Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Some really cool news has come out today along with some interesting articles to read so let’s get right into today’s update:

TELEVISION

Actress Sonya Salomaa (who had a small role in the box office film Watchmen) will guest star in Supernatural as Rachel, a tough angel who is expected to appear in the 19th episode of this season. While the part is only scheduled for this one episode, the role is to recur. (William Keck at TV Guide)

Looks like 90210 will be down two more adults: Lori Loughlin and Ryan Eggold will not be returning to the show next season. The fourth season (ME: It will be going into its 4th season – really?) will find the West Beverly crew transitioning to college. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

SUPERNATURAL Q&A ARTICLE

Q+A Time: ‘Supernatural’ Showrunner Sera Gamble Talks Castiel’s War, Dean’s Dilemmas and Sam’s Soul

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

A pilot by Oscar-winning writer Stephen Gaghan (Traffic and Syriana) has been picked up by NBC. The pilot is described, of course, as a Traffic/Syriana-like look at Los Angeles through multiple perspectives in law enforcement, legal communities, city hall, the land of privilege and criminal enterprise. (Deadline)

ABC has given a pilot order to two dramas. The first is Pan Am, which is described as a sexy soap set against the Jet-Age about pilots and flight attendants working at the iconic Pan Am airline in the 1960s. And the second is Poe, a crime procedural following Edgar Allan Poe, the world’s very first detective, as he uses unconventional methods to investigate dark mysteries in 1840s Boston. (Deadline)

Sarah Michelle Gellar’s new CBS thriller pilot ‘Ringer’: The producer spills details! — EXCLUSIVE

UK actor Luke Pasqualino (Skins) will play young William Adama in the much anticipated Battlestar Galactica prequel Blood & Chrome while actor Ben Cotton (Hellcats and the online series Riese) will play Adama’s commanding officer. The show will debut with a two-hour pilot on Syfy. (Entertainment Weekly)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Naomi Watts has signed on to star in the biopic J. Edgar, playing Helen Gandy, J. Edgar Hoover’s loyal secretary for 54 years. The cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio as Hoover, Armie Hammer as his alleged lover Clyde Tolson, Josh Lucas as aviator Charles Lindbergh, Ken Howard as Attorney General Harlan F. Stone, Ed Westwick as the author of Hoover’s biography, and Damon Herriman as Bruno Hauptmann. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actor Ruben Blades – who has served as Minister of Tourism for Panama from 2004 to 2009 will join Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington in the thriller flick Safe House follows is about a CIA agent (Reynolds) whose safe house is attacked requiring him to get a criminal (Washington) to safety. (Joshua Weinstein at The Wrap)

Q&A SECTION (with Natalie Abrams at TV Guide and Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Question: Do you have anything on Stefan and Elena on Vampire Diaries? — Harriet

NATALIE: Now that Katherine is entombed and Elijah seems to be doing his job, Stefan and Elena will take a romantic trip to her parents’ lake house. “They just want to be a normal couple that goes on vacation,” Paul Wesley says. (What could possibly go wrong?) “Of course, danger is pursuing them.” Not only that, they’ll have a capital-T talk about the logistics of a vampire-human relationship, Wesley adds, and the options aren’t attractive.

Question: Will we see Clark fly before the series finale of Smallville? — Chris

NATALIE: “I would say watch ‘Collateral,'” executive producer Brian Peterson says, very craftily teasing this week’s episode. In other exciting final-season news, the Justice League will regroup in the aftermath of Hawkman’s knockout funeral. “They’re definitely a very cohesive unit by the end of the series,” executive producer Kelly Souders says.

Question: Something on NCIS, please! —Sara

Ausiello: Sasha Alexander’s dead agent is returning! Kind of, but not really! Allow me to explain: This season’s clip-heavy 14th episode revolves around the stressed-to-the-max team being forced into therapy. During their individual sessions, Gibbs & Co. flash back to some of their most emotionally taxing cases — Kate’s death obviously being at the top of the list.

Question: Please, do you have any Castle scoops? —Christi

Ausiello: In an upcoming episode, newbie couple Esposito and Lanie will go on a double date with Ryan and Jenny — and to say the fellas’ better halves do not hit it off is putting it mildly.

Question: Josh Schwartz keeps warning fans on Twitter not to miss the “last 10 minutes of next week’s Chuck” and I’m starting to get worried. Please put my mind at ease. —Chris

Ausiello: Would it help if I had Schwartz offer up a one-word description of the episode’s much-buzzed-about final act? No? Too bad. I already asked him. And the word is… Goosebumps!

Question: How about a Supernatural spoiler? —Kriya

Ausiello: The Grim Reaper will set his sights on two recurring characters in the not-too-distant future.

That’s it. Enjoy!