Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
Warehouse 13 just got renewed for a fourth season. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)
Actress Erica Durance (Smallville) will guest star in an episode of the new fall ABC series Charlie’s Angels, playing Samantha Masters, a tough-as-nails, Glock-toting CIA operative who has a bit of a romantic history with Bosley (Ramon Rodriguez). The new series will debut on September 22 at 8 PM with Durance’s episode to air in mid- to late-October. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)
Psych is coming back for its sixth season on Oct. 12 at 10 PM (Twitter)
The USA Network has cancelled In Plain Sight, but it will have one final season with an eight-episode order. The final season will air in spring of 2012. (Variety)
The TNT series Leverage has been picked up for a fifth season. (Twitter)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Summit Entertainment are interested in having former Smallville show runners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar direct an adaptation of the popular young adult novel series called Homelanders by Andrew Klavan for the big screen. The story follows the plight of a teenager who awakens one day to find himself tied to a chair after a whole year has passed him by. Once he escapes, he sets out to find those who put him in that terrible situation. There are four books planned for the series, with two having already been published. This potential franchise could possibly fill the hole left by The Twilight Saga franchise for the film studio. However, there is no set start date or cast information at this time. (Movie Web)
It looks like another Bridget Jones movie will be coming to cineplexs, but no specific details have been announced yet except that Universal and Working Title Films want the sequel to happen. (Lynette Rice at Entertainment Weekly)
Plans are underway for a new film adaptation of Cinderella to be filmed with director Mark Romanek (who directed Never Let Me Go and One Hour Photo) at the helm. The pitch for this reimagined version of the fairytale is about a prince who is forced into a politically-arranged marriage, until the evil plan is threatened when he meets Cinderella. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)
BOX OFFICE TRAILER
Watch: Second Official Trailer for Craig Brewer’s ‘Footloose’ Dances In
NOTE: It is interesting (at least to me) that the song used in this trailer – “Sour Cherry” – is from the duo The Kills. This song was used in a very sexy scene between Bo and Dyson on the Canadian series Lost Girl. It’s a great song; but this remake, well; I’ll hold my judgment until I see it.
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
CBS is developing a new pilot called Ralph Lamb with GoodFellas writer Nicholas Pileggi. The pilot would be set in Las Vegas, revolving around the former Clark County sheriff, who from helped form the Las Vegas Metro Police Department from 1961 to 1979. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)
Show runners Shawn Ryan and Simon Mirren are working on an untitled pilot that has been sold to CBS that would be a procedural about a genetic scientist who uses his newfound discovery that he has the psychopath gene to help the FBI catch killers. (Deadline)
CONDOLENCES
Former lead singer of the 80’s metal rock band Warrant, Jani Lane, was found dead in Los Angeles last night. (E! Online)
ME: Rest in Peace, Mr. Lane. Condolences to his family, friends and fans.
MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE…
Q&A SECTION (with Sandra Gonzalez from Entertainment Weekly)
Question: I know how much you love Castle and that you MUST have something good up those sleeves. So spill! — Christie
Sandra: You know me too well! While roaming around the ABC party last Sunday on my last day at TCA, I got a chance to talk Penny Johnson Jerald, who was so sweet I couldn’t believe she was the one playing the new no-nonsense captain! She revealed to me that while her character (Victoria ‘Iron’ Gates) doesn’t have a dark past like Capt. Montgomery (at least, she doesn’t currently have one), she’s not there with completely pure intentions. “I think what’s interesting with this character is that she’s aspiring to be more than a captain. So any case that comes through the office is of utmost importance — anything to help cushion that launch pad she needs for the next level she’s looking for,” she said. “She’s politically driven. I think that hopefully we’ll learn she has another agenda.”
Question: Any Glee-scoop would be much appreciated! — Becks
Sandra: Remember Tina’s random crying scenes last season? There’s probably more on the way as Tina and Mike Chang will deal with being a year apart. Mike’s thinking about graduation, while Tina, a junior, is stuck in school one more year. At the Glee 3-D movie premiere in Los Angeles, Jenna Ushkowitz contemplated the possible drama and her reaction to seeing some of her fellow cast members don their cap and gowns. “I don’t even want to think about it. I will cry so hard. Those are my best friends,” she says. “Right now we’re just trying to get through 22 episodes. That’s so far in the future for us.”
Question: Supernatural! Any nugget will do. Saw on Twitter that you were talking to Jared Padalecki! – Isabell
Sandra: Indeed! And we had a rousing conversation about Sam’s hair that I’ll share with you soon. (This is mostly true, except I might never share it with you because it was hilariously random.) But the real scoop came from head honcho Sera Gamble, who dished about a very fun upcoming episode where the boys travel to Lily Dale, N.Y., which is a “true-life town with the highest concentration of psychics and spiritualists in the country.” “It’s a little tricky to go ghost hunting where everyone is calling ghosts,” she teased. “But it’s a good place to have a conversation about the difference between fake psychics and true psychics.”
Question: I’d love some spoilers for Suits, especially something on my new summer TV crush, Harvey! C’mon, a little spoiler reward to celebrate the renewal? – Angie
Sandra: I like how you think! Luckily, Mandi Bierly just spoke with Gabriel Macht, who stars as hot-shot attorney Harvey Specter, who dished on the Sept. 8 finale (which was penned by creator Aaron Korsh). In the episode, titled “Dog Fight,” Human Target‘s Chi McBride guests as a new district attorney who isn’t eager to help Harvey free an innocent man Harvey sent to jail years ago by unknowingly burying evidence. “He feels really guilty, and he needs to fix that,” Macht says. “That weighs heavy on his shoulders because he is a man of integrity, and he feels like he’s always doing the right thing, whether or not the way he does it is the right way.”
That’s it. Enjoy!
Have a terrific weekend!
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