Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:

RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS

Netflix has given the drama The Night Agent a third season renewal. Season two has yet to air, but is anticipated to air sometime in early 2025. (TV Line)

Meanwhile, Netflix has pulled the plug on the Jeff Goldbum-led series KAOS after only one season. (TV Line)

Netflix has also given a third season renewal to The Diplomat, which will premiere its second season at the end of this month. (Variety and TV Line)

And, Netflix has also given a second season renewal to the rom-com Nobody Wants This, which stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. (TV Line)

Amazon Prime has renewed Reacher for a 4th season ahead of the upcoming season 3 which will premiere sometime next year. (TV Line)

Starz has cancelled the historical drama The Serpent Queen after two seasons. (Deadline and TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

While Starz has pulled the plug on The Serpent Queen, the cabler is developing a spin-off series that will be centered around Queen Elizabeth I, who was played by Minnie Driver. She is expected to reprise her role should the series move forward. (Deadline and TV Line)

TV CASTING NEWS

Amber Midthunder has joined the second season of the Apple TV+ drama Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, where she will play Isabel, an intelligent and powerful businesswoman. (Variety)

Alice Braga, Scoot McNairy and Paul Ben-Victor have joined the cast of the Netflix series adaptation of Man on Fire based on the novels by A.J. Quinnell (which served as the source material for the Denzel Washington flick). This small screen version will center on John Creasy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II from the Aquaman franchise), a former special forces mercenary now suffering intense PTSD. Determined to overcome his personal demons, he sets out on a path to redemption. But before he can adjust to this new life, he finds himself back in the fire, fighting harder than ever. Braga will play Valeria Melo, a professional driver with family connections to a gang that runs a favela in Brazil. Creasy hires her and quickly comes to rely on her as he tries to protect a young girl while pursuing terrorists. McNairy will play Henry Tappan, an intelligent and calculating CIA field agent stationed in Brazil. Ben-Victor will play Moncrief, the director of the CIA. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Aaron Pierre (recently seen in the Netflix movie Rebel Ridge) has joined the HBO TV series Lanterns where he will star alongside Kyle Chandler. Pierre will play John Stewart while Chandler will play Hal Jordan. The series will follow new recruit John Stewart and legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland. (TV Line)

Looks like the BBC will return to the Pride and Prejudice universe with a new spin-off drama about Lizzy Bennet’s sister. The series, The Other Bennet Sister, will focus on Mary Bennet, Lizzy’s unassuming and oft-overlooked middle sibling, and will be based on the Janice Hadlow novel; in which Mary finally gets to experience an epic love story of her own, as she travels from the safety and claustrophobia of her family home in Meryton to the glitz of Regency London and the pastoral charm of the Lake District as she searches for independence, romance and acceptance. Casting has yet to be announced. (Variety)

Alicia Silverstone will star in and executive produce the new AMC and Acorn TV series Irish Blood, a murder-mystery drama where she will play Fiona Sharpe, a Los Angeles divorce lawyer who receives a letter from her estranged father and travels to Ireland to uncover the mystery of his disappearance. The cast will incldue Wendy Crewson, Jason O’Mara and Simone Kirby [among others]. (The Hollywood Reporter)

BROADWAY NEWS

Recent Tony winner Jonathan Groff will star in Just In Time, a new musical about the life and times of singer Bobby Darin that will chart the great American entertainer’s meteoric journey — from soaring highs to crushing lows, whose short but remarkable life took him from teen idol to global sensation, inspiring generations of performers who followed. Darin passed away in 1973 at age 37 due to complications from open heart surgery. (Variety)

BOX OFFICE MOVIE NEWS

Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried will star in the film adaptation of The Housemaid based on the popular novel by Freida McFadden that will find Sweeney playing Millie, a struggling young woman who is relieved to get a fresh start as a housemaid to wealthy couple Nina (Seyfried) and Andrew, but Millie soon learns the family’s secrets are far more dangerous than her own. (Variety)

Henry Cavil will star in the live-action film Voltron based on the TV franchise that follows a team of space explorers who pilot a giant super robot. Plot details are being kept tightly under wraps at this time. (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!