Hey All,
Here are the news items from this past week:
RENEWAL
Succession has been renewed for a 4th season by HBO. (TV Line)
TV CASTING NEWS
The Showtime limited series Comeback Girl about the life of Joan Rivers that was to star WandaVision alum Kathryn Hahn will not be moving forward after all. (Variety)
Lindsey Morgan is leaving The CW series Walker after two seasons. It’s not yet known when her character – Micki Ramirez – will be written out or how many episodes Lindsey will actually be seen in during the show’s current second season. (Deadline and Variety)
Mark Ghanime (Private Eyes and Reign) will join the 4th season of Virgin River on Netflix, playing Dr. Cameron Hayek, a “dashing” new physician at the clinic who catches the attention of the women in town while Kai Bradbury (Motherland: Fort Salem), who was featured in the season three finale episode, will also be a series regular. He plays Doc’s (Tim Matheson) long-lost grandson, Denny Cutler. (TV Guide)
Jenna Dewan will reprise her role of Lucy Lane from Supergirl in the upcoming 2nd season of Superman & Lois. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Newcomer Lisette Alexis has landed the lead role in the upcoming Disney+ drama small screen adaptation of the National Treasure film franchise. This version will be told from the point of view of a young heroine, a DREAMer in search of answers about her family, who embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to uncover the truth about the past and save a lost Pan-American treasure. (Deadline)
Desmond Chiam (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and Tehmina Sunny (Chicago Med) will have recurring roles in the upcoming 10-episode Netflix drama Partner Track based on the 2013 novel by Helen Wan. The series follows an idealistic young lawyer Ingrid Yun (Arden Cho from the MTV thriller Teen Wolf), who struggles with her moral compass and her passions as she fights to climb the partner track at an elite New York City law firm. Chiam will play Zi-Xin “Z” Min, a handsome idealist with a strong sense of right and wrong; while Sunny will play Victoria St. Clair, a British hotelier who’s as rich as she is glamorous. The cast includes Dominic Sherwood (Shadowhunters) and Nolan Gerard Funk (The Flight Attendant). (Deadline)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) will star in the upcoming sci-fi romantic comedy film The Pod Generation that will be set in a near future where artificial intelligence is all the rage and nature is becoming a distant memory. The story will revolve around Rachel (Clarke) and Alvy (Ejiofor), a New York couple who are ready to take their relationship to the next level and start a family. Rachel’s work gives them a chance to use a new tool developed by a tech giant, Pegasus, which offers couples the opportunity to share pregnancy on a more equal footing via detachable artificial wombs, or pods. Alvy, a botanist and devoted purist, has doubts, but his love for Rachel prompts him to take a leap of faith. And so begins the wild ride to parenthood in this brave new world. (Variety)
Brendan Fraser (Doom Patrol and The Mummy movie franchise) has been cast as the villain in the upcoming Batgirl movie that will star In the Heights alum Leslie Grace; but details on who he will be playing is being kept under wraps. (Variety)
MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS
The cable network Bounce has announced a new original movie entitled Don’t Hang Up, which is based on real-life events. The action-thriller revolves around Chris Daniels (Wendell Pierce from Jack Ryan and Suits), a husband and father whose life is upended when he gets a phone call that hurls him into a harrowing journey to save his family. Told his daughter has been taken hostage, Chris is ordered by the kidnappers to complete a series of missions to get her back, all while maintaining one deceptively simple rule: Don’t hang up. Meanwhile, the growing number of unanswered texts and calls from his wife Tracy (Lauren Holly from NCIS) leads to escalating fear and even police interference – which unwittingly puts the safe return of their daughter (Eden Cupid from Umbrella Academy) in even greater jeopardy. The world premiere will air in the spring of 2022. (The Futon Critic)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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