Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
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Actor Warren Christie (Alphas) is joining the cast of Chicago Fire in a recurring role that could become a series regular role next season. He will play a new firefighter on the squad who is a childhood friend of Lt Kelly Severide (series regular Taylor Kinney). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
The CW has given Beauty And the Beast a fourth season renewal; and the show’s third season has finally been given a premiere date: May 21. (Variety)
Actor Nathan Owens (Days of Our Lives) has joined the cast of the Lifetime drama Devious Maids, playing Jesse, a handsome military vet who returns stateside to settle back into civilian life. (Denise Petski at Deadline)
Cinemax has given the drama series Banshee an eight-episode fourth season order. (Denise Petski at Deadline)
Actress Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos) has joined the cast of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. where she will play Karla Gaye Gideo, a gifted woman with a grudge to bear against the team. Additionally, actress Adrianne Palicki has been promoted to series regular. (Denise Petski at Deadline and ComingSoon.com)
The 13-episode Syfy series Dark Matter, which will follow the crew of a spaceship who awake from stasis with no clue where they are, will now include Stargate alums Amanda Tapping and Torri Higginson. Tapping will be in the director’s chair while Higginson will be part of the cast. The series will also star Antony Lemke (White House Down), Jodell Ferland (Twilight franchise), Roger Cross (24) and Zoie Palmer (Lost Girl). (Trent Moore at Blastr)
Q&A SECTION (with Natalie Abrams at Entertainment Weekly)
Question: Any Castle scoop? — Sandra
Natalie: The second hour of the two-parter will see Castle get a taste of what Beckett went through for the months he was missing … and he’s not going to handle it well. Being personally targeted by 3XK brings out a new, more violent side of Castle, and his temper might just land him in handcuffs.
Question: Can Belle ever forgive Rumple on Once Upon a Time? — Michelle
Natalie: If she ever will, it won’t happen overnight. “That’s one of the things in the second half that we’re exploring, which is forgiveness,” executive producer Edward Kitsis tells me. “Can good people make a bad decision? Can bad people make a good decision? Can you come back from the bad decisions you made and how? What he did to Belle is really atrocious and that is not going to be solved with a mixed tape and flowers.”
Question: Any Arrow scoop on Ray suiting up as The Atom? — Stella
Natalie: Yeah, he’ll be more like Laurel than Oliver. “He’s definitely a sloppy superhero in the sense of all of our characters don’t immediately have the easiest time fighting crime,” executive producer Marc Guggenheim says. “I would say episode 19 really digs underneath what does it mean for Ray to be a hero. Is he a hero because of who he is? Or is he a hero because of the suit that he’s made?”
Question: Is there anything you can say about Cooper’s fate on The Blacklist?— Tony
Natalie: Sad to say, but nobody is really safe. “We feel like we have a great story coming up where his health issues will make him face his own mortality and question his value,” executive producer John Eisendrath says. “He will be tested in ways that he’s never been tested before and tempted to do things that are darker than he has ever done before when balanced against his health.”
Question: What do you have on the State of Affairs finale? — Max
Natalie: The season (series?) finale has a Man on Fire feel as Charlie ventures across the world to hunt down Fatah, but she does so with a heavy heart. “She’s dealing with the idea that Nick is gone and she’s at odds with the President,” executive producer Joe Carnahan says, teasing that the team will be tracking down the suicide vests back in the States while Constance faces her allies jumping ship as the truth about Fatah goes public.
That’s it. Enjoy!
Have a great weekend!!
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