Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the new items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor David Cubitt (Medium) will appear in episode three of Arrow’s third season, playing Mark Shaw (who becomes Manhunter). (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Joelle Carter (Justified) will guest star in the new NBC thriller Constantine this fall, playing Jasmine Fell, a beautiful but damaged ex-model and back-up singer who is married to a rock star. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Adam Campbell (Mixology and Touch) will play the younger version of Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard on NCIS this fall in a flashback episode. (Jim Halterman at TV Fanatic)

MTV has announced the cast for the network’s upcoming small screen adaptation of Scream. The young stars include Willa Fitzgerald (Royal Pains), Amy Forsyth (Defiance), Carlson Young (Pretty Little Liars) and newcomers John Karna and Amadeus Serafini. Fitzgerald will play Emma Duval, popular but shy and intelligent; Forsyth will play Emma’s former best friend, the artistic loner Audrey; Karna plays Noah, Audrey’s best friend; Young will play Brooke, the leader of the popular clique and Serafini will play Kierna, the mysterious new kid. (Linda Ge at The Wrap)

Actor Eddie McClintock (Warehouse 13) will appear in the FOX mid-season drama Backstrom, playing Lt. Sam D’Agostino, a neighborhood bully who grew up with Backstrom (Rainn Wilson). (Vlada Gelman at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Syfy is developing a pilot for Ghost Brigades, which is based on the John Scalzi “Old Man’s War” book series. The potential series would follow John Perry, who at 75 enlists into the Colonial Defense Force to fight a centuries-long war for man’s expansion into the cosmos. Technology allows experiences and consciousness to be transplanted into younger bodies that are outfitted to endure the harsher rigors of war in space. However, soon after John arrives, he finds himself involved with a mysterious woman, and at the same time, at the center of an unraveling conspiracy involving an elite fighting force known as The Ghost Brigades. (The Deadline Team)

MINI-SERIES NEWS

Actor Avan Jogia (Twisted and Victorious) has landed the lead role in the Spike TV mini-series Tut, playing Tutankhamun (King Tut). He will star alongside Sir Ben Kingsley. The mini is expected to air sometime in 2015. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Q&A SECTION (with Kristin Dos Santos at E! Online)

Question: Got any scoop to share on Pretty Little Liars? – Lauren D.

Kristin: Will Bradley (The Normal Heart) has been cast as a new character that Spencer will be spending some time with in Rosewood this season. He’s a painter named Johnny Raymond who is cute, edgy and charismatic. I’m told he will first appear in episode 15 (set to air in 2015), and will be sticking around for a little bit (at least three episodes, we’re hearing), mostly interacting with our brainiest Liar.

Question: Saw your tweet about Outlander….welcome to the club! I have seen episode one online. Where does it go from there? – Free2beG

Kristin: It’s a slow burn, and you need to be patient, but the show is GORGEOUS and impeccably well done, and I am so in. The tension/action really ratchets up by the end of episode 6, to the point where I was literally hunched over into a ball watching it with one eye open.

Question: Supernatural. Please. – Sarah

Kristin: Even though Dean’s a demon now, Jared Padalecki promises that Sam’s resolve to find and help his brother is unwavering. “I think seeing his brother as a demon will actually stiffen his resolve since he knows that it wasn’t his brother’s choice,” Padalecki reveals. “When Sam finds out—and he does find out—he doesn’t think it’s Dean’s fault. He doesn’t know if it’s the Mark of Cain, or Crowley, or something else entirely but when he sees what’s happened with his brother, he feels as if someone has wronged his brother and it steels his resolve to fix things.” Now that’s the Sam Winchester we all know and love!

Question: Update me on my favorite TV couple: NCIS: LA’s Deeks and Kensi! – Christina

Kristin: “There’s a lot of love between these characters, whether they’ve established it as being a romantic love or sexual tension or friendship or brotherly and sisterly love,” Daniela Ruah spills. “There’s obviously a really strong connection between these characters and we’ll have to keep watching the build or destruction of the relationship.” Translation: Prepare for more will-they-or-won’t-they goodness.

That’s it. Enjoy!