Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
NEWS
It has been confirmed that British singer-songwriter Adele will indeed be writing and singing the theme song for the latest James Bond flick Skyfall. (Showbiz 411 and First Showing)
TELEVISION
Actor Brad Beyer (Jericho, Third Watch and GCB) has booked a two-episode arc on NCIS, playing Marine Capt. Joe Westcott, an upstanding unit leader who returns from a tour in Afghanistan after his best friend and many more of his men lose their lives. As Gibbs and other federal investigators question him, he begins to unravel and perhaps shows signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. Some of Westcott’s issues may stem from his tense relationship with his gruff father, himself also a former Marine. NCIS returns to CS on September 25 with Beyer’s episodes set to air in November. (Adam Bryant at TV Guide)
Actress Rachel Ticotin (the original Total Recall and TV’s Lost and Weeds) will guest star in an upcoming episode of NCIS: Los Angeles, playing Monica Tenez, a politician. NCIS: LA will be back on CBS starting on September 25. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)
Actor Tom Amandes (Everwood) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Scandal, playing Governor Reston opposite former Everwood co-star Brenda Strong, who will play his first lady. Scandal is back on ABC starting on September 27. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)
Actor Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order) will have a recurring role on Smash when the NBC musical drama returns in mid-season. He will play Scott Welker, an Artistic Director of a theater company who has history with a couple of the characters. NBC has yet to announce an official air date for the series. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Actor Isaiah Mustafa (the Old Spice guy himself) will guest star on an upcoming episode of Nikita, playing a charming former Division agent with ambiguous loyalties named Cyrus, who is being described as a suave, handsome and charismatic arms dealer and procurement guy who used to get late Division chief Percy anything he wanted. Nikita is back for a new season on The CW starting on October 19. (Hanh Nguyen at TV Guide)
Actress Grace Gummer (daughter of Meryl Streep) will join the cast of the new ABC mid-season drama Zero Hour. This series is a conspiracy drama about a publisher of a paranormal enthusiast magazine (Anthony Edwards of ER fame) whose wife is abducted from her antique clock shop. Gummer is expected to recur as FBI Agent Paige Willis. (Lynette Rice at Entertainment Weekly)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
ABC has bought a new drama project called SkinDeep, a sexy soap set against the backdrop of a family-run beauty empire, from Sheldon Turner (co-writer of the box office film Up In The Air). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Actress Leslie Grossman (Popular and What I Like About You) will star opposite actors Kyle Howard (My Boys and Royal Pains) and Joel David Moore (Bones) in the USA Network comedy pilot called Paging Dr. Freed that is a comedy that will center on gynecologist brothers who inherit their father’s thriving medical practice after he suffers a heart attack during an attempt at “playing” doctor with his young secretary. Grossman will play the wife of one of the brothers. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Actress Aunjanue Ellis (The Help) has joined the cast of the as-yet-untitled AMC drama project from Richard LaGravenese and Tony Goldwyn project that is a legal ensemble drama thriller centering on Adam Page (Damon Gupton), a District Attorney who uncovers new evidence that prompts the reinvestigation of a sensational murder case. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Nurse Jackie co-creator Liz Brixius will team with Grimm executive producers Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner as well as Lawrence Bender and Kevin Brown for a new drama project at NBC. The as-yet-untitled project, that will be written by Brixius, is an hour-long soap about a Dr. Oz-type that has fallen from grace. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
The series creator and executive producer of the short-lived cop drama Life Rand Ravich and his producing partner Far Shariat have sold a drama project to FOX. The project is called The Prodigy and it will center on a young CIA officer who has to infiltrate the New York City field office of the FBI on the hunt for agents who are working with enemies of the U.S. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
The USA Network has given a pilot order for an untitled hour-long project from Numb3rs series creators Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton. The project, based on a short story from Elmore Leonard‘s anthology When the Women Come Out To Dance, will center on a Miami businessman who, contemplating a run for political office, tries to increase his chances of being elected by marrying a Colombian woman who is on the run from her troubled past. What starts as a marriage of convenience quickly escalates into much more as his new wife proves to be more resourceful at “fixing” any problem the corrupt South Miami political scene throws at her husband. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
MADE FOR TV MOVIE NEWS
British actress Annabelle Wallis (The Tudors and Pan Am) will star opposite actor Cillian Murphy (Inception) in the six-part BBC Two (over in the UK) drama series called Peaky Blinders that is in 1919 Birmingham where a ruthless family of gangsters rule the lawless post-war slums. Wallis will play a mysterious new arrival in the neighborhood who peaks the interest of the mob leader Tommy (to be played by Murphy). The mini-series is expected to air in 2013 in the UK. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Young actress Chloe Moretz (Kick Ass) is out and young actress Isabelle Fuhrman (The Hunger Games) is now in for the lead role in the upcoming box office film called The Wilderness of James, an independent coming-of-age movie that is about a young boy dealing with the absence of his father. Fuhrman will play the role of Val opposite actor Kodi Smitt-McPhee (The Road). (Mike Fleming at Deadline)
Actress Ashley Jones (True Blood) will appear in the independent family drama called Angel’s Perch that will focus on a young man returning home to care for his grandmother when she is afflicted by Alzheimer’s. Jones will play a childhood friend who is not afraid to make him confront his past and move on. (Variety and Dark Horizons)
Actor Kevin Costner is adding another project to his already long list of new projects after the success of the TV mini-series Hatfields & McCoys brought his career trajectory back on track. The new project for which he is developing is a multi-platform project called The Explorers Guild that will span multiple books and a feature film. This is a new adventure series that Costner is working on with writer/art director Jon Baird that is expected to hit the book shelves in 2014. It follows the title group, an adventurous bunch that travels to places like the Himalayas, the Mongolian desert, and the bottom of the ocean to find answers to life’s unknown questions. The first book takes place during World War I, involving a member of the group searching for spiritual enlightenment while another seeks to save his brother’s life as they hunt for the mythical city of Shambhala. An animated series is also in the works. (First Showing)
BOX OFFICE TRAILER
Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online)
Question: What’s coming up for my favorite Hart of Dixie couple Lavon and Lemon? – Brittany
Team Watch with Kristin: Fans can expect to see the two spending quite a bit of time together as they will be working on Lavon’s re-election campaign. Jaime King hints to us that Lemon will rediscover her feelings for Bluebell’s mayor, so “Levon” shippers should definitely tune into the CW charmer’s Halloween episode. That is all we’re going to say.
Question: I need Teen Wolf season three scoop. – Michael
Team Watch with Kristin: Since we’re missing it just as badly as you are, we rounded up three things you can expect in season three:
1. The Lydia as a possible cure storyline might return. “We didn’t delve into it too deeply, but it may come back as a plot thread next season,” Jeff Davis teases.
2. More CGI…probably! Jeff says, “I’m excited to see how our Alphas turn out because I have some big ideas for them.” As for what they look like, he explains. “It’ll be a combination. Full CGI creatures are very difficult to do on a budget our size and with the time as well. So I’m very wary of doing anymore full CGI creatures.”
3. “It’ll be a challenge next season to see how long they can keep the secret from [Sheriff] Stilinski,” Jeff says when we brought up that almost everyone on the show has been brought in on the werewolf secret.
Question: I cannot wait for the Psych musical episode. Please tell me you have some scoop on it! – Leo
Team Watch with Kristin: Psych is on a mad hunt for a Broadway actor to play “Z,” who went from successful playwright to mental institution guest after murdering a theater critic. Obviously he’ll have a musical number, since they need someone who can sing with the best of them.
That’s it. Enjoy!
Have a great weekend!!
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