Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for this past week:

RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS

Legion has been given a season three renewal by FX. (Variety)

Bravo has cancelled its drama Imposters after two seasons. (Variety)

The Arrangement has been canceled by E! Entertainment Network after two seasons. (The Futon Critic and Deadline)

Paramount Network has scrapped the drama Heathers. The satirical reboot of the 1980s cult hit film has been shelved at the former Spike TV as Viacom aggressively searches for a new home for the anthology. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Apple has given a straight-to-series order to a half-hour series about 19th century poet Emily Dickinson with actress-singer Hailee Steinfeld in the title role. The series is described as a comedic look into Dickinson’s world, exploring the constraints of society, gender, and family from the perspective of a budding writer who doesn’t fit in to her own time through her imaginative point of view. (Variety)

CASTING NEWS

Actor Kelsey Grammer has joined the cast of the upcoming FOX legal drama Proven Innocent, replacing actor Brian d’Arcy James in the role of Gore Bellows, a hard-as-nails and tough-on-crime state’s attorney. (The Futon Critic)

The Walking Dead actor Andrew Lincoln will leave the long-running series during the show’s upcoming 9th season. (The Futon Critic and Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica) has joined the cast of the Cinemax reboot of Strike Back. He will play Col. Alexander Coltrane, the new commanding officer who tasks Section 20 with chasing stolen contents of Russian jet across Southeast Asia. Actress Roxanne McKee will not be returning for the second season. (TV Line)

That’s it. Enjoy!