Hey All,
Here are the news items for the past week:
RENEWAL NEWS
OWN has given a second season order to Love Is ____. (Variety)
FX has renewed American Horror Story for a tenth season. (Variety)
TV NEWS
NBC has given Timeless a special two-part series finale. No premiere date has been set yet, but it is expected to air around the winter holidays. (Variety)
CASTING NEWS
Actress Diane Guerrero (Orange Is the New Black) has joined the live-action cast of the DC Universe series Doom Patrol that is a reimagining of one of DC’s most beloved group of outcast superheroes, focusing on Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Woman and Crazy Jane, the latter of which will be played by Guerrero. The series will pick up after the events of Titans, which is also in the works at DC Universe. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Actor Dustin Milligan (X Company) will guest star in Blindspot when it returns for its fourth season this fall, but no character details are currently available. (TV Line)
Nashville alum Chris Carmack will have a big recurring role on Grey’s Anatomy, when it returns for its 15th season on ABC starting this fall. He will play an orthopedic surgeon who comes to work at Grey Sloan Memorial, who is also known as an Ortho God. Further details, of course, are being kept under wraps. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Actor Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation) will have a recurring role on Supergirl this fall, playing the U.S. Vice President Baker, an unlikely leader who will nonetheless step up in a big way when his country needs him. (Variety)
Actress Jolene Purdy (Under the Dome and Orange Is the New Black) will appear in the next season of The Magicians, playing maenad Shoshana, an emotional creature who stands between party God Bacchus and an old buddy who desperately seeks him. (Deadline)
Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt (Party of Five and Ghost Whisperer) has landed a series lead role in the second season of 9-1-1 on FOX. (Deadline)
Actor Patrick Stewart will reprise his role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard will appear in a brand new as yet untitled Star Trek series on CBS All Access. The exact plot details are being kept under wraps, but the story is supposedly set to tell the story of the next chapter of Picard’s life. (Variety)
BOX OFFICE CASTING NEWS
Actress Priyanka Chopra (Quantico) is in talks to join Chris Pratt in the box office film Cowboy Ninja Viking, which is based on the Image Comics graphic novel that revolves around an assassin who manifests the toughest skills of three different personas: a cowboy, a ninja and a Viking. (Variety)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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