The most anticipated and popular superhero of all time, Superman, is back again. Starring David Corenswet as the lead, “Superman: Legacy” is currently in production.
Directed by James Gunn, the film features Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor. The film is set to hit theaters in July 2025.
David Corenswet, an American actor known for his roles in “The Politician” and “Hollywood,” steps into the iconic role of Superman. Corenswet’s casting marks a new chapter in the long-running Superman franchise, which began with the character’s creation by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1938. Superman quickly became a cultural icon, starring in numerous comic books, television shows, and films.
The Superman film series has a storied history, starting with Christopher Reeve’s beloved portrayal in the 1978 classic “Superman,” directed by Richard Donner. Reeve’s Superman became the definitive version for many fans, leading to three sequels. In 2006, Brandon Routh took on the mantle in “Superman Returns,” a homage to the Reeve films. Henry Cavill most recently portrayed the Man of Steel, starting with the 2013 film “Man of Steel,” directed by Zack Snyder, and continuing in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (2016) and “Justice League” (2017).
With “Superman: Legacy,” fans eagerly await to see how Corenswet and Gunn will bring new life to the iconic superhero, continuing the legacy that has spanned over eight decades.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Police Department is investigating what led to an alleged accidental shooting of a teenager early Sunday morning in southwest Houston.
The incident happened at the St. James Apartments in the 9100 block of Fondren Road at about 2:30 a.m.
According to preliminary information, three teens were by themselves at an apartment and were playing with a gun before it went off, striking one of the teens in the stomach, police said.
Investigators said one of the teens, who lived there and had the gun, took off from the scene while the other stayed and called 911.
“The owner of that firearm or the resident at this location, a juvenile male, fled from the location with a firearm. The witness stayed behind and called the police,” Lt. Riley with HPD said.
Investigators said the victim, who is believed to be about 14 to 15 years old, died at the scene before first responders arrived.
The teenager who fled was found and arrested shortly after. ABC13 cameras at the scene caught the moment HPD officers placed handcuffs on the suspect and watched him be placed in the squad car.
The relationship between the three teenagers is unclear, police said.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The City of Houston plans to open several cooling centers across the area over the weekend to relieve residents from the incoming heat and rising temperatures.
A Heat Advisory is in effect for most of Southeast Texas until 7 p.m. Saturday due to heat index values exceeding 108.
The heat is said to be a continuation of an intense start to spring and early summer weather.
In southern counties, ABC13 has learned that intense flooding severely damaged a Matagorda road. W. Revetment Road. This road is the only access to a public boat ramp. Local law enforcement said tropical storm Alberto washed it out.
Authorities are on high alert for the Trinity River as flooding has impacted the dam, which has triggered a potential dam failure watch. Although, as of now, there is no immediate threat.
Back in Houston, officials are urging those who are attending the Pride Parade in downtown Houston to plan accordiinglut
The city announced that Houston libraries, except for the Central Library downtown, will serve as cooling centers during normal business hours on Saturday and Sunday. Select community centers are expected to open throughout the city starting at 10 a.m.
Acres Homes Neighborhood Library, 8501 W. Montgomery, 77088:12 noon – 8 p.m.
Acres Homes Multi-Service Centerm, 6719 W. Montgomery, 77091: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
City officials are urging those who are attending the Pride Parade in downtown Houston to plan accordingly and to pack essentials to protect yourself from the heat such as water, umbrellas, cooling towels. They urge all to get out of the heat quickly when it’s necessary.
KINGWOOD, Texas (KTRK) — One of the newly-promoted Houston police assistant chiefs is under investigation after property valued at $25,000 went missing from a police substation.
Adrian Rodriguez was promoted in April following the demotions from HPD’s suspended case scandal. He was last assigned as the commander at the Kingwood substation on Rustic Woods Drive.
Last November, the security gates in the back parking lot were taken down and replaced by sleek new ones. The old gates were left in a grassy area for months. Then, over the weekend of March 23rd, sources tell ABC13 they disappeared.
ABC13 obtained part of the Internal Affairs Division (IAD) report that states Rodriguez asked a liaison with the City of Houston General Services Department if he could take the property because “he wanted to put them in his ditch at home.”
ABC13 requested surveillance video from HPD from the weekend the gates were taken. The request was denied and referred to the Texas Attorney General’s Office for a decision.
In the referral letter, the department confirmed “an open investigation being conducted by the HPD’s Internal Affairs Division of alleged improper police procedure by a police officer.”
The City of Houston has a 7-page Asset Disposition Procedure for the disposal of property that is “excess, obsolete, worn or scrap.”
Unless approved, all of it is supposed to end up at a city warehouse on Broad Street in southeast Houston.
There, much of it becomes available to taxpayers to buy at auction. Impounded vehicles, paper trays, and old uniform tops are some of what’s available right now.
Only after ABC13 requested records on the whereabouts of the discarded gates, was a police report filed.
The report is dated June 20, three months after the gates were removed. The City of Houston is the complainant. It is categorized as a theft and the estimated value of the gates is $25,000.
Chief Rodriguez is not allowed to talk about active IAD investigations, per policy. HPOU called the investigation minor.
However, the portion of the IAD report that ABC13 has provides more context. The liaison said he gave Rodriguez permission. “I believed I was allowing Chief Rodriguez to take smaller broken pieces of gate material that should have already been disposed of by the contractor,” he wrote. “I did not know they were entire gate panels.”
HPD does not comment on IAD probes and Friday said that Asst. Chief Rodriguez’s status is “active.”
Tropical Storm Beryl is poised to become the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Beryl will impact the Lesser Antilles with hurricane force winds as it enters the Caribbean early next week, and anyone with travel plans in the Caribbean should stay weather aware through the week ahead. While models in the short term are in fairly good agreement about Beryl’s path into the Caribbean, the long-term outlook remains less certain. At this point it is unknown if the system will enter the Gulf of Mexico or continue west in to Central America.
Another tropical wave closer to home in the southwest Gulf has a 40% chance of development, but will move in to Mexico and will not impact Southeast Texas in any way.
June 28 10 p.m. Update
Tropical Depression Two is now Tropical Storm Beryl. Tropical watches will more than likely be issued for the Windward Islands on Saturday.
June 28 4 p.m. Update
Tropical Depression Two has formed over the central Atlantic, and the National Hurricane Center predicts it will be a category 2 hurricane as it moves into the Caribbean Sea on Monday. Anyone with plans to vacation in the Caribbean next week should pay close attention to the forecast in the days ahead. It is too soon at this time to know if it will ever impact the Gulf of Mexico, much less Texas, but if it ever were to impact Texas, it would likely be in the July 7th – July 9th window. We’ll keep you posted on its every move in the days ahead.
June 28
The tropics are looking more like late August than late June, with 3 areas of potential development we are currently monitoring. The greatest risk of development comes from Tropical Wave 95-L, which is in the open Atlantic and now has a 90% chance of becoming a tropical depression or named storm. It is likely to become “Beryl” over the next few days, and could end up being our first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season as it moves in to the Caribbean next week. Beyond that, models are showing a wide spread on where the storm could eventually head.
Close behind 95-L is another tropical wave following in its wake, though the odds for development on that system are at just 20%.
Lastly, closest to home is 94-L, which will be moving into the Southwest Gulf of Mexico. That system will gradually turn into Mexico and will not directly impact Southeast Texas.
June 27 Afternoon Update
Tropical Wave 95-L in the open Atlantic is becoming more organized today. The National Hurricane Center now gives it a 60% chance of becoming a tropical depression or storm over the next two days and an 80% chance of doing the same over the next week. Hurricane Hunters are now scheduled to investigate it starting on Sunday. It poses no immediate threat to Texas at this time, but it bears watching for now.
LOS ANGELES — Disney Channel just announced a new animated comedy called “Primos.” The series is based on Emmy Award-nominated Natasha Kline’s childhood experience of growing up in Southern California in a large, multicultural and blended Mexican American family.
“Primos” follows Tater Ramirez Humphrey, an eccentric girl with ambitious summer dreams. However, her plans take an unexpected turn when her family invites all 12 of her cousins to stay with them, leading to a summer of surprises and unforgettable adventures.
The cast features a wide variety of talent including Myrna Velasco as lead “Tater Ramirez Humphrey,” Melissa Villaseñor (Nellie Ramirez Humphrey), Cheech Marin (Pop), Liza Koshy (Serena), Mark Consuelos (Tío Ivan Ramirez), Gabriel Iglesias (Tío Gustavo) and many more.
DisneyNOW will launch a “Primos” personality-themed quick quiz so fans can find out which character they resemble most.
“Primos” premieres with two episodes on July 25 on Disney Channel. The first nine episodes will be available on Disney+ on July 26.
The Walt Disney Company is the parent company of Disney+, Disney Channel, and ABC station.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A former HISD middle school teacher was arrested Friday after police say he had a 14-year-old student perform sex acts on camera and fondled her in a parked car.
Dale Vanwright, 63, was a design teacher at Tanglewood Middle School when the crimes allegedly occurred.
Court documents say the victim was dating one of Vanwright’s relatives, who happened to be a fellow Tanglewood student, at the time. (Eyewitness News isn’t saying how they’re related in order to protect the victim’s identity).
Police say the victim eventually began doing video calls with Vanwright after school.
In a February 2024 call, which court documents indicate appears to have been made from Vanwright’s cross-adorned northeast Houston home, he allegedly asked to victim to expose herself.
Prosecutors say he told the victim that if his relative couldn’t please her, he could help. He then allegedly had her perform a sex act on camera, saying he would hang up if his wife walked in.
Police say things escalated in May when he began fondling the victim in his parked car outside a west Houston store, urging her to ‘let him touch it.’
Investigators say the victim resisted and only got Vanwright to stop by reminding him they still had to pick up his relative from practice.
It’s unclear how the allegations came to light. The victim was interviewed earlier this month and charges weren’t brought until Thursday.
According to court documents, Vanwright lost his job at Tanglewood in March after being accused of kissing and hugging another 14-year-old student.
ABC13 asked HISD for comment, but hasn’t received one.
KATY, Texas (KTRK) — Katy ISD’s controversial new gender policy requires parents to be notified if students identify themselves as transgender, and it’s impact is becoming clearer.
Kade Carter is a lot of things: a gamer, a musician, and a son.
But, the 17-year-old, who has won awards for his poetry and artwork, is a high school dropout.
“I miss a lot of my friends. I tried online school for a little bit. Not my style, too much ADHD, too much. Simply too much,” he laughed.
Kade is transgender.
“I think for a long time I had known that I wasn’t a girl and I just didn’t want to open that can of worms. I think a lot of my life I had been making excuses for myself, trying to not be who I was out of fear of what that meant for me because I saw how people were treated and I didn’t want to be treated like that. No one wants to be treated like that,” he said. “When I finally did, it wasn’t surprising. I knew that I was going to experience pushback and harassment, lots of harassment. The surprise was how good it felt to be authentic.”
When he was 14, a Mayde Creek high school freshman, he told his parents, friends, and some teachers.
They were all supportive.
Then, it all changed.
Last August, Katy ISD narrowly passed a controversial gender policy that requires district staff to inform parents if students identify themselves as transgender.
Students are required to use restrooms and locker rooms that align with their sex assigned at birth.
Kade was one of nearly 100 people to take to the podium against the policy.
The board meeting was seven hours long.
“At the end of the night after everyone opened their hearts and told these people about the impacts of what they were going to do, they did it anyway,” he said.
The policy eventually passed by a 4 to 3 vote, with board members saying it informs parents and protects teachers.
Kade said he was stopped by his Spanish teacher the day after the policy passed,
“She held me up at the door, pointed at my legal name on the roster, and said, ‘We’re going back to this one now. Okay.’ And the way she said, ‘Okay,’ wasn’t a question. It was a statement. She was going to do this, and she did. And I walked out of class. I got up and left,” Kade explained.
Kade’s father began to worry about bullying and safety.
Less than a week later, he unenrolled Kade.
“People fear what they don’t understand. And do I think that some of the people who made my life a living hell are jumping up and down in satisfaction that they finally got rid of that one person they don’t like,” Kade said. “But, at the end of the day, I did it for my mental health, for my peace.”
After a year off school, Kade’s father hopes to enroll him in another school district to finish high school.
But, other school boards, including Conroe ISD’s board, are exploring passing similar policies, even as the U.S. Department of Education investigates whether the policy is discriminatory.
“I hope that other districts look at what happened to our district, see the pain that it’s been causing, and look at us and say, ‘I don’t want to be like that,” he said.
At 17, Kade is too young to vote.
But, there is one thing he can keep doing.
“Some things are worth the ridicule, and the threats, and the nonstop harassment,” he said. “And I think if anything is worth that, then being yourself is.”
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday denied ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s request to remain out of prison while he continues to appeal his contempt of Congress conviction.
Bannon earlier this month was ordered by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols to report to prison by July 1 to begin serving his four-month sentence.
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday denied ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s request to remain out of prison while he continues to appeal his contempt of Congress conviction.
Bannon earlier this month was ordered by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols to report to prison by July 1 to begin serving his four-month sentence.
FILE – Steve Bannon appears in court in New York, Jan. 12, 2023.Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File
After Bannon was sentenced, Nichols agreed to postpone the jail term while Bannon appealed the conviction.
He ordered Bannon to report to prison after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Bannon’s conviction last month.
Bannon last Friday filed an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to remain out of prison.
The Supreme Court provided no vote breakdown in its decision to deny his request.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The Humble teen who murdered his mother and drove across the country with her body in a trunk less than two years ago will spend the next 40 years in prison.
Now 19-year-old Tyler Roenz, who was 17 at the time of the killing, took a plea deal in Harris County.
Authorities say Tyler killed his mother, 49-year-old Michelle Roenz, while the two were at home on Oct. 13, 2022. He then put her body in the trunk of the family car, a black Mazda, and drove north.
After noticing their car was gone, Tyler’s father told investigators that his wife and son were missing. He also found a human tooth and blood inside their Humble home.
A CLEAR Alert prompted a frantic search for the mother and son, and detectives say they found suspicious charges on Michelle’s credit card out of Oklahoma and Kansas.
Authorities haven’t confirmed whether an Humble mom who disappeared Thursday is the body found three states away where her son was involved in a chase.
Shortly after, law enforcement were able to track Tyler using license plate readers as he drove through Oklahoma and Kansas.
A day following the murder, Tyler was arrested in Nebraska after leading troopers on a chase and crashing his car.
Michelle’s body was found stuffed in the trunk of the car and an autopsy report found she had been strangled and beaten.
He also plead guilty to tampering with evidence in exchange for a sentence of 20 years, which he will serve concurrently. Two other felonies were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
Tyler must serve at least half of his sentence before he is eligible for parole and cannot appeal the convictions or prison sentences.
