Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today, few though they may be:

BOOK NEWS (TV RELATED)

Showtime and Neil Jordan, the series creator of the recently defunct series The Borgias have announced the release of his new e-book “The Borgia Apocalypse”, which is based on Jordan’s original script for the show’s two-hour finale. The e-book should be available this week. (TV By the Numbers)

The next book in the Nikki Heat series, written by fictional TV character Richard Castle, played by Nathan Fillion in the TV series Castle entitled “Deadly Heat” will be released on September 17. The series will be back for its sixth season on ABC on September 23. (The Futon Critic)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Hart Hanson, creator of the TV series Bones and Jason Horwitch, creator of the TV shows Rubicon and Medical Investigation, have teamed up for a new crime drama procedural with a romantic twist for FOX. The project, which is being called Noone, will be set in San Francisco, focusing on a female police detective and her unlikely ally. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here are the top 10 box office films from this past weekend courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

1. Elysium – $30.4 million
2. We’re the Millers – $26.6 million
3. Planes – $22.5 million
4. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters – $14.6 million
5. 2 Guns – $11.1 million
6. The Smurfs 2 – $9.5 million
7. The Wolverine – $8 million
8. The Conjuring – $6.7 million
9. Despicable Me 2 – $5.7 million
10. Grown Ups 2 – $3.7 million

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Saoirse Ronan in First Trailer for Kevin Macdonald’s ‘How I Live Now’

That’s it. Enjoy!