Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Jerry O’Connell (Crossing Jordan) has been cast as Herman Munster in the upcoming NBC drama reboot of the classic 60’s sitcom that will be known as Mockingbird Lane from the mind of Bryan Fuller (the man behind Pushing Daisies). O’Connell joins already cast Eddie Izzard as grandpa, Charity Wakefield, as their “plain” cousin and Mason Cook as Eddie. Word has it that actress Marianna Klaveno (True Blood) could potentially play Lily Munster, but that will only happen if she is released from her contract to Marc Cherry’s new pilot Devious Maids that was up for consideration at ABC (but not picked up there) but still in potential play at Lifetime. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline and William Keck at TV Guide)

Syfy has picked up season three of the Canadian hit series Lost Girl with plans to air it next January. (Shilo Adams at TV Overmind)

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS

Actors Eddie Cibrian and Michael Beach (both of Third Watch) will star in the Hallmark Channel movie called Playing Father that revolves around a former musician (Cibrian) who, despite having fans around the world, opts to return home to take a job teaching music to disenfranchised children so he can repair his relationship with his own family. Beach will play a custodian who works at the school. The film will premiere next year around Father’s Day. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Danielle Panabaker, singer-actress Naomi Judd and Travis Milne (Rookie Blue) will all star in the Hallmark Channel movie called The Nearlywed. The project revolves around three friends who have dream weddings only to find out that the pastor who married them failed to complete the key paperwork required to make them official. Panabaker will play Erin, whose husband David (Ryan Kennedy) invites his manipulative mother Renee (Judd) to stay with the couple. Milne will play Nick, one of the other husbands. The film will premiere in January. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Garret Dillahunt (Raising Hope) has joined the cast of the upcoming film called Twelve Years A Slave where he will portray Armsby, a fellow field hand who works alongside Solomon Northup (Chiwitel Ejifior), a free black man who’s brought South against his will and sold into slavery. Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) also stars. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)

Actors Douglas Booth (The Pillars of the Earth) and Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) are set to play Noah’s son Shem and Ham in the upcoming epic film entitled Noah that is set to star Russell Crowe. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

Actor Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory) has joined the cast of the upcoming film called CBGB, the legendary New York club where American punk rock and New Wave got its start in the mid-1970’s. Galecki will play band manager Terry Ork. The cast includes Alan Rickman, Rupert Grint and Malin Ackerman. (Dominic Patten at Deadline)

Actress Rebecca Hall (The Town) will star in the upcoming film called A Promise, which is an adaptation of the Stefan Zweig novella entitled Journey into the Past. The film will be set in Germany in 1910 and centers on the wife of an older, wealthy man who falls hopelessly in love with her husband’s teacher, a young and ambitious engineer from a modest background. They embark on a passionate liaison and quickly vow to live together. When WWI breaks out and they are separated, they promise to go on loving each other. (Variety)

Q&A SECTION (with Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Question: Any good Teen Wolf scoops? —Alysia

Ausiello: JR Bourne, who plays big, bad Argent, would neither confirm nor deny buzz that one and possibly two major characters will bite the dust this season, but he did issue this frighteningly cryptic warning. “I think [the fans] will be shocked, surprised and maybe even upset,” he told TVLine at the ATX Fest. “I think they’re going to cry. I think they might maybe pee a bit in their pants out of nervousness. There’s going to be a lot of stuff going on.”

Question: Any Teen Wolf scoop on Lydia? —Jen

Ausiello: By the third episode you’re going to get some hints of what’s to come with Lydia… and she’s not OK,” teases the show’s creator/showrunner Jeff Davis. “She is definitely feeling the effects of the bite that was taken out of her side. She has a very big arc this season. I told [her portrayer], Holland [Roden], at the start of the season that her role is going to become a lot more important, even though the character doesn’t know it yet. There’s a lot for her to play and she’s part of a big mystery.”

That’s it. Enjoy!