Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:

CANCELLATIONS

After four seasons, CW has pulled the plug on Walker, which will come to an end on June 26 while the network announced a second season of the Canadian import drama Wild Cards has been ordered. (TV Line)

Max has pulled the plug on The Girls on the Bus after one season. (TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Looks like Amazon Prime is developing a sequel series to Nurse Jackie that will find original star Edie Falco returning. The series would be set 10 years after the final episode that found Jackie Peyton (Falco) clinging to life. She is now back on her feet in spite of having lost her nursing license. The continuation of her story will find her facing new dilemmas in trying to be good in a world where being bad is often not only easier, but a lot more fun. (Variety)

Marvel is working on an untitled series fo**r Disney+ that will come out in 2026 centered around the Paul Bettany character Vision, who was last seen in the WandaVision finale, when Wanda’s Vision restored the ghost Vision’s memories then Wanda allowed her Vision to fade from existence. Bettany will return for the role of ghost Vision. (Variety)

TV CASTING NEWS

Genesis Rodriguez (Man on a Ledge and The Umbrella Academy) has joined the second season of Lioness on Paramount+. She will play Captain Josephina Carrillo, a dedicated soldier with a fierce personality who is a skilled helicopter pilot. (Variety)

Holly Hunter will play the lead role in the upcoming Paramount+ series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. She will play the captain and chancellor of the Academy, presiding over both the faculty and a new class of Starfleet cadets as they learn to navigate the galaxy in the 32nd century. (Variety)

The new Netflix Nordic noir series Detective Hole will feature Tobias Santelmann (Exit and The Arctic Convoy in the lead role of Harry Hole, an obsessive but introverted homicide detective alongside Joel Kinnaman (The Suicide Squad and Altered Carbon) as Tom Waaler, a corrupt cop and Hole’s long-time nemesis within the Oslo police department. The first season of the series will be based on the Jo Nesbo novel The Devil’s Star, the fifth in his Harry Hole series. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Anna Chlumsky (Veep) has been cast in the fourth and final season of Evil, playing Ellie, a guest at the Bouchards’ house for a wake, where she befriends a grieving Kristen (series lead Katja Herbers). Also joining the cast are Nate Corddry (Sugar) and Tony Award winner Christian Borle. (TV Line)

Paramount+ with Showtime is behind the upcoming 10-episode prequel series Dexter: Original Sin that will star Patrick Gibson (Shadow and Bone) as a young Dexter Morgan with Christian Slater (Mr. Robot) playing Dexter’s adoptive dad, homicide detective Harry MOrgan and Molly Brown (Billions) playing Dexter’s sister Debra. The series will be set in 1991 Miami, 15 years before the original series, as Dexter transitions from student to avenging serial killer. (TV Line)

Jeffrey Wright has joined the cast of the second season of The Last of Us, playing Isaac, the quietly powerful leader of a large militia group who sought liberty but instead has become mired in an endless war against a surprisingly resourceful enemy. (TV Line)

The upcoming Netflix series Death by Lighting, about the rise and eventual assassination of the U.S. President James Garfield, has added Bradley Whitford, Shea Whigham, Paula Malcomson and Tuppence Middleton to its cast. The series brings to life the epic and stranger-than-fiction true story of James Garfield (Michael Shannon), reluctant 20th president of the United States, and his greatest admirer Charles Guiteau (Matthew Macfadyen) — the man who would come to kill him. (Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Mark Ruffalo is in talks to star alongside his Marvel co-star Chris Hemsworth in the film adaptation of Crime 101, based on the novella by Don Winslow. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the original story follows high-level jewel thefts that are taking place up and down the Pacific Coast, which police have linked to Colombian cartels. (Deadline)

Rupert Friend (Homeland and Pride & Prejudice) will star alongside Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (The Lincoln Lawyer), Scarlett Johansson and Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey in the all-new Jurassic World feature film. Plot details are being kept under wraps, though. (The Hollywood Reporter)

The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby will appear alongside Jennifer Jason Leigh, Randall Park, Michael Kelly and Stephan James in the upcoming feature film Night Always Comes that will follow Lynette, a woman who risks everything to secure a future for herself and her brother by setting out on a dangerous odyssey in Portland, in doing so confronting her own dark past over one propulsive night. (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!