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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman) will guest star in multiple episodes of The Blacklist this fall, playing Mr. Vargas, a dapper, finicky “muscle” who handles delicate situations in the criminal underworld. (Vlada Gelman at TV Line and Mandi Bierly Entertainment Weekly)

Actress Lori Petty will reprise her role of inmate Lolly on Orange Is the New Black during season 3. (Vlada Gelman at TV Line and Natalie Abrams at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) and actress Holliday Grainger (The Borgias) will appear in the BBC1 TV movie adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, playing lead characters Oliver Mellors and Lady Chatterley. (Dark Horizons)

BBC America is adding another series to its line-up in the form of the sci-fi drama The Living and the Dead that will take place in Somerset, England in 1888, exploring a land and a community on the edge of monumental change and on the hinge between ancient traditional ways and an industrial, scientific future in a land of ghosts and myths, poltergeists and demons. At the heart of the community is Nathan Appleby, a reluctant farmer obsessed with proving the existence of the afterlife. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

CBS is working with executive producer Jason Katims and Sarah Watson (Parenthood) on a new medical drama project that is yet untitled. The project will be set at a high-tech Silicon Valley hospital with a cutting-edge approach to medicine. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Amblin Television is putting together a TV series version of the box office film Minority Report. Plans are in the very early stages of development so there are no other details at this time. But, as a refresher, the story from the 2002 movie had Tom Cruise in a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with Natalie Abrams and Samantha Highfill at Entertainment Weekly)

Question:  I saw the EW questions for Once Upon a Time. Why no Rumple or Belle questions? It made me sad, I know there had been some. — Karen

Natalie/Samantha: I did ask about them… just not during The Hot Seat. On the Belle side, there’s this. But on the Rumple side, I hear things are going to get very contentious again between him and Hook this season. “Hook and Rumplestiltskin have a very long history that is blood-riddled and difficult that has been put aside for a little while due to circumstance,” executive producer Adam Horowitz tells me. “But now that circumstances have changed, that past history is going to rear its head again.” Let’s just hope Hook doesn’t steal another one of his wives.

Question:  Do you have any scoop on Lucy Lawless’ character on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? — Sydney

Natalie/Samantha: Former S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Isabelle Hartley shares a history with Coulson, though it’s more like “mutual respect” than anything sexual, according to executive producer Maurissa Tancharoen. In fact, one might look to the comics for a possible clue as to who Isabelle shares that kind of past with. Could she be the very Isabelle that dated the late Victoria Hand? “There’s always a chance,” Jed Whedon says coyly, adding that trust will be an issue with Isabelle. “When we meet her, she might not necessarily be on the right side of things.”

That’s it. Enjoy!

PS: Have a great weekend!!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Greg Finley (Star-Crossed and The Secret Life of the American Teenager) has landed a recurring role on The Flash that will debut in October on The CW. He will play the Tony Woodward (aka Girder), who – much like Barry Allen – was affected by the S.T.A.R. Labs explosion, given him the ability to turn his skin into living metal. (Brian Gallagher at Movie Web)

Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo (24 and Grimm) will co-star in the upcoming space opera The Expanse on Syfy. The series is based on the James S. A. Corey best-selling book series that is set 200 years in the future, following a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective (actor Thomas Jane from Hung) and a rogue ship’s captain (Steven Strait from Magic City) together in a race across the solar system to expose a conspiracy. Aghdashloo will play Chrisjen Avasarala, a smart and passionate member of a political family legacy who has risen high in the ranks of Earth’s governing body without once standing for election. The 10-episode series debuts next year. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

Actress Molly Hagan (Longmire and Switched at Birth) will take over the role of Eva Moore, the overbearing mother to Liv (Rose McIver from Once Upon a Time) in the mid-season CW series iZombie. She replaces SNL alum Nora Dunn, who played the role in the original pilot. This isn’t the first casting change for the series, as actress Alexandra Krosney (Last Man Standing) played Liv’s best friend Peyton in the pilot, but actress Aly Michalka (Hellcats) will take over the role in the series. Also, actress Judy Reyes (Devious Maids) will guest star in an upcoming episode of the series, playing Lola Abano, an artsy bohemian who becomes the prime suspect when her artist husband is murdered. (Rebecca Iannucci at TV Line and Natalie Abrams at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Brian Patrick Wade (Teen Wolf) will appear as Carl “Crusher” Creel (aka the Marvel villain Absorbing Man) on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He will put Coulson and his team through their paces in the season premiere. (Marvel.com and Natalie Abrams at Entertainment Weekly)

Spike TV has announced more casting for their upcoming six-hour event series Tut that will chronicle the youngest Pharaoh ever to rule Ancient Egypt. Actor Nonso Anozie (Game of Thrones and Dracula) will play the savvy military, yet power hungry, strategist General Horemheb; Sibylla Deen (Tyrant) will play Ankhe, the calculating and conniving sister-wife of King Tutankhamun; actor Alexander Siddig (Da Vinci’s Demons and Atlantis) will play High Priest Amun, a major political figure who holds great influence in King Tutankhamun’s inner sanctum; actor Peter Gadiot (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and Matador) will play Ka, King Tutankhamun’s close confidant and seemingly loyal friend from childhood who harbors a secret love for Ankhe, Tut’s sister-wife; Iddo Goldberg (Salem and Mob City) will play Lagus, an Egyptian soldier who develops a special bond with King Tutankhamun; and – announced yesterday – actress Kylie Bunbury (Twisted) will play Suhad, the beautiful and endearing girl of Mitanni descent who develops a strong bond with the young Egyptian king, despite the fact she is not of royal bloodlines. The lead role will be played by Bunbury’s Twisted co-star Avan Jogia and legendary actor Ben Kingsley will play Ay, the Grand Vizier to King Tutankhamun, who wields tremendous power and influence as the top advisor to the young Egyptian ruler. The event series will debut on Spike TV in 2015. (The Futon Critic)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

ABC is developing a new series based on the Derrick Storm novels written by TV character Richard Castle from the TV series Castle with Castle creator Andrew W. Marlowe and series executive producer Terri Edda Miller on board as executive producers for this new potential series. The series would focus on Derrick Storm, the private investigator-turned-CIA freelancer. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Kenny Johnson (The Shield and Saving Grace) will have a recurring role in season five of Covert Affairs, playing a former CIA paramilitary operative, who is compassionate and has an excellent track record and strong moral center. He is the type of guy who tackles any challenges thrown his way. Johnson’s arc begins in the second half of the season, which returns this fall. Covert Affairs will air its mid-season finale on August 26 on the USA Network. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

AMC has given a second season renewal to Halt And Catch Fire. (Dominic Patten at Deadline)

Actress Louise Lombard (CSI) will guest star in at least three episodes of Grimm, playing Elizabeth Lascelles, a mysterious woman connected to the royal families. Grimm will be back starting on October 24 on NBC. (Hanh Nguyen at TV Guide)

Actress Stephanie Jacobsen (Melrose Place and Battlestar Galactica) is joining the cast of NCIS as FBI Agent Leia Pendergast, a former U.S. Marshal turned FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force leader who will be a love interest for Tony (series regular Michael Weatherley). NCIS will be back for its 12th season on September 23 on CBS. (Liz Raftery at TV Guide)

They may have both lost their regular TV gig on the newly cancelled ABC Family series Twisted, but that doesn’t mean that actor Avan Jogia and actress Kylie Bunbury won’t be working together again. It looks like Bunbury will join Jogia in the Spike TV six-hour event series Tut that will chronicle the youngest Pharaoh ever to rule Ancient Egypt with Jogia in the lad role and Bunbury playing a character named Suhad. (Andy Swift at TV Line)

Showtime has given both Ray Donovan and Masters of Sex third season 12-episode renewals. (Laura Prudom at Variety)

DirecTV is bringing Full Circle back for a second season; but this time around Neil LaBute, who wrote the first season, will be replaced by writer Keith Huff (House of Cards and Mad Men). This new season will be set in an Irish bar, focusing on 11 characters whose lives are thrown into turmoil when a man must face his father-in-law in a High Noon scenario, to pay for his actions that put his father-in-law in prison 28 years earlier. Casting is currently underway. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Roma Downey and her husband/producing partner Mark Burnett are developing a potential series for NBC tentatively titled Unveiled that will around a group of guardian angels who must intervene to help people in a state of crisis. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

MINI-SERIES NEWS

Actress Rachel Brosnahan (Manhattan and The Blacklist) has landed the lead role in the CBS four-hour mini-series The Dovekeepers that will be executive producers by Mark Burnett and his actress-wife Roma Downey (Touched By An Angel). The mini-series, based on the historical novel by Alice Hoffman, will center on four women whose lives intersect in a fight for survival at the siege of Masada. Set in ancient Israel, The Dovekeepers is based on the true events at Masada in 70 C.E. After being forced out of their home in Jerusalem by the Romans, 900 Jews were ensconced in a fortress at Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. Besieged at Masada, the Jews held out for months against the vast Roman armies. The cast already includes Cote de Pablo (NCIS) and Diego Boneta (Pretty Little Liars and Rock of Ages). (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

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

Question: What can you tell me about Twelve and Clara’s dynamic on Doctor Who? — Aisha

Adam: Things will be very different between the pair now that the Doctor — to put it gently — has a few more years on him. In fact, without her schoolgirl crush influencing her, Clara begins to come into her own and be more assertive in their relationship. “I think she succeeds in dominating him, telling him what to do,” Peter Capaldi teases. But don’t expect him to be a total pushover. “She can only get so far with that,” Capaldi says. “Then he’ll turn. He often turns.”

Question: Can you tell me anything about the new season of Person of Interest? — Eric

Adam: Even though the “bad guys” are in control of Samaritan, executive producer Greg Plageman resists the notion that the War of the Machines is one of good vs. evil. “[Samaritan] is a machine that’s going to do what it’s dictated to do,” he says. “It’s not necessarily out to get us, it’s just that we may become collateral damage in what its goal is.” That said, Plageman did confirm that guest star Cara Buono, who was seen gunning people down in the footage revealed at Comic-Con is working for Samaritan. “In the same way that Root becomes a vessel to the Machine, Samaritan has a way of tapping operatives around the world in its own unique way,” he says. “Samaritan can see into people’s personal lives and even detect personality disorders or certain individuals who can be coerced into doing things.” Yeah, that doesn’t sound evil at all!

Question: Any scoop on Castle? —Jess, via Twitter

Adam: How about some exclusive casting news? Devious Maids star Rebecca Wisocky will guest-star in the seventh season’s third episode, “Clear & Present Danger.” She will play Dr. Elena Sarkov, the lead scientist at a cutting-edge research lab, whom the team consults when a pool shark is murdered by a mysterious unseen force. Other details about her character are being tightly guarded, but it sounds to me like the show won’t waste a lot of time getting back to its case-of-the-week structure.

Question: Any scoop at all about the fourth season of Once Upon a Time? —Advanteege

Ausiello: Is Henry en route to having his first crush? (And if so, has he picked the wrong gal?) The ABC series in casting the recurring role of Lily, a bright, self-reliant teen who boasts a “charming, take-no-prisoners punk exterior and the heart of a secretive, insecure opportunist.” Watch for this lass to first appear in Episode 5.

Question: Elizabeth Mitchell in Once Upon a Time?? Tell me more! —Jacquelyn

Ausiello: You sound plenty excited by this casting — as are Lost scribes-turned-Once creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis. “She’s awesome, we love her, we’re so happy to have her and we can’t wait for the audience to discover who she is playing,” Horowitz teases. Perhaps she’s playing someone… eeeevil? Answers Kitsis with a healthy dollop of sarcasm, “We never bring Lost actors on our show to be villains, so….”

Question: We know that the season opener of Castle starts right where we left off in the finale, but is there a time jump after those first initial scenes? —Rachael

Ausiello: Yes, the September 29 premiere features a time jump — and a rather significant one at that — but my lips are zipped about exactly when in the episode the clocks spring forward.

Question: I am dying to know the Castle Season 7 premiere title! —Sandra

Ausiello: The opener, which (per ABC) “promises to put Beckett through the toughest case of her career,” is titled “Driven.”

Question: Nashville Season 3 information? –Naomi

Ausiello: I’ve got more detail on the circumstances that bring Dancing With the Stars‘ Derek Hough into the Music City scene: The biopic in which his character, Noah West, is involved chronicles the life of Patsy Cline — and one of the women on the ABC drama’s canvas also becomes somehow involved with the film (and with Noah…?).

Question: Please tell me Victor Garber will be back in Sleepy Hollow this season. –Ava

Ausiello: Yep. The Alias alum will return for at least one episode as Ichabod’s disapproving pop, EP Mark Goffman tells TVLine. Bonus Scoop: The showrunner adds that we’ll meet Crane’s mom this season, too.

Question: Would love some NCIS: LA scoop, please — anything Hetty-related would be fantastic. —Michelle

Ausiello: Lest you suspect that the Hetty cliffhanger will neatly/quickly resolve itself as previous ones have, as Season 6 opens, “We actually see Hetty reach a point where she cannot resolve the situation herself,” showrunner Shane Brennan told Matt Mitovich. “She hits a wall, where she can’t do any more than what she’s done.” [Cue a rather unexpected savior.] Unrelated bonus scoop: Early on in Season 6, Rocky Carroll will cross over from NCIS to appear as Vance in “more than one” LA episode.

Question: What can you tell me about Brian Hallisay’s character on Revenge? I’m still not over losing Aiden, and I can’t imagine Emily is ready to move on. — Kate

Ausiello: You’re right about one thing, Emily’s not ready to jump into a new relationship. But that doesn’t mean sparks won’t fly between Emily and Hallisay’s Ben. “In the scenes they’ve had together so far, they’ve had great energy,” showrunner Sunil Nayar says. “But we want to take our time with these things; Emily has so much she’s already dealing with, we don’t want to be casual about the next person she chooses to give her heart to. That said, there’s definitely an energy between them that we’re enjoying. We didn’t bring him on to be Emily’s love interest, but by the same token, we didn’t not bring him on for that.”

Question: Any early buzz on how Doctor Who‘s new — and significantly grayer — star Peter Capaldi will differ from his predecessor Matt Smith? —Morgan

Ausiello: The Season 8 premiere, written by exec producer Steven Moffat, makes several overt references to the physical differences between the Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors (whose portrayers have a real-life age difference of 25 years) — including an extended and very amusing bit about Capaldi’s “independently cross” eyebrows. That said, Capaldi himself sounds game for whatever adventures his showrunner cooks up. “The first time you make an escape through a ventilation shaft is quite special,” he notes with a laugh. One future Season 8 installment, though, sounds a little less action-adventure and a little more introspective. Indeed, Moffat promises an episode exploring “What does [the Doctor] do when he’s got nothing to do?” (One theory: Recording DVD extras about “wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff.”)

Question: Will Scandal have some scenes shot in Washington D.C. this upcoming season? —Kyle

Ausiello: If not this season then (likely) at some point in the show’s run. “I wish, I hope, I want to,” Shonda Rhimes tells me, adding that “budgets, budgets, budgets” are the No. 1 obstacle to taking the show on the road to the nation’s capitol. “It’s expensive to go there, for any production. But we’d like to. We hope to. We’re trying to save our pennies.”

Question: Any details on Portia de Rossi’s Scandal character? —Paul

Ausiello: I tried mightily to get Rhimes to spill the beans, but all she would divulge is that the Arrested Development vet is playing “a very formidable person.” Actually, that’s a pretty decent tease, considering how tight-lipped Rhimes can be. I’m putting that in the “win” column.

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Sonya Walger (Lost) has landed a potentially recurring role on Scandal, but details are being kept under wraps as to her she will be playing. (Natalie Abrams at Entertainment Weekly)

Sundance TV has given a third season order to their series Rectify. (Aaron Couch at The Hollywood Reporter)

Doctor Who alum Frazer Hines will guest star in an upcoming episode of the Starz drama Outlander based on the Diana Gabaldon novel. According to Gabaldon, she was inspired to write the books while watching an episode of Doctor Who where Hines played a Scottish lad name Jamie McCrimmon who was companion to the second Doctor. Hines will play Sir Gordon Fletcher, the English warden of Wentworth Prison in Scotland. Claire (series lead Caitriona Balfe) meets Fletcher when she pretends be a relative of Jamie’s (series lead Sam Heughan) and tries to convince Fletcher to let her see him. (Robyn Ross at TV Guide)

Actress Teri Polo (The Fosters) will guest star alongside Stacy Keach on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit this fall. Polo will play Cordelia, the lawyer daughter of Orion Bauer (Keach), the esteemed owner of a family-run sportswear empire. The Bauers’ lives and livelihood are turned upside-down when the face of their best-selling clothing line is charged with serial rape. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

Actor Nestor Serrano (Graceland) will have a recurring role on Revenge this fall, playing Edward Alvarez, a commanding and perceptive police chief who’s (surprisingly) in Victoria’s (series lead Madeleine Stowe) corner. (Andy Swift at TV Line)

British actress Rose Williams has joined the cast of Reign in the recurring role of Princess Claude, the royal daughter of Catherine de Medici (series regular Megan Follows) and the deceased King Henry and sister to the newly crowned King Francis (series lead Toby Regbo). (Nina Terrero at Entertainment Weekly)

FX has given The Strain a second season order of 13 episodes. (Tim Kenneally at The Wrap)

Actress Adrianne Palicki (Friday Night Light) will appear on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. this fall, playing Barbara “Bobbi” Morse (aka the costumed operative known as Mockingbird). (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter and Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

MTV has given a second season 12-episode order to their new drama Finding Carter. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actor Matt Ward (Hellcats) will appear in an upcoming episode of Arrow this fall, playing Simon Lacroix (aka Komodo). He will be the “villain-of-the-week” in episode 2, but Team Arrow will pursue him over a season-long storyline. (Craig Byrne at GreenArrowTV.com)

TV TRAILER

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

FOX is developing a 10-hour limited series called No Ordinary Time that will be based on the Doris Kearns Goodwin Pulitzer Prize-winning book that chronicles the third term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Sigourney Weaver will join actress Felicity Jones and actor Liam Neeson in the film adaptation of the Patrick Ness award-winning children’s fantasy novel “A Monster Calls” that follows a young boy who attempts to deal with bullying at the hands of his classmates; and the terminal illness of his mother (Jones), by escaping into a fantastical world through the guidance of a tree monster (Neeson). Weaver will play his grandmother. (Heat Vision and Dark Horizons)

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock and Star Trek) will provide the voice of Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger and villain in the upcoming adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling classic tale Jungle Book. (Heat Vision and Dark Horizons)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Yeardley Smith (best known as the voice of Lisa on The Simpsons) will guest star in the season premiere of Revenge, playing Phyllis, a fellow patient at the mental institution where Victoria (series lead Madeleine Stowe) was admitted (against her will) in the show’s season three finale. (Andy Swift at TV Line)

Actress Gina Ravera (The Closer) will guest star in an upcoming fall episode of Castle, playing Marsha Stoller, the vice president of a successful toy company. The 12th precinct finds itself playing in the toy biz when company founder Wally Williger turns up dead. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Miranda Otto (Rake and The Lord of the Rings franchise) has joined the cast of the BHO sci-fi pilot Westworld that revolves around a futuristic theme park where robots go berserk and attack the guests. Otto will play Virginia Pittman, the head of the park’s Quality Assurance department whose brutal honesty with her colleagues and her ruthless efficiency in dealing with malfunctioning “property” have made her a formidable and unpredictable power player in Westworld. This cast of this pilot already includes Anthony Hopkins, James Marsden, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton and Jeffrey Wright. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

NBC is working on a potential series adaptation of the 1997 feature film The Devil’s Advocate with producers John Wells and Arnold Kopelson. The series would center on a public defender who joins a law firm that is run by the Devil himself. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Big screen actor Keanu Reeves could be making his foray into television via the planned hour-long series Rain from Slingshot Global Media. The project will be based on the best-selling book series by Barry Eisler that centers on John Rain (Reeves), a half-Japanese, half-American contract assassin who specializes in taking out his targets by making it look like death by natural causes. An outsider in whatever world he’s in, Rain ironically finds that the one identity he knows – that of being a hitman – is the very thing that prevents him from bringing others closer into his life. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

ONLINE SERIES NEWS

Actor Sharlto Copley (The A-Team and District 9) will have a lead role in the PlayStation Network’s drama series Powers based on the Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming comic book series. Copley will play Christian Walker, a dapper and charismatic character with a darkness and violence right at the surface but with a sense of buried integrity. Also, actress Michelle Forbes (The Killing and True Blood) will play Retro Girl, the undisputed super star of the Powers community. An icon of justice, selflessness, and business acumen, she has a cool, hard exterior with a fire right below the surface. Her willingness to put herself at risk for the good of others is matched only by her ability to manage her globe-spanning personal brand. (Laura Prudom at Variety)

Actress Jaime Ray Newman (Eureka and Eastwick) had landed a recurring role in the Amazon Prime upcoming drama series Bosch that is based on the Michael Connelly book series about LA police detective Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver from Lost). Newman will play Laura Kell, a premiere attorney in the public defender’s office who finds herself assigned to a suspected serial killer fingered by Bosch. The web series is set to premiere sometime in 2015. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

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

1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – 28.4 million
2. Guardians of the Galaxy – 24. 7 million
3. Let’s Be Cops – 17.7 million
4. The Expendables 3 – 16.2 million
5. The Giver – 12.7 million
6. Into the Storm – 7.7 million
7. Hundred Foot Journey – 7.1 million
8. Lucy – 5.3 million
9. Step Up All In – 2.7 million
10. Boyhood – 2.1 million

More cast members have been announced for the much-anticipated big screen version of Ant-Man. Fans already know that Paul Rudd will play the title role with Evangeline Lilly (Lost), Corey Stoll (The Strain), legendary actor Michael Douglas and Michael Pena (End of Watch) already part of the cast. Joining them will be John Slattery (Mad Men), Judy Greer (Archer and Married) and Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire). The film will be out sometime next summer. (Marvel and Dark Horizons)

Q&A SECTION (with Samantha Highfill at Entertainment Weekly)

Question: Any Castle scoop? —Courtney

Samantha: If you were worried that the traumatic events of the finale were going to scar and/or change Castle (especially when it comes to the whole wedding idea), don’t be. Even after everything he’s been through, Nathan Fillion still considers Castle to be a wedding guy. As he put it, Castle is still the man who “wears his joy on his sleeve,” the guy who will say, “Yeah I’ll get married. What the hell. Let’s go!” And just for fun, I also asked Fillion what his dream Castle wedding would be. “I would love to see Castle getting married on the shores of Maui in this little neighborhood I like to go personally for vacations because there’s a great bay right next door,” Fillion said. “You can snorkel there or scuba with turtles and there’s sharks sometimes depending on the time of day.” Who’s in?

Question: Tell me there’s hope for Brandon and Callie on The Fosters in the episodes leading up to the summer finale. She can’t end up his sister! —Lauren

Samantha: Well Lauren, based on the title of the summer finale—”Someone’s Little Sister”—I’m not feeling great about your odds. However, the episode centers around Callie trying to help Rita and the Girls United foster group home, so based on how little he’s mentioned, maybe there’s hope for Brandon yet.

Question: Anything on Hook and Emma on Once Upon a Time? —Jessica

Samantha: Hook and Emma might have ended things on a good note last season, but as we all know by now, nothing’s simple in Storybrooke. Colin O’Donoghue revealed that season 4 picks up right where we left off, which means that “the relationship is still very very complicated and they both have to sort of figure out who they are and how they can make it work if they’re going to make it work,” he said. “Hook is still a pirate at heart even though he very much cares for Emma and really has strong feelings for her, that point being who he is will sort of complicate things. And in the same way, I think with Emma, she’s got her own walls that she needs to break down and figure out if she’s able to feel again and love again. It’s going to be complicated. It’s not going to be plain sailing. Excuse the pun. You know what I mean.” And about Hook’s bad boy side? “You might see a little bit of that,” O’Donoghue teased. “I think people will be happy with his development in this season and they can expect to see a little bit of the pirate back, I think.”

Question: Do you have any Rizzoli & Isles scoop?—@IslesRizzolian

Samantha: Tuesday’s episode is titled “Phoenix Rising,” in which the team helps Korsak on an old case. The good (but maybe bad) news: Jane “refuses to believe that she’s not ready to go back on duty and takes some untraditional steps to stay involved.”

Question: Loving the Mark of Cain storyline on Supernatural! Any word on how long Demon Dean might be sticking around? —Amber

Samantha: When I chatted with executive producer Jeremy Carver a few weeks ago, you might remember that he said the Demon Dean storyline will be sticking (around) for at least the “first run of episodes.” In fact, he mentioned that the Mark of Cain is “very much on the boys’ minds as they plot out a game plan for the next batch of episodes after Dean is healed.” But don’t worry. Even if Dean is healed relatively early on, Carver also promised me that “I think just when it seems like things might be starting to settle down, we will introduce a few new doosies to the world.” Bonus Supernatural scoop: When asked about another Supernatural spinoff—which The CW has said it’s open to—Carver could confirm that “ideas are floating around,” though “nothing is firm yet.”

Question: What more can you tell us about what’s going to happen to Malia and Stiles’s relationship on Teen Wolf beyond Jeff Davis’ very ambiguous answer of “They’ve got a rocky road ahead.” I don’t want/need it to be all sunshine and lollipops, but is this a relationship that we’ll actually see develop as Malia and Stiles work through the natural hazards of living/loving in Beacon Hills or are we just being strung along for some kind of heartbreak from which there is no return? —Jennifer

Samantha: Well Jennifer, I promise not to use the words “rocky road.” What I do know is that Stiles and Malia will find themselves together in episode 10, titled “Monstrous,” but based on the fact that they’re going to uncover the origins of The Dead Pool, I can’t promise it will be all that romantic of a scenario. And come episode 11, it sounds like everyone is going to have something to worry about when Scott and his pack engage in a battle with someone who’s being described as “an old enemy.” Any guesses?

Question: Any scoop on The Knave’s arrival to Storybrooke on Once Upon a Time? —Charlee

Samantha: I asked O’Donoghue if he was at all worried about The Knave stealing any of Hook’s “stud thunder” and he didn’t seem too worried. “I think that The Knave and Hook are very different characters. I think Michael [Socha] is fantastic, and I think he’s a great addition to Once Upon a Time. Obviously, in Wonderland he was fantastic. I’m excited to see how he’ll interact with the characters from Once Upon a Time and with Hook.” O’Donoghue added: “Maybe they can have a duel, a stud-thunder duel.”

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Starz has given an at 13-episode second season renewal to Outlander that will be based on the Diana Gabaldon novel “Dragonfly in Amber”. (Laura Prudom at Variety)

Actor Lee Tergeson (The Americans) will guest star in The Blacklist this fall, playing opposite recently announced guest star Mary-Louise Parker. They will play husband and wife Frank and Naomi Hyland. (Kaitlin Thomas at TV Guide and Natalie Abrams at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Giles Marini (Switched at Birth) will guest star in this fall new NBC drama The Mysteries of Laura, that stars Debra Messing (Smash and Will & Grace) as a respected and successful homicide detective trying to juggle her demanding career with her duties as a divorced single mom to rambunctious twin boys. Marini will play a fashion designer with connections to a murder victim who ends up reinventing everyday mom Laura into a runway-ready fashion plate. (Robyn Ross at TV Guide)

Actress Bex Taylor-Klaus (Arrow and The Killing) has taken over one of the lead roles in the upcoming MTV small screen adaptation of the Scream franchise. She is replacing Amy Forsyth in the role of Audrey Jensen, the daughter of a Lutheran pastor and an artsy loner who aspires to be a filmmaker. Additionally, actor Bobby Campo (The Final Destination) will recur as Seth Branson, a hot English teacher; actor Connor Weil (Sharknado) will be a series regular playing Will Belmont, an all-American high school basketball player and actor Joel Gretsch (Witches of East End) will play Sheriff Clark Hudson, a good guy and good sheriff who is father to Kieran (series lead Amadeus Serafini). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline and Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Navid Negahban (Homeland) and Lauren Bowles (True Blood) will have recurring roles in the CW mid-season series The Messengers that centers on a group of seemingly unconnected strangers who die from an energy pulse after a mysterious object crashes down to Earth. They awaken to learn that they have been deemed responsible for preventing the impending apocalypse. Bowles will play Sen. Cindy Richards, a hard-working, passionate politician driven by a painful personal past while Negahban will play a Middle Eastern prime minister whose responsibility of keeping peace in his volatile country weighs heavily on him, and may force him to make some very unpopular decisions. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Connie Nielson (The Following) will recur on The Good Wife this fall, playing Ramona, a smart, beautiful attorney with far-reaching Cook County connections. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

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ONLINE SERIES NEWS

Actors Eddie Izzard (The Riches) and Noah Taylor (Game of Thrones) will co-star in the Sony Playstation Network series Powers that is based on the graphic novel by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming. The series is set in a world full of people with superhuman abilities and where all of those powers are just another catalyst for mayhem and murder. Izzard will play Wolfe, the bogeyman of the POWERS universe, a top-level Power who has spent the last two decades incarcerated in the Shaft. Taylor will play Johnny Royalle, a criminal mastermind Power with the ability to pop in and out of locations at will. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Amazon is developing a Biblical drama called Promised Land that will take viewers into the book of Joshua in a sweeping tale told through the eyes of two brothers, one high born and the other a low level soldier. (Lacey Rose at The Hollywood Reporter)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Syfy is looking to potential produce a four-hour mini-series adaptation of the Arthur C. Clarke novel “Childhood’s End” that follows a peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival ends all war and turns the planet into a near-utopia. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

MINI-SERIES NEWS

Actor Jim Belushi (According To Jim), Terry Kinney (Oz), and Michael Stahl-David (Cloverfield) will star opposite actor Oscar Isaac and actress Catherine Keener in the upcoming six-hour HBO mini-series Show Me A Hero based on the non-fiction book by Lisa Belkin that tells the story of Nick Wasicsko (Isaac), the youngest big-city mayor in the nation who finds himself thrust into the center of a racial controversy when a federal court orders him to build a small number of low-income housing units in the white neighborhoods of his town, Yonkers, N.Y. Belushi will play six-term Yonkers Mayor Angelo R. Martinelli, who argued to comply with the judge’s order and lost his seat as a result. Kinney will play Peter Smith, the Yonkers Housing Authority’s director who waded through the political and bureaucratic morass to ensure that the public housing was built. Stahl-David will play James Surdoval, the political consultant who helped guide young Nick Wasicsko’s political career. (The Deadline Team)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Edy Ganem (Devious Maids) has landed the lead role in the independent film called Ana Maria that will be about a receptionist who is obsessed with a telenovela. She suddenly finds herself transferred to the TV world of her beloved characters, where everyone thinks she is the fabulous and beautiful star of the show. (The Deadline Team)

Actress Malin Akerman (Watchmen) will co-star alongside actor Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) in the independent film called The Ticket about a sightless man (Stevens) who suddenly regains his vision only to be “blinded” by his obsession with the superficial. Akerman will play the wife Stevens’ character leaves after getting back his sight. (The Deadline Team)

Q&A SECTION (with Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Question: As excited as I am for Once Upon a Time‘s Frozen storyline, I’m curious as to how The Knave (Michael Socha) is going to fit in in Storybrooke. Know anything about that? – Sarah

Mitovich: Do I! Just seconds before publishing this week’s Inside Line, I got off the horn with Once creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis, the former of which said that The Knave’s “background as Will Scarlett, who was one of the Merry Men and a thief, comes into play very early.” Kitsis then added that for Wonderland fans, “We will be explaining why he’s in town. I can also say that he fits rather nicely into Storybrooke, and his introduction is a really fun one.”

Question: Will Once Upon a Time’s Emma go house hunting or will she be living in that loft with Charming and Snow and a crying baby forever? –Shen

Mitovich: “Emma needs her own place, and we’d love for her to see it this year,” Eddy Kitsis agrees. And perhaps to that end, Adam Horowitz notes, “The domestic situation of the Charmings and Emma and Henry and Regina does fit into the early episodes.”

Question: Is Revenge really not doing a flash-forward this season? It’s the show’s signature. –Jason

Mitovich: I can confirm that – tradition be damned — there will not be a flash-forward in Revenge‘s Season 4 premiere, airing Sept. 28.

Question: Just curious, is the actress that played McGee’s girlfriend coming back to NCIS, or are they done? –Chris

Mitovich: Through production of Season 12 thus far, Big Bang alum Margo Harshman has yet to reprise her role as Delilah – though, as show boss Gary Glasberg promised, McGee’s complicated relationship has not been dropped. In fact, I’m hearing that Delilah has been referenced several times already.

Question: Will we see Colin Ferguson back on Haven? –lilslim

Mitovich: Outside of the “previously on” catch-up segment that opens up the Sept. 13 Season 5 premiere, no, you will not see William again – but make no mistake, his presence is very much felt through the first episodes.

Question: Is Nashville killing off Tandy? Judith Hoag tweeted that she’s leaving after Season 3’s second episode. —Chris

Mitovich: The show is not whacking Rayna’s sis, but the character will be written out in the Oct. 1 episode. I hear the door is being left open for Tandy to return at some point, though that seems unlikely (at least in the near future).

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ABC Family has officially announced the cancellation of the network’s drama Twisted.  (Andy Swift at TV Line)

Actor Colin Woodell (Devious Maids) will recur on The Originals, playing a “badass” werewolf named Aiden who is a lieutenant in New Orleans’ leading werewolf pack. (Andy Swift at TV Line)

Actor Steven Weber (Chasing Life and Murder In The First) will have a major recurring role in the Syfy drama Helix, playing Brother Michael, the charismatic leader of a cult that will be the focus of season two. Michael is a brilliant speaker and sermonizer and also a first-class geneticist. (The Deadline Team)

Actress Alanna Ubach (Meet the Fockers and Legally Blonde) has joined the cast of the first original scripted drama Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce on Bravo. The series centers on Abby (Lisa Edelstein from House), a self-help book author who hides the fact that she’s separated from her husband as she starts to navigate her life as a single woman in her early 40s in Los Angeles. Ubach will play Jo, a blunt, brassy New Yorker and Abby’s best friend from college who comes to LA to help Abby through her divorce. Janeane Garafolo and Beau Garrett co-star as Lyla and Phoebe, respectively, Abby’s new divorced friends. As Ubach’s character Jo is introduced, Garafolo’s Lyla will be phased out and Jo will succeed Lyla as Abby’s best friend. Additionally, actor Matthew Glave (Growing Up Fisher) and Virginia Williams (Fairly Legal) will have recurring roles on the series, playing Gordon and Courtney Beech, a high-profile fashion couple currently going through a divorce. (The Deadline Team)

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Actress Alicia Coppola (Jericho and The Nine Lives of Chloe King) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Criminal Minds this fall, playing Lisa Randall, the head of a Morgellons syndrome support group who’s willing to go as far as she can to protect group members privacy. (Andy Swift at TV Line)

Actress Mary McCormack (In Plain Sight) and actor Josh Randall (Ed) will guest star in an early October episode of Scandal, playing a couple. That’s it, no big reveals as to who they will be, but that seems par for the course with any Shonda Rhimes production – no spoilers. (Lauren Piester at E! Online)

DirecTV has given a 20-episode third season order to their original series Rogue that will find Thandie Newton returning in her lead role as well as actor Cole Hauser coming back from his second season role. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Mykelti Williamson (Justified) will guest star in the new CBS fall drama Scorpion that stars Elyes Gabel (Body of Proof) as eccentric genius Walter O’Brien, who builds a team of other super-geniuses to help solve the world’s most complex problems. Williamson will appear in an October episode as Gen. Ned Walker, a hard-edged, lifelong soldier in command of the military-controlled Montero Nuclear Reactor, which comes under threat. (Adam Bryant at TV Guide)

Actor Jacob Pitts (Justified) will guest star in an upcoming episode of the CBS drama Elementary, playing Paul Ettinger, a brilliant and wealthy mathematician who assembles a team of his fellow math geniuses to help identify a killer that Sherlock Holmes (series lead Jonny Lee Miller) and Joan Watson (series lead Lucy Liu) are tracking. (Natalie Abrams at Entertainment Weekly)

HBO has given a second season order to The Leftovers. (Variety)

ABC Family has given a fourth season order to their drama Switched at Birth. (The Futon Critic)

Actress Aunjanue Ellis (The Mentalist) will appear in Sleepy Hollow when the show returns to FOX this fall for its second season, playing Lori Mills, the late mother of Abbie (series lead Nicole Beharie) and Jenny (new series regular Lyndie Greenwood). (Natalie Abrams at Entertainment Weekly)

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PROGRAMMING HEADS-UP

The August 10 episodes of Unforgettable and Reckless that were pre-empted due to a two-hour PGA overrun will air this Sunday, August 17. (The Futon Critic)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

WGN America has given a 13-episode order to the Appalachian family drama Titans and a fast-track development plan for the Civil War-era drama Underground. Titans revolves around a family struggling to live off the grid in Appalachia while Underground revolves around the covert network that was assembled to help slaves escape from the South via the Underground Railroad, as well as the mercenaries who tried to stop them. WGN America also has The 10 Commandments on tap. It will be a limited series, featuring notable directors offering their takes on stories drawn from the Biblical rule book. (Cynthia Littleton at Variety)

Starz and the BBC are working together on a small screen adaptation of the Richard House novel “The Kills”. The story centers on the global manhunt for a British mercenary who goes on the run after stealing $50 million from an American reconstruction project in Iraq. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Legendary actor/director/writer Rob Reiner will direct an untitled period piece thriller drama that will center on a Yale student with aspirations to be among the best and the brightest, who is recruited by the CIA to become a mole in the secret Skull and Bones society. He becomes caught between the two very powerful organizations. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Thandie Newton (Rogue) has joined the burgeoning cast of the HBO sci-fi drama pilot Westworld that is inspired by Michael Crichton’s 1973 movie of the same name that will revolve around a futuristic theme park where robots go berserk and attack the guests. Among the cast are Anthony Hopkins, James Marsden, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood and Jeffrey Wright. Newton will play Maeve Millay, a beautiful and razor-sharp Madame whose seen-it-all-before worldview is about to be truly challenged. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

ONLINE SERIES NEWS

The CW Seed’s web series Play It Again, Dick – the pseudo sequel to the Veronica Mars film – will find many of the stars from the TV series reprise their roles. The web series focuses on actor Ryan Hansen and his Dick Casablancas character. Each of the cast members will play both their former characters and heightened versions of their real-life selves. Amongst the returnees are Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Percy Daggs, Daran Norris, Francis Capra, Chris Lowell and Ken Marino. The eight-episode web series will premiere September 15 on the CW Seed. (Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) has been cast as Mary Shelley opposite Jeremy Irvin (War Horse) as Percy Shelley in the upcoming movie Mary Shelley’s Monster about the Frankenstein authoress. (Jen Yamato at Deadline)

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

Question: I can’t believe they’re already giving DiNozzo a new love interest on NCIS. — Susan

Adam: I’m sure there are ‘shippers out there who never want to see Tony with anyone but Ziva, but that ‘ship has sailed. Or has it? While executive producer Gary Glasberg says the door is always open for Cote de Pablo to return, Michael Weatherly sounds even more certain. “I’m sure they will see other again,” he says of an eventual reunion between Tony and Ziva. “I am deeply fascinated by what kind of fireworks would result,” Weatherly says. “I absolutely know that it would not be without an explosive quality.”

Question: Outlander isn’t just another love triangle show, with Claire torn between good guy Frank and bad boy Jamie, is it? — Sandra

Adam: Don’t worry, it’s far more complicated than that! As Saturday’s episode reveals, Jamie’s criminal past is a direct result of an encounter with Frank’s ancestor Jack, a captain in the English army. Unlike his kind-natured descendant, Jack is a sadist who once brutally flogged Jamie and sent him to prison when the Scot tried to save his sister from sexual assault. So, ask yourself this: Could Jamie ever truly accept the fact that Claire married a Randall?

Question: Got any teases about the new season of Nashville? — Jessica

Adam: While Rayna’s personal life might be a mess, it sounds like her career will be hotter than ever. “Part of Rayna’s journey this year is being pulled into a whole new level of celebrity,” executive producer Dee Johnson says. Then again, being a huge star in 2014 means letting fans into your personal life. “There was a time when the work would stand for itself and fans would buy your albums,” Johnson says. “But everything now is about social media and really putting yourself out there in a way that has been sort of anathema to Rayna in the past. … [It] is less than comfortable for her.

Question: I can’t believe this season of Royal Pains is almost over! What can we expect? — Julie

Adam: Divya’s struggle to balance medicine and motherhood will hit a heartbreaking climax in the last episodes of the season. When Rafa (with more than a little influence from his mother) suddenly requests joint custody of Sashi, Divya’s entire life, and particularly her demanding job, will be put under the microscope. Expect things to turn ugly when Divya is accused of putting her patients before her daughter in the season finale.

Question: Any scoop on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s FitzSimmons? Any updates on Fitz’s storyline in terms of his injuries? —Stacy

Ausiello: Prepare to be mildly toyed with. Executive producer Jeff Bell told Matt Mitovich that as the September 23 premiere unspools, Fitz’s fate will go unaddressed “just long enough that you think, ‘Oh my God, really? Aren’t they going to…?!’” — before finally revealing the 411 on everyone’s favorite techie. But the bigger question may be: How is the lad’s heart? “The beauty of what [Fitz said to Simmons trapped underwater] is it makes for lots of complicated feelings,” Bell notes. “I’d be curious to see how things will be different or the same now.”

Question: Got any information on Perception‘s mid-season finale? – Barb

Ausiello: Kate and Donnie’s wedding “is starting to awaken things” in Pierce, Eric McCormack says. “Something will happen at the end of the summer that will shake him up enough that he starts to speak about other things he’s been quiet about for a long time.” And after the cliffhanger finale, there’s even more good stuff coming when the season continues this winter. “We get into a whole other area that I’m excited about, where we start to explore a bit more of his relationship with Moretti and all the stuff that’s been unspoken,” the actor adds.

Question: Has Sleepy Hollow cast the Succubus yet? —Janet

Ausiello: They have! I can exclusively confirm that Caroline Ford (Lake Placid: The Final Chapter) has landed the guest-starring role of Lilith — AKA the Succubus. Official character description, authored by Executive Producer Mark Goffman: You may have heard lore about the biblical creature called a Succubus. And as with all creatures on Sleepy Hollow, she comes with our own twist. Ethereal and seductive, Lilith drains her victims’ life force, leaving only desiccated husks behind. She’s drawn to desire, and hidden desires burn brightest, so she will reveal many secrets in her path of exotic destruction. Things in Sleepy Hollow are about to get sexy as—you know… hell.

Question: Will Once Upon a Time fans find out to whom Hook traded his ship? —Meg

Ausiello: Not anytime soon. “It’s definitely something I myself am wondering,” says Colin O’Donoghue, three episodes into shooting Season 4. Especially given the significance of the trade, in the name of helping Emma, “I would be intrigued to see exactly what happened there,” the pirate’s portrayer adds. “The Jolly Roger was his life for 300 years!”

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The cable network Starz has given a 10-episode order to the drama series called The One Perfect from director Alejandro Iñárritu. The series will star Ed Helms (The Office) in a story that will revolve around a struggling farmer (Helms) who encounters a bizarre twist of fate that might save or ruin his family farm. Oscar winner Hilary Swank is in final negotiations for the role of his wife. (Cynthia Littleton at Variety)

Actor Danny Masterson (That 70’s Show) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Royal Pains, playing Danny Van Dyke, a wealthy hedge fund manager who needs a kidney transplant but is reluctant to accept his brother’s organ. His brother? Dr. Paul Van Dyke, returning guest star Kyle Howard from My Boys, a physician at Hamptons Heritage who later joined HankMed as one of Hank’s replacements; but after Hank rejoined the business, Paul eventually left to start his own concierge practice in Miami. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

ONLINE SERIES NEWS

Fan favorite Jim Beaver (Bobby on Supernatural) will join the cast of the online series The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy, which is heading into its second season. He will play George Darling, the father of the Darling clan. The online web series currently has an IndieGoGo campaign happening right now to fund the second season. You can learn more about that here. (Rae Votta at The Daily Dot)

Q&A SECTION (with Kristin Dos Santos at E! Online along with additional reporting by Tierney Bricker, Sydney Bucksbaum and Lauren Piester)

Question: How long do we have to wait to see Claire and Jamie together? Loving this show. – Winnie234

E! Online: It will be a slow burn. As of episode six, he still hasn’t lifted his kilt (that sounded way more dirty than intended but you can blame this damn show), but there is enough chemistry between Claire and Jamie to make you spontaneously burst into flames. It’s a slow and crazy-hot burn. Oh, and you know that the man watching Claire in the window outside in the 1940’s was Jamie’s ghost, right? Chilling!

Question: I LOVED Outlander. Will the flashbacks continue so we keep seeing Claire’s husband Frank? – Monica

E! Online: Yes, but the flashbacks are sprinkled. It’s not overly done. The show’s big boss Ronald D. Moore explains: “So much of the show is her drive to get back to that life and to get back to Frank and I didn’t want to lose touch with that. I thought it was important that the audience keep understanding why she keeps trying to get back to those stones. What’s waiting for her? What’s that life she led? Otherwise, why wouldn’t she just hang around here? You have to understand her relationship with Frank and understand that for her, that’s home. You have to remind the audience each week and show them more, because they’re going to get really invested in the show in the 18th century but she’s trying to go to this other place. It’s important to keep touching it every once in a while to remind everyone.”

Question: Got any Downton Abbey spoilers to share, maybe about Lady Mary? – Christina

E! Online: Let’s just say season five could easily be subtitled “How Lady Mary Got Her Groove Back.” “She’s very much out of mourning by series five. For me, it’s like a new Mary,” Michelle Dockery previews. “She’s got her spirit back…she’s got her bite back.” And yes, that includes her romantic bite. But it will be a slow-burn, as Dockery says Lady Mary is “giving herself time romantically with Gilliam and Blake. She’s still not making any quick decisions.”

Question: Anything on Pretty Little Liars? – Yessica9239L

E! Online: Tonight’s episode has one of the best twists form all season long. It’s harkens back to the first episode ever, and it’s pretty awful and twisted. Guesses?

Question: Will Belle and Gold get to be happy for a little while on Once Upon a Time? – Monica

E! Online: Don’t bet on it! Robert Carlyle (Gold) teases that they’ll be content “maybe in the first episode, but then that’s it.” Wah! Emilie De Ravin (Belle) points out that Gold is “bipolar” and we shouldn’t start thinking he’s a good guy. Double wah!

Question: What’s coming up for my favorite troublemaker Juliette on Nashville? – Jenna M.

E! Online: Oh, aside from the fact that Hayden Panettiere’s real-life pregnancy is definitely being written into the show, setting the stage for some major baby daddy drama? Well, Juliette is heading to Hollywood in an attempt to headline a major biopic about one of country music’s most iconic singers. (Hint: her last name starts with a C!) But will an it boy actor, whose already been cast as her onscreen hubby, get in her way?

Question: Bring on the Revenge scoop, please! – Shawn

E! Online: David Clarke (James Tupper) is back, as you know, and I am hearing crazy-good things about his storyline! “I’m really excited to be back with the cast, it’s super fun,” James Tupper says of being resurrected. As for what version of David fans will be meeting? “I think he’s been through a lot in his life, he’s working it out. He’s got a lot of issues. Maybe he needs a therapist?” Because that always goes so well on Revenge.

Question: Do you have any scoop on Wade and Zoe? – Umgirl119

E! Online: While we don’t have anything specific on our favorite Hart of Dixie couple, we do have some extra juicy scoop on the upcoming season of the CW’s sweet, southern charmer. Remember when the network president Mark Pedowitz told E! News, “[Creator] Leila Gerstein is planning to have a pregnancy eventually happen to the character of Zoe Hart” when asked about how Rachel Bilson’s real-life pregnancy might affect the show? That may be happening sooner than you think, since the show is currently casting a female obstetrician in her 40s for episode six. She is described as “a complete professional.”

Question: Do you have more Demon Dean scoop? – @welovejackles

E! Online: We do, and straight from the mouth of the man himself, Jensen Ackles, who gave us a bit of info on just how Demon Dean differs from Regular Dean. “It was a tough season for old Dean last year. He was going through a lot. I wanted to take all of that away, all the weight of the world, all the heavy, the guilt, all of that stuff, remove all of that, because Demon Dean does not care. That’s kind of where I went with this character. He is Dean without a care in the world. It’s not comedic, it’s almost scarier. He cares so little for everything and everybody, and he loves it.”

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Actress Zuleikha Robinson (Lost and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland) is joining the cast of The Following, playing Gwen, an ER doctor and single mom who is the love of murder-magnet Ryan Hardy’s (series lead Kevin Bacon) life and his first real chance at a family and true happiness. Their relationship will be seriously challenged by the dark conspiracy that is putting New York City under siege and reigniting Ryan’s personal obsession with ending it. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

Actress Geena Davis will have a major guest arc on Grey’s Anatomy this fall, playing a surgeon, but no other details on her role are available. (Natalie Finn at E! Online)

Actresses Bridget Regan (White Collar and Legend of the Seeker) and Azie Tesfai (Franklin & Bash) will appear in the new CW series Jane the Virgin. The series stars Gina Rodriguez as Jane, a religious young Latina who becomes accidentally artificially inseminated. Regan will have a major recurring role, playing Rose, a beautiful trophy wife and a whip-smart former attorney whom the doctor involved in the insemination turns to for help in the face of a malpractice suit. Tesfai will recur as sexy ball-buster Detective Nadine Hansan, a fellow police detective and rival of Jane’s fiancé, Michael (Brett Dier). (Michael Ausiello at TV Line and Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor JR Bourne (Teen Wolf) and actress Siobhan Williams (Black Box and Hell On Wheels) have landed recurring roles on the upcoming Lifetime drama Un-Real that goes behind the scenes of a hit competition dating show. It will follow the experiences of Rachel (Shiri Appleby from Life Unexpected and Roswell), a young staffer whose sole job is to manipulate her relationships with (and among) the contestants to heighten the drama. Bourne will play Quinn’s (Constance Zimmer) old lover and writing partner, who once had a drug habit but is now clean and running a surf charter company. Williams will play Lizzie, the new makeup girl on the show. (The Deadline Team)

Veteran actor Clancy Brown (Sleepy Hollow) will have a pivotal recurring role on The Flash this fall, playing General Wade Eiling, also known as The General, the head of a black ops army team pursuing Plastique (guest star Kelly Frye) in the hopes of using her as a human weapon. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor William Mapother (Lost) will appear in at least one episode, and possibly recur, on the Lifetime drama The Lottery, Tyler Waters, an engaging, messianic tech visionary who presents a genuine alternative to the government, and a provocative vision of the future. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Actress Alex Vega (The Tomorrow People and the Spy Kids franchise) will have a multi-episode arc on Nashville this fall, playing Kiley, Gunnar’s (series regular Sam Palladio) first love and high school sweetheart who is now a struggling single mother. She arrives in Nashville with the intention of providing some stability for her (suspiciously-aged) 10-year-old son. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

The USA Network has given a 16-episode fifth season order to Suits. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

The casting list for the HBO drama pilot Westworld just keeps growing with actors Ed Harris and James Marsden have jumping on board the story that is inspired by Michael Crichton’s 1973 sci-fi movie set at an amusement park. The project is described as a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin. Harris will play the “Big Bad” in the reboot while Marsden will play Teddy Flood, a mysterious new arrival to a small frontier town who quickly proves both his charm, and his talent, with a revolver. (The Deadline Team and The Hollywood Reporter)

Spike TV is developing a contemporary and high-octane version of The Count of Monte Cristo; but it is still in its early stages and it is unclear if the development will be in the form of a mini-series or limited series. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

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BOX OFFICE NEWS

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

1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – 65 million
2. Guardians of the Galaxy – 41.5 million
3. Into the Storm – 18 million
4. Hundred-Foot Journey – 11.1 million
5. Lucy – 9.3 million
6. Step Up All In – 6.6 million
7. Hercules – 5.7 million
8. Get On Up – 5 million
9. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – 4.4 million
10. Planes: Fire & Rescue – 2.4 million

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