Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for this past week:

RENEWALS

CBS All Access has renewed The Twilight Zone for a second season. (Variety)

Empire has been renewed for a 6th season by FOX. (Variety)

Showtime has renewed The Chi for a third season. (Variety)

Cobra Kai has been renewed for a third season at YouTube. (Variety)

NETWORK SWITCH

The new TV series from Downton Abbey mastermind Julian Fellowes – The Gilded Age – has moved from NBC to HBO. The series is set in New York in the 1880s, telling the story of a new-money family trying to join the ranks of the Astors and Vanderbilts. (Variety)

CASTING NEWS

Actor Charles Esten (Nashville) will star in the Netflix young-adult drama series Outer Banks that centers on a tight-knit group of North Carolina teens who embark on a mission to find their ringleader’s missing father. In the process, they stumble across a treasure map that unearths a long-buried secret. Esten will play Ward Cameron, a wealthy, self-made businessman who exudes a casual authority. The series is set to debut in 2020. (TV Line)

Actress Evangeline Lilly (Ant-Man franchise and Lost) has landed the lead role in the sci-fi drama Albedo that is set to air at the Walmart-owned VOD service Vudu. The series is set 150 years in the future, centering on Det. Vivien Coleman (Lilly), who finds herself trapped and cut off from Earth while investigating a scientist’s mysterious death aboard an isolated space station. She’s joined by the station’s small crew all of whom are secret-harboring murder suspects. (TV Line)

Actor Gabriel Luna will be appearing as Marvel’s Ghost Rider, but this time on Hulu. He first appeared in the role on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. It is being reported this will be a completely new iteration of the character in no way connected to the SHIELD storyline. Ghost Rider, also known as Robbie Reyes, is consumed by hellfire and supernaturally bound to a demon. He lives on the Texas/Mexico border and when he unleashes the Rider, Robbie brings vengeance for the innocents he encounters, but struggles to control the power he wields. (Variety)

MOVIE CASTING NEWS

Newcomer Daniela Melchior has been tapped to play Ratcatcher in The Suicide Squad. Ratcatcher, originally portrayed as a man, was one of Batman’s many enemies. In this version the character will have connection to the character that Idris Elba will be playing in the film. Melchior joins Margot Robbie, reprising her role as Harley Quinn as well as Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang as well as newcomer to the franchise John Cena. (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!