Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for the past two holiday weeks:

ORDERED TO SERIES

NBC has given a series order to the new drama The Irrational, which is based on the best-selling novel by Dan Arielsy. The series will star The Flash and Law & Order alum Jesse L. Martin as a world-famous behaviorist who helps corporations, governments, and law-enforcement using his unique understanding of human behavior. While that description sounds like fellow superhero alum Tim Roth’s Lie to Me, well, that show has been off the air for awhile, and Martin is one of the easiest actors to root for in Hollywood. (Deadline and Giant Freakin Robot)

TV CASTING NEWS

Jason Ritter will appear in one episode of the upcoming second season of the Showtime drama Yellowjackets, starring opposite his wife Melanie Lynskey. (Variety)

T.V. Carpio (The Rookie and Big Sky) will have a recurring role in Chicago Med, playing Dr. Grace Song, who is hired by Jack Dayton (Sasha Roiz), who bought a controlling interest in Gaffney Medical Group. (Deadline and TV Line)

Jake Weber (Medium and Star Trek: Discovery) has joined the cast of the second season of NCIS: Hawai’i, playing Jim Carter, a former NCIS agent who is now head of security for a university. (TV Line and Digital Spy)

Broadway star and Tony winner Patti LuPone has joined the cast of the upcoming Disney+ series Agatha: Coven of Chaos that will find Kathryn Hahn reprising her role of Agatha from WandaVision. LuPone’s role is being kept under wraps, but it is believed she will be playing a witch. (Deadline)

Lyndsy Fonseca will be back on 9-1-1: Lone Star, reprising her role of Iris Blake, the sister of former series alum Liv Tyler, who played Michelle Blake. (TV Line)

Joely Richardson will appear in the upcoming drama adaptation of the best-seller “One Day” by David Nicholls, which will focus around the on/off relationship between Emma and Dexter, told in annual installments on the same day each year after Emma and Dexter first meet at a university graduation. (Variety)

MOVIE NEWS

X-Men franchise alum Famke Janssen and Rose Williams (Sanditon) will star in the Netflix contemporary psychological thriller Locked In, which pits the unhappy newlywed Lina (Williams) against her brittle, damaged mother-in-law, Katherine (Janssen). An affair sets Lina onto a journey of secrecy, betrayal and murder — and a plot to seemingly destroy her. But who is the real victim, and who can she truly trust? Monarch and Pushing Daisies star Anna Friel is also part of the cast. (Deadline)

Bridget Regan (Jane the Virgin, The Last Ship and Legend of the Seeker) will star in the psychological drama Canvas that tells the story of two estranged sisters named Marissa Hale and Eve Hale (to be played respectively by Regan and Joanne Kelly of Warehouse 13 fame). (Deadline and Digital Spy)

Adam Rodriguez (CSI: Miami) will star alongside Jenna Ortega and Percy Hynes White (both from the Netflix thriller Wednesday) in the romantic drama Winter Spring Summer or Fall, which is being described as Before Sunrise meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower. The movie tells the story of two teens (Ortega and Hynes White) on the cusp of adulthood who meet and fall in love over four significant days of the year. Rodriguez will play Ortega’s father. (Deadline)

That’s it. Enjoy! Happy Holidays!!