Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for this past week:

RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS

Freeform has pulled the plug on the fantasy series Shadowhunters. The remainder of show’s current third season, consisting of 12 episodes, will finish in the spring of next year, culminating in a two-hour finale. (Deadline and TV Insider)

Netflix has renewed 13 Reasons Why for a third season. (Variety)

TV Land has given their dramedy Younger a 6th season renewal. (TV Line)

CASTING NEWS

Actress Danielle Campbell (The Originals) has been cast in one of the three lead roles in the CBS All access psychological thriller Tell Me a Story from Kevin Williamson. The cast already includes Kim Catrall (Sex and the City) and Billy Magnussen (Into the Woods and As the World Turns). The series will be set in modern day New York City, taking on the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller. Campbell will play Kayla, who has just moved from Oakland to New York with her dad. She lost her mother a year ago and since then has strayed from her once promising path. Catrall will play Kayla’s grandmother. (Deadline)

Actress Grace Byers (Empire) has landed a role in the FOX drama The Gifted where she will play Reeva, a smart, charming, authoritative, elegant, beautiful woman who is ruthless in her efforts to fight for her people. She will lead an elite band of followers, joining up with Polaris, Andy and The Frost Sisters in the “Inner Circle.” (The Futon Critic)

Actor Adrian Holmes (Arrow) has joined the cast of the upcoming Netflix vampire drama V-Wars where he will star alongside former The Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder. Somerhalder will play Dr. Luther Swann, who enters a world of horror when a mysterious disease transforms his best friend (Holmes) into a murderous predator who feeds on other humans. (Deadline and TV Line)

Actress Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex) will star in the Apple streaming series Are You Sleeping that will offer a glimpse into America’s obsession with true-crime podcasts. Caplan will play twin sisters Josie and Lanie, whose lives have taken very different paths. She will star opposite Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures). (The Hollywood Reporter)

That’s it. Enjoy!