Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items today:

TELEVISION

Actor Garret Dillahunt (Raising Hope) will reprise his role of Simon Escher (the man for whom his crimes were blamed on Michael, causing our favorite spy to be burned) on Burn Notice this summer. But it is unclear how his return will affect Michael and his team. (Megan Masters at TV Line)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Joseph Morgan (The Vampire Diaries and this fall’s spin-off The Originals) will join actors Walton Goggins (Justified) and Ron Perlman (Sons of Anarchy) in the film adaptation of the Craig Clevenger novel Dermaphoria. The story centers on a brilliant chemist (Morgan) who wakes up in jail after a drug-lab explosion and is suffering from amnesia. Trapped between cops who want to arrest him and heavies who will stop at nothing to get the formula buried deep inside his head, he must piece together memories fragmented by a powerful new drug and find his missing girlfriend. (Heat Vision and Dark Horizons)

Actress Emily VanCamp (Revenge) and actor Michael Nyqvist (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol) will star in the independent flick The Girl in the Book that centers on the daughter of a powerful New York City literary agent (VanCamp) who is forced to confront painful events in her past when asked to work on the re-release of the best-selling novel of her father’s star client (Nyqvist). Forced to face difficult memories, she ultimately overcomes her demons and rediscovers her creative voice. (The Hollywood Reporter and Dark Horizons)

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS

Actor Billy Campbell (The Killing) and Clea Duvall (Carnivale) have joined Christina Ricci in the Lifetime made-for-TV movie about Lizzie Borden. Campbell will play Borden’s attorney, Andrew Jennings, while Duvall will play Lizzie’s sister Emma. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with Matt Mitovich at TV Line and Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

Question: Is it too soon to ask if you have any spoilers on NCIS: LA‘s 100th episode? –Emma

Mitovich: Not only is it not premature to ask about No. 100 (aka the fourth episode of Season 5), show boss Shane Brennan teases, “I already know what the last episode is for next year!” But let’s not get that ahead of ourselves. Brennan says that while the aforementioned milestone hour “may play with the show’s format a little,” it will for certain “kick off an arc that runs right through the end of the season,” which he also said will be a “watershed” one for both Deeks and Callen.

Question: Does Once Upon a Time plan on telling the current stories of the characters in Storybrooke, or will Season 3 focus on Neverland and the Enchanted Forest? –Ellie

Mitovich: In case my previous scoop on this subject did not reassure you that, as the headline said, “Storybrooke will not be forgotten,” I just confirmed that Emilie de Ravin is still a series regular for Season 3. Thus, it sounds like Belle will certainly have Maine events of her own to deal with back home.

Question: Will Once Upon a Time explain how Mulan and Aurora helped Phillip get his soul back from the wraith? –JJ

Mitovich: Series co-creator Adam Horowitz confirms that yes, that burning question will be addressed during Season 3 — and likely on the sooner side, I reckon, since Jamie Chung and Sarah Bolger have midseason pilots (NBC’s Believe, ABC’s Mixology) to get to!

Question: How is the Covert Affairs premiere?! Can you give us any scoop on it, pretty please? — Rachael

Mitovich: As Christopher Gorham previously shared, Auggie and Annie are very much a couple now — as the opening sequence makes “nakedly” clear. Likewise, when Kari Matchett told me there are “interesting things” on tap for Joan and Arthur, my lord, she was not kidding. All told, while I didn’t 100 percent follow the case at hand — Annie and Auggie “vacation” in Colombia to covertly dig into Arthur’s past while dodging the local CIA station chief (played by new series regular/CSI: NY alum Hill Harper) — the episode is chock-a-block with exposed secrets (one of which I did not see coming at all) and a final scene that promises to shake up the pecking order.

Question: Defiance‘s Stahma and Kenya…. I have no words. So, do you have scoop? — Julia

Mitovich: Right? And people thought H.G. Wells/Myka would be Syfy’s Sapphic supercouple. There’s a passing moment in the wedding episode (airing June 24) where Stahma comments to someone about the Need/Want proprietor’s “amazing touch.” Elsewhere in that hour, you’ll lay witness to a Castithan bachelor party (which frankly varies little from anything you see at Scores), get some movement on the Irisa/Tommy front, discover that [SPOILER] saved Datak’s life some years ago and learn that someone in town is concealing a massive, shocking secret. There’s also the death of two characters who’ve been with us from the start.

Question: I love ABC’s new show Motive. What is its future? When will it be back on after basketball and for how many episodes? –Judy

Mitovich: The 10 remaining episodes will begin to unspool June 27, running through early September.

Question: Does the abbreviated final-season order for Warehouse 13 mean we won’t see another Christmas special again? –Lisa

Mitovich: Sorry to hand you a lump of coal in June, but yes.

Question: I’m dying for some Suits scoop — especially about Rachel and Mike! — Meghan

Sandra: SO much goes down between these two in the July 16 premiere, and as a result, I don’t even know where to start. So let’s play a game: One or more of these things will take place in the premiere. Can you guess which one(s)? (A) Rachel will out Mike. (B) They will sleep together again. (C) One of them learns a third party saw them getting it on.

Question: Wednesday night’s Royal Pains premiere was great! I can’t believe Divya’s pregnant! And I’m worried about Hank. Need any scoop on what’s going on in the Hamptons. — Leslie

Sandra: Divya’s pregnancy twist was cool, wasn’t it? Well, next week, the sexy PA reveals to Paige the surprising reason she never anticipated having a child, but also learns that all might not be well with the baby-to-be.

Question: Teen Wolf has been PHENOMENAL this season. I’d love anything you got on Isaac, the Alpha pack or Stiles! — Josh

Sandra: Sooner rather than later, we’re going to get a little more back-story on exactly how the Alpha pack got to be so powerful (and it’s quite disturbing!). Meanwhile, Isaac and Allison are going to share an über-intense scene in a closet in the fourth episode this season … and we’re not talking about a seven-minutes-in-heaven situation.

Question: Sorry to bother you with this, Sandra, but I have to ask…can we get a Copper recap this year?
PLEASE! This show is really good and dark and gory. I think you’d have fun doing it! — Katie

Sandra: I’ll ask. If nothing else, keep an eye here for plenty of Copper scoop. Meanwhile, since you mentioned gore, I have to warn you that your stomach MAY churn during the upcoming June 23 premiere. The scene of which I speak involved Madame Eva (Franka Potente) getting a knife in the back … literally. I wish that’s as bad as it got …

Question: My Summer TV must-watch is definitely Rizzoli & Isles. I’d love some info on these kick-ass ladies. — J.L.

Sandra: I can tell you that by the end of this pair’s big return June 25, which picks up at the tail end of Maura’s recovery from surgery, two couples will rekindle their flame with some hanky-panky. (Do people under 50 use that term any more?) Guesses on the couples?

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a terrific weekend!!