Reuters Entertainment News Summary

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. George Clooney returns to television with 'Catch 22'

Twenty years after he left medical drama "ER", George Clooney returns to television this month with an adaptation of Joseph Heller's "Catch-22", a novel whose complexity the actor said made it ideal for a six-part series. The Oscar winner, known for films like "Syriana", "Gravity" and "The Monuments Men", also served as executive producer and directed two episodes of the Hulu series set during World War Two about a member of a U.S. bomber squadron fighting the higher-ups in the military bureaucracy. Will Smith brings own fun-loving Genie to new "Aladdin"

Hollywood star Will Smith was reluctant at first to play Genie in the live-action remake of Disney's "Aladdin" as it meant following in the big footsteps of late comedian Robin Williams who voiced the character in the 1992 animated film. Smith, who shot to fame in the 1990s television series "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air," added a personal touch - and some hip hop and rap - to portray the energetic CGI-enhanced blue Genie who emerges from a lamp in a cave of treasures. Insufficient evidence to conclude Prodigy frontman committed suicide, British inquest hears

Prodigy frontman Keith Flint died as a result of hanging and drugs that were in his system, an inquest into his death heard on Wednesday, but there was not enough evidence to determine he committed suicide. Flint, a figurehead of the 1990s rave movement famous for tracks such as "Firestarter" and "Breathe", was found dead at his home in March, aged 49. Disney delays 'Avatar 2,' sets dates for new 'Star Wars' films

Walt Disney Co on Tuesday pushed back the release of James Cameron's sequel to box-office champion "Avatar" by a year, to December 2021, and announced debut dates for new "Star Wars" films starting in December 2022. Disney acquired the "Avatar" franchise and several other movies through its recent purchase of film and TV assets from Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox, strengthening its dominant position at movie theaters.