Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
Actors Michael Trucco (Killer Women and Battlestar Galactica) and Peter Coyote (ET and A Walk to Remember) will both guest star on the new CBS drama Intelligence. Trucco will play the ex-boyfriend of Riley (series regular Meghan Ory) who has taken over as the detail leader of a Secret Service unit while Coyote will play Leland Strand, the father of Lillian Strand (series regular Marg Helgenberger). (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)
Actor Thomas Dekker (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has been promoted to series regular for the new drama Backstrom that will air on FOX. He will play Gregory Valentine, a whip-smart young gay man, who’s an ex-hustler-turned-entrepreneurial crook who is Backstrom’s (series lead Rainn Wilson from The Office) tenant and uses Backstrom’s apartment to store his high-end ill-gotten goods. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)
Actress Anne Dudek (House and Covert Affairs) and Keith David (Enlisted and The Cape) will be guest-starring in the NBC fairytale drama Grimm. Dudek will play Professor Vera Gates, a bright young archeology professor excited to begin studying a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus while David will play Hedig, the ringmaster for a unique traveling carnival. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
ABC has given an order for a pilot called American Crime from John Ridley, the writer of the box office film 12 Years A Slave. The pilot will center on a racially charged murder and the subsequent trial, which are examined through the personal lives of the players involved. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actor Thomas Kretschmann (Dracula) will play a major villain in the upcoming sequel film The Avengers: Age of Ultron, but no details are available on just who he will be playing. (Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter)
Actor Harrison Ford has joined the cast of the upcoming romantic drama called The Age of Adaline that will star Blake Lively (Gossip Girl) and Ellen Burstyn (the upcoming small screen adaption of Flowers in the Attic). The film will follow the miraculous life of 29-year old Adaline (Lively), who stops aging after recovering from a near-fatal accident. Over the course of the 20th century she embarks on an epic, but isolated worldwide journey, keeping her secret, until she meets a man who forever alters her life. There are no specifics on what role Ford will play in the film, though. (The Deadline Team)
BOX OFFICE TRAILER
Annette Bening, Ed Harris &Robin Williams in ‘The Face of Love’ Trailer
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Q&A SECTION (with Natalie Abrams from TV Guide and Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
Question: What’s coming up on Castle? — Ginger
NATALIE: The “September” wedding is still a long way off. In the meantime, on this coming Monday’s episode, the death of a Miley Cyrus-like pop star will remind Beckett that she is marrying someone in the public eye. “What happens when stories about him appear in the press that aren’t true? How does she feel?” executive producer Andrew Marlowe asks. “She’s kind of private person.”
Question: Will there be a wedding on Downton Abbey this season? — Ellen
Natalie: Would it surprise you to learn that three Downton ladies will receive marriage proposals this season? Well, maybe not, since people love to propose on this show. Making it down the aisle, however, is another matter altogether. In possibly related news, Downton’s first black character will make his debut next week.
Question: Can you share anything about Laurel on Arrow? — Jessica
Natalie: Laurel’s spiral into drug and alcohol abuse will worsen after she learns a dangerous secret. But there’s some optimism on the horizon. “Laurel will be learning that her sister is alive,” executive producer Marc Guggenheim says.
Question: Do you know anything that’s coming up for Scandal? — Mel
Natalie: It’s Election Day, and Mellie remains focused on her husband’s re-election. “We’re going to spend a lot of time with the campaign, so it’s the machinations of trying to get us back in the White House for another four years,” Bellamy Young says. So how does Mellie’s rumored love interest (Major Crimes’ Jon Tenney) fit into Fitz’s strategy? “[He’ll] throw a wrench in the works in the very best of ways,” she says.
Question: I’m really enjoying Intelligence. What can you tease? — Donna
Natalie: We haven’t seen the last of Mei Chen, the woman who got a chip implanted in her head. The chip-for-hire is actually set up as a rival for Gabriel. “She’s Gabriel without the conscience,” executive producer Michael Seitzman says. “She seems to feel that she and Gabriel are the only ones on the planet. I think she loves him in her own way. She thinks they’re Adam and Eve.”
Question: Any Watson-related Elementary scoop? Please? —Henry
Ausiello: Keep your eyes peeled for Episode 15. “A small-ish case that Joan picks up on the side forces her to share with Sherlock a little bit more of her family history and life,” shares EP Rob Doherty. “It’s an episode with a few quieter scenes in the brownstone, and it brings a few things to the surface.” Can we get a few examples? “We’ll find out where the name Watson came from,” teases Doherty, “and we will learn a little bit more about her father.”
Question: Got any Patrick/Nolan-related Revenge scoop? —Tommy
Ausiello: A guy from Nolan’s past will turn up later this season, and he sounds like trouble with a capital T that rhymes with P that stands for Prison. His name is Javier, he’s an accomplished hacker just like Nolan, and he’s on parole from the clink. He also needs a place to crash, and wouldn’t you know, he lists Nolan’s killer crib as his house-arrest address. Casting for the recurring, twentysomething role is underway.
That’s it. Enjoy!
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