Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

There isn’t a whole lot of news to share with all of you today, but I hope you’ll find what little there is interesting.

TELEVISION

Jamie Ray Newman (Eastwick) may be stirring up some trouble for newlyweds Cate and Ryan on Life Unexpected. Tune in to the season premiere of the CW series on September 14 at 9 PM. (Kristin at E! Entertainment Online)

Paula Patton (Precious) is out and Melissa Sagemiller (Raising the Bar) is in as the new assistant district attorney on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Specifics on her character have not been made available, but she is slated to first appear in November. (Michael Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly)

When Glee airs their special tribute to the Rocky Horror Picture Show in the episode slated for October 26, special appearances by some original cast members will be featured. Who are the originals coming in for these appearances? It would seem singer-actor Meat Loaf and Barry Bostwick are set to appear. The pair will play TV station managers who have an “interesting proposal” for Jane Lynch’s Sue Sylvester. Susan Sarandon said earlier this week that she would be interested in participating as well, but no deals have been done. (Kristin at E! Entertainment Online)

Celebrated director Jane Campion is heading to the small screen with a six-hour mini-series for the BBC. The story follows a New Zealand small-town detective brought in to solve the case of a twelve-year-old who gets pregnant and disappears. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Scott Speedman, Lily Cole (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus), Sarah Gadon (Happy Town and Being Erica) and Sarah Bolger (The Tudors) have joined the cast of the gothic horror called The Moth Diaries, which is based on Rachel Klein’s novel. Bolger plays a young girl in an elite boarding school who befriends two fellow students (Gadon, Cole) and develops a crush on her English professor (Speedman). (Hollywood Reporter and Dark Horizons)

IN THE NOT SO FAST CATEGORY: It looks like the news of Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) and Swedish actress Noomi Rapace (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) starring in the movie called Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters may have been a bit premature. Renner’s reps are saying there have been no negotiations as yet and no deals are in place. (Josh Rottenberg at Entertainment Weekly)

British actor Eddie Redmayne (The Pillars of the Earth) has joined the cast of the movie My Week with Marilyn, which follows the story, based on a diary by Colin Clark, a young actor who worked for Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) when the veteran actor shepherded Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) around London while she shot “The Prince and the Showgirl” in 1956. Clark and Marilyn shared many confidences and became close despite her recent marriage to playwright Arthur Miller. Redmayne will play Clark, while Judi Dench, Zoe Wanamaker, Richard Clifford and Philip Jackson also star. (The Daily Mail and Dark Horizons)

Britt Robertson (Life Unexpected) has joined the cast of the box office movie Scream 4. There are no details on her role, but the movie is expected to open sometime in April of 2011. (Zap2It)

That’s it. Enjoy! Have a terrific weekend!