Hey All,
Here are the news items for the past week:
RENEWAL
EPIX has given the thriller series From a second season renewal. (TV Line)
TV CASTING NEWS
Grey’s Anatomy will welcome Jesse Williams back as Jackson and April in the long-running drama’s season finale set to air on May 26. (TV Line and Deadline)
Emily VanCamp will return to The Resident for the drama’s upcoming season finale. She will appear in several flashbacks set for the final episode set to air on FOX on May 17. (TV Line)
Idirs Elba will star in and executive produce the 7-part Apple TV+ thriller Hijack. He will play accomplished business negotiator Sam Nelson, whose fast-talking skills are called upon when a plane he is riding is hijacked. (Variety)
Matt Bomer will star in the Showtime8-episode limited series Fellow Travelers that is based on the novel by Thomas Mallon. Bomer will play handsome, charismatic Hawkins Fuller, who maintains a financially rewarding, behind-the scenes career in politics. Hawkins avoids emotional entanglements – until he meets Tim Laughlin, a young man brimming with idealism and religious faith. They begin a romance just as Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn declare war on “subversives and sexual deviants,” initiating one of the darkest periods in 20th-century American history. (Variety)
John Slattery has joined the cast of season 6 of The Good Fight on Paramount+. (The Hollywood Reporter)
ANOTHER ONE JUMPING SHIP
In a VERY surprising move, Hallmark “Queen” Candace Cameron Bure is moving to GAC Family where she signed on with that network to develop, produce and star in movies and TV. It would appear she will no longer appear in anything at Hallmark, including her long-running Aurora Teagarden Mysteries movies. (TV Line and Variety)
MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS
Taylor Cole has signed an exclusive multi-picture deal with Hallmark Channel. (TV Line)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Jason Momoa is in negotiations to star in the live-ction adaptation of Minecraft based on the popular video game, which allows players to use blocks to create structures and worlds. The game became a sensation, reaching 100 million users just a few years after launch. (The Hollywood Reporter)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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