Hey All,
Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:
RENEWALS/CANCELLATION
NBC has pulled the plug on the Quantum Leap reboot series after two seasons. (Deadline and TV Line)
ABC has given Grey’s Anatomy a renewal for its 21st season while transplant series 9-1-1 has been renewed for an 8th season and Will Trent has been renewed for a 3rd season. (TV Line)
TV CASTING NEWS
Rome Flynn who joined Chicago Fire at the start of its current season in January has exited after only 6 episodes. It’s currently unclear whether he will return down the road, though. (TV Line)
Emmy winner and Academy Award nominee, and former inmate in the college scandal, Felicity Huffman will guest star during the upcoming season of Criminal Minds: Evolution on Paramount+, playing Dr. Jill Gideon, a brilliant biological psychiatrist who winds up helping the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit investigate a murderous conspiracy theory. Jill is reluctant to assist the BAU, given her complicated history with both David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and her late ex-husband, Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), but she comes to realize that her skill set could help them uncover another clue to the elusive Gold Star mystery. (TV Line)
New cast members have been announced for season 4 of The Witcher that will find Liam Hemsworth taking over the lead role from Henry Cavill. Those new members are Sharlto Copley will play the infamous bounty hunter Leo Bonhart; James Purefoy will play Skellen, a high-ranking spy and court advisor to Emhyr who is also a prominent figure in the novels and Danny Woodburn will play Zoltan, a fan favorite dwarf character. (Variety)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman will star in the upcoming box office movie The Roses, a reimagining of the 1989 classic The War of the Roses. The dark comedy, based on the novel by Warren Adler, follows picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman), who have successful careers, great kids and an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentment that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down. (Variety)
Halle Bailey (The Little Mermaid and The Color Purple) will star in the upcoming untitled Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry project that will co-star Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Da’Vine Joy Randolph in this coming-of-age musical set in Virginia Beach in the summer of 1977. (Variety)
Emmy and Golden Globe winner Julia Garner has joined the cast of the upcoming The Fantastic Four reboot, playing Shalla-Bal, a version of Silver Surfer from the Marvel comics. (Variety)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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