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Here are the news items, few though they may be, for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Michael Raymond-James (True Blood and the short-lived Terriers) is joining the cast of the second season of Once Upon a Time, but it would seem his role is being kept under wraps right now. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Josh Stewart, who has a role in The Dark Knight Rises and appeared in the short-lived No Ordinary Family will be showing up on an episode of Grimm. He will play Bill, a middle-class guy who moonlights as a Badger-esque creature called a Drang-Zorn. He will show up in episode 7 of the second season. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actress Odette Annable (House) has landed a a multi-episode arc on Banshee, the upcoming new drama to air on Cinemax. Banshee centers on Lucas (Anthony Starr), an ex-convict and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Penn, and continues to carry out his criminal activities even as shadowy gangsters hunt him. Annable will play a beautiful Native American assassin with a murky past. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

The six-episode Canadian series Bomb Girls will debut on ReelzChannel starting on September 11 at 10 PM. The series is a period drama about a group of women who risk their lives in a munitions factory in support of the European front during World War II that stars Jodi Balfour, Meg Tilly, Peter Outerbridge (Nikita) and Sebastian Pigott (Being Erica). (The Futon Critic)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here are the top 10 box office movies for this past weekend courtesy of Exhibitor Relations:

1. The Dark Knight Rises, $36.4 million
2. Total Recall, $26 million
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, $14.7 million
4. Ice Age: Contiental Drift, $8.4 million
5. The Watch, $6.4 million
6. Ted, $5.5 million
7. Step Up Revolution, $5.3 million
8. The Amazing Spider-Man, $4.3 million
9. Brave, $2.9 million
10. Magic Mike, $1.4 million

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Anna Chlumsky (Veep), Broadway actor Raul Esparza and TV vet Roger Bart (Revenge and Political Animals) will all appear in the same upcoming episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the fall. Chlumsky will play the author of a best-selling erotic novel (think “50 Shades of Grey”) who accuses a high-profile talk show host (Bart) of a brutal rape. However, the SVU squad gets suspicious when they discover her account of the rape mimics the chapters in her book. The squad, along with the DA’s office (Esparza), also struggles to keep the case from turning into a media frenzy. The long-running series will be back on NBC on September 26. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

Actor turned director Peter Horton (thirtysomething) will appear in an upcoming episode of CSI: NY this October, playing a California-based FBI agent who once dated Jo (Sela Ward). While visiting New York, his character will reconnect with Jo and help her and Mac (Gary Sinise) with a case that concludes in the City by the Bay. (William Keck at TV Guide)

Irish actor Colin O’Donoghue (The Tudors and The Rite) will appear in the potentially recurring role of Captain Hook on Once Upon a Time. He will first appear in the fourth episode of the new season that is set to start on September 30 on ABC. (TV Overmind)

Actress Annie Parisse (Person of Interest) has joined the cast of the FOX mid-season drama The Following that will star Kevin Bacon as ex-FBI agent Ryan Hardy, who leads the search to catch diabolical serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) who has created a cult of serial killers. Parisse will play Debra Parker, an FBI specialist brought in to lead the investigation of Joe Carroll and his followers. She succeeds actress Jeananne Goossen (Alcatraz) in the pilot as the role has been reworked and recast. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Syfy has been busy this week, finalizing a deal with filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan and TV producer Marti Noxon (Buffy, the Vampire Slayer) and handing out a pilot order to Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) and veteran producer Robert Halmi, Sr. The first project: Proof (Shyamalan and Noxon) which will follow what happens to the son of a billionaire tech genius after the tragic accident that causes the death of his parents, offering a large reward for anyone who can find proof of life after death. Meanwhile, the Halmi-Fuller project is an adaptation of the John Christopher cult 1969 young adult sci-fi novel The Lotus Caves that will be called High Moon. The story behind this pilot is a future where the countries of Earth have established colonies to mine the Moon’s resources. When a new life form is discovered, chaos erupts as various factions race to uncover and exploit its powerful secrets. (The Futon Critic and Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Diane Kruger (National Treasure) will play Sarah Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s step-mother in the next film about the 16th US President called The Green Blade Rises. This version tells the story of America’s greatest hero, the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him forever and the two women who guided him to immortality. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

Actress Octavia Spencer (The Help) has joined the cast of the romantic comedy called Baggage Claim that will star Paula Patton as a flight attendant who is the oldest unmarried gal in her family, who sets her sights on finding a groom before her sister gets hitched in 30 days. (Vulture and Dark Horizons)

Actor Jason Clarke (Lawless and The Chicago Code) has joined the cast of the upcoming thriller called White House Down. He will play Stenz, the leader of the mercenaries who break into the Executive Mansion. Among the cast are Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx and Maggie Gyllenhaal. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)

Director Shana Faete (who directed last year’s Country Strong) is in talks to direct a remake the classic 80’s film Endless Love, which was based on the novel of the same name by Scott Spencer that made Brooke Shields a star. (The Hollywood Reporter and First Showing)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Caroline Dhavernas (Wonderfalls and Off the Map) has joined the cast of the upcoming NBC thriller series Hannibal based on the legendary character Hannibal Lechter from the Thomas Harris novels. She will play Dr. Alana “Al” Bloom, a psychiatric protégé of Hannibal Lecter’s who teaches psychology at Georgetown University and is consulting with the FBI on criminal profiling when she introduces her mentor Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne). Hannibal is slated to air mid-season and is executive produced by Bryan Fuller, who created Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies. (Kimberly Roots at TV Line)

Actor Elyes Gabel (Game of Thrones) has joined one of the new roles on Body of Proof. He will play Det. Adam Schaeffer, a newly minted detective and partner to Det. Tommy Sullivan (newly announced series regular Mark Valley of Human Target fame). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Jay Hernandez (Six Degrees) has joined the cast of this fall’s new ABC drama Last Resort. He will appear as Paul Wells, a handsome and seemingly nice-guy charmer who tests the loyalty of Scott Speedman’s character’s estranged wife in the series (to be played by Jessy Schram from Falling Skies). Hernandez will appear in an 8-episode arc. Last Resort will debut on September 27. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

TV TRAILER

New “Doctor Who” Promo Art, Trailer

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who) will play the villain role of Malekith in the Thor sequel. Malekith is a super-villain in the Marvel Universe, who is the ruler of the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim. In the comics, he clashed mightily with Thor, and will go up against the hammer-wielding son of Odin in the film. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

Actress-Director Drew Barrymore will direct the end-of-the-world drama called The End. It is being reported that the film will focus on only a few people and have an uplifting and humanistic tone as this group reconciles their fate on Earth’s last day. (The Hollywood Reporter and Dark Horizons)

Actress Keira Knightley is the front runner, while Felicity Jones (Like Crazy) and Evangeline Lily (Lost) are in the mix for the role of Cathy Muller, the future wife-to-be of Jack Ryan in the upcoming reboot of the Jack Ryan character this time to be played by Chris Pine (Star Trek). (Deadline and Dark Horizons)

MADE FOR TV MOVIE NEWS

Actor Cillian Murphy (The Dark Knight and Inception) will star in the six-part BBC drama called Peaky Blinders. He will star as Tommy, the most ruthless brother in a family of gangsters. The mini-series will be set in 1919 Birmingham where Tommy’s family rules the lawless post-war slum neighborhoods as returning soldiers, revolutionaries and criminals fight for survival. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Ruben Santiago Hudson (Castle) and Athena Karkanis (Lost Girl) have been cast in the AMC drama pilot called Low Winter Sun, which is based on the 2006 British mini-series. The project is a contemporary story of murder, deception, revenge and corruption that starts with the murder of a cop by fellow Detroit detective Frank Agnew (Mark Strong). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with Watch with Kristin at E! Online)

Heather: Revenge scoop, please?!

Watch with Kristin: Another crime is about to go down in the Hamptons, (Shocking, we know.) The ABC hit is currently casting a detective—a gruff one, who is looking into a recent missing persons case, and an anchor, who is reporting on a tragic crime. It also seems like we’ll be seeing more of Nolan’s professional life this season as we’ll be meeting a funky and cool tech genius. But wait, who goes missing?!

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Shiri Appleby, best known for her work on the cult favorite TV series Roswell, will have an arc on the second season of the HBO comedy Girls, playing Natalie, a new love interest for Hannah’s (Lena Dunham) lover Adam Driver (Adam Sackler), who broke up with Hannah in the first season finale. Natalie is described as a beautiful and charming New Yorker who adores Adam despite his wild sexual tendencies. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Ben Feldman (who got an Emmy nom for his work on Mad Men) will be returning to his role of guardian angel Fred on Drop Dead Diva season finale set for September 9. The official description for that episode is: “Viewers get a look into what Fred’s been up to since he left Earth. Now we find him back in Heaven in his old position of processing the new arrivals and naive Fred finds himself in a predicament similar to the one that brought him to Earth in the first place”. (Lynette Rice at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Matt Lauria (Friday Night Lights) will be joining the cast of Parenthood for a major recurring role. He will play a returning soldier from Afghanistan who bonds with fellow war vet Zeek (Craig T. Nelson). (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actress Aisha Hinds (187 Detroit) will have a six-episode recurring role on the mid-season mystery/thriller drama series Cult that will air on The CW (she is featured in the pilot). She will play Roselyn Sakelik, a celebrated LAPD homicide detective, who is very different, and far more dangerous, than anyone first thinks she is. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Gary Dourdan (CSI) will have a recurring role in the ABC soap Mistresses – that is set to debut in May. The new series is about four women, April (Rochelle Aytes), Josslyn (Jes Macallan), Katie (Yunjin Kim) and Josslyn’s older sister Sarah (Alyssa Milano). He will play a detective who will cause trouble for Karen and Elizabeth Grey (Penelope Ann Miller). Actor Matt Del Negro (Rizzoli & Isles) will also recur as a co-worker of Karen’s who has a crush on her. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Twilight star Jackson Rathbone will appear in an upcoming episode of White Collar, playing Nate Osbourne, a volatile ex-con who will steal anything for the love of his life. He is one half of a Bonnie and Clyde duo who break out of jail and into the middle of an event where Neal (Matt Bomer) and Sara (Hilarie Burton) are present. Actress Jessica McNamee (The Vow) will plays Penny, his better half. (Huff Post TV)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

BBC America will co-produce BBC One’s remake of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel The Musketeers. The new drama will be written by Adrian Hodges (My Week With Marilyn) and will retain the 17th-century setting. There will be 10 one-hour episodes set for 2014. Among Hodges’ other credits are the TV shows Survivors and Primeval. (Tim Molloy at The Wrap)

Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner, the executive producers on House, are working with FOX on a new potential drama that will take place on a naval aircraft carrier. (Lacey Rose at The Hollywood Reporter)

CONDOLENCES

Prolific author Gore Vidal truly passed away yesterday due to complications of pneumonia. He was 86. (The LA Times and E! Online)

ME: Rest in Peace, Mr. Vidal. Condolences to his family, friends and his worldwide readers.

MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE…

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Writer Laura Harrington (The American) will adapt the fantasy-adventure novel Quicksilver by Sam Osman for the big screen. The story recounts the tale of three disparate middle school students who are confronted by the truth of their bloodlines and their prophesied role as humanity’s only defense against an alien occupation force. They must figure out who in their dreary English village is an alien foe and who may be a secret ally. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actress Margo Martindale (Justified) has joined the cast of the upcoming film called August: Osage County. She will play Mattie Fae Aiken, the wife of Charles Aiken (to be played by Chris Cooper) and sister to Violet Weston (to be played by Meryl Streep). Julia Roberts will play Violet’s daughter Barbara; Abigail Breslin as Barbara’s daughter and Juliette Lewis. (Dominic Patten at Deadline)

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Laura Innes (ER) will make a guest appearance on an upcoming episode of Warehouse 13 in September, playing the estranged mom of Steve Jinks (Aaron Ashmore). (The Futon Critic)

Actor Tim Griffin (Prime Suspect) has landed a recurring role on Covert Affairs, playing Seth Newman, a former field operative-turned-lawyer who will work for the CIA’s Office of the Inspector General and who has a history with Joan Campbell (Kari Matchett). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Derek Webster (Harry’s Law) has joined the cast of this fall’s new NBC drama Revolution on a recurring basis. He will play Nicholas, a strong rebel leader who faces off against Miles (Billy Burke). The series will debut on NBC on September 17 at 10 PM. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

CONDOLENCES

Best-selling Irish author Maeve Binchy, one of Ireland’s most popular writers who sold more than 40 million books worldwide, has passed away after a brief illness. She was 72 years old. (Entertainment Weekly)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Lifetime has ordered the scripted pilot HR (the current working title) for 2013. The pilot will follow what happens after a head injury alters the outlook on life of the uptight Director of Human Resources for a global company, who throws standard corporate practices out the window and inspires the business to strive for new ambitions and profits. Her newly liberated managerial style and untraditional female point-of-view in a predominately male company is a welcome relief to some, while others see it as a threat to their power and position within the corporate structure — testing the workplace relationships inside and out of this seemingly traditional office. This pilot joins the recently announced pilot orders for Cinnamon Girl, The Secret Lives of Wives (also the working title) and Witches of East End. (The Futon Critic)

Noah Hawley (who created the short-lived dramas The Unusuals and My Generation) is back at ABC for a new hour-long project that will be produced by Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci. The only details on the project are that it will be a high-script drama revolving around a mysterious game. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Oscar nominee Demian Bichir (A Better Life”) has joined the buddy cop comedy called The Heat that will star Sandra Bullock as an uptight FBI agent who joins with Melissa McCarthy, who plays a tough Boston cop to take down a drug lord, but first have to overcome their mutual distrust and learn to work together. Bichir will play an FBI agent. (Dark Horizons)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

The New “Skyfall” Trailer(s) Arrives

Official Trailer for The Big Wedding

Q&A SECTION (with Watch with Kristin at E! Online and Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Question: Desperate for Homeland scoop! – Rory

Watch with Kristin: We share your feelings of desperation, so bless Morena Baccarin, who was kind enough to give us some season-two info to tide us over until Homeland returns. “It starts off in a very different place,” she says. “Jessica has been excited by Brody’s political career and she’s finding a little bit of her own ambition in that and finding a purpose. Also, the life of the family is torn apart a little bit by his inability to be upfront with her about what’s really going on with him.”

Question: Do you have any more news on Castle? —Kaitlyn

Ausiello: In the category of “fun” episodes on tap for Season 5, series boss Andrew Marlowe is hoping to have the team investigate a murder at a sci-fi convention — “That should be fun, given Nathan [Fillion]’s background and how much of a rock star he is at Comic-Con” — and maybe do a riff on The Office. “We’re thinking about an episode that’s shot documentary-style, where we get one-on-one confessionals with the camera and get to know what people really think about certain things.”

Question: Any Supernatural scoop about the Dean-Castiel dynamic? —Joyce

Ausiello: “That is something that we explore heavily throughout the season through some pretty extensive flashbacks into purgatory,” reveals new show runner Jeremy Carver. “People are always referring to purgatory as hell, and purgatory is not hell. Purgatory is a really brutal, free-wheeling place, but it has different effects on different people. It will have a different effect on Cas and Dean as you already started to see [in the Season 7 finale]. But I will say what you think you saw might not be exactly what you saw.”

Question: What’s this I’m hearing about a big Vampire Diaries death? Any hints about the victim?—Clay

Ausiello: Stop asking yourself who dies and start asking yourself who does the killing. That’s what people will be talking about the following morning.

Question: I’ll take any Vampire Diaries spoiler you’ve got. I’m not picky. —Daniel

Ausiello: A flashback in this season’s fourth episode unearths a “big secret that will change the course of the season for everybody,” teases EP Julie Plec.

Question: NCIS spoilers, please! —Missy

Ausiello: I’ve got some info on three guest-star roles that’ll show up the CBS procedural during the upcoming season. The eccentric Dr. Blackwell is a big-deal space geologist who weighs in on some mysterious material the feds bring him, and Ellie is an upper-middle-class lady who blames herself for her father’s death a decade ago and is shocked when new information tells a different story. But wait, I saved the best for last: The show’s looking for a 50-ish male to play an aging one-hit wonder from the late 1970s who blew his earnings in the ’80s and has been skirting creditors ever since – and if it works out, an actual rock star from that era will get the part.

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TELEVISION

The Big C will end on Showtime next season with four one-hour episodes. (The Wrap and Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Mark Valley (Human Target) is set to join Body of Proof as Det. Tommy Sullivan, a former NYPD detective who has transferred to Philadelphia to try to rekindle his relationship with Megan Hunt (Dana Delany). They broke up twenty years ago because he cheated on her. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor John Pyper-Ferguson (Alphas and Caprica) will guest star on Grimm, playing Hayden Walker, a man who is mourning his deceased sister and wants to exact justice from Jarold (actor Mark Pellegrino) for disgracing his family name. Grimm will be back on Monday, August 13 at 10 PM before returning to its regular timeslot on Friday, September 21 at 9 PM. (Hanh Nguyen at TV Guide)

Actress Abbie Cobb (Suburgatory) will have a potentially recurring role on NCIS: Los Angeles, playing Astrid, who will form some kind of relationship with Kensi (Daniela Ruah); but details on the relationship has not been revealed. The series will return to CBS on September 2. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

The CW announced that they will air an edited version of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog on October 9 at 9 PM. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

TELEVISION TRAILER

Merlin Season Five Trailer

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Joe Taslim has joined the cast of Fast and Furious 6. The story behind this film involves the crew heading to Europe for a heist job, but this time there is a rival crew already staking the payload. Taslim will play the villain Jah, a cold-blooded killer who uses his martial arts and parkour skills against the characters played by Paul Walker and Vin Diesel. Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson and Michelle Rodriguez are also returning with MMA fighter Gina Carano (Haywire) and Welsh hunk Luke Evans (The Hobbit) joining the cast. The film is slated to be released on May 24, 2013. (The Daily Mail, Variety and Dark Horizons)

Here is a list of the top 10 box office movies for this past weekend courtesy of E! Online:

1. The Dark Knight Rises, $64 million
2. Ice Age: Continental Drift, $13.3 million
3. The Watch, $13 million
4. Step Up Revolution, $11.8 million
5. Ted, $7.4 million
6. The Amazing Spider-Man, $6.8 million
7. Brave, $4.2 million
8. Magic Mike, $2.6 million
9. Savages, $1.8 million
10. Moonrise Kingdom, $1.4 million

Actor Nelsan Ellis (True Blood) will play Martin Luther King, Jr. in the upcoming film called The Butler. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

Actress Rachel Nichols (Continuum) will appear alongside Justin Long in the film adaptation of Stephen King’s short story The Ten O’Clock People that follows a man who tries to give up smoking and suddenly has the ability to see that some people are actually inhuman monsters. Nichols will play a member of the titular group who take their name from the smoke breaks they used to take at 10:00am every morning. Thanks to a strange chemical imbalance in their bodies due to quitting, Nichols, Long, and the other members of the group are the only ones who can see the truth: that many high ranking officials in the government are monsters. (The Hollywood Reporter and First Showing)

A third Hobbit movie will be made per an announcement by Peter Jackson with the first film – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – slated to be on the big screen on December 14 of this year, the second film – The Hobbit: There and Back Again on December 13 of next year and the final film – that is as yet untitled to be out in the summer of 2014. (First Showing)

Actor Aidan Turner (Being Human and the upcoming The Hobbit) and actress CCH Pounder (Warehouse 13) have been cast in the upcoming adaptation of the Cassandra Clare book series The Mortal Instruments that tells the story of a seemingly ordinary teenage girl, Clary Fray (Lily Collins), who learns the truth about her past and bloodline as a demon hunter. Turner will play Luke, Clary’s surrogate father figure and Pounder will play Madame Dorothea, Clary’s neighbor, who happens to be a witch. (Cassandra Clare, Author of Mortal Instruments book series)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

FX has placed an order for a new drama series pilot called The Bridge that is based on an Scandinavian hit series called Bron. This version will center on two detectives from the United States and Mexico who must work together to hunt down a serial killer operating on both sides of the border after a dead body is found on the bridge connecting El Paso and Juarez. (The Futon Critic)

AMC is developing a potential drama series called Area 51 that is based on the best-selling bock by Annie Jacobson. The non-fiction book is billed as an oral history of the infamous military installation. (NY Post and The Futon Critic)
It looks like Marvel and ABC might be working together on a TV adaptation of The Avengers movie; but details have not been worked out yet. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Showtime has put a new period drama – that is a passion project of Ron Howard – into development. The project is called Conquest and will tell the story of famed Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes, who led the Spanish conquest in Mexico, and his clash with Moctezuma II, the last ruler of the Aztec Empire which fell at the hands of Cortes and his men. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Hart Hanson, the series creator of Bones) will be working on a new hour-long project for CBS based on the work of real-life crime expert, Leif G.W. Persson, the Swedish criminologist and novelist. His book series known as Backstrom centers on Evert Backstrom, an overweight, offensive, irascible detective as he tries and fails to change his self-destructive behavior. Hanson will write the script and executive producer the project. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Jay Karnes (Sons of Anarchy and Burn Notice) will have a recurring role in the fall ABC drama Last Resort that is about the crew of a nuclear submarine who defy a dubious command to start World War III. Details on his role have not been revealed yet. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

MADE-FOR-TV NEWS

Three new four-hour mini-series have begun principal photography. They include the following per The Futon Critic:

Ring of Fire focuses on what happens when an oil rig causes a volcanic eruption in a small town, triggering the Ring of Fire that stretches across the globe. If these cataclysmic series of eruptions cannot be stopped, the earth will be swallowed whole, leading to an extinction level event. The cast includes Michael Vartan (Alias), Lauren Lee Smith (CSI), Terry O’Quinn (Lost) and Agam Darshi (Sanctuary).

Eve of Destruction stars Steven Weber (Wings), Christina Cox (Blood Ties) and Treat Williams (Everwood) in a story about two scientists, who attempt to discover unlimited energy. But their experiment is hijacked and sabotaged by eco-terrorists. The result is a dark energy black hole that could destroy the planet.

Delete imagines a disaster in our all-too-fragile digital world where the web becomes dangerously self-aware with one systematic purpose – to destroy mankind. Faced with possible extinction, there is only one way out – create a second artificial intelligence, just as alive, just as intelligent and just as dangerous. The cast includes Keir Gilchrist (United States of Tara), Matt Frewer (Eureka), Janet Kidder (The Killing), Erin Karpluk (Being Erica), Gil Bellows (Ally McBeal) and Ryan Robbins (Sanctuary).

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TELEVISION

Actress Carrie Preston (True Blood) will guest star on an upcoming episode of Royal Pains, playing Jackie Van Ark, a successful romance novelist who brings her college-bound daughter to HankMed to treat her for mysterious symptoms. The twist? While easygoing Jackie couldn’t seem more different from her high-strung spawn, it turns out they have more in common than they thought. This episode is expected to air on September 5. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Ivan Sergei (Crossing Jordan and Charmed) will have a recurring role on The Mentalist, playing FBI Agent Gabe Mancini, a tough, handsome agent who comes off as hotheaded at times, but overall is a good guy. The Mentalist returns for its new season starting on September 30. (Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Laurence Fishburne will indeed be joining the cast of the NBC mid-season series Hannibal, based on the legendary character Hannibal Lechter created by author Thomas Harris. Fishburne will play recurring character FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit leader Jack Crawford. (Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Gregg Henry (Hung) and Jillian Armenante (Judging Amy) have booked recurring roles on the ABC drama Scandal. Henry will play Jackson, an older, big money Southern guy who is smart and warm unless you cross him while Armenante will play the role of Lucas which was originally written male. Lucas is described as smart, well spoken and brash. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

English actor Ian Hart (the short-lived TV series Luck) will co-star opposite actress Thandie Newton in the Direct TV drama series called Rogue that centers on an undercover cop (Newton) who goes after a crime lord (Marton Csokas) after her young son is killed in a drive-by shooting. Hart will play an Oakland Police Department detective who works with Newton. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Wes Brown (Private Practice and Hart of Dixie) will replace actor Neil Jackson (Make It or Break It) in the new mid-season drama Infamous, playing womanizing bad boy Julian. Infamous is an opulent soap in which a female detective (actress Meaghan Good) returns undercover to the wealthy family she grew up in – as the maid’s daughter – to solve the murder of the notorious heiress who was once her closest friend. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

AMC has decided not to renew their drama The Killing for a third season. (Deadline)

Actor Chad Lindberg (Supernatural) has landed a guest starring role in an upcoming episode of Castle. He will play Marco Massetti, a career criminal who runs afoul of Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Beckett (Stana Katic) after they discover their murder victim may have been involved with one of Massetti’s jobs. Castle will be back starting on September 24. (Adam Bryant at TV Guide)

Actress Franka Potente (Run Lola Run and the Bourne franchise) will appear in a two-episode arc on American Horror Story, playing a mysterious patient of the facility for which the second season will be based. The FX series will be back in October. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Mark Strong will star in the AMC drama pilot called Low Winter Sun, which is a contemporary story of murder, deception, revenge and corruption in a world where the line between cops and criminals is blurred. (Deadline and The Futon Critic)

USA Network has put a new drama by Psych creator Steve Franks into the works. He will supervise writers Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett (Terra Nova) who will write and co-executive produce the drama about a brother and sister who take over the family’s successful investment firm after the untimely death of their parents, only to discover that the business isn’t quite what it seems. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

The CW is in preliminary talks to possibly remake the cult 2000 Japanese hit called Battle Royale based on the novel by Koushun Takami. The film was set in a totalitarian state where a class of 42 ninth-grade students are forced to kill each other until only one is left in a battle for survival. The CW was already developing another young adult dystopian series with a similar premise called The Selection, a project that went to a pilot but was not picked up. Said project has been put back in development and will likely be scrapped if this possible remake moves forward. (The LA Times and Dark Horizons)

CONDOLENCES

Legendary Latino actress Lupe Ontiveros, who appeared in the film Selena and was Carlos’s mom on Desperate Housewives passed away from liver cancer. She was 69. (CNN and E! Online)

ME: Rest in Peace, Ms. Ontiveros. Condolences are extended to her family, friends and fans.

MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE…

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Kevin Zegers has joined the cast of the film adaptation of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones based on the book series by Cassandra Clare. Lily Collins will play Clary Fray, a young woman living in New York City, who discovers she comes from a long line of demon hunters. Jamie Campbell Bower plays her love interest Jace while Zegers will portray Alec Lightwood, the gay brother of Isabelle, who has unreciprocated love for Jace. Among other cast members are Kevin Durand, Lena Headey and Jared Harris also star. (Just Jared and Dark Horizons)

Actor Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill) and Kevin Durand (Lost) will play police officers in the independent film called Fruitvale, which is based on a true-life police shooting. Michael B. Jordan (Friday Night Lights) will play a young Bay Area resident who was detained and killed by BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) cops in Oakland on New Year’s Eve in 2008. The event was captured on camera, and the ensuing trial and its verdict spurred protests and riots. Other cast members include Ahna O’Reilly, Octavia Spencer and Tristan Wilds also star. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

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TELEVISION

Actress Alice Eve, who played mom Esther to the original vampire of Mystic Falls, on The Vampire Diaries, will show up in an upcoming episode of Grimm. She will play Mia, a powerful Royal who comes to Portland to see Captain Renard (Sasha Roiz). Mia and Renard have an “ongoing relationship” for many years, but Renard suspects there’s more to her visit than he’s led to believe. Grimm is back with its second season starting on August 13. (Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Sinqua Walls, who has a recurring role on the MTV thriller drama Teen Wolf, will guest star as Sir Lancelot on Once Upon a Time. This Lancelot will be a sword for hire with nothing to lose; a one-time proud member of King Arthur’s Round Table who has since been banished, tearing him away from his true love. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Actor Kenny Johnson (The Shield) will guest star in the mid-season finale of Burn Notice, playing Tyler Gray, a merciless, cunning and physically fit operative. He is the target of a CIA snatch-and-grab operation in Panama. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Virginia Madsen is joining the cast of the AMC period Western Hell On Wheels for a three-episode arc. She will play Mrs. Hannah Durant, wife of Thomas “Doc” Durant (Colm Meaney). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Jon Seda (Treme) will have a three-episode arc on the new NBC firefighter drama Chicago Fire that will debut this fall. He will play Det. Antonio Dawson, brother to paramedic Gabriela Dawson (Monica Raymund). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Billy Zane (Titanic) has been cast as the title character in the upcoming Reelz Channel four-part miniseries called Barabbas, which is based on the novel by Par Lagerkvist. The miniseries follows the life of Barabbas (Zane), a man who was jailed at the same time as Jesus Christ, but who was spared from crucifixion when the masses demanded his release over Jesus. The series picks up where the Bible left off. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress (and Mrs. Channing Tatum) Jenna Dewan has joined the cast of American Horror Story. She will star opposite singer and The Voice judge Adam Levine. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Julian Morris (Dr. Wren Kingston on Pretty Little Liars) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Once Upon a Time. He will play Prince Phillip, a man who’s traveled from a kingdom that’s in decline. He is a young, skilled warrior and selfless hero who’s the veteran of many tough journeys. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

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DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Masterpiece, the cable network WGBH and ITV Studios will co-produce a new project tentatively called Mr. Selfridge that will star Jeremy Piven in the lead role. This new project will
recount the real life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge’s, Harry Gordon Selfridge, London’s lavish department store. The project is slated to air next year. (The Futon Critic)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Brendan Fraser and actress Annabelle Wallis (Pan Am) will star in the wild-west comedy called In with the Outlaw that will follow a sheriff and his troupe of hapless sidekicks as they try to rid their hometown of the sheriff’s own notorious outlaw family. (Screen Daily and Dark Horizons)

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NBC has ordered a ten-episode series called Dracula that will star Jonathan Rhys Meyers of The Tudors and Bend It Like Beckham fame. The series will take place in the 1890s and finds Dracula living a double life in London as an American businessman interested in bringing modern science to Victorian society. His true plan to exact revenge on those who burdened him centuries ago, however, is derailed when he falls in love with a with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Young actress Maddie Hasson, who played delinquent gypsy girl Willa on the short-lived FOX drama The Finder (the spin-off from Bones) will appear in an upcoming episode of Grimm. She will play the daughter of “a nice guy”, who is kidnapped by family members and held hostage because they want to bring her back into the family. Of course, since this is Grimm the members of the family are supernatural creatures. (William Keck at TV Guide)

Actress Polly Walker (Rome and Caprica) has landed a recurring role on The Mentalist. She will play Senior FBI agent Alexa Shultz, a whip-smart alpha female. She will first appear in the season premiere, which is set to air on September 30 on CBS. (TV Line and TV Guide)

Film and TV actress Penelope Ann Miller (Men of a Certain Age) will join the cast of the upcoming drama Mistresses that is set to air mid-season. She will play Sam’s (Erik Stocklin) mother on the series who has no idea her late husband had a romance with another woman (Yunjin Kim). This new series tells the story of four women with turbulent romantic lives that features amongst it cast Alyssa Milano and Rochelle Aytes. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Jason Beghe (Californication) has joined the cast of the upcoming NBC drama Chicago Fire that explores the complex and heroic men and women of the Chicago Fire Department. The series stars Jesse Spencer (House) and Taylor Kinney (The Vampire Diaries). Beghe will have the recurring role of Detective Hank Voight, a dangerous, feared and formidable gang unit cop who will do anything to protect his delinquent son from the long arm of the law. Chicago Fire will debut on October 10 on NBC. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

The MTV comedy Awkward has been renewed for a third season and has been given a 20-episode order which is nearly double its episode order from this current season. Awkward airs new episodes on MTV every Thursday at 10:30 PM. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Saving Hope and The Listener have both received renewals from their Canadian broadcasters. Both shows received a 13-episode order. (Etan Vlessing at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Luke MacFarlane, who played Scotty on Brothers & Sisters, will guest star in the second episode of the new Beauty and the Beast TV series that will debut this fall on The CW. This remake is loosely based on the 80’s classic series, starring Kristin Kreuk (of Smallville fame) as Catherine Chandler, a cop who intersects with Vincent Keller (Jay Ryan from Terra Nova), who was turned into a beast after a faulty military experiment. MacFarlane will play Philippe Bertrand, the artistic director of the Bertrand Ballet Company who’s intrinsically involved in his dancers’ lives. Catherine will investigate the company after their prima-ballerina is murdered. Beauty and the Beast will debut on October 11 on The CW. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Lifetime has given the drama project called Cinnamon Girl a pilot order. This project comes from Renée Zellweger and is a period drama set against the backdrop of the Los Angeles music and movie scenes of the late 1960s/early 1970s. The drama tells the story of four coming-of-age girls — Cassie, Lola, Penny and Lou — and explores their lives at the crossroads of the era’s political, artistic, social and sexual rebellions. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

MTV is currently developing an hour-long “found-footage mystery” project in the style of Paranormal Activity called The Experiment. (Lacey Rose at The Hollywood Reporter)

CONDOLENCES

Actor Sherman Hemsley, who played George Jefferson in the classic comedies All in the Family and The Jeffersons, passed away yesterday. He was 74. (E! Online)

Actor Chad Everett, who starred in the 1970s TV drama Medical Center and appeared as old Dean in a recent episode of Supernatural, passed away yesterday. He was 75. (Variety)

ME: Rest in Peace, Mr. Hemsley and Mr. Everett. Condolences are extended to their family, friends and fans.

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BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actors Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), David Morse (Treme) and Cory Monteith (Glee) will star in the retro cop action drama called McCanick. Morse will play a narcotics detective (and Routh his partner) who learns that a seemingly harmless young criminal (Monteith) has been released from prison, a criminal who holds the secret to a truth from the detective’s past. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actor Ryan McPartlin (Chuck) will star in two upcoming films. The first is called Mr. Christmas where he will play a male mannequin (um, male version of the 1987 film Mannequin, anyone?) come to life whose plastic core makes it difficult to woo his human crush. And the second is called Sex and Sunsets where he will play a consummate charmer who clashes horns with struggling writer (Ryan Kwanten from True Blood) who makes overtures toward his fiancé. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actor Liev Schreiber will play President Lyndon B. Johnson in the upcoming film called The Butler, a biopic that follows Eugene Allen, a White House servant who worked for eight First Families. The cast of this film already includes Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Alan Rickman, Jane Fonda, Melissa Leo, James Marsden, Mariah Carey, Vanessa Redgrave and Alex Pettyfer. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)

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Q&A SECTION (with Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Question: Any Covert Affairs scoop? —Susan

Ausiello: Auggie fans, rejoice! Chris Gorham reveals that he’s got some meaty stuff ahead. “In Episode 7, there’s a really nice moment between Auggie and his therapist where he tells a story, which was actually an idea of mine that I had pitched to the writers,” he shares. “It’s a really nice reveal about Auggie’s past. It’s a very revealing character moment.” Then things will get “very heavy for [Auggie in Episode 9],” says Gorham, an outing he calls “maybe the most emotional” episode to date for his character.

Question: Any details on Matthew and Lady Mary’s wedding on Downton Abbey? —Neil

Ausiello: You’re assuming there will be a wedding — something series creator Julian Fellowes stopped short of confirming when I spoke to him over the weekend at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour in Beverly Hills. “They’re certainly engaged — that much I will say,” he said with a laugh. “But in Downton, the path of true love never did run smooth.”

Question: Any Season 3 Downton Abbey scoop about my favorite TV spinster, Lady Edith? — Jeff

Ausiello: Good news! She may not be a spinster forever! “Edith has a tough time,” acknowledges Fellowes. But “she’s still very keen on [Sir Anthony] Strallan [and] hasn’t allowed his disability to put her off. So let’s hope that comes to some kind of fruition in Season 3.”

Question: I am a huge fan of Nikita. The show is awesome. So excited Devon Sawa is a series regular now. Any scoop on what Owen will be up to in Season 3? —Alberto

Ausiello: “He’s in for a pretty big system shock [when he discovers that] Division is running — and that Nikita is still running it,” reveals showrunner Craig Silverstein. “He doesn’t think that’s a good idea, and around the time that happens, Nikita will also be wondering if it’s a good idea.”

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Actress Sarah Jones, who just appeared in the failed FOX drama Alcatraz has joined the cast of this fall’s CBS period drama Vegas, appearing as the smart, fiery daughter of one of Chicago’s most powerful men who works in the casino running the skim. The series stars Dennis Quaid as real-life 1960’s sheriff Ralph Lamb who takes on Vincent Savino (Michael Chiklis), a Chicago gangster. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Ken Leung (Lost) and actress Margo Martindale (Justified) will both guest star in upcoming episodes of Person of Interest. Details on the characters they will both play are being kept under wraps. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Laurence Fishburne is currently circling the role of Jack Crawford in the upcoming Hannibal Lecter prequel series Hannibal to air on NBC. In the books and films, Crawford is the agent in charge at the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI which is tracking down an unknown cannibal/serial killer. (TV Line and Dark Horizons)

VH1 has ordered its second hour-long scripted series called Bounce, which will star Dean Cain, Kimberly Elise and Charlotte Ross. This series will follow the lives and loves of the Los Angeles Devil Girls, the dance team for the No.1 professional basketball team in the country. It centers on Ahsha (newcomer Taylour Paige), a sheltered young woman who joins the team against the wishes of her mother Sloane (Elise), who knows this treacherous, tempting world all too well having been an original Devil’s Girl herself. Olivia (Ross) is the shrewd squad manager, Jelena (newcomer Logan Browning) is the ruthless star captain of the dance team and Pete Davenport (Cain) is the former All-Star who’s come back to coach his old team only to have to contend with the girls both stealing the spotlight and distracting his players. Bounce joins the Queen Latifah-produced Single Ladies on slate for VH1. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

CONDOLENCES

Former Astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, passed away yesterday after battling pancreatic cancer. She was 61. (Sally Ride Science and TV Guide)

ME: Rest in Peace, Ms. Ride. Condolences are extended to her family and friends.

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BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Iwan Rheon (Misfits) has landed the role of Lord Roose’s illegitimate son Lord Ramsay Snow (aka “The Bastard of Bolton”) in the upcoming third season of Game of Thrones. (Winter is Coming and Dark Horizons)

Actors Robert Duvall and Jeremy Irvine will star in the upcoming film A Night in Old Mexico”, that follows the developing relationship between a man (Duvall) and his grandson (Irvine). (Dark Horizons)

It’s official: Actress Jena Malone has been cast in the role of Johanna Mason in the film adaptation of Catching Fire. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)

Here are the box office results from this past weekend for the top 10 movies courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

1. The Dark Knight Rises – 160 million
2. Ice Age: Continental Drift – 20 million
3. The Amazing Spider-Man – 10.9 million
4. Ted – 10 million
5. Brave – 6 million
6. Magic Mike – 4.3 million
7. Savages – 3.4 million
8. Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection – 3.3 million
9. Moonrise Kingdom – 1.8 million
10. To Rome with Love – 1.4 million

Actor Sam Worthington (Terminator Salvation and Avatar) will join Arnold Schwarzenegger in the action film called Ten that tells the story of an elite but crooked DEA unit who robs a cartel of millions of dollars during a tactical raid. The agents think they’ve pulled off the perfect crime until they start getting assassinated one by one. (Variety and First Showing)

Q&A SECTION (with Watch with Kristin team at E! Online)

Question: So excited for Captain Hook on Once Upon a Time! Have any information on any other new characters coming to town? – Emily

WWK Team: The ABC hit is introducing a damaged (but in the sexy kind of way) character named Jack, who is described as charismatic and mysterious. While he’s got swagger like Jagger, Jack is from a dangerous land and is running from his past. Basically, this guy has got “new TV crush” written all over him and viewers might see him stick around on the show for awhile.

Question: TVD scoop please! – Michael

WWK Team: In addition to new girl April, played by Nine Lives of Chloe King alum Grace Phipps, another female will be joining the CW hit in season four on a recurring basis: Hayley, who is described as gorgeous and sexy, nurturing and tough, but also protective. She’ll share some kind of history with Tyler.

Question: Downton Abbey scoop!! Downton Abbey scoop!! Please? – bronzia88

WWK Team: You got it, but now we have a dilemma, you didn’t specify if you want spoilers of the upstairs or downstairs variety. So we’ll have to choose for you. Although we told you there was some rocky seas ahead don’t worry Matthew-Mary fans, they do have a chance to have a blush-inducing conversation mere steps from Matthew’s mother. It’s adorably risqué.

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