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Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:

CANCELLATION NEWS

The horror-comedy series Hysteria! has been canceled by Peacock after only one season. (TV Line)

SEQUEL NEWS

It looks like a sequel series to Buffy the Vampire Slayer just might be getting a pilot order at Hulu; and what’s more series lead Sarah Michelle Gellar is in final talks to reprise her role as Buffy Summers. (TV Line)

TV CASTING NEWS

The For All Mankind spin-off series Star City has added Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill and House of the Dragon) and Anna Maxwell Martin (Philomena and Good Omens) to its cast. The spin-off is being described as a propulsive, paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers, and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humanity forward. Ifans will play the Chief Designer, the driving force behind the Soviet Space program while Martin will play Lyudmilla, the head of the KGB surveillance department at Star City. (Deadline and Variety)

Justified star Timothy Olyphant has joined the cast of the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series Lucky that will star Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit) and Annette Bening. Based on the book by Marissa Stapley, the series will follow a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past. Olyphant will play John, Lucky’s father. (Variety)

Mark Strong (Shazam! and Kingsman: The Secret Service) has joined the cast of the upcoming Apple TV+ series adaptation of Neuromancer based on the novel by William Gibson that follows a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case (Callum Turner from Master of the Air) who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high stakes crime with his partner Molly, a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes, aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets.” Strong will play a character named Armitage. (Variety)

Constance Zimmer (Entourage and UnREAL) has joined the 4th season of the Netflix legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer. The new season will see Mickey Haller (series lead Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) defending himself as he goes on trial for murder. He will face off with the prosecutor on the case, Dana Berg (Zimmer) who has ties to Mickey’s first ex-wife Maggie (Neve Campbell). (Deadline)

Omari Hardwick (Power) and Dana Gourrier (Evil and The Hateful Eight) will star in the upcoming Amazon Prime scripted series about the life of Muhammad Ali. Hardwick will play Ali’s father, Cassius “Cash” Clay Sr., while Gourrier will Ali’s mother, Odessa “Bird” Clay. (Variety)

BOX OFFICE MOVIE NEWS

James Norton (Joy and Grantchester), Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon) and Pip Torrens (The Crown) have joined previously announced cast members Cosmo Jarvis (Shogun), Rosamund Pike, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Benedict Cumberbatch in the upcoming Guy Richie box office movie Wife & Dog that will look into the colorful and backstabbing world of the British upper classes. (Variety)

Charlize Theron, Eric Bana and Taron Egerton will star in the new movie called Apex, which will be about a grieving woman who seeks solace in the Australian wilderness, only to find herself ensnared in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a serial killer. (Tudum by Netflix)

Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), James Norton (Joy and Grantchester), Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer) and Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones and The Last of Us) will star in the upcoming movie Sunny Dancer, a deeply personal, coming-of-age, comedy romance that follows Ivy (Ramsey), a young girl who is less than thrilled when forced to attend a summer camp for young people affected by cancer. (Variety)

Owen Wilson (Loki) and Alan Ritchson (Reacher) will star in the upcoming action-drama Runner, which follows Hank Malone (Ritchson), a high-end courier who has three hours to transport an organ to save a seven-year-old girl in need of an immediate transplant. The seemingly simple mission turns deadly when the leader of a notorious crime syndicate becomes hell-bent on claiming the organ. Wilson will play Ben, the medical courier that Ritchson is begrudgingly forced to transport and protect. (Deadline)

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and Lucas Hedges (Manchester By the Sea) will star in the Vietnam War thriller Trust the Man that follows an ambitious Army Intelligence officer during the Vietnam War assigned to investigate a decorated soldier with a mysterious past. As surveillance and interrogation deepen, the line between loyalty and obsession blurs, leading both men into a dangerous and uncontrollable connection. (Deadline)

Madelyn Cline (Netflix’s Outer Banks) will star alongside Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz in the upcoming action thriller Day Drinker, which follows a cruise ship bartender who meets a mysterious day drinker — only for both of them to find themselves entangled in a criminal underbelly. (Variety and Deadline)

Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect franchise) will star alongside 24 alum Kiefer Sutherland in the Christmas comedy Tinsel Town. Sutherland will play Bradley Mack, a Hollywood action star with a bloated ego who is blindsided when his iconic action franchise is abruptly canceled. With his career in freefall and worried his Hollywood days are behind him, he heads to England, hoping to rebuild his image as a serious actor on the West End. But his long-suffering agent has other plans, sending Bradley instead to a small, snow-dusted village to star in the town’s eccentric production of ‘Cinderella.’ As he fumbles through rehearsals with a colorful cast of oddball locals, Bradley begins to discover a spark of new beginnings in the form of no-nonsense choreographer Jill (Wilson). (Variety)

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS

The holiday movie My Secret Santa will be part of Netflix’s 2025 Christmas line-up, and the cast will include Virgin River star Alexandra Breckenridge, New Amsterdam and Cross star Ryan Eggold and newcomer Madison MacIsaac as well as Tia Mowry and Diana Maria Riva. The movie will follow a vivacious single mom who, in need of a job, disguises herself as a man in order to get hired as the seasonal Santa at a luxury ski resort. When she starts to fall in love with the hotel manager, complications sure do ensue. (What’s on Netflix)

Hallmark and Great American Family alum Jen Lilley will star alongside Kathleen Quinlan (Apollo 13) and Michelle Hurd (The Glades and Star Trek: Picard) in the Christmas movie Holiday Hearts that will follow Silver Morgenstern (Lilley), a heart surgeon who returns to her hometown and meets a man with terminal illness at a local hospital. Quinlan will play Silver’s tough mother while Hurd will play a veteran surgeon who goes toe-to-toe with Silver at work. (Variety)

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Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:

CANCELLATION

Netflix has pulled the plug on The Sandman, the fantasy drama based on the Neil Gaiman comic series. The upcoming second season will be the show’s last. (Variety and TV Line)

NEW SERIES ORDERS

Peacock has ordered a series adaptation of The Five-Star Weekend, based on the Elin Hilderbrand novel, which will star Jennifer Garner. The official description of the series is this: Hollis Shaw (Garner), a famed food influencer known for her delicious recipes, impeccable taste, and warm demeanor suffers a devastating loss. Unable to move forward, the death starts to expose the cracks in Hollis’s picture-perfect life—her strained marriage, her complicated relationship with her daughter, and her growing pursuit of validation from her followers. In an effort to overcome grief and find herself again, Hollis gets the idea to host a weekend away at her house on Nantucket with three friends from different stages in her life: her childhood, her twenties, thirties, and one surprise fifth star. Set against a luxurious and coastal backdrop, they will mature in ways they could never imagine as boundaries are pushed and secrets are exposed. (Variety)

Netflix has ordered a new series adaptation of Little House on the Prairie, based on the classic novels by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The official logline goes like this: Part hopeful family drama, part epic survival tale, and part origin story of the American West, this fresh adaptation of the books offers a kaleidoscopic view of the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped the frontier. (TV Line)

TV CASTING NEWS

Kate Mara (2015’s Fantastic Four and Shooter) will appear opposite Elisabeth Moss and Kerry Washington in the upcoming Apple TV+ series Imperfect Women, which is a psychological thriller examining a crime that shatters the lives of a decades-long friendship of three women, exploring guilt and retribution, love and betrayal, and the compromises we make that alter our lives irrevocably. The series is based on the Araminta Hall novel. (Variety)

Jason Patric (The Lost Boys) will make a rare venture into TV recurring in the upcoming 5th season of Law & Order: Organized Crime, which has moved from NBC to Peacock. He will play Detective Tim McKenna. (Deadline)

Annette Bening will star alongside Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit) in the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series Lucky, which is based on the novel by Marissa Stapley. The series will focus on a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past. Bening will appear in the role of Priscilla. (Variety)

James Norton (2019’s Little Women and Grantchester) will appear as Ormund Hightower in the upcoming third season of the HBO series House of the Dragon. Ormund Hightower is the nephew of Otto (Rhys Ifans) and cousin to Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Gwayne (Freddie Fox). He is presently leading the Hightower host in a march on King’s Landing to support his house against Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy). (Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Tobias Menzies (The Crown and Outlander) will appear in the box office movie The Entertainment System Is Down, which will be a social satire set on a long-haul flight. When the aircraft’s entertainment systems fails, an eclectic group of international passengers are forced to face the horror of being bored. Previously announced cast members include Keanu Reeves, Kirsten Dunst, Nicholas Braun, Samantha Morton and Daniel Brühl. (Deadline and Digital Spy)

Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan and Horizon: An American Saga), Ben Hardy (Bohemian Rhapsody) Scoot McNarity (A Complete Unknown) will star in the dystopian survival thriller Die By Night, which will be set in a post-apocalyptic world where long stretches of ‘Night’ plunge the world into chaos. The story sees creatures known as The Horde hunt in the dark. Runaway Lucia (Fuhrman) must find her way to The Wall where safety awaits, while an injured but determined Barry (Hardy) promises to get them there. But The Horde are not the only threat out there. The Clans — tribes of people whose survival and prosperity depends on selling and trading humans to gain strength in numbers — also stand in their way. (Variety)

It looks like Oscar winner Mira Sorvino and Friends alum Lisa Kudrow are in final talks to return for a sequel to their 1997 cult classic comedy Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. (The Hollywood Reporter and Variety)

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Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:

RENEWALS

ABC has given the new drama High Potential a second season renewal. (TV Line)

Netflix has given The Lincoln Lawyer a fourth season renewal. (TV Line)

HBO has given The White Lotus a fourth season premiere ahead of the show’s upcoming third season premiere. (TV Line)

NEW SHOW DEVELOPMENT

It looks like there will be another FBI spin-off in the works at CBS. A backdoor pilot is slated to air in the spring with the prospective spin-off to be FBI: CIA, focusing on a dedicated, strait-laced FBI agent and a street-smart CIA agent who join forces as part of a new, clandestine task force charged with solving and preventing domestic terrorism in and around New York City. (TV Line)

TV CASTING NEWS

Netflix is all set with the next adaptation of another Harlan Coben story. This time it will be Run Away, which will follow Simon (James Nesbitt), who seemingly had the perfect life. But then, his eldest daughter Paige ran away and everything fell apart. When he finds her, vulnerable and strung out on drugs in a city park, he finally has the chance to bring his little girl home. The cast will include Minnie Driver and Alfred Enoch. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Suits LA will find Patton Oswalt, Brian Baumgartner and Enrico Colantoni all playing versions of themselves in guest roles in the new spin-off that is set to debut near the end of February. (NBC)

Lucien Laviscount will return as series regular on the upcoming 5th season of Emily in Paris. His character Alfie was introduced in season two and became a series regular in season three, but then he only appeared in four episodes of season four, but now he’ll be back full time in season 5. (Deadline)

BOX OFFICE MOVIE NEWS

Tom Blyth (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and Billy the Kid) has joined the cast of the upcoming box office movie The Cry of the Guards. The story unfolds over the course of one night near a construction site in Senegal, where a group of workers are confronted by a man seeking justice for his brother’s death at the site. (Variety)

Looks like Ryan Gosling (The Fall Guy and Barbie) just might be starring in an untitled Star Wars movie that will be directed by Shawn Levy. The movie is said to be a standalone project that isn’t connected with the Skywalker Saga, but all other plot details are being kept under wraps. (Variety)

Shogun star Cosmo Jarvis has landed a role in the upcoming movie Wife & Dog from director Guy Ritchie, which will be set in the colorful, backstabbing world of the British upper class, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Rosamund Pike and Sir Anthony Hopkins. Jarvis is expected to play the son of Hopkins’ character and the brother of Pike’s character. (Variety)

Awkwafina will star alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alan Ritchson in the upcoming holiday family comedy The Man with the Bag. The film revolves around Santa’s (Schwarzenegger) magic bag and after it is stolen, he turns to his naughty list to find Vance (Ritchson), a thief, to help him get it back. Along with his daughter, Santa, and a group of misfits, Vance will have to pull off the greatest heist of his life to save Christmas. Details for her role are being kept under wraps, though. (Deadline)

An impressive ensemble cast is being put together for the film adaptation of the smash hit novel Children of Blood and Bone by author Tomi Adeyemi. The story is set in a mythical African fantasy kingdom named Orïsha, following a young woman, Zélie, who is a member of the group known as the maji, citizens who had special powers before the king attempted to rid the world of magic. When she discovers a way to bring those powers back, and, in turn, help the former maji, who have been disenfranchised and mistreated, she goes on a quest with her brother to ally with the daughter and son of the tyrannical king to fight back against his brutal rule. The cast will include Thuso Mbedu (The Woman King), Amandla Stenberg (The Acolyte), Damson Idris (Snowfall), Tosin Cole (Supacell and Doctor Who), Viola Davis (How to Get Away With Murder), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Idris Elba (Luther and The Wire), Lashana Lynch (Captain Marvel) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave). Also, Regina King (Watchmen and If Beale Street Could Talk) is in talks to appear in the movie as well. (Variety)

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Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:

RENEWAL/CANCELLATION

FOX has given a second season renewal to the new drama Murder in a Small Town. (TV Line)

Peacock has pulled the plug on their horror series Teacup after only one season. (TV Line)

SERIES IN THE WORKS

Looks like Supernatural alum Jared Padalecki just might be teaming up with CBS for a new series. That series could possibly be the as-yet-untitled medical drama, that will be run by Anna Fricke will center on a devoted country doctor (Padalecki) who practices his unique style of improvisational medicine alongside his new protégé, a young doctor running from her past, as they operate a mobile clinic and heal the bodies and souls of their underserved community in the medical desert of rural Texas. (TV Line)

Titus Welliver (Bosch) and Juani Feliz (the box office movie Civil War) will guest star in an upcoming episode of The Equalizer, which could set up a potential spin-off for their characters. This is a spin-off that was reporting on back in November. Welliver will play Hudson Reed, a former top CIA operative with a dark secret who is connected to Robin McCall (Queen Latifah) by an old mentor. Meanwhile, Feliz will play Samanta Reed, who was trained by her father to be a weapons expert, skilled martial artist and true chameleon all while hiding a mysterious past. (Variety)

TV CASTING NEWS

Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water) has joined the cast of the upcoming HBO limited series DTF St. Louis which already includes among its cast Jason Bateman (Arrested Development), David Harbour (Stranger Things) and Linda Cardellini (Dead to Me). The series will focus on the love triangle between three adults experiencing middle-age malaise, which leads to one of them ending up dead. Jenkins will play the role of Detective Donoghue Homer. (Variety)

Season three of Silo, the post-apocalyptic series on Apple TV+ will now include new cast members Ashley Zukerman *(Manhattan and Succession) and Jessica Henwick (Iron Fist and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery), who were teased in the final twisty scene of the show’s second season that recently aired on the streaming service earlier this week. Zukerman will play Daniel, a young and hungry congressman while Henwick will play Helen, a whip-smart reporter. (The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE CASTING NEWS

David Krumholtz (Oppenheimer and Numb3rs) and British actress Emily Beecham (Cruella and Hail, Caesar!) have joined the cast of the upcoming box office movie Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow that will star House of Dragons alum Milly Alcock in the title role. Krumholtz and Beecham will play Supergirl’s parents. (The Hollywood Reporter)

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Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

It looks like Peacock is developing a reboot of the NBC supernatural drama Grimm, which ran for 6 seasons from 2011 to 2017. The original series followed Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli), the latest in a long line of Grimms, or slayers of fairy tale monsters. The cast included Bitsie Tulloch, Claire Coffee, Russell Hornsby, Silas Weir Mitchell, Bree Turner, Reggie Lee, Sasha Roiz and Jacqueline Toboni. The show was created by David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf, who were also the co-showrunners. Both men are involved in the potential reboot, who will be joined by original series producers Lynn Kouf, Hazy Mills Productions and Universal Television. Josh Berman (Drop Dead Diva and The Blacklist) will write and executive-produce the new series. (Deadline and TV Line)

SERIES ORDER

Disney+ has given a pilot order to the small screen adaptation of the 2003 movie Holes, which was based on the book of the same name by Louis Sachar. In this reimagining of the beloved 1998 book, a teenage girl is sent to a detention camp where the ruthless Warden forces the campers to dig holes for a mysterious purpose. (Variety)

TV CASTING NEWS

Jocko Sims (New Amsterdam and The Last Ship) and Nora Zehetner (Grey’s Anatomy and Everwood) will have recurring roles in the upcoming NBC murder drama Grosse Pointe Garden Society, which will debut on February 23. The series will focus on four very different members of the titular society — Birdie (Melissa Fumero), Catherine (Aja Naomi King), Brett (Ben Rappaport) and Alice (AnnaSophia Robb). But the group isn’t your garden variety gardening club; rather, they get bogged down by murder and mischief as they struggle to make their conventional lives bloom. Sims will play Tucker, Catherine’s dismissive husband while Zehetner will play Melissa, Brett’s ex-wife. (Deadline and TV Line)

Game of Thrones alum Rory McCann will take over the role of former Jedi Baylan Skoll, which was played by the late Ray Stevenson, in the upcoming second season of the Disney+ Star Wars series Ahsoka, which stars Rosario Dawson in the title role. (The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Scandal-ridden actor Armie Hammer will be making his big screen comeback in the upcoming Uwe Boll flick The Dark Knight, playing the crime-fightig character. He also will be seen alongside Thomas Jane and William H. Macy in the upcoming Travis Mills western Frontier Crucible. (Variety)

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Hey All,

Here are the few entertainment news items for the past couple of weeks:

TV CASTING NEWS

Patti LuPone will have an arc in the third season of And Just Like That in a role that has not been revealed while Rosemarie DeWitt will return as Aidan’s ex-wife Kathy and comedienne Kristen Schaal will also have an undisclosed role. (Entertainment Weekly)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Anne Hathaway and Dave Bautista will star in an action-comedy flick based on a real New Jersey story about FBI agents who pose as a couple at a staged New Jersey wedding in a bid to expose global criminal enterprises. (Deadline)

Aquaman himself, Jason Momoa, has been cast as antihero Lobo in the upcoming movie Supegirl: Woman Of Tomorrow that will star House of the Dragon actress Milly Alcock as the title character. (Variety)

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Hey All,

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:

RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS

The Netflix comedy series A Man on the Inside starring Cheers and The Good Place alum Ted Dnason has been picked up for a second season. (TV Line)

Apple TV+ has given its post-apocalyptic drama Silo a renewal for two more seasons, meaning it’ll be back for a third season and then a fourth and final season. (TV Line)

It’s the end of the road for the streaming series Girls5eva, which aired for two seasons on Peacock and then aired on Netflix for its third season. The show is not being picked up for a fourth. (TV Line and Variety)

Paramount+ has given a fourth season renewal to the Jeremy Renner-led drama Mayor of Kingstown. (TV Line)

The FX drama starring Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow, The Old Man, has come to the end of the line as the series is not being picked up for a third season. (TV Line and Deadline)

HBO has given a second season renewal to the prequel series Dune: Prophecy. (TV Line)

Hulu has given a third season renewal to the drama Tell Me Lies. (TV Line)

Apple TV+ has pulled the plug on the Rashida Jones-led drama Sunny after one season. (TV Line)

Peacock has given a second season renewal to the Eddie Redmayne-led drama The Day of the Jackal. (Variety)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Series creator Matt Nix (Burn Notice and The Gifted) is developing the new NBC drama series Vacationland with series creators Tess Gerritsen (Rizzoli & Isles) and Dan Rosen (The Last Supper and Dead Man’s Curve). The series, if it moves forward, would follow top LAPD detective Grace Chen after she resigns from her job in disgust. She retires to the quirky village of Serenity, Maine, determined to put it all behind her. When Serenity’s Sheriff is murdered, however, Grace finds herself dragged back into crime fighting by Joey, a local veterinarian and amateur sleuth determined to protect the town she loves. Between Grace’s big-city detective skills and Joey’s understanding of Maine, they turn out to be a surprisingly effective team … and a very unlikely pair of friends. (MSN)

MOVIE IN DEVELOPMENT NEWS

It looks like Jessica Fletcher just might be coming to a big screen near you. Universal Pictures is putting together an untitled feature film around the small screen legend from the long-running TV series Murder, She Wrote. And, it looks like veteran actress Jamie Lee Curtis just might be taking on the mantle of the mystery writer and crime solver. (MSN)

TV CASTING NEWS

The Resident and Providence alum Melina Kanakaredes will make a guest appearance in an upcoming January episode of the long-running CBS drama NCIS, playing the owner of the favorite bakery of Alden Parker (series regular Gary Cole). (TV Insider)

BOX OFFICE MOVIE NEWS

Game of Thrones alum Emilia Clarke, Edgar Ramirez, who just starred in this year’s box office flick Emilia Perez and Poldark cast member Jack Farthing will star in the upcoming box office movie Next Life that tells the love story of Ivy (Clarke), who finds herself confronted with parallel universes in which her life unspools in very different ways set against the modern London jazz scene. (Variety)

This Is Us star Milo Ventimiglia will appear in the sequel film I Can Only Imagine 2 that will find John Michael Finley returning in the role of Bart Millard. Other cast members returning will include Dennis Quaid and Trace Adkins. Ventimiglia will appear as singer-songwriter Tim Timmons. (Variety)

Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett will star alongside Anne Hathaway in the upcoming film adaptation Verity, based on the best-selling book by Colleen Hoover. Johnson will play Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime — to complete the remaining books in a successful series by best-selling thriller author Verity Crawford (Hathaway). Hartnett will play Verity’s husband Jeremy, who hires Lowen after his wife is unable to finish the books after a mysterious accident. (Variety)

Oscar-winner Jared Leto has joined the cast of the upcoming live-action film Masters of the Universe, based on the animated series. He will play Skeletor, the skull-faced archenemy of Eternia’s greatest warrior, He-Man (Nicholas Galitzine). The cast already includes Alison Brie (GLOW and Community) as Skeletor’s lieutenant, Evil-Lyn; Camila Mendes (Riverdale) as He-Man’s trusted compatriot, Teela; and Idris Elba (Luthor and Hijack) as Teela’s father, Man-at-Arms. (Variety)

LIMTED SERIES NEWS

Peacock has cast Rose Byrne (Physical and Damages) and Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus and The Bold Type) to play the lead roles in the upcoming Peacok limited series The Good Daughter, which is based on a Novel by Karin Slaughter. The series will center on two sisters, Charlotte (Fahy) and Samantha (Byrne) Quinn, who have spent the last 28 years trying to piece together the lives that were fractured by a single night of violence. When another attack splinters the small town of Pikeville, Charlotte is the first witness on the scene. A lawyer like her father, she’s forced to confront her own demons as the case twists through shocking revelations, and both she and Samantha wonder if the price of being the good daughter was worth it. (The Hollywood Reporter)

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Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:

RENEWAL

The third season of the Canadian drama Sullivan’s Crossing has been picked up by the CW and is expected to air sometime next year. (Deadline)

CHANGE OF PLANS (AGAIN)

It was previously announced that the third season of the Hallmark Channel series The Way Home would actually premiere on Hallmark+, but it would seem that upset the show’s rabid fans. So much so, that the cable network announced that the third season would actually air on the Hallmark Channel starting on January 3 with episodes then streaming on Hallmark+ the next day. (TV Line)

TV DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Looks like a new version of Friday Night Lights just might be coming to the small screen again, as Peacock has announced a new iteration is in development, but it will not be a revival of the original series. It will, however, supposedly feature the Dillon Panthers, but the focus will shift to a whole new set of characters. The current synopsis of the new version is: Following a devastating hurricane, a ragtag high school football team and their damaged, interim coach make an unlikely bid for a Texas High School State Championship becoming a beacon of light for their town. (TV Line)

There has been a lot of speculation, but it looks like Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser will definitely be bringing their Yellowstone characters Beth and Rip back for a spin-off of the popular series. (Variety)

TV CASTING NEWS

Three actors will make guest appearances in the upcoming NBC sequel-of-sorts series Suits LA that will star Arrow lead Stephen Amell, including Lost alum Maggie Grace, who will play Amanda Stevens, a confident and sharp-witted pro bono lawyer who rents space at the Black/Lane law firm; Matt Letscher from The Flash, playing Ted’s (Amell) father and Sofia Pernas from Tracker and Blood & Treasure as Elizabeth Smith, a powerhouse attorney in the District Attorney’s office. (Variety)

Dead to Me alum Linda Cardellini will star opposite Jason Bateman and Stranger Things alum David Harbour in the upcoming HBO dark comedy limited series DTF St. Louis about a love triangle between three adults experiencing middle-age malaise that leads to one of them ending up dead. Cardellini will play a character named Carol. (Variety)

Emmy winner Shohreh Aghdashloo will appear in the third season of the fantasy series The Wheel of Time, playing Elaida do Avriny a’Roihan, a ruthlessly powerful Aes Sedai as proficient in politicking as she is in channeling. She has a deep history with Moiraine (series lead Rosamund Pike) and Siuan (Sophie Okonedo), and scores to settle with both of them when she returns to the White Tower. The third season of the series is expected to air on Amazon Prime in March. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Matthew Gray Gubler, who played series regular Spencer Reid in Criminal Minds, will finally be making an appearance in the Paramount+ revival Criminal Minds: Evolution; but he is only expected to appear in one episode. (TV Line)

Season two of The Night Agent will premiere on Netflix starting on January 23, but plans are already underway for season 3 of the series along with a recent announcement of some guest stars, including Once Upon a Time and This Is Us alum Jennifer Morrison, True Blood lead Stehen Moyer, Safe Haven baddie David Lyons and Lioness (season 2) star Genesis Rodriguez. Details on who they will play have not been announced yet, though. (TV Line)

Rebecca Hall, who starred in this year’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has joined the upcoming FX series The Beauty, which will also star American Horror Story alum Evan Peters, That 70’s Show alum Ashton Kutcher and Hamilton alum Anthony Ramos. The series is based on the Image Comics series by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley which focuses on modern society’s obsession with outward beauty. What if there was a way to guarantee you could become more and more beautiful every day? What if it was a sexually transmitted disease? In the world of ‘The Beauty,’ physical perfection is attainable. The vast majority of the population has taken advantage of it, but Detectives Foster and Vaughn will soon discover it comes at a terrible price.  Exact character and plot details are being kept under wraps, though. (Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

The animated movie Tangled will be getting the live-action treatment by Disney. The 2010 told the tale of Rapunzel, a princess (voiced by This Is Us alum Mandy Moore) who is eventually rescued from her secluded tower by an outlaw named Flynn Rider (voiced by Chuck alum Zachary Levi). (Variety)

Elvis star Austin Butler will star in the interpretation of American Psycho, playing Wall Street yuppie and serial killer Patrick Bateman, the character originated on the big screen back in 2000 by Christian Bale. (Variety)

Gladiator II star Paul Mescal just might be appearing in the upcoming 4-part biopic film series about the Beatles that will be coming from Sony Pictures. It is widely expected that Mescal will be playing Paul McCartney across all four biopics, each film will focus on a different band member. (Variety)

STREAMING MOVIE NEWS

Game of Thrones alum Kit Harington is set to join Mark Wahlberg in the Apple Original Film sequel to the action comedy The Family Plan that will also find Michelle Monaghan, Zoe Colletti and Van Crosby reprising their roles as well. Details about Harington’s role are being kept under wraps, but the sequel will take place at Christmas in Europe where Dan (Wahlberg) has planned the perfect vacation for the Morgans, but his past continues to haunt them in unexpected ways. (Deadline)

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Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:

RENEWALS

Peacock has given Bel-Air a fourth and final season renewal. (TV Line)

Starz has given a second season renewal to its dark comedy thriller Sweetpea. (Variety)

The David Tennant-led drama Rivals has been given a second season order at Disney+ and Hulu. (Variety)

Paramount+ With Showtime has given the Michael Fassbender-led drama The Agency a second season renewal. (TV Line)

GIVEN THE GREENLIGHT

Apple TV+ has given a greenlight to the limited series Lucky that will star (and be executive produced by) Anya Taylor-Joy. The series will also be executive produced by Reese Witherspoon, and the series is based on the best-selling novel by Marissa Stapley. The series is centered on a young woman (Taylor-Joy) who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past. (Deadline)

SCRIPT COMMITMENT

NBC has given a script commitment to a new drama titled Duo that will star Supergirl co-stars, and real-life spouses – Melissa Benoist and Chris Wood. The series is said to be set in the music world, with Benoist playing a magnetic performer looking for her next break who crosses paths with a soft-spoken, blue-collar worker, to be played by Wood. Their fateful meeting leads to a partnership that changes them both forever. (Deadline and TV Line)

ANOTHER POSSIBLE SPIN-OFF

Looks like ABC is going to try it again. They are possibly going to do a second spin-off of the Nathan Fillion-led drama The Rookie – because the first spin-off did so well, right?! Details are scarce, but the possible spin-off will be set in Washington state, following a male cop who is stepping into a new phase of life in his second act. (TV Line)

TV CASTING NEWS

Jason Clarke will star in the upcoming Hulu limited series, as yet untitled by the way, that will focus on Alex Murdaugh. The tagline for the series is: On the surface, Alex Murdaugh (Clarke) seemed to have it all: wealth, status and unchecked privilege in rural Hampton County, South Carolina where four generations of Murdaughs have built a sprawling legal dynasty. But when a deadly accident shines a harsh spotlight on Alex, his wife Maggie (Patricia Arquette), and their sons Buster and Paul, the almighty Murdaugh facade begins to crumble leading Alex to take increasingly desperate measures to preserve the family name and protect his own dark secrets. (Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Sienna Miller is set to star opposite John Krasinski in the Jack Ryan feature that is in the works. This project is being described as the next evolutionary step of the adventure series that will find Wendell Pierce and Michael Kelly reprising their roles. Plot details are being kept a secret, but the story will once again center on the intrepid CIA analyst played by Krasinski. Miller is said to be playing an MI6 agent, who is basically the British counterpart to Ryan. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Teyonah Parris (The Marvels and They Cloned Tyrone) will star alongside John Cena in the upcoming movie Matchbox, which will be the live-action film based on the die-cast toy vehicle line. The cast will include Jessica Biel and Sam Richardson and will follow a group of childhood friends who must work together to stop an impending worldwide disaster and rediscover their friendship along the way. (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

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

BOX OFFICE NEWS

The upcoming live-action box office movie Voltron, based on the animated series, already includes Man of Steel star Henry Cavill, but will also now include among its cast This Is Us alum Sterling K. Brown as well as singer-actress Rita Ora, Warrior Nun (and Mrs. Chris Evans) Alba Baptista and The Librarians and 9-1-1 start John Harlan Kim. (Variety)

TV CASTING NEWS

Courtney B. Vance will be taking over for the late, great Lance Reddick as Zeus in the second season of the small screen adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. (Variety)

Rachelle Goulding (Firefly Lane) and Azita Ghanizada (Alphas and Good Trouble) have joined the cast of the upcoming NBC drama sequel (of sorts) Suits LA in recurring roles. Goulding will play Samantha, a powerful entertainment lawyer in her own right who runs the firm that competes with Ted’s (series lead and Arrow alum Stephen Amell) for top-dog status in Los Angeles. She’s also his ex-girlfriend; while Ghanizada will play Roslyn, Ted’s loyal and straight-shooting secretary who’s been with him through thick and thin. She serves as a steady hand and sounding board as Ted navigates a new set of professional circumstances. (Deadline)

Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel and the Maze Runner movie franchise) will star opposite Criminal Minds alum Matthew Gray Gubler in the potential CBS series Einstein, which is based on the German procedural of the same name, with Gubler play Albert Einstein’s brilliant but directionless great-grandson. (TV Line and Variety)

Matthew Broderick and his son James Wilkie Broderick will both guest star in upcoming episodes of the CBS drama Elsbeth, playing a man who helps Manhattan’s elite get their kids into the prep schools of their choice, and his top success trainer. (TV Line)

ORDERED TO SERIES

2024’s Sexiest Man Alive John Krasinski (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) and The Americans and Perry Mason alum Matthew Rhys are attached to star in the Amazon Prime drama series Silent River that was given a series order. Both will also serve as executive producers. The series will be seen through the lens of two men whose lives are far more connected than they realize, exploring the cracks of small-town America in the wake of discovering a serial killer among them. (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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