Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

With more shows coming back this week for the fall TV season, another Paley Center for Media event tonight (this one is for some of the new ABC shows) and, well, real life stuff to deal with it’s going to be a busy day and week to come.

In the meantime, here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Another Twin Peaks alum is joining the planned Twin Peaks-inspired episode of Psych, which will air during the show’s fall run. Julee Cruise – the singer who frequently appeared in the series as the singer at the local biker bar “The Roadhouse” – and whose song “Falling” (an instrumental version that is) served as the theme song for the series – will appear. Other Twin Peaks alums in the episode include Sherilyn Fenn and Sheryl Lee. (Michael Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly)

The Glades has been renewed for a second season by cable network A&E with a 13-episode order. (TV By The Numbers)

TNT will be celebrating the 6th season premiere of Supernatural (which will air on the show’s home network the CW) with a 21-hour marathon of episodes, including episodes from the 5th season. The marathon will start at 12 midnight on September 24. (TNT)

Director James Cameron (the man behind Terminator, Titanic and Avatar) is reportedly bringing his 1994 action comedy film True Lies to television. For those who may not know or have forgotten, True Lies centered on on Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a computer salesman/family man who lives a double life as a government spy. During a top-secret mission, Harry discovers that his mousy wife Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis) is seeking adventure. Harry sets out to give her the excitement she craves while battling Middle Eastern terrorists who threaten nuclear war with the U.S. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Looks like TBS has cancelled the comedy series My Boys after four seasons on the air. This could possibly open up lead Jordana Spiro’s chances of returning to the NBC series Love Bites for which she was one of the leads. That show is anticipated to arrive mid-season. (Michael Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly)

Rachael Taylor (Transformers and Shutter) will appear in a multi-episode arc on Grey’s Anatomy, but there is no confirmation on what part she will be playing. Grey’s Anatomy will be back on September 23. (Michael Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly)

ARTICLE ABOUT TV

Grading the Networks on Their New Fall Slates

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Steve Buscemi, Sigourney Weaver, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon and Robin Wright have joined the cast of the thriller Rampart, which is based on a story by James Ellroy. The story follows a single cop against the backdrop of the corruption scandal surrounding the anti-gang unit of the LAPD’s Rampart Division in the late 1990s. Over 70 officers were implicated in misconduct which included unprovoked shootings, beatings, planting of evidence, framing of suspects, stealing and dealing narcotics, bank robbery, perjury and covering up evidence. The cast already includes Woody Harrelson, Ice Cube and Ben Foster. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Christian Slater will play the lead in the indie horror thriller Playback that follows a group of high school students digging into their town’s infamous past and unwittingly unlocking an evil that preys upon their classmates. Slater plays a sinister cop who is pivotal in exposing the town’s secret. (Variety and First Showing)

Sam Riley (who will be seen in the adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road) will play British playwright Christopher “Kit” Marlowe in the movie A Dead Man in Deptford. He joins James Purefoy, Ray Winstone, Ed Speleers and Adam Sinclair. The movie is based on the Anthony Burgess novel of the same name and follows the intriguing theory that Marlowe, a notorious bar room brawler, was also a royal spy for Elizabeth I and that his death in Deptford at age 29 may have been an assassination ordered by the English Secret Service. (The Hollywood Reporter and First Showing)

Demi Moore, Kate Bosworth, and Thomas Haden Church will star in the comedy The Reasonable Bunch, which is about messy exes and their splintered relatives getting into it at a family wedding. The supporting cast includes Martin Landau, Ellen Barkin, and Ellen Burstyn. (Hollywood Reporter and Karen Valby at Entertainment Weekly)

INTERVIEW

INTERVIEW: “LIFE UNEXPECTED” CREATOR LIZ TIGELAAR

That’s it. Enjoy!