In brief: Brian Cox to star in ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ season 2 and more
Brian Cox has joined the cast of Dexter: Resurrection. The Emmy winner and Succession star will be a series regular in season 2 of the show. Cox will play The New York Ripper, who is a serial killer who terrorized the city. He’s no longer active as a killer, however, and has found a new way of continuing his infamy by taunting the survivors of his long-ago murder spree …
John Travolta’s directorial debut is set to make its premiere at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. The Apple Original Film, called Propeller One-Way Night Coach, was also written by Travolta. The film is set in the golden age of aviation, and follows a young airplane enthusiast and his mother as they take a one-way cross-country trip to Hollywood …
HBO is giving fans a first look at the upcoming series Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The behind-the-scenes special, called Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic, offers an in-depth look at the making of the first season of the show. The special debuts to HBO Max on April 5 …
Zoe Saldaña stars as Neytiri in ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash.’ (20th Century Studios)
Avatar: Fire and Ash remained at #1 at the box office after narrowly beating the weekend’s highest-grossing newcomer, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.
According to Box Office Mojo, James Cameron‘s sci-fi threequel added an extra $13.32 million to hold onto the top spot, which it has occupied for the last five weeks since its initial debut in December. Its total gross now stands at nearly $364 million.
The Bone Temple, the sequel to 2025’s 28 Years Later and the fourth film in the zombie horror franchise, earned $13 million over its opening weekend.
Zootopia 2 followed at #3, becoming the highest-grossing animated Motion Picture Association film of all time, while The Housemaid and Marty Supreme slotted in at #4 and #5, respectively. Marty Supreme, a 1950’s period piece starring Timothée Chalamet as an aspiring ping pong star, brings its total gross to $80 million, which makes it A24’s highest-grossing film in North America, according to Variety.
Here are the top 10 films at the box office:
1. Avatar: Fire and Ash — $13.32 million 2. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple — $13 million 3. Zootopia 2 — $8.769 million 4. The Housemaid — $8.515 million 5. Marty Supreme — $5.478 million 6. Primate — $5 million 7. The Lord of the Rights: The Fellowship of the Ring — $3.494 million 8. Greenland 2: Migration — $3.365 million 9. Anaconda — $3.2 million 10. The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants — $2.315 million
Lamorne Morris attends the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Feb. 15, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
Lasagna for dinner to celebrate?
A brand-new Garfield series, based on the original comic strip by Jim Davis, is coming to Paramount+.
The streaming service announced that the new show about the lasagna-loving orange cat will be created using 2D animation. It currently has the working title of Garfield.
Lamorne Morris will provide the voice of Garfield in this new series, which Paramount+ says will feature “the chonky feline at his finest, with each episode featuring the pop culture icon’s signature sarcasm and hilarious lackadaisy.”
Nickelodeon Animation Studios will produce the show, while Dave H. Johnson and John Trabbic III will serve as its executive producers.
According to Paramount+, Garfield has over 200 million daily comic readers and millions of social media followers. The brand has spanned over multiple generations since the comic’s debut in June 1978.
In this Jan. 19, 2010 photo, Timothy Busfield attends a premiere in New York. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images, FILE)
Timothy Busfield, an actor and director best known for his role as Danny Concannon on The West Wing, is facing charges of criminal sexual contact of a minor and child abuse, according to an arrest warrant out of New Mexico.
Busfield is accused of inappropriately touching a child actor on the set of The Cleaning Lady, a television series that Busfield directed and acted in, according to a criminal complaint obtained by ABC News.
The actor faces two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse, according to the arrest warrant issued Friday by the Albuquerque Police Department.
It’s unclear if the actor is currently in custody. ABC News reached out to Busfield via his agent and did not immediately hear back.
The actor denied the allegations when interviewed by investigators, the criminal complaint says.
According to court documents, the parents of the boy reported that the alleged abuse began in 2022 when the child was 7 years old.
The investigation began in November 2024, after a physician at University of New Mexico Hospital examined the child and notified police of suspected sexual abuse, according to the criminal complaint.
An officer interviewed the children’s parents, who told investigators that the minor and his twin brother were child actors, the criminal complaint says. The children did not report sexual abuse at the time, according to the complaint.
The victim’s mother later reported to child protective services that Busfield had allegedly sexually abused her son from around November 2022 to Spring 2024.
Attorneys for Warner Bros., which produced The Cleaning Lady, told police they previously conducted an independent investigation into the allegations but said they could not find evidence to support the claims at the time, according to the complaint.
In a statement provided to ABC News by a company spokesperson, Warner Bros. Television said: “We take all allegations of misconduct very seriously and have systems in place to promptly and thoroughly investigate, and when needed, take appropriate action. We are aware of the current charges against Mr. Busfield and have been and will continue to cooperate with law enforcement.”
Busfield is married to actress Melissa Gilbert.
Court records for Busfield detailing an initial appearance or bond conditions were not immediately available.
Authorities said the case remains under investigation.
