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Hey All,

Well, upfronts are nearly done with CBS announcing their fall schedule today and The CW’s official announcement will be made tomorrow, but since they’ve given away the shows they are picking up as well as the cancellations and renewals, what’s the point? Anyway, I have a separate article posted for the CBS fall schedule and will have details on the new shows and each show’s trailer posted later this afternoon.

In the meantime, here are the other news items for today:

TELEVISION

Syfy has picked up the two seasons of the Canadian supernatural series Lost Girl. There are no current details on when it will air, though. (Daemon’s TV)

TBS and TNT released a slew of details on plans for made-for-TV movies from best-selling authors and quite a number of new scripted shows as well as the announcement that the proposed spin-off to The Closer – called Major Crimes, starring Mary McDonnell – will actually take place in the latter part of 2012. More details on all their plans as they solidify, though. (TV by the Numbers)

UPFRONT NEWS

The CW drama pilots that were not picked up include Awakening, Heavenly, Cooper and Stone and Danni Lowinski. (Deadline)

BOX OFFICE MOVIE NEWS

Looks like actor Joel Edgerton (Warrior) bet out actor Luke Evans for the role of Tom Buchanan in the upcoming adaptation of The Great Gatsby. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)

Actor Armie Hammer (The Social Network) has landed the lead role in the upcoming film The Lone Ranger, starring opposite Johnny Depp who will play Tonto. (Los Angeles Times and Dark Horizons)

Actress Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine) has been cast as Glinda, the good witch, in the upcoming film Oz: The Great and Powerful. She will play opposite Rachel Weisz and Mila Kunis and James Franco. (First Showing)

Actor Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) will be re-teaming with Director Peter Berg for the film adaptation of Lone Survivor (from author Marcus Luttrell). The story details a covert mission in the Hindu Kush in 2005 undertaken by the author and his fellow Navy SEALs who struggled to survive an attack by Taliban forces. The mission went wrong after their presence was given away, and Luttrell was the only one who made it out alive. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)

Q&A SECTION (with Natalie Abrams and Adam Bryant from TV Guide and Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Question: Thanks for the great Castle postmortem. Any leftovers? — Kristen

ADAM: A couple. First, Beckett’s ability to put her faith in people may have died along with Captain Montgomery. “We’re really interested in how this death will affect Beckett’s ability to trust in the Castle-Beckett relationship moving forward,” executive producer Andrew W. Marlowe says. Secondly, you can definitely expect to see the 3XK killer again next season, and his target will be Detective Ryan. “We’re going to be dealing with the aftermath of Ryan having lost his gun and badge [to 3XK]” Marlowe says. “He has to come face to face with what happened that night.”

Question: So glad to hear that Matt Lauria landed on Burn Notice. What can you tell me? — Casey

ADAM: I’ll let Lauria do the talking: “[My character] is really integrally involved in the case every step of the way. Instead of just coming to the team and asking for help, he ends up insisting that he be involved in the process of solving it.” Unfortunately, Lauria says that, despite reports that his character — who reminds Michael of a younger version of himself — could recur, he hasn’t heard about doing anything beyond the one episode he already shot.

Question: I’m excited for Leverage to come back. How will Nate and Sophie interact after having slept together? — Brenda

ADAM: Both characters are in their own state of denial; Nate has resorted to virtually ignoring Sophie. But they both ultimately agree that it’s best to keep that night of passion between themselves — for the good of the team, of course. Something tells me that secret won’t stay secret very long. “Those other guys are pretty sharp,” Timothy Hutton teases.

Question: You better have a Castle Q&A coming up after that season finale. Please? —@jenkburns via Twitter

Ausiello: Sorry, no Q&A. I welcome you to join me in a fun game of connect the dots though! Dot No. 1: Beckett was shot near the heart. Dot No. 2: Beckett’s lovah, Josh, is a cardiac surgeon. Dot. No. 3: In an interview with TVGuide.com, the show’s EP, Andrew Marlowe, all but confirmed that Victor Webster would be back next season. “He’s still out there, and he’s somebody we’re going to have to deal with,” Marlowe teased. “He’s an element moving forward and it’ll be interesting to see how that functions.”

Question: Is there any chance NBC will pick up a full season’s worth of episodes for Chuck‘s final season, or is the 13 episodes set in stone? —Emily

Ausiello: It’s set in stone — unless, as NBC president Bob Greenblatt told me over the weekend, there are “suddenly 10 million viewers watching it on Friday night.” For his part, exec producer Chris Fedak is operating under the assumption that the episode order is locked. “It certainly feels like Episode 13 will be the finale of the show,” he tells me. “And the good thing about that is it allows us to design the season around those 13 episodes. And to know how much time we have will really help us crack that season.”

Question: Any scoop regarding Drop Dead Diva? — Clavie

Ausiello: In episode 9, Deb’s old pal, trashtastically sexy bar wench Cassie Moll (to be played by a Philipps type) falls for Grayson. But just one episode later, there’s already trouble afoot… which may explain why this is just a two-episode gig.

Question: With Kirk Acevedo cast in NBC’s Prime Suspect reboot, does that mean we won’t see Charlie on Fringe next season?! That was one of the best things about the Alt. Universe! — Erica

Ausiello: “All I know is they do want me back,” the actor himself told TVLine’s Matt Mitovich at NBC’s upfront presentation on Monday, adding that he wants to go back. “It’s a great group of guys over there, and [on-screen partner] Seth [Gabel] is such a good guy. I talk to him all the time.” So what’s the trouble? “I can only, contractually, do maybe three or four [episodes],” he reveals.

Question: Now that Parenthood has been renewed (best news ever, btw!) and The Event has not, is it possible we will see Jason Ritter return in season 3 to rekindle his relationship with Sarah? — Kellen

Ausiello: Seems likely. Even highly likely. In fact, when Mitovich spoke with Lauren Graham, she was hoping the same thing you were — so much so that real-life beau Peter Krause teased that she liked her leading man. “We all like him,” she laughed. “I like him for Sarah Braverman!” And you know what else the former Gilmore Girl likes for her current character? A job. “I think it’d be cool for her to have a career [as a writer],” she says, “and build on that some more.”

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

More upfront news came out of New York this morning; this time from ABC regarding their fall schedule. There is a separate article on that at the home page. I also followed up yesterday’s upfront reports from FOX and NBC with articles on the new shows that were picked up by each network, including trailers for each of the new dramas. Please check those out when you can.

In the meantime, here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Lisa Edelstein – who played Dr. Cuddy on House for 7 seasons – will not be returning to the show in the fall. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

UPFRONT NEWS

More news is coming from CBS about their fall schedule – ahead of their official announcement in New York. They have picked up the new drama called A Gifted Man (which until now was simply the untitled Susannah Grant pilot) that centers on a surgeon (Patrick Wilson) whose life changes when his ex-wife (Jennifer Ehle) gives him life lessons from beyond the grave. Julie Benz (No Ordinary Family and Dexter) co-stars. Additionally, the network has canceled Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior after one season while picking up CSI: NY for another season. (Broadcasting & Cable and Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Is there still hope for the FOX pilot Locke & Key? The producers aren’t giving up without a fight, as they are reportedly in talking to Syfy and The CW about picking up the project. The latter seems less likely, since the fifth broadcast network tends to skew toward young female viewers and next season’s schedule is pretty locked in at this point. But the project is completely on brand for Syfy, if the economics could make the show work on basic cable. Don’t get your hopes up, though, fans: Making the leap from broadcast pilot to a cable network doesn’t happen very often, and Locke isn’t the only busted genre pilot to approach the cable network. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

The CW has officially picked up Secret Circle, Heart of Dixie and The Ringer. Meanwhile, One Tree Hill has been officially picked up for 13 episodes and Nikita has been given a second season; but Hellcats has been cancelled. (Twitter)

BOX OFFICE MOVIE NEWS

Actors Jamie Campbell Bower (Camelot), Ed Speleers (Eragon) and newcomer Leebo Freeman have all tested for the role of the shadow hunter Jace in the upcoming film adaptation of The Mortal Instruments, which is based on the six-novel young adult series by Cassandra Clare. The story follows a girl whose mother is attacked by a mysterious creature and taken from her home in New York. When the girl, Clary Fray (Lily Collins), tries to get her back, she learns unnerving truths about her own bloodline. All three are up for the male lead part. (The Wrap and Dark Horizons)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Must Watch: First Exciting ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ Teaser Trailer

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Today is the start of the annual upfront presentations made in New York by all the networks. The proposed fall schedules for FOX and NBC have been announced (you can find those lists on the home page), but what is to follow is the rest of the news for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) will guest star in an episode of White Collar, playing a skilled hacker suspected of a major cyber crime who “gets close” to Mozzie (Willie Garson). The show returns on June 7 at 9 PM with new episodes. (Hanh Nguyen at TV Guide)

Actor Nicholas Bishop (Body of Proof) will guest star in the new USA Network series Necessary Roughness, playing Griffin Page, a dashing former war correspondent who goes on to host his own cable news show. Page seeks treatment from psychotherapist Dani (Callie Thorne) after inexplicably cracking up during a somber report and getting suspended from his job. The show debuts on June 29. (Jethro Nededog at Zap2It)

ABC has moved the summer premiere date for Rookie Blue to June 23. (The Futon Critic)

Actor Leon Rippy (Saving Grace) will have a recurring nemesis role on Leverage when the show returns with new episodes on June 26 at 9 PM. He will play a mysterious Warren Buffett-type named Mr. Latimer. (TV Guide)

Actor Masi Oka has been made a series regular on Hawaii Five-o (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt (Ghost Whisperer) is being eyed to play the new female lead on Law & Order: SVU as Mariska Hargitay has signed a deal to return for the 13th season in a reduced capacity. But, there is no confirmation on this as of yet. (Deadline and TV Guide)

HBO has renewed their drama Treme for a third season. (Deadline)

UPFRONT NEWS

CBS has canceled the drama The Defenders and the comedies Mad Love and *&$% My Dad Says and it looks like Blue Bloods, Hawaii Five-0 and Mike & Molly are being renewed. Meanwhile, the network has picked up the new cop drama The 2-2 (formerly Rookies), the Poppy Montgomery-starring detective drama Unforgettable (formerly The Rememberer) and the sitcom How to Be a Gentlemen. Lastly, (New York Times, TV By The Numbers, TV Guide and The Futon Critic)

The CBS pilot Ringer, that stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kristopher Polaha, Ioan Gruffudd and Nestor Carbonell has jumped from the consideration list at the Eye network to the CW. The show has been given a green light for production. (Deadline and TV Line)

BOX OFFICE MOVIE NEWS

Here are the top 10 movies at the box office for this past weekend according to Exhibitor Relations and E! Entertainment:

1. Thor, $34.5 million
2. Bridesmaids, $24.4 million
3. Fast Five, $19.5 million
4. Priest, $14.5 million
5. Rio, $8 million
6. Jumping the Broom, $7.3 million
7. Something Borrowed, $7 million
8. Water for Elephants, $4.1 million
9. Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family, $2.2 million
10. Soul Surfer, $1.8 million

Actors Michael Fassbender and Mia Wasikowska have joined a movie “project” that is to be a “crypto-vampire love story” set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangiers. Tilda Swinton also stars with John Hurt said to be in a featured role. (Screen Daily and Dark Horizons)

Actress Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck) is joining Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand in the film My Mother’s Curse that follows an inventor (Rogen) who invites his mother (Streisand) on a cross-country trip as he tries to sell his new product, while also reuniting her with a lost love. Strahovski will play Rogen’s high school sweetheart to whom he once proposed. (Yahoo and Dark Horizons)

Actress Hilary Swank will produce and wants to star in an adaptation of You’re Not You that delves into the relationship between a thirty-something woman with Lou Gehrig’s disease and her female career. (Indiewire and Dark Horizons)

Actors Stanley Tucci and Cloris Leachman have joined the cast of the remake of Gambit that centers on British art curator Harry Deane (Colin Firth) who devises a finely-crafted scheme to con England’s richest man and avid art collector, Lionel Shabandar, (Alan Rickman) into purchasing a fake Monet painting. In order to bait his buyer, he recruits a Texas rodeo queen (Cameron Diaz) to cross the pond and pose as a woman whose grandfather liberated the painting at the end of WWII. No word on what roles either Tucci or Leachman will play. (The Hollywood Reporter and Dark Horizons)

Actor Dominic Purcell (Prison Break) has joined the cast of the action-adventure film called Vikingdom. (Screen Daily and Dark Horizons)

Actors Joel Edgerton and Luke Evans are now in contention for the role of Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby. (The Hollywood Reporter and Dark Horizons)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

More breaking news from the networks on their plans for the fall TV schedule are breaking along with much other news so let’s get into today’s update, shall we:

TELEVISION

Actor Ernie Hudson (of Ghostbusters fame) will play Isaac Jeffries, the loving childhood mentor of Mozzie (Willie Garson) in an upcoming episode of White Collar. The series returns with all new episodes on June 7 at 9 PM on the USA Network. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

Actor Matt Lauria, whose new show The Chicago Code did not get picked up for a second season by FOX has booked a potentially recurring role on Burn Notice. He will play Ethan, a discharged soldier whose intelligence and tenacity piques the interest of the CIA. Burn Notice will be back starting June 23. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actress Míriam Colón, (HBO’s How to Make It in America and Guiding Light) will guest star in an upcoming episode of HawthoRNe, appearing as the ailing mother of Marc Anthony’s Detective Nick Renata. The medical drama is back with new episodes on June 14 at 10 PM. (Megan Masters and Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Actress Susan Saint James (Kate & Allie) will guest star on the new USA Network series called Suits that stars Gabriel Macht (Behind Enemy Lines) as a top-shelf attorney and Patrick J. Adams (Friday Night Lights) as the young savant/legal whiz who assists him. St. James will play Joy McAfee, the founder of a toy company who, on the cusp of inking a major licensing deal, reconsiders her life priorities upon meeting Adams’ off-beat character. Suits will debut on June 23. (Megan Masters and Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Actress Aimee Garcia (Off the Map and Trauma) has joined the cast of Dexter, playing Jamie, the younger sister of Batista (David Zayas) whom Dexter (Michael C. Hall) hires as a nanny for baby Harrison. (Joyce Eng at TV Guide and TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

It appears that Syfy is developing a spin-off of its popular Warehouse 13 dramedy series. The project will center on the character of H.G. Wells, putting Wells in a 1890s steam-punk environment (at least right now – that could change, though). As more news breaks on this proposed project, you will see it here. (Lacey Rose at The Hollywood Reporter)

UPFRONTS NEWS

Chuck has been renewed for a final season with a 13 episodes order while The Event and Law & Order: Los Angeles have both been canceled. Meanwhile, NBC has picked up the new dramas The Playboy Club, Grimm and “Awake” (formerly known as R.E.M.). And, both Parenthood and Harry’s Law have been renewed. This mean the much-talked-about Wonder Woman pilot is dead as is the 17th Precinct pilot from Ron Moore. (The Futon Critic)

ME: I can personally live without the Wonder Woman pilot, but “boo” on NBC for not moving forward with 17th Precinct.

Meanwhile, word is leaking from ABC that Brothers and Sisters, Off the Map, No Ordinary Family, Detroit 187 as well as V have all been canceled. While new drams Good Christian Bitches, er, I mean Belles (really, that’s the new name) and Charlie’s Angels have been picked up as well as a Pan Am. And, it looks like new shows Once Upon A Time, The River, Revenge and Scandal (formerly Damage Control) have been picked up too. Body of Proof has been picked up too. (Twitter)

ME: Really, Charlie’s Angels and Pan Am are picked up? I’m making the prediction now that Pan Am will crash and burn literally and figuratively. C’mon, ABC. What are you thinking?

JUST BREAKING: CBS has picked up Person of Interest from pilot to series. (Twitter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

French star Dany Boon and actress Diane Kruger have joined the high-concept action-adventure comedy film Fly Me to the Moon. Kruger plays a 30-something woman who has a great career and a loving boyfriend, though her family is plagued with a curse that turns every first marriage into a divorce. So when her boyfriend presses her to get hitched, she embarks on a mission to marry and divorce a stranger before her actual wedding. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actress Zoe Saldana will join actors Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Irons in the film The Words that tells the story of a writer (Cooper) who discovers the price he must pay for stealing the work of another man (Irons). Actor Dennis Quaid will also star in the film as Clay Hammond, another celebrated writer. (Coming Soon, The Hollywood Reporter and First Showing)

Actor Rob Lowe will star in Knife Fight, a film that deals with the dark side of political operatives. He will play a political crisis specialist who plays hard and tough in dealing with various October campaign surprises. (Deadline and First Showing)

Actor Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries) has joined the cast of the film The Baytown Disco that stars Eva Longoria and Billy Bob Thornton. He will play Anthony Reese, a federal agent who comes into a small Southern town to investigate the Oodies — three redneck brothers who get more than they bargained for after agreeing to help a woman get her son back from his seemingly abusive father. (The Wrap)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Must Watch: Colin Farrell Bares Teeth in First Trailer for ‘Fright Night’

SPOILER ROOM (with Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

‘WHITE COLLAR’: HOW WILLIE GARSON’S REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE INSPIRED AN EPISODE. PLUS: NEAL SCOOP!

It’s almost time for White Collar, Collars! And if you’re half as excited as I am about what’s in store, here’s a bit of fun news. First, the Mozzi flashback episode creator Jeff Eastin told me about last year is definitely happening/filmed/done/amazing. But here’s what you may not know: Willie Garson (who plays Mozzi) motivated much of the story. “[The episode] was inspired by Willie’s real-life journey to get his son, who he got out of foster care,” Eastin says. “Early on, I sat down with Willie and we talked about that. It was similar to a story I had been working on for him anyway. And after talking to him, we decided to embrace that idea, and we find out Mozzi was an orphan. It’s a pretty cool story.” Also cool? Seeing Mozzi in the different stages of life, “from an infant all the way up to the present day,” Eastin says. Much more White Collar scoop coming your way in the coming weeks. But here’s some bonus Neal news to tide you over: Look for more “library“-esque sexy time, according to Matt Bomer; the gang will face Keller again this season; and look for a not-so-happy Neal in an upcoming episode where the team encounters “the young Neal Caffrey.” Jealousy? I think so.

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

The news isn’t too long today, but there are still some interesting things to share with everyone. Please read on:

TELEVISION

Acting vet Danny Trejo (Machete and The Devil’s Rejects) will appear in a multi-episode arc on the FX series Sons of Anarchy, playing Romero “Romeo” Parada, a charismatic and dangerous former commando for the Mexican military who becomes a new associate of the SONS. The series is expected to return with new episodes in early September. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

UPFRONTS NEWS

NBC let slip a few of their new season pick-ups, including some new comedies and the dramas Smash – that stars Debra Messing – and Prime Suspect – that stars Maria Bello in an American adaptation of the classic British series. It also looks like Chuck will be back for a 5th season; albeit a shorter one, as it’s been rumored it will get a 13-episode season. Official word will be made to the New York advertisers on Monday. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actors Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan and Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood) will co-star in the dramedy movie What Maisie Knew that is a contemporary-set adaptation of the Henry James novel, centering on Maisie, a six-year-old girl enmeshed in the bitter divorce of her mother (Moore), a rock and roll icon, and her father (Coogan), a charming but distracted art dealer. Skarsgård will play Moore’s new husband. (The Hollywood Reporter and Dark Horizons)

Actors Ben Whishaw and Hugo Weaving are to play major roles in the ambitious adaptation of the David Mitchell novel Cloud Atlas, joining the already confirmed Halle Berry and Tom Hanks in the ensemble drama which spans six different story lines over a millennia. Each tale is revealed to be a story that is read (or watched) by the main character in the next. (The Hollywood Reporter and Dark Horizons)

Actors Luke Evans and Kristin Scott Thomas are set to star in the box office film called Only God Forgives, which is a story of a Thai police lieutenant whose rivalry with a gangster sees the two settling their differences in a Thai boxing match. (Reuters and Dark Horizons)

Actors Emile Hirsch and Penelope Cruz are set to star in film Twice Born, which is based on the book Venuto Al Mondo, which tells the story of a woman who returns to Sarajevo with her son in tow and revisits the tumultuous past she shared with his late father. (Screen Daily and Dark Horizons)

Recent Aussie acting graduate Elizabeth Debicki will play Jordan Baker in the remake of The Great Gatsby. Baker is a famed golfer and love interest of narrator Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire). (Deadline and Dark Horizons)

Actor Dylan McDermott certainly is busy. He has been cast in the FX pilot American Horror Story from the men behind the FOX musicomedy Glee; but he has signed on for two movies as well. First is Nobody Walks that is about a Los Angeles family that takes in a stranger who winds up disrupting their lives. John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby and Jane Levy also star. Second is Perks of Being a Wallflower that revolves around a boy whose life dramatically changes as he learns about secrets buried deep in his past during his freshman year of high school. McDermott will also play the father of the main character. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actress Helen Hunt is set to star in, produce and direct the romantic comedy Ride, playing the mother of a 20-year-old NYU student. When he leaves for a summer in California, this strong-willed magazine-editor mother is alarmed. When he reveals he’s abandoning school for the surfing life, she follows him to L.A. There, each finds their own version of love, sex and self discovery. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)

Actors Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl and Amanda Seyfried will star in the comedy called Gently Down the Stream. De Niro and Keaton play a long-divorced couple who, for the sake of their adopted son’s wedding and his biological mother, pretend they are still married. They quickly learn that acting the part isn’t easy, especially when their ‘relationship’ unravels for all to see. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actress Mary Lynn Rajskub (24) joins Aubrey Plaza and Kristen Bell (among others) in the film called Safety Not Guaranteed that is a real-life-inspired story of three magazine employees sent to investigate a classified ad from a man seeking a partner for time travel. (The Hollywood Reporter and Dark Horizons)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Well, it’s less than a week away from the official upfront presentations in New York City by the major networks, but you wouldn’t know that by the flurry of news that was hitting Twitter last night. There is more on that below and there will be much more news on the upfronts as they come up. Be prepared. In the meantime, let’s look at today’s news:

TELEVISION

Actor Seth Gabel (Dirty Sexy Money) has been made a series regular on Fringe, which will be back for another season this fall. He has played recurring character Lincoln Lee for the past two seasons. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor and hip hop artists Mos Def will have a multi-episode arc on Dexter, playing a hardened ex-con who claims to have found religion yet seems to continually find himself surrounded by violence. (Marisa Guthrie at The Hollywood Reporter)

UPFRONT NEWS

The $*&^ hit the fan last night all over Twitter with FOX picking up two new dramas while canceling a number of shows. Among the casualties are Human Target, Breaking In, The Chicago Code, Traffic Light and Lie to Me. Meanwhile the new dramas picked up are Alcatraz and The Finder while two comedies – The New Girl and I Hate My Teenage Daughter – have been given season orders. The dramas that did NOT make the cut include Locke & Key and Weekends at Bellevue. Meanwhile, the drama pilot Exit Strategy may be retooled for possible mid-season consideration while a fourth, the Kiefer Sutherland-led Touch has yet to film. (The Futon Critic)

TBD is giving a series order to the hour-long pilot The Wedding Band that stars Brian Austin Green, Peter Cambor and Harold Perrineau. The series is to follow a group of guys performing in a wedding band, anchored by two lifelong best friends — perennial bachelor Tommy (Brian Austin Green) and Eddie (Peter Cambor), a married father of two. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Woody Harrelson has landed the role of Haymitch Abernathy in the film adaptation of the Suzanne Collins best-seller Hunger Games. Meanwhile, two more newcomers – Jeremy Marinas and Dakota Hood will play the tributes from District 10 while actor Alexander Ludwig (Race to Witch Mountain and actress Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan) will play the pivotal roles of District 2’s tributes. (E! Entertainment and The Hollywood Reporter)

Actors Katie Holmes and Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl will star in the rom-com Responsible Adult that follows a 30-year-old med student (Holmes) who meets and falls for a younger man (Crawford) only to realize she was his baby sitter fifteen years beforehand. (Screen Daily and Dark Horizons)

Actors Orlando Bloom, Nick Nolte, Stanley Tucci and Cristiana Capotondi have joined the cast of the comedy Idea in America that is a coming-of-age road-trip following a young Italian ornithologist who travels from California to Georgia in the pursuit of the American bald eagle, a dream job and her independence. (The Hollywood Reporter and Dark Horizons)

French acting legend Jean Reno has joined the cast of the film adaptation of the James Patterson novel I, Alex Cross that has Tyler Perry playing forensic psychologist Dr. Alex Cross who manages to save a victim from a brutal death at the hands of an assassin named Michael Sullivan (Matthew Fox), aka. the Butcher of Sligo. The Butcher kills Cross’ wife and then it becomes a battle of wits between the two. Ed Burns also stars as Cross’ partner Tommy Kane. Details of Reno’s role haven’t been revealed. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actors Kiefer Sutherland, Gerard Depardieu, Thomas Jane and Til Schweiger are to star in the ensemble heist comedy Sleight of Hand that revolves around a crew of small-time crooks in Paris who inadvertently end up possessing a rare gold coin belonging to a notorious French gangster. (Dark Horizons)

Actor Aaron Eckhart and actress AnnaSophia Robb will star in a dark re-imagining of Peter Pan where Captain Hook (Eckhart) is a tormented former detective on the trail of a childlike kidnapper with Robb playing Wendy, the lone survivor who leaves an asylum to help in the hunt. Sean Bean has already been cast as Smee, a chief detective and Hook’s only ally on the force. (Screen Daily and Dark Horizons)

Looks like actor Alec Baldwin is asking to leave the big-screen adaptation of the Broadway’ play Rock of Ages due to “a new medical condition.” There is no confirmation if he will be let go or not, though. (TV Guide)

Actress Rachel Weisz is in talks to take the lead female role in the franchise spin-off The Bourne Legacy with Jeremy Renner. The role would have her playing an operative from a covert government program that is even more dangerous than the Treadstone brainwashing program that hatched Matt Damon’s Bourne character. Though the story exists in the same universe, the character is new. Meanwhile she is supposed to be close to taking a role as one of the witches in the upcoming film Oz: The Great and Powerful. This could create a conflict schedule-wise; but neither role has been confirmed yet. (Deadline and First Showing)

Actor Ryan Reynolds may star in a movie called A Boy Named Sue. That is presumably a comedy about a guy who decides to disguise himself as a woman to win his ex-girlfriend back. There is no full confirmation on this film or Reynolds’ role in it yet. (Deadline and First Showing)

Actor Colin Firth and actress Emily Blunt are set to team for a dark comedy that follows two damaged souls fleeing their pasts who meet and break into empty homes to assume the identities of the absent owners. Over the course of their misadventures the pair fall in love. (Screen Daily and Dark Horizons)

Q&A SECTION (with Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams at TV Guide and Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

SPOILER ALERT!! Please tread lightly!!

Question: Anything good coming up on In Plain Sight? — Whitney

ADAM: Who knew that babies attracted men? The show is on the lookout for an actor to play a handsome, fit former Army Ranger-turned-attorney who works with Mary to get an Army sergeant into witness protection late in the season. His quick wit makes him a natural sparring partner for Mary, but there’s definitely an attraction bubbling beneath the surface. It looks like he’ll be hanging around for a few episodes to test the waters.

Question: So happy to hear that Ed Asner will be on Royal Pains. Got any more details about his character? — Luke

ADAM: Hank and Evan are as shocked as anyone to meet Grandpa Ted… because they’ve always been told he was dead! Turns out Ted disapproved of his son’s life choices and kicked Eddie (Henry Winkler) out of his house. Eddie reciprocated by changing his last name and cutting off all contact. We expect at least one big showdown before those old wounds can begin to heal.

Question: What can you tell us about the season finale of Nikita? — Paul

NATALIE: For one thing, it’s an hour not to be missed. Obviously, Nikita isn’t dead, but Alex faking her death does not mean a truce between the pair. What Nikita thought was right, in turning the black box over to the CIA, may turn out to be her undoing.

Question: I am dying to know what happens in the NCIS finale. — Eric

ADAM: Expect even more bloodshed. But the Port-to-Port Killer case doesn’t completely rule the hour. “The finale really hits a lot of the Vance-Gibbs tension,” executive producer Gary Glasberg says. “It’s going to provide a lot of answers to what Vance has been dealing with all season. Gibbs is going to become privy to a lot of it… and it’s going to bring his relationship with Vance to another level.” Does that signal an administrative shakeup? “There are definite changes that affect NCIS,” Glasberg says. “The team is going to have to work together in a way they’ve never had to work together before next season.”

Question: Can you tell us anything about the Smallville finale? — Brad

NATALIE: Here’s what we can tell you: As Darkseid’s Apokolips speeds toward Earth, Clark and Lois will attempt to walk down the aisle — with a little help from Chloe and a little what’s-the-opposite-of-help from Oliver. But it won’t be that easy! Lois will find herself in peril yet again, in a scene that fantastically recalls one of the Superman movies. Meanwhile, back at the barn, you’ll see another scene that will make your spirit positively… float.

Question: Does someone important really die in this week’s episode of Bones? — Rachael

ADAM: You bet, and the emotional fallout is intense. But even though Booth has thus far shouldered the responsibility of trying to bring down sniper Broadsky, it’s Brennan who feels the most guilty after the death. “Brennan actually needs more consoling than Booth,” Emily Deschanel tells us. And Booth is just the man for that job. “I think if fans watch the season-ender, they will be back in droves for Season 7,” executive producer Hart Hanson says.

Question: I am a closet ABC Family watcher and really enjoy Pretty Little Liars. Got any juicy scoop? —Jay

Ausiello: Guess who’s finally showing her face in Rosewood? Ali’s mama! The soap is casting the recurring role of Jessica DiLaurentis, the late teen’s mother who comes to town to attend a sure-to-be-sabotoged tribute to her daughter. The role’s recurring so I guess she’s gonna stick around for a bit.

Question: Details on the Chuck finale, please! —Megan

Ausiello: Images of Yvonne Strahovski in a wedding dress have leaked. The show recently shot scenes on location at a Los Angeles-area church. The entire season has been building towards a Chuck-Sarah wedding. Yet in spite of all of this, exec producer Chris Fedak says fans shouldn’t assume those two crazy kids will end up getting hitched in Monday’s finale. “Just because we may’ve shot something at a church doesn’t mean [there’s a wedding],” he teases. “Once you see how our season finale works there should be a degree of doubt. It’s structured in such a way that we don’t know if Chuck and Sarah are going to get together in the end.”

Question: Worst-case scenario — Chuck doesn’t get renewed. Will producers excise the finale’s top-secret cliffhangery epilogue that’s supposed to set up Season 5? —Ryan

Ausiello: Good question. Let’s ask Fedak. “From a technical perspective, we probably won’t know the fate of the show until after we lock the cut of the finale,” he says. “However, I really like this ending that we’ve built and I think it works no matter what situation we’re going into. I really love this episode. I don’t think I would change it.”

Question: Castle fans are holding our breath waiting for the finale, which has already been described as “explosive” and “mind-blowing”! Any other last-minute scoop to tide us over until Monday? —Cheryl

Ausiello: The final scene of the episode features nearly the entire cast. Draw your own conclusions.

Question: What can you tell us about Lisa and Ben’s reappearance on Supernatural in the May 20 finale? —Bonnie

Ausiello: Their return will “test Dean’s resolve,” reveals exec producer Ben Edlund. “It’s going to [force] him to choose what kind of hero he’s going to be. As we always knew, one day or another, he was going to have to make some choices like that.”

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Today’s news isn’t voluminous, but there are still some interesting items to share:

TELEVISION

Actresses Taylor Momsen and Jessica Szohr will not be returning as series regulars on Gossip Girl when it returns for its fifth (yes, you read that right, fifth) season this fall. Meanwhile, Kaylee DeFer has been promoted to series regular. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Adam Arkin (Chicago Hope) will guest star on The Closer as Steven Hirschbaum, a Bernie Madoff-like businessman who is convicted in a massive federal fraud trial and is being sued by the former employees and investors from whom he stole. The show will be back on July 11 with new episodes. (TV Guide)

House has been renewed for an 8th season with Robert Sean Leonard and Omar Epps returning as well. (Deadline)

MADE FOR TV MOVIE NEWS

Legendary actor-comedian Bob Newhart has joined the Lifetime made-for-TV movie called Project Five, which is anthology of five short films, exploring the impact of breast cancer on people’s lives. He will play Dr. Roth, a longtime friend of Pearl (Jeanne Tripplehorn), who has to tell her some bad news. The cast includes Patricia Clarkson, Rosario Dawson, Kathy Najimy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Tony Shalhoub and Jeffrey Tambor. Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore, Alicia Keys and Patty Jenkins will each direct. (TV Guide)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Amber Heard (Drive Angry) and actor Shiloh Fernandez (Red Riding Hood) are set to star in the upcoming film Syrup that is about the backstabbing and corporate ladder climbing of twenty-somethings trying to make it to the top in the soda industry. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actresses Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight) and Viola Davis (Doubt) will star in the film called Still I Rise that takes aim at the crisis of public education in America with the pair playing two mothers who channel frustration into action and join forces to transform an inner-city public school. (Deadline and Dark Horizons)

Actor Mark Strong will join James McAvoy in the crime thriller called Welcome to the Punch that deals with a London detective whose old nemesis, an armed robber, reappears after five years away. (The Hollywood Reporter and Dark Horizons)

Actor Ethan Hawke has joined the cast of the upcoming remake of Total Recall, which stars Colin Farrell as Douglas Quaid, a man haunted by a recurring dream of journeying to Mars and buys a literal dream vacation from a company which sells implanted memories. The man comes to believe he is a secret agent and ends up on a Martian colony, where he fights to overthrow a despotic ruler controlling the production of air. Hawke’s role is being kept secret and is a cameo in nature. (Heat Vision and Dark Horizons)

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Today’s news isn’t very long, but there are some interesting things to share with everyone. Let’s get into it then:

TELEVISION

Actor Mark Moses (Desperate Housewives) will guest star in Covert Affairs as a NASA employee who never quite made it to space and becomes suspected of leaking confidential information. The show returns to the USA Network starting June 7. (Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide)

Actress Camilla Luddington (the Lifetime movie William and Kate) has landed a major recurring role in Californication. She will appear in an 8-episode arc, playing a nanny who gets fired from her job and comes to work for Charlie and Marcy. (Deadline)

CBS has decided not to renew its deal with the Hallmark Hall of Fame after 16 years of airing their movies. It seems low ratings are to blame. There are no details on whether this once prestigious series of yearly movies will be shopped around to another network or not. (Deadline)

Actor Colin Hanks (Roswell, The Good Guys and Mad Men) is joining the cast of Dexter for a major arc in the new season. The specifics of his role are being kept under tight wraps, though. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actors Adrian Pasdar (Heroes) Bryan Batt (Mad Men) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Pasdar will play a wine collector named Mason Kent while Batt will portray a premiere wine sommelier. The episode is expected to air on May 22. (TV Guide)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Charles S. Dutton (Roc) is the first actor to be cast in the FX drama pilot Powers, which is based on the graphic novel by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming. The project is a police procedural set in a world where superpowers are relatively common and centers on two detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, in a Homicide department that deals with cases involving “powers” (people with superpowers). Dutton will play Captain Cross, the head of the department. Powers is one of two drama pilots FX is eying for an early January launch. (Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here are the top 10 box office movies for this past weekend according to Exhibitor Relations and Entertainment Weekly:

1. Thor, $66 million
2. Fast Five, $32.5 million
3. Jumping the Broom, $13.7 million
4. Something Borrowed, $13.2 million
5. Rio, $8.2 million
6. Water for Elephants, $5.6 million
7. Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family, $3.9 million
8. Prom, $2.4 million
9. Soul Surfer, $2.1 million
10. Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil, $1.9 million

Actor Stanley Tucci will appear in the film adaptation of The Hunger Games, playing the role of Caesar Flickerman, the iconic host of the Hunger Games. Meanwhile, newcomers Annie Thurman and Imanol Yepez-Frias will play the tributes for District 9. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter and Dark Horizons)

Looks like Johnny Depp will be working with Rob Marshall again for a remake of the classic movie The Thin Man – the 1934 film that starred William Powell and Myrna Loy. (Jeff Labrecque at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Michael Fassbender is in talks to appear in the thriller called Trance that follows an assistant at an auction house who masterminds an art heist with a gang of crooks. Afterwards, he suffers a blow to the head and wakes up with amnesia. The problem is he’s the only one who knows where the painting’s location is. The gang begins to get suspicious and hire a female hypnotist to get into his brain. Fassbender would play the shady leader of the gang. (The Hollywood Reporter and Dark Horizons)

Actor Garret Dillahunt (Raising Hope and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) will have a cameo appearance in the box office film called Cogan’s Trade. The film stars Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins and Ben Mendelsohn. (The Playlist and Dark Horizons)

Q&A SECTION (with Matt Roush at TV Guide)

Question: I am one of your fans, both online and in TV Guide Magazine. I’ve been wondering how I could find out when some of my favorite “summer” shows would be coming back, and then realized I could “Ask Matt.” So … do you know when Rizzoli & Isles, Burn Notice, The Glades, Fairly Legal and White Collar will return? Also, I was distressed to read in your Q&A column that Lie to Me and Human Target might not be renewed. Is that true? I’m so sad, since I think Human Target is a perfect role for Mark Valley. I loved him on Boston Legal and Fringe, but this role seems tailor-made for him. — Kathy

Matt Roush: Well, since you asked so nicely, how can I say no? Keep an eye out for TV Guide Magazine’s summer preview issue in a few weeks, where we’ll lay out the torrent of summer programming that will keep us busy until fall. Rizzoli & Isles will return July 11, paired once again with TNT’s breakout hit The Closer. USA’s Burn Notice is back June 23, and White Collar is back June 7, paired with the second season of Covert Affairs. The Glades returns June 5 on A&E. But Fairly Legal, which ended its first season recently and just got renewed for a second season, isn’t part of the summer fun. Look for it sometime in 2012. And regarding Lie to Me and Human Target: We’ll just have to wait until the network upfronts next week to see what Fox has planned for next season. I’m hoping at least one of these shows is back, even if it’s as a midseason backup.

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Happy Friday Everybody! Hope all of you have some fun plans for the weekend or maybe you plan to just relax. Either way, have a great weekend. And now, here is the news for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Jacqueline Bisset will appear in a multi-episode arc on Rizzoli & Isles, which returns on July 11 at 10 PM on TNT. She will play Constance Isles, Maura’s elegant adoptive mother who is a brilliant art historian. Her first episode will air in early August. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Actor Jonathan Silverman will have a guest appearance in an upcoming episode of White Collar, which returns with all new episodes starting on June 7. He will play a bad guy who is working with a black widow. (Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Relative newcomer Taissa Farmiga (kid sis of Up in the Air star Vera Farmiga) has been cast as the troubled offspring of Connie Britton and Dylan McDermott’s characters in American Horror Story, the FX drama pilot from Glee’s Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Also, actor Evan Peters (Invasion and One Tree Hill) has landed the series regular role of Tate, a patient of McDermott’s character. The cast of this pilot also includes Jessica Lange and Denis O’Hare (True Blood). (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Nathan Lane and British has joined the cast of the upcoming film Snow White. He will play Brighton, a servant to the Queen. (The Wrap)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tommy Lee Jones have joined the cast of the long-gestating biopic Lincoln from Steven Spielberg, joining the already cast Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field in this historical drama about our nation’s 16th president. Gordon-Levitt will play Robert Todd Lincoln, the eldest son of Abraham (Day-Lewis) and Mary Todd Lincoln (Field), the only child of theirs to live past their teenage years. There are no specific details on Jones’ role. (First Showing)

Looks like actress Laura Linney (The Big C) is making a deal to play Eleanor Roosevelt opposite Bill Murray, who will play Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in the upcoming film Hyde Park on the Hudson. The story is set during a visit by King George VI to Hyde Park, the upstate New York home of the Roosevelts. The visit took place in 1939, as momentum toward WWII was building, and also as it was becoming clear that FDR was having an affair with his cousin Daisy. (Mike Fleming at Deadline)

Actor Joel Edgerton has signed on to play a special operative in the upcoming Kill Bin Landen to be directed by Kathryn Bigelow. The film will center on an elite Black Ops team’s attempt to assassinate bin Laden almost a decade ago, an effort that came very close to succeeding. (Dark Horizons)

Michael Kelly (Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior) has joined the cast of the sci-fi thriller film called Chronicle that revolves around three Portland teens who develop powers from exposure to a mysterious substance. Kelly will play the father of one of the teens. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actor Walton Goggins (Justified) will star opposite Stephen Dorff and David Boreanaz in the independent film Officer Down, playing the prime suspect in the sexual assault of a young woman, a case being investigated by a gruff detective (Dorff). (Deadline and Dark Horizons)

CONDOLENCES

Actress Sada Thompson (the TV series Family) has passed away. (Twitter)

Tony-winning playwright (West Side Story and Gypsy – among others) Arthur Laurents has passed away. He was 93. (TV Guide)

ME: Rest in Peace, Ms. Thompson and Mr. Laurents. Condolences are extended to both of their families, their friends and fans.

MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE…

Q&A SECTION (with Sandra Gonzalez from Entertainment Weekly)

Question: Thank you, thank you, thank you for the hilarious interview with Deeks (Eric Christian Olsen) and Kensi (Daniela Ruah) from NCIS: LA this week. I LOVE it. They seem like so much fun, and I loved this week’s episode. Any word on the final two? — Billie

Sandra: Cliffhanger. Both remaining episodes have one. Really good ones! “Full-blown panic attack,” says Eric Christian Olsen of your likely reaction. “I remember reading this script in the hair and makeup trailer, and getting to the end of it, and I literally jumped out of my seat, ran outside, and I was like, ‘What? What? What?!’ [I started] looking for a producer or someone to tell me what was going on. That’s what’s so much fun about this, is that these guys are telling stories over 100 episodes. We get it as the audience gets it, and I still get tons of adrenaline.” Daniela Ruah agrees. “I think followers of this show will definitely be having panic attacks, and will be looking forward to season 3 to know what the result is.”

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Lots of news to share today so let’s get right into it all:

TELEVISION

Actor Quinton Aaron (The Blind Side) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Drop Dead Diva, playing a law student with everything going for him who is about to get married. Then, just before the wedding, his fiancé gets trampled by a bunch of bridezillas at one of those off the rails bridal gown super-sales. Jane (Brooke Elliott) takes their case against the store. The Lifetime series will be back on June 19 at 9 PM. (Jethro Nededog at Zap2It)

Actor Seth Gilliam (The Wire) will guest star on the May 17 season finale of The Good Wife as a man on trial for killing a judge. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actress Molly Ringwald (The Secret Life of the American Teenager) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Psych, which will be back with new episodes this fall. She will play a nurse at a mental hospital who Shawn suspects is abusing her powers. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

MADE FOR TV MOVIE NEWS

Casting announcements have been made for the upcoming Hallmark Channel movie called William & Catherine: A Royal Romance, which will debut on August 27 at 9 PM. Jane Alexander will play Queen Elizabeth while Victor Garber (Alias) will play Charles, Prince of Wales and Jean Smart (Samantha Who?) will play Camilla Parker Bowles. It was already announced that newcomer Alice St. Clair will play Catherine (aka Kate) and Dan Armbroyer will play William. (The Futon Critic)

CONDOLENCES

Legendary actor Jackie Cooper passed away on Tuesday at the age of 88. He is best known for his roles as a child actor in the films Skippy and The Champ; but he went on to become a successful TV star in the 1950s, a top television studio executive in the ’60s and an Emmy Award-winning director in the ’70s. (LA Times)

ME: Rest in Peace, Mr. Cooper. Deepest sympathies to his family, friends and fans.

MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE…

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Malin Akerman has landed the last “key role” in the film adaptation of the Broadway play Rock of Ages. She will reportedly play Constance Stack, a journalist who is seduced by rocker Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise). Other cast members include Alec Baldwin, Mary J. Blige, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Julianne Hough and Diego Gonzalez Boneta. The film is expected to be released in 2012. (Zap2It)

Actor Bradley Cooper is reportedly interested in the role of Lucifer in the film adaptation of the John Milton epic 17th-centry poem Paradise Lost that tells the story of Lucifer’s fall from grace, his temptation of Adam and Eve, and the first couple’s subsequent banishment from the Garden of Eden. No official offer has yet to be made to Cooper, though. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actors Josh Duhamel, Bruce Willis and rapper-actor Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson are expected to appear in the independent film called Fire With Fire that centers on a fireman in the witness protection program. When he’s threatened by the man he plans to testify against, he takes matters into his own hands to save his love. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actress Dana Delany (Body of Proof) has joined the independent crime drama film called Freelancers that is to star Robert De Niro, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Beau Garrett in the story of the son of a murdered police officer who has succumbed to the “culture of corruption” that’s infected the force. Delany will play a woman from his past. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

Actor Hugh Grant will provide his voice for the animated film The Pirates In An Adventure with Scientists. He will voice a bearded Pirate Captain who travels far and wide in a quest to win the much coveted Pirate of the Year Award. Other cast members include Martin Freeman, Selma Hayek, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Jeremy Piven, Brendan Gleeson, Brian Blessed and Ashley Jensen. (Variety and First Showing)

Actor Wes Bentley (American Beauty) has joined the cast of the adaptation of the Suzanne Collins novel The Hunger Games. He will play Seneca Crane, the “Head Gamemaker” of the 74th Hunger Games. Meanwhile, more newcomers have been added to the cast include Sam Ly, Leigha Hancock, Samuel Tan and Mackenzie Lintz who are set to portray the unnamed tributes from Districts 7 & 8. (Dark Horizons)

BOX OFFICE TRAILERS

Conan the Barbarian Trailer: Can Jason Momoa Fill Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Loincloth?

Ryan Reynolds Gets All Lit Up in ‘Green Lantern’ Trailer

‘Colombiana’ is the ‘Alias’ movie we’ll never get

‘X-Men: First Class’ Mutants Banshee, Havok & Beast Character Spots

Q&A SECTION (with The TV Addict)

Question: Loving me some Sara and Neal on WHITE COLLAR, got anything to tide me over until the show returns this summer? — Joanna

The TV Addict: Suffice to say, summer lovin’ will see Neal and Sara having a blast. Particularly when they are forced to go on a Sarah Palin-esque New York City shopping spree in an effort to catch the eye of a clever corporate hacker who siphoned over $100 million in bank assets. Oh, and if that’s not enough summer lovin’ for you, said shopping spree may also introduce Mozzie to his next lady love.

Question: So incredibly stoked for TERRA NOVA, any scoop? — Bram

The TV Addict: Despite the fact that Fox is keeping an incredibly tight lid on the mysterious and highly-anticipated new series, your very own TV Addict has learned that a jump back through time will most definitely not be the quick fix to Jim and Elisabeth Shannon’s troubled marriage. Especially when what awaits Mama Shannon back in time is a certain Chief Science Officer who may-or-may-not be the proverbial man who got away.

Question: Anything for this ROYAL PAINS Addict?

The TV Addict: How does scoop on an upcoming episode that will see Hank and Evan’s father turn over an unexpected leaf when he plays angel to a friend confined to a hospital bed. While, Jill has an unexpected visit of her own to the E.R. that concerns everyone, including the always watchful Boris.

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