Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

The Canadian series Primeval: New World has been canceled by the Canadian channel Space after only one season. The viewers in the US who were awaiting the debut of the series on Syfy should know the cabler will still air the series despite the cancellation. (Etan Vlessing at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Constance Zimmer (Entourage) will have a recurring role on the HBO series The Newsroom when it returns for its second season. She will play Taylor, a press spokesperson for the Mitt Romney campaign. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

MADE-FOR-TV MINI-SERIES NEWS

Actor Jack Davenport (Smash) will star in the upcoming six-part UK mini-series called Breathless that will be set in 1961. The mini will follow the lives of a group of doctors and nurses in a gynecology ward at a period when Britain was on the brink of the 60s revolution. He will play Otto Powell, a brilliant and charismatic surgeon who believes he can make a difference to women’s lives. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Watch: Mira Nair’s ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ Theatrical Trailer

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

Question: Any scoop on Revenge? – Juan

Team Watch with Kristin: Don’t put away the tissues just yet as Amanda won’t be the only casualty in the Hamptons this season. “More deaths coming,” Gabriel Mann ominously teases. “Lots of tears, lots of fury, lots of vengeance, Revenge squared.”

Question: I’ll take some Once Upon a Time spoilers! – Thomas

Team Watch with Kristin: In the March 7 episode “The Miller’s Daughter,” Rose McGowan kills it as a young Cora and we get to see how Regina’s evil mother became the power-hungry person she is today. We’ll also see her first meeting with Rumpelstiltskin, which is, in a word, seductive.

Question: Please give us Zoe and Wade some good news! Hart of Dixie’s last episode broke my Zade-loving heart! – Sarah

Team Watch with Kristin: Sorry, but things are not looking good for Zoe and Wade as the show is currently casting a new love interest for Bluebell’s cutest doc: Michael, Max’s father! Though he’s unlikely match for her at first, Zoe kind of likes that he’s pretty normal, but too bad he’s not exactly into all the drama going on in her life.

Question: Where is the Covert Affairs scoop? – Thompson

Team Watch with Kristin: Covert Affairs is currently looking for a major recurring character for season four named Teo, a Colombian rebel leader. Teo is described as charismatic and intellectually curious, but he has big secrets about his past that will affect both Annie and Auggie.

Question: Now that Once Upon a Time‘s Emma has disappointed Henry by lying to him about his father, will Regina have a chance to really reconnect with her son? –Vicki

Mitovich: That is totally where I thought this was going, too, but it appears we’re both wrong. As Jennifer Morrison explained to me, “Unfortunately for Regina at this point, she is so wrapped up in her own sort of mess with her mother being in town and the complications of that relationship, and sort of her failing at trying to not use magic, she sort of misses seeing her opportunity [with Henry]. She does make a move to get him back, but she doesn’t necessarily make the most strategic move, based on the circumstances.”

Question: Please give us a one-word clue about this week’s Beauty and the Beast! — @itslulim via Twitter

Mitovich: Well, it would be cruel – yet accurate – of me to trot out the word “break-up.” But I am not a cruel man, so I’ll just go with “game-changer.” (I assume everyone has heard about the shocking death by now…?) For those who are not @itsluim and are OK with more than one word, you probably saw me tweet, “Oh damn” twice, as I previewed tonight’s episode. One was a sad “Oh damn,” and one was… not. Y’all are gonna be talking about this episode, because in the course of one unpredictable scene I suspect you’ll get more than you bargained for.

Question: What happened to Crossbones from NBC? Did it get a pilot order or what? There were rumors a while back about Hugh Laurie even joining it! – Omabin

Mitovich: Though the talk about Laurie — one of the most in-demand actors this development season — playing Blackbeard has died down, Crossbones was actually ordered to series almost from the get-go, and is still in development/casting.

That’s it. Enjoy!