Hey All,
Happy Friday Everybody!! Let’s get right into the news for today, shall we?:
TELEVISION
TNT has renewed Falling Skies for a second season. There will be 10 episodes for the second season, which is slated to air in summer 2012. (The Futon Critic)
Actress Rachelle Lefevre (Off the Map and the first two Twilight movies) has joined the cast of the fall CBS medical drama A Gifted Man that stars Patrick Wilson as Dr. Michael Holt, a surgeon who starts to communicate with his dead ex-wife (Jennifer Ehle). Lefevre will play Kate, a doctor at a family clinica where Holt will find himself spending more time instead of his upscale hospital. A Gifted Man premieres on September 23 at 8 PM. (TV Line, Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide)
Actors Michael Rady (Melrose Place and the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movies) and Nick Stahl (Terminator 3) have been cast as love interests Jeannie, the character to be played by actress Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) in her new Showtime comedy called House of Lies that is based on the best-selling tell-all book, How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Tell You the Time. The series will center on competing corporate management consulting firms of which the cast includes Don Cheadle, Ben Schwartz and Dawn Olivieri. Rady will recur as Wes, a wealthy golden boy who may be a tad too conservative for Jeannie while Stahl will appear in one episode as a musician named Kurt who makes Jeannie question what she wants out of life and love. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)
Relative newcomer actress Gwendoline Christie (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) will appear in the pivotal part of Brienne on HBO’s Game of Thrones. Brienne serves the late king’s brother Renly and is a fan favorite from the book series on which the series is based. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)
Actor Michael B. Jordan will be back on Parenthood playing the easy-going Alex. He will have a recurring role when the show returns with new episodes on September 13. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)
Actor James Wolk (Lone Star) will appear in a multi-episode arc the Showtime series Shameless, playing Adam, an investment executive who makes a connection with Fiona (Emmy Rossum). (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
TNT has given the greenlight to Dallas, an all-new series based upon the popular night-time soap opera. Set in the big state of Texas, Dallas stars Josh Henderson (90210), Jesse Metcalfe (John Tucker Must Die), Jordana Brewster (Fast & Furious), Julie Gonzalo (Veronica Mars) and Brenda Strong (Desperate Housewives). They will be joined by iconic stars Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray and Larry Hagman. TNT has ordered 10 episodes and the series is slated to premiere in the summer of 2012. (TV By the Numbers)
MADE FOR TV MOVIE NEWS
Actress Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) will play Miss Haversham in a new version of Great Expectations in a new adaptation of the Dickens classic for the BBC. The three-part drama will air on BBC One this Christmas to celebrate the 200th birthday of Dickens in 2012. But there is no word yet on when this adaptation will air in America, though. Meanwhile, actor Ray Winstone (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) has signed on to play escaped criminal Magwitch and relative newcomer Douglas Booth will play the orphan hero Pip. Also actor David Suchet (Poirot) will play Jagger and Mark Addy (Game of Thrones) will play Pumblechook. (John Sellers at The Wrap)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Veteran talents Vanessa Redgrave and Terrence Stamp are set to lead the box office film called Song for Marion, which follows a progressive choir composed of elderly men and women singing contemporary pop and rock songs. Redgrave will play Marion while Stamp plays her husband Arthur, who is reluctant to join the choir with Marion. But of course she and the choir leader, to be played by Gemma Arterton (Prince of Persia), want him there. In addition, Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who) and Anne Reid (2010’s Upstairs Downstairs) also star in the film that will feature songs from Motorhead, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and Cyndi Lauper. (The Daily Mail and First Showing)
BOX OFFICE TRAILER
Newest Theatrical Trailer for Gus Van Sant’s Quaint Indie ‘Restless’
That’s it. Enjoy!
Have a terrific weekend!
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