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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Adrian Pasdar (Heroes and The Lying Game) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, playing Glenn Talbot, an old school member of Bruce Banner’s supporting cast. (Eric Goldman at IGN)

Looks like A&E has pulled the plug on their new thriller Those Who Kill after only two episodes. However, It looks like the cabler wants to give the show another shot with a re-launch at another time. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

CBS has renewed the following dramas: NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Person of Interest, CSI, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods, Criminal Minds, Elementary and The Good Wife. However, ne word has come down yet on the new drama Intelligence and the long-running The Mentatlist. (CBS Press Release)

Actor Jorge Garcia (Once Upon a Time and Lost) has been promoted to series regular on Hawaii Five-0 for the show’s recently announced fifth season. He plays Jerry Ortega, a conspiracy theorist and former high school classmate of Detective Lt. Chin Ho Kelly (series regular Daniel Dae Kim). (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Janina Gavankar (True Blood and Arrow) has joined the cast of the NBD drama pilot The Mysteries Of Laura that follow the life and relationships of Laura Diamond (Debra Messing), a female homicide detective who can handle murderous criminals, but not her hell-raising twin children. Gavankar will play Meredith, a tightly wound and perfectly coiffed detective who sees herself as far more sophisticated than her fellow detective and rival Laura Diamond, and it annoys her to no end that Laura is the precinct’s golden child. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Maggie Grace (Lost and Californication) has landed the female lead in the currently untitled CBS Wall Street drama pilot (that includes John Cusack as one of its executive producers. The pilot centers on Jackson, a smart, sophisticated, Wall Street hedge fund trader. Grace will play Jaime, a newly hired in-house legal counsel at the hedge fund who is smart, ambitious, savvy and has a conscience. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Justin Baldoni (Everwood and Undercover Bridesmaid) has been cast in The CW drama pilot Jane The Virgin that centers on Jane (Gina Rodriguez), a hardworking religious girl who, due to a series of outrageous events, is accidentally artificially inseminated. Baldoni plays Rafael, a former playboy whose life is at a crossroads. When he finds out his sperm has been mistakenly used on the wrong woman, he is forced to reexamine everything. (The Deadline Team)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actresses Maggie Grace (Lost) and Famke Janssen (X-Men) will reprise their roles in the next Taken sequel. (Mike Fleming, Jr. and Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Carla Gugino (Political Animals) will appear in the upcoming box office movie San Andreas where she will play the ex-wife of a Special Ops firefighter (Dwayne Johnson) who treks with him from Los Angeles to San Francisco to rescue his daughter after the Big One hits. (The Deadline Team)

Actors Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride and Psych), Jason Momoa (The Red Road and Stargate Atlantis), Drew Roy (Falling Skies and Shane Coffey (Pretty Little Liars and Perception and actress Haley Webb (Teen Wolf) will appear in the comedy/thriller Sugar Mountain that centers on two down-on-their-luck brothers who fake a disappearance in the wilderness so they’ll have a great survival story to sell. But the hoax turns out to be more real than they planned. (The Deadline Team)

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Oliver Hudson and Will Chase have been promoted to series regulars on Nashville for the shows third season that is if the show gets a third season. That decision has not been made yet by ABC. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Claire Holt has left The Originals as a series regular, but she is expected to recur in the future. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Actor Nicholas Bishop (Body of Proof) has joined the cast of Covert Affairs as a series regular, playing Ryan McQuaid, a charming Navy SEAL turned billionaire private military contractor. After McQuaid and Annie (series lead Piper Perabo) first meet in the field as uneasy allies, but their relationship will intensify, as will Annie’s fears that this enigmatic guy may have a secret agenda. Season 5 of Covert Affairs will air on the USA Network this summer. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

MINI-SERIES NEWS

The History Channel has given a greenlight to its next mini-series. The 8-hour Texas Rising (which is the working title) will premiere in 2015 and will detail the Texas Revolution against Mexico and the rise of the legendary Texas Rangers. Bill Paxton will play Sam Houston, the father of Texas; and he will be joined by Brendan Fraser, Ray Liotta, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Thomas Jane, Olivier Martinez, Chad Michael Murray, Michael Rapaport and Max Thieriot. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Scott Cohen (Necessary Roughness and Gilmore Girls) has joined the cast of the NBC drama pilot Coercion that will revolve around the O’Connor family and their extremely intelligent son, Alex (Gavin Stenhouse), a decorated American war hero and newly minted CIA analyst who is a true patriot and loves his country and family. Unbeknownst to him, though, his father (Cohen), his mother (Hope Davis) and his sister (Margarita Levieva) are part of a dormant Russian sleeper cell that has just been reactivated. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Elyes Gabel (Game of Thrones and Body of Proof) has joined the cast of the CBS drama pilot Scorpion that will center on Walter (Gabel), an eccentric genius and his international network of super-geniuses who form the last line of defense against the complex threats of the modern age. Robert Patrick will co-star. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Rose McIver (Once Upon a Time) has joined the cast of The CW drama pilot iZombie where she will play the lead role of Olivia “Liv” Moore, a med student-turned-zombie who takes a job at the coroner’s office to satisfy her insatiable hunger for brains. With each brain she consumes, she inherits that corpse’s memories; in an attempt to silence the voices in her head, she works with authorities to solve homicide cases. (Andy Swift at TV Line)

Actress Shantel VanSanten (One Tree Hill) has joined the cast of The CW drama pilot The Messengers, that is about a group of strangers responsible for preventing the apocalypse after a mysterious object lands on earth. She will play a NASA scientist named Vera. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) will play the role of Tiger Lily in the upcoming box office adaptation Pan that will be set during World War II, following an orphan named Peter who is kidnapped by pirates and brought to Neverland, where he discovers he’s destined to save the land from the pirate Blackbeard. The cast already includes Garrett Hedlund and Hugh Jackman. (Justin Kroll at Variety)

Q&A SECTION (with Michael Ausiello at TV Line, TV Scoop Team at E! Online and Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Question: Anything on Suits? —Jeremy

Ausiello: This Thursday’s episode is a big one for Jessica (Gina Torres), who is “forced to re-engage with the woman who her husband left her for,” previews executive producer Aaron Korsh. While their interaction starts off “in a combative way,” the two women “end up coming to an understanding.” Meanwhile, “Jessica is put in a position to either have to perjure herself or not perjure herself, and that decision is juxtaposed with the conclusion of the Mike/Louis journey, dealing with Mike’s secret. They overlap with each other in an interesting way.”

Question: Do you have any spoilers on Pretty Little Liars? —Allyson

Ausiello: How about some scoop on your namesake, Allyson? Not only will Ali play a major part in next Tuesday’s season finale, but you can expect to see a lot more of her going forward. Though she’ll remain her usual secretive self — and we wouldn’t have her any other way — she’ll have less need to lurk in the shadows.

Question: I’m in need of Reign spoilers… mostly Frary! I was so happy that she picked Francis, but now what is going to happen? Will they be happy at least for a while? —Bets

Ausiello: I’ve got some good news for you, Bets: Frary will remain intact for the foreseeable future, as Bash is going to find himself preoccupied with other — far darker — problems. But that doesn’t mean Francis’ fling with Lola won’t come back to bite him. As you’ll see in Thursday’s episode, Lola is still very much hung up on Mary’s new husband. The question is: Will she act on her feelings?

Question: I’m a big Arrow fan and was wondering if you could find something out for me. Doesn’t Slade Wilson have a son named Joe? Will we get to find out what happened to him? —Heather

Ausiello: Though Joe has only been alluded to on occasion on the CW series, Manu Bennett mentions that relationship when discussing why Slade took Shado’s death so hard. “You have to remember, Slade Wilson has also got an ex-partnership and a son out in the world there somewhere. And the son’s potentially got siblings in some scenario that hasn’t yet evolved into the storyline,” he says. “People have to think about more than the layers of what is being shown in each episode. They have to find clues in the DC Comics history, to maybe even piece together more of what Slade is festering upon.”

Question: Anything on Revenge? – Barbara

TV Scoop Team: Is Emily’s cover about to be blown?! Fans will be meeting the clever and dangerous NYPD Homicide Detective Brian Hosko later this season and he is definitely onto her. And yes, you read that right: homicide is hitting the Hamptons again!

Question: Desperate for any Pretty Little Liars scoop! – Fiona

TV Scoop Team: What do a paramedic and two surgeons have in common? All three are featured in the season five premiere of Pretty Little Liars (that airs on June 10), which will find one of our beloved characters in serious danger.

Question: The Fosters continues to be the most underrated show on TV, so help spread the word by giving out some scoop! – Helen

TV Scoop Team: Wish granted. When Stef and Elena away, the kids will play. Well, more like Callie will play as she decides to throw a big party when the couple goes out of town for a relaxing weekend. As all teen movies and shows have taught us, this will not end well.

Question: Reign spoilers, please! – Dani

TV Scoop Team: to see the return of playboy Bash after Mary chose Francis over him, with Torrance Coombs teasing, “We’re going to see a little bit more of that side of him.” And in addition to Rowan, who fans will meet in Thursday’s episode, Coombs says there’s a “definite possibility” that Bash may find a lady at Court. “There’s a lot of character in the castle. There’s a lot of very attractive women, so we’ll just have to see.”

Question: Anything on Teen Wolf? – Michael

TV Scoop Team: You’ll be meeting in season four and now we’re spilling another new face you’ll be seeing: Dr. Geyer, the hospital’s new administrator who happens to be charming and intelligent, as well as handsome. Hm…new love interest for Mama McCall?!

Question: So, is Quinn joining B613 full-time on Scandal? — Tim

Natalie: Perhaps. Even though Olivia asked Jake not to hire Quinn, Scott Foley says Quinn made a compelling argument regarding her potential value to the shady Black Ops Division. “We will see Jake think about reconsidering,” he says. “[Quinn] made a lot of sense to Jake and he knows, especially because his relationship with Olivia is questionable right now, that Quinn could be a valuable asset knowing what she does about OPA.”

Question: How about some Hook scoop on Once Upon a Time for once! — Irina

Natalie: Sure thing. Hook’s missing year includes a battle with the infamous Blackbeard (Charles Mesure), who may have his eye on the Jolly Roger. “He and Captain Hook do not have a lot of love for each other,” executive producer Edward Kitsis says. “The only thing two pirates would fight over even more than a woman would be a ship.” Ruh-roh! We’ll also see an entire episode devoted to the mysterious message Hook received about retrieving Emma. I still say it’s this.

Question: Thanks for all the scoop on The Blacklist lately. Would it be wrong to ask for more? —John

Natalie: Not at all. In fact, I just scored some exclusive casting information about the March 31 episode. The Wire alum Isiah Whitlock Jr. will play a terminally ill patient who is approached by the latest criminal on The Blacklist with an offer that’s impossible to refuse. What’s one last suicide mission when you’re already dying?

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Tony-winning actress Laura Benanti will guest star in an upcoming episode of The Good Wife, playing the new fiancée of wife killer and Lockhart/Gardner client Colin Sweeney (Dylan Baker). (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

Veteran actor Louis Gossett, Jr. will appear in this summer’s new CBS drama Extant that will star Halle Berry, as an astronaut trying to reconnect with her family after a year in outer space. Gossett will play Molly’s affable but undependable father, Quinn, a retired doctor living out his days in an isolated island community, out of touch with the world and estranged from his daughter. Extant will now premiere on July 9 – a week later than originally announced. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Actor Mason Dye (Lifetime’s recent adaptation of Flowers in the Attic) will join the cast of the MTV thriller Teen Wolf, playing Garrett, a new student and lacrosse play at the high school. (Kimberly Roots at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Clancy Brown (Sleepy Hollow) has joined the cast of the ABC drama pilot Agatha, that centers on Agatha (Bojana Novakovic), a former convict-turned-big-city criminologist who is brought in to help local police crack a case involving a perplexing disappearance. The chief detective she’s been hired to help is her father, Detective Hank McAuliffe (Brown) — and they haven’t spoken in 15 years. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead (A Good Day To Die Hard) has joined the cast of the ABC drama pilot Exposed that centers on Anna, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth, including making questionable alliances. Winstead will play the lead role. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Tom Verica (American Dreams) has joined the cast of the ABC drama pilot How To Get Away With Murder that centers on ambitious law students and their brilliant and mysterious criminal defense professor, Annalise Dewitt (Viola Davis), who become entangled in a murder plot that could rock their entire university and change the course of their lives. Verica will play Annalise’s husband Tom, a psychology professor who comes from a long line of academic royalty. (The Deadline Team)

Actress Kaitlin Doubleday (Catch Me If You Can) has joined the cast of the FOX drama pilot Empire that centers on Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard), a charismatic, savvy music superstar who is about to take his company, Empire Entertainment, public. Doubleday will play Rhonda, the wife of Lucious’ oldest son Andre (Trai Byers), a sexy, manipulative woman who shares Andre’s Ivy League background and intends to help him scrap his way to the head of Empire. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Nora Dunn (Saturday Night Live alum) has joined the cast of The CW drama pilot iZombie that centers on a med student-turned-zombie who takes a job in the coroner’s office to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat to maintain her humanity, but with each brain she consumes, she inherits the corpse’s memories. Dunn will play Eva Moore, mother to the lead character Olivia (a role that has yet to be cast) and a hospital administrator. (The Deadline Team)

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

FOX has given a third season order to the psychological thriller The Following. (TV By The Numbers)

Actress Joanna Going (House Of Cards) will be a series regular in the DirecTV drama series Navy St., that is set against the backdrop of Navy Street, a Venice, CA-based mixed martial arts gym owned by Alvey Henderson (Frank Grillo), a former fighter who never made it big due to a drug addiction but is now sober. Going will play Christina Hyatt, Alvey’s ex wife and mother to Jay (Jonathan Tucker) and Nate (Nick Jonas). (The Deadline Team)

Actor Josh Duhamel (Las Vegas) has joined the cast of the straight-to-series CBS drama Battle Creek that follows two disparate detectives, FBI Special Agent Milton Chamberlain (Duhamel) and Battle Creek PD, Det. Russ Agnew (Dean Winters), as they labor to clean up the semi-mean streets of Battle Creek, Michigan, in the face of a complete lack of resources. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

TV TRAILERS

TV Trailer: Fox’s 24: Live Another Day

Lifetime’s Promos Beginning Of The End For Drop Dead Diva

TNT Unveils Summer Drama Premieres

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Aaron Ashmore (Warehouse 13 and Smallville) has joined the cast of the ABC drama pilot Agatha that centers on a former convict-turned-big-city criminologist who is brought in to help local police crack a case involving a perplexing disappearance. Ashmore will play Jimmy McAuliffe, a handsome, good-humored and good-natured guy who is a beat cop with the Philly PD and lives in the shadow of his father. (The Deadline Team)

Actor Robert Buckley (One Tree Hill and 666 Park Avenue) has joined the cast of The CW drama pilot iZombie, based on the DC Comics title of the same name brought to the small screen by Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas. The pilot will center on Liv (a role that has yet to be cast), a medical student-turned-zombie who takes a job in the Coroner’s Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. However, with every brain she eats, she inherits the corpse’s memories. With the help of her medical examiner boss and a police detective, she solves homicide cases in order to quiet the disturbing voices in her head. Buckley will portray Major, Liv’s former fiancé who is trying to transition back to being her friend despite still being in love with her. He’s a former college football player-turned-environmental engineer who is extremely likable. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Malik Yoba (Alphas and Revolution) has joined the cast of the FOX drama pilot Empire that set in the world of a hip-hop empire. He will play Vernon Turner, Lucious’s (series lead Terrence Howard) long-time friend from the streets and business associate who is now the chairman of the board of Empire Entertainment. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Jennifer Beals (The Chicago Code) has landed the lead role in the TNT drama pilot Proof, a supernatural medical drama that will be executive produced by Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer). The pilot centers on Dr. Kathryn Russo (Beals), a skeptical, hard-science, brilliant female surgeon with a caustic edge who has been struggling with the devastating loss of her teenage son and a growing estrangement from her surviving daughter. She is persuaded to investigate cases of reincarnation, out-of-body experiences, hauntings — all of it looking for verifiable proof to answer one of life’s greatest questions: Is death truly the end, or is there something else beyond? (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Robert Patrick (The Unit) has joined the cast of the CBS drama pilot Scorpion that centers on an eccentric genius and his international network of super-geniuses who form the last line of defense against the complex threats of the modern age. Patrick will play Cabe Gallo, a no non-sense, blue collar Federal Agent who works with the group. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Alana de la Garza (Law & Order) has landed the lead role opposite actor Ioan Gruffudd (Ringer) in the ABC drama pilot Forever that centers on Dr. Henry Morgan (Gruffudd), New York City’s star medical examiner., who studies the dead for a reason – he is immortal. His investigative work with recently widowed Detective Jo Martinez (de la Garza), a recovering alcoholic, and relationship with best friend Abe (Judd Hirsch) will peel back the layers of Henry’s colorful and long life. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Mehcad Brooks (Necessary Roughness) has joined the cast of The CW drama pilot Identity that centers on Mia (Ahna O’Reilly), a young New Yorker who learns she needs an organ transplant to survive and her only living relative is a newfound half-brother, Davis (Matt Barr), the only son of a wealthy and powerful Charleston family. She connects with them only to find they’re the target of a CIA investigation for involvement in domestic terrorism, and the agency wants her as their newest informant. Brooks will play Brennan, a driven, unorthodox CIA agent who finds himself with a perfectly positioned, but very green, new asset in Mia. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

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

1. 300: Rise of An Empire – 45 million
2. Mr. Peabody & Sherman – 32.5 million
3. Non-Stop – 15.4 million
4. The LEGO Movie – 11 million
5. Son of God – 10 million
6. The Monuments Men – 3.1 million
7. 3 Days to Kill – 3.06 million
8. Frozen – 3 million
9. 12 Years a Slave – 2.1 million
10. Ride Along – 2 million

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon in Trailer for The Devil’s Knot

Q&A SECTION (with TV Scoop Team at E! Online)

Question: Who’s the new girl Bash is hanging out in the wood with on Reign?! I’m still devastated over Mary choosing Francis over him, so please tell me it’s not a new love interest! – Parker

TV Scoop Team: Hate to break it to you, but Rowan, said lady in the woods, may just be the Ygritte to Bash’s Jon Snow (Game of Thrones reference, duh). “I suppose you could say there’s parallels there,” Torrance Coombs says, before teasing, “We pick it up a couple months later, and Rowan actually seems to be a bit of a pain in the ass at first, but she actually ends up saving Bash from a bear trap, and they have a little adventure. In many ways she’s quite a good match for him so we’ll have to see what happens between them.”

Question: The Fosters is my new obsession, I love every episode. Got any news on what’s coming up? – Michelle

TV Scoop Team: Get ready to rock out because we’re about to be introduced to one of the best bands in the history of ABC Family TV. Brandon will soon meet Lou (short for Lucy) is an 18-year-old singer who is as attractive as she is charismatic—just don’t criticize her work or you’ll be met with a whole lotta attitude. And Mateo is a friend of Wyatt’s who quickly realizes that Brandon’s classical music background could be exactly what their band needs.

Question: I can’t wait to find out more about the Wicked Witch on Once Upon a Time! What can you tell us about her? – Lauren

TV Scoop Team: Well first of all, our gal’s name is Zelena, and secondly there’s a very important reason why she is oh-so green. According to the lovely Lana Parilla, we will soon get the wicked witch’s entire background. “There’s some real deep-rooted issues there, with this Zelena character,” she said. “It manifests in jealousy, it comes out in envy, but there’s some deeper issues there that I can’t share with you.” Aww, snap! Not to worry, we’ll have more scoop from Lana and OUAT’s magical creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis as we get closer to Sunday night’s episode.

Question: I can’t believe Ali’s mom might be “A” on Pretty Little Liars! Why would she be doing this to the girls?? – Tiana

TV Scoop Team: Well first of all, we’ve all known that something has been kind of “off” with Mrs. D for quite some time now. Executive Producer Marlene King revealed that all will be revealed at the end of the season. “Well a lot of that comes out in the finale. Alison really does share with the PLL’s what happened the night she died and it’s in a chronological order,” she said. And believe us, you’re not going to want to miss the final 30 seconds. It’s absolutely mind-blowing.

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Tara Buck, who has had a recurring role on the HBO thriller True Blood for the past six seasons has finally been promoted to series regular for the show’s upcoming final season. Buck plays Ginger, the blood-serving barmaid. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Fran Kranz (Dollhouse) has joined the cast of the ABC drama pilot Exposed, which centers on Anna, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth including making questionable alliances. Kranz will play Jeremy, Anna’s hipster younger brother, a tech genius who runs a corporation and has top-secret security clearance. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Bebe Neuwirth (Cheers and Frasier) has joined the cast of the CBS drama pilot Madam Secretary that explores the personal and professional life of maverick female Secretary of State Elizabeth McGill (Tea Leoni) as she drives international diplomacy, wrangles office politics and balances a complex family life. Neuwirth will play Elizabeth’s loyal assistant, and the only person on her staff she actually hired. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Ryan McPartlin (Chuck) will star opposite Ashley Judd in the NBC drama pilot Salvation that is about what happens when mega-church Pastor Daniel Strickland suddenly dies. His loyal wife, Jennifer Strickland (Judd), must rally to keep their family together and save the church. McPartlin will play Congressman Todd Bishop, an ambitious man whose political life keeps him from home, making him a bit of an absent husband and father. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Katie Holmes (Dawson’s Creek) will return to TV in the untitled ABC drama pilot from Richard LaGravenese that is set in New York and revolves around the love and rivalry between two equally matched, powerful socialites, Philip Fitzgerald Julien (Rufus Sewell) and Margot Worth Cole, who play out their obsessive attraction and seduction of each other through their manipulation of others. Holmes will play Ann, a woman of education and breeding who, with her husband, runs a philanthropic foundation that helps bring clean water to African villages. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives) has joined the cast of the ABC drama pilot American Crime where she will star opposite Timothy Hutton (Leverage). The pilot centers on the racially charged murder of a war veteran and the subsequent trial, both of which are examined through the personal lives of the players involved. Huffman will play Barb Skokie, Russ’ (Hutton) stoic ex-wife and mother of the killed young man, Matt. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Bojana Novakovic (Rake) has landed the title role in the ABC drama pilot Agatha, that follows Agatha, a criminal-turned-criminologist, who returns home to Philadelphia to help solve the disappearance of a local girl. She also reunites with her detective father, with whom she hasn’t spoken in 15 years. (Andy Swift at TV Line)

Actor Dave Annable (Brothers & Sisters) has joined the cast of the FOX drama pilot Red Band Society, a hospital soap about a group of teenage patients who form a bond while being treated in a children’s wing. Annable will play Dr. William McAndrew, a rock star pediatric oncologist and surgeon who is compassionate and dedicated to his job but tries, usually in vain, not to get attached to his young patients. The cast already includes Octavia Spencer. (Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS

Actor Tony Goldwyn (Scandal) will appear in the Lifetime original movie Outlaw, which centers on the true story of Warren Jeffs, the leader of a Fundamentalist Mormon polygamist sect who spent more than a year on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List. He eluded authorities and was ultimately caught by a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Q&A SECTION (with TV Scoop Team at E! Online and Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Question: Please ease my pain over Drop Dead Diva ending with some spoilers? – Jenn

TV Scoop Team: We don’t like to leave people wanting. In an upcoming episode, Jane is tasked with getting the sperm donor records to find the father of a teen girl who desperately needs a bone marrow transplant. Meanwhile, Owen represents Ellie Chapin, the mayor of Malibu who does some rash acts and doesn’t have the get out of jail free card she thought she did.

Question: Teen Wolf scoop, please? – Jaime

TV Scoop Team: Get ready to meet Ms. Fleming, the new math teacher. And we all know what seems to happen to teachers on Teen Wolf.

Question: I’m a huge Arrow fan and I was wondering if you had any hints about the mysterious girl (with the pigtails) in the “Suicide Squad” promo? –Celeste

Mitovich: The CW has no official comment — and I’m hearing it’s possible this mystery woman won’t appear in the actual episode — but our good friends at IGN are speculating that it’s a veiled nod to Harley Quinn.

Question: I would love some scoop about what’s ahead on Revolution. –Stacie

Mitovich: Casting is underway for the season-ending, double-episode role of a blue-collar dad to two teenage kids who “wants to do the right thing for his family at all costs.” Wow, go ahead and order a red shirt for him now, why don’t you?

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

E! has picked up their first scripted drama called The Royals, which will be a sweeping ensemble series set in London, revolving around the high-class modern life in the fishbowl for the regal set. Actress Elizabeth Hurley will play the demanding matriarch Queen Helena. The series is expected to air sometime in 2015. (Cynthia Littleton at Variety)

Actor Neil Hopkins (Lost) has joined the cast of the upcoming action drama series Matador on the El Rey Network. The series will chronicle the unlikely rise of Antonio “Matador” Bravo (actor Gabriel Luna), a popular soccer star who in reality is a covert operative for a little known branch of the CIA. Hopkins will play Noah, female lead Annie’s (actress Nicky Whelan) brilliant but awkward partner. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Timothy Hutton (Leverage) has landed the lead role in the ABC drama pilot American Crime that will center on the racially charged murder of a war veteran and the subsequent trial, both of which are examined through the personal lives of the players involved. Hutton will play Chuck Skokie, a former gambling addict-turned-honest working man whose adult son Matt is the victim. Actress Penelope Ann Miller has also joined the cast, playing Eve, the emotionally shattered mother of the killed man’s badly beaten wife who is on life support. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Rufus Sewell has landed the lead role in the ABC drama pilot from Richard LaGravenese, which has yet to be titled. The pilot is set in New York and revolves around the love and rivalry between two equally matched, powerful socialites – Philip Fitzgerald Julien (Sewell) and Margot Worth Cole – who play out their obsessive attraction and seduction of each other through their manipulation of others. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Brianna Brown (Devious Maids) has joined the cast of the ABC drama pilot The Visitors, which chronicles the race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien enemy out to destroy the world. Brown will play Lena, who discovers that her daughter is being turned against her by a covert alien operation. She refuses to play victim and joins forces with her husband Wes (actor Barry Sloane) and Claire (actress Lily Rabe), revealing herself as the most ruthless fighter of all in order to get her daughter back. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Annie Ilonzeh (Arrow, Drop Dead Diva, Switched at Birth and Charlie’s Angels) has joined the cast of the NBC drama pilot Coercion that revolves around the O’Connor family and their son, Alex (actor Gavin Stenhouse), a decorated American war hero and CIA analyst. Unbeknownst to Alex, both of his parents and his sister are part of a dormant Russian sleeper cell that has just been reactivated. Ilonzeh will play Julia, a no-nonsense Special Agent with the FBI assigned to work closely with Alex. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Diogo Morgado (The Bible mini-series) has joined the cast of The CW drama pilot The Messengers that focuses on what happens when a mysterious object crashes down to earth. A group of seemingly unconnected strangers die from the energy pulse, but then awaken to learn that they have been deemed responsible for preventing the impending Apocalypse. Morgado will play The Man, a mysterious figure who wakes up naked and burned in the desert and sets out on a mission to provide some answers about the strange events. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Mariana Klaveno (Devious Maids and True Blood) has been cast in the as-yet-titled Kevin Wiliamson drama pilot for CBS that will revolve around two detectives, Beth and Jack (Dylan McDermott), who handle stalking incidents for the Threat Assessment Unit of the LAPD. Klaveno will play Janice, one of the Threat Assessment Unit’s detectives who is often underestimated because of her somewhat flashy appearance. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Leven Rambin (The Hunger Games and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) will appear in the final three episodes of the CW drama The Tomorrow People, playing Natalie, a troublemaking paranormal who has no love for humans. She and Russell (series regular Aaron Yoo) quickly hit it off and become a homo-superior version of Bonnie and Clyde. But things take a turn for worst when Natalie threatens to join Ultra, inciting a potential mutiny. (Sadie Genis at TV Guide)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Julia Stiles (The Prince and Me and the Bourne movie franchise) has taken over the lead role in the TNT drama pilot Guilt By Association (Neve Campbell recently stepped away from this project). The pilot centers on Rachel Knight (Stiles), a talented, unorthodox and impulsive Deputy DA in the LA County District Attorney’s office who sometimes operates outside the law in order to uphold it. Rachel relies on her cohorts, fashionable prosecutor Toni LaCollette (Rose Rollins) and tough-as-nails Detective Bailey Keller (Elisabeth Röhm), for all things professional and personal. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Virginia Madsen (Witches of East End) has joined the cast of the NBC drama pilot Babylon Fields that is about a town’s residents coming back from the dead. Madsen will play Rhonda Wunch, CDC scientist Thomas Wunch’s (Kyle Schmid) mother who is close to her son and wants him to stay home in Babylon. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Patricia Arquette (Medium) has landed the lead role in the CBS spin-off CSI pilot that centers on Avery Ryan (Arquette), Special Agent in Charge at the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI in Quantico, VA, who is tasked to solve high octane crimes that start in the mind, live on-line, and play out into the real world. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Lucy Griffiths (True Blood and the UK series Robin Hood) and actor Harold Perrineau (Lost) have joined the cast of the NBC drama pilot Constantine, which is based on the DC Comics character John Constantine, an enigmatic and irreverent con man-turned-reluctant supernatural detective who is thrust into the role of defending us against dark forces from beyond. When Liv (Griffiths), the daughter of a late friend, is targeted by demons, Constantine steps in to save her. Perrineau will play Manny, an authoritative angel assigned to watch over Constantine who has the power to step into other people’s bodies, and although he is meant only to observe, Manny will not hesitate to help out if he can save a life. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with Michael Ausiello at TV Line, TVScoop Team at E! Online and Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Question: Do you have anything on Once Upon a Time in Wonderland? –Logan

Ausiello: In Thursday’s midseason premiere, you’ll see the Knave as a genie being forced to use his newfound powers — with dire consequences — as well as meet the ABC series’ version of the Jabberwock . Next week, Lost alum Zuleikha Robinson reprises her role as Amara, and on March 20 Barbara Hershey makes her Wonderland debut as Cora.

Question: Can you tell us anything about Mary’s upcoming wedding on Reign? Is there any hope for us Mash fans to cling to? –Melissa

Ausiello: Cling away, Melissa! Though I can’t tell you which brother Mary will choose to meet at the altar, I can say that Thursday’s episode includes one of Mary’s classic passionate speeches, in which she reaffirms her love for Bash.

Question: Please tell me that Jules and Chief Vick are in the final episode of Psych!! —Ross

Ausiello: Jules and Chief Vick are in the final episode of Psych!!

Question: Got anything for Covert Affairs or Suits? —Peggy

Ausiello: Eenie, meenie, miny… Suits! Mike’s getting his very own “Donna” in Season 4! Her name is Sarah and she will enjoy a fun, easygoing rapport with her new boss. (Hmm… should Rachel be worried?) Also among the new players coming into the USA hit are a hotshot, charming attorney at the SEC who makes a play for a senior position at Pearson Specter, and a young man who wants to expand his father’s billion-dollar empire, which bonds him with Harvey.

Question: Since you’ve hardly given The Tomorrow People any love in your column, I’m demanding some scoop on it. Preferably something on John and Astrid. – Anna

Ausiello: Demand and you shall receive. When we spoke to EP Phil Klemmer recently, he had just finished breaking the season finale in the writers’ room and divulged this teaser: “Everybody has their big moment. And John and Astrid get theirs, and it’s totally heartbreaking and really beautiful.”

Question: This season of Arrow is amazing! Any idea what we can expect from the last few episodes? – Andrew

TV Scoop Team: How about an epic finale tease, will that suffice? EP Marc Guggenheim dishes, “If everything goes according to plan, that’s a caveat, you’ll see some familiar faces in the finale. Maybe ones that you’re not expecting.”

Question: Obsessed with The Fosters, so I’m desperate for any spoilers! – Karina

TV Scoop Team: Brandon is joining a new band and getting a new love interest in season two! Look for Lou, the new band’s charismatic and free-spirited lead singer, to have quite the impact, though she doesn’t handle criticism too well. The role is recurring, so Lou will be sticking around for quite some time.

Question: Desperate for any Reign info! – Sarah

TV Scoop Team: Thursday’s wedding episode is the CW drama’s best yet and is a total feast for shippers. However, some fans will be left devastated (while other will celebrate!) when Mary finally reveals which brother she loves more.

Question: What’s coming up on Castle? — Jonah

Natalie: Get ready to meets Capt. Gates’ sister! Eureka star Salli Richardson-Whitfield will play Elizabeth Watts, a U.S. Attorney with ties to Castle and Beckett’s latest murder. “We end up with a victim who it turns out is a confidential informant for the U.S. Attorney’s office,” creator Andrew W. Marlowe tells us. But don’t expect a lot of sisterly love during the investigation; they’re apparently estranged. “Gates doesn’t talk about her,” Marlowe says.

Question: Grimm is getting good! What can you tell me about Adalind’s little Hexen-baby? — Erica

Natalie: After giving birth, Adalind’s powers as a Hexenbiest return as promised, and the child’s powers that were hinted at in utero continue to manifest themselves in interesting ways. Over in Portland, the P.D. will investigate its own mother-and-child problem, e.g., someone’s eating babies!

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

TELEVISION

The USA Network has given the untitled drama pilot created by Sean Jablonski that will star Matt Passmore (The Glades) as investment banker Neil Truman, who accidentally discovers his wife’s (Stephanie Szostak) involvement with an escort. When Neil gains possession of the escort’s phone, he uncovers a unique perspective on his life and what motivates women to stray, as his wife contemplates whether her needs are being met and if her marriage is worth saving. The series received a 10-episode order. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actors Benito Martinez (The Shield and Supernatural) and W. Earl Brown (Deadwood) have been cast in the ABC drama pilot AMericn Crime that centers on the racially charged murder of a war veteran and the subsequent trial, which are examined through the personal lives of the players involved. Martinez will play Alonzo, a hardworking, middle-class widowed father whose son is accused of the crime. Meanwhile, Brown will play Tom, the emotionally distraught father of Lily, widow of the murdered war vet. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Young actor David Mazouz (who played Kiefer Sutherland’s son on the FOX drama Touch) has landed the role of young Brue Wayne in the FOX drama pilot Gotham. The pilot will tell the origin stories of Commissioner James Gordon, who is still a detective and has yet to meet Batman, and the villains who made Gotham City famous. Meanwhile, young newcomer Camren Bicondova (a Michelle Pfeiffer look-alike) will play Selina Kyle (the future Catwoman). (Team TV Line)

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Here are the news items for today:

First, let’s congratulate the winners of the Oscar’s from last, including (but not limited to): Jared Leto, Lupita Nyong’o, Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett, Frozen, Gravity, 12 Years a Slave, 20 Feet From Stardom, Alfonso Cuarón and the song “Let It Go”.

TELEVISION

Actor Dean Winters (Oz) has joined the cast of the CBS drama series Battle Creek that is expected to debut next season. The series centers on Detective Russ Agnew (Winters) and FBI agent Milton Bradley, who have very different worldviews but are teamed up to clean up the semi-mean streets of Battle Creek, MI. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Dylan McDermott (Hostages and American Horror Story) has joined the cast of the as-yet titled CBS drama pilot from Kevin Williamson that is about detectives who handle stalking incidents for the Threat Assessment Unit of the LAPD. McDermott will play Detective Jack Larsen, who recently transferred to the unit from New York. (Andy Swift at TV Line)

Actress Katie Findlay (The Carrie Diaries and The Killing [season one]) has joined the cast of the ABC drama pilot How To Get Away With Murder which centers on ambitious law students and their brilliant and mysterious criminal defense professor (Viola Davis) who become entangled in a murder plot that could rock their entire university and change the course of their lives. Findlay will play Rebecca, the edgy, pierced neighbor to struggling law student Wes Gibbins, who become entangled in the murder saga that shakes their university. Also, actor Billy Brown (Hostages and The Following) has joined the cast of this pilot where he will play Nate, a respected police detective who is having an affair and is caught by Wes. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Young actor Mason Cook (The Lone Ranger and 666 Mockingbird Lane) has landed a role in the TNT drama called Legends that centers on Martin Odum (Sean Bean from Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings franchise), a deep-cover operative who has an uncanny ability to transform himself into a different person for each job. Cook will play Aiden Odum, Martin’s son. (The Deadline Team)

Actress Aimee Garcia (Dexter) has joined the cast of the CBS drama pilot Red Zone that centers on retired CIA operative Holden Weller who, when a terrorist event rocks Washington, D.C., is pulled back into action, forced to investigate closer to home where the next generation of terrorists is being bred. Garcia will play Vera Bradley, a whip-smart, driven and impatient case officer with the CIA’s Counter-Terrorism department. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here are the top 10 box office films for this past weekend courtesy of TV Guide:

1. Non-Stop – 30 million
2. Son of God (the pared-down film version of the TV mini-series The Bible) – 26.5 million
3. The LEGO Movie – 21 million
4. The Monuments Men – 5 million
5. 3 Days to Kill – 4.9 million
6. RoboCop – 4.5 million
7. Pompeii – 4.3 million
8. Frozen – 3.6 million
9. About Last Night – 3.4 million
10. Ride Along – 3 million

Q&A SECTION (with TV Scoop Team at E! Online and Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Question: I can’t believe Lola and Francis hooked up on Reign! Please tell me that will not continue! We Frary fans need some hope! – Rebecca

TV Scoop Team: “Lola gets involved with Francis, but she will also move on to others,” showrunner Laurie McCarthy assures. “She’s the first of our girls to be really driven to find a husband.” And one small tease for this week’s can’t-miss (seriously!) episode? One of the other ladies-in-waiting learns of Lola and Francis’ connection.

Question: I heart Hart of Dixie. Please tell me you’ve got some scoop to sooth my soul? – Mandi

TV Scoop Team: Ding-dong-ding-dong! Do you hear that? Nope the wicked witch isn’t dead, those are wedding bells ringing in Bluebell! Grab something old, something new, and something borrowed and blue, because the season three finale of Hart of Dixie is going to feature a wedding! We can’t tell you who will be tying the knot, but we can tell you that this is one ceremony that you absolutely cannot miss.

Question: I’m going through Revenge withdrawals, got anything for me? – Patricia

TV Scoop Team: When Revenge finally comes back from their ridiculously long break, we’ll be meeting many new characters. Specifically in episode 20, entitled, “Revolution,” we’ll be meeting Brandon, one of Victoria’s terrifying and manipulative henchmen. He’s creepy and dangerous, but his good looks and charm lets him fit right in at any Hampton soiree

Question: I still don’t believe that Ezra isn’t connected to the A-team. What about the Pretty Little Liars Halloween episode?! – Jennifer

TV Scoop Team: Funny you should bring that up! We recently chatted with she-who-has-all-the-answers, Marlene King, and we asked that very same question. The executive producer revealed, “I think there were two gas masks that night.” Ooh and the plot thickens! King clarified that other than spying on the girls, we haven’t actually seen Ezra do anything devious. As for Ezra’s disappearing Ravenswood lair? The showrunner explained, “I think he followed the trail of Ali, I think Ali went to Ravenswood first and Ezra was following her trail.” So, in conclusion: Ezra = Super obsessed writer, not “A.”

Question: Got anything for Teen Wolf? – Riley

TV Scoop Team: It’s no secret that things in Beacon Hills are pretty much out of control at all times, so the powers-that-be are looking to bring in some extra law enforcement to help combat the crazy. In season four we’ll meet Deputy Haigh, and if we’re being honest… he’s kind of a dick. Let’s put it this way: He’s the kind of cop that will definitely give you a ticket after pulling you over, no matter what the circumstance.

Question: I‘m extremely excited about Castle‘s episode set in the 1970s! Does the case revolve in that particular decade (á la “The Blue Butterfly”) or are we actually going to see flashbacks of Kate and Rick‘s early years? –Martina

Mitovich: The answer is… neither! As Stana Katic explained to me the other day, “In order to get information from one of our characters, we have to pretend that we’re in that era — because he believes that he’s still in that era.” But does that mean groovy threads and ‘dos for all? “I don’t know how extreme they’re going to go,” Katic answered. “But they’ve been playing around with, like, different hair and stuff — for the guys, mostly.”

Question: You gave a lot of good stuff for Once Upon a Time premiere! Any chance you can tease something beyond New York City? Rapunzel? Blackbeard? Glinda? – Jacquelyn

Mitovich: I choose Door No. 2, Rapunzel. Josh Dallas touted that episode as “awesome,” “dark” and “very psychological, an episode where you have Charming facing a lot of his ultimate fears. He’s going to have to really look at himself, when confronted with something that challenges his strength and courage.” As for the well-tressed lass, Dallas promises, “She is, like all of our women, very strong.”

Question: Can I please, please, please get some Once upon a Time info on Belle, and Rumple? Possibly Neal, too? –Karen

Mitovich: I’ve already told you about Belle’s plan, and while Rumple’s fate isn’t explored much in the midseason premiere, watch for Episode 13 to dive deeper into that mystery. As for Neal, he is not taking his latest separation from Emma and Henry well, at all. As co-creator Eddy Kitsis explained, “In a lot of ways Neal finds himself in a similar position that his father did, which is: I’m stuck in a land and I need to get back to the people I love.’” But while “Rumple was willing to curse everybody to get what he wanted,” Kitsis reminds, “Neal has, up until this point, kind of been a really moral center for his dad… So the question is, ‘Will he follow the same path?’”

Question: I’m getting into the show The Tomorrow People. Is there any word on if it is going to be renewed for another season? –Donald

Mitovich: There’s nothing official yet, no, but the show is nonetheless setting the stage for a comeback. A casting call has gone out for the role of Natalie, an unstable and sadistic rabble-rouser/self-determined leader who speaks her mind without putting a lot of thought into the outcome. She’ll debut in Episode 20 and recur in Season 2 (if there is one).

Question: Do you know what is happening with Callie and Jude on The Fosters? –Marissa

Mitovich: As you may know, their MIA dad is about to resurface, rousing a variety of emotions. “Callie makes contact [first] so that she can protect Jude, but she ends up wanting Jude to meet him as well,” Maia Mitchell tells us. “She kind of does a 180, and it is scary in the beginning. There’s a lot of processing for them.”

Question: Did I hear right that NCIS’s Ellie Bishop is married? Are there plans to meet the husband? –Jayne

Mitovich: Though he has no hard and fast timetable in place, NCIS boss Gary Glasberg told me, “At some point we’ll spend some time with her husband, but we wanted to introduce her first and let people connect with her and understand who she is first.”

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Child actor-turned mom and DIY author Soleil Moon Frye (of Punky Brewster fame) will make a guest appearance on the ABC summer series Mistresses, playing a version of herself: a potential celebrity client for Joss’s (series regular Jess Macallan) new party planning business that she started with Harry (Brett Tucker). Mistresses will air on ABC sometime this summer. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Max Brown (Beauty And the Beast, The Tudors and MI-5) had landed the lead role in the upcoming 13-episode FOX action-adventure series Hieroglyph that follows Ambrose (Brown), a notorious thief who is plucked from prison to serve the Pharoah (Reece Ritchie), navigating palace intrigue, seductive concubines, criminal underbellies and even a few divine sorcerers. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Aidan Turner (UK’s Being Human and The Hobbit Trilogy) will star in the BBC One 8-part adaptation Poldark, which is based on the Winston Graham acclaimed saga set in 18th-century Cornwall, Britain. It’s 1783 and Ross Poldark (Turner) returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape. Production will take place in April with the airing set for 2015. It has not been announced if BBC America will air this production in the US, though. (Debs Hunt at Inside Media Track)

Actor Riley Smith (90210 and Beauty And the Beast) will have a major recurring role in True Blood for its seventh and finale season, playing Keith, a sexy rock’n’roll vampire with a romantic side. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo (Grimm and The House of Sand and Fog) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Bones, playing the mother of Arastoo (Cam’s boyfriend). (Michael O’Connell at The Hollywood Reporter)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Danielle Savre (Heroes) and actor Stephen Martines (The Vampire Diaries and The Closer) have joined the cast of The CW spin-off pilot Supernatural: Tribes. The potential series revolves around the various mafia-esque monster families that unknowingly to humans “run” the underbelly of Chicago and are being tracked by a newly minted Hunter who’s trying to stop them and rid Chicago of anything or anyone supernatural. Savre will play Margo, the acting head of the leading shape shifter family, an ex-punk rocker-turned-corporate professional who feels threatened only by the return of her prodigal brother David (Nathaniel Buzolic from The Vampire Diaries) into the family. Martines will play Detective Freddie Costa, a world-weary Chicago cop who serves as a mentor to Ennis (Lucien Laviscount from Episodes and Skins) but also is secretly on the payroll of one of the powerful monster families. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Kyle Schmid (Copper) has landed the lead role opposite Meagan Good (Deception) in the NBC drama pilot called Babylon Fields that is about a town’s residents who come back from the dead. Schmid will play Thomas Wunch who works for the CDC as a scientist and is Janine’s (Good) first love. (The Deadline Team)

Actress Liza Weil (Gilmore Girls and Scandal) has joined the cast of the ABC drama pilot How To Get Away With Murder, which centers on ambitious law students and their brilliant and mysterious criminal defense professor (Viola Davis) who become entangled in a murder plot that could rock their entire university and change the course of their lives. Weil will play one of the professor’s two associates. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Irish actor Stephen Hagan (BBC’s Injustice) has joined the cast of The CW drama pilot Identity that centers on Mia (Ahna O’Reilly from The Help), a young New Yorker who learns she needs an organ transplant to survive and her only living relative is a newfound half-brother, Davis (Matt Barr from Hellcats and Hatfields and McCoys), the charming, privileged only son of a wealthy and powerful Charleston family. She connects with them only to find they’re the target of a CIA investigation for involvement in domestic terrorism, and the agency wants her as their newest informant. Hagan will play Jasper, Davis’ handsome, mysterious, and magnetic best friend who has chemistry with Mia from the moment the meet. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Brian F. O’Byrne (FlashForward) has joined the cast of the ABC drama pilot Exposed that revolves around a dogged investigative reporter who is open to making questionable alliances in pursuit of stories. Details on what role he will play have not been announced yet. (Cynthia Littleton at Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Matthew Morrison (Glee) has landed the lead role in the upcoming musical theatre project called Finding Neverland, which is based on the 2004 film of the same name that starred Johnny Depp that focuses on the growing bond between playwright J.M. Barrie and the family who inspired him to create Peter Pan. Morrison will play Barrie. (The Deadline Team)

Actor Patrick Wilson (The Watchmen and A Gifted Man) has joined the cast of the upcoming box office film Ant-Man that will star Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas and Michael Pena. Specific details on what role Wilson will play have not been released yet. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with TV Scoop Team)

Question: Tell me more about this shocking Once Upon a Time twist!! Dying to know who else is related. – Monica T.

TV Scoop Team: We will find out that two main characters are related, and because they are related, that means that two other characters are also related. Your brain hurt yet? Ours too. Still, we think this twist is one of the best OUAT has ever had.

Question: We need to start getting some answers on Red’s connection to Liz on The Blacklist! – Frank

TV Scoop Team: Come on, we all know patience is a virtue. “That’s the central relationship in the show, so the whole entire series is going to be about unraveling that mystery and there are different stages of that unraveling,” Megan Boone tells E! News of Liz and Red’s connection while accepting the Rising Star Award at Savannah College of Art and Design’s aTVfest in Atlanta. “It’s not a question that can be answered in one simple yes or no.” But she previews that we will get some answers by season’s end, as well as “a lot” of Tom and Liz stuff in the next string of episodes

Question: Anything on Teen Wolf’s finale? This season has been pretty epic so far! – Thomas

TV Scoop Team: Only the show’s best (and most gorgeous) scene yet. “There’s a fight scene that occurs in the snow. We were all really worried about how it would play, and it looks amazing, and we’re really happy about it,” Jeff Davis previews of the season finale sequence, which you can get a taste of here. “It involves a lot of our leads, so it’s pretty epic. There’s an epic fight scene in the snow that’s a lot of swords clashing.” Bonus scoop: a fan favorite might just be missing by season’s end.

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