Hey All,
Happy Over the Hump Day! Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
Actress/comedian Charlyne Yi (Knocked Up and the documentary Paper Heart) has been cast as a new regular on the FOX medical drama House next season. She will play a new member of Dr. Gregory House’s (Hugh Laurie) diagnostics team at Princeton-Plainsboro. (Deadline)
Actress Sarah Hagan (Buffy, the Vampire Slayer and Freaks and Geeks) has booked a recurring role on 90210, where she will play Alana, one of Naomi’s new sorority sisters at California University. The character is described as a born leader who proudly flaunts her extensive vocabulary and book smarts. 90210 returns for its fourth season on September 13 on the CW. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
Up-and-coming actress Brittany Belt (who has had roles in The Ex List and Castle) will have a recurring role on the NBC series Parenthood, playing one of Haddie’s (Sarah Ramos) best friends since 7th grade. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
Another actor has been added to the cast for season 2 of Game of Thrones when it returns sometime next year on HBO. German actor Tom Wlaschiha has landed the role of Jaqen, one of the criminals being transported along with Arya (Maisie Williams) to The Wall. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actor Laurence Fishburne will appear as Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White in the Superman reboot Man of Steel, that stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane and Kevin Costner. The film is slated for a June 2013 release. (Entertainment Weekly)
Writer Melisa Wallack, (who wrote the upcoming Snow White film from Relativity) will write the film adaptation of the cult comic Emily the Strange, which was created in the early 1990’s by skateboarder Rob Reger. The character originally appeared on stickers and clothing before moving to comic books in 2005. The film will serve as the origin story of the gothic and odd young lady who owns four mysterious cats and is able to fuse technology and imagination. Actress Chloe Moretz remains attached to star in the lead role. (Heat Vision and Dark Horizons)
Q&A SECTION (with Michael Ausiello at TV Line and Adam Bryan and Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)
Question: Any scoops about the new NCIS season? I am dying to know if there’s something new, something big! — Victoria
Ausiello: Is a new agent big enough for you? Though he won’t be a series regular, the show is adding to the roster a new recurring character, a potentially deadly Fed named Stratton.
Question: I just started watching Chuck this summer and love it and am really sad that will be the final season. Speaking of which, it really sucks that there will only be 13 episodes. Any chance TPTB will give them at least a few more episodes? —Sarah
Ausiello: Let me just put this out there: A back-nine pickup would bring the show’s total episode haul to a clean 100, the traditional threshold for syndication. Let me also put this out there: NBC president Robert Greenblatt told me on Monday that it’s probably not going to happen. “[The 13-episode order] is pretty much set in stone,” he maintained. “They’re designing the season to [build toward] a series finale.”
Question: How does the Buy More fit into this season’s Chuck? —Gabe
Ausiello: Chuck’s now the owner, which means “when his spy agency isn’t doing well, the Buy More might be the only profit center for his company,” explains exec producer Chris Fedak. “It’s important that the Buy More does well, so Chuck’s trying to figure out a way to make it into a successful store.” His first priority: Creating an awesome promotional campaign. “There’s a new commercial with the face of the Buy More, Captain Awesome,” says Fedak. “He’s the most successful salesman Chuck knows.” He’s certainly better than the store’s previous spokesmodel, as viewers will discover firsthand. Reveals Fedak: “We see the original Buy More commercial that Big Mike starred in back in 1981.”
Question: I’ve heard Castle’s new season will feature a superhero episode. What can you tell me about it? —Luke
ADAM: I can tell you that the case involves a young criminal justice student who spends his nights prowling the streets as a masked, sword-wielding vigilante named the Lone Vengeance.
Question: Got any scoop on the final season of Chuck? — Matt
NATALIE: The Buy More is going through a few more changes this season. Now that Chuck’s private spy agency, Carmichael Industries, owns Nerd Herd central, Captain Awesome will become the face of the company, says portrayer Ryan McPartlin. (Can I please have a copy of the first Buy More magazine with his pretty mug on it?) “He’s going to be like the Tony Robbins of the Buy More,” McPartlin says, adding that Awesome won’t be quitting his day job as a doctor. “The fact that Ellie and Awesome know about the spy world, it’ll be like the A-Team and we’ll help out, but only when we’re absolutely needed because of the baby.”
That’s it. Enjoy!
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