Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

It’s another slow news day, but here are the few items to share:

TELEVISION

Actress Rebecca Field (October Road) has joined the upcoming Lifetime drama A Client List as a series regular. She will play Lacey, the best friend since high school of Riley (Jennifer Love Hewitt). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

It has been confirmed: The companions’ time is almost up on Doctor Who. Word had leaked awhile back that Amy Pond (Karen Gillian) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) would not be the Doctor’s companions, but it was just a matter of when this “official” split would take place. Amy and Rory will complete their time with the Doctor during the next new season which is set to air in the Fall of 2012. There is no word on whether River Song (Alex Kingston) – who was revealed to be the daughter of Amy and Rory – will also discontinue being a part of the series. (Film Thrasher)

Actress Alicia Silverstone will appear in the new ABC comedy Suburgatory for a multi-episode arc, reuniting with her former on-screen Clueless co-star Jeremy Sisto. She will play Eden, a possible love interest for Sisto’s character, George. (TV Line and TV Guide)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

A drama series adaptation of the 2010 Australian film Animal Kingdom has landed at Showtime. The project is a crime drama exploring the tense battle between a criminal family and the police, and the ordinary lives caught in the middle. The 2010 movie was inspired by Melbourne’s infamous Pettingill crime family headed by matriarch Kath Pettingill. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

FX has given a pilot order a drama set in the early 1980s called The Americans. The series would center on the complex marriage between Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings, who work undercover for the Soviet Union during a time of heightened tensions in the Cold War, hiding their true identities even to their two children. The relationship is tested as Phillip begins to gain an affinity for the American way of life. (Cynthia Littleton at Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Reese Witherspoon will star in the upcoming box office film The Devil’s Knot, which is about the West Memphis 3, playing Pam Hobbs, the mother of one of the murder victims, who initially believes the trio murdered her son, but is eventually persuaded the three suspects are innocent and wrongly accused. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

First Full Trailer for Bryan Singer’s ‘Jack the Giant Killer’ Smashes In

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend!