Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for this past week:

RENEWALS

Both Hulu series Future Man and Runaways have been renewed. Both shows will get 13 episodes for their second seasons. On the other hand, Hulu has canceled the Hugh Laurie-led series Chance after two seasons. (Variety)

AMC has renewed The Walking Dead for a 9th season. (Press Release)

CASTING NEWS

Actors David Oyelowo and Dominic West and actress Lily Collins have landed the lead roles in the upcoming 6-part BBC mini-series adaptation of Les Miserables. West will play French convict Jean Valjean while Oyelowo will play Inspector Javert and Collins will play Fantine. (Variety)

TNT has picked up the small screen adaptation of Snowpiercer, the 2013 box office film, to series. The series will star Jennifer Connelly and will be set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, centering on the remnants of humanity, who inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe. (Variety)

Gillian Anderson confirmed her exit on The X-Files this week and has ruled out any future return. She has also dropped out of American Gods. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Michael J. Fox will appear in a 5-episode arc of Designated Survivor where he will play Ethan West, a high-flying and connected Washington attorney who is hired by the President’s Cabinet and ultimately appointed as special prosecutor to investigate former President Cornelius Moss’s alleged leak of classified information. (The Futon Critic)

Actors Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire) and Maximiliano Hernandez (Sicaro) have joined the cast of the AT&T Audience Network series Mr. Mercedes. Huston will play Brady Hartsfield’s doctor Dr. Felix Babineau and Hernandez will portray Assistant DA Antonio Montez. (Deadline)

Actress Fiona Gubelmann (Wilfred) will have a recurring role in The Good Doctor, playing Morgan, a charming, funny new resident who is fully embracing life and yet also quite cutthroat. (Deadline)

Actress Brooke Shields will appear in multi-episodes of Jane the Virgin, playing River Fields, a famous actress/supermodel who sparks a feud with Rogelio and becomes his new nemesis. (TV Line)

It looks like Skyler Samuels (who plays the telepathic Esme Frost and her identical siblings) in The Gifted just might be getting promoted to series regular when the show returns for its second season. (TV Line)

That’s it. Enjoy!