Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Colin Ferguson (Eureka) is joining the cast of the Syfy series Haven in a season-long arc. He will play William, a handsome mysterious stranger, whose secret agenda leads him to FBI agent-turned cop in the small town of Haven, Maine Audrey Parker (Emily Rose). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

TNT has picked up the spy drama called Legends from the producers of Homeland and based on the novel by Robert Littell. The series will star actor Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) as Martin Odum, an undercover agent working for the FBI’s Deep Cover Operations (D.C.O.) division. Martin has the uncanny ability to transform himself into a completely different person for each job. But, he begins to question his own identity when a mysterious stranger suggests that Martin isn’t the man he believes himself to be. (Jethro Nededog at The Wrap)

Actor Raphael Sbarge (Once Upon a Time) and Ioan Gruffudd (Ringer) will both appear in upcoming episodes of Necessary Roughness. Sbarge will appear in two episodes as Carl Webber, a high-level employee at V3, the sports and entertainment management company headed by Connor McClane (John Stamos). Carl seeks Dani’s (Callie Thorne) counsel after a traumatic incident. Gruffudd will appear as Nolan Powers, a successful self-help guru embarking on a book tour. Nolan despises anything that has to do with therapy which doesn’t sit well with Dani. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

Actress Merritt Patterson (Kyle XY and Supernatural) has joined the cast of the upcoming series Ravenswood, which is a spin-off of ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars. Ravenswood centers on a town not far from Rosewood, Pa. (where Pretty Little Liars is set), that has suffered for generations under a deadly curse. Five strangers find themselves connected by the fatal curse and are charged with investigating the town’s mysterious and terrible history before it’s too late for everyone. Patterson will play the series regular role of Tess, Olivia’s (Elizabeth Whitson) former best friend who is not involved with the curse. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Bruce Greenwood (the upcoming Star Trek Into Darkness) has joined the cast of the remake of Endless Love that will star Alex Pettyfer (I Am Number Four and Magic Mike) and Gabriella Wilde (The Three Musketeers) as teenage lovers from opposite backgrounds. Greenwood will play Wilde’s father, who doesn’t approve of her relationship with a blue-collar boy while Robert Patrick (The Unit and Last Resort) will star as Pettyfer’s father, who runs an auto body shop where his son works. (Jeff Sneider at The Wrap)

Young Australian actor Callan McAuliffe (Flipped, I Am Number Four and the upcoming The Great Gatsby) has landed the lead role in the upcoming movie called Our Robot Overlords that centers on a teen who gathers a group of teens together to search for his long lost father in the midst of a war between humans and robots. The teen discovers a way to fight back and he realizes that there’s more to this war than his own family. Sir Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson will also star. (Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter)

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Q&A SECTION (with Natalie Abrams and Adam Bryant at TV Guide and Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Question: What can you tease about The Vampire Diaries finale?! — Rachel

NATALIE: We promise that tears (both happy and sad) will be shed while watching the final hour, which includes an epic declaration of love, a duo (finally!) setting off for the summer together, a major death and another character heading on a path that will leave fans screaming at their screen.

Question: Any new hints about the Person of Interest finale? — Richard

ADAM: Look for another major download of answers about Finch’s past, including exactly what tragedy befell his former partner Nathan Ingram and how that moment led Finch to take up Nathan’s mantle with regards to doing the work of The Machine. But given Finch’s alleged recent betrayals of Reese, is their partnership also destined to end in flames? Also, in the race to save The Machine, expect more resolution than your traditional cliff-hanger. “At the end of this 24-hour period, someone is going to control The Machine, and the identity of that someone is something of a surprise,” creator Jonathan Nolan says. “We consider this finale the end of one chapter. Next season is a brave new world.”

Question: I’m so excited about Manu Bennett being a series regular on Arrow next season. Will we get a hint towards his Deathstroke future any time soon? — Kayte

NATALIE: Actually, we may get a hint this week, though it may not be the most obvious thing. “I would caution anybody who thinks that they know which way the story is going to go,” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg says. “What’s always interesting about the island is that you know that Oliver survives the flashbacks, so there’s no suspense in that, but it’s who lives and who dies, and what they do and how they do it; that’s the stuff that is constantly the surprise and the thing that you don’t see coming.”

Question: It’s my birthday over here and a great gift would be scoop on the Scandal finale. But anything Scandal is greatly accepted. —Mateo

Ausiello: How about details on John Barrowman’s top-secret May 9 guest stint? According to Shonda Rhimes, the Arrow baddie plays “a fixer” with a “very interesting” client. Bonus (b-day) Scoop: Joe Morton’s character/Jake’s boss does have a name: Rowan!

Question: Love Orphan Black, but I miss Art! Please tell me Sarah’s going to re-join the force soon. —Christopher

Ausiello: Art’s “like a bad smell,” notes EP Graeme Manson, “he just won’t go away.” Translation: “We haven’t seen the last of Art,” he confirms. In the meantime, “Sarah’s many deceptions are still rippling and the effects are being felt, so there’s prices to be paid for the things that she’s done.”

That’s it. Enjoy!