Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

The news is rather short for today, but there were still a few items of interest:

TELEVISION

Actor Roger Bart (The Event, Revenge and Desperate Housewives) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Grimm where he will play a Wildermann, a bearded, “Grizzly Adams-type” character. He will appear in the episode that tackles the legend of Big Foot that will star Kenneth Mitchell (Jericho) as the legendary creature. (Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

In an upcoming episode of The Vampire Diaries not only will viewers get to see the oft-discussed but never-seen-before parents of Elena Gilbert in a flashback episode that will also feature a return visit of Aunt Jenna (Sara Canning) again via flashbacks. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide and Megan Masters at TV Line)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor turned director Kenneth Branagh will be the new director for the next Jack Ryan movie that will now feature Chris Pine in the lead role. (Cinema Blend)

Actress Catherine O’Hara (Beetlejuice) and actor Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) will star in the upcoming drama film called Rememory that will revolve around a brilliant professor who mysteriously dies on the eve of releasing his life-changing invention. His wife, Carolyn (O’Hara), discovers the device which records and plays memories. With an unlikely friend (Dinklage), she uses the invention to get to the bottom of the mystery. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)

Young actress Chloe Moretz (Kick Ass and the upcoming Dark Shadows) has landed the lead role in yet another remake of the Stephen King classic horror tale Carrie. (Twitter)

That’s it. Enjoy!