Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for this past week:

CANCELLATION NEWS

The USA Network has announced that the upcoming fourth season of Mr. Robot, which will air sometime next year, will be its last. (Variety)

CASTING NEWS

Actress Lyric Ross has been promoted to series regular on This Is Us where she has been recurring as Deja, the teenage girl Randall and Beth took in from the foster system. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Sir Ben Kingsley and actor Jimmi Simpson (Westworld and Psych) have landed roles in the EPIX drama Our Lady, LTD, a modern noir drama that will follow James (Simpson), a young grifter, as he attempts to prey upon Pastor Byron Brown (Kingsley), who turns out to be far more dangerous than he suspects. (Variety)

Actors Tyler Hoechlin (Teen Wolf and Supergirl) and Justin Chatwin (Shameless) have joined the cast of the Netflix sci-fi drama Another Life that centers on astronaut Niko Breckinridge (Katee Sackhoff from Battlestar Galactica and Longmire) who is focused on searching for alien intelligence. She leads a crew on a mission to explore the genesis of an alien artifact. Hoechlin will plays Ian Yerxa, the former commander of The Salvare space explorations ship. Chatwin will play Erik Wallace, part of the United States Interstellar Command, dedicated to finding intelligent life out in the universe and Niko’s husband. (The Futon Critic)

Actress Anna Silk (Lost Girl) will have a recurring role in the CBS hour-long action adventure series Blood & Treasure that is set to premiere next summer. The show will center on a brilliant antiquities expert, Danny (Matt Barr from Sleepy Hollow and Valor), and a cunning art thief, Lexi (Sofia Pernas from The Brave), who team up to catch a ruthless terrorist who funds his attacks through stolen treasure. Silk will play Roarke, a skilled international tracker and fighter. (Deadline)

Actor Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill and Sun Records) will have a recurring role in the upcoming third season on the FOX drama Star, playing Xander McPherson, an opportunistic real estate investor who is involved in a toxic relationship with Cassie Brown (Brandy Norwood). (Deadline)

Actress Samantha Mathis (The Strain and Under the Dome) has joined the Showtime series Billions where she will play Sara Hammon, the new COO of Taylor Mason Capital. (The Hollywood Reporter and TV Line)

Actress Daniella Alonso (Revolution) has landed a recurring role in the second season of the FOX medical drama The Resident, playing Zoey Barlow, a strong single mother whose two adopted children both have chronic illnesses. (TV Line)

Actor Walton Goggins (Justified) will appear in season 2 of the EPIX drama Deep State, taking over for Mark Strong, who starred in the first season. He will play Nathan Miller, a former CIA operative who now works in the private sector as a Michael Clayton-like fixer for the deep state. Returning cast members include Joe Dempsie, Karima McAdams, Alistair Petrie and Anastasia Griffiths. (Deadline)

Actress Jane Krakowski will appear in the upcoming Apple series Dickinson, the comedy series that will follow renowned poet Emily Dickinson (to be played by Hailee Steinfeld from the Pitch Perfect franchise). Krakowski will play Mrs. Dickinson, Emily’s mother. (Variety)

Actor Alan Tudyk (Firefly) will play the villainous Mr. Nobody in the DC Universe upcoming live-action drama Doom Patrol. Formerly known as Eric Morden, Mr. Nobody is transformed into a baddie after being exposed to mysterious experiments by ex-Nazis in post-war Paraguay. (Deadline and TV Line)

Actor Blake Jenner (Glee) has joined the cast of the Netflix social thriller What/If, which will explore the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. The show will star Renee Zellweger and Jane Levy (Suburgatory). Jenner will play a character named Sean, an EMT who is newly married to scientist-entrepreneur Lisa (Levy). (The Futon Critic)

Actor Malik Yoba (New York Undercover and Designated Survivor) has landed a recurring role in the upcoming new drama God Friended Me that will debut on CBS on September 30. He will play Terrence, the uncle of Miles (series lead Brandon Micheal Hall). (Deadline and The Futon Critic)

Actresses Shantel VanSanten (Shooter) and Rebecca Wisocky (Devious Maids) and actor Eric Ladin (Six and Shooter) have joined the cast of the Apple series For All Mankind, which will explore what would have happened if the global space race had never ended. VanSanten will play Karen Baldwin, the wife of astronaut Edward Baldwin (series Joel Kinnaman) while Ladin will play as Gene Kranz, one of the heads of mission control and Wisocky will play Marge Slayton, the wife of the head of the astronaut program. (Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter and The Futon Critic)

Actress Jennifer Esposito (NCIS and Blue Bloods) has landed a key role in the Amazon straight-to-series superhero drama The Boys, which is based on the comic book that is set in a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their massive celebrity and fame. It revolves around a group of vigilantes known informally as the Boys who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty. Esposito will play CIA Agent Susan Raynor. (Deadline)

STORYLINE NEWS

It’s finally going to happen! Wedding bells will finally ring on NCIS: Los Angeles between Kensi and Deeks, who got engaged last season. It’s looking like the nuptials will happen after Christmas. (Entertainment Weekly)

MOVIE CASTING NEWS

Actor Matt Smith (Doctor Who and The Crown) is joining the cast of Star Wars: Episode IX. It is unknown if he will be on the side of the rebels or the evil empire, but he will be joining returning cast members Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, and Adam Driver. (Variety)

Actor Dwayne Johnson will appear as Hawaiian king Kamehameha, the legendary king who was the first to unite the warring Hawaiian Islands. It is reported that it has been a dream of Johnson’s to play the legendary king. (Deadline)

Actors Michael Chiklis (The Shield) and Kyle Schmid (Six, Copper and Blood Ties) will star opposite Bruce Willis in the crime thriller film 10 Minutes Gone that follows a man who loses ten minutes of his memory due to being hit by a stray bullet during a bank heist gone wrong. He must put the pieces of his broken memory together in order to find out who sabotaged the job and took the money, all while being pursued by a powerful crime boss hell-bent on recovering the cash. (Deadline)

That’s it. Enjoy!