Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
Lifetime has cancelled the new drama The Lottery after only one season. (Deadline)
Actress Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full Of Grace and Red Band Society) will have a heavily recurring role on the fifth and final season of Falling Skies, playing Isabella, a leftist-leaning academic prior to the invasion, but now on the run and seeking sanctuary. She is a realist and canny survivor who poses as a nurse in order to win John (series regular Colin Cunningham) approval and trust. (Deadline)
The DirecTV drama Kingdom, only two episodes into its first season, has landed a 20-episode second season order. (Deadline)
Actor James Denton (Desperate Housewives has joined the cast of the upcoming The Good Witch series that will be based on the popular movie franchise on the Hallmark Channel. He will play Cassie’s (series lead Catherine Bell) new next-door-neighbor, a divorced doctor and single dad. (TV By the Numbers)
Actor Adewale Akinnoye-Agbaje (Lost) will have a mysterious role on Game of Thrones when it returns for its new season in 2015. (Sydney Bucksbaum at E! Online)
Syfy has given a second season renewal to their new zombie series Z Nation. (From Syfy Press Tour)
Actor Vinnie Jones (Snatch and Elementary) will appear as Danny “Brick” Brickwell on Arrow. Brick is a ruthless gang leader who brings Star City’s government to its knees. (Laura Prudom at Variety)
Soap star Rogar Howarth (General Hospital) has landed a recurring role on The Flash, playing Mason Bridge, an award-winning reporter from the Central City Picture News, who is assigned to shepherd new employee Iris West (series regular Candice Patton), but their relationship becomes complicated when Bridge begins to investigate Barry’s mentor, Dr. Wells (series regular Tom Cavanagh). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Actor Ryan Hurst (Sons Of Anarchy and King & Maxwell) has joined the cast of Bates Motel in the recurring role of Chick Hogan, who owns a motorbike shop in town, but gets his money running an illegal firearms business from his property near Dylan’s new farm. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Actor Max Brown (Beauty And the Beast and The Tudors) will have a pivotal role on Sleepy Hollow, but the specific details are being kept under wraps at this time. (Hillary Busis at Entertainment Weekly)
Actors Terry O’Quinn (Lost), Patrick Fugit (Gone Girl and Almost Famous), Chris Bauer (True Blood), veteran actor Stacy Keach and Eric McCormack (Perception and Will & Grace) as well as actresses Rita Wilson (Girls), Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect and American Dreams), Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal and Brothers & Sisters) and Kate Burton (Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy) will appear in the second season of DirecTV’s drama Full Circle. This new season will center on Jimmy Parerra (O’Quinn), a Chicago cop who, 18 years ago, inspired by Frank Serpico’s similar act in New York, blew the whistle on police corruption in Chicago. That resulted in sending his own father-in-law, Bud O’Rourke (Keach), the chief of detectives, to federal prison for life. Bauer will play Jimmy’s ex-partner, Richie while Wilson will play Jimmy’s ex-wife and Bud’s daughter, Shelly. Snow will play Jimmy’s daughter, Katie and Fugit will play Jimmy’s son, Paulie. Flockhart will play Ellen, the new face of the mob while McCormack will play FBI agent Ken and Burton is Ken’s boss, Vera. Full Circle season two will air sometime in 2015. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)
TV TRAILER
MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS
Veteran actress Susan Sarandon will appear in the four-hour Lifetime mini-series Marilyn, based on the tragic Hollywood premiere. Sarandon will play Marilyn’s mentally ill mother. The mini-series will air sometime in 2015. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Here are the top 10 box office films from this past weekend courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. Fury – 23.5 million
2. Gone Girl – 17.8 million
3. The Book of Life – 17 million
4. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – 12 million
5. The Best of Me – 10.2 million
6. Dracula Untold – 9.9 million
7. The Judge – 7.94 million
8. Annabelle – 7.92 million
9. The Equalizer – 5.4 million
10. The Maze Runner – 4.5 million
Q&A SECTION (with Natalie Abrams at Entertainment Weekly)
Question: Really enjoying The Flash. Anything you can tease? — Billy
Natalie: During next week’s episode, we’ll get a flashback to the night of the particle accelerator accident from a different perspective and find out exactly how Caitlin lost her fiancé, Ronnie Raymond (guest star Robbie Amell from The Tomorrow People). Surprisingly, the accelerator may have some positive uses in the future, though returning to the scene of the accident won’t be easy for anyone.
Question: I loved seeing the Gladiators together again on Scandal. Will Abby ever return? — Judi
Natalie: Abby will be sticking around the White House for the foreseeable future. However, her icy relationship with Olivia will thaw a bit when an event actually drives the two back together on an emotional level we’ve rarely seen. I wonder if Jake’s arrest has anything to do with it.
Question: Are David and Emily really going to reunite on Revenge? — Nikki
Natalie: Yes, the talk of this week’s episode is Emily finding out that her father is still alive—don’t worry, the promos did not deceive you—though their reunion won’t necessarily be an easy one. But what Revenge fans should worry about is how deeply Louise (recurring guest star Elena Satine from Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) is trying to embed herself into the Grayson family. When getting in Victoria’s good graces doesn’t work, she’ll set her sights elsewhere.
Question: Can you share anything about the new season of The 100? — Jessica
Natalie: Unsurprisingly, Clarke will be very skeptical of the Mountain Men. The escape attempt you see in the first few minutes of the premiere is far from the only time Clarke will make a play for freedom. As for those outside Mount Weather, you might be surprised by the fates of certain characters—especially when things take a turn for the worse. Oh yes, it gets worse.
Question: Will we ever see Wren again on Pretty Little Lairs? — Amy
Natalie: There’s no definitive word on when Wren might return, but let’s just say that seeing Wren again would not be the strangest thing to ever happen in Rosewood. “Marlene [King] and I had breakfast a couple weeks ago and really talked about the character,” Julian Morris says. “He’s definitely still very much a part of the realm of PLL. Really good ideas have been discussed. There’s a lot [potential] to come back, even if it’s just a little bit.” And if Wren is a man of habit, then we’ll likely find him back at Radley, or perhaps more likely locking lips with a Liar.
That’s it. Enjoy!
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