Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Not a lot of news to share today, but there are a few items that folks should find interesting. Here goes:

TELEVISION

Actors Ken Leung (Lost) and John Benjamin Hickey (The Big C) will guest star on an upcoming episode of The Good Wife. Leung will play a man who sues a social networking site for failing to protect his privacy. After he posts an anonymous blog about democracy in China, the government then jails and tortures him. Hickey will play the CEO of the social networking site. This episode is scheduled to air Tuesday, March 1. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

Actress Hilarie Burton (One Tree Hill) has been made a series regular on the USA Network drama White Collar. Her character, Sara Ellis, a top-shelf insurance investigator, has appeared in several episodes thus far. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Actress Camille Sullivan (Reunion and the Canadian cop drama Shattered) will play a recurring role on the CW series Hellcats. She will be an old adversary of cheerleader coach Vanessa (Sharon Leal). (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

NBC is currently retooling the British series Prime Suspect for American television and one of the front-runners for the lead role is actress Maria Bello. But no decisions have been made on the casting as yet. (Lynette Rice at Entertainment Weekly)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Famke Janssen will play the leader of the witches in the upcoming Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters film. She will join Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton as the title characters who, 15 years after their narrow fairy tale escape from the gingerbread house, become specialized bounty-hunters looking to take down the witches that almost killed them. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

It looks like actress Julia Roberts will appear as the Evil Queen in the upcoming film The Brothers Grimm: Snow White. This film should not be mistaken for the other upcoming film Snow White and the Huntsman, which has Charlize Theron in the equivalent role. Both of these films are set for a release in 2012. While a third Snow White-themed movie called Snow and the Seven is slated for 2013. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)

Actress Dakota Fanning will play British royal Princess Margaret in the romantic fairytale Girls’ Night Out, which is based on a true story. It follows a teenage Margaret on V.E. Day in 1945 when she and her sister Elizabeth are allowed out from Buckingham Palace for one night to join in the celebrations. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

That’s it. Enjoy!