Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
It looks like fans of the cult-favorite Arrested Development will be getting a second chance on TV and on film according to series star Jason Bateman, there will be “10 episodes and the movie”. He also said, “They will probably be shooting all together next summer for a release in 2013”. (TV Line)
True Blood actor Chris Bauer (Sheriff Andy Bellefluer) will guest star on Hawaii Five-0, playing the manager of an off-shore oil rig who finds himself coming face-to-face with Danny and McGarrett when one of his men is murdered. (Vulture)
Actor Jason George (previously from Off the Map) will guest star on the winter finale of The Closer slated to air on December 26. He will play Marvin Evans, a successful businessman with old ties to the neighborhood where Turell Baylor was brutally murdered last season. Brenda goes to Evans seeking help to solve a gang murder that may be connected to Turell’s demise. (Tanner Stransky at Entertainment Weekly)
Actress Cheryl Ladd (the original Charlie’s Angels) will appear in Chuck as the mom of Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski). Chuck will return to NBC on October 28 (its new return date) at 8 PM. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Syfy is developing a TV series based on the box office movie The Adjustment Bureau with former Smallville executive producers Darren Swimmer and Todd Slavkin writing the adaptation. The movie version centered on a rising politician whose budding romance with a dancer is intercepted by the Adjustment Bureau, a secret organization with special powers, which uses them to ensure that people’s lives follow the chairman of the Bureau’s plan for them. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
MADE FOR TV MOVIES NEWS
Details on the movie and the cast of the new, upcoming Hallmark Movie Channel telefilm called Hannah’s Law, a western set to premiere next spring, has been announced. Set in a frontier town filled with crime and corruption until Hannah (Sara Canning from The Vampire Diaries), a strong-willed heroine, and her friends, including Wyatt Earp (Greystone Holt from the upcoming mid-season series Alcatraz) and Doc Holliday (Ryan Kennedy from Hellcats), take a stand for justice as she tries to track down the McMurphy gang, which brutally murdered her parents and young brother. Legendary actor Danny Glover will play Isom Dart, a father figure to Hannah; Kimberly Elise (For Colored Girls) is Stagecoach Mary, her best friend; Billy Zane (Titanic) is Lockwood and John Pyper-Ferguson (Caprica) plays Frank McMurphy. (Kimberly Nordyke at The Hollywood Reporter)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Friday Night Lights actor Zach Gilford will star opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the box office film The Last Stand in which he will play the young small-town cop who works for Schwarzenegger’s sheriff character. They are all that stands between a drug cartel and the Mexican border after the kingpin escapes from a US prison and races home. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)
Here’s a complete look at the weekend’s top movies, per Friday-Sunday estimates as compiled by Exhibitor Relations:
1. Dolphin Tale, $14.2 million
2. Moneyball, $12.5 million
3. The Lion King, $11.1 million
4. 50/50, $8.85 million
5. Courageous, $8.8 million
6. Dream House, $8.2 million
7. Abduction, $5.7 million
8. What’s Your Number?, $5.6 million
9. Contagion, $5 million
10. Killer Elite, $4.9 million
BOX OFFICE TRAILER
Indie Trailer Sunday: Coming of Age Film ‘Norman’ Starring Dan Byrd
That’s it. Enjoy!
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