Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
The History Channel has given a third season pick-up order to Vikings. (Press Release)
Fans of Teen Wolf have already lost cast members Crystal Reed and Max Carver (who played Allison and Aiden respectively) and now they will be losing one more: Daniel Sharman. But, this time around his character Isaac won’t be killed off. Daniel – much like Crystal – asked to leave the show, but requested that Isaac not be killed. Daniel apparently wants to give other projects a try, but hopes that he can have the opportunity to come back in the future. (Tierney Bricker at E! Online)
Actress Tessa Ferrer and actor Gaius Charles have not had their contracts picked up for their series regular roles on Grey’s Anatomy, which means they will not be back for the show’s upcoming fall season. It is also unclear if they will make any guest appearances in the future either. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Actress Betsy Brandt (The Michael J. Fox Show) has joined the cast of the upcoming straight-to-13-episode series ABC drama The Club that will focus on the upstairs/downstairs drama at a private country club. Brandt will play Leslie, the wife of one of the brothers who own the club who just ran off with their father’s trophy-wife stepmother after squandering the club’s finances, leaving behind his wife, who has a legal consulting practice, and their son. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Actor Matthew Modine has joined the cast of the TNT drama pilot Proof, which is a supernatural medical drama to be executive produced by actress Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer). The pilot will center on Dr. Kathryn Russo (Jennifer Beals of Flashdance fame), a skeptical, hard-science, brilliant female surgeon with a caustic edge who has been struggling with the devastating loss of her teenage son and a growing estrangement from her surviving daughter. She is persuaded to investigate cases of reincarnation, out-of-body experiences and hauntings. Modine will play Ivan Turing, a charming, eccentric, technology multi-billionaire facing a terminal cancer who is willing to apply all his resources to answering the question, is there anything beyond death? (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
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