Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for Tuesday and Wednesday:

TELEVISION

Gotham and Empire were both renewed for next season. (Variety)

NBC has given a greenlight to the hour-long dramedy Apocalypse that focuses on the last days of mankind. It is set against a backdrop of apocalyptic chaos, following an extended family whose lives start to intersect in the most unexpected ways after news breaks that a comet is on a collision course with Earth. It will star Rob Lowe, Jenna Fischer and Megan Mullally. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

The top 10 box office films for this past weekend, courtesy of Box Office Mojo, were:

1. American Sniper – 90.2 million
2. The Wedding Ringer – 21 million
3. Paddington – 19.2 million
4. Taken 3 – 14 million
5. Selma – 8.3 million
6. The Imitation Game – 7.1 million
7. Into the Woods – 6.5 million
8. The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies – 4.8 million
9. Unbroken – 4.2 million
10. Blackhat – 4 million

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

Question: Anything at all regarding Outlander! – Monica

Kristin: Look for some of Caitriona Balfe’s best work yet in a heartbreaking scene involving a baby. (And, no, her character Claire isn’t having one!) It goes down in the second episode after the show returns in….April. Shudder. That never gets easier to say!

Question: Got anything on Agent Carter? – Tom

Kristin: When Howard Stark (guest star Dominic Cooper) makes his big return next week, Agent Peggy Carter won’t be welcoming him home with a hug this time. In fact, his return comes right on the heels of her learning that Howard and Jarvis lied to her…and their lie has a little something to do with her long lost love, Captain America. Expect Peggy to shut Howard down during their knock-down, drag out argument in the best possible way–her scathing and honest words.

Question: Can we have some hints on how Claire’s storyline is going to develop? And her relationship with Cas (on Supernatural)? – amberspectre

Kristin: Expect to see things with Castiel and his vessel’s orphaned daughter Claire to get worse before they can get better on Supernatural. “Claire does not understand why Dean killed her surrogate father Randy,” executive producer Jeremy Carver says. “So Claire is very much a live wire still. How to deal with her and how to be a father to her is very much Castiel’s story right now. There is more to be seen with their story.”

That’s it. Enjoy!