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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Michael Trucco (Battlestar Galactica) will guest star on Scandal playing Charles Putney, the abusive ex-husband of Abby Whelan (series regular Darby Stanchfield. (Natalie Abrams at Entertainment Weekly)

The Bridge has been cancelled by FX. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

Actress Rebecca Mader (Lost and Once Upon a Time) will guest star in an episode of Hawaii Five-0 (alongside former Lost alums Jorge Garcia and Daniel Dae Kim). She will play Nicole, the dynamic, smart and edgy recovery specialist for a big insurance company, who will work closely with McGarrett on a case. (Vlada Gelman at TV Line)

Actress Tracy Spiridakos (Revolution) has joined the cast of Bates Motel in the recurring role of Annika Johnson, a mystery woman who shows up at the motel. Bates Motel is set to reopen in March 2015. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

The Flash and Jane the Virgin have received full season orders from The CW. (Variety)

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg (Buffy and Gossip Girl) will appear in an upcoming episode of Sleepy Hollow, playing founding mother Abigail Adams. (Kimberly Roots at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Christian Slater has landed the title role in the USA Network drama pilot Mr. Robot that is about a programmer who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. He then finds himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Sean Bean (Legends) will star alongside Matt Damon in the Ridley Scott box office film The Martian. Damon will play an astronaut stranded on a Martian colony who struggles to survive long enough for NASA to organize a rescue mission while Bean will play a NASA flight director. Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Kate Mara, Michael Pena and Kristen Wiig also star. (Heat Vision and Dark Horizons)

Q&A SECTION (with E! Online)

Question: I need more adorable daddy/daughter moments between Diggle and his baby on Arrow. Like, right now. – Pam

E! Online: Couldn’t agree more! That’s why we took your question to new dad Diggle himself. “Yeah, you’re going to see a lot more of scenes like that,” David Ramsey said. “Diggle has reconciled all the parts of his life. He’s just as easy with being in a wonderful and loving relationship with Lyla and picking up his baby and rocking her to sleep at two o’clock in the morning, and then going and risking his life with Oliver. All those things exist in his world and he’s adjusted to it. Oliver hasn’t made that jump yet and that’s part of what this season is about, for him to make that jump to where Diggle is.”

Question: On my agenda: Revenge scoop from you! – Reenie

E! Online: Well played, but don’t you mean your “revengenda?” Sorry, couldn’t resist. But feel free to pencil in a funeral soon as death is coming to the Hamptons…again! “There probably is going to be a death this season,” Josh Bowman told us. “There should be.” And when asked if Daniel could be the one to bite the dust, Bowman answered, “Let’s hope not!”

Question: Please tell me Bellamy isn’t dead on The 100! – Lissa

E! Online: You know we can’t tell you that! We’re pretty sure if we spoiled any character’s fate, executive producer Jason Rothenberg would send a pack of Reapers after us—and just the thought of that is giving us nightmares. But we can tell you that you’ll find out Bellamy’s fate very soon into the season two premiere. In fact, after 10 minutes, you’ll learn the fate of all your favorite characters on the ground.

Question: What is Firestorm going to be like on The Flash? – Jack

E! Online: While we’re going to see Robbie Amell’s first episode of The Flash tonight, we’re only going to see him in flashbacks as Ronnie from before the particle accelerator explosion. When he returns to the CW hit show in December, that’s when we’ll meet his DC Comics alter ego, Firestorm. So will he reunite with his fiancé who thinks he died? Will he interact with Barry or Cisco? “There’s a whole lot of people involved in my first episode back,” Amell told us. “I might not even be the only Amell in the episode.” Whoa, two Amells in one episode? We’re not sure our TV’s can handle that!

Question: Anything on Nashville? – Tara

E! Online: We all know Rayna’s about to tie the knot with Luke (even though it kills us seeing her with someone other than Deacon!), so it shouldn’t come as a surprise to find out that wedding bells are ringing in an upcoming episode. But would you believe us when we say that Rayna isn’t the one saying, “I do?” That’s right, another couple on Nashville is getting hitched! Hit the comments with your guess as to who it is!

That’s it. Enjoy!

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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

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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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