Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for this past week:

RENEWAL/CANCELLATION

NBC has given The Blacklist a 10th season renewal. (TV Line)

Netflix has pulled the plug on the sci-fi Katee Sackhoff-led series Another Life after two seasons. (TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

An Outlander prequel series is in development at Starz with current executive producer and showrunner Matthew B. Roberts attached to write and executive producer. There are no specific plot details for the prequel just yet. (Variety)

TV CASTING NEWS

Dan Stevens (Legion and Downton Abbey) will star in the Hulu limited series Immigrant [which is the working title] that will tell the true story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee (Kumail Nanjiani from The Big Sick and Eternals), the Indian-American entrepreneur who started Chippendales. The series will detail the insane, darkly comedic, crime-ridden story behind the unique male revue that became a cultural phenomenon. Stevens will play Paul Snider, a hustler and serial schmoozer, who stumbles upon the opportunity of a lifetime in the form of Banerjee and his struggling LA backgammon club. Through their unlikely partnership, the iconic male stripping institution Chippendales is born. (Deadline)

Lyric Ross (This Is Us) has joined the cast of the Disney+ series Ironheart, joining Dominique Thorne (If Beale Street Could Talk) and Anthony Ramos (Hamilton and In the Heights). Throne will play Riri Williams, a brilliant teenage inventor who builds her own version of the Iron Man suit in an MIT dorm. Ross will play Williams’ best friend. While the character that Ramos will play is being kept under wraps, it is believed he will play the villain. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Ashley Reyes (American Gods and How I Met Your Father) will join the cast of The CW series Walker as Walker’s new partner Cassie Perez, a Texas Ranger who previously served as a Texas state trooper for eight years. (Deadline and TV Line)

Emma Rossum (Shameless and The Day After Tomorrow) will star opposite Tom Holland (Spider-Man and Uncharted) and Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia and The Dropout) in the Apple anthology series The Crowded Room that will explore inspirational stories of those who have struggled with mental illness and learned to live successfully with it. The cast will also include Emma Laird (Mayor of Kingstown) and Sasha Lane (Loki). (TV Insider and Deadline)

FILM NEWS

Social media influencer and lead of the recent Netflix flick He’s All That (the sequel of sorts to the box office hit She’s All That) Addison Rae will star in the film Fashionista. Details on the movie, however, are being kept under wraps. (Deadline)

Simu Liu (Shang-Chi And the Legend Of The Ten Rings) will star alongside Sam Worthingon, Jordana Brewster, Robbie Amell and Alicia Sanz in the thriller film Hello Stranger that will follow Faye, a woman who attempts to replace her newly deceased husband, Evan, with an android simulant (SIM). Although SIM Evan appears like human Evan in every way, Faye does not feel the same love for SIM Evan as it does for her. SIM Evan tries to win Faye back while at the same time being on-the-run from a government agent chasing down SIMs who have become “conscious” and could potentially be a threat to humankind. (Deadline)

That’s it. Enjoy!