Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
Actress Heather Lind (AMC’s new drama Turn) will have a recurring role on Sleepy Hollow, which returns this fall for its second season. She will play Mary Wells, an old flame of Ichabod’s (series lead Tom Mison) from England. While at first pleasant and sweet, Mary has a darker side — and will prove to be flighty, moody and prone to fits of extreme jealousy. Sleepy Hollow will be back starting on September 22 on FOX. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
Actress Sarah Chalke (Scrubs) will have a recurring role on the FOX mid-season crime drama Backstrom that will star Rainn Wilson (The Office) in the lead role. Chalke will play Amy Gazanian, a former social worker and journalist, who is the ex-fiancée of Detective Backstrom (Wilson). Amy left Backstrom 10 years ago, largely due to the many flaws in his trauma-riddled character. Now back in town, she has been appointed the Chair of the Civilian Oversight Committee — and in spite of her lingering affection for Backstrom, she intends to do her job and keep an eye on his every slippery, ethically dubious, judicially inappropriate move. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
Covert Affairs fans will be happy to see actor Oded Fehr (The Mummy and Resident Evil movie franchises) will reprise his role of Mossad agent Eyal Lavine in at least one episode of the show’s current, fifth season. (Vlada Gelman at TV Line)
Q&A SECTION (with Matt Mitovich at TV Line)
Question: Will the shift in showrunners on Castle have an effect on current storyline set up in the Season 6 finale? –Rachael
Mitovich: In a word, nope. Everything I am hearing from well-placed sources indicates that while David Amann will be taking over the day-to-day running of the show, the vision very much remains that of series creator Andrew W. Marlowe — so much so that I have no qualms answering the next question with a quote from AWM….
Question: The Castle finale was en fuego! Any news on what’s coming up for Season 7? –DarkDefender
Mitovich: I can tell you what’s not coming up – any new regurgitation of the Bracken storyline. Which, to me, rules out the squirrelly senator as the igniter of Castle’s fiery fate. “The Bracken arc is pretty much over,” Marlowe told me after the finale. “We know who [killed Johanna], Beckett has gotten juctice…. If there is any future storytelling with Senator Brecken, it would be breaking new ground and not going back to revisit the old ghosts.” That said, “Bracken isn’t dead, he’s a formidable person and he may someday entertain notions for revenge,” Marlowe allowed, “but it would be [in the context of] storytelling that moves us forward.”
Question: I’ve read two different Once Upon a Time articles, one stating that Elsa will be in nine episodes and the other stating that Anna will be in nine episodes. I thought I read on your site that it would be Elsa. Could you please clarify? –MGM
Mitovich: Oh, the Internet. Just one big game of “Telephone,” isn’t it? Elsa will appear in about nine episodes, Anna is slated for six to eight, and Kristoff is in as many as six.
Question: Is Once Upon a Time‘s Elsa going to be evil? Or can we assume she will follow the movie character? –Margie
Mitovich: See, that’s the question I had the second it was confirmed who exactly we saw there in the barn. So I asked the series creators if we’ll perhaps be seeing Elsa before — Frozen movie spoiler alert! — she and Anna happily reunited, back when she was in that epic snit. “Maybe yes, maybe no. It could be after,” Adam Horowitz hedged. “One can be in a snit for many reasons.”
Question: It was said at the beginning of Season 5 that NCIS: LA would be losing a team member. Is that still going to happen? –Meghan
Mitovich: Oh, the Internet. Just one big game of “Telephone,” isn’t it? The team member that was “lost” was Kensi, when she got pulled from the L.A. team and sent to Afghanistan. Mystery solved!
Question: Any new news on Arrow Season 3? The wait is killing us! –Jeff
Mitovich: ‘Member the “Seth” guy I told you about a couple of weeks ago? Well, the casting for that role has since been tweaked, and he is now described as a “shade of a man” with a quiet intensity, a “criminal mastermind who whistles classical music” as he goes about his devious business. There’s also talk of him having “reptilian eyes.” Whomever he is, he will be the Big Bad for the season opener.
Question: What can you tell us about the Sleepy Hollow premiere? –Deyna
Mitovich: I’ve got nothing new on the premiere. But if you want to look a-head to Episode 6, I can tell you that there’s a new hunk in town – the late Sheriff Corbin’s son Joe, a well-built, all-American Marine carrying a big chip on his shoulder.
Question: Got anything about Major Crimes? –Ilona
Mitovich: Sharon’s son Ricky, who pops up in Episode 9, is a real piece of work, throwing shade left and right at his new “brother” Rusty. But when Ricky goes too far and psychoanalyzes his mom’s reasons for taking in the street rat, just you watch as Mama Bear’s claws come out!
Question: It’s going to be a long, dry summer without Reign. I’ll take anything you can give me to hold me over. –Christina
Mitovich: All told, series star Adelaide Kane foresees an “intense second season,” based on how the freshman run ended. “I’d say we have a lot of stuff – and a darker direction — to look forward to,” she told me, adding that she hopes to share more scenes in the future with Caitlin Stasey (who plays Kenna).
Question: Michaela McManus (Law & Order: SVU) was supposed to be on The Last Ship on TNT — she’s even in one of the early promos, but when I got to the same scene in that episode it was another actress who wasn’t her. What gives? –Colleen
Mitovich: What gives is that McManus’ character, Lt. Jackie Makena, was excised from the pilot. Onetime Leverage guest star Marissa Neitling was subsequently cast in a similar role, as the Combat Information Center’s Lt. Kara Foster.
Question: Anything about Teen Wolf‘s Sheriff Stilinski and Mama McCall? –Wahiba
Mitovich: If you’re asking about their romantic relationship — it’s no secret that many ‘ship those two — you shouldn’t expect any new developments on that front. But Stiles’ dad and Scott’s mom do have some pretty big interactions coming up, and we’re still not used to hearing them talk about werewolves together. (Seriously, this is a teen drama. What ever happened to parents being left in the dark?)
Question: Do you have any scoop on the big revelation in the 100th episode of Pretty Little Liars? –Jon
Mitovich: Which “big revelation” would that be? Because last we checked there will be several, including which guy Hanna will be sticking with for the foreseeable future. Episode 100 marks Caleb’s return to Rosewood, and while we’re all excited for the former Ravenswoodsman’s homecoming, Hanna still has that little matter of Travis to sort out. Something tells me her new man won’t appreciate being dropped like a bad habit. Bonus scoop: Episode 12 will introduce us to Mona’s momma, Leona.
Question: Got anything on Orphan Black? –Leia
Mitovich: It would seem that those who sp-egg-ulated about that nitrogen tank Helena left behind in Felix’s loft before getting grabbed are right, that her babies are now in the hands of her sestra. “They could be [her eggs],” co-creator Graeme Manson allowed, confirming this much: “She’s taken something from the Prolethean farm and left them for her sisters.”
Question: I watched the official trailer for ABC’s How to Get Away With Murder a bunch of times but there is no sign of Katie Findlay. Is she still part of the show? –Marko
Mitovich: Oh, yes. The Carrie Diaries/The Killing alumna is very much a part of the show.
That’s it. Enjoy!
Have a great weekend!!
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