Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
Actress Susan Sarandon has booked a multi-episode arc on season 3 of the Showtime dramedy The Big C, which stars Laura Linney as Cathy, a woman diagnosed with cancer who is determined to make the most out of her life. Sarandon will play Joy, a cancer survivor who is using her unique experience to inspire and motivate others. Season 3 of The Big C will premiere on April 8. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)
Actor Tyler Blackburn, who plays Caleb on Pretty Little Liars, will find himself much busier when the show returns this summer for its third season. He has been bumped up to series regular as of season 3. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)
HBO has given their new horse-racing series Luck a second season after one official episode airing. The series premiere pulled in 1.8 million viewers this past Sunday (in addition to the 1.1 million viewers who tuned in for the sneak preview back in November). The show stars Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte and Jason Gedrick (among others). (Variety)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
ABC has greenlit a pilot drama called Scruples to be based on the 1978 best-selling book by Judith Krantz that centers on a rich and powerful clothing designer in a world of sex, revenge and scandal. Krantz’s son Tony and actress Natalie Portman will produce. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Showrunner extraordinaire John Wells (ER, Third Watch and Southland) is back with NBC with a new potential drama called Bad Girls, which is based on the long-running UK hit series of the same name. The pilot follows the ins-and-outs of a group of unlikely women in a federal prison: a scandalous female warden, her new protégé and a host of inmates – some mothers, some friends—who struggle with loyalties to people on the inside and the outside. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
The CW has the green light to three more drama pilots. First, there is the J.J. Abrams and Mark Schwahn pilot called Shelter; the Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain pilot called The Selection and the Bert Royal pilot called Joey Dakota. Shelter is set at a historic New England summer resort where the new and returning staff attend to the practical, emotional and often comical needs of the guests while navigating friendships, rivalries and romances of their own. The Selection is based on the forthcoming series of books by Kiera Cass that is being described as an epic romance set 300 years in the future, centering on a poor young woman who is chosen by lottery to participate in a competition to become the next queen of a war-torn nation at a crossroads. Meanwhile, Joey Dakota is a “romantic time-travel musical” based on the successful Israeli half-hour series Danny Hollywood that centers on a documentary filmmaker who travels back in time to the 1990s, where she meets and falls in love with the rock-star subject of her film. When she unexpectedly returns to present day, she must find her way back to the past to reunite with her love and prevent his untimely death. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
20th Century Fox has closed deals with director Matthew Vaughn and the cast of X-Men: First Class to return for a forthcoming sequel. (Heat Vision and Dark Horizons)
Actress Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) is set to play singer-songwriter and Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie in the upcoming film called The Drummer that follows the last six years of the life of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson (Aaron Eckhart). Wilson and McVie had a passionate relationship, becoming each other’s muses and confidants. Farmiga will use her classical piano training in the production and will sing in a number of duets with Eckhart. (Screen Daily and Dark Horizons)
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