Hey All,
Here are the news items for today, few though they may be:
TELEVISION
Starz has renewed Da Vinci’s Demons for a third season. (Starz Press Release)
Actor Timothy Busfield (thirtysomething) will have a recurring role as Benjamin Franklin on Sleepy Hollow when it returns for its second season this fall on FOX. This version of Franklin will be a mentor of Ichabod Crane (series lead Tom Mison), who is also involved in the “secret war” within the American Revolution. (Kimberly Roots at TV Line)
TV TRAILER
ONLINE SERIES NEWS
The Veronica Mars online spin-off series Play It Again, Dick will air later this summer on CW Seed. The spin-off series, co-written and produced by Rob Thomas (the creator of Veronica Mars) will star series regular Ryan Hansen as himself, as he begs, cajoles and pleads with his former Veronica Mars cast members and friends to help him get his character, Dick Casablancas, his own spin-off show. (Art imitating life, much?!) (The Futon Critic)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actress Britt Robertson (Under the Dome and The Secret Circle) has landed a lead role in the upcoming adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel The Longest Ride. She will play Sophia Danko, the college student who falls for a young cowboy while elsewhere a 91-year-old man trapped in a crashed car reflects on the love of his life. The cast will include Scott Eastwood (son of Clint Eastwood). (Jen Yamato at Deadline)
It has been officially announced that actress Michelle Forbes (Battlestar Galactica, True Blood and The Killing) has joined the cast of the upcoming Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 cast. (Hunger Games Twitter Feed)
That’s it. Enjoy!
Rueben's Ramblings 
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