Hey All,
Here are the news items for today and yesterday:
TELEVISION
NBC has given a full season order to The Mysteries of Laura. (Variety)
MTV ordered their Scream pilot, based on the film franchise, to series. (Whitney Friedlander at Variety)
Neil Patrick Harris will be hosting a variety show on NBC based on a popular UK variety show. (Kimberly Root at TV Line and Vulture)
Actress Malese Jow (The Vampire Diaries and Star-Crossed) will appear on The Flash as reporter Linda Park, who will befriend both Iris and Barry. (Andy Swift at TV Line and The Hollywood Reporter)
Actress Krista Allen (Mistresses and What About Brian) will guest star on an upcoming episode of Castle, playing Naomi Duvray, a former silver screen siren who starred in bad 1980s action movies and is the one-time regular co-star of murder victim being investigated by the team. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)
Actress Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Suits, playing Evan Smith, the opposing counsel to Mike and Harvey in a huge class action case. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
Actress Debra Mooney (Everwood) has landed a recurring role on The Originals, playing Mary, a no-nonsense werewolf. (Andy Swift at TV Line)
Actress Hilarie Burton (One Tree Hill and White Collar) will appear in an upcoming episode of Forever, playing Iona Payne, a dominatrix who becomes a murder suspect when one of her clients turns up dead. (Ariana Bacle at Entertainment Weekly)
Actress Bess Armstrong (My So-Called Life) has landed a recurring role on Switched at Birth. She will play Daphne’s (series lead Katie Leclerc) formidable pre-med professor. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)
CBS has given full season orders to the new dramas Scorpion, NCIS: New Orleans, Madam Secretary and Stalker. (Rick Kissell and Shelli Weinstein at Variety)
Actor Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) will appear in the second season of True Detective on HBO, but the network has yet to confirm his casting. (Kaitlyn Thomas at TV Guide)
Actor Ty Olsson (Supernatural) will have a recurring role on The 100, playing Nyko, the village healer in Lincoln’s (new series regular Ricky Whittle) clan starting tonight. (Vlada Gelman at TV Line)
Actress Sarah Jane Morris (NCIS and Brothers & Sisters) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Hawaii Five-0, playing Dr. Christine Auki, a happily married wife, mother and surgeon who has a most unusual day at the office. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)
ONLINE SERIES TRAILER
MINI-SERIES NEWS
Actor Charles Dance (Game of Thrones) has landed a starring role in the upcoming Syfy six-hour mini-series Childhood’s End, based on the Arthur C. Clarke sci-fi classic that follows a breed of aliens called the “Overlords,” who manage to peacefully invade and rule Earth, and create a pseudo-utopia that comes at the price of human identity and culture. He will play Karellen, the ambassador for the Overlords. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)
Actress Kelli Garner (Pan Am) has landed the title role in the upcoming Lifetime four-hour mini-series Marilyn about the tragic Hollywood icon. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Here are the top 10 box office movies from this past weekend courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. Ouija – 20 million
2. John Wick – 14.1 million
3. Fury – 13 million
4. Gone Girl – 11.1 million
5. The Book of Life – 9.8 million
6. St. Vincent – 8 million
7. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – 7 million
8. The Best of Me – 4.7 million
9. The Judge – 4.34 million
10. Dracula Untold – 4.3 million
Actor Chadwick Boseman (42) will star as the Black Panther in upcoming Marvel Studios movies. (Jen Yamato at Deadline)
BOX OFFICE TRAILER
Q&A SECTION (with Natalie Abrams at Entertainment Weekly)
Question: I need Supernatural scoop. How did Dean’s time as a demon change him? — Carl
Natalie: “Right now, it’s less about how he was and what he was, and it’s more about what he might possibly still be,” Jensen Ackles tells me. “He’s still got the mark of Cain so he’s still dealing with whatever adverse effects that’s having on him. What those are have yet to be really defined, but it’s the mystery of what those could be that is really haunting Dean right now. He’s got the shakes. He’s trying to live a cleaner life. He doesn’t want to let does his guard or cloud his judgment.”
Question: I can’t wait to see Emma and Regina working together on Once Upon a Time. — Charlie
Natalie: Actually, Emma crashes the party when Regina sets out to find the Snow Queen on her own and ends up crossing paths with her savior frenemy. “Emma is trying to get Regina back,” Lana Parrilla teases. “Regina feels extremely betrayed by Emma and won’t let her off the hook that easy. Regina lashes out verbally quite a bit.” But their arguing will get interrupted when they’re faced with a sudden snow storm. Bonus scoop: Regina will “suffer a loss” during the hour.
Question: Why the heck would Cisco build a cold gun that could kill the Flash? — Brittany
Natalie: “He created it as a precaution,” Carlos Valdes says, seemingly hinting that at least Cisco, if not the whole team, may have been worried about the extent of Barry’s powers. But when the gun falls into the hands of Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller), Cisco will learn a pretty valuable lesson. “Cisco has this trajectory of growth,” he says. “Part of that growth involves his coming to terms with responsibility and what it means to be a hero and what it means to accept responsibility for the things that you’ve done. That episode is very important for Cisco in terms of learning the lessons of responsibility, especially when it comes to the people that he loves and the people that he cares about.”
Question: Do you have any scoop on the Felicity origins episode of Arrow? — Rebecca
Natalie: We’re actually going to see a whole new side to Felicity in the episode. “She hadn’t found who she was yet,” Emily Bett Rickards says. “We get to see her in her college years, so she hadn’t stepped into the Felicity we see now. She was still trying to hide.” In present day, Felicity’s mom (Charlotte Ross) will appear at pretty much the worst time possible. “Her mom proves to be a distraction,” Rickards adds. “Keeping secrets becomes a burden for her in that episode.”
Question: Is Jane going to lose her virginity this season on Jane the Virgin? — Kim
Natalie: Well, the promos for next week show Jane giving Michael a greenlight in that area, but as you could probably guess, the couple’s perfect night won’t go as planned. I can’t say whether the couple goes through with it, but I can say that Raf makes a rather interesting appearance during the evening—and not in the way you’d expect.
Question: Since Adrianne Palicki is now on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.—and Will and Sam broke up—does this mean she won’t return to About a Boy? — Fiona
Natalie: The actress reveals that she will return in an upcoming episode—though that doesn’t mean there’s hope for Sam and Will. “It’s post-breakup and it’s that moment that you have with somebody that you love and you reach out,” Palicki teases, offering a glimmer of hope: “There’s definitely a lot to be seen in the future.”
That’s it. Enjoy!
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