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After a 21-month run that saw him perform for more than 700,000 fans, the promise of Tom Segura’s “I’m Coming Everywhere” world tour has finally been fulfilled. Related Stories News ‘To…

Rest easy, the world is safe from evil henchmen once again. After an exhaustive search, Warner Bros. and DC Studios have finally settled on a new Superman. David Corenswet will be taking on his first major leading role as the Man of Steel in James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy. Superman’s leading lady Lois Lane will be playe…

Some time ago, comedian Tom Segura teased on his YMH Studios podcasts that he’d decided to self-finance and shoot a mystery video project, with further details to be disclosed at a later date. And at long last, they’re beginning to emerge, as Segura has disclosed to Deadline his sale to a streaming…

EXCLUSIVE: Power Book II: Ghost star Woody McClain has signed a publishing deal with the Black-owned comic book publisher Godhood Comics to bring to life The Brotherhood comic series. McClain created the series set to be released later this year and also co-writes alongside DC Comics Milestone Initiative…

Comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Gaffigan will do a four-arena tour together this fall. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. The upcoming dates include Friday, November 3, at the Chase Center in San Francisco; Saturday, November 4, at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles; Friday, November 10, in…

EXCLUSIVE: Black comic book publisher Black Sands Entertainment and Carl Reed’s Composition Media have entered into a multi-million dollar anime production deal, focused on “high-quality content that celebrates African heritage and empowers Black youth”. Their first project under the pact is an anime TV…

SPOILER ALERT: It takes a super actor to play Superman. So it is that the upcoming film version of The Flash has reached back to the past in its casting for the Man of Steel. In an interview with Esquire Middle East, The Flash director Andy Muschietti revealed that a certain revered actor would…

Dave Chappelle returned to San Francisco Thursday night with a surprise show at the Masonic Auditorium. He didn’t like what he’s seen in the City by the Bay. "What the f—k happened to this place?" he asked, according to SFGATE's review of the show. Chappelle has long been performing in San…

Bill Saluga, whose trademark lines that began with “You can call me Ray” cracked up a generation of comedy fans, has died, according to his friend, Eric Brenner. He was 85. Related Stories <a href="https://deadline.com/category/obituaries/" class="c-span__link a-font-accent-bold-xs u-color-brand-red u-text-transform-uppercase…

UPDATED with more details: IDW Media Holdings, the company that includes a prominent comics division and an entertainment division behind such series as Syfy’s Wynonna Earp, BBC America/Netflix’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and Netflix’s Locke & Key, said Thursday it is undergoing cost-cutting…

It’s a fevered dream among superhero fans. And while a DC-Marvel movie crossover is not happening soon, it certainly is on the table, at least according to writer/director/executive James Gunn, who has worked in both camps. The comic books have already seen the characters in dual adventures, dating…

EXCLUSIVE: Zero Gravity Management has signed transmedia company Keenspot Entertainment, whose webcomic and graphic novel Marry Me by Bobby Crosby was recently adapted by Universal into the hit rom-com of the same name, starring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson. Related…