Hey All,
Here are the news items for the past week:
RENEWALS
HBO has renewed Westworld for a second season. (Variety)
EPIX has renewed the new drama Berlin Station for a second season. (Variety)
NBC has renewed The Night Shift for a fourth season. That season is likely to return in the summer. (Variety)
DEPARTURES
Actor Masi Oka will be leaving Hawaii Five-0 this season. In fact, his last episode will be the 13th episode of the current season. (Deadline)
CASTING
Actress Marlee Matlin (Switched at Birth) will appear in a December episode of Code Black, playing Kathy Byrne, a deaf patient who arrives at Angels Memorial with her translator after their car rolls over into the L.A. River. (The Futon Critic)
Actress Keiko Agena (Gilmore Girls) will have a recurring role on the USA Network series Colony, appearing as Betsy, a co-worker of Will Bowman (series lead Josh Holloway) at Homeland Security. She is the one friendly face they can rely on, but as the politics of the Occupation take a dark turn, Betsy finds herself placed in a compromising position. (Deadline)
Actor Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire) will appear in an upcoming episode of Hawaii Five-0, playing Lincoln, the officious and no-nonsense U.S. Deputy Marshal who heads a Special Operation Group’s tactical team. (TV Line)
Actor Max Brown (Beauty And the Beast) will finally debut as Prince Robert in the third season of The Royals on E! As viewers recall, the second season finale ended with the reveal that Robert (the rightful heir to the throne, previously believed to have died in combat) is very much alive. (TV Line)
Actor Greg Grunberg (Heroes and Alias) will have a recurring role on The Flash, playing Detective Tom Patterson. (Mashable and TV Line)
Actress Jaime Murray (Defiance and Warehouse 13) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Once Upon a Time, playing the Black Fairy. (TV Line)
Actress Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds) will appear in This Is Us as the mother of Rebecca (Mandy Moore). She will be seen in flashbacks. (Entertainment Weekly and TV Line)
Actor Nick Wechsler (Revenge and Roswell) will appear in a multi-episode arc on Chicago Hope, appearing as Kenny Rixton, who viewed Voight (series lead Jason Beghe) as a mentor when they both worked on the gang unit. (The Hollywood Reporter and TV Line)
MOVIE NEWS
Actress Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) will star opposite Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover in the upcoming Star Wars Han Solo spin-off flick. (Variety)
TRAILERS
Beauty and the Beast:
The Zookeeper’s Wife:
That’s it. Enjoy!
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