Hey All,
Here are the news items for yesterday and today:
TELEVISION
Actress Melissa Benoist (Glee and the box office films Whiplash and the upcoming The Longest Ride) has landed the lead role in the hour-long CBS drama pilot Supergirl that will be written by Arrow and The Flash writer-executive producer Greg Berlanti and writer Ail Adler. The pilot will center, of course, on Superman’s cousin Kara Zor-El, who escaped from Krypton amid the planet’s destruction years ago. Since arriving on Earth, she’s been hiding the powers she shares with her famous relative. But now at age 24, she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. (Laura Prudom at Variety)
Actress Rutina Wesley (True Blood) will have a pivotal recurring role of Reba McClaine, a blind woman who catches the eye of Francis Dolarhyde aka The Tooth Fairy (actor Richard Armitage) on Hannibal, which will be back for its third season this summer. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actresses Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) and Alexandra Shipp (House of Anubis and the made-for-TV movie Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B) and actor Tye Sheridan (the box office films Tree of Life and Mud) have joined the cast of the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse film. Turner will play Jean Grey, Shipp will portray Storm and Sheridan will play Cyclops. Actor Oscar Isaac will play the villain of the film with Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy and Michael Fassebender returning. (Justin Kroll at Variety)
Q&A SECTION (with Matt Mitovich at TV Line and Natalie Abrams at Entertainment Weekly)
Question: Is there any chance for Captain Swan scoop from Once Upon a Time? – Sarah
Mitovich: Series co-creator Adam Horowitz tells me that when Season 4B arrives on March 1, “The tables are turned” for the Storybrooke lovebirds when “Hook, after having Emma return his heart, will now have to fight to protect Emma’s heart.”
Question: Do you have anything on The Flash? –Sandy
Mitovich: Episode 16 is a real family affair, introducing both Captain Cold’s sister (played by The Tomorrow People‘s Peyton List) and Cisco’s brother (Sleepy Hollow‘s Nicholas Gonzalez). Of the latter casting, showrunner Andrew Kreisberg says, “We’re definitely going to see Cisco in his home environment, which is fun. Some of it’s based on the comic book work that Geoff Johns and Sterling Gates and I did, and some of it’s our own invention.”
Bonus scoop: Episode 18 will unleash on Central City a bee-a-utiful tech wizard who rocks oversized shades and red lipstick and has devised a clever-slash-amoral-slash-wildly unstable scheme to weaponize bee-sized ‘bots.
Question: Have we seen the last of Michael’s shady brother on Jane the Virgin? — Katie H.
Mitovich: Hardly! Ryan Devlin returns as the suspicious brother in Episode 12, airing February 2. “We love Ryan,” executive producer Jennie Urman says. “So I’m sure he’ll pop up again.”
Question: Do you have scoop on either Defiance, Dominion, Once Upon a Time, TVD or Extant? –lilslim
Mitovich: I choose Defiance! For Season 3 of the Syfy drama, I can confirm that Linda Hamilton will be back as Pilar McCawley, and there will be the introduction of a new alien race.
Question: More Supernatural spoilers, please! — Dee
Mitovich: Previewing this Tuesday’s episode, EP Jeremy Carver says, “Charlie (recurring guest star Felicia Day) definitely comes back from Oz somewhat different — and that’s an understatement. Things happened. And typically, what happens in Oz, stays in Oz, but not this time. It’s all coming back. Suffice to say, we’re going to see a Charlie that has been substantially changed.”
Question: Do you have any Arrow scoop on Sin’s return? — Chris
Natalie: You can thank Brick’s plan to take over the Glades for her return. “We have to go back to the Glades to check things out and check on some people and survey the area,” Colton Haynes tells me. “I finally get to see Sin (recurring guest star Bex Taylor-Klaus) again and might recruit her to come help us along the way.” Speaking of returning faces, when Ra’s al Ghul pops back up in Starling City, the team may find an ally in Nyssa… until she finds out who really killed Sara. “Thea really has to watch her back,” Haynes says. “I feel bad because it’s not her fault. It’s Malcolm’s fault.”
Question: Can you make my day with some Sam Supernatural news? — Maria
Natalie: For those of you who are worried about Sam not getting his own story in the second half of the season, executive producer Jeremy Carver promises that’s not the case. That said, Sam’s story will revolve around saving Dean. “It’s going to be a Sam story, but it’s going to be focused around, ‘How do I save my brother?’ And it’s going to make Sam ask a lot of questions [about] himself that may actually have him questioning stances he’s taken in the last couple years,” Carver says. “Sam’s come a very far way in the last couple years in terms of this unwillingness to let others die while the brothers live. And what Dean is facing is going to have Sam facing that question anew. People should not despair that Sam doesn’t have a story. Sam has a story, and he has a want.”
Question: Can you pretty please tell me who takes over Dyad in Rachel’s absence on Orphan Black? I think it’s Delphine. — Trisha
Natalie: That would be correct! “Delphine’s job responsibilities have changed mainly because there is a position that has been vacated, because of the fall of Rachel,” executive producer John Fawcett tells me. “Someone has had to step into Rachel’s chair, which may interfere—in a large degree—in her relationship with Cosima.”
Question: Please tell me Rayna runs straight to Deacon after calling off her wedding on Nashville. — Susan
Natalie: Sadly, she doesn’t. But Luke does! Let’s just say the pretty boy is certain that Deacon was the cause of his break-up, and he’s not happy about it. As for Rayna, she needs some time to deal with her very unhappy daughters (and the very annoying press) before she can talk to Deacon. That being said, the two will come face-to-face by the end of the hour.
Question: I’m glad Hilarie Burton is returning to Forever for Henry, but what about a love interest for Jo? — Josh
Natalie: Oh, it’s coming. She just had to start processing the death of her husband in last week’s episode first. “Part of that episode helps her move on to be ready to date someone new,” executive producer Matt Miller tells me. “We bring in somebody new towards the end of the season for her that will be a love interest. He first gets introduced in episode 18. She meets this billionaire tycoon guy, and suddenly, Henry starts to get a little uncomfortable with that.”
Question: Quick 12 Monkeys question: Dr. Railly is dead in the future. Do you think Cole is driven to save her in particular? — Karl
Natalie: “Absolutely,” showrunner Natalie Chaidez says. “One of Cole’s goals is to protect Cassie and to save Cassie, who starts out as a stranger, becomes a friend, a comrade, and ultimately, by the end of season one, something much, much more. His drive to save this woman that he deeply cares about, maybe the only woman that he’s cared about so deeply, is really one of his main drives through season one.” Aww, he’s her lobster!
That’s it. Enjoy!
Have a great weekend!!
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