Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the few news items for this past week:

SERIES NEWS

BBC America has announced that actress Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy) has been cast in the lead role of the network’s upcoming original series Killing Eve. The 8-episode drama thriller will revolve around a psychopathic assassin and the woman charged with hunting her down. The series will be a combination of brutal mischief making and pathos, filled with sharp humor, originality and high stakes action based on the novellas by Luke Jennings. (TV Fanatic)

CASTING NEWS

Actor Jason O’Mara (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) has joined the cast of the Amazon series The Man In the High Castle as a series regular. He will play Wyatt Price, who fled the war in Europe emigrating with his family from Ireland to New York as refugees, then fled west again ahead of the Nazi invasion. Like most in the Neutral Zone, he’s learned to survive as a hustler, trading in various black market goods and services. But he’s more than just a survivor – he believes in what America was and what the Neutral Zone still is – a melting pot worth saving. (Deadline)

Actor Zachary Levi (Chuck) has joined the cast of Psych: The Movie, the 2-hour holiday movie that the USA Network has ordered based on the hit TV series. He will play Thin White Duke, a ruthless, mysterious and dashing villain of the highest order. The movie will pick up three years after the series finale as the gang reunites after a mystery assailant targets one of their own. All of the cast, including James Roday, Dule Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson, Corbin Bernsen and Kirsten Nelson reprising their roles. The movie is slated to air in December. (Deadline)

Actor Morris Chestnut (Rosewood) will star opposite Billy Bob Thornton in the upcoming second season of Amazon’s original drama series Goliath, which is slated to premiere next year. He will play Chief Deputy District Attorney Hakeem Rashad, who was on the losing side of Billy’s (Thornton) last criminal case and has a bitter, old grudge against him. (Deadline)

Actor Bill Zane (Titanic) will guest star in an upcoming episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow where he will play Barnum & Bailey Circus founder P. T. Barnum. (TV Guide)

That’s it. Enjoy!