Hey All,
Here are the news items for this past week:
RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS
Stranger Things has been renewed for a fourth season by Netflix. (Variety)
Grand Hotel has been cancelled after only one season by ABC. (Variety)
TNT has renewed Claws for a fourth and final season. (Variety)
AMC has renewed The Walking Dead for an 11th season, and actress Lauren Cohan will reprise her role of Maggie in season 11. (TV Line)
CHANGE OF NETWORK (AGAIN)
The small screen adaptation of the box office movie Snowpiercer will be moving back to TNT. It was announced earlier this year that the show was moving to TBS after it had been in development at TNT for years. The show will now debut on TNT in spring 2020. (Variety)
CASTING NEWS
Actor Christian Kane (Angel and The Librarians) will guest star in the final season of Supernatural, appearing as Leo Webb, a former hunter and friend of Dean Winchester (series lead Jensen Ackles). (Entertainment Weekly)
Actor Sebastian Roche (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals and Supernatural) will have a recurring role in the new CW series Batwoman, playing Dr. Campbell, one of Gotham’s most well-respected plastic surgeons and philanthropists. (Deadline)
Actor Jesse Williams (Grey’s Anatomy) will have a recurring role in the upcoming Hulu limited series Little Fires Everywhere, that stars Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington in the lead roles based on the best-selling book by Celeste Ng. The series follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Williams will play Joe Ryan, a wealthy Wall Streeter who for years has struggled to conceive. Joe and his wife, Madeline, turn to an unlikely source to help start their family. (Deadline)
Actress Mekia Cox (Once Upon a Time and Chicago Med) has joined the cast of The Rookie, playing Nyla Harper, an LAPD detective who after four years of undercover work nearly lost herself. Hoping to find normalcy, she takes on the role of John Nolan’s (series lead Nathan FIllion) new training officer. (TV Line and Deadline)
MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE CASTING NEWS
Actress Rachael Leigh Cook (Perception and Hallmark Channel movies) and actor Damon Wayans, Jr. (New Girl) will star in the upcoming Netflix original film Love, Guaranteed that centers on earnest, hard-working lawyer Susan (Cook), who has taken one too many pro bono cases. To save her small law firm, Susan begrudgingly takes a high-paying, high-profile case from Nick (Wayans Jr.), a charming new client who wants to sue a dating website that guarantees users will find love. But Susan and Nick soon find themselves in the middle of a media storm, and as the case heats up, so do their feelings for each other — which could jeopardize everything. (Deadline)
Tony, Emmy and Grammy winner Cynthia Erivo will star as the one and only Aretha Franklin in the upcoming season of Genius on National Geographic that will focus on the life of the titular Grammy Award winner and musical icon. (Variety)
BOX OFFICE MOVIE NEWS
Actress Ciara Bravo (Big Time Rush and Red Band Society) will star alongside Spider-Man actor Tom Holland in the box office movie Cherry, an adaptation of the best-selling novel by Nico Walker. (Variety)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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