Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for this past week:

RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS

Netflix has given Dead to Me a second season order. (Variety)

Syfy has cancelled both Deadly Class and Happy. (Variety)

Amazon has cancelled Sneaky Pete after three seasons. (Variety)

DC Universe has pulled the plug on its all-new Swamp Thing series less than a week after its debut on the streaming service. (TV Line)

Netflix has given Lucifer a renewal for its 5th and final season. (Variety)

The Red Line has been cancelled by CBS after one season. (Deadline)

STRAIGHT TO SERIES ORDER

WarnerMedia’s streaming series has given a straight-to-series order to the drama Tokyo Vice that is based on the Jake Adelstein non-fiction book of the same name that is a first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat that will star Ansel Elgort as Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption. The series will chronicle Jake’s daily descent into the neon soaked underbelly of Tokyo, where nothing, and no one is truly what or who they seem. The series has received a 10-episode order. (Variety)

CASTING NEWS

Actor Patrick J. Adams will return for the final season of the long-running legal drama Suits, reprising his role of Mike Ross at mid-season to get involved in a case that will put him toe to toe with his former mentor Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) and Samantha Wheeler (Katherine Heigl). Ross left the firm to move to Seattle with his wife, Rachel (Meghan Markle, now the Duchess of Sussex). (Variety)

Actress Elizabeth Banks will star in the upcoming FX limited series Mrs. America that tells the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly (to be played by Cate Blanchett. Banks will play Jill Ruckelshaus, a pro-choice, socially progressive Republican who was appointed by President Ford to advance women’s rights and fought to keep the Republican Party from being taken over by Phyllis Schlafly and the Religious Right. (Variety)

Actor Jussie Smollett will NOT be returning to the FOX drama Empire. (TV Line)

Actress Elizabeth Hurley (The Royals) will appear in season 3 of the Hulu streaming series Marvel’s Runaways, appearing as villainess Morgan le Fay, a student of Merlin who is considered the greatest sorceress of all time. With a black crow as her familiar and the ability to 1) enchant objects, 2) manipulate mystic energy and 3) astral project, she is powerful and intelligent while also wielding a cut-throat wit. (TV Line)

Actor Ivan Sergei (Crossing Jordan and Charmed) will recur on the revival of Beverly Hills 90210 that is coming to FOX in August. He will play Nate, the husband of Tori Spelling’s character, an ex-hockey player who wants to be a professional sports announcer. (TV Line and Deadline)

That’s it. Enjoy!