Hey All,
Here are the news items for this past week:
PICK-UPS/CANCELLATIONS
Netflix has cancelled Luke Cage after two season. (Variety)
Station 19 has nabbed a full season order for this season on ABC. (Variety)
CBS has given full season orders to both God Friended Me and Magnum P.I. (Variety)
Orange Is the New Black will end with its 7th season, which is set to air on Netflix sometime next year. (Entertainment Weekly)
NBC is currently working on a spin-off to the fantasy drama Grimm. While the new show is currently untitled it will feature many of the same producers as the original show. The series will build off the mythology of the original series and will feature returning fan favorites while also introducing new characters, new dangers and new mysteries. (Variety)
BBC One and Netflix has commissioned the thriller Dracula from Sherlock creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. Inspired by the classic classic novel, the three 90-minute episodes will re-introduce the world to Dracula, the vampire who made evil sexy. In Transylvania in 1897, the blood drinking Count is drawing his plans against Victorian London. And be warned: the dead travel fast. (Deadline)
CASTING NEWS
Actor Ben Lewis, who was introduced in the 7th season premiere of Arrow as William, the grown-up son of Oliver Queen has joined the cast for a season-long arc. (Deadline)
Supergirl will be bringing Lex Luthor to the small screen; however, no official casting announcement has been made yet. (ComicBook.com)
Actresses Claire Coffee (Grimm) and Debbie Allen (Grey’s Anatomy) will both guest star in an upcoming episode of S.W.A.T. Coffee will play Kira, who is dating Chris (Lina Esco). Allen will play Hondo’s (Shemar Moore) mother Charice. (TV Line)
MOVIE CASTING NEWS
Luther and Thor alum Idris Elba is expected to appear alongside Ian McKellen, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden and Taylor Swift in the film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. (Variety)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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