Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Laura Spencer (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Switched at Birth) will recur on Bones as one of the rotating interns and a potential long-term “mate” for Sweets (series regular John Francis Daley). She is also currently recurring on The Big Bang Theory as a potential love interest for Raj (series regular Kunal Nayyar). The next new episode of Bones will air on FOX on May 5. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Larenz Tate (Rescue Me) has been promoted to series regular on the upcoming new medical drama Rush that is set to premiere on the USA Network on July 17. The series follows Dr. William Rush (Tom Ellis from Eastenders and Merlin), a medical fixer who privately caters to Los Angeles’ elite. Tate will play Dr. Alex Thomas, Rush’s best friend dating back to medical school and one of the few constants in his life. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Veteran actors Cloris Leachman (Raising Hope) and Barry Bostwick (Cougar Town) will both appear in separate episodes of the TNT drama Franklin & Bash. Leachman will guest star as Irina Lottye Kruskal, a frightening gypsy with pertinent knowledge of an allegedly haunted house while Bostwick will play Jake “Falcon” Reilly, a boozy resident of a retirement community who seeks to adopt his late girlfriend’s grandson. The catch? Jake’s potential adoptee is a full-grown adult. (Andy Swift at TV Line)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Stage actor Ray Fisher (Fetch Clay, Make Man) will play Cyborg in the upcoming untitled Batman-Superman box office film. He will not have a major part in that feature, but will become more prominent as Warner Bros. and DC develop more films related to the Justice League universe. (Justin Kroll at Variety)

Actress Amanda Seyfried (Veronica Mars and Les Miserables) has joined the cast of the upcoming live-action Peter Pan feature entitled Pan that will follow the story of an orphan who is spirited away to the magical Neverland where he finds both fun and danger and ultimately discovers his destiny: to become the hero who will be forever known as Peter Pan. The film already includes Hugh Jackman as Blackbeard, Garrett Hedlund as Hook and Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily. The film is set to release on July 17, 2015. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Question: Do you have anything juicy on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s season finale? –Andy

Mitovich: That absolutely depends on how you define “juicy.” Bill Paxton told us that in addition to getting insight into Garrett’s “weird, fatherly relationship” with Ward, he will “of course” resurface in the May 13 season finale.

Question: Is there more to Arrow’s “Oliver has a child” reveal, or is it something that will be addressed in Season 3? –Sam

Mitovich: As of now, the name of the baby momma glimpsed this week is not being specified (lest everyone crash the Connor Hawke Wiki page), but that thread will be picked up. Eventually. “That is something that will be paid off in Season 3,” EP Andrew Kreisberg told reporters at a recent screening.

Question: Can we expect any more development between Once Upon a Time’s Hook and Emma? Or Regina and Robin Hood? –Charlee

Mitovich: On the Hook/Emma front — specifically, the matter of his damning next kiss – series co-creator Eddy Kitsis points out, “Right now, Emma doesn’t seem so interested in kissing him. So we’ll have to see if that changes.” As for the simmering “OutlawQueen,” he says, “You will see that the only thing standing in their way is Regina’s sister [Zelena], who will test whether or not she has really changed.” Reflecting on Regina’s long road to romance, Kitsis says, “It’s taken 60-some episodes to get to this moment of Regina opening her heart, so we’re gratified the audience came with us on that ride.”

Question: Please tell me you have some good spoilers for Once Upon a Time’s Rumple/Belle fans? It would be nice to get something positive for once! –vab

Mitovich: I was valiant like a prince in trying to get you the goods, during my May Sweeps Q&A with the creators. So when Eddy Kitsis offered up the usual, “Fans should keep watching,” I pressed for more. Adam Horowitz responded, “Rumple and Belle are a relationship that has had many challenges, but what we love about them — and what the fans can look forward to — is that no matter the adversity, the light and hope and optimism at the core of Belle will continue to fight on. You’ll see that as the rest of the season plays out.” And if you relished as I did the overdue scene where Belle gave Regina guff for her long captivity, Kitsis promises “more stuff with Emilie [de Ravin] coming up that we think is some of her best work on the show.”

Question: The photo you released of Once Upon a Time Episode 320 has a girl with what looks like the classic blue-and-white checkered Dorothy dress. Any chance you can give us more on her? –Jacquelyn

Mitovich: That’s Matreya Scarrwener playing Dorothy. You may know the ingenue from… hmm… a Season 3 episode of The Killing, maybe?

Question: Was Delilah’s move to Dubai due to Margo Harshman not wanting to stay on NCIS, or was it part of their storyline? Some fans think it could be a way McGee could leave the show if Sean Murray doesn’t [re-sign]. –Robert

Mitovich: File this one under “Wait and See.” Show boss Gary Glasberg says the McGee/Delilah story won’t be revisited over these last few episodes, “but it wouldn’t surprise me if it comes back up in the earlier part of Season 12.”

Question: Give me anything you have on Person of Interest. –Bradley

Mitovich: How about Amy Acker teasing the season finale? Agreeing with the producers’ assessment that it’s “a f—king giant hot mess,” she goes on to say, “They’ve done huge episodes throughout the season that on any other show I’ve been on would’ve been a season finale, so they just had to make it even bigger than that. And I think they succeeded. It’s really exciting, everything that happens. I was like, ‘Can’t you just give us the script for next season?!’”

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend!