Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Jose Zuniga (CSI: Miami and the first Twilight film) will make a guest appearance on an upcoming episode of Burn Notice, playing a vicious cocaine smuggler named Vasquez, who is being described as clever and sadistic who isn’t shy about using torture to locate a missing cocaine shipment. (Kimberly Roots at TV Line)

Actor Charles S. Dutton (Roc) will appear in the season finale of the new A&E drama Longmire, playing a detective from Colorado who comes to Absoroka County to follow up on a mysterious case from Walt’s past. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Actor Chris Zylka (The Secret Circle and 10 Things I Hate About You) has joined the cast of American Horror Story. There are no details on what role he will play when the FX thriller returns for a second season later this year, though. (Carrie Bell and Tim Stack at Entertainment Weekly)

The USA Network has picked up the new drama called Graceland from White Collar creator Jeff Eastin. The series will star Daniel Sunjata (Rescue Me), Aaron Tveit (Gossip Girl), Manny Montana (The Chicago Code), Vanessa Ferlito (CSI:NY) and Brandon Jay McLaren (The Killing) as agents for the FBI, DEA and U.S. Customs who are forced to live together in an undercover beach house in Southern California. The pilot will also feature guest stars Scottie Thompson (NCIS), Courtney B. Vance (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) and Jay Karnes (The Shield). (Vlada Gelman at TV Line)

TNT has given a fourth season pick-up order to Rizzoli & Isles and renewed the new reboot of Dallas for a second season. (The Futon Critic)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

It looks like the Lost Boys – the ones from Peter Pan lore – will be getting their own show, as long as the powers that be can find a home network for them, of course. Twentieth Century Fox and Imagine TV are developing The League Of Pan, a fairytale-themed drama series that takes on the story of Peter Pan. The series will be based on an idea by up-and-coming writer Brian McCauley Johnson and is described as a re-imagining of the Peter Pan mythology. It will be set in modern day, centering around the Lost Boys and takes place 10 years after they’ve left Neverland. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Dylan McDermott (American Horror Story) has joined the cast of the box office film Olympus Has Fallen that will star Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart. The story follows a former Secret Service agent (Butler) who becomes America’s only hope when the building is overtaken by terrorists. McDermott will play another Secret Service agent. (Variety)

Actor Tommy Lee Jones (Men in Black franchise) will join actor Robert De Niro and actress Michelle Pfeiffer in the dark comedy film called Malavita. De Niro and Pfeiffer play a married couple with Mafia ties who relocate to France under the witness protection program. But of course, while trying to fit in, they quickly go back to their old mafia ways of dealing with certain problems. Jones will play an FBI agent tasked with handling the mob couple and all their problems. (Variety and First Showing)

Q&A SECTION (with Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

Question: Please tell me there’s something in store for Abby this season on NCIS. There wasn’t nearly enough of her last season. — Lorie

Sandra: According to Pauley Perrette, this season will not only see returns from Abby’s brother and bestie (played by Meredith Eaton), but it will also take us deeper into her life beyond NCIS. “The only thing I do know in general [about the season] is we’re going to go a little bit more into Abby’s life more. People have been asking for it for a long time,” she says.

Question: Could you at least offer some seriously juicy spoilers for Teen Wolf so I’ll have *something* spooky to look forward to? — Lyssandri

Sandra: As we saw this week, Jackson turned out to be the kanima, but Crystal Reed (who plays Allison) tells me the trouble really starts for the teen when he starts to put the pieces together for himself. And the audience, she says, will “see how it psychologically affects him.” Meanwhile, something will rock Allison’s family life in the next two episodes, introducing an Allison we’ve never seen before. “People don’t recognize her anymore or — she becomes a little psycho,” she says. “But she’s doing it for justice. That’s her rationale.”

Question: I know you can’t say who bites it on Covert Affairs. But got any other good scoop? — Angie

Sandra: Oded Fehr will be back! “He’ll be in the summer season and we’ll see him a lot in the fall season as well,” reveals executive producer Chris Ord. Meanwhile, I urge you to mark July 10 on your calendars. This is a premiere that is NOT to be missed.

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend!!