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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Richard Harmon (Caprica and The Killing) has joined the cast of the upcoming A&E drama series Bates Motel, the TV prequel (of sorts) to the classic film Psycho. Harmon will have the recurring role of Richard Slymore, the cool, intelligent and artsy big man on campus at the high school where Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) enrolls after he and his mother (Vera Farmiga) move to town. Bates Motel will premiere sometime in 2013. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Looks like actor Colton Haynes will not be returning to the MTV thriller Teen Wolf when the show returns for its third season sometime next year. (Tierney Bricker at E! Online)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

J.J. Abrams and Ken Olin are joining together for a new project called Electropolis for The CW. The one-hour drama is being described as an undercover cop show about after-hours Los Angeles and the young people who live their lives after most are asleep, making their moves to the pulsing beats of electronic music. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

Law & Order creator Dick Wolf is heading into the world of cults with a drama project called The Church that is being developed at NBC. The project centers on a family who discovers that the seemingly upstanding organization they belong to is actually a cult. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

CSI creator Anthony Zuiker and feature film writer (Ms.) Whit Anderson will team together for a project at NBC based on the classic novel Alice in Wonderland. This version, to be called, Wonderland, is set years after the events in the book, centering on Alice and a new character, Clara. Seven years ago, Clara’s life took an unexplained turn for the worse, and a mysterious stranger tells her there may be an explanation after all; an explanation that lies in the fantastical world of Wonderland. To revive her dreams and get her life back on track, Clara must wage war against Wonderland’s reigning Queen, the woman we once knew as Alice. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Ewan McGregor will star in the upcoming heist picture called Son of A Gun that centers on the complex relationship between McGregor’s public enemy number one character and his young protégé. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone Steam Up New Gangster Squad Trailer

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

Question: Any The Vampire Diaries scoop you can share? – David

Team Watch with Kristin: While Caroline will be there for Elena, expect to see a major change in their friendship when the blond vamp doesn’t like the way the new bloodsucker is acting. Hint: It may or may not have to do with a steamy moment Elena shares with the older Salvatore brother in episode four.

Question: When will we see Grace again on Revolution? Or is she dead? I need answers! – Gregory

Team Watch with Kristin: And you will get them…in episode seven. “We see who Randall is, this person who kidnapped her in episode two, and we get to learn more about him,” creator Eric Kripke tells us. “We start to expand it because she is under duress with this character. She’s in a dangerous position right now. In the second of the half the season, Grace and Randall and what’s happening with their storyline begins to play a huge, huge part in the main storyline of the show.”

Question: After hearing about Colton Haynes’ exit, I need some good Teen Wolf news. – Melissa

Team Watch with Kristin: Fans will be happy to hear that Daniel Sharman, who plays new wolf Isaac on the MTV hit, will be in at least eight episodes in the first half of season three. We’re hearing there’s a good chance Sharman could eventually be bumped up to series regular.

Question: Scandal just keeps getting better and better, but I’d love to see Harrison get a love interest! What’s coming up for him? – Meg

Team Watch with Kristin: Why don’t we just let the very attractive and charming Columbus Short field this one himself? “Harrison is a very interesting person. Does he have a love life in a romantic sense? No. But he has a very distinct love life with Olivia, with Abby, with Quinn,” he says. “Abby and Harrison have this relationship that has grown into something truly special and it grows into something tremendously special and complicated. Abby always questions Olivia and Harrison has this loyalty to Olivia that is unbreakable—that becomes a really big element.” Take from that what you will!

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Neve Campbell (Party of Five and Scream franchise) will guest star in at least two episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, appearing as yet another sister of Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey). (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Ian McShane (Deadwood and Kings) will guest star in two episodes of American Horror Story Asylum. The character he will play is being kept under wraps, though. (Dark Horizons)

Mockingbird Lane, the NBC reboot of the classic sitcom The Munsters will not air as a series after all, but rather a Halloween special on October 26 at 8 PM; however, if (and that’s a big if) the special airing does well enough in the ratings, the network could possibly green light it to a series. (Sadie Genis at TV Guide)

Actress Keegan Connor Tracy (Once Upon A Time) has landed a recurring role in the upcoming A&E drama called Bates Motel, the prequel (of sorts) to the classic film Psycho that will examine the twisted relationship between serial-killer-to-be Norman (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Varmiga). Tracey will play Miss Watson, Norman’s teacher and adviser. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actresses Kim Raver (Grey’s Anatomy) and Valerie Cruz (Off the Map and True Blood) as well as actors Callum Blue (Dead Like Me) and newcomer Derek Smith have all been cast in the Lifetime hour-long pilot called The Secret Lives of Wives, which is based on the book by Iris Krasnow. The project explores the unvarnished truth behind the marriages of four different women – Michelle (Raver), Reed (Salli Richardson), Keaton (Amber Clayton) and Jessie (Lauren Bittner). Raver’s character Michelle is being described as a naturally elegant, generous and grounded woman who is the rock of her small circle of best friends. Meanwhile, Cruz will play Alyse, a pretty yet frail girl, a cancer survivor, who claims to have had an affair with Michelle’s husband, Wil. Blue will play Dan, Jessie’s husband, a Lutheran Minister who looks more like a sexy rock star than a pastor while Smith will Keaton’s husband, an accountant. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline and Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Jon Tenney (The Closer) has landed the male lead in the TNT pilot called King And Maxwell, which is being adapted from characters created by best-selling author David Baldacci. The project follows Sean King (Tenney) and Michelle Maxwell, who aren’t the typical pair of private investigators; both are former secret service agents and their unique skill set (not to mention their razor-sharp chemistry) often gives them a leg up on suspects and conventional law enforcement. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Soap veteran Mary Page Keller (Ryan’s Hope and Another World) has joined the cast of the ABC Family drama pilot Terminales, which is the dramatic adaptation of the Mexican drama that revolves around April (Italia Ricci from Unnatural History), a 23-year-old girl who is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Keller will play Sara, the widowed mother to April and her14-year-old sister, Brenna. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Titus Welliver (Lost and The Good Wife) has been cast in the TNT pilot The Last Ship, which is based on the novel by William Brinkley. The project centers on the crew of a naval destroyer who, after a global catastrophe decimates the Earth’s population, are forced to confront the reality of their new existence in a world where they are among the only survivors. Welliver will play Mike Slattery, second in command to Captain Tom Chandler (Eric Dane) onboard the USS Nathan James, a fair man who cares deeply for his family. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

FOX has put into development a contemporary drama project inspired by the story of Depression-era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. This drama would focus on two sexy, young lovers from struggling families in East Texas, who use their respective skill sets to pair up and fight back, one crime at a time. As they capture the hearts of a nation facing similar hardships, they become worldwide celebrities, inciting one of the biggest domestic manhunts in U.S. history and inspiring copycats at every turn. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor James Tupper (Revenge) has joined the cast of the NBC drama pilot The Secret Lives of Husband and Wives (not to be confused with the Lifetime pilot mentioned above) that is based on the Josie Brown book of the same name. The project will be a thriller about the lingering aftermath of a murder that will star Martin Henderson (Off the Map) as Kyle Dunn, a former flight surgeon and astronaut who returns from a long absence to find something is different about the life he left behind. Tupper will play Richard Deaver, a likable and fun guy who moves to town with his wife and daughter to open a real estate business, but underneath his nice exterior is a troubled and dangerous personality. Jesse L. Martin will co-star. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Deborah Ann Woll (True Blood) has joined the cast of the upcoming romantic comedy called Are We Officially Dating? that will star Zac Efron. The film follows three male friends in New York City who make a pledge to stay single just as each of them starts to fall in love. Woll will play the ex-wife of one of the trio at the center of the film. (Dominic Patten at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Theatrical Trailer for Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Declassified

NOTE: It’s a blink and you’ll miss him moment (almost), but Taylor Kinney (Chicago Fire) is in this film too!

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

Question: Oh my God, (I’m) obsessed with Arrow already!!! The pilot was fantastic. I love Katie Cassidy and want her with him. Will I get my wish? – Brenda H.

Team Watch with Kristin: Not for a while! Katie herself tells us that the past (of Oliver/Arrow cheating on her with her sister) is not something her character will easily get over. “I have two sisters and if that happened to me I would be like, ‘No, no. I don’t want to see you ever because I might kill you!!’ Yeah, but I do think they will play around with that. I think…You can’t help who you love and I think he is the love of her life. I think she tries to forgive and she tries to see the best in everyone, even him. I do feel like there will be this sort of Dawson-Joey kind of aspect to it.” PS. Katie also admits she was a big Dawson’s fan and loves the fact that (former Dawson’s boss) Greg Berlanti is heading up her new show.

Question: Homeland question! Jessica surprisingly isn’t bothering me this season. Glad she is finally calling Brody out! Will this continue? – Cynthia:

Team Watch with Kristin: Awww, cut the woman some slack! But definitely agree that this is Jessica’s season to shine and Morena Baccarin is fantastic in this Sunday’s episode. Jessica delivers such a powerful speech at the charity event she throws, which Brody misses (he has his hands full with that Gettysburg bombmaker), it gave us chills. And Jess doesn’t let Brody off the hook for being an absentee husband, either. You will be thoroughly impressed with Mrs. Nicholas Brody, trust. Anyone else ready for Uncle Mike to swoop in?

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

The new CBS legal drama Made in Jersey is the first casualty of the fall season, getting pulled off the schedule after only two episodes airing. (Michael O’Connell and Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

Gaumont International Television has signed a deal with ABC for a potential straight-to-series project based on the character Michael Bennett from best-selling author James Patterson. The project has received a script-to-13 episode commitment, which means ABC has ordered a script and if the network bigwigs like it, that should get a 13-episode order. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Eric Dane (Grey’s Anatomy) has landed a role in the post-apocalyptic TNT drama pilot Last Ship. The project is based on a 1989 novel by William Brinkley and follows the crew of a naval destroyer who might be the only survivors left on the planet after a nuclear war. Dane will star as Captain Tom Chandler, a career Navy man and a loving father and husband who is never home as much as he’d like to be. Chandler is authoritative, decisive, fair, courageous and a born leader, respected and loved by men and women in his command. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order) has joined the cast of the NBC drama pilot The Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives, which focuses on three suburban couples affected by a murder. The cast includes Martin Henderson (Off the Map), Perrey Reeves (Entourage) and Nicole Ari Parker (Soul Food). (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Ralph Fiennes will star in the upcoming box office film called Grand Budapest Hotel from director Wes Anderson; but details on the film or Fiennes’ role have not be released yet. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

Actors Hayden Christensen and Nicolas Cage will star in the film called Outcast, which will be set in 10th Century China, following a warrior who attempts to redeem himself by saving a princess. (The Wrap and Dark Horizons)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER
First “Hitchcock” Trailer Online

Q&A SECTION (with Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams from TV Guide and Michael Ausiello from TV Line)

Question: I’m worried that Castle has nowhere to take Beckett now that her mom’s murder has been solved. Make me feel better? — Valerie

ADAM: Stana Katic doesn’t think you should be worried. “There’s a certain amount of closure, but it doesn’t mean that the tale is done,” she says. In fact, Katic is finding it much more fun to play the “new” Beckett. “She’s more lethal because she’s thinking more clearly. She’s not running on emotion anymore,” she says. “She’s become more dangerous to the bad guys.” Sounds like Castle better stay in line!

Question: Will Emily get Revenge on Ashley for dating Daniel? — Mary

NATALIE: She certainly has a few tricks up her sleeve. “You’re going to find that Ashley is not a random friend for Emily,” creator Mike Kelley tells us. “There’s a reason that Emily chose her to be her entrée into the Hamptons world, so she’s got a few cards to play against Ashley should she choose to use them. I also think that there were true feelings involved between Emily and Daniel that she has to resolve in her head. She still has affection for him. Love on Daniel’s side for Emily is going to cause a problem between Daniel and Ashley.”

Question: Totally loving Revolution! How will Maggie’s death impact the show? —Wes

ADAM: As we have already seen, Maggie’s death hit pretty close to home for Charlie. However, look for that sadness and pain to ultimately harden her. “You’re going to see Charlie try to lose hope, try to be more like Miles,” executive producer David Rambo tells us. “If she thinks that this is what you have to do to survive, she’s going to try to do it.”

Question: When will Regina learn about her true origin on Once Upon a Time? — Sam

NATALIE: Oh, that Regina is the child promised to Rumplestiltskin? They haven’t filmed it yet, says Lana Parrilla. “At this point, Regina doesn’t have the knowledge that she is the child. There is a hint that he has held her as a baby and she’s kind of freaked-out.” Still, Regina has other things to worry about considering she needs to turn her attention to rescuing Emma and Snow. “There’s conflicting feelings around Emma and Mary Margaret being gone,” Parrilla says. “There’s celebratory moments typically, and then, ‘OMG, without them, I still don’t have Henry. I need them in order to have a relationship with Henry.'” So look for that to heat up now that Henry’s been left to live with Grandpa Charming.

Question: I am a huge fan of Downton Abbey and was wondering if you could give any scoop on Sybil/Branson or Mary/Matthew? — Caitlin

Ausiello: Them specifically, no. However, I do have some tantalizing teases about Season’s 3’s Christmas episode (known here in the States as the season finale). For one thing, “It’s not set at Christmas,” Hugh Bonneville tells us. “It goes out to Christmas, but it’s not set at Christmas. It has a very different flavor [and] lots of thrills and spills along the way.” Adds Brendan Coyle: “It’s very, very romantic and deeply heartbreaking. It’s very Downton.” If it’s so very Downton, it must end with a cliffhanger, yes? “I can’t give that away,” Bonneville insists. “[But] the end is phenomenal.”

That’s it. Enjoy!

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