Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

HAPPY VETERAN’S DAY!

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Misha Collins (Supernatural) will guest star on an upcoming episode of Ringer, playing Dylan, a man from Siobhan and Bridget’s past in Tahoe who played a strong role in the rift between the twins, leading to a six-year separation. (Tierney Bricker at E! Entertainment)

Actress Ashley Green (from the Twilight franchise) will appear in a three-episode arc on the new, but struggling, ABC period drama Pan Am, as a debutante with a past connection to Ted (Michael Mosley). She will first appear in the December 5 episode. (Lynette Rice at Entertainment Weekly)

Actress Salli Richardson-Whitfield (Eureka) will guest star on the Bones spinoff The Finder. She will play Athena Brooks, the lawyer representing the music mogul to be played by special guest star 50 Cent, who will play Big Glade, a successful, intimidating hip-hop bigwig who is desperate to find the lost tracks of a deceased rap artist on his music label. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Russell Tovey (the original BBC America series Being Human) has just announced he is leaving the series. It appears that the departure of actor Aidan Turner (and subsequently his character Mitchell) seems to be the catalyst. Of course, the news may come as a shock to fans and it’s quite unclear at this moment if his departure will take place during season 4, or at the end of it. (Blastr)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Max Irons (Red Riding Hood [and son of actor Jeremy Irons] has landed the second male lead role in the film adaptation of the Stephenie Meyer novel The Host. Actor Jake Abel (Supernatural and I Am Number Four) recently landed the other male lead. Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones) will play the female lead. (Entertainment Weekly and First Showing)

Actor Jason Clarke (The Chicago Code and Brotherhood) is the first actor set for the Kathryn Bigelow-directed drama about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. Clarke will play a terrorist hunter in service of the U.S. efforts to hunt Bin Laden. Other actors being considered for roles include Tom Hardy (Inception), Jennifer Ehle (A Gifted Man), Guy Pearce (The Hurt Locker), Idris Elba (Luther), Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Nina Arianda (Midnight In Paris). (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

Actor Dominic Cooper (Mamma Mia and Captain America) has joined the cast of the upcoming movie My Dinner With Herve, the indie biopic of French dwarf actor Herve Villechaize, who is best known for his roles on TV series Fantasy Island and 007 film The Man With The Golden Gun. Actor Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) will star as Herve while Cooper will play the reporter who gets the final interview before Herve committed suicide in 1993. (Dark Horizons)

Actor Matt Lanter (90210) has landed the lead role in the indie drama A Chance of Rain, which follows a young man who, while trying to bring water to a destitute village in Africa during a horrible drought, encounters his own problems, challenges and struggles. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actors Sullivan Stapleton, Philip Winchester, Rhashan Stone and Michelle Lukes will return for the official second (and unofficial third) season of the Cinemax hit action series Strike Back, which has received a ten episode order that will be shot on location in South Africa, starting in January for debut later in 2012. (Dark Horizons)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Must Watch: Badass Trailer for Action Film ‘Safe’ with Jason Statham

That’s it. Enjoy!