Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
VH1 has given a 10-episode order to a new scripted drama called Hindsight that will air in 2015. The series will follow Becca (Laura Ramsey from She’s the Man), who’s approaching 40 years old and a second marriage. But she’s feeling there’s something missing, her long-estranged best friend Lolly (relative newcomer Sarah Goldberg). As she’s having mixed feelings, she wakes up to discover she has somehow traveled 15 years into the past as she’s approaching her first marriage with Sean (Craig Horner from Legend of the Seeker). (Jethro Nededog at The Wrap)
Actress Jill Hennessy (Crossing Jordan and Law & Order) will guest star in an episode of The Good Wife, playing power lawyer Rayna Hecht, who could become a potential partner in the firm. The Good Wife will be back with new episodes starting on March 9 on CBS. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)
Veteran actor John Rhys-Davies (the Lord of the Rings franchise) has joined the cast of the upcoming FOX drama series Hieroglyph that is set in ancient Egypt, where fantasy and reality intertwined. The 13-episode series will follow Ambrose, a notorious thief who is plucked from prison to serve the Pharoah (Reece Ritchie), navigating palace intrigue, seductive concubines, criminal underbellies and even a few divine sorcerers. Rhys-Davies will play Vocifer, Ambrose’s one-time mentor who was a dashing thief back in his day. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
The ABC drama series (it has a 13-episode order) that was developed by legendary film director David O. Russell (American Hustle) and Erin Brockovich writer Susannah Grant has finally been given a name – The Club – but it is losing its big name developer. Russell has left the production, while the pilot’s first cast member has been announced: Callie Hernandez (from Sin City 2). The series, as its title states, will be an upstairs/downstairs soap centered on a private country club. The role to be played by Hernandez has yet to be announced. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
BET has given a second season order to its first original scripted drama Being Mary Jane. (Greg Braxton at The L.A. Times)
The Canadian channel Showcase has given a fifth season order to Lost Girl; now we here in the States just need to wait for Syfy to jump on the bandwagon, stating they will air the fifth season. (Showcase Press Release)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Relative newcomer Gina Rodriguez, who has appeared in episodes of Longmire, Rizzoli & Isles and The Mentalist, has landing the title role in The CW drama pilot called Jane the Virgin which will be about a hard-working, religious young Latina woman who is accidentally artificially inseminated. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Twilight actress Ashley Greene will star alongside Ron Livingston (Boardwalk Empire) in the upcoming box office film called Shangra-La Suite that will be set in 1974, focusing on two troubled 20 year olds who set out to kill The King, Elvis Presley. Believe it or not, Livingston will play Elvis and Green will play Priscilla. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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