Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Happy Friday Everybody!! Today’s news is short, once again, but still contains a few interesting tidbits:

TELEVISION

Merlin has been renewed for a fourth season on Syfy. Those new episodes will air in 2012. Season four will follow Merlin as he looks to ensure that Arthur “fulfils his destiny as the Once and Future King.” Joining the show in season four are Nathaniel Parker as Agravaine, as well as guest stars Gemma Jones as Cailleach and Phil Davis as a sinister Circus master. (TV Guide)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actresses Julia Stiles (The Prince and Me) and America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) are to star in the upcoming box office comedy called It’s A Disaster that tells the story of four couples who meet for Sunday Brunch only to discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end. (Dark Horizons)

Actresses Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) and Sarah Hyland (Modern Family) and actor Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding) have joined the cast of the coming-of-age box office comedy called Struck by Lightning, which stars Chris Colfer (Glee) as a student who is struck and killed by a bolt of lightning at the beginning of the movie and through flashbacks it is shown how he blackmailed his fellow senior classmates into contributing to a literary magazine he’s publishing. (Dark Horizons)

Actor Matthew Morrison (Glee) has been added to the ever-growing cast of the upcoming box office film What to Expect When You’re Expecting, based on the self-help parenting book of the same name. He will play Evan, who is paired with Jules (played by Cameron Diaz) on a celebrity dance show. The two, of course, fall in love. With Jules’s pregnancy, the two have to figure out how to make their bi-coastal lives work. Among the other cast members are Jennifer Lopez, Brooklyn Decker, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick and Chase Crawford. (The Wrap)

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a terrific weekend!