Hey All,
Here are the news items for the past week:
TELEVISION
Actor Adam Rodriguez (Magic Mike and CSI: Miami) will have a recurring role on Jane the Virgin, playing Jonathan, Jane’s very critical writing professor who does not believe in coddling students. (Kate Stanhope at The Hollywood Reporter)
Graceland has been cancelled after three seasons by USA Network. (Variety)
ABC Family has cancelled Chasing Life after two seasons. (Variety)
CBS has been given a second season order for summer 2016. (Variety)
Actor Enrico Colantoni (Veronica Mars and Person of Interest) has landed a recurring role on the second season of the Playstation Network drama Powers that is inspired by the graphic novels of the same name that follows the lives of two homicide detectives, Christian Walker (Sharlto Copley) and Deena Pilgrim (Susan Heyward), who are assigned to investigate cases involving people with extraordinary abilities, referred to as “Powers.” Colantoni will play Senator Bailey Brown, a Senator from Montana and a leader in the Anti-Powers legislation. A former Power known as Cobalt Knight, he now abstains from using his abilities to serve his country from the halls of Congress. (Denise Petski at Deadline)
Actress Kelli Williams (Ties That Bind and Army Wives) and actor Rob Morrow (Northern Exposure) will both have recurring roles on The Fosters. Williams will play Justina, a well-connected foster-care specialist who proposes a significant investment in Callie’s “Fost and Found” website. Meanwhile, Morrow will play Will, a liberal-minded free-spirit who is introduced to the Adams Foster family through Stef’s mom, Sharon (Annie Potts). (The Futon Critic)
Actress Sherri Saum (The Fosters) will guest star in this week’s episode of How to Get Away With Murder. Details about who she will be playing, however, are being kept under wraps. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
MOVIE TRAILER
NOTE: For those with a keen eye, they will catch a glimpse or two of Arrow star Emily Bett Rickards, who has a small role in this film.
MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS
Singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen has joined the upcoming FOX live production of Grease, playing Pink Lady Frenchy. (Erik Pedersen at Deadline)
Q&A SECTION (with Michael Ausiello at TV Line and Natalie Abrams at Entertainment Weekly)
Question: Anything positive for Castle‘s Caskett fans after this week’s “events”? —Mandy
Ausiello: As dire as things might appear for Rick, Kate and their marriage, you should find more than a little solace in the fact that Episode 7 — airing Nov. 16, during the heart of sweeps — is titled “Mr. & Mrs. Castle.” “It’s going to be a great episode,” co-showrunner Terence Paul Winter told Matt Mitovich. “For the fans who right now are going, ‘What the heck are Terence and Alexi [Hawley] doing?!,’ when they see that episode they’ll understand and see what we’re going for.”
Question: What is in store for Lord Narcisse on Reign next season? —Veronika
Ausiello: Well, Veronika, if you aren’t already a fan of Craig Parker’s shady character — as I suspect you are, since you asked about him — you probably will be after the Oct. 9 season premiere. Though he hasn’t always been an ally to Mary and Francis, he’ll prove most useful when their enemies begin plotting against them. As for Lola, Narcisse remains intent on winning her over, no matter the cost.
Question: I would like a good Nashville scoop — the key word there being “good.” —Kevin
Ausiello: Don’t be surprised if, at some point this season, a key character is poised on the edge of a roof — the key word there being “roof” — and looking like he or she is ready to jump. The key word there being “jump.”
Question: Could we please get scoop on Dean and his storyline on Supernatural, please? I’ll buy you cookies. —Dean
Ausiello: Dean (and Sam) will have more than just The Darkness to contend with in Season 11. According to EP Jeremy Carver, witchy Rowena will remain “very much a problem” for the Winchesters. Now that she’s got some major magical mojo, “We’ll be seeing her in the early parts of the season deciding what she wants to do with this newfound power, and you’ll see what kind of success she has with that,” he adds. “What makes her an enjoyable character is for all of her power, she’s still ruled by a certain amount of hubris.”
Question: Is Tobias Fornell coming back for NCIS Season 13? —Matthias
Ausiello: I can confirm that he who shared an ex-wife with Gibbs (and is played by Joe Spano) is set for an encore this season, though an airdate has not been set.
Question: Without giving too much out, what was your favorite moment of the Arrow season premiere? Thank you!— Em
Natalie: There’s great comedy to be had with how Felicity handles domesticity, but my favorite moment is when Diggle makes a very divisive decision that will certainly come back to haunt him. All told, the premiere has several great twists at the end that set up what is likely to be a very compelling fourth season.
Question: Who do you think is the terrorist on Quantico? — Teri
Natalie: Honestly, it’s way too early for me to even venture a guess since we still have plenty of NATs — new agent trainees — to meet. “The truth of the matter is they’re all suspects,” says EP Josh Safran. “It’s important to note that you’ll meet other NATs as the season progresses. We look at it much like Lost in that you’re meeting new people from different rows of the plane as the series progresses, so you’re meeting new trainees, and the trainees are just as much suspects as anyone you meet in the pilot.” I’d keep my eye on Brandon Fletcher (Jacob Artist), who’ll make his debut in episode 5.
Question: When will May return on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? — Harry
Natalie: Soon! “You will see May in the second episode, you just don’t know why she’s there,” Ming-Na Wen tells me cryptically, adding that May will be attempting to juggle actually having a personal life on top of her professional one. “She’s trying to figure it out and that’s why, in the first episode, no one’s really sure where her head’s at right now.” The good news is the personal and professional will collide. “Adding Andrew [Blair Underwood] into the team is really vital for season 3 because the Inhumans are no longer the exception,” she says. “They’re becoming more of the norm.”
Question: Anything Flash related? — Tommy
Natalie: What’s great about the introduction of Earth-Two is it opens up the possibility of seeing doppelgangers of our favorite characters. One I’m dying to see is Citizen Cold, the hero version of Captain Cold, who was featured in the Flashpoint comic arc. When I asked EP Andrew Kreisberg about it last month, he said it was still TBD. “There are some things that we’re planning on, there are some things we’re excited we have an idea for,” he said. “We found in breaking this season, it’s getting crazier the more we talk about it. We were afraid to really dive in in the beginning, and the more that the stories really help sell the idea of Earth-Two, in the same way that we sold the idea of time travel last year, we really feel like we can start toying with some of the more whacked out possibilities of having a parallel world and dopplegangers.”
Question: For Once Upon a Time, are we going to find out how different Mr. Gold is without the darkness inside of him? — Dina
Natalie: “That gets explored,” executive producer Edward Kitsis says. “When the Darkness is removed from his heart, and if he gets out of that coma and doesn’t die, which is always a possibility, I would say that he should be a different person. His heart was shriveled with a lot of dark deeds, and so if you remove that, the person he was before the knife might rear its head.”
That’s it. Enjoy!
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