Hey All,
Here are the news items for all of last week:
TELEVISION
Actors Will Kemp (Van Helsing) and Daniel Lissing (When Calls the Heart) will both have recurring roles on the second season of the Bravo scripted drama Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce. Kemp will play Scott, a charismatic, off-beat, handsome vegan baker at Jo’s (Alanna Ubach) shop while Lissing will play Payton, an actor friend from Becca’s (Julianna Guill) childhood. (Denise Petski at Deadline)
Starz has ordered a third season of drama “Power. (Variety)
Actor Sean Maguire and actress Rebecca Mader have been made series regular on Once Upon a Time for when the show returns for its fifth season this fall. (Shelli Weinstein at TV Guide and TV Line)
Actress Sarah Shahi (Person of Interest) will guest star in an episode of Ray Donovan, her first TV appearance since temporarily leaving the CBS drama to give birth to her twins. She will play Hasmig, an Armenian pop star. (Rebecca Iannucci at TV Line)
Actress Kaitlyn Leeb (Degrassi) has landed a role in the ABC Family adaptation of the Cassandra Clare novel The Mortal Instruments that will be known as Shadowhunters on the small screen. She will play Camille Belcourt, the leader of the New York vampire clan. (Andy Swift at TV Line)
ONLINE SERIES NEWS
Actor Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead) has been cast as the Punisher in the second season of the Netflix drama Daredevil. (Alex Stedman at Variety)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) will star as Baron Mordo in the box office film Doctor Strange that will find actor Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock and Star Trek) in the title role. (Mike Fleming Jr. at Deadline)
Here is the top 10 box office movies for last weekend courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. Spy – 29.1 million
2. San Andreas – 25.9 million
3. Insidious: Chapter 3 – 22.7 million
4. Entourage – 10.3 million
5. Mad Max: Fury Road – 7.8 million
6. Pitch Perfect 2 – 7.6 million
7. Tomorrowland – 7.2 million
8. Avengers: Age of Ultron – 6.3 million
9. Aloha – 3.2 million
10. Poltergeist – 2.7 million
Actor Chris Hemsworth has joined the cast of the upcoming female led Ghostbusters remake that will star Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones. (Justin Kroll at Variety)
Q&A SECTION (with Matt Mitovich at TV Line)
Question: Some Teen Wolf updates would be much appreciated! Particularly Stiles and Lydia-related. –Alexandra
Mitovich: If you’re hoping for something romantic between the former flames, you’re sadly out of luck. But if you’re as into both characters as you appear to be, you’ll definitely be hitting the rewind button during the June 29 premiere. They both deliver insane, gasp-worthy moments that will leave you worried about them for weeks to come.
Question: The CW is withholding The 100‘s Season 3 [for midseason]. Can you please give me some scoop on what to expect? –Spinae02
Mitovich: When I caught up with Marie Avgeropoulos at Upfronts, she suspected that Octavia will continue to be torn between her origin as one of the Sky People and her new (albeit shunned) status as an honorary Grounder. “Octavia and Lincoln are back in Camp Jaha, which is a very awkward situation for Lincoln, because he’s a Grounder — and at the end of the day so is Octavia,” she reminded. “And yet the strongest alliance is family, is Bellamy — Octavia is the only one [of The 100] with a sibling, so she’s in a really difficult situation. We’ll see what position she takes in Season 3!”
Question: What’s going on with Once Upon a Time‘s Will Scarlett? Is Michael Socha still a series regular? –Emma
Mitovich: Michael Socha alas will not continue to be one — which is not to say we’ve seen the last of Will, however.
Question: On the Castle TV show, I was wondering if Esposito or Ryan are leaving? –Molly
Mitovich: I can confirm that Jon Huertas and Seamus Dever, as well as Tamala Jones, Susan Sullivan and Molly Quinn, all are on board for Season 8 (along with, you know, Nathan and Stana). Penny Johnson Jerald is the only departure.
That’s it. Enjoy!
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