Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for Monday, Tuesday and today:

TELEVISION

Actor Mark Hamill (Star Wars franchise) will guest star in the CW series The Flash, reprising his role from the 1990s version of the show of James Jesse aka The Trickster, who is serving a life sentence at Iron Heights as a next-gen Trickster pranks Central City and The Flash. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Continuum has been given a six episode fourth and final season by Showcase, its home network in Canada. Syfy will also air those episode here in the States at an as yet undetermined date. (Press Release)

TNT has renewed Rizzoli & Isles for a sixth season that will air next summer. The show’s current fifth season will return on February 17. (Cynthia Littleton at Variety)

Actor Austin Butler (The Carrie Diaries and Arrow) has landed the male lead role in the MTV adaptation of the Terry Brooks best-selling novels Shannara that explores a world set thousands of years after the destruction of civilization as we know it. The series will focus on the Shannara family, whose descendants are empowered with ancient magic and whose adventures reshape the future of the world. Butler will star as Wil Ohmsford, who is half human and half elf. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Kirsten Dunst (Spider-Man) and actor Jesse Plemons (Friday Night Lights and Breaking Bad) have joined the cast of the FX drama Fargo for its second season. Dunst will play Peggy Blomquist, a small-town beautician with big city dreams, who is trying to figure out who she really is while Plemons will play her husband, Ed, a butcher’s assistant, who wants to be supportive of his wife’s self-discovery, even if he doesn’t quite understand it. (Shelli Weinstein at Variety)

Actor Kerr Smith (Dawson’s Creek and The Fosters) and actress Phoebe Tonkin (The Originals) will both guest star in upcoming episodes of the new CBS drama Stalker. Smith will play John Bardo, a well-respected news anchor who rebuilt his life and career after a stalking incident years ago; but now he is being terrorized again. Tonkin will play Nicole Clark, a lifeguard whose world is thrown into turmoil when she becomes the obsession of a mysterious stalker. (Sydney Bucksbaum at E! Online)

Actor Mark Moses (Desperate Housewives), Brian F. O’Byrne (Flashforward) and Nick Court (300: Rise of the Empire) will join the second season of the TNT drama The Last Ship. Moses will play a high-ranking U.S. government official trying to protect citizens from the plague while O’Byrne and Court will play Sean and Ned Ramsey, a pair of British brothers whose plans impact the mission of the USS Nathan James. (The Deadline Team)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here are the top 10 box office movies from this past weekend courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

1. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – 21.6 million
2. Penguins of Madagascar – 11.1 million
3. Horrible Bosses 2 – 8.6 million
4. Big Hero 6 – 8.1 million
5. Interstellar – 8 million
6. Dumb and Dumber To – 4.2 million
7. The Theory of Everything – 2.7 million
8. Gone Girl – 1.5 million
9. The Pyramid – 1.4 million
10. Birdman – 1.2 million

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

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

Question: Any scoop on Revenge’s Jack and Emily? – Northbnd Train

Kristin: Um, you may not want to read what I have to share about Emily’s love life if you’re shippin’ her and Jack. “I think you’re going to start to see the real connection between [Ben] and Emily,” showrunner Sunil Nayar reveals. “There’s a kindness he feels towards Emily and kinship we’re going to step on more,” And the cop isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Says Nayar: “We love him, we’re keeping him.”

Question: STILL not over the big death on Revenge! Give me a spoiler to hold me over until January please! – Meghan

Kristin: Not hopping on the Jitney for Daniel’s funeral? “Charlotte may not be back for Daniel’s funeral, but she’s someone we keep talking about and if we can figure out the right way to bring her in, we’ll certainly talk about having her back,” Nayar spills.

Question: Brandon Routh recently tweeted a photo of his face all bloody and bruised. Are we going to see him in any action scenes on Arrow? – Kate

Kristin: Now that we’ve seen a glimpse of Ray Palmer’s plans for the Atom suit, expect to see the CEO get physical pretty soon! “There are going to be some things happening in Starling City in the second half of the year that pretty much affect all of our characters,” executive producer Marc Guggenheim says. “I don’t think anyone really comes away from the events unscathed, both physically and emotionally.”

Question: I cannot stop thinking about Reign’s last episode and wondering what is in store for us in the midseason finale! – Daniella

Kristin: Prepare for some major fallout for one of Mary’s ladies after the shocking sexual assault and the assassination attempt in last week’s episode, according to showrunner Laurie McCarthy. “I think we are tilting in the direction of that inadvertently her husband donated money to a cause that wound up really damaging one of her closest friends and her queen, so there are going to be ramifications to that and they are going to be life-altering for Greer and Castleroy.”

Question: Any Reign tidbits you can do away with? – Annie

Kristin: Looks like France could be going to war! The series is currently casting the role of General Renaude, the gorgeous and masculine head of the military who will be sticking around for a quite a good chunk of time and will form a close personal connection with one of our Royals.

Question: Is Michael out of the picture now that Jane is dating Rafael? – Sasha

Kristin: Not at all! In fact, Michael’s investigation into Sin Rostro is about to take center stage on the quirky-yet-charming CW telenovela. “You will find out soon who Sin Rostro is,” Brett Dier spills. “We just found out, and I was super surprised. Everyone will look suspicious in the next run of episodes and the investigation gets really intense and cool and very dark.” In fact, the squeaky clean detective might even get his hands dirty! “Michael is very dedicated to his work and you’re going to see that he’s so passionate and he’ll do whatever he can to crack the case, including breaking the law,” Dier adds. “It’s better to ask forgiveness than permission, and that’s Michael’s motto. He’s going to be a sneaky bastard.”

That’s it. Enjoy!