Nicolas Cage told a New York Comic-Con audience today that, yes, he’s likely to do a season of HBO’s True Detective, as rumored, and no, he’s not likely to work again with Spider-Noir streamer Prime Video because Amazon is “very AI-friendly.”

Currently at work on the film Perish, Cage took part in a Spotlight panel at Comic-Con this morning, during which he seemed to confirm the Season 5 True Detective scuttlebutt.

According to multiple media outlets, Cage addressed the True Detective plans while discussing the logistics of balancing feature films and television roles.

“Necessity is the mother of invention,” he said, adding, “What do I mean by necessity? Feed the family, and don’t do too many movies back to back to back. So I think I’m probably going to do another season of television. I think I might do a season of True Detective. That’s OK that I’m the first to announce that, right?”

Cage has apparently been in talks for a True Detective role since last year.

As for AI, Cage is no fan. In fact, he wouldn’t sign an AI waiver when he signed up for the sole season of Prime Video’s Spider-Noir.

“How do you survive AI?,” Cage said today. “Amazon is a very AI-friendly company to the tune of 50 billion dollars invested in OpenAI. I am not an AI-friendly actor….I’m not a member of their club. I didn’t sign the waiver to let them use AI on Spider-Noir. I’m probably not going to be working with that studio again, but that’s okay.”

Cage added that he’d prefer to work with young Gen Z directors who are “going at it their own way, whether it’s through the YouTube culture or whatever it is.”

“They’re doing it from scratch and by hand,” he said. “I want to get with that.”

Andy Allo (Upload, Pitch Perfect) will guest star in ABC‘s The Rookie: North as Brooke, a warm, smart, attractive, and effortlessly charming first-year ER resident who is still adjusting to the pressures of the job. Brooke handles it all with humor, empathy, and confidence, and she quickly forms a connection with a rookie police officer (Jay Ellis).

Expanding the universe of the hit ABC series The Rookie, The Rookie: North introduces Alex Holland, who believed his midlife wasn’t worthy of a crisis. But after a violent home invasion ignites a dormant purpose, Alex battles a lifetime of failed commitments by joining the Pierce County Police Department as a rookie. Policing from the urban coast to the rural forest where backup isn’t just five minutes away, Alex must prove to his skeptical training officer, his fellow rookies, and himself that he’s finally found something worthy of the fight.

The series also stars Chris Sullivan, Karen Fukuhara, Froy Gutierrez, Janet Montgomery, Mya Lowe, and Malik Watson, and is set to premiere in 2027.

Alexi Hawley will serve as executive producer and writer of The Rookie: North, with Fillion, Mark Gordon, Bill Norcross, and Michelle Chapman also executive producing. Ellis is a producer.

Allo most recently starred in the hit sci-fi comedy series Upload on Amazon, opposite Robbie Amell from creator Greg Daniels. She previously recurred on NBC’s Chicago Fire as Lieutenant Wendy Seager. Her film credits include the Netflix feature Absolute Dominion for director Lexi Alexander, the third installment of the Universal franchise Pitch Perfect for producer Elizabeth Banks. Allo is repped by Verve and Zero Gravity.

An ailing Barry Manilow has canceled tonight’s performance at the International Theater at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino after cutting short last night’s show.

Tonight’s cancellation comes just two days after the singer’s much-anticipated return to the Vegas residency on Thursday after a six-week hiatus. Manilow has been treated for the lung cancer he initially disclosed last December.

“After a triumphant welcome-back concert on Thursday, Barry got hit with bronchitis and had to cancel his Friday and Saturday shows,” a representative for the musician told Deadline’s sister publication Variety.

Manilow took to the Westgate stage on Friday but reportedly ended the show after just a few songs, joking with the audience, “Talk amongst yourselves” before exiting. The night before, he said from the stage, “I’m back!”

The Vegas residency was originally scheduled to begin last February but was repeatedly postponed as the singer battled the cancer and previous bouts of bronchitis.

In May, he wrote on social media, “Good news! I went to the doctor yesterday and he said I’m making great progress and look great! Well of course I do! Thank you very much! All the training and exercising I’ve put in is paying off. He did say, however, that I’m not quite ready for Vegas. That means I won’t be able to return for our May shows at @WestgateVegas.”

As of mid-day today, Manilow had not yet made any social media comments on the latest cancellations.