Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

TELEVISION

NBC has acquired the rights to the 12-episode action/comedy series Taxi Brooklyn that Chyler Leigh (Grey’s Anatomy) and Jacky Ido (Inglourious Basterds) as well as Jennifer Esposito (Blue Bloods), Ally Walker (Profiler), James Colby (Person Of Interest), Bill Heck (Pan Am), Jose Zuniga (Body Of Proof) and Raul Casso (Blue Bloods). The series focuses on Detective Caitlyn “Cat” Sullivan (Leigh), who is determined to find the truth about the death of her father, an NYPD detective who was killed in the line of duty; but when her stubborn character and recklessness behind the wheel finds her demoted to foot patrol, she teams with the highly skilled and charming Marseille-born cabbie Leo Romba. Realizing Leo lied on his immigration form, Cat offers him a deal: in exchange for his driving prowess and taxi, she will help Leo with his papers situation. He becomes her personal driver and police consultant as they race through the streets of New York City solving cases. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

The A&E drama Those Who Kill that was pulled after only two episodes will get a second life (so to speak) on Lifetime Movie Network (LMN). The first two episodes will air this Sunday on the cable network at 8 and 9 PM followed by the third episode at 10 PM. The rest of the episodes will roll out on Sunday nights on LMN at 10 PM. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Amy Acker (Person of Interest and Angel) has landed a role on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. where she will play Audrey, the love of Phil Coulson’s (series lead Clark Gregg) life. A talented musician turning heads in Portland, Audrey believes Coulson to be dead and has no idea that he’s guarding her from a distance as a super-powered threat from her past re-emerges. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be back on ABC starting on April 1. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Actor Linus Roache (Law & Order and Vikings) will guest star in an upcoming episode of The Blacklist, playing the Kingmaker, an extremely dangerous and influential man with political ties around the world who manipulates democracy to his own ends and is an expert at political assassination. (Damian Holbrook at TV Guide)

Actor Dylan Bruce (Orphan Black) will have a recurring role in the upcoming El Rey Network series Matador that will chronicle the unlikely rise of Antonio “Matador” Bravo (Gabriel Luna), a popular soccer star who in reality uses his sports career for a cover as a skilled covert operative executing missions for a little-known branch of the CIA. Bruce will play Gabriel, a Lothario type DEA Agent. (The Deadline Team)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Sam Jaeger (Parenthood) has joined the cast of the upcoming Clint Eastwood flick American Sniper that will feature Bradley Cooper as decorated marksman Chris Kyle, whose memoir American Sniper: The Autobiography Of The Most Lethal Sniper In U.S. Military History serves as the basis for the Warner Bros film. Jaeger will play Captain Martens, who welcomes Chris back to Iraq for his second tour of duty and is his commanding officer on his subsequent tour. (The Deadline Team)

Actor Jon Tenney (The Closer and the short-lived King & Maxwell) has joined the cast of the upcoming film adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel The Book Of Me that will tell the story of Dawson and Amanda, former high school sweethearts who find themselves reunited after 20 years apart when they return to their small town for the funeral of a beloved friend. Their reunion reignites the love they’ve never forgotten, but the duo find the very same forces that drove them apart before live on. Tenney will play Harvey, father of Amanda (played as a teenager by Liana Liberato and as an adult by Michelle Monaghan). (The Deadline Team)

Q&A SECTION (with Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Question: When are we going to get Outlaw-Queen stuff from your Once Upon a Time talk with Lana Parrilla? — Sarah, via Twitter

Natalie: Soon, I promise! But the more pressing matter is Regina’s reunion with Robin Hood in Storybrooke. Even though the couple has a (forgotten) history, don’t expect a magical romance right off the bat. “She’s terrified. She’s afraid to open her heart and afraid to let love in,” Parilla says. “So many things have been taken away from her. … She doesn’t believe that… this love has the potential to be as deep and real as she dreamt.”

Question: Do you have any Orphan Black scoop on my favorite clone Alison? — Arianna

Natalie: Poor waspy Alison will be wracked with guilt over killing suspected monitor Aynsley. So, she’ll try to ease her mind by taking on an unusual project that requires her to flex a completely different muscle. Unfortunately, her new gig will put her in even more danger than before.

Question: When are we going to find out who the Clairvoyant is on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? — Taryn

Natalie: Though she wouldn’t confirm or deny my theory that the Clairvoyant is someone we already know, executive producer Maurissa Tancharoen promises the reveal is coming very soon. How soon? Well, the April 1 episode — which features the returns of Agents Hand (Saffron Burrows), Garrett (Bill Paxton), Sitwell (Maximiliano Hernández) and Blake (Titus Welliver) — is shaping up to be pretty super. I hear one of the returning faces is harboring a big secret and another will wind up on the wrong end of a battle with Deathlok.

Question: Please tell me you got more Sleepy Hollow scoop on Season 2! — Sandy

Natalie: I did, and I can tell you the new captain replacing the incarcerated Irving will not be an ally. “It’s somebody who is not in support of Abbie and Crane,” executive producer Len Wiseman says. “They’re going to find themselves in a tricky spot again with the department.” Speaking of bosses, War and Moloch won’t always be on the same side in Season 2.

That’s it. Enjoy!