Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for all of last week:

TELEVISION

Actors Luke Mitchell and Henry Simmons have both been promoted to series regulars on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel.com and Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Actor Sendhil Ramamurthy will reprise his role of Dr. Mohinder Suresh in Heroes Reborn on NBC. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

Actor Adam Rodriguez (CSI: Miami and Magic Mike) will have a recurring role in the FOX drama Empire where he will play Laz Delgado, a smooth-talking concert promoter with expert hustler skills who will take an interest in Cookie (series lead Taraji P. Henson). (Kate Stanhope at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Jason George has been promoted to series regular on Grey’s Anatomy. (Kate Stanhope at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actresses Natalie Martinez (Secrets and Lies and Under the Dome) and Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl) will both be appearing in the second season of the DirecTV series Kingdom that follows the story of Alvey Kulina (series lead Frank Grillo) who owns and runs a mixed martial arts gym called Navy St. Gym in Venice, California, with his girlfriend, Lisa (series lead Kiele Sanchez). Martinez will be a series regular, playing Alicia Mendez, a woman who is damaged with self-destructive tendencies while Szohr will have the recurring role of Laura Melvin, an artist/photographer. (Denise Petski at Deadline)

Actor John Noble (Fringe and Sleepy Hollow) has landed a series regular role on Elementary, playing the estranged father of Sherlock Holmes. (Denise Petski at Deadline)

Actor David Castro (the Nickelodeon movie Summer Camp) has been cast in the upcoming ABC Family series Shadowhunters, which is an adaptation of The Mortal Instruments book series by Cassandra Clare, which follows a young woman named Clary Fray (Katherine McNamara from Happyland) who discovers on her 18th birthday that she’s a human-angel hybrid destined to battle dark supernatural forces. He will play Raphael Santiago, the former leader of New York’s local vampire clan. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

It looks like FOX is developing a spin-off of 24 that would revolve around a new 20-something male terrorist hunter with the intention, however, that Kiefer Sutherland’s Jake Bauer will weave in and out as a guest star. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

ONLINE SERIES NEWS

Actor Percy Daggs III (Veronica Mars) has been announced as a cast member of season two of the online series The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy. (Amy Ratcliffe at Nerdist)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here are the top 10 box offices movies for last weekend courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

1. San Andreas – 54.6 million
2. Pitch Perfect 2 – 14.8 million
3. Tomorrowland – 14.3 million
4. Mad Max: Fury Road – 14.2 million
5. Avengers: Age of Ultron – 11.4 million
6. Aloha – 9.7 million
7. Poltergeist – 8.1 million
8. Far from the Madding Crowd – 1.6 million
9. Hot Pursuit – 1.4 million
10. Home – 1.3 million

Q&A SECTION (with Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Question: Since we haven’t seen Sin Rosetro’s new face yet, what are the odds that Bridget Regan will be returning to play this delicious bad girl when Jane the Virgin returns? —Tori

Ausiello: I actually don’t have an answer to that question. To make it up to you, I can confirm that Season 2 will introduce Rafael’s mysterious half-brother. That’s an even trade, yes?

Question: Will Fritz (Jon Tenney) be making any appearances on Major Crimes this season? —Linda

Ausiello: Though the potential S.O.B. spinoff got snuffed by new TNT management, the Special Operations Bureau itself will be seen again, led by Deputy Chief Fritz Howard. “Yes, Jon Tenney will be in Episode 7,” series creator James Duff told Matt Mitovich, “when we have two officers shot to death during what looks like a routine traffic stop.”

That’s it. Enjoy!