Hey All,
Here are the news items for this past week:
DISAPPOINTING TV NEWS
It looks like, despite how great it would be, that Scott Bakula has decided to not be involved in the Quantum Leap reboot – at all. Oh boy! (TV Line)
SERIES ORDER NEWS
It looks like Amazon has given an order for a new live-action limited series Blade Runner 2099 with Ridley Scott on board as an executive producer. (TV Line)
NOT MOVING FORWARD
The small screen adaptation of Constantine that was being developed by J.J. Abrams for HBO Max is now dead. [See more below about Constantine the movie.] (Variety)
TV CASTING NEWS
Brandon Sklenar (Westworld and The Offer) has joined the cast of the Yellowstone spin-off series 1923. He will play Spencer, the nephew of Jacob Dutton (Harrison Ford) and the brother to John Sr. (James Badge Dale). (TV Line)
Dennis Quaid has joined the cast of the HBO Max series Full Circle that already includes among its cast the likes of Claire Danes, Zazie Beetz, and Timothy Olyphant. The 6-episode series will follow an investigation into a botched kidnapping that uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City. Character details are currently being kept under wraps. (Variety)
Demi Moore will appear in season 2 of Feud on FX that will tell the true story of how Truman Capote was friends with numerous members of New York high society until he published excerpts of his unfinished novel “Answered Prayers,” with the excerpts serving as a tell-all about the city’s elite. It is being reported that Moore is expected to star as socialite Ann Woodward, a former showgirl and radio actress who was infamously accused of murdering her husband in 1955. (Variety)
Manny Jacinto (The Good Place) is expected to join Amandla Stenberg, Jodie Turner-Smith and Lee Jung-jae in the upcoming Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte. (Variety)
Shaun Sipos (Outer Range) has joined season 2 of Reacher on Amazon, playing David O’Donnell, the member of Reacher’s old 110th MP unit. (TV Line)
Bridgerton hunk Rege-Jean Page and Top Gun Maverick alum Glen Powell will star in the small screen adaptation of Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps, though. (Variety)
The Peacock detective series Poker Face has added to its cast. Brandon Michael Hall (God Friended Me), Colton Ryan (The Girl From Plainville) and Megan Suri (Never Have I Ever) will appear in the series that will star Natasha Lyonne in the lead role. Character details are being kept under wraps, but the expansive cast will include Adrien Brody, Chloë Sevigny, Clea DuVall, Ellen Barkin, Jameela Jamil, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judith Light, Lil Rel Howery, Luis Guzmán, Nick Nolte, Ron Perlman, among many others. (Variety)
Disney+ has another new series in the works. This time is a small screen adaptation of Spiderwick Chronicles that already includes Christian Slater and Joy Bryant as cast members. The latest cast to be added is Mychala Lee (the Netflix movie End of the Road and Truth Be Told). Based on the book series by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, the series follows a family who leaves New York for Michigan, moving into their run-down ancestral home: The Spiderwick Estate. Lee will play Mallory, the sister of two brothers Jared and Simon, and the daughter of Bryant’s character. (Variety)
Chad L. Coleman (The Orville) has joined the cast of the upcoming 3rd season of Superman & Lois, playing infamous DC baddie Bruno Mannheim, a philanthropist who’s revived the struggling neighborhoods of the city. For years, Lois Lane (series lead Elizabeth Tulloch) has worked to prove that behind that facade is a career criminal and the head of the notorious organization Intergang. (TV Line)
Rodrigo Santoro has joined the cast of the upcoming Paramount+ series Wolf Pack (a sequel-of-sorts to the MTV thriller series Teen Wolf) that boasts Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy herself) as part of the cast. The show follows two teens whose lives are changed when a California wildfire awakens a supernatural creature. Santoro will play Garrett Briggs, am Angeles park ranger dedicated to protecting the environment, and adoptive father to the remarkable teenagers. (Variety)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
The 1985 best-selling memoir Elvis and Me by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley will be coming to the big screen with Cailee Spaeny (Mare of Eastown) and Jacob Elordi (Euphoria) playing the title roles. (Variety)
It looks like Keanu Reeves will be back as Constantine in a sequel to the 2005 supernatural action film that will find director Francis Lawrence back at the helm. (Variety)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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