Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for the past week:

CANCELLATIONS

CBS All Access has cancelled the Peter Sarsgaard drama Interrogation after one 10-episode season. (Deadline)

Hulu has cancelled the thriller series Castle Rock after two seasons. (TV Line)

CASTING NEWS

Veteran actor Christopher Walken has joined the cast of the upcoming Apple drama series Severance, a workplace thriller that introduces Lumen Industries, a company that’s looking to take work-life balance to a new level. Walken will star as Burt, the department head of Optics and Design at Lumen. The cast of the new series includes Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette and John Turturro. (Variety)

Actress Betsy Brandt (Breaking Bad) will have a major recurring role in the upcoming 2nd season of the Hulu comedy series Love, Victor that follows Victor (Michael Cimino), a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city and exploring his sexual orientation. Brandt will play Dawn, the loving mother of Felix (Anthony Turpel) [Victor’s neighbor], who struggles with mental health issues. Felix. (Deadline)

Actress-singer Kayla Smith (All American, Star and Ambitions) will recur this season on NCIS: Los Angeles as Kamran, the now grown daughter of Agent Sam Hanna (series lead LL Cool J). (TV Line)

Actress Odette Annable (Supergirl) will have a recurring role in the upcoming CW series Walker that stars Supernatural alum Jared Padalecki in the lead role. Jared’s real-life wife (and fellow actor) Genevieve Padalecki will play Walker’s wife in flashbacks. Annable will play a bartender and old friend of both Walker and his late wife. (Entertainment Weekly and TV Line)

Actor Anthony Ramos (Hamilton and the upcoming In the Heights) will recur alongside Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black0 in the upcoming 4th season of In Treatment. The reimagining of the series brings a diverse trio of patients in session with an observant, empathetic therapist (Aduba), who is wrestling with her own issues. Ramos will play Eladio, a patient who works as a home health aide for a wealthy family’s adult son. (Deadline)

Actress Hilarie Burton (One Tree Hill and White Collar) will guest star in The Walking Dead as the late wife of Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who is Burton’s husband in real-life). (Variety)

Actor William Jackson Harper (The Good Place) has joined the cast of the second season of Love Life at HBO Max, which will be set in New York City, focusing on Harper’s character as he comes out of a years-long relationship with the woman he thought was going to be his person. The rug pulled out from under him, he is plunged back into the search for the romantic fulfillment that he thought he had already found. (Variety)

MOVIE CASTING NEWS

Actress Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars and The Good Place) and Jonathan Groff (Hamilton and Glee) will star in the movie Molly and the Moon, an original musical from the creators of How I Met Your Mother. Bell will Kate and Groff will Brian, Molly’s dad. There are no specific details on the movie’s storyline, however. (Deadline)

Johnny Depp has been asked to resign by Warner Bros to resign from his role as Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, and has agreed to do so. This resignation comes days after Depp lost his libel case against the British tabloid The Sun. (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!