Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVSION

Actress Charlotte Ross (NYPD Blue) will appear in a November episode of Arrow, playing Felicity Smoak’s (series regular Emily Bett Rickards) mother. It is unclear, though, whether it will be a scene set in present day or a flashback. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide and Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Actor David Zayas (Dexter) will have a recurring role in the upcoming FOX drama Gotham, playing mob boss Salvatore Maroni, one of the city’s most dangerous gangsters. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Ellen Pompeo is teaming with ABC Family to adapt the 2013 novel “Debt” by Rachel Carey into a potential series for the cable network. The story follows Lillian, a woman in her 20s, who works as an SAT tutor to try to pay off her college loans and explores how everyone she knows — even her tutee’s billionaire father — is in somebody’s debt. ABC Family is targeting older women in an attempt to be perceived as a young-adult network rather than one that caters to families with kids. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE MOVIE NEWS

Actor Joseph Fiennes (FlashForward) and Tom Felton (Murder In the First) will star in the upcoming early first-century epic film called Clavius that will be told through the eyes of an agnostic Roman Centurion (Fiennes) charged by Pontius Pilate to investigate rumors of a risen Messiah and locate the missing body of Jesus of Nazareth in order to subdue an uprising in Jerusalem. Along the Centurion’s high-stakes mission, his doubts of such a supernatural occurrence are challenged as he encounters the Apostles and other historical characters while piecing together the mysterious events that unfolded after the crucifixion. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

COMIC CON 2014 TRAILER

Q&A SECTION (with Samantha Highfill from Entertainment Weekly)

Question: I want to hear how involved Hook will be in the Once Upon a Time storyline this season! —Jordan

Samantha: How about some Frozen scoop instead? This season, we’ll be traveling back in time to Elsa’s kingdom of Arendelle to find out how, exactly, she became a prisoner of Rumplestiltskin—and how Anna and Kristoff fit into the fold.

Question: Do you have any Witches of East End scoop? —Chelsea

Samantha: Here’s what I can tell you: Having characters with past lives has its perks (aka endless story opportunities), and fans can get ready to explore one of Freya’s past lives with the hunk of all hunks, Killian. As for Ingrid, she’s also bonding with someone—the Mandragora. And the bond is only getting stronger.

Question: Got any scoop on Stiles and Lydia from Teen Wolf? —Amy

Samantha: Executive producer Jeff Davis gives some information about the next episode that could definitely affect the couple. Let’s just say that the episode is titled “Weaponized,” and it brings in a brand new assassin called The Chemist. According to Davis, the episode “will also include a crucial moment between Stiles and Malia that may threaten to destroy their relationship.”

Question: I’m always looking forward to some scoop on #BATB. Where will the show go from the S2 finale with Vincent & Catherine? —Val

Samantha: For starters, CW president Mark Pedowitz let it be known that season 3 of Beauty and the Beast will pick up a couple months later, with Cat and Vincent out in public. That’ll change their dynamic in terms of finding cases and working together. Speaking of working together: Vincent will get his medical license back.

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend!!