As part of Warner Bros. Discovery's Upfront presentation on Wednesday, HBO released a teaser to its six-episode Dune prequel series, Dune: Prophecy. 

Set 10,000 years before the ascension of Timothée Chalamet's Paul Atreides from the blockbuster franchise, "Dune: Prophecy follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit," according to the streamer.

Debuting in the fall, the series is inspired by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's book Sisterhood of Dune, based on the world created by legendary sci-fi author Frank Herbert. 

For a small-screen project, the tease showcases stunning visuals that fans have come to expect from the franchise, but with a focus on the palace intrigue that went into the sect's rise to power.

But "power comes with a price," Emily Watson's Valya warns.

Later in the teaser, Jade Anouka's Sister Theodosia laments, "This is us playing God, and we will be judged for it." 

Valya later sums up her ambition: "Sisterhood above all." 

The series is co-produced by Max and Legendary Television: Legendary produced the franchise that has released two wildly successful films, the first of which garnered six Academy Awards.

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If you think you've heard the name Paul Walter Hauser a lot lately, you're not wrong: After winning an Emmy for Apple TV+'s Black Bird, he's not only snagged the lead in the forthcoming Chris Farley biopic, he's also been cast in Marvel Studios' upcoming Fantastic Four film. 

And now he's stepping into the pro wrestling ring. 

Hauser has joined Major League Wrestling and will participate in its June 1 event Battle Riot VI. The match will stream for free on YouTube. 

According to the wrestling league, the fray is a "mash-up of a battle royale and anything goes street fight, this super-sized main event will feature 40 of the fiercest wrestlers on the planet with new participants entering the ring every 60 seconds."

Hauser has been taking his wrestling career seriously, "training and competing since November 2023, while making high-profile appearances in film and television," according to MLW. 

In the announcement, the I, Tonya star commented, "While some could misconstrue this to be an actor making a cameo in wrestling, or a fan checking off some bucket list or wish fulfillment — don't get it twisted. I am entering to prove myself worthy of a spot in the world of wrestling, as well as a shot at Satoshi Kojima's World Heavyweight Title."

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Actress Angie Harmon is opening up for the first time after her family dog Oliver was shot and killed by an Instacart delivery person at her North Carolina home.

"It's so unfathomable to think that there is somebody in your front driveway that just fired a gun," Harmon told ABC News' Juju Chang in an interview that aired Wednesday on Good Morning America. "And you don't ever forget that sound."

Harmon said she put in a grocery delivery order through Instacart in late April to prepare for her family's Easter Sunday celebration.

The actress said she was communicating with the shopper, whom she thought was a woman named Merle, via text message during the delivery process. 

"It looked like we were talking to a middle-aged, slightly older woman named Merle who was talking to me and talking to me about my order," Harmon said. "And that's not who showed up at my house."

Harmon said she was upstairs when the gunshot rang out and heard the reactions of two of her daughters, Emery, 15, Avery, 18.

"I was screaming at Avery to call 911. And when I said that, [the driver] goes, 'No ... I'll do it.'"

In the call, reviewed by ABC News, the man can be heard telling the 911 operator that the dog was trying to bite him and that he shot it in self-defense.

Officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to the scene. In a statement to ABC News, a department spokesperson said, "The driver told officers that a dog attacked him while he was at the residence and that he defended himself ... mortally wounding the dog."

Harmon told Chang she did not see any physical indications the delivery driver had been attacked, saying, "No, not at all."

The actress also told Chang a necropsy performed on Oliver showed no signs of having bitten or violently attacked anyone.

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Hulu has dropped the first trailer for Only Murders in the Building's fourth season. The upcoming season finds Charles, Oliver and Mabel — played respectively by Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez — in Los Angeles after learning that a Hollywood studio wants to make a movie based on their podcast, while trying to solve the murder of Charles' stunt double Sazz Pataki, portrayed by Jane Lynch. Melissa McCarthy, Zach Galifianakis, Kumail Nanjiani, Eugene Levy, Eva Longoria and Molly Shannon guest star, along with returning co-star Meryl Streep. Only Murders in the Building season 4 premieres August 27 ...

There's good and bad news for fans of Prime Video's The Summer I Turned Pretty. Entertainment Weekly reports the teen series will return with an 11-episode third season, but not until 2025. The show follows Lola Tung's Belly, who finds herself in a love triangle with two brothers, portrayed by Christopher Briney and Gavin Casalegno. Sean Kaufman and Rain Spencer round out the season 3 cast ...

Prime Video has revealed the trailer for You're Cordially Invited, an upcoming film starring Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon. According to the streaming service, "A woman (Witherspoon) planning her sister’s perfect wedding and the father of a young bride-to-be (Ferrell) find out that they are double booked for their destination wedding at a remote resort on an island off the Carolina coast. When both parties decide to share the small venue, chaos ensues, and our cast of characters begin to face their own insecurities learning more about themselves." You're Cordially Invited premieres January 30, 2025 ...  

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A prequel series about Elle Woods' life is coming.

Prime Video announced during its upfront presentation Tuesday that it has ordered a Legally Blonde prequel series, titled Elle, from Reese Witherspoon’s media company, Hello Sunshine.

According to the streamer, the series follows Woods during her high school years "as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman we came to know and love in the first Legally Blonde film."

The series was created by Laura Kittrell, who will also act as showrunner and an executive producer.

Witherspoon will also serve as an executive producer, along with Lauren Neustadter, Lauren Kisilevsky and Marc Platt.

"I truly couldn’t be more excited about this series!" Witherspoon said in a statement. "Fans will get to know how Elle Woods navigated her world as a teenager with her distinct personality and ingenuity, in ways that only our beloved Elle could do. What could be better than that?!"

Her statement continued, "I’m extremely grateful to the incredible teams at Prime Video and Hello Sunshine - along with our amazing writer Laura Kittrell - for making this dream of mine come true. Legally Blonde is back!"

Fans can also look forward to Legally Blonde 3, in which Witherspoon will reprise her iconic role. Mindy Kaling and Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-creator Dan Goor are writing the script. The film's premiere date hasn't been announced.

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Joan Vassos will search for love on the debut season of The Golden Bachelorette.

Vassos, a 61-year-old widowed grandmother from Maryland, was announced as the franchise's first Golden Bachelorette during the Disney Upfront 2024 presentation on Tuesday.

The Golden Bachelorette, which was announced in February, will air Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET this fall on ABC.

Gerry Turner appeared as the lead on The Golden Bachelor and proposed to Theresa Nist during the season finale of the hit show. The two were married during a televised wedding in January and announced their divorce on Good Morning America in April.

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ABC News Studios and independent film studio NEON announced on Monday that Andrew McCarthy's anticipated documentary Brats will debut on Thursday, June 13, on Hulu.

The streaming premiere will come after the movie makes its debut earlier that month as part of the Tribeca Festival in New York City.

According to its producers, Brats "looks at the iconic films of the 1980s that shaped a generation and the narrative that took hold when their young stars were branded the Brat Pack."

"McCarthy reunites with his fellow Brat Packers — friends, colleagues and former foes, including Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Jon Cryer, Lea Thompson and Timothy Hutton, many of whom he had not seen for over 30 years — to answer the question: What did it mean to be part of the Brat Pack?"

The doc also has McCarthy chatting with writer David Blum, who coined the term back in a 1985 New York Magazine cover story.

Mike Kelley, who heads ABC News Studios, said of McCarthy, "Andrew, as a seminal member, brings unbelievable access and perspective to the phenomenon as director of this film," calling Brats "a deeply personal, surprising and entertaining journey and a film we are so proud of at ABC News Studios."

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HBO has released photos of two-time Oscar winner Jessica Lange in the title role of its upcoming original film The Great Lillian Hall. 

In the film, Lange plays another legendary actress — from the silent era.

The network teases, "As beloved Broadway star Lillian Hall pours her heart, soul, and time into preparing for her next big role, she finds herself blindsided by confusion and forgetfulness."

The tease continues, "Battling against all odds to make it to opening night, while holding on to her fading memories and identity, she must navigate a tumultuous emotional journey — balancing her desire for the spotlight and the stark demands of the real world."

Lange is joined by fellow Academy Award winner Kathy Bates, as well as Lily Rabe, Jesse Williams and Pierce Brosnan in the film from actor-director Michael Cristofer, who called the shots on 1998's Gia for HBO.

The film debuts Friday, May 31, at 8 p.m. ET on the cable network before streaming on Max. 

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On Tuesday, May 14, ABC revealed its fall 2024 schedule, revealing some new faces to its regular prime-time lineup.

Following Dancing with the Stars on Tuesday nights will be the new drama High Potential, from Oscar-nominated writer and Daredevil veteran Drew Goddard. It stars Always Sunny's Kaitlin Olson as Morgan, "a single mom with an exceptional mind whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective."

Wednesday nights will see a 90-minute version of The Golden Bachelorette, followed by the Emmy-winning comedy Abbott Elementary and another new entry, the ABC News Studios documentary series Scamanda.

That latter is based on the hit podcast of the same name and "tells the story of Amanda Riley — a wife, mother, blogger and Christian — whose tragic cancer tale captivates thousands, but who is harboring a dark secret."

A new series from American Horror Story's Ryan Murphy called Doctor Odyssey is bound for Thursday evening, airing after his established hit 9-1-1 and before the long-running Grey's Anatomy.

Odyssey stars Joshua Jackson as Max, the on-board physician for a luxury cruise ship "where the staff works hard and plays harder."

The network teases, "It's all hands on deck as Max and his small but mighty medical team navigate unique medical crises and each other, miles from shore."

ABC also announced that new seasons of returning dramas The Rookie and Will Trent will debut midseason, along with the celebratory farewell season of The Conners.

Also returning midseason are American Idol; The Bachelor; Celebrity Jeopardy!; Celebrity Wheel of Fortune; What Would You Do?; and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, from executive producer Reese Witherspoon.

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On a recent episode of Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett's Smartless podcast, Emmy winner Sarah Paulson called out an actress who once gave her six pages of notes on a play performance.

In 2013, Paulson was starring in an off-Broadway revival of the Lanford Wilson play Talley's Folly. The actress who originated Paulson's role of Sally Talley was in the audience for a performance, at Paulson's mom's invitation.

"I'm going to say this, and I'm not going to ask you to cut this out, because I don't f****** care," Paulson told the podcast's hosts.

"Her name is Trish Hawkins — Hi, Trish! Hi, Trisha!" Paulson continued. "Trish Hawkins came to the play — am I going to get sued? I don't care, because I think this is outrageous."

Paulson continued, "Cut to two days later, I got an email that was six pages long of notes and a communication to me about what she had done when she had done the play, what she recommended I do. It was outrageous. It was really outrageous. Trish Hawkins, I have not forgotten it, and I hope to see you never."

Her fellow actors were aghast. Arnett called her his hero for calling out the actress.

Paulson said she never confronted her mother about her guest's actions. "I just put it back in the file of things my mother has done," she said with a sarcastic laugh.

In spite of Hawkins' advice, Paulson is doing well on her own: She recently scored her first Tony nomination for her performance in the dramedy Appropriate.

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Cross, the new series starring Aldis Hodge as bestselling author James Patterson's brilliant detective Alex Cross, has yet to debut, but season 2 is already in the works.

The first season drops later in 2024.

"Bringing one of James Patterson's most iconic literary characters to life for our global Prime Video customers was a dream come true, and we can't wait for everyone to see Aldis Hodge’s dynamic performance as Cross," said Vernon Sanders, Amazon MGM Studios' head of television, at the event. "[Show creator] Ben Watkins and his team have created something unique within the crime-thriller genre that long-time fans and newcomers alike will all enjoy. And with over thirty [Alex Cross] novels written by Patterson ... it was an easy choice to bring Cross back for a second season."

For his part, a "thrilled" Watkins enthused, "Moments like this don't happen by accident. Getting a Season 2 pick-up before our first season even drops is a huge testament and vote of confidence in the amazing work that our crew, cast, directors, writers and production team have delivered thus far."

Prime Video also dropped a teaser to the first season, showing how smooth Hodge is as the beloved character. 

"You're getting a confession. You're not in my head," a suspect tells him cockily. "Oh, I'm definitely living there, rent free," Cross counters, smiling.

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Prime Video had its inaugural upfront presentation on Tuesday, and the streamer had a lot to announce. Here are some of the major headlines:

• Noir
  Lifelong comic fan and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse voice cast member Nicolas Cage is taking his fan-favorite, monochromatic character from that Oscar-winning film into real life. Noir will have him playing "an aging and down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city's one and only superhero."
  
   
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith, season 2
  Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon MGM Studios, called the spy series with Donald Glover and Maya Erskine an "incredibly modern, sexy reinvention of the original film," adding, "We are proud to bring you another season filled with unforgettable journeys and new adventures."
  
   
• Tomb Raider
  Fleabag Emmy winner Phoebe Waller-Bridge writes, executive produces and stars as Lara Croft in a globe-trotting adaptation of the hit adventure video game series. "If I could tell my teenage self this was happening I think she'd explode," Waller-Bridge says. "Tomb Raider has been a huge part of my life," she continues. "Lara Croft means a lot to me, as she does to many, and I can't wait to go on this adventure. Bats 'n all."
  
   
• Road House 2
  After reaching an audience of 80 million around the world, Jake Gyllenhaal's Dalton will be back. "I am so ready, like I love this character, I love this world, I love the thing that we've created, and I can't wait to bring more," he told the crowd.

Prime Video also released a teaser trailer and a release date for the second season of The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power, which returns on August 29.

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The fourth season of The Boys doesn't drop on Prime Video until June 13, but the streamer announced the skewed superhero show is coming back for a fifth. 

Based on The New York Times bestselling comic by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, the series' cast includes Karl Urban, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty and Jack Quaid.

This season, Jeffrey Dean Morgan also joins the cast.

The series' showrunner, Eric Kripke, who co-executive produces along with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, says of the series, "The Boys could be the best job I'll ever have. What other show allows me to write about politics, capitalism, family, and exploding genitalia, though not in that order." 

As a presidential election looms in season 4 — and in real life — he adds, cheekily, "My only problem is that since this year promises to be free of any conflict or misinformation, we're not sure what to write about."

The Boys season 4 debuts with three episodes on June 13, followed by a new episode each week, ending with the epic season finale on Thursday, July 18.

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Legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola has posted an epic teaser trailer to his highly anticipated, mostly self-funded film Megalopolis, ahead of its world premiere at the Cannes International Film Festival on Thursday, May 16.

A calamity has befallen a New York-like city called New Rome; meteor-like streaks careen into the metropolis from space.

"When does an empire die?" intones Laurence Fishburne, one of the film's many stars, in voiceover. "Does it collapse in one terrible moment? No, no. But there comes a time when people no longer believe in it."

The clip is replete with both stunning realistic sequences, and what appear to be hallucinations, like a walking statue of Lady Justice physically collapsing from exhaustion.

"Don't let the now destroy the forever," Adam Driver's idealistic artist Cesar Catilina says. "Is this society, is this way of living, the only one that's available to us?"

While Cesar dreams of a utopia from the catastrophe, the city's Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), "remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare," according to the official synopsis.

The description calls Megalopolis "a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America," and if Cesar and Cicero's names don't drive that home, there's a chariot race staged for Roman-clad elites at Madison Square Garden.

"We are taking our city back!" screams Shia LaBeouf's Clodio, in full Julius Caesar armor. In real life, Clodio invaded the Roman Empire in 428, and established a kingdom within it.

Driver's character closes the tease: "And when we ask these questions, when there's a dialog about them, that basically is a utopia."

Megalopolis' extensive cast also includes Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, and D.B. Sweeney.

A release date has not yet been announced.

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Seth Meyers' Late Night seat is safe for at least the next four years. Meyers, who recently marked his 10-year anniversary as host of NBC's nighttime staple, has extended his deal with the network through 2028. "Over the last 10 years, Seth has resonated with his audience night after night with a sharp monologue and established segments such as 'A Closer Look' and 'Day Drinking,'" Katie Hockmeyer, executive vice president of late night programming for NBCUniversal Entertainment, said in a statement on Monday, May 13. "We're so happy to continue this legacy franchise with Seth at the helm and watch him continue to elevate the success of Late Night." Late Night with Seth Meyers airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET on NBC and streams the next day on Peacock ...

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie are reuniting for a new reality series. "New Era. Same Besties. Coming soon to Peacock," they captioned a graphic of their staticky voices coming from an old TV set with no picture. Peacock confirmed the news, according to Deadline, though details of the show, including the title, are still under wraps. Hilton and Ritchie last teamed up for The Simple Life, which debuted 20 years ago on Fox, before moving to E! for its fourth and fifth seasons ...

Variety reports Ellen DeGeneres will appear in her final stand-up special, and second for Netflix, later this year. "To answer the questions everyone is asking me – Yes, I'm going to talk about it," DeGeneres said in a statement obtained by the outlet, apparently referring to her controversial exit from her popular daytime talk show in 2022, amid allegations of a toxic workplace. "Yes, this is my last special. Yes, [Ellen's partner] Portia really is that pretty in real life," DeGeneres continued. DeGeneres will also launch a multiple-city stand-up tour June 19 in San Diego ...

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