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Joe Otterson TV ReporterFX is developing a series based on the life of Hiroaki “Rocky” Aoki, best known as the founder of the Benihana restaurant chain, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.The series is currently titled “American Hiro” and is based in part on the book “Making It in America: The Life and Times of Rocky Aoki” by Jack McCallum.Representatives for FX and 20th Television declined to comment.The series will delve into Aoki’s colorful life as a mogul and businessman, from founding Benihana to being an Olympic wrestler, professional speed boat racer, hot air balloonist, and nightclub impresario. It will also examine his complicated relationship with his family and his attempts to reconcile his Japanese heritage with his American dreams. Jonathan Abrams created the series and will serve as an executive producer.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Marvel’s first Muslim-American teenage superhero is here.The first two episodes of “Ms.

K.J. Yossman Starz has set a premiere date and first trailer for their upcoming three-part documentary series about socialite turned sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.The All3Media-produced “Who is Ghilaine Maxwell?” will bow on Friday, June 24 at midnight on Starz’s app and on-demand platforms.

Angelique Jackson It’s not every day a superhero texts you. But that’s exactly what happened during “Ms.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn the wake ofFoo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins’ death in March, the band and Hawkins’ family have announced tribute concerts taking place in September in London and Los Angeles. The concerts will be held September 3 at London’s Wembley Stadium and September 27 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.For our dear friend, our badass bandmate, our beloved brother…Foo Fighters and The Hawkins family bring you the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA new “Ghostbusters” animated series is in development at Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively. The series hails from Sony Pictures Animation, with Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan of Ghost Corps, Inc. onboard as executive producers.

Manori Ravindran International EditorSwedish screenwriter and director Ylva Forner has signed with CAA for representation.Forner’s feature film debut “The Schoolmaster Games” premiered in April and screened at the Göteborg Film Festival. The queer boarding school drama is based on Kristofer Folkhammar’s acclaimed novel “Magisterlekarna.”The film, which was acquired for sales by LevelK in 2020, has a daring conceit, turning on an all-male school, St.

Wyatte Grantham-Philips editorDC Comics fans are getting a closer look at Dwayne Johnson’s “Black Adam” in a new, action-packed trailer.“Black Adam” stars Johnson as the powerful anti-hero and sworn nemesis of Shazam, who was played by Zachary Levi in a 2019 origin movie and in the upcoming sequel, “Shazam: Fury of the Gods,” coming next year. After over a decade in development, “Black Adam” will be released on July 29.Johnson was originally supposed to enter the DC universe as Black Adam in 2019’s “Shazam;” however, his role was scrapped when the spinoff for his character was greenlit in 2017.In October of 2021, Johnson debuted a first look at the film on Twitter — which showed Black Adam breaking out of imprisonment after 5,000 years of captivity.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSuperhero fish-guy The Deep — from Amazon Prime Video hit “The Boys” — is revealing his, uh, deepest secrets in a new Audible original podcast.Launching June 9, “The Boys: Deeper and Deeper” is presented as an “in-world” interview. The setup: The Deep, portrayed in the TV series by Chace Crawford, is on the road promoting his memoir, “Deeper,” and sits down for a no-holds-barred podcast interview alongside his wife, Cassandra (played by Katy Breier).The podcast’s release comes on the heels of the “The Boys” Season 3 premiere June 3.

Although Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson started his career in professional wrestling, he doesn’t often play the heel. Since his transition from WWE intimidator supreme to international movie star, he’s mostly portrayed well-intentioned action heroes with hearts of gold.

Kate Middleton has been photographed arriving in Brent, North-East London, where she is visiting a Little Village hub that provides essentials to families with young children.The Duchess of Cambridge, 40, made her first solo outing following the Queen's incredible Jubilee celebrations over the weekend, where her three children stole the show in their rare appearances – from George's sweet singing during the Jubilee concert and Louis' cheeky Buckingham Palace balcony appearance. For her visit to to the charity, mum-of-three Kate cut a stylish figure as she wore a fitted white blazer jacket and top, paired with tailored black trousers.

The Only Way is Essex cast have headed on a lavish getaway to the Dominican Republic as they get set to film the next series of the popular ITVBe show. Stars of the show such as Courtney Green, Amber Turner and Chloe Meadows have jetted off together, alongside the likes of Dan Edgar, Diags, Yazmin Oukhellou and Dani Imbert.

A grand affair. Kaitlyn Bristowe revealed that she and fiancé Jason Tartick are planning to tie the knot in a Great Gatsby-themed event on New Year’s Eve.

Proud parents! Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are in the midst of a messy battle over their winery, but there’s one thing they can agree on: their daughter Shiloh‘s dancing talent.

With the release of Baz Lerman’s “Elvis” on the horizon and the massive success of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the popularity of music biopics has not been any higher. This motivated Universal Pictures, producer Amy Pascal (“Spider-Man” franchise), and Madonna to team up for an untitled film based on the life of the iconic pop star.

Variety.Another insider connected to the project noted that Garner, 28, has materialized as the favorite to portray the “Hung Up” singer, 63, from over a dozen frontrunners.A different source claimed the “Inventing Anna” star’s team is considering accepting the role. Madonna is set to direct the feature based on her life.The film will follow the “Evita” star’s early life and rise to fame as the world’s foremost pop superstar.

! Showrunner Michael Patrick King told that the character's phone communication from season one will reappear in the second season of his reboot. King and his writers relied on texting to keep Kim Cattrall's character after she did not return to the show. The strategy was hailed as an innovative approach to a difficult situation, and though the writers only recently began work on the second season, Samantha’s texts were one of the few details King would confirm unequivocally. Cattrall walked the red carpet at Variety's 2022 Power of Women event last month, where she spoke with ET and shared a message for fans who were disappointed that she wouldn't be returning. «I think the character of Samantha was awakened 25 years ago and she will live forever,» Cattrall reflected.

Johnny Depp‘s lawyers, Camille Vasquez and Ben Chew, sat down for some morning show interviews today for the first time since their client won his defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard.

A ‘dilapidated’ former nurses’ home that has become a magnet for anti-social behaviour could be demolished and replaced with ‘high quality’ new houses. Developer AM7 Group has lodged plans to build 27 homes on the site of the long-vacant building at Cheadle Royal Hospital, in Wilmslow Road, Heald Green.

Catherine Tyldesley has shared her moment of shock over her daughter's arrival as she chatted to fans about becoming a second-time mum. The former Coronation Street star announced the birth of her baby girl back in April after reveling she was expecting her second child with husband Tom Pitfield back in October.

Jet2 is currently offering the opportunity to go to a variety of popular holiday destinations while earning some cash from Manchester Airport.

Multi-million pound plans have been tabled to transform Sale Leisure Centre, and now residents can have their say on them.

The family of a former police officer and father-of-four have paid tribute to a man who 'just liked to help people'. Russell Thomas died following a collision between his motorcycle and a black Land Rover Freelander in Macclesfied on May 17.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Locarno Film Festival will pay tribute to Greek-French director Costa-Gavras with its Pardo alla carriera lifetime achievement award.The longtime Paris-based master of politically engaged cinema will be on hand at the prominent Swiss fest dedicated to indie filmmaking to receive the prize during a ceremony on its Piazza Grande square on Aug. 11 followed by an audience-led conversation the next day.Locarno will also host screenings of two of Costa Gravras’ lesser known films: “Un homme de trop” (“Shock Troops”) from 1967, and “Compartiment tueurs” (“The Sleeping Car Murders”), which is his 1965 debut feature.In a career spanning nearly 60 years, Costa-Gavras — which is short for Konstantinos Gavras — has become known for highly political works, such as 1969’s “Z,” about the military’s coup d’etat in Greece, which won the foreign film Oscar in 1969; and 1982’s “Missing,” which starred Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek in a story inspired by the military overthrow of Chilean President Salvador Allende.

Lisa Kennedy Irish Catholic police officer Bill Coughlin believes in the right thing enough to attempt to do it, when in 1974, he is assigned to protect Black children being bused to a high school in South Boston. We know of his public service bent because of what happens when he apprehends a shoplifter outside a Black-owned food market early in the well-meaning, if wrong-headed feature “The Walk,” starring Justin Chatwin as Coughlin. He cuts the guy a break, even though the mart’s owner isn’t nearly as sympathetic.