the expelled lawmakers’ districts will choose replacements to serve until a special election can be held, according to the Associated Press.

terrific little movie, clearly indebted to the Amblin movies of the 1980s and early 1990s, with some fun performances and an absolutely adorable creature in Chupa.TheWrap spoke to director Jonás Cuarón, who talked about those reference points, figuring out how to film the creature and what drew him to his next directorial project – the “Spider-Man”-adjacent Sony movie “El Muerto,” starring Bad Bunny.What movies were you looking at when putting “Chupa” together?Well, look, this is a movie I did for my kids. And it was inspired by them.

launched “Notes,” a Twitter competitor and alternative, on Wedesday.“We thought there could be something better if writers and readers were given more control and treated as a higher priority than advertisers,” the founders wrote in a blog post.

Jeremy Renner wasn’t sure how long he had left after his horrific snow plow accident on New Year’s Day.

's season 48 just announced the latest comedy powerhouse they've tapped to host the celebrated sketch comedy series: star and creator Quinta Brunson! The acclaimed comedic actress is set to host April 1.This season, the new cast has looked quite a bit different, with four fresh new faces after a surprising exodus of long-time cast members — including veteran castmember Cecily Strong, who departed the show mid-season during the last episode of 2022. However, the new group have been coming together for a strong series of episodes over the past few months.Check out the full list of the hosts and musical guests who have lent their talent to Season 48, and who are set to take the stage in the weeks to come. Check back as the season progresses, as the list will be updated regularly as new hosts and musical guests are announced.

Batman: Caped Crusader needed its own superhero.

Batman: Caped Crusader series has been picked up by Amazon.The news was confirmed by a Variety report on Thursday, March 9. The series – executive produced by J.J.

Jason Segel’s therapist Jimmy is set to give out some more interesting advice after Apple TV+ renewed comedy-drama series Shrinking for a second season.

“Shrinking” has landed a Season 2 renewal at Apple TV+ well ahead of the first season’s finale, the streamer said Thursday.The dark comedy series, which was co-created by Jason Segel, Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, follows Jimmy (Segel), a recently widowed therapist who embraces a bold, somewhat unethical approach by practicing radical honestly with his patients. As he witnesses the breakthroughs he facilitates with his patients, including one who leaves her emotionally abusive husband upon his advice, Jimmy also breaks out of his own grief as he connects with his daughter after the death of her mother.In addition to Segel, Harrison Ford stars as Paul alongside Jessica Williams, Christa Miller, Lukita Maxwell, Michael Urie and Luke Tennie.“We have loved the engaging, touching and hilarious world of ‘Shrinking’ since the beginning, and it has been wonderful to watch as audiences around the world continue to connect with these big-hearted characters,” Apple TV+ head of programming Matt Cherniss said.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Shrinking” has been renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV+. Co-created by Jason Segel, Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, the series stars Segel and Harrison Ford in one of his first television roles. “Shrinking” follows grieving therapist Jimmy (Segel) who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people’s lives, including his own, per Apple’s description. In addition to Segel and Ford (as Paul), “Shrinking” stars Jessica Williams (Gaby), Christa Miller (Liz), Lukita Maxwell (Alice), Michael Urie (Brian) and Luke Tennie (Sean).

Batman is coming to Amazon.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves’ animated series “Batman: Caped Crusader” has been picked up at Amazon after being scrapped at HBO Max, Variety has confirmed. The streamer has placed a two-season order for the cartoon, which is described as “a reimagining of the Batman mythology through the visionary lens” of executive producers Abrams, Reeves and Bruce Timm. “Batman: Caped Crusader” was ordered to series at HBO Max in May 2021. In August 2022, the show was scrapped along with five other upcoming animated series set up at the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer, including “Merry Little Batman,” “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie,” “Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical,” “Did I Do That to the Holidays: A Steve Urkel Story” and “The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie.”