Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Much like yesterday the entertainment news is slow-moving because of election fever I guess. The same can be said for tonight’s lack of TV viewing. It is going to be a rather boring night for those few of us uninterested in anything related to politics. Am I alone in that camp?

Anyway, here are the items I found for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Renée Felice Smith has become an official series regular on NCIS: Los Angeles, after playing the recurring role of Intelligence Analyst Nell Jones this season. (Daemon’s TV)

The Shonda Rhimes-produced medical drama Off the Map, which is about young doctors working at a remote clinic in South America, will premiere on ABC on January 12 at 10 PM. The show stars Martin Henderson, Caroline Dhavernas, Mamie Gummer, Rachelle Lefevre and Zach Gilford. (Twitter and Zap2It)

Actress Christine Adams (The Whole Truth and Pushing Daisies) has joined the cast of the FOX drama Terra Nova, playing a resident of the time-traveling colony. (Entertainment Weekly and Zap2It)

Canadian actress Camille Sullivan has joined the cast of the series Rookie Blue and Lauren Holly (NCIS) will guest star in an upcoming episode of the series. Sullivan will play detective Jo Rosati in the second season. (Etan Vlessing at The Hollywood Reporter)

TV TRAILER

Want to see an impressive trailer for the upcoming new drama The Chicago Code (formerly known as Ride Along)? The series stars Jennifer Beals, Delroy Lindo, Jason Clarke (Brotherhood) and Matt Lauria (Friday Night Lights) and is set to debut on FOX in February. Here’s the link to the promo trailer as provided by The TV Addict.

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Joel Edgerton (King Arthur) will play the male lead role opposite Jennifer Garner in the fantasy fable film The Odd Life of Timothy Green, which centers on a childless couple who bury all their wishes for a baby in a box in their backyard. One day, they wake up to find that a child is born – a child that is not all that it appears. (Heat Vision and Dark Horizons)

Rebecca Hall (The Town and The Prestige) is rumored to be the top contender to play Daisy in Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s acclaimed novel The Great Gatsby. Luhrmann will audition a number of Hollywood’s major actresses before making a decision with the likes of Keira Knightley, Amanda Seyfried, Blake Lively, Abbie Cornish, Michelle Williams, Natalie Portman, and Scarlett Johansson all making his current wish list. Hall has an edge however, she participated in Luhrmann’s workshop reading in the role last week alongside Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby and Tobey Maguire as Nick Carroway. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)

Abigail Breslin (My Sister’s Keeper) has joined the ensemble cast of the pseudo-sequel to the romantic comedy Valentine’s Day called New Year’s Eve. There are no details known on her character at this point, but the film is supposed to be set in New York and will follow intertwining stories of characters trying to navigate their way through romance on New Year’s Eve. Glee star Lea Michele is the only other announced cast member so far. (Variety and First Showing)

Q&A SECTION (with Kristin at E! Entertainment Online and Matt Mitovich at Fancast)

Question: So sad that Medium is probably winding down. I love that show. Any scoop on the final few episodes? – Kelly

Kristin: Amazing news! Superawesome Ryan Hurst (who plays superawesome Opie on Sons of Anarchy) is back on Medium as Allison’s brother Michael “Lucky” Benoit for episode 11—we’re so glad to hear they were able to get him back for one before visit before the show signs off! In the episode, which is called “Only Half Lucky,” Michael, who can never quite catch a break, is semi-possessed by a dead guy with a killer sales pitch…

Question: It’s been a while since we got some ‘Nikita’ scoop. Are we ever going to dive into Michael’s back story? – Colby

Mitovich: The episode airing Nov. 11 will shed much light on how Michael came to Division. “Michael was always in the military in some sense,” Shane West previews, “and something that is truly devastating happened to him in his personal life that made him completely emotionless. That’s when Percy (played by Xander Berkley) finds him and brings him into Division.” The reveal of that backstory “changes the dynamic, at least for a while, of what’s go to happen in the present,” West says of his favorite episode to date.

That’s it. Enjoy!