Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All

Happy Monday! There isn’t a lot of news today, but there are still a few interesting items to share:

TELEVISION

The holiday episodes of Warehouse 13, Eureka and Haven will air on December 6 on Syfy. (Twitter)

CBS has effectively, if not officially [although production has been shut down], canceled the new comedy How to Be a Gentleman by moving it to Saturday nights at 8 PM beginning October 15. The comedy Rules of Engagement will now air on Thursdays at 8:30 PM starting October 20. (Entertainment Weekly and TV Line)

Season 1 of Lost Girl premieres on Syfy January 16 at 10PM and Merlin will be back with season 4 on January 6. (Syfy Press Tour)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

ABC has bought an hour-long project from Jerry Bruckheimer Television and writer Sascha Penn. Inspired by the Josie Brown 2010 novel called Secret Lives of Husbands And Wives that takes on life, love, marriage, infidelity and friendship in suburban California. The project is described as a thriller-dramatic soap that centers on a murder and the secrets exposed in its aftermath. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Dominic Purcell (Prison Break) has joined the cast of the upcoming film Paradise Lost where he will play Jeehamel, an angel who is persuaded to join the evil Lucifer (Bradley Cooper). He eventually becomes the devil’s right-hand man under the new moniker Moloch. Benjamin Walker portrays the archangel Michael, who wages an all-out war with Lucifer over who will control heaven. Actors Djimon Hounsou, Casey Affleck, Camilla Belle and Callan McAuliffe co-star. (Movie Web)

Here are the top 10 movies at the box office for this past weekend courtesy of Exhibitor Relations:

1. Real Steel, $27.3 million
2. The Ides of March, $10.4 million
3. Dolphin Tale, $9.2 million
4. Moneyball, $7.5 million
5. 50/50, $5.5 million
6. Courageous, $4.6 million
6. The Lion King, $4.6 million
8. Dream House, $4.5 million
9. What’s Your Number?, $3.1 million
10. Abduction, $2.9 million

That’s it. Enjoy!