Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for this past week

RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS/PICK UP NEWS

A spin-off of the History Channel series Vikings will be happening on Netflix. Viking: Valhalla will pick up 100 years after the events of the original series, dramatizing the adventures of the most famous Vikings who ever lived – Leif Erikson, Freydis, Harald Harada and the Norman King William the Conqueror (who was a Viking descendant). (TV Line)

Marvel’s Runaways to end on Hulu after season 3. (Variety)

Amazon has already given an extremely early season 2 renewal to its forthcoming Lord of the Rings series before the first season has even gotten underway. (Variety)

The CW will be adding another DC superhero series to its roster: Stargirl, which won’t debut until later in 2020 on DC Universe. The series will air on The CW the day after it goes live on the streaming service. (Entertainment Weekly)

CASTING NEWS

Actress Riley Keough (The Girlfriend Experience and grandchild of Elvis Presley) will have the lead role in the upcoming Amazon series Daisy Jones & The Six, based on the novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid that is a musical drama detailing the rise and fall of a renowned rock band in the 1970s. (Variety)

Season 4 of The Crown has just recently gotten underway with Oscar winner Olivia Colman portraying the Queen, but she will be replaced soon enough – in seasons 5 and 6 – by actress Imelda Stanton, who will take on the role of Queen Elizabeth II. (TV Line)

Harrison Ford will be taking on his first regular TV role in the docuseries The Staircase that will detail the trial of American novelist Michael Peterson, who was accused of murdering his wife in 2001. The project is currently being shopped to networks and streaming services. (Variety)

Actress Inbar Lavi (Imposter, Lucifer and Prison Break) will appear in 3 upcoming episodes of Stumptown, playing Max, a thrill-seeking car thief, who is part of an auto theft ring. (TV Line)

Actor Chord Overstreet (Glee) will guest star in an upcoming episode of The Bold Type, playing Jane’s type-A older brother Evan. (Entertainment Weekly and TV Line)

MOVIE CASTING NEWS

Actress Pom Klementieff (Guardians of the Galaxy) has joined the cast of the next Mission: Impossible film. (Variety)

Actor Idris Elba (Thor franchise and Luthor) will appear in the Netflix movie The Harder They Fall that follows outlaw Nat Love (Majors), who discovers that the man (Elba) who killed his parents two decades ago is being released from prison and decides to reunite with his gang to track his enemy down and seek his revenge. (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!