Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Ever Carradine (Eureka and 24) will guest star on an upcoming episode of Bones, playing Dolores Hyams, a working class single mother to a 15-year-old daughter named Kat. Dolores is the widow of a cop and her child’s friend was recently murdered, but she’s no victim. (Vlada Gelman at TV Line)

Actor James Cromwell (American Horror Story: Asylum) will guest star in an unspecified number of episode on the new NBC drama Do No Harm that is set to debut on January 31. Cromwell will play a renowned but as-yet unnamed surgeon. (Oriana Schwindt at TV Guide)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

The cable network Bravo has put a new drama called Moguls into development. The project will focus on a media mogul and his family. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

The Discovery Channel is working on their first-ever scripted mini-series called Klondike, which is based on the Charlotte Gray novel entitled Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich. The book was about six strangers and their collective fight for survival and wealth in a small, frontier town. Klondike will follow the lives of two childhood best friends, Bill and Epstein, in the late 1890s as they undertake the next, gold rush capital in the untamed Yukon Territory. This man-versus-nature tale places our heroes in a land full of undiscovered wealth, but ravaged by harsh conditions, unpredictable weather and desperate, dangerous characters including greedy businessmen, seductive courtesans and native tribes witnessing the destruction of their people and land by opportunistic entrepreneurs. (Lynette Rice at Entertainment Weekly)

Lifetime is working with Jennifer Love Hewitt (The Client List) on an updated version of Pride and Prejudice called Darcy’s Town that will be a modern-day retelling of the classic story. The project will take place in a small Virginia town. Let the casting speculation begin. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE MOVIE NEWS

Actress Nicola Peltz (The Last Airbender and the upcoming Bates Motel) and actor Brenton Thwaites (Home and Away and The Blue Lagoon Awakenings) have reportedly landed roles in the upcoming box office film Transformers 4. Peltz will play the daughter of Mark Wahlberg’s character while Thwaites will play her boyfriend. (Twitchfilm and Dark Horizons)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

First Full-Length Trailer for Upcoming “Man of Steel”

Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online and Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Question: Desperate for Scandal scoop! – Jeaneen

Team Watch with Kristin: Aren’t we all! Expecting Fitz to be out of the hospital and ready to take on the free world soon? Pump your brakes, because we hear that the president will be in the hospital for quite some time. And his recovery will involve some serious medical drama worthy of a Grey’s Anatomy season finale.

Question: Help a fellow Trojan out. Any Beauty and the Beast spoilers? It’s my favorite show of the season along with Nashville. —Susan

Ausiello: Fight On! But first, listen up: Christian Keyes (BET’s Let’s Stay Together) is joining the CW freshman for a multi-episode arc as Lt. Bishop’s brother — and a potential love interest for Catherine’s sister Heather. Bonus Scoop: His arrival will also somehow complicate Vincent/Beast’s anonymity. You may resume fighting on, Sue.

Question: Do you have any Nashville scoop on Rayna and Deacon? —Maggie

Ausiello: The winter finale had them back on (somewhat) friendly terms — but will it last? “As much as they have a great relationship, once they start to deal with it, the relationship becomes really volatile again,” explains series creator Callie Khouri. “They’ve both disappointed each other tremendously and they’re both really frustrated with the life they’ve created.” And although Deacon remains in recovery for his substance abuse issues, Khouri notes that “his other addiction is Rayna — and that’s the one that might kill him.”

Question: Any NCIS news? —Robert

Ausiello: Yes! Among the returning faces on tap for the second half of Season 10 — besides Michael Nouri as Ziva’s father — show boss Gary Glasberg expects to have Matt Jones back as Probationary Agent Ned Dorneget. As for an encore from the enigmatic Miranda Pennebaker, Alex Kingston is currently busy across the pond with Doctor Who, Glasberg says, but he hopes to get her back soon. After all, he notes, “We’ve only scratched the surface with [Miranda] and what her relationship is with Gibbs.”

Question: Anything on Suits that we haven’t heard? —Sway

Ausiello: My colleague Vlada Gelman just screened the first two episodes back (airing Jan. 17 and Jan. 24) and promptly filed this exclusive report: “Hardman may be gone, but all-out war is about to erupt in the office. Expect some big power plays directed at the firm and within the firm in the first two episodes. Meanwhile, Mike will feel the consequences of having slept with the married Tess, especially when it comes to his relationship with Rachel. Even a surprising confession from Rachel to Mike, which reveals that they have more in common than they thought, can’t undo the damage.”

That’s it. Enjoy!