Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

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

TELEVISION

The period piece drama The Hour has been canceled by the BBC after two seasons on the air. (Dominic Patten at Deadline)

FX has picked up the Scandinavian import sans US remake The Bridge as a 13-episode series that will star Demian Bichir and Diane Kruger as a pair of detectives – one from the U.S. and the other from Mexico – who work together to hunt down a serial killer. (Stuart Levine at Variety)

Actress Emily Bett Rickards has been promoted to full-time status on the hit CW series Arrow when it returns for its second season this fall. She plays IT girl Felicity Smoak. (Jarett Wieselman at Entertainment Online)

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS

The BBC has ordered Burton & Taylor, a 90-minute made-for-TV movie about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor that will star Dominic West (The Hour) and Helena Bonham Carter (the Harry Potter franchise) in the lead roles. This version of their tumultuous lives will chronicle their lives during their ill-fated appearance in a 1983 revival of the Noel Coward play, Private Lives. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Warner Horizon has picked up Red Brick Road, from producers Roy Lee and Adrian Askarieh, which takes a more sci-fi approach to the L. Frank Baum tale. Plot details of the series are being kept under wraps, but is being described as a dark and edgy sequel to the Wizard of Oz with a futuristic take on characters like a robotic Tin Man. Warner Horizon TV’s current roster of shows includes Rizzoli & Isles, Dallas, Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game (among others). (Marc Graser at Variety)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Watch: Greg Kinnear and Lily Collins in Josh Boone’s ‘Writers’ Trailer

That’s it. Enjoy!