Hey All,
Here are the news items for this past week:
RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS
Netflix has renewed Lincoln Lawyer for a second season. (TV Line)
The Hallmark Channel has given When Calls the Heart at 10th season renewal. (Hallmark Channel Press Release)
Snowpiercer will come to an end on TNT after its upcoming 4th season. There is no official air date for that final season just yet. (TV Line)
TV CASTING NEWS
Mehcad Brooks (Supergirl) will play a detective in the reboot of Law & Order this fall, but no details have been revealed about who that character will be. (TV Line)
Peyton List (Cobra Kai) will star in the 8-episode Paramount+ young adult drama School Spirits, which is based on the graphic novel by Nate and Megan Trinrud and Maria Nguyen, that revolves around a teen who is stuck in the afterlife who decides to investigate her mysterious disappearance alongside a group of other students who are also stuck in limbo at their high school. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Carlos Valdes (The Flash) will star opposite Mae Whitman (Good Girls) in the upcoming Hulu 8-episode musical romantic comedy Up Here that will be set in the waning days of 1999 in New York City, following the extraordinary story of one ordinary couple, as they fall in love – and discover that the single greatest obstacle to finding happiness together might just be themselves – and the treacherous world of memories, obsessions, fears, and fantasies that lives inside their heads. (Variety)
Alyssa Milano (the original Charmed) will write and executive produce a series adaptation of the Peter Bognanni book Things I’m Seeing Without You for A+E Studios. In the show, 16-year-old Tess talks to Jonah every day; through texts, tweets and emails. So when she discovers he has committed suicide, her world implodes. Feeling heartbroken and traumatized, Tess unexpectedly finds herself living with her estranged father, Duncan, wondering how well she knew the boy she called her boyfriend. Now struggling with questions about life and loss, this complicated teenager and her less complicated father come together, trying to learn what it means to love someone, to lose someone and to wade through the beautiful/strange agony of the aftermath. (Variety)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Viola Davis will play Michael Jordan’s mother in the upcoming Nike biopic at Amazon that will also star Chris Tucker, Marlon Wayans, Jason Bateman, Chris Messina and Julius Tennon. (Deadline and Yahoo News)
That’s it. Enjoy!
Rueben's Ramblings 
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