Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:

ANNOUNCEMENT

SAG-AFTRA has gone on strike, joining the WGA in their 3-month-plus-long strike against the studios.

TV VIEWING

ABC will debut the full season of the Disney+ Marvel-based series Ms. Marvel this summer. The first 3 episodes will air on August 5 and the final 3 episodes on August 6, running from 8 PM to 11 PM each night. (Laughing Place and TheDirect.com)

BOX OFFICE CASTING NEWS

Additional cast members have been added to the box office movie Superman: Legacy that will star David Corenswet as Superman and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane. Castle and The Rookie star Nathan Fillion will play Guy Gardner, one of the figures known as Green Lantern, Isabela Merced from Dora and the Lost City of Gold will play Hawkgirl and Edi Gathegi from X-Men: First Class will play Mister Terrific. Also Anthony Carrigan (Barry) will play Metamorpho, whose alter ego is the archeologist Rex Mason. (Variety)

Sarah Desjardins, who plays Melanie Lynskey’s character’s daughter in Yellowjackets and Cameron Monaghan from Shameless have both joined the cast of Tron: Ares that will feature Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Greta Lee and Jared Leto. Details on what character either will play are being kept under wraps. (Deadline)

TV CASTING NEWS

Current Grantchester series lead Tom Brittney is leaving the show after its upcoming 9th sason. English actor Rishi Nair from the British soap Hollyoaks, in his breakout role in America, will take over as the new vicar, Alphy Kotteram. (TV Line)

Nathan Lane will not appear in the 3rd season of the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building. (Deadline and TV Line)

That’s it. Enjoy!