Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Jessica Parker Kennedy (The Secret Circle) will star opposite British actor Toby Stephens in the upcoming pirate drama from Starz called Black Sails. The series is set 20 years before the events in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island and chronicles the adventures of fabled buccaneer Captain Flint (Stephens) and his men. Kennedy will play the role of Max, a French prostitute with a cool swagger that matches her stunning beauty. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Legendary actor Barry Bostwick will guest star in the upcoming two-hour musical episode of Psych, playing Armitage, a businessman and owner of a lavish theater in Santa Barbara. (Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Ken Leung (Lost) will have a recurring role on the upcoming mid-season NBC drama Infamous, a new soap that will star Meaghan Good as a detective who goes undercover to investigate the murder of an heiress who was her childhood friend. Leung will play a detective. (Liz Raftery at TV Guide)

True Blood actress Lindsay Pulsipher will have a recurring role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, playing Kim Rollins, the younger sister of the detective played by Kelli Giddish. (Adam Bryant at TV Guide)

Actor-singer Nolan Gerard Funk (Warehouse 13) has joined the cast of Glee as Hunter, the new front man of The Dalton Academy Warblers. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

The CW has ordered scripts for a new hour-long supernatural series called Abaddon’s Journal that will revolve around an Angel empowered with a book that records all those who make a deal with the devil, who sets out to save compromised souls with the help of a sheltered young woman. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

CBS has picked up a potential new project called Murder Bitches (yep, you read that right) that centers on two young female detectives who are complete opposites. Their relationship is made more complicated by the fact that one of them suffered a stroke two years ago at age 27. They’re known on the force, in admiration and envy, as the Murder Bitches. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here are the top 10 box office movies from this past weekend courtesy of Deadline:

1. Hotel Transylvania 3D – $43 million
2. Looper – $21.3 million
3. End Of Watch – 7.8 million
4. Trouble With The Curve – $7.5 million
5. House At End Of Street – $7.3 million
6. Pitch Perfect – Weekend $5.2 million
7. Finding Nemo 3D – $3.9 million
8. Resident Evil 5 3D – Weekend $3 million
9. The Master – $2.7 million
10. Won’t Back Down – $2.6 million

Actor Bailey Chase (Longmire) will star alongside Ashley Scott and Cuba Gooding Jr. in the upcoming box office film called Summoned. Chase will play a detective who lives and breathes his job and becomes suspicious when an acquaintance jumps to his death for no reason. He soon uncovers that a convicted killer may have returned from the grave for revenge. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

Actors David Thewlis (Harry Potter franchise) and actress Tilda Swinton (Chronicles of Narnia franchise) will join actor Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) in the upcoming box office flick called Zero Theorem. Waltz will play an eccentric computer genius plagued with existential angst who aims to discover the purpose of life. There are no details yet on the roles for which Thewlis and Swinton will play, though. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online)

Question: Holy crap, the OUAT premiere was amazing!!! But can you please tell us if Sebastian Stan will be back? – KelliAnn

Team Watch with Kristin: Yeah, not very nice of the writers to tease us by bringing Jefferson’s hat to the premiere party, but not the man himself, right? We’re happy to report that Stan will be back soon, as both the Mad Hatter and Jefferson. So yes, flashbacks will still be happening.

Question: I’ve barely seen any Supernatural scoop from you! What gives? – Ramona

Team Watch with Kristin: We were hesitant to give up this scoop because it makes us a wee bit sad. The fourth episode of the new season will barely feature Sam and Dean, because it’s focused on three teenagers who get wolf powers, and in a nod to the movie Chronicle, it’s shot entirely with handheld camera.

Question: Hart of Dixie scoop on my boy Wade! – Nora in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Team Watch with Kristin: In the eighth episode of the season, we get to see Wade working with…wait for it…children. Doesn’t that just melt your heart into a pile of goo? He’ll take an interest in one particular kid who is a total outcast while on a camping trip, and Wade will work his magic and get him to come out of his shell.

That’s it. Enjoy!