Hey All,
Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:
RENEWALS/CANCELLATION
Amazon Prime has given a second season renewal to Every Year After. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Dutton Ranch has been renewed for a second season at Paramount+. (Deadline)
Peacock has pulled the plug on the new period piece drama Ponies after only one season. (Deadline)
The new small screen version of A Woman of Substance has been renewed for a second season in the UK. We’ll just have to see if Britbox where season one is currently airing will move forward with airing it there too. (Deadline)
BOX OFFICE MOVIE NEWS
Tim Robbins and Sissy Spaceck will join Emma Stone and Chris Pine in the upcoming box office movie The Catch, a baseball rom-com similar to Bull Durham and Notting Hill. (Deadline)
Meghann Fahy and Glenn Howerton will star in the upcoming feature film The Girlfriend from actress-director Natatlie Morales. Claire gives up her perfect New York City life and moves to Alabama for her husband Elliot’s (Howerton) dream job. Seeing her isolated, friendless and unhappy, Elliot does what any loving husband would do: he secretly hires an escort (Fahy) to be her new best friend. (Deadline)
Timothee Chalamet and Selena Gomez will lend their voices to a new upcoming animated alien-themed film called Not Alone. Chalamet will voice Joe, an introverted rocket mechanic who lives a quiet life alone while Gomez is set to voice Fran, a brilliant astro-botanist who is developing the world’s first-ever plant-fueled rocket. When Joe and Fran are brought together to prepare for the inaugural launch of this revolutionary rocket, there are immediate sparks, but neither is particularly adept at romance. Life becomes more complicated when three aliens — tiny, unruly and adorable — take refuge in Joe’s home. Dunk, Welly and Shirm are on the interplanetary run from a zealous-yet-inept officer of the law named Zandro. The aliens determine that Fran’s rocket could provide their means of getting back home to safety. (Variety)
NEW TV SERIES NEWS
Stranger Things co-stars David Harbour and Millie Bobby Brown will star in a straight-to-series order Netflix drama. The as-yet titled series will spy thriller about a disgraced FBI agent turned security expert Matt Wolfe is drawn back into the world he left behind when his estranged daughter, Rebecca — now an FBI agent determined to follow in his footsteps — vanishes on a mission, forcing him back into a field that has evolved beyond him.” (Variety)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
In other reunion news, The Vampire Diaries co-stars Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley are set to star in another book adaptation in development at Hulu. You Deserve to Know, based on the novel by Aggie Blum Thompson, will follow three suburban couples — next-door neighbors and best friends. When one of their husbands is murdered, a shocking trail of secrets is revealed, and their friendship cracks wide open. Dobrev and Wesley play Gwen and Scott, respectively — two neighbors on opposite sides of a murder investigation, leading them on a collision course. (Deadline)
TV CASTING NEWS
The second season of the USA Network drama The Rainmaker will see Richard Kind and Kevin Ryan joining the cast. Kind will play Larry Shifflet, the father to Deck Shifflet (series regular P. J. Byrne) while Ryan will recur as Liam Donnelly, a corporate vice president with a secret agenda who goes up against Rudy and Deck. (Variety)
Veteran actor Ron Perlman has joined the cast of the upcoming third season of the Amazon Prime thriller series Cross, which stars Aldis Hodge in the legendary role. Perlman will play a hard-driving officer. (The Hollywood Reporter)
That’s it. Enjoy!