Hey All,
Happy Over the Hump Day! There is quite a bit of interesting news to share with all of you so let’s get right into it:
TELEVISION
Actress Louise Lombard will be back on CSI for one episode to reprise her role as Sofia Curtis during the CSIs’ hunt for escaped serial killer Nate Haskell (Bill Irwin) in a May sweeps episode. (TV Line)
Mark your calendars!! Doctor Who will be back on BBC America with a two-part episode starting on April 23 at 9 PM. You can expect the following for the return of the doctor: “The Doctor (Matt Smith), and his companions Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill), find themselves on a secret summons that takes them on an adventure from the desert in Utah — right to the Oval Office in 1969.” (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)
Actor Sean Patrick Flanery (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and The Dead Zone) will be heading to the CBS soap The Young and the Restless, playing a country veterinarian named Sam. (Michael Logan TV Guide)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Actress Natalie Dormer (The Tudors) has joined the cast of the ABC drama pilot Poe, which is a crime procedural following Edgar Allan Poe (Christopher Egan), the world’s very first detective, as he uses unconventional methods to investigate dark mysteries in 1840s Boston. She will play Celeste, a beautiful spitfire, with a firm moral center – the logical yin to Poe’s wildly theoretical yang. She owns the newspaper for which Poe writes, having inherited it from her fiancée who died in mysterious circumstances. (Deadline)
Actor Sasha Roiz (Caprica) has joined the cast of the NBC pilot called Grimm that is about Nick Burckhardt (David Giuntoli), a police detective who discovers fairy tale creatures live among us and is tasked with defending humans from these mythical beasts. Sasha will play Captain Ericson, Nick’s supervisor. (The Futon Critic)
Actress Arielle Kebbel (Life Unexpected and The Vampire Diaries) is the newest cast member of the ABC drama pilot called Hallelujah, which is about a tiny town in Tennessee which finds itself being torn apart by the forces of good and evil. She is expected to play Veda Roman, the stunning wife of Del Roman (yet to be cast), a local mobster. (The Futon Critic)
Brian O’Byrne (Flash Forward) has joined the cast of the NBC drama pilot Prime Suspect, which is about Jane Timoney (Maria Bello), an iconoclastic female detective who has to make her bones in a tough New York precinct dominated by men. He is expected to play Reg Duffy, a detective who’s the most hostile towards Jane. (The Futon Critic)
Actress Brooke D’Orsay (Drop Dead Diva and Royal Pains) has landed the female lead in the ABC comedy pilot called Smothered that is about a young couple – Zach (Kyle Howard) and Gillian (D’Orsay) with a one-year-old daughter who find themselves smothered by their two very different sets of parents – his (Marcia Gay Harden and Adam Arkin) are pretentious and disengaged while hers (John C. McGinley and Julie White) are scrappy and exuberant. (The Futon Critic)
Actress Kristin Kreuk (Smallville) will guest star in the Ron Moore/NBC drama pilot called 17th Precinct, as Susan Longstreet, the wife of Jamie Bamber’s crime scene expert. If the pilot is picked up to series her role could becoming a recurring one. The pilot is set in the fictional town of Excelsior, where magic and supernatural elements rule over science, 17th Precinct revolves around the lawmen at the local cop shop. (TV Line)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actor Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice) and rising young actor Miles Fisher (Final Destination 5) have joined the cast of the Clint Eastwood Hoover biopic called J. Edgar. The story focuses on the FBI director’s scandalous career and controversial private life. Donovan will play Hoover’s rival Robert F. Kennedy while Fisher will play Agent Garrison, an FBI man who interviews Hoover at different points throughout the movie. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)
Q&A SECTION (with Adam Bryan and Natalie Abrams from TV Guide, Maureen Ryan from AOL TV and Michael Ausiello from TV Line)
Fair Warning: SPOILER ALERT – tread lightly:
Question: What can you tell me about my favorite new show, The Chicago Code? — Wes
ADAM: It sounds like Vonda (Devin Kelley) and her partner Isaac (Todd Williams) might be doing more than just working cases. “We just got upgraded to organized crime, so we’re going to explore a little more of that,” Williams tells us. “And then we’re going to explore a little more of each other.” But it won’t all be about, er, nightstick-waving. We’ll also learn more about Wysocki’s family through his cop niece. “It gets a little rocky,” Kelley tells us.
Question: I’m so glad Stargate Universe is back. Can you share any spoilers about the final season? — Toby
NATALIE: Two main characters will bite the dust, and much sooner than you think. Plus, two other passengers of the Destiny fall victim to a deadly radiation attack.
Question: Pretty please, can I get some No Ordinary Family scoop? —Stephanie
Ausiello: A series regular will perish in the show’s season finale.
Question: I am addicted to Castle! Please, please, please tell me that Josh will be gone by season’s end. And any really good spoilers leading up to the season finale? —Laura
Ausiello: Poor Victor Webster. Sorry to disappoint you, but I don’t believe we have seen the last of Josh. In other Castle news, I hear a dangerous character from the past will reappear in the season finale. And that can’t be good.
Question: With the Chuck/Sarah wedding likely this season, any word of if we will get to meet Sarah’s mom or will her family only consist of Gary Cole? I’d love to see Cheryl Ladd cast as Sarah’s mom. [Is] the sister she mentioned in ‘Chuck Versus The Wookiee’ real or just a cover story? Will we find out about her?
Mo says: I did speak to ‘Chuck’ executive producer Chris Fedak recently, and though he did talk a bit about Sarah’s mom in the interview, it didn’t sound like introducing her was going to be a priority for the current season. Of course Fedak could have been faking me out, but at this point I’m going to take him at his word. I did want to ask him about potential Sarah siblings, but the interview was brief and we didn’t get around to that subject. Personally, I think it’d be fun to find out more about Sarah’s mom and possible siblings next season, if there is another season. There’d be more time to explore her back-story in depth at that point, and I think your idea of casting Cheryl Ladd sounds just about perfect.
Question: I trust the ‘Supernatural’ writers, but I can’t figure out who the ultimate threat for the season finale will be. Any thoughts?
Mo says: I wondered about that same topic in my most recent weekly review of the show. Will it be the Mother of All? The Wall in Sam’s mind? Will there be a climactic angel battle? Who knows. So far the Mother is shaping up to be the Big Bad at the end of the season, but I’m guessing we won’t really know much until the show returns in April.
That’s it. Enjoy!
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