Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All

Here are the news items for yesterday and today:

TELEVISION

Actress Vanessa Ray (Suits and White Collar) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Pretty Little Liars, playing Cece, a charming blonde who works as a stylist in a hip boutique, but as it turns out, she is actually Jason’s ex-girlfriend and the person that schooled Alison in the wicked ways of the world, she taught her everything she knows. Pretty Little Liars will be back on ABC Family on June 5. (Megan Masters at TV Line)

WEB SERIES

Actor Ryan McPartlin (Chuck) will co-star in Daybreak, a six-episode web series loosely connected to Touch, the FOX drama. This web series will center on the Dodecahedron, an object that was recently introduced on the Kiefer Sutherland series. The web series will launch following the May 31 Touch finale episode. (TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Lifetime is developing a drama series based on Clarice Starling, the character created by novelist Thomas Harris and portrayed by Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs. The project would follow a pre-Hannibal Lecter Clarice soon after she graduates from the FBI academy. (TV Guide and TV Line)

MADE FOR TV MOVIE NEWS

Actor Grant Bowler (True Blood) will portray Richard Burton opposite Lindsay Lohan in the Lifetime original movie Liz & Dick, the biopic about Elizabeth Taylor. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Rupert Grint (of Harry Potter fame) will appear in two upcoming films. The first is called The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman in which actor Shia LaBeouf plays a young man who falls for a woman (Evan Rachel Wood) who belongs to a dangerous crime boss (Mads Mikkelsen). Grint’s role is unknown at this point. The second is CBGB, the film about the famous New York nightclub and its effects on the underground music scene in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Alan Rickman leads the cast as club founder Hilly Kristal while Grint will play Cheetah Chrome, lead guitarist of short-lived ‘70s punk band The Dead Boys. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actor Gary Oldman will star opposite actor Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) in the remake of Robocop. Kinnaman plays Alex Murphy who is brought back from the brink of death and turned into a cyborg police officer. Oldman will play Norton, the scientist who creates Robocop and finds himself torn between the ideals of the machine trying to rediscover its humanity and the callous needs of a corporation. (Heat Vision and Dark Horizons)

Actress Nikki Reed (Twilight Saga franchise) and actors Michael Angarano (Almost Famous), Paul Ben-Victor (In Plain Sight) and Chris Diamantopoulos (The Starter Wife) have joined the cast of the film Empire State. The film is set in 1980’s and is about two friends who plan to rob an armored car company. Dwayne Johnson, Emma Roberts and Liam Hemsworth are already part of the cast. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a terrific holiday weekend!