Hey All,
Here are the news items for this past week:
PICK-UP ORDERS/CANCELLATIONS
The new military drama SEAL Team has been given a full season order by CBS. (Variety)
The NBC summer series The Night Shift has been cancelled after four season. (Variety)
CBS has renewed the summer drama Ransom for a 13-episode second season. (Variety)
DirecTV (specifically AT&T’s Audience Network) has given Mr. Mercedes a 10-episode second season order. (The Hollywood Reporter)
The BET series Being Mary Jane will come to an end in 2018 with a two-hour finale movie. (Variety)
REBOOT NEWS
The WB series Roswell is being rebooted at The CW. The series would follow the daughter of undocumented immigrants who reluctantly returns to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico. There she discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer: he’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance. (Variety)
CASTING NEWS
Actors Oliver Stark (Into the Badlands), Kenneth Choi (American Crime Story) and Rockmond Dunbar (Prison Break) and actress Aisha Hinds (Under the Dome and Underground have joined the cast of the upcoming FOX drama 9-1-1 that comes from Ryan Murphy. The cast also includes Angela Bassett and Peter Krause. The series will explore the high-pressure experiences of police, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives. (The Futon Critic)
Actor Victor Garber will be exiting his series regular role of Martin Stein on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow as he plans to return to Broadway, starring opposite Bernadette Peters in the revival of Hello, Dolly! (The Hollywood Reporter)
Actor Miguel Sandoval (Medium) has landed a series regular role in the planned Grey’s Anatomy firefighter spin-off. He will play Capt. Pruitt in the series that will be set in Seattle, focusing on firefighters from the captain down the ranks to the newest recruit in their personal and professional lives. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Actress Anna Hopkins (Arrow and Defiance) – who will be seen as “baddie” Lilith in Shadowhunters next year – will also have a recurring role in the third season of the Syfy series The Expanse, playing Monica, a charming and savvy journalist who has a way of convincing her subjects to let their guard down. (TV Line)
Actress Ellie Gall (Australia’s A Place to Call Home) has landed the lead role of Catherine Langford in the upcoming premium digital series Stargate Origins. The series will dive deep into the adventures that provide additional context to Catherine’s lifelong fascination with the ancient artifact her father uncovered in the Egyptian desert, revealing a story that sits at the heart of the entire Stargate saga. Actor Connor Trinneer (Stargate: Atlantis alum) will take on the role of Professor Paul Langford, the man whose archaeological dig uncovered the stargate back in 1929. (Stargate Command Press Release)
TRAILERS
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer
Longmire The Final Season: Official Trailer [HD]
NOTE: This will be the sixth and final season of the series.
That’s it. Enjoy!
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