Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

I’m back from WonderCon, surviving yet another year of the craziness that is the annual fete. And, with that being said I found a lot of news from the past few days to share with you. Please read on:

TELEVISION

A&E is finalizing a deal for a series order for the drama pilot called Those Who Kill that is set to star Chloe Sevigny and James D’Arcy, which is an adaptation of a Danish format that revolves around police detective Catherine Jensen (Sevigny) and forensic profiler Thomas Schaffer (D’Arcy), who possess a deep understanding of the serial killers they hunt. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

HBO has renewed Game of Thrones for a fourth season. (The Wrap)

Doctor Who fans rejoice!! David Tennant and Billie Piper will be joining the cast for the show’s upcoming 50th anniversary!! Also announced is that legendary actor John Hurt will also be part of the anniversary special. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

ReelzChannel has picked up the Canadian police procedural Cracked that stars Stefanie von Pfetten (Battlestar Galactica) and David Sutcliffe (Gilmore Girls), who work in a Toronto-based Psych Crimes Unit. (Etan Vlessing at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Annabella Sciorra (The Sopranos) will play the never-seen wife of Capt. Jim Brass (Paul Guilfoyle) on CSI. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Hilarie Burton (One Tree Hill and White Collar) will have a recurring role on Grey’s Anatomy, playing a craniofacial specialist who visits the hospital to work on a case. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

TV TRAILERS

TV Trailer: Simon West’s Pilot ‘The Saint’

TV Teaser: CBS Series ‘Under The Dome’

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

English-born Australian actress Sophie Lowe and British actor Peter Gadiot have landed lead roles in the proposed Once Upon a Time spin-off that is being called Once: Wonderland. Lowe will play Alice while Gadiot will play Cyrus, Alice’s love interest. This possible spin-off would be sent in the world of Wonderland pre-curse. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Cinemax has put in development a drama series called The Straits, which is an adaptation of the 2012 Australian series that is a gritty modern-day drama, telling the story of a powerful and dangerous crime family who run their business out of the Florida Keys and into Jamaica, trafficking drugs, guns and exotic animals. When the kingpin tells his three sons that he has not yet chosen a successor, he sets in motion a series of catastrophic events that could destroy the very business he’s fought to build. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

FX has put in development a six-part limited series called They Marched Into Sunlight based on the bestseller by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist David Maraniss that explores the Vietnam War both on the battlefield and at home. It will center on two simultaneous events in October 1967 — the violent ambush of the Black Lion army battalion in the jungles of Vietnam, and a student protest against Dow Chemical, the makers of napalm, on the Madison campus of the University of Wisconsin — both of which marked a dramatic turning point for the war and the beginning of an American conversation that is ongoing today. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

FX has also added another limited series to its development plans: Conquistadors, an event series based on the Kim MacQuarrie book “Last Days of the Incas”. The drama would tell the story of Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro, two Spanish Conquistadors who above all odds conquered the Incan empire of 10 million with just 168 men, and Manco Inca and Cura Occlo, two teenage Incan royal lovers, who led one of the greatest rebellions in history. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

HBO Films is developing the original movie called The Man Who Walked Around the World that chronicles the real life adventures of the Kunst brothers, who following the Apollo moon landing, were inspired to walk around the world. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Here are the top 10 box office movies for this past weekend courtesy of Box Office MoJo and TV Guide:

1. G.I. Joe: Retaliation – 41.2 million
2. The Croods – 26.5 million
3. Tyler Perry’s Temptation – 22.3 million
4. Olympus Has Fallen – 14 million
5. Oz the Great and Powerful – 11.6 million
6. The Host – 11 million
7. The Call – 4.8 million
8. Admission – 3.2 Million
9. Spring Breakers – 2.7 million
10. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone – 1.3 million

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Watch: First Trailer for the Sequel ‘Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters’

NOTE: Cue the “squeeing” for Natahan Fillion being in this movie!!

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

Question: Loved the Game of Thrones premiere! Any scoop on my fictional boyfriend Jon Snow?! – Beth

Team Watch with Kristin: Prepare to see Jon Snow even more conflicted thanks to his respect for Wilding leader Mance Rayder. “Mance is so charismatic and intriguing to Jon that it’s the first element of Jon not feeling like he’s been told the truth about this band of people and this man,” Kit Harington teases. “He starts to feel his emotions twisted about whether or not he wants to be a part of the Night’s Watch.”

Question: Once Upon a Time scoop? – Amanda in Seattle

Team Watch with Kristin: This scoop is Once Upon a Time-adjacent, so it counts right? This little casting info has to do with the OUAT Alice in Wonderland-themed spinoff. ABC is looking for someone to play a mental hospital psychiatrist for scenes set in Victorian England. Alice’s doctor, perhaps? Well, there might be Mad Hatters involved.

Question: The Suits finale left me hanging! What’s going to happen with Mike and Rachel? – Morgan

Team Watch with Kristin: Probably not anything soon, seeing as Mike will be going through a bit of a rough patch from being kept out of the courtroom. And the person who gets him out of his funk is the last person you’d suspect to come to his aid.

That’s it. Enjoy!