Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for this past week:

CASTING NEWS

Actress MacKenzie Meehan (Vinyl and The Wolf of Wall Street) will fill the spot left by actress Annabelle Attanasio – who played Cable – on the CBS series Bull. Meehan will Taylor, the newest member of the Trial Analysis Corporation team, who is a former colleague of Marissa’s (Geneva Carr) from her time at the Department of Homeland Security. Taylor’s expertise lies in coding and hacking. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Ethan Peck (the TV series 10 Things I Hate About You) [and the grandson of legendary actor Gregory Peck] will play Spock in Star Trek Discovery in the show’s second season, which is set to premiere next year on CBS All Access. (Variety)

Actors Joel Kinnaman (Altered Carbon and The Killing) and Michael Dorman (the Amazon series Patriot) and actress Sarah Jones (Alcatraz and Damnation) will appear in Ron Moore’s upcoming Apple space drama – which has yet to be titled – but will take place in a world where the global space race never ended. Kinnaman will play Edward Baldwin, one of the top NASA astronauts. Dorman and Jones have been cast as Gordo and Tracy Stevens, a prominent NASA couple. (Variety and Deadline)

Actress Sandrine Holt (Homeland) has landed a recurring role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, playing Lisa Abernathy, a clinical psychologist who consults on cases for the Manhattan district attorney’s office. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Luke Mitchell (Blindspot) will star in the mid-season CBS drama The Code, playing Capt. John “Abe” Abraham, who operates out of the Judge Advocate General Headquarters in Quantico. He is a driven prosecutor for whom becoming a Marine is a longstanding family tradition and a responsibility he treats with devotion and passion. He replaces Dave Annable (Brothers & Sisters), who played the role in the pilot. (Deadline and The Futon Critic)

Actor Michael Angarano (The Knick and Will & Grace) will appear in season three of This Is Us, playing Nicky, younger brother to Jack, who died during the Vietnam War. (Deadline and The Futon Critic)

Actress Renee Zellweger will star in the Netflix social thriller anthology What/If, which explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. She will play Anne, a shrewd and mercurial San Francisco venture capitalist. (Deadline)

Actor Travis Van Winkle (The Last Ship) will have a recurring role in season two of the CBS drama Instinct, playing Ryan Stock, a quiet, ex-military police officer from Nebraska, who travels to New York City as part of a task force in pursuit of a killer from his home town that he believes to be responsible for a murder in Manhattan. (TV Line)

RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS

The History Channel has renewed Knightfall for a second season. The show will also add new cast members, including Star Wars vet Mark Hamill in the role of Talus, a battle-hardened Knights Templar veteran of the Crusades who survived captivity for ten years in the Holy Land and is tasked with training the new initiates to the Order. (Variety)

Hulu has renewed Castle Rock for a second season. (Variety)

Anne With an E has been renewed by Netflix for a third season. (Variety)

After three seasons, the USA Network has canceled the drama Shooter. (Variety)

The Royals has been cancelled by E! Entertainment Network after four seasons. (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!