Hey All,
Today’s news is rather short. I’m guessing that with the drama of registration for Comic Con failing miserably, final votes for the TV Guide cover and upcoming election day fervor got the better of the news outlets.
Anyway, here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
Alan Dale (Lost) will have a recurring role on the NBC series Undercovers, playing James Kelvin, the boss of Shaw (Gerald McRaney) and the man responsible for bringing Steven and Samantha Bloom back to the CIA. Although the couple were told they were recruited to rescue Leo Nash, the real reason involves elements from the Blooms’ past in which Kelvin is interested. He will make his first appearance in Episode 11, but viewers will begin hearing his voice in episode 8. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)
Two former 24 alumni will show up in a January episode of No Ordinary Family. Rick Schroder will appear as a man whose life is saved by big Jim (Michael Chiklis). Annie Wersching will appear in the same episode, playing Schroder’s wife. (William Keck at TV Guide and Matt Mitovich at Fancast)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Warner Bros. is developing a reboot of its 1998 film Practical Magic, which starred Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, for ABC Family. The studio and network are in the very early stages of bringing back the fantasy, which is based on a novel by Alice Hoffman. Practical Magic is about the Owens family, including two sisters and their orphaned nieces, who are the latest in an ancestral line of witches. If any of the Owens women find true love with a man, he dies tragically. (Live Feed at The Hollywood Reporter)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Here are the top 10 box office movies for this past weekend courtesy of Exhibitor Relations:
1. Saw 3D, $24.2 million
2. Paranormal Activity 2, $16.5 million
3. Red, $10.8 million
4. Jackass 3D, $8.4 million
5. Hereafter, $6.3 million
6. Secretariat, $5.1 million
7. The Social Network, $4.7 million
8. Life As We Know It, $4.1 million
9. The Town, $2 million
10. Conviction, $1.8 million
Alex Pettyfer (from the upcoming movie I Am Number Four) and Matthew Bomer (from White Collar) have joined the upcoming sci-fi film Now (formerly titled I’m.Mortal) that stars Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, and Olivia Wilde. The film is set in the future where people can live forever, but time itself becomes a currency to prevent overpopulation. (Darrin Franich at Entertainment Weekly)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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