Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for this past week:

RENEWAL/CANCELLATIONS

Peacock has renewed the Natasha Lyonne-led mystery series Poker Face for a second season. (TV Line)

CBS/Paramount+ has made it official that Blood & Treasure will not be returning for a third season. (TV Line)

Disney+ has pulled the plug on both dramas Big Shot and The Mighty Ducks: Game Changer. (TV Line)

Outer Banks has been renewed for Season 4 at Netflix. (TV Line)

IN DEVELOPMENT

Veteran producers Amy Holden Jones (The Resident) and Matt Nix (Burn Notice) are teaming up on a new drama project at FOX. The series, Archie & Peter, will be a buddy-cop drama, which will follow an explosive, rule-breaking, fearless female detective with no filter who enlists the help of a polite and gentle brainiac who studies the biology of evil to solve cases for the Los Angeles Violent Crimes Unit. (The Hollywood Reporter)

TV CASTING NEWS

Rhenzy Feliz (The Runaways) has joined the ccast of the HBO Max series The Penguin that will find Colin Farrell reprising his role as Oswald “The Penguin” Cobblepot. Details on what character he will play is being kept under wraps though. It is believed the series will take place in the immediate aftermath of the events of the box office movie The Batman. (Variety)

HBO Max has also ordered the drama series Duster from J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan that will star Josh Holloway (Lost) and Rachel Hilson (This Is Us). The eight-episode series is set in 1972 and will focus on the first Black female FBI agent (Hilson) as she heads to the Southwest and recruits a gutsy getaway driver (Holloway) in a bold effort to take down a growing crime syndicate. The cast will also include Keith David, Greg Grunberg and Camille Guaty. (Variety)

Brandon Routh (Legends of Tomorrow and The Rookie) will guest star in an upcoming episode of the Quantum Leap reboot, playing Alexander Augustine, the father of Addison (series regular) Caitlin Bassett’s Addison. (IGN and Cinema Blend)

Barry Pepper has landed a role in the upcoming Bass Reeves series at Paramount+ that stars David Oyelowo in the lead role. The series is based on the true story of the titular lawman, the greatest frontier hero in American history, who worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever being wounded. Pepper will play Esau Pierce, the leader of the 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles and a battle tested warrior himself. Dennis Quaid will also star in the show from Taylor Sheridan. (Variety)

Briana Middleton (who appeared in the film The Tendar Bar and the new film Sharper) has landed the lead in the Apple series adaptation of the film Metropolis from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail. Inspired by the 1927 Fritz Lang sci-fi film, Middleton will play the role of Finnie Polito. Exact plot details of the series are being kept under wraps, though. (Variety)

BOX OFFICE MOVIE NEWS

Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians), Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Sam Neill (Jurassic Park franchise) and Daniela Melchior (Suicide Squad) will star in the upcoming action thriller Assassin Club that follows an assassin (Golding) who is given a contract to kill seven people around the world only to discover the targets are also assassins who have been hired to kill him. (Deadline)

Film legend Vanessa Redgrave and Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) will star in the family feature film The Boy at the Back of the Class based on the acclaimed children’s book, which centers on a mysterious new boy called Ahmet who joins nine-year-old Alexa’s school. As Alexa learns that he is a refugee, separated from his family, she will do anything she can to help. With the adults out of the way, Alexa and her school friends come up with a daring plan to reunite Ahmet with his family – the start of an adventure that will take them all the way to Buckingham Palace. (Variety)

It look slike a live-action adaptation of the animated film franchise How to Train Your Dragon will be hitting theaters in 2025. The Oscar-nominated film took place in the mythical Viking village of Berk, following the adventures of a misfit teen named Hiccup who befriends an injured dragon he calls Toothless. (Variety)

Kiefer Sutherland (24) is set to star in the action-thriller The Winter Kills. He will portray a disgraced cop pursuing the serial killer who murdered his partner ten years ago — and has resurfaced to kill again. (Deadline)

The recent movie Plane, that starred Gerard Butler and Evil’s Mike Colter, will be getting a sequel. Ship will find Colter back as accused murderer Louis Gaspare; and the action will pick up where Gaspare’s storyline left off in Plane: with the legionnaire disappearing into the jungles of Jolo Island. It’s not yet clear whether Butler will return for the next film, though. (Variety)

Emma Corrin (The Crown and My Policeman) will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in the next installment of Deadpool opposite Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. The exact role she will be playing hasn’t been announced, but it is expected that she will play the villain. (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!