Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

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

TV CASTING NEWS

Season 3 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians will find Holt McCallany (Mindhunter and The Waterfront), Jesse L. Martin (The Irrational) and David Costabile (Billions) appearing. McCallany will have the recurring role of Titan, the Bearer of Heaven, who was condemned by Zeus to hold up the celestial heavens after the last Titan war against the Olympians. Costabile will recur as Dr. Thorn, a stern military academy headmaster who demands obedience from his students while Martin will guest star as Annabeth’s mortal dad Frederick Chase, a sometimes absentminded but truly brilliant military historian that Athena deemed worthy to parent her daughter. (Variety)

Thomas Jane (The Expanse) will play Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy in the upcoming season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. (The Hollywood Reporter)

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS

Holland Roden and Niall Matter will take on the lead roles inthe sequel love story to the 2023 Hallmark Channel movie A Biltmore Christmas with Jonathan Frakes reprising his role of Winston. The new movie will be part of 2026 Countdown to Christmas that will focus on the Biltmore House as it opens for the first time on Christmas Eve 1895. 13-year-old Elizabeth and her family are holiday guests. When she notices Michael, a fellow teen caught trespassing by the staff, Elizabeth comes to his rescue by claiming to know him, much to his relief. The two share an instant connection and set out to explore Biltmore but Michael inexplicably vanishes. Twenty years later, Elizabeth is spending Christmas at Biltmore and this time, is accompanied by James, a suitor her Aunt Maysilee is keen for her to wed. When a stranger asks Elizabeth to dance at the Christmas gala, she’s shocked to discover it’s Michael. Thrilled to reunite with her friend, she throws herself into his arms. But the world around her changes in an instant when Elizabeth is transported into the modern world with Michael, a tourist from the present day who had traveled to the past 20 years prior with the help of a magical hourglass in Biltmore’s library. Now, Elizabeth and Michael must find a way to send her back to her time, while not arousing the suspicion of Michael’s mother and sister during their family vacation. As Elizabeth experiences life and Christmas in the 21st century, she and Michael become close. When the time comes for her to return to 1915, Elizabeth must decide whether she’ll resume the life that’s been chosen for her or if her heart will lead her down a new path in the present. (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!