Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
The Glades has been renewed for Season 3 by A&E. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)
It looks like CBS might just be giving Person of Interest and Unforgettable back orders for the rest of their debut seasons. No confirmation yet, but it is sounding promising. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Actress Mena Suvari (American Beauty) has been cast in American Horror Story as a young woman with a connection to the house: The Black Dahlia. Yes, ass in the high-profile murder victim whose 1947 unsolved killing was the subject of myriad books and movie adaptations. She is expected to appear in the 9th episode. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
ABC is picking up a drama pilot from Shonda Rhimes called The Circle, which is described as part soap, part conspiracy thriller. It follows ten friends, adopted as children by a billionaire philanthropist, who begin to question their past when one of their own is murdered. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
FOX has picked up the Marvel comic The Punisher as a potential series for the network. The pilot would be an hour-long procedural with a new take on the iconic character, Frank Castle, a rising star detective with the New York Police Department who moonlights as the vigilante Punisher, seeking justice for those the system has failed. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
BEHIND THE VELVET CURTAIN (aka SPOILERS) (from Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)
Here are some teasers from Revenge executive producer Mike Kelley:
On the uber-creepy Tyler, Kelley said the Talented Mr. Ripley-inspired character will very soon “make things very difficult for a lot of people.” “I think what you’ll find with Tyler is that this is somebody that not only wants to be friends with Daniel Grayson, but he wants to BE Daniel Grayson. So the Tyler arc is a very strong one and he gets in there and starts to take over Daniel’s role inside the Grayson family as Daniel starts to marginalize himself with his budding relationship with Emily.” And if that’s not enough, Kelley teases that an upcoming arc will find Nolan, Ashley and Tyler involved in a “triangle.” I can only assume he means a love triangle, but you never know with this show.
Craving more Nolan? You’re not alone. And soon, Kelley says the true past that Nolan shares with Emily’s father will come to light. “He knows a lot more than Emily thinks he does” says Kelley. As a matter of fact, he knows things that she doesn’t know. So you’re going to find out that Nolan himself has a bit of a motivation that informs the future story of Revenge in a big way.”
Prepare yourself… for episode 7. “Something very, very big and very permanent will happen to one of our core cast members in episode 7. It’s going to really push the show up a level in the stakes,” explains Kelley. I shudder with excitement.
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actor Bradley Cooper has emerged as the favorite to star in the upcoming spy action-comedy feature adaptation of the classic TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The original 60’s show and the upcoming film (also set in the 60’s) follows the exploits of two secret agents, American Napoleon Solo and Russian Ilya Kuryakin who work for a fictitious secret international espionage and law-enforcement agency called U.N.C.L.E. Cooper currently has an offer to play Napoleon. (Variety and Dark Horizons)
Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones will star in the upcoming film Broken City. She will play the philandering wife of the mayor of New York (Russell Crowe); and when a Brooklyn detective (Mark Wahlberg) is hired by the mayor to identify his wife’s lover, and the lover turns up dead, the detective takes it personally and uncovers a wider conspiracy involving his employer. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)
The web series I Kissed a Vampire is moving from the computer screen to the big screen via Monterey Media. The rock musical web series stars Lucas Grabeel (High School Musical and Switched at Birth) and Drew Seeley (Another Cinderella Story and Glory Daze) and newcomer Adrian Slade and is about a teenager who tries to save himself and the girl he loves after realizing that he is turning into a vampire. The web series debuted on iTunes in 2009. (Joshua L. Weinstein at The Wrap)
That’s it. Enjoy!
Have a great weekend!
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