Hey All,
Here are the news items for this past week:
RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS/REBOOT PLANS
Hulu has announced that the 4th and final season of UnREAL will stream on its service. (Press Release from Hulu)
The Canadian series Ransom has been renewed for a third season, and given that CBS has aired the other two seasons here in the States, it is anticipated the network will do that for the new season. (Twitter)
Wynonna Earp has been renewed for a fourth season at Syfy. (The Hollywood Reporter)
The USA Network has cancelled Colony after three seasons. This week final episode will serve as the show’s series finale. (Deadline and The Futon Critic)
The Man in the High Castle, which returns to Amazon for its third season on October 5, has been given a fourth season renewal. (Deadline and The Futon Critic)
A TV reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is in development at 20th Century Fox Television with original series creator Joss Whedon onboard to executive produce. The reboot will see a black actress take over the title role. No network is attached to the series. (Variety)
CASTING NEWS
Actress Jenna Dewan (The Witches of East End) will have a recurring role on The Resident for the show’s second season. She will play Julian Lynn, a sharp and sophisticated medical device rep with an ability to connect with just about anybody. (Variety)
Actress Anne Heche (The Brave) will have a recurring role on Chicago P.D., playing Dep. Superintendent Katherine Brennan. (Deadline and TV Line)
Sam Witwer (Being Human) has joined Supergirl in the series regular role of the DC Comics character Agent Liberty. (Entertainment Weekly and Spoiler TV)
Actress Amirah Vann (Underground) has been promoted to series regular status on How to Get Away With Murder for the show’s upcoming 5th season. (Deadline and TV Line)
Actress Diona Reasonover, who has been recurring on NCIS as forensic scientist Kasie Hines, has been promoted to series regular. (TVLine)
Actor Jeff Ward has been promoted to series regular on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (@Marvel and The Futon Critic)
Actors Nestor Carbonell (Lost) and Josh Kelly (UnREAL) and actress Jaime Ray Newman (The Magicians) have joined the 2nd season of Midnight, Texas in recurring roles. Carbonell and Newman will play Kai and Patience Lucero, the owners of Midnight’s new hotel while Kelly will play Walker Chisum, an openly gay demon hunter who has an intense connection with resident angel Joe Strong (Jason Lewis). (Deadline and The Futon Critic)
Actor Chris Klein (American Pie) will play the series regular role of Cicada, the scourge of Central City, in this new season of The Flash. (The Futon Critic)
Actor Boris Kodjoe (Code Black) will recur on Station 19, playing a seasoned firefighter with a mysterious past. (Deadline and The Futon Critic)
Actress Penelope Ann Miller (American Crime) will play DAMs. Wright in the upcoming third season of Riverdale. (Deadline)
Actress Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) will appear in the second season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan when it airs on Amazon. She will play Harriet “Harry” Baumann, a formidable agent in Germany’s Secret Intelligence, who meets up with Ryan in South America. (Deadline)
Samantha Morton (Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them) is joining Season 9 of The Walking Dead as a new series regular playing iconic villain Alpha, leader of the Whisperers. (Deadline)
Actor Tim Kang (The Mentalist) has been added to the cast of the upcoming Magnum P.I. reboot, playing Detective Gordon Katsumoto. (Deadline)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actress Jennifer Hudson and singer Taylor Swift and actors James Corden and Ian McKellen have been cast in the upcoming movie version of the smash musical Cats. (The Daily Mail and Variety)
MINI-SERIES NEWS
Actor Jason Clark and actress Helen Mirren have been cast in the HBO mini-series Catherine the Great. Clarke will star as Grigory Potemkin, a Russian military commander who became Catherine the Great’s lover, favored statesman and life-long friend. Meanwhile, Mirren will star as the titular Russian monarch, a strong-minded, independent, brilliantly intelligent and sexually liberated. (Variety)
COOL FAN SHORT
Wanna see Nathan Fillion as PlayStation character Nathan Drake from the video game series Uncharted? Check out the link to the short below from Dark Horizons:
That’s it. Enjoy!
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