Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today, few though they may be:

TELEVISION

Actor Gerald McRaney (Major Dad and Promised Land) will appear in at least five episodes of the TNT cop drama Southland, playing Det. Hicks, a retired police officer who was Officer John Cooper’s (Michael Cudlitz) training officer. He now drinks a little too much and lives on a boat in Marina Del Rey. (Lynette Rice at Entertainment Weekly)

Doctor Who alum David Tennant will star in the three-part legal thriller called The Escape Artist that is set to air on BBC One in the U.K. [fingers crossed that BBC America will provide the mini to us here in the States!] Tennant will play Will Burton, a lawyer nicknamed “The Escape Artist” thanks to his ability to get people out of tight legal corners. But when his talents acquit the prime suspect in a horrific murder trial, his brilliance comes back to bite him. The telefilm will also star Ashley Jensen (Ugly Betty), Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda) and Toby Kebbell (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time). (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Tom Welling (Clark Kent on Smallville) will co-star in the upcoming box office film called Parkland, the ensemble drama about the hours following the assassination of JFK in Parkland Hospital. The cast already includes Paul Giamatti, Zac Efron, and Billy Bob Thornton (among many others). (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

Actor Sam Worthington will star in the upcoming action-thriller called For The Dogs that is about an assassin who agrees to help a college girl exact revenge on the murderers of her parents and younger brother. (The Deadline Team)

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

Question: Any Once Upon a Time scoop? I’ve been hearing rumors that Jamie Dornan is returning, please tell me it’s true! – Kendra

Team Watch with Kristin: “Thrilled to be able to confirm that we have Jamie Dornan returning to appear again in an episode of Once Upon a Time,” co-creator Adam Horowitz tweeted of our Hot Hipster Sheriff. “So excited.” We can also tell you that Dornan was recently spotted filming with Lana Parrilla (aka Regina) in Sheriff Graham gear, not Huntsman gear. (Oh, how we missed that vest!)

That’s it. Enjoy!