Rueben's Ramblings

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Here are the latest entertainment news items for this past week:

RENEWALS

Netflix has renewed Sweet Magnolias for a fourth season. (TV Line)

Amazon Prime has given the spin-off series Gen V a second season renewal. (TV Line)

It was recently announced by CBS that they will continue to air episodes of Yellowstone on Sunday nights, moving forward with season 2 in light of the ongoing strike by actors. (The Hollywood Reporter)

TV SERIES NEWS

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, the Canadian spin-off, has announced its series regular cast, which includes Aden Young (Rectify), Kathleen Munroe (FBI), Karen Robinson (Frankie Drake Mysteries) and K.C. Collins (Lost Girl and The Cleaning Lady). The show will also feature Nicola Correia-Damude (The Boys and Burden of Truth). The 10-episode series will follow a familiar format as an elite squad of detectives investigate high-profile crime and corruption in Toronto. (Variety and TV Line)

Heroes alum Zachary Quinto will star in the new medical drama Dr. Wolf, which has be given a series order by NBC. He will play Oliver Wolf, a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist, who with his team of interns explore the last great frontier — the human mind — while also grappling with their own relationships and mental health. The cast also includes Teddy Sears (The Flash), Tamberla Perry (All American: Homecoming), Ashleigh LaThrop (The Kominsky Method), Alexander MacNicoll (Barry), Aury Krebs (Way Down) and Spence Moore II (The Wonder Years and grown-ish). (TV Line)

TV MOVIE NEWS

Peacock shared that discussions are continuing to bring Shawn and Gus (James Roday and Dule Hill respectively) back for a 4th Psych movie. (TV Line)

MOVIE NEWS

Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa and Gerard Butler will star in the crime thriller flick In the Hand of Dante, which will be based on the novel by author Nick Tosches. It will follow the story of the original manuscript for The Divine Comedy emerging in the clutches of a black-market smuggling ring in the dangerous underbelly of New York City, and weary scholar Nick is called by the mob to authenticate it. Overwhelmed by temptation, Nick defies the mafia and steals the manuscript in a frenzied bid to have it all. He follows a dark and violent path from a metaphorical Hell into Paradise with his love Giulietta, while a parallel tale unfolds: the odyssey of Dante himself, a man who is trapped in a loveless marriage with Gemma and bolstered only by his mentorship under an austere intellectual. He escapes to Sicily and creates his greatest work, immortalizing his lost love, Beatrice.   Nick and Dante’s timelines weave separate paths, and yet the two men are inextricably linked — both lose themselves chasing love, beauty and the very promise of the divine.  (Deadline)

Emily Blunt will star in a yet untitled movie as pioneering female detective Kate Warne. This proclaimed “propulsive action thriller” will center around a real-life Sherlock Holmes-esque character. Warne was the first female detective at the Pinkerton agency and paved the way for future women in law enforcement and forever changed how detective work was done. (Variety)

Pierce Brosnan and Samuel L. Jackson will star in the western-themed flick Unholy Trinity, which is being described as a tale of revenge, dark secrets, and buried treasures, set against the turbulent backdrop of 1870s Montana. (Deadline)

Wednesday scene stealer Emma Myers (who plays Enid in the Netflix series) will star as Pip in the upcoming box office movie A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, which is based on the best-selling book series by author Holly Jackson’s. The franchise tells the story of 17-year-old Pip, who finds herself drawn into a murder investigation when she begins to suspect the police have got the wrong man. (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!