Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
GENERAL NEWS
Congrats to the winners of last night’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, including (but not limited to): 12 Years A Slave, Cate Blanchett, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Jared Leto, Frozen, Lone Survivor, Adele Exarchopoulos, Sandra Bullock, Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams, Gravity, Her, American Hustle, Forest Whitaker and Alfonso Cuaron.
TELEVISION
Actor Olivier Martinez (Unfaithful) will appear in Revenge as Pascal LeMarchal, the media mogul father of Daniel’s business partner Margaux (played by Karine Vanasse, who was recently promoted to series regular). (Tierney Bricker at E! Online and Deadline)
Actor Jamie McShane (Southland) will appear in a recurring role on the new ABC Family drama The Fosters, playing the father of Callie (series regular Maia Mitchell) and her brother Jude. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)
Actress Jaimie Alexander will reprise her role of Lady Sif from the Thor movies in the small screen series Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. She is expected to appear in the 15th episode. (Eric Goldman at IGN)
The new ABC drama Killer Women that comes from executive producer Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) [among others] and stars Battlestar Galactica alum Tricia Helfer as one of only two female Texas Rangers has had its 8-episode order reduced by two. The show has been struggling in the ratings, but unlike the other mid-season limited event series The Assets, ABC is keeping Killer Women around albeit with only 6 episodes in total. (Jethro Nededog at The Wrap)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
It looks like ABC is moving forward with the small screen adaptation of Agent Carter, based on a “one-shot” that was featured on the Blu-ray release of Iron Man 3 with executive producers Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas (Reaper and the upcoming Resurrection) at the helm. The drama project will focus on Captain America’s girlfriend Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), chronicling her life as a budding secret agent after her boyfriend is stranded in ice. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
A&E is developing a contemporary remake of the acclaimed late-1980’s Michael Landon drama Highway to Heaven with (of all people) Mark Wahlberg on board as an executive producer. The project (like the original) will center on an angel sent down to earth to help troubled souls. (Lacey Rose at The Hollywood Reporter)
ABC has given a greenlight to a high-concept drama pilot called Clementine from box office writer Dean Georgaris (Paycheck) and ABC Studios that will center on a habitual criminal who digs into the mystery of her origins after she becomes the target of a group of zealots who fear she possesses latent supernatural abilities that she will one day harness for either profound good or monstrous evil. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
NBC is developing a pilot with Liz Heldens (the creator of the 2009 medical drama Mercy and last year’s mystery drama Deception) called Salvation that is a family saga set against the backdrop of a Texas mega church where faith, family and corruption are explored in equal measure. The pilot will center on Jennifer Strickland, who has to defend her children, church and religious beliefs after her husband dies under mysterious circumstances. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
ONLINE SERIES NEWS
Actor Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) will star in the untitled Netflix 13-episode psychological thriller that centers on a family of adult siblings whose secrets and scars are revealed when the black sheep oldest brother returns home. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Q&ASECTION (with the TV Scoop Team at E! Online and Matt Mitovich at TV Line)
Question: Revenge me, please? – Sasha
TV Scoop Team: Nolan (Gabriel Mann) is getting a new houseguest. Look for Javier, a young lad who just happens to be an accomplished hacker, to move into Nolan’s pad for quite a while…he’s under house arrest there.
Question: This season of Teen Wolf is the best yet! I’ll take any scoop you’ve got on what’s ahead. – Beth
TV Scoop Team: Danger, danger! Starting halfway through the season, one of our beloved characters will be booking a permanent stay on the chopping block. Star Holland Roden tells us that a “very good friend” of Lydia’s will be in a vulnerable position, and warns fans, “Brace yourselves, kids.” Gulp.
Question: Do you have any final Sleepy Hollow teasers, maybe about the George Washington twist? –Gianna
Mitovich: I asked the gorgeous Nicole Beharie about the discovery that the premiere POTUS apparently lived beyond his official expiration date, and all she would say is that many characters “find themselves intimately involved, somehow, in the season finale” airing Monday. “They’re interconnected in a very complex way — and that includes George Washington. That reveal that he wrote this letter to Ichabod after he died? The finale is the culmination of them trying to figure out where he was and what it all means.”
Question: I am really into Reign on The CW. Any scoop? –Niki
Mitovich: A new queen is coming! Casting is underway for the recurring role of Penelope, a twentysomething kitchen servant who becomes “queen for a day” when she finds a bean in a slice of cake – as part of a yearly tradition at the castle. When Catherine assigns Penelope a little “job” in exchange for better treatment, the 24-hour royal uses that opportunity to get what she wants.
Question: I am needing/obsessing over/wanting scoop on Justified‘s Raylan and Winona, please! –Marisa
Mitovich: I asked series boss Graham Yost to confirm why Raylan didn’t pay his baby momma a visit while in Florida — even with everyone urging him to! — and he explained, “I think he’s afraid, and he doesn’t know why he’s afraid. And that’s something we’ll get into over the season, as much as Raylan’s willing to get into anything like that. But the simple answer is: Look at who his father was. That brings up a lot of concerns about what kind of father you will be.” As for whether we’ll see Winona and child again this season, Yost said that is TBD. “The plan was yes, but plans change.”
That’s it. Enjoy!
Have a terrific weekend!!!
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