Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for the past week:

CANCELLATION

The USA Network drama Eyewitness has been cancelled after only one season. (Variety)

CASTING NEWS

Benedict Cumberbatch will star in the 5-part drama Melrose that will follow Patrick Melrose, who makes a harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery, based on the series of novels by Edward St. Aubyn. Each episode will cover one novel, spanning from the south of France in the 1960s, New York in the 1980s and London in the early 2000s. (Variety)

Actor Michael Gaston (The Leftovers) has been promoted to series regular for season 3 of The Man in the High Castle. (Deadline)

Actor Alexander Siddig (The Game of Thrones) will play Ra’s al Ghul in FOX’s Gotham. (The Futon Critic)

Actor Rahul Kohli (iZombie) will play appear in Supergirl as Jack Spheer, a tech genius whose latest medical innovation, if successful, will eradicate major illnesses. (TV Guide and Entertainment Weekly)

Veteran actress Diana Rigg (the 60’s classic The Avengers and Game of Thrones) has joined the cast of the PBS mini-series Victoria for its second season, playing the Duchess of Bucchleuch, who is the young Queen’s new Mistress of the Robes. (Deadline)

Actor Matt Passmore (The Glades and Satisfaction) will be appear in the final two episodes of Lethal Weapon. (Matt Passmore’s Fan Page at Facebook)

MOVIE TRAILER

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

That’s it. Enjoy!