Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

The cable network Starz has given a 10-episode order to the drama series called The One Perfect from director Alejandro Iñárritu. The series will star Ed Helms (The Office) in a story that will revolve around a struggling farmer (Helms) who encounters a bizarre twist of fate that might save or ruin his family farm. Oscar winner Hilary Swank is in final negotiations for the role of his wife. (Cynthia Littleton at Variety)

Actor Danny Masterson (That 70’s Show) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Royal Pains, playing Danny Van Dyke, a wealthy hedge fund manager who needs a kidney transplant but is reluctant to accept his brother’s organ. His brother? Dr. Paul Van Dyke, returning guest star Kyle Howard from My Boys, a physician at Hamptons Heritage who later joined HankMed as one of Hank’s replacements; but after Hank rejoined the business, Paul eventually left to start his own concierge practice in Miami. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

ONLINE SERIES NEWS

Fan favorite Jim Beaver (Bobby on Supernatural) will join the cast of the online series The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy, which is heading into its second season. He will play George Darling, the father of the Darling clan. The online web series currently has an IndieGoGo campaign happening right now to fund the second season. You can learn more about that here. (Rae Votta at The Daily Dot)

Q&A SECTION (with Kristin Dos Santos at E! Online along with additional reporting by Tierney Bricker, Sydney Bucksbaum and Lauren Piester)

Question: How long do we have to wait to see Claire and Jamie together? Loving this show. – Winnie234

E! Online: It will be a slow burn. As of episode six, he still hasn’t lifted his kilt (that sounded way more dirty than intended but you can blame this damn show), but there is enough chemistry between Claire and Jamie to make you spontaneously burst into flames. It’s a slow and crazy-hot burn. Oh, and you know that the man watching Claire in the window outside in the 1940’s was Jamie’s ghost, right? Chilling!

Question: I LOVED Outlander. Will the flashbacks continue so we keep seeing Claire’s husband Frank? – Monica

E! Online: Yes, but the flashbacks are sprinkled. It’s not overly done. The show’s big boss Ronald D. Moore explains: “So much of the show is her drive to get back to that life and to get back to Frank and I didn’t want to lose touch with that. I thought it was important that the audience keep understanding why she keeps trying to get back to those stones. What’s waiting for her? What’s that life she led? Otherwise, why wouldn’t she just hang around here? You have to understand her relationship with Frank and understand that for her, that’s home. You have to remind the audience each week and show them more, because they’re going to get really invested in the show in the 18th century but she’s trying to go to this other place. It’s important to keep touching it every once in a while to remind everyone.”

Question: Got any Downton Abbey spoilers to share, maybe about Lady Mary? – Christina

E! Online: Let’s just say season five could easily be subtitled “How Lady Mary Got Her Groove Back.” “She’s very much out of mourning by series five. For me, it’s like a new Mary,” Michelle Dockery previews. “She’s got her spirit back…she’s got her bite back.” And yes, that includes her romantic bite. But it will be a slow-burn, as Dockery says Lady Mary is “giving herself time romantically with Gilliam and Blake. She’s still not making any quick decisions.”

Question: Anything on Pretty Little Liars? – Yessica9239L

E! Online: Tonight’s episode has one of the best twists form all season long. It’s harkens back to the first episode ever, and it’s pretty awful and twisted. Guesses?

Question: Will Belle and Gold get to be happy for a little while on Once Upon a Time? – Monica

E! Online: Don’t bet on it! Robert Carlyle (Gold) teases that they’ll be content “maybe in the first episode, but then that’s it.” Wah! Emilie De Ravin (Belle) points out that Gold is “bipolar” and we shouldn’t start thinking he’s a good guy. Double wah!

Question: What’s coming up for my favorite troublemaker Juliette on Nashville? – Jenna M.

E! Online: Oh, aside from the fact that Hayden Panettiere’s real-life pregnancy is definitely being written into the show, setting the stage for some major baby daddy drama? Well, Juliette is heading to Hollywood in an attempt to headline a major biopic about one of country music’s most iconic singers. (Hint: her last name starts with a C!) But will an it boy actor, whose already been cast as her onscreen hubby, get in her way?

Question: Bring on the Revenge scoop, please! – Shawn

E! Online: David Clarke (James Tupper) is back, as you know, and I am hearing crazy-good things about his storyline! “I’m really excited to be back with the cast, it’s super fun,” James Tupper says of being resurrected. As for what version of David fans will be meeting? “I think he’s been through a lot in his life, he’s working it out. He’s got a lot of issues. Maybe he needs a therapist?” Because that always goes so well on Revenge.

Question: Do you have any scoop on Wade and Zoe? – Umgirl119

E! Online: While we don’t have anything specific on our favorite Hart of Dixie couple, we do have some extra juicy scoop on the upcoming season of the CW’s sweet, southern charmer. Remember when the network president Mark Pedowitz told E! News, “[Creator] Leila Gerstein is planning to have a pregnancy eventually happen to the character of Zoe Hart” when asked about how Rachel Bilson’s real-life pregnancy might affect the show? That may be happening sooner than you think, since the show is currently casting a female obstetrician in her 40s for episode six. She is described as “a complete professional.”

Question: Do you have more Demon Dean scoop? – @welovejackles

E! Online: We do, and straight from the mouth of the man himself, Jensen Ackles, who gave us a bit of info on just how Demon Dean differs from Regular Dean. “It was a tough season for old Dean last year. He was going through a lot. I wanted to take all of that away, all the weight of the world, all the heavy, the guilt, all of that stuff, remove all of that, because Demon Dean does not care. That’s kind of where I went with this character. He is Dean without a care in the world. It’s not comedic, it’s almost scarier. He cares so little for everything and everybody, and he loves it.”

That’s it. Enjoy!