Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
A&E has ordered another new scripted drama that will debut next year. The series is called Those Who Kill and is based on a Danish format that was inspired by the books of Elsebeth Egholm. The drama will star Chloë Sevigny and James D’Arcy, who will play a detective and forensic psychiatrist, respectively. They work together to track down serial killers — and investigate the ongoing mystery of Sevigny’s character’s stepfather, whom she believes to be a killer as well. (Michael O’Connell at The Hollywood Reporter)
Actress Natalie Dormer (The Tudors and Game of Thrones) will guest star as legendary character Irene Adler in the CBS drama Elementary. She will appear in a three-episode arc that starts on May 9 and ends with the two-hour season finale on May 16. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)
Actor Reid Scoot (Veep and The Big C) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Perception that will start its second season on TNT on June 18. He will play a brain surgeon who helps determine the mental stability of a self-proclaimed murderer. (Megan Masters at TV Line)
ONLINE SERIES NEWS
Actresses Anna Paquin (True Blood) and Maggie Grace (Lost) will star in the online web series presented on the YouTube channel WIGS called Susanna. They will play two sisters, Katie (Paquin), the mother of a newborn, and her younger sister, Susanna (Grace), an investment banker on the rise who has no interest in becoming a mother. When Katie develops acute postpartum depression and is hospitalized, Susanna must take care of her sister and her sister’s child while trying to keep the biggest business opportunity of her life from being derailed by her sister’s illness. Virginia Madsen and Rob Benedict co-star. (The Deadline Team)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Starz is developing a new drama from TV writer Gideon Yago (Newsroom). The project is called Airborne and is a coming of age story set at the dawn of the Vietnam War. The series, should it be picked up, would follow a young helicopter crew as they fight for survival, sanity, their souls, and each other in a country – and war – that are descending into chaos. (The Futon Critic)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actor Mekhi Phifer (ER and Torchwood) has joined the cast of the upcoming box office film called Divergent that is based on the first novel of the same name by Veronica Roth. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic Chicago divided into five factions and stars Shailene Woodley (The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Theo James (Golden Boy), Kate Winslet (Titanic), Jai Courtney (Jack Reacher), Zoe Kravitz (X-Men: First Class), and Maggie Q (Nikita). (Variety and Dark Horizons)
Actor Luke Evans (Immortals) will play the title role of Dracula in yet another adaption of the legendary character. In this version the story will center around the life of the young Transylvanian Prince Vlad, better known as Vlad the Impaler; the story has the young prince leading the charge to fend off the Ottoman Empire’s attempts to use Romania as a foothold to conquer the rest of Europe. In a moment of desperation, he ascends a mountain where a dark magical power resides in the hope of finding something to keep the Turkish hordes at bay. That power helps him defeat the Turks, but comes at the price of him changing into a creature of the night. (Heat Vision and Dark Horizons)
Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin from E! Online)
Question: Teen Wolf scoop right now. – Clare
Team Watch with Kristin: Shiz is about to get real serious in Beacon Hills this season. How do we know this? The FBI is coming! Towards the end of the first half of season three, fans will meet the handsome and tough Jack Keller, a field agent, who comes to town on official business and we’re hearing his presence will have a profound impact on Beacon Hills.
Question: So bummed that Scandal isn’t on this week! Make me feel better with some scoop? – Tristan
Team Watch with Kristin: Fans that have been less than pleased with Fitz in the last couple of episodes will probably be a little happy to hear the president will be in a bit of a pickle when it comes time to deal with the whole “saying someone was the mole when he really wasn’t” thing. Cyrus and his team will be working overtime to find an explanation for an “oversight” in the mole investigation and aren’t above Fitz’s recent troubles (Verna’s death, the assassination attempt, etc.) to do it.
That’s it. Enjoy!
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