Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
Suits has been renewed by the USA Network for a third season. It will be back for the rest of its current, second season in January. (Seat42F)
Actor Keith David (The cape) will guest star in an episode of Touch when it returns to FOX in January. He will play Dutch, a grizzled ex-Navy Seal who’s also an old friend Martin (Kiefer Sutherland). (Vlada Gelman at TV Line)
Actor Mark Pellegrino (Supernatural and Being Human) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Person of Interest; but details on the part he will be playing have not been released yet. (The Futon Critic)
Actress Gina Torres (Suits) will guest star on the upcoming NBC drama Hannibal, playing (ironically) the wife of Jack Crawford (to be played by her real-life husband Laurence Fishburne). The series is slated to air mid-season. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
TV SHOW TRAILER
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DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Actress Laura Allen (Awake) has landed a role in the NBC pilot The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives that will revolve around the lives of several couples. Allen will play Alison Dunn, a grounded and levelheaded mother and wife who happens to be hiding the darkest secret of all. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Actress-Producer Salma Hayek and executive producer Lauren Shuler Donner (X-Men) are teaming up to develop a new version of the classic TV series The Cisco Kid. This project will be a modern day re-retelling of the classic story of a handsome outlaw and his faithful sidekick; it will follow Cisco as he returns to Los Angeles after serving several tours as a Marine in Afghanistan. After witnessing the murder of his father, Cisco and his best friend/fellow Marine, Sam, team up to solve the case and subsequently find themselves doing what the authorities can’t, defending the city’s oppressed and disenfranchised. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Here are the top 10 box office films from this past weekend courtesy of Exhibitor Relations and E! Online:
1. Taken 2, $22.5 million
2. Argo, $20.1 million
3. Sinister, $18.3 million
4. Hotel Transylvania, $17.3 million
5. Here Comes the Boom, $12 million
6. Pitch Perfect, $9.3 million
7. Frankenweenie, $7 million
8. Looper, $6.3 million
9. Seven Psychopaths, $4.3 million
10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, $2.2 million
Actor Christoph Waltz (Water for Elephants) will play former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the upcoming film called Reykjavik, that will be set in 1986 centered around a meeting between Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan (to be played by Michael Douglas) that signaled the end of the Cold War. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)
Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin from E! Online and Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)
Question: Revenge just keeps getting better and better! Any scoop? – Reenie
Team Watch with Kristin: Prepare to meet Salvador Grobet, a Central American gentleman who will be staying with the Graysons for a bit. He’s dashing, wealthy and loves to use his charm on any lady in a two-mile radius, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t in town to get some business done as well. Also, it seems like Amanda is sticking around a bit as a baptism will be performed later this season.
Question: Revolution scoop is in order! – Chris
Team Watch with Kristin: Want to know why the lights went out? Yes, that was a trick question, because of course you want to know! Creator Eric Kripke teases that viewers will get the answer to that question sooner than you might think. “We’re talking dangerously about revealing that secret before the end of the first season,” he tells us. “It’s part of my philosophy about not being too precious with anything. We may reveal the secret sooner than later.”
NOTE: The following questions are focused on the new CW series Arrow:
Question: Will we see some Laurel/Oliver flashbacks any time soon? — Joy
Sandra: “You’ll definitely get to see more of the history between Laurel and Oliver, and where they come from,” assures Cassidy, who adds that she loves playing a character with “a huge heart.” Which is also something that likely endears her to Oliver. “Laurel lost her sister because her boyfriend had an affair and invited her [on the boat]. It’s basically his fault. And I think if any man did this to me and my sisters, I would never forgive that person,” she says. “I feel like she has a lot of soul, and she’s clearly very strong because she tries to see the best in everyone. I think that says a lot about her.”
Question: Can we please get Revenge/Arrow crossover? I think Emily and Oliver would make amazing partners! — Leslie
Sandra: And have amazingly beautiful justice-seeking babies! Ehem. No spoiler here because this is a crazy bananas idea. But, for the record, Amell is on board: “Let’s cross pollinate. Let’s do it. I don’t understand why we wouldn’t. Maybe ABC and CW would have issues, but that’s not for me to discuss. But in a perfect world, we would just do it.”
Question: Please tell me we’re going to see that ladder thing on Arrow again. Please. Please. – Kristine
Sandra: As I reported in this post-premiere scoop, no salmon ladder again any time soon. (Sniff.) But if it’s action you like, I hear there’s some very impressive machete stunts in this week’s episode (not to mention, a Kardashian joke). And in the seventh episode, there’s a fight scene that Amell is “very proud of” against a character that “D.C. comics fans will recognize.” “It’s another fight in my plain clothes and when I’m in my plain clothes, it has to be only me because I don’t have a hood on; you can’t hide my face,” he said. “It got a really nice reception from the crew after we shot it.”
That’s it. Enjoy!
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