Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:

RENEWALS/CANCELLATION

Disney+ has renewed Percy Jackson and the Olympians for a third season in advance of the upcoming premiere of season two which is tentatively expected to air this December. (Variety)

Amazon Prime has pulled the plug on the small screen adaptation of Cruel Intentions after only one season. (TV Line)

Paramount+ has given a second season renewal to Landman. (TV Line)

Hallmark+ has given a second season renewal to Mistletoe Murders. (TV Line)

TV CASTING NEWS

Jason Ritter, who is currently starring in TV’s reboot of Matlock, has joined the cast of the upcoming HBO series Lanterns that will star Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as intergalactic heroes who wear rings that give them extraordinary powers. Ritter will play Billy Macon, son of William Macon, who will be played by Garret Dillahunt (Deadwood and High Potential). (ComicBook.com)

Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Cody Kearsley (Riverdale) will have recurring roles in the upcoming 7th season of Netflix’s Virgin River. Canning will play Victoria, an ex-cop who was shot in the line of duty and is now working for the state medical board as an investigator. While Kearsley will play Clay, the kind of guy that gets noticed when he enters a room, who has experience working the rodeo circuit and grew up in the foster care system with his younger sister, whom he hasn’t seen since he was a teenager; he’s been looking for her ever since. (Deadline)

Franka Potente (Run Lola Run, the Bourne movie franchise) has joined the cast of Dark Winds in a key guest role, which has yet to be announced. (Deadline)

Alan Tudyk went on record at Emerald City Comic Con 2025 that his Firefly co-star Jewel Statie will be appearing in season 4 of Resident Alien, but no other details have been released. (PopVerse.com)

Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate and Matador) has joined season two of the Amazon Prime series The Terminal List in the recurring role of Freddy Strain, a former SEAL Team 6 Senior Chief and current officer with CIA’s Ground Branch, who is a man of two worlds – equal parts elite sniper and dedicated family man. (Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

The new, upcoming Catherine Hardwick directed movie Street Smart has added Skeet Ulrich (Scream and Jericho), Skylar Astin (So Help Me Todd and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist), Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Sally Struthers (All in the Family), Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River and So Help Me Todd) and Tyson Ritter (lead singer of the All-American Rejects and TV’s Preacher) to its cast. The movie will offer a gripping look into the lives of a lively group of unhoused young adults in the iconic beach town of Venice, CA. They come together with humor and a bit of Robin Hood-style larceny, forging unbreakable bonds and redefining what it means to be a family. The cast already includes Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), Yara Shahidi (black-ish), Harvey Guillen (What We Do in the Shadows) [among others]. (Deadline)

Kate Beckinsale (Underwrodl and Lewis Tan (Cobra Kai) will appear in the upcoming box office movie Lioness that will be about an ex-black ops team who reunite to pull off a desperate heist to save the life of their leader’s (Beckinsale) eight-year-old daughter. (Deadline)

Isabel May (1883) is in negotiations to join David Corenswet (the upcoming Superman movie) in the football drama flick Mr. Irrelevant that will focus on John Tuggle, who was given the title after being the last pick of the last round of the 1983 NFL draft. The film will tell the inspiring and heartfelt true story of Tuggle, drafted by the New York Giants and his enduring impact on his team and teammates. (Deadline)

Stranger Things alum Sadie Sink has been cast in Spider-Man 4, but it is unclear who she will play in the film just yet, but it’s rumored she could possibly play X-Men mutant Jean Gray. (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!