Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Brooke Langton (Melrose Place) and actor John Reardon (Continuum) will guest star in the February 27 episode of Supernatural. Langton will play Hayley, a single mom desperate to find a cure for her son’s strange affliction while Reardon will play Shane, a bearded drifter full of courage and integrity whose true identity is unknown, even to himself. (Vlada Gelman at TV Line)

Actor Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Rizzoli & Isles, playing Lt. Det. Rafael Martinez, the newly appointed head of the Boston Police Department’s drug unit who has a professional and personal history with Jane (Angie Harmon). His arrival forces her to relive a painful experience from her past. (Joyce Eng at TV Guide)

Actor John Noble (Fringe) will guest star in an upcoming episode of The Good Wife, playing a mysterious man from Alicia’s (Julianna Margulies) past. (Hit Fix and TV Guide Canada)

The original BBC series Being Human will come to an end at conclusion of this current season. (The Deadline Team)

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS

Actress Holly Hunter and actor William Hurt will both star in the Lifetime made-for-TV movie Bonnie & Clyde that is, of course, based on the true story of the famed bank robbing couple Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Hunter will play Bonnie’s mother Emma while Hurt will play Frank Hamer, the Texas ranger credited with tracking down and killing Bonnie and Clyde. (Deadline and The Futon Critic)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Matt Smith (Doctor Who) has landed the lead role in the directorial debut by Ryan Gosling called How to Catch a Monster, which is a contemporary fairytale set against the surreal dreamscape of a vanishing city. Billy (Christina Hendricks), a single mother of two, is swept into a macabre and dark fantasy underworld while her teenage son discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actors Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies), Michael Shannon (Take Shelter) and Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In) as well as actress Elle Fanning (Super 8) will star in the futuristic thriller called Young Ones that is set in a violent near-future where water has become the most precious — and fastest-dwindling — resource on the planet. (John Hopewell at Variety)

Actress Katherine Heigl will star in the romantic drama A Moment to Remember, which is a feature remake of a Korean movie. The story centers on a fashion designer who is stricken with a disease that wipes away her memory, forcing her husband to desperately try to give her one last memory of their love. (Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter)

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

Question: I haven’t seen Nashville scoop in a while. Pony up! – Shannon

Team Watch with Kristin: A sexy new singing cowboy will be rolling into two to stir up trouble between a couple characters who will remain nameless (spoilers!). And he’s every bit as charming as Blake Shelton, if you can believe it.

That’s it. Enjoy!