Hey All,
Here are the news items for this past week:
NAME CHANGE
The cable network EPIX (owned by MGM) will change its name in mid-January 2023 to MGM+. This rebranding comes following Amazon’s $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM in March. (Variety)
AND ACCOMPANYING NEWS TO NAME CHANGE
The EPIX to MGM+ name change will be timed to the season 3 premiere of the Forest Whitaker led-series Godfather of Harlem, which will be followed by a new season of the thriller series From. The network will also debut the new series Hotel Cocaine, that will be set in the 1970s and early ‘80s following the Miami drug trade; and the sequel series Belgravia: The Next Chapter, that takes place 25 years after the original series. (Variety)
RENEWAL/CANCELLATION
EPIX has pulled the plug on the Edward Burns dramedy Bridge and Tunnel after two seasons. (Variety)
Meanwhile, AMC gave Interview With the Vampire a second season renewal ahead of its series premiere. (TV Line)
ORDERED TO SERIES
Hulu has given an 8-episode limited series order to Under the Bridge, which is based on the Rebecca Godfrey novel that follows the 1997 true story of 14-year-old Reena Virk who went to join friends at a party and never returned home. (Variety)
TV DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman will team to produce the Civil War spy drama The Gray House, which has been given a 6-hour limited series order for Paramount Global. The series will focus on the unsung women who turned the tide of the American Civil War in favor of the North, including a Richmond Socialite and her daughter, a formerly enslaved African-American and a courtesan, who built the first successful female spy ring, operating right under the noses of the Confederate High Command. They risked life and liberty to help win the war and preserve American Democracy. (Deadline)
TV CASTING NEWS
Jennifer Ehle (Pride & Prejudice) is the latest addition to the cast of the Yellowstone prequel series 1923. She will play Sister Mary O’Connor, an Irish nun that teaches at the School For American Indians in Montana. (Variety)
New recurring cast members have been added to the upcoming 4th season of 9-1-1: Lone Star. Neal McDonough will be back as Sgt. Ty O’Brien, D.B. Woodside (Lucifer) will play Trevor, a wholesome, handsome, charismatic, father and preacher and Amanda Schull (Suits) will play Special Agent Rose Casey, an FBI agent investigating the members of an extremist group. (Deadline)
Alice Braga (Queen of the South) and Jimmi Simpson (Westworld and Psych) have joined the cast of the upcoming Apple series Dark Matter [not to be confused with the Syfy sci-fi series] that will star Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly. The series will follow Jason Dessen, (Edgerton) a physicist, professor and family man who – one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago – is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the multiverse of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of mind-bending realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself. Braga will play Amanda, a psychiatrist and Simpson will play Ryan, a brilliant neuroscientist and friend of Jason. (Variety)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Hugh Jackman will be back as Wolverine in Deadpool 3. (Variety)
Russell Hornsby (Grimm and The Hate U Give) will star alongside Uzo Aduba, Aunjanue Ellis and Sanaa Latha in the upcoming box office movie The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, which is based on the Edward Kelsey Moore 2013 best-selling novel. Aduba, Ellis and Lathan will play best friends dubbed “The Supremes,” who have weathered life’s storms together for two generations through marriage and children, happiness and the blues and find their paths at a crossroads that test their lifelong bond. Hornsby will play a key role in the project, but specifics on his character are being kept under wraps. (Variety)
Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Plemons and Margaret Qualley will star in the upcoming movie called And that will be directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, the filmmaker behind the dark comedies The Favourite and The Lobster. Plot details for the film have been kept under wraps. (Variety)
That’s it. Enjoy!
Rueben's Ramblings 
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