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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

The cable network AMC has canceled their new drama Low Winter Sun after one season. (Variety)

MINI-SERIES NEWS

CBS has given the greenlight to a new four-hour historical mini-series from actress Roma Downey (Touched By An Angel) and her uber-producer/series creator husband Mark Burnett called The Dovekeepers that is based on the 2011 novel by Alice Hoffman. The story chronicles the struggles of four women during the siege of Masada, when 900 Jews held off Roman soldiers for months after being forced out of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. The network is aiming for a 2015 premiere. (AJ Marechal at Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

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

1. Frozen – $31.6 million
2. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – $27 million
3. Out of the Furnace – $5.3 million
4. Thor: The Dark World – $4.7 million
5. Delivery Man – $3.8 million
6. Homefront – $3.4 million
7. The Book Thief – $2.7 million
8. The Best Man Holiday – $2.67 million
9. Philomena – $2.3 million
10. Dallas Buyers Club – $1.5 million

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Watch: Evan Rachel Wood and Scott Speedman in ‘Barefoot’ Trailer

Q&A SECTION (with TV Scoop Team at E! Online, Matt Roush at TV Guide and Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

Question: New episodes of Sherlock are almost upon us! Got anything I need to know? – Kyle

TV Scoop Team: Have you ever imagined Sherlock standing up in front of a room full of people and talking about how much he loves his best friend John? Because that’s totally happening in season three! Well, kind of. Sherlock will be John’s best man in his wedding to Mary, and yes, he will have to give a toast. But that’s not the only thing he has to worry about: someone at the reception wants the happy couple to suffer, so Sherlock has to give a winning speech and solve a case at the same time. Who else thinks he’s more worried about expressing his feelings for John than about catching a killer?

Question: Revenge me, people! – Shawn

TV Scoop Team: Episode 14, awesomely titled “Payback,” will feature the super lavish and over the top birthday party for Charlotte. (Ah, they grow up so far, don’t they?) And she’s going all Super Sweet 16 with it by having a major pop star sing “Happy Birthday” to her. Of course, she doesn’t have time to plan this event on her own, so expect to see an Ashley 2.0 running around the Hamptons.

Question: Almost Human has quickly become my favorite network show, right behind The Good Wife (best season ever). But how is it doing in the ratings? I hear it is not doing too well. What are Almost Human’s chances of lasting the season? — Gary

Matt Roush: The odds of lasting the season? Probably pretty good. Fox should give this one some time to work out its kinks, but it’s obviously not the breakout hit Sleepy Hollow was. Few shows are. Its fate will likely become clearer when it’s paired next month with The Following (which has its own damage control issues for Season 2).

Question: LOVED Barry Allen on Arrow, Sandra. I was honestly ready to hate on him, but he’s so cute, and I don’t just mean physically. I thought the character himself was really charming and the opposite of a cocky superhero I was expecting. I would love some scoop. — April

Sandra: I loved that Barry was essentially a bit of a fanboy himself, and I think that added to the “cute”ness you reference. That said, in this next episode, Barry’s going to learn that meeting your heroes isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Extra dish: Something VERY concerning happens to Roy in this episode. Well, Roy and another person, now that I think about it. These incidents aren’t related, but the effects of both could(/will) be life-changing.

Question: I’m dying after watching Supernatural’s mid-season finale!! I need scoop!! — Tiffany

Sandra: While we all know that Dean has a hard task in front of him, dealing with Kevin’s death and also tracking down Gadreel (aka the angel inside his brother Sam), but in lighter news, I hear the second half will see the return of Garth (DJ Qualls). We’re going to get an answer about where the heck he’s been and I think you will be surprised. Spoiler Alert: There will be hugs. Elsewhere, and on an unrelated note, I hear the second half will see some people we absolutely did not expect to see.

Question: Any scoop from Teen Wolf premiere? — Nancy

Sandra: There’s a heart-stopping opener featuring Stiles that will freak. you. out. I’d go out on a limb, in fact, and say this is one of the scariest episode they’ve done all season.

Question: My jaw is on the floor from Scandal. I know ANY mid-season finale tease you give me is going to be vague, but I want it anyway!! — Lizzie

Sandra: When I spoke with Guillermo Diaz about the episode, he claimed, “I think Shonda’s outdone herself. Characters end up doing things you wouldn’t expect. It’s a wild ride. We can’t wait for the fans to see it and experience what we’re shooting now. It’s good. It’s so hard to say! There’s so much we’ve shot, so I’m trying not to reveal too much.”

TV SCOOP (with Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

‘SLEEPY HOLLOW’: FOUR BURNING QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Sleepyheads, I adore you and all your questions. And I promise there’s much more from my chat with executive producer Alex Kurtzman coming. Look for some great stuff Monday and in an upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly. For now, here are four of the questions you sent me via Twitter, answered!

After the introduction of Capt. Irving’s family & the announcement of Ichabod’s father, will there be more family members added? – SHollowSource

Well, as you pointed out, Ichabod’s dad is on the way and will be played by Victor Garber. Beyond that, though, Kurtzman said they “very well might” explore bringing in Abbie’s father next season. “There’s definitely a story to be had there and a deep and impactful one for Abbie and Jenny. So it’s entirely possible that we will,” he says.

I loved Tom Mison’s brilliant sword fighting scenes. Will we see a lot more of him fighting in future episodes/season 2? — @savvyanna10

The upcoming season finale is “massive,” according to Kurtzman. And he means that in more ways than one. “What we love about it is that it’s massive both emotionally and size and scope,” he says. “I think one of the things we’ve always felt is that one of the first questions we always ask when breaking an episode is what is the story about emotionally? It’s not what’s the monster of the week. It’s what’s going on with our characters.”

Will we learn what happened to Baby Crane? At least his name? Thank you! — @Dionysius1

Yes. You’ll find out what happened to his son in the next episode. The next episode is going to be about Ichabod finding out what happened to him.

Anything about Abbie’s storyline in particular we can look forward to? — @shiftingnewton

We’re going to learn some more details about her family AND answer some major questions about Abbie and Jenny’s encounter with Moloch. “One of the big things we’re going to start tackling is what they don’t remember about what happened to them in the forest that day,” teases Kurtzman. “They only remember seeing Moloch and then they blacked out and woke up by the side of the road and then don’t remember what happened. So the mystery of what happened to them is something we’re going to play out. And that may provide us with some answers for some of the bigger threats that are coming.” That’s right…BIGGER. No wonder they needed a two-hour finale.

‘REVOLUTION’ BOSS TEASES MONROE’S SON

An exciting mid-season finale on Revolution is going to lead into a second half that will see Monroe on daddy duty! As you may have heard, Mat Vairo is set to play his son, named Connor, in a recurring role when the show returns on January 8.

“Trusting that guy into the position of father has brought out some really unexpected and interesting colors in the character,” teases executive producer Eric Kripke.

And not long after we meet Conner, he adds, he will find himself among the group of people hoping to bring down the season’s big bad. “The second half of the season is part of our group marshaling their forces and pulling everyone together — that includes Monroe’s son and Neville — and bringing everyone together against the bad guys,” he says. “Meanwhile, the bad guys’ plan becomes terrifyingly clear as well as the audience getting to know really the big bad of the season, which is the president of the ‘United States’ — in quotes. All the chess pieces are moving into position for a final confrontation.”

Bonus scoop: Look out for the addition of a female warlord named Duncan (played by Katie Aselton), who, Kripke teases, “has a war clan similar to Titus, except she’s not completely bird-sh– crazy.” “Our heroes — though they were battling war clans at the beginning of the season — find themselves in the interesting and uncomfortable position of allying themselves with a war clan in the second half of the season in order to defeat the patriots”.

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Regina King (Southland) will recur on the new FX drama series The Strain from director Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan and Carlton Cuse (one of the men behind Lost). The drama is a high-concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (actor Corey Stoll), the head of the Centers for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called on to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. King will play Ruby Wain, the smart and accomplished manager of philandering rock star Gabriel Bolivar. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Due to the fact that Kerry Washington is pregnant the folks over at ABC have decided to reduce the episode order for Scandal from 22 episodes down to 18. It’s not because the powers that be over there are upset with the show (or even her pregnancy); but it is getting harder to hide her baby bump and the long hours are becoming hard for the mommy-to-be. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Looks like there will be two new recurring agents on the new ABC drama Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. No casting announcements have been made, but the two new agents will be an African-American, who specializes in combat/weapons and the other will be a high-level munitions expert with past ties to both Coulson and Ward. (Entertainment Weekly and Dark Horizons)

Actor Jon Tenney (The Closer and King and Maxwell) will join the cast of Scandal as a rumored love interest for Mellie, the First Lady. His casting has been confirmed, but no other details have been made available at this time. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

TV TRAILER

Hot TV Teaser: Death Comes To Pemberley

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

It looks like the Terminator just might be coming to the small screen again as the folks behind the upcoming Terminator film are looking to expand the popular franchise to TV with a new series that will be written and executive produced by feature film writers Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller with the writers of the upcoming Terminator film – Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier serving as executive producers. This version will follow a critical moment from the original 1984 film, taking it in a completely different direction than the film. But plot details for this small screen version as well as the revamped big screen one are under wraps. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Looks like MTV is moving forward with a script-to-series commitment to Shannara, a drama series based on the popular fantasy books by author Terry Brooks. The story is set in our world, thousands of years after the destruction of our civilization, centering around the Shannara family, whose descendants are empowered with ancient magic and whose adventures continuously reshape the future of the world. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Q&A SECTION (with Jenna Mullins at E! Online)

Question: So excited for Rebecca Mader on Once Upon a Time! Can you spill anything on what she’s playing? –Monica

Jenna: She’s one of the best female villains of all time, and not just in recent Disney history. This one even has her own theme music! Also, we can tell you that she is being brought in because now that Rumple and Regina have made peace, the writers felt they needed a new Big Bad and Mader’s character will definitely be at odds with Regina.

Question: Devious Maids is my guiltiest pleasure, so any season-two scoop you have would be perfection. – Alia

Jenna: Want to hear about the terrible people you’ll meet in season two? Of course you do! We’ll meet an ex-stripper who married an older man for money and instead of taking care of her ailing hubby, she just has affairs. But she’s not the worst one. Wait until you meet the charming man whose wife died under very mysterious circumstances.

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a really nice weekend!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

[From a couple days ago] NBC has renewed The Blacklist for a second season. (TV Guide)

Actress Rebecca Mader (Lost) will play the newest villain on Once Upon a Time. She will appear in multiple episodes when the show returns in the spring for the rest of its current season. She will play a major character with a major story arc, but no other specific details are being released. (Leanne Aguilera and Kristin Dos Santos at E! Online)

Actress Alexandra Metz (The Originals and Chicago Fire) will play Rapunzel in Once Upon a Time sometime in 2014. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Actor Tom Everett Scott (Southland and That Thing You Do!) will have a recurring role on Beauty And the Beast, playing Sam, an archaeologist with a short fuse who has been in isolation for many years, who crosses paths with Catherine and Vincent. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Actress Elyse Levesque (Stargate Universe and Cedar Cove) will have a recurring role on The Originals, playing the seductive and deceptive Genevieve, who returns to New Orleans with a mysterious agenda and some unfinished business with Rebekah and Marcel. (Vlada Gelman at TV Line)

Syfy has officially greenlit the scripted drama Dominion, which is the current working title of this small screen adaptation of the box office film Legend. The series will be an epic supernatural drama set in the year 25 A.E. in a transformed post-apocalyptic future where an army of lower angels, assembled by the archangel Gabriel, has waged a war of possession against mankind. The archangel Michael, turning against his own kind, has chosen to side with humanity against Gabriel. Rising out of the ashes of the 25 year-long battle are newly fortified cities which protect the human survivors. In Vega (formerly Las Vegas), the largest of these cities, two houses vie for control and the stage is set for political upheaval and a dangerous power shift. Meanwhile, a rebellious young soldier begins a perilous journey as the war between the human race and the fallen angels hell-bent on their domination escalates. The series will star Christopher Egan (Kings), Tom Wisdom (300), Roxanne McKee (Game of Thrones), Alan Dale (Lost), Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Luke Allen-Gale (The Borgias). (The Futon Critic)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Alan Ruck (Spin City) and Byron Mann (Arrow) will co-star alongside actor Shane Coffey (Pretty Little Liars) in the USA Network drama pilot called The Novice that will center on Kyle (Coffey), a recent college graduate who is forced to move back home with his parents and soon lands a position with a Korean crime organization. Ruck will play Bill Jones, Kyle’s father, a decent and hard-working professional machinist willing to put aside his pride and work as a day laborer in order to pay the bills. Mann will play Johnny Joo, the impeccably dressed owner of a popular dining establishment and a careful, yet dangerous, man who offers Kyle a position within his organization. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Dylan Neal (Arrow, Blood Ties and Cedar Cove) has joined the cast of the big screen adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. He will play Bob, the stepfather of Anastasia Steele. (Bruna Nessif at E! Online)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Hot Trailer: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Full Length Trailer for Paul W.S. Anderson’s Disaster Epic Pompeii

INSIDE SCOOP (with Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Question: Did I miss something on Once Upon a Time? I though Charming couldn’t leave Neverland…. –Javiera

Mitovich: A few weeks back, Rumple revealed that once back in Storybrooke, he could fashion an elixir to ward off the fatal side effect of the Neverland spring’s healing waters. And though Neal/Bae goaded his dad into doing it gratis, “There will be favors that need to be paid,” EP Adam Horowitz teases. Adds Eddy Kitsis: “Rumple very rarely gives anything away for free. He likes nothing more than having someone owe him.”

Question: Once Upon a Time‘s Rumple and Belle fans are really down right now because they’re always separated (by memory loss or worlds). Please tell us they’ll at least be in the same world in the second half of Season 3! –V

Mitovich: I brought your Q to the boys, and Horowitz assures the Rumbelle fans, “In the second half of the season, they are going to be in the same world for an extended period of time.” But Kitsis then chimed in: “If you’re a fan of Rumbelle, the second half of the season will further explore their relationship – in whatever state that is.” :-O

Question: Thanks for the opportunity to ask about the Haven finale (airing Dec. 13). I know Jennifer is from the same world as Audrey and William and thus is one of the people needed to open the portal so they can send William through. Will we find out who the fourth person is? Also, how much is the end of the episode going to make us scream? I’m predicting some bad stuff for Nathan. –Andrea

Mitovich: Yes, you will find out who the fourth person is — but will he/she gladly go along with this scheme? Yes, the final moments will make you scream – in part because, yes, what happens could very well be described as “some bad stuff for Nathan.” Oh, and there’s also one, possibly two deaths.

Question: Loving Arrow this season. What can you tell us about the midseason finale (airing Dec. 11)? –Jennifer

Mitovich: Barry Allen may have found his way into his hero’s lair, but it won’t be all gee-whiz geekery. As EP Andrew Kreisberg previews, “[Barry is] getting to see that sometimes it’s better not meeting your heroes, because they’re complicated and cranky… and maybe jealous of the way you’re looking at their assistant.” That said, “At the end of the day, Oliver just wants the job done and Barry helps get the job done — and that’s sort of the saving grace for him.”

Question: Anything on Reign? Bash and Mary are my favorites. – Jenny

Mitovich: Then consider this an early Christmas/belated Hanukkah gift! By the fall finale (airing Dec. 12), Mary will make a decision that will forever change her relationship with Francis and push her closer to Bash.

Question: Other than the return of Centipede, what’s going on with the S.H.I.E.L.D. team? –Mahika

Mitovich: Episode 14 will introduce two recurring characters: an African-American agent who specializes in combat/weapons, and a high-level S.H.I.E.L.D. agent/munitions expert who has past ties to both Coulson and Ward.

Question: Beauty and the Beast’s Vincent always seems to get love interests, while Cat has always been loyal, never showing interest in Evan, Gabe, etc. Will there be an arc for Cat’s ex-lover coming back to her life? Or a new love interest? –Stephanie

Mitovich: Though it’s pretty obvious to Cat that she and her beast are on the outs, I am hearing that before she can fall in love with anyone else, she’s going to go on a journey of self-discovery to better understand who she is and what she wants out of life — without Vincent. In the process of doing so, she’ll take a cooking class and (ahem) “heat some things up” with her handsome instructor.

Question: Will we ever see Finch reunite with his love on Person of Interest? Will Grace at least find out why he had to leave, since they obviously still love each other? –Norma

Mitovich: Carrie Preston, who pops up now and again as her real-life husband’s TV soulmate, agrees with you, saying, “It would be really wonderful to have Harold and Grace meet up in the present day. He’s protecting her by not letting her know, but maybe there could be some way for him to let her know that he is OK. It would be nice to see Harold have that love in his life.” That said, between carefully portioned Good Wife encores and her No. 1 True Blood commitment, there are no plans for a POI return at this time.

Question: Do you have any scoop on whether they kicked Scottie to the curb on Suits? Please tell me that Harvey came to his senses! –Sami

Mitovich: I’m sorry, have you seen Scottie? [Dreamy sigh] Yeah, she will most definitely be back.

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Brianna Brown (Devious Maids) will guest star in an early 2014 episode of The Mentalist, playing Krystal Markham, a woman connected to a case that the FBI is working on; and much to everyone’s surprise Jane (series lead Simon Baker) asks Krystal out on a date – the first one the widower has had in years. The Mentalist will air its fall finale on December 8. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

MINI-SERIES NEWS

The History Channel is teaming with executive producer John Shiban to develop a mini-series tentatively entitled Jamestown that is inspired by the 2007 Benjamin Woolley book “Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America”. The mini-series will explore the true story of the beginnings of America, following the dreamers and schemers who settled in the new colony of Jamestown. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Marcia Gay Harden (Trophy Wife) will appear ad Dr. Grace Trevelyan Grey, the adoptive mother of Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) in the box office adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. (Bruna Nessif at E! Online)

Actress Gal Gadot (from the Fast and the Furious franchise) will play Wonder Woman in the as-yet titled Batman vs. Superman movie. (Variety)

The Veronica Mars movie will hit theatres on March 14, 2014. Mark your calendars!  (Kickstarter)

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

Question: I need Scandal scoop! Gimme anything you’ve got. – Becca M.

TV Scoop Team: One lucky lady is getting a new love interest. We’re not going to tell you who will be romanced, but we will tell you that Andrew is handsome, charismatic and extremely intelligent. Keep an eye out for him in episode 11.

Question: I seriously need Felicity and Oliver to get together, like yesterday, on Arrow. Is there any hope? – Cady

TV Scoop Team: Expect the introduction on Barry Allen, who makes his debut tonight, to have a major impact on Felicity and Oliver’s relationship for the remainder of the season. “That relationship is really moving in a new direction,” Stephen Amell says of the duo. “It’s one of those things where, guys do this all the time, you don’t realize the depths and levels of your feelings for someone until someone else likes them.”

Question: Cannot believe I have to wait six weeks for The Blacklist to return! Scoop me please to dull the pain! – Thomas

TV Scoop Team: Prepare to learn a whole lot more about Lucy Brooks, the woman Red looked into (and had a photo of) several episodes ago. And you can expect it to intersect with Tom’s storyline.

Question: I’ll take anything I can get on Teen Wolf’s Derek! – Farrah

TV Scoop Team: How about that he will finally take on a real big brother role in season 3B for Scott, with Tyler Posey telling us it’s his “favorite relationship” right now on the show. As for when Derek will be back in Beacon Hills, let’s just say you’ll find out where he is in the season premiere and who he’s with is pretty surprising.

Question: How about something on Hart of Dixie? – Claire

TV Scoop Team: Prepare for one of the most epic mug shots in TV history. One of our Bluebell residents will be facing some time in the slammer, and it will cause all kinds of chaos. Seriously, everyone on the Rammer Jammer will be talking about this crime. Curious? Well, let’s just say that it involves boys, cars, and stolen property.

Question: What’s coming up on Arrow? — Elliot

NATALIE: By the end of the mid-season finale, you’ll find out exactly who Brother Blood is working for, but Oliver won’t be privy to that information anytime soon. “He finds out about his Brother Blood persona before we wrap the fall run, but he doesn’t discover that that person is connected to Sebastian,” Stephen Amell says. Complicating matters is Blood’s burgeoning relationship with Laurel. “They start running into each other more,” Katie Cassidy says. “They do get involved in a certain way.”

Question: Is Castle done with the Sen. Bracken-Beckett story? — Nina

ADAM: Not if the show wants to keep leading lady Stana Katic happy. “I think that story needs really great closure,” she tells us of Beckett’s series-long search for her mother’s killer. “They did a really nice job of developing this ‘sleeping dragon’ story, and [the end] of that should be done with justice to all of the years that they spent developing that.” The good news? Creator Andrew W. Marlowe insists that he has plans to bring Jack Coleman’s dirty politician back — but only when the perfect story comes up.

Question: Do I sense some chemistry between Kennex and Stahl on Almost Human? — Jason

NATALIE: You’re not the only one. “There’s huge potential there,” Karl Urban tells me. “There’s definitely a spark between those two characters.” Co-star Minka Kelly echoes that sentiment, explaining that Stahl really admires Kennex. “She’s been a really big fan of his for a really long time, so she’s in awe of him returning to the office,” she says. “They’re very like-minded when it comes to wanting to save the world.”

Question: How long before people figure out that Peter Pan is in Henry’s body on Once Upon a Time? — Missy

NATALIE: It won’t be very long at all. “Emma can tell immediately something is off and tries to justify it because he’s been through a lot; he’s been traumatized in certain ways. He’s been with Pan and the Lost Boys in the forest for so long, so there’s a lot of justifying going on basically,” Jennifer Morrison tells me. “She’s not sure what but she knows something’s wrong.” Look for the famous storybook to help Emma figure it out.

Question: Any update on new Arrow villains arriving soon? —Harry

Ausiello: Yes, Clock King’s time has come! Sources confirm that the CW hit will introduce the pivotal DC Comics baddie (aka William Tockman) later this season. The casting notice calls for an actor in his 40s or 50s to play the criminal mastermind who has “the mind of a chess grandmaster, and can envision all the interlocking pieces of Starling City and adjust them in favor of his crimes.”

Question: Can you offer up any clues on the location/setting for the second half of Once Upon a Time Season 3 (premiering March 9)? Will it take place entirely in Storybrooke, or will there be trips to another never-before-seen world? — abz

Ausiello: Better than clues, we have cold, hard facts. More akin to Season 1′s storytelling, “The second half [of Season 3] will take place between Storybrooke and the Enchanted Forest,” series co-creator Eddy Kitsis told Matt Mitovich. In other words, EP Adam Horowitz underscored, “It’s not a ‘journey to another land’ paradigm” à la the Neverland arc concluding Dec. 15. “We always have the ability and the desire to dip into other lands, which it’s more than likely we shall do,” Horowitz added, “but it will be in the way that we’ve done it in the past, as opposed to locking all of our characters onto a boat and sending them [to a new realm].”

Question: On Sleepy Hollow, are we ever going to find out who vouched for Ichabod when Luke called Oxford? –Irene

Ausiello: Executive producer Ken Olin tells TVLine that the episode’s script originally revealed that Capt. Irving set up the charade to throw a suspicious Luke off Ichabod’s trail… but that tidbit never made it to screen. “I didn’t edit it, but I think it was probably removed for time,” Olin says. As for the loose end – whether created on purpose or by a pressed-for-time editing staff – the EP admits, “I don’t know whether now that will be paid off, but it was certainly left hanging.”

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

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

TELEVISION

Actress Alex Kingston (Doctor Who and ER) will reprise her role of Dinah Lance, the mother of Laurel Lance (series regular Katie Cassidy) on Arrow later this season. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Actress Sydney T. Poitier (Veronica Mars and the daughter of legendary actor Sidney Poitier) has landed a five episode arc on the upcoming NBC sequel series Chicago PD, playing a new detective, a role that will cross over on Chicago Fire. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Matthew Goode (Watchmen and Leap Year) will have a major recurring role on The Good Wife, playing a prosecutor who befriends Alicia (series lead Julianna Margulies) after having a crisis of faith and deciding to chart a new direction for his career. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Martin Donovan (Homeland and Boss) and actress Salli Richardson-Whitfield (The Newsroom and Eureka) will both have roles in the Lifetime dystopian thriller pilot The Lottery that features a world staring down the barrel of impending extinction. Remarkably, 100 embryos are successfully fertilized and a national lottery is held to pick the surrogates. As conflict, control and mystery unfold over this important scientific breakthrough, government interests and power begin to dominate one of the most personal and basic elements of humanity: the right to have a family. Donovan will play the series regular role of Darius Hayes, the calculating director of the country’s Fertility Commission who is willing to use any strategy to achieve what he believes is the greater good. Meanwhile, Richardson-Whitfield will recur as Gabrielle, the first lady of the United States who is desperate to have a child of her own. The show has yet to be given a greenlight to series by the network. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items from the long holiday weekend:

TELEVISION

BBC America has renewed their new series Atlantis for a second season after only one episode airing. (The Wrap)

Actress Melissa Ponzio (Teen Wolf) has landed a recurring role on the NBC drama Chicago Fire playing Donna, a love interest to Chief Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Kevin Ryan (Copper) will have a recurring role in the upcoming series Crossbones that will focus on legendary pirate Blackbeard (to be played by John Malkovich). Ryan will play Finnegan, a heavily-tattooed, hard and solemn pirate who becomes involved with Blackbeard. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Barbara Hershey will reprise her role of Cora, The Queen of Hearts in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. (William Keck at TV Guide)

Actor Victor Garber will appear in at least one upcoming episode of Sleepy Hollow, playing Ichabod Crane’s father. (Kimberly Roots at TV Line)

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The Cosby Show) will appear in at least two episodes of Major Crimes, playing Lt. Chuck Cooper, a SIS (Special Investigation Section) supervisor brought in to help protect Rusty from his stalker. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Kirk Acevedo (Fringe) will appear in the Syfy drama pilot 12 Monkeys, based on the feature film of the same name that will center on a time traveler from the post-apocalyptic future who appears in the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will eventually decimate the human race. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

NBC is developing a potential new series for its Friday night timeslot based on the 2010 feature film The Wolfman from Daniel Knauf, the executive producer and head writer of the new NBC series Dracula. The drama will explore what it means to be a man and to be human, centering on Lawrence Talbot, who is afflicted by an ancient curse and jacks into the powerful, primordial soul of the alpha-predator. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

MINI-SERIES NEWS

The History Channel is developing a mini-series tentatively titled Hannibal that will tell the story of the greatest generals in antiquity: Hannibal Barca and his archrival Scipio Africanus, who went head-to-head in the Second Punic War. One of the executive producers on this project is actress Halle Berry. (The Futon Critic)

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (the duo behind the upcoming live staging of The Sound of Music) are developing an event program for NBC; an 8-hour mini-series called Nemesis about famous Prohibition agent Eliot Ness. The project will tell the true story of Ness in 1935, post-Untouchables, as Cleveland’s newly appointed Director of Public Safety. When bodies have started turning up, each one decapitated and dissected with a doctor’s skill and a madman’s bent, the police are baffled and the population is terrorized over America’s first serial killer. Ness is forced to take over the case, but the more energy he pours into the investigation, the more it takes over and threatens to destroy his life. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

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

1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – 74.5 million
2. Frozen – 67.4 million
3. Thor: The Dark World – 11.1 million
4. The Best Man Holiday – 8.2 million
5. Homefront – 6.9 million
6. Delivery Man – 6.8 million
7. The Book Thief – 4.9 million
8. Philomena – 3.67 million
9. Black Nativity – 3.66 million
10. Last Vegas – 2.7 million

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Here are the news items today in the form of Q&A’s with various entertainment news experts, including Michael Ausiello at TV Line, the TV Scoop Team at E! Online and Natalie Abrams and Adam Bryant at TV Guide:

Question: Is Scandal incorporating Kerry Washington’s pregnancy into the show? I hope not. I can’t see Olivia running around after a kid.—Mark

Ausiello: Shonda Rhimes apparently agrees with you. Although ABC declined to comment, I’m hearing there are no plans to further complicate Olivia’s love life with a toddler.

Question: Arrow is one of my Wednesday night addictions. Please tell me we won’t be waiting much longer for Olicity action to happen. –Katie

Ausiello: Oh, you’ll be waiting until at the very least 2014, seeing as in the next new episode (airing Dec. 4), Felicity finds herself a kindred spirit (and dance partner?) in visiting Arrow fanboy/wannabe CSI Barry Allen — who’ll be given a very good (yet very bad) reason to stick around for the fall finale airing Dec. 11.

Question: Nikita scoop ASAP, please? —Luli

Ausiello: The series finale will have you going “Ahhh…” as opposed to “WTF?!?!” Per cast member Lyndsy Fonseca, the Dec. 27 capper doesn’t end with a “big cliffhanger or anything, but it does [leave you] wondering what will happen with certain things.”

Question: I was wondering if you had any scoop on Emma and Hook’s relationship on Once Upon a Time? –Laura

Ausiello: Once co-creator Eddy Kitsis told Matt Mitovich that with Henry’s life now on the line more than ever, Emma will be squarely focused on the dire present, with no thought given to her romantic future. Hook and Neal, meanwhile — sharing as they do a quite complicated past of their own – will arrive at some sort of agreement in the Dec. 8 episode. Says Kitsis, “You’ll see how they’re going to deal with each other and with Emma in, I think, a surprising way.”

Question: Will we get to see in the next half of this season of Once Upon a Time how Regina adopted Henry and how she raised him? — abz

Ausiello: Hmm, your subscription to the Daily Mirror must have lapsed, because that bit of back-story will be revealed this Sunday, and it’s at least a two-hanky affair, as Mayor Mills struggles to bond with her procured bambino. But what you may find surprising is who almost adopted wee Henry instead.

Question: Any chance we’ll be seeing the Jabberwocky on Once Upon a Time in Wonderland? I just can’t imagine Alice in Wonderland without it. —Estee

Ausiello: And there won’t be an Alice in Wonderland without it. “You will see the Jabberwocky” in the second half of the season, Eddy Kitsis promises.

Question: Any Psych dish would be greatly appreciated! –Amy

Ausiello: We’ve watched the two-hour musical episode airing Sunday, Dec. 15, and to say it’s a crowd-pleaser is akin to saying Gus likes Pluto. Some of the songs are more memorable than others (namely, Lassie’s tango-tempoed ode to evidence), Ally Sheedy steals scene after scene as the ever off-kilter Yang, and if you listen closely, guest star Barry Bostwick will drop a Rocky Horror reference on you.

Question: Any scoop on Sleepy Hollow? –Meg

Ausiello: As if the Fox drama’s first season hasn’t been scary enough, executive producer Ken Olin tells TVLine that Ichabod and Abbie will be in even more trouble before the freshman run comes to a close: Another horseman of the apocalypse will be introduced in an upcoming episode. Bonus Scoop: George Washington — as in the first POTUS — will make his first significant showing before the season wraps on Jan. 20.

Question: Are we ever going to find out why Renard wears a wedding ring on Grimm? –Audra

Ausiello: “I think we’ll get around to it,” Sasha Roiz tells TVLine, though what he adds will likely stoke voracious fans’ curiosity rather than satiating it. “Many things and many storylines have never made it onto the screen. So the things that have been conceived, especially in Season 1 for all our characters, that are actually on the editing [room] floor are remarkable. You’d be amazed at the storylines that we had.” But back to the ring… “For now, we keep it,” Roiz says. “And I’m sure we’ll find a really interesting way to explain it.”

Question: Is Covert Affairs going to show us how Danielle (Anne Dudek) reacts to Annie being alive next season? —Janet

Ausiello: You’re assuming Annie loops in her loved ones. While exec producer Chris Ord confirms that the issue of Annie’s sis “needs to be addressed” in Season 5, he hints that she may “consider not telling her family” at all.

Question: Beauty and the Beast scoop, please and thank you! – Sarah H.

TV Scoop Team: Well, we don’t know if you’ll be thanking us after this tease, but here goes nothing: One of our main characters will be put in some serious danger when they are kidnapped and locked in a cell for nefarious purposes. Here’s hoping that if they make it out of the experience alive, they won’t be a completely different person.

Question: Ugh, can’t believe I have to wait a whole week for a new episode of Arrow! Anything you can tease to make the wait more bearable? – Cody

TV Scoop Team: Hmmm…how about that the puppy love between Felicity and Barry Allen (Grant Gustin makes his debut in the episode!) is too freakin’ cute?! Oh wait, you watch Arrow for the action and drama? OK then: Oliver shoots one of these five people with an arrow: Sin, Thea, Roy, Lance or Diggle.

Question: So excited to hear Amy Brenneman is playing Mary’s mother on Reign! Any scoop on what we can expect? – Katelyn

TV Scoop Team: “That’s a fantastic character. When she does come to court, you can imagine that personality, you can imagine Catherine and those two together,” show runner Laurie McCarthy teases of Mary’s mother, whose arrival will “throw Mary for a loop.” But don’t expect any warm and fuzzy moments between the mother and daughter as she previews, “Catherine may start to look like a very warm mother soon.” Yikes!

Question: Sleepy Hollow is hands down the best new show of the year! Any chance we’ll see any more historical figures this season? – Phillip

TV Scoop Team: Fans will meet George Washington by the end of the season. In fact, the first POTUS will be introduced before the finale and will have gravitas for days. We’re guessing we’ll see him in flashbacks was Katrina as Katia Winter tells us, “Who do you think introduced Ichabod to George Washington?”

Question: Come on! Why doesn’t The Blacklist just reveal that Red is Liz’s dad? We’re all thinking it, right? — Sean

NATALIE: Actually, Tom is Liz’s dad. Kidding! (And ew!) The producers are determined to keep that question up in the air for the moment, but a new mystery is about to unfold. Anslo Garrick’s attempts to capture Red will actually end on a cliff-hanger. “Who can [Red] rely on besides Elizabeth Keen?” executive producer John Eisendrath says. “He’ll have to work out whether or not he can come to trust anyone again because he suspects that someone within the FBI or government turned against him to give Anslo Garrick information to find him in the black site.”

Question: Do you have any scoop on the Flash episodes of Arrow? — Tiffany

NATALIE: The arrival of Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) in Starling City may stir up some interesting feelings for Oliver. “For the first time, we’re going to really see if Oliver thinks of Felicity a little bit differently than we’ve seen so far,” Stephen Amell tells me. “Felicity and Barry are much more similar and have much more in common and have a bit more chemistry.” Sorry, Olicity fans!

Question: Will Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. offer up more info on Centipede? — Dylan

NATALIE: It won’t be long before we find out what happened to Raina — aka the girl in the flowered dress — who has ties to the mysterious organization Centipede. That should mean we’ll finally get the details on her head-scratching visit to prison, where she was told to contact Clairvoyant. “They will be making another appearance soon,” executive producer Jed Whedon says of Centipede. “We’re going to see some old faces and get some more Centipede action going.”

Question: Will we see other robots besides cops and sexbots on Almost Human? — Jarett

NATALIE: Yes, and not all robots are good! “There are robots out there that criminals are using to fight the police and I have my share of ‘bot fights with the bad robots,” Michael Ealy says. “Bad robots… anyone catch that?” he adds, referring to the name of executive producer J.J. Abrams’ production company, Bad Robot. In an upcoming episode, we’ll see Dorian go up against a decommissioned police android, which will scare Dorian. “We explore the terror of, one or two wires go the other way and all of the sudden he’s not the Dorian you love,” Ealy adds. “He could be your worst nightmare.”

Question: What’s coming up on Chicago Fire? — Kelly

ADAM: You know how we told you that Dawson was going to ask Casey about becoming a firefighter? Well, it looks like she will follow through, and when she begins training at the academy, her teacher will be none other than Severide! However, Dawson’s new career path is bad news for Shay, who is losing her longtime partner just as she is about to face legal action related to the man who shot himself in front of them earlier this season. To make matters worse, Shay’s new partner, Allison, isn’t exactly what we’d call supportive. So much for bonding!

Question: Is it weird that I’m rooting for Abbie and Crane to get together on Sleepy Hollow? — Micah

NATALIE: Yes… sort of. For the time being, Crane is totally focused on freeing his wife and dealing with the truth that he had a son. (Fun fact: In the original pilot script, his son was said to be responsible for waking Headless.) But there could still be a chance for the pair. “It’s always possible, given the intensity of the circumstances that they are the only ones understanding what each other is going through,” executive producer Alex Kurtzman says. “There may be a tendency toward more, but that would have to evolve as organically as their friendship has evolved, so time will tell.” In other words, it’s likely, but not anytime soon.

Question: I love the little romance between JT and Tess on Beauty and the Beast. Will it continue? — Brenda

ADAM: Unfortunately, executive producer Brad Kern says that he’s not sure how far that relationship will go. “It’s fun to bring those two characters together, yet it’s a bit limiting to play another romance on the show,” he says. “I don’t know how much legs we have for that.” So how will the writers nip that story in the bud? “[When] friends get together, are they supposed to stay together? Or stay friends?” he says. “Sometimes you cross the line and it’s a good thing, and sometimes it’s like, ‘Let’s go back to where we were.'”

Question: Any chance for a reconciliation between Neal and Rumple on Once Upon a Time? — Tracy

NATALIE: Now that Neal has discovered the truth about his lineage, it will open the door for father and son to finally have a relationship. “It provides an opportunity for Neal to see his father as someone who carried a burden for hundreds of years because he was hurt or embarrassed about Pan being his father,” Michael Raymond-James says. “It really allows him to see his dad in a new light. That’s a revelatory moment for Neal.”

Question: Do you have any scoop on The Tomorrow People? — Ross

NATALIE: There’s more to John’s secret than just being able to kill — and it’s something that, if the group found out, they would certainly cut him off for good. In possibly related news, Jedikiah will come the closest he’s ever been to discovering the Tomorrow People’s hideout and you’ll be surprised whose fault that is.

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a great Thanksgiving and long holiday weekend!!

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Sprague Grayden (Jericho and Low Winter Sun) and character actor Gregg Henry will both appear in the second season of The Following, which will return to FOX on November 19 and 20 for its two-night season premiere. Grayden will appear as Carrie Cooke, a tabloid reporter turned best-selling author, who wrote a book on the Carroll/Havenport events and continues to investigate and write about the killings, which puts her at odds with Ryan Hardy (series lead Kevin Bacon. Meanwhile, Henry will guest star as Dr. Strauss, a distinguished doctor who may have a dark secret. (Jethro Nededog and Tim Kenneally at The Wrap)

Actress Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy and Private Practice) will show up in 2014 in the new CW series Reign, playing Mary’s (series lead Adelaide Kane) mother. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

Actress Lisa Bonet will have a multi-episode arc on the upcoming Sundance Channel limited series The Red Road that revolves around a sheriff (Martin Henderson from Off the Map) struggling to keep his family together while policing two clashing communities. She will play a Lenape Native American lawyer who returns home after a crime is been committed against a member of her tribe. (NOTE: Her real life husband Jason Mamoa also has a role in the series.) (Megan Masters at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

FX is working with Kelsey Grammer’s production company Gramment on a limited series called The Code that will be based on the book “Song Yet Sung” by James McBride, which draws from the life of famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Tubman was born a slave, but escaped and, with the help of the hard-bitten white watermen of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, fostered an intricate escape network of secret routes and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad that she used to smuggle more than 300 slaves to the North. The project will center on Liz, a black woman making a desperate dash to freedom, on the run from a torn white waterman and able slave catcher, who takes on one last job only to find himself in a war against a notorious female slave stealer. As Liz makes her way through the dark and forbidding swamplands of Maryland’s Eastern Shore using the black codes of the underground, the complexities of slavery play out in full force, pitting slave against slave, white against white, and plantation owner against plantation owner. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

CBS is developing a drama project called Doc Ford based on the Randy Wayne White book series about a retired NSA agent-turned-marine biologist who gets justice for those in need on the Gulf Coast of southern Florida. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Tom Ellis (EastEnders) will play the title role in the USA Network drama pilot called Rush that is a fast-paced Hollywood drama centering on Dr. William Rush (Ellis), a brilliant physician whose “practice” is acting as a highly paid on-call doctor for those in medical need. Because of who they are, what they’ve done or what they’re hiding, his patients can’t seek traditional treatment. He’s not your average on-call doctor because he’s not attached to any hospital; he’s highly discreet no matter what the ailment as long as the client can pay his cash-only premium, and he can party with the best of them. He has no desire to change his life or how he lives it until an old flame and his conscience begin to stir things up. Also, actor Rick Gonzalez (Reaper) will also star in the pilot as Manny Maquis, a well-connected dealer who considers Rush a friend as well as a client. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Aaron Eckhart will star the upcoming thriller film called Incarnate that follows an exorcist (Eckhart) who taps into the subconscious of a possessed nine-year old boy (David Mazouz from Touch). (The Deadline Team)

Actress AnnaSophia Robb (The Carrie Diaries) will star alongside Minnie Driver and Frank Grillo in the upcoming political thriller film called Conspiracy on Jekyll Island, playing the duo’s cancer-stricken daughter. (The Deadline Team)

Actor Max Martini (The Unit and Castle) will play Jason Taylor, the bodyguard and head of security for Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan from Once Upon a Time) in the upcoming film adaptation of the E.L. James best-selling novel Fifty Shades of Grey. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Lifetime has renewed the new drama Witches of East End for a 13-episode second season that will air sometime in 2014. (Whitney Friedlander at Variety)

Actor Christopher Gorham (Covert Affairs) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Once Upon a Time, playing an “important character in the life of Emma Swan”. It is also set that he may reprise this role in the future. (Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide)

Actor Jack Davenport (Smash) will appear in an upcoming episode of The Good Wife, playing an upstanding assistant U.S. attorney. (Lynette Rice at Entertainment Weekly)

A&E has renewed the new drama Longmire for a third season that is set to air sometime next summer. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actresses Jessica Szhor (Gossip Girl), Beth Riesgraf (Leverage) and Lauren Stamile (Burn Notice) will co-star alongside actor Jason O’Mara (Terra Nova and Vegas) in the USA Network drama pilot Complications that will center on John Ellis (O’Mara), a disillusioned suburban ER doctor who finds his existence transformed when he intervenes in a drive-by shooting, saving a young boy’s life and killing one of his attackers. When he learns the boy is still marked for death, he finds himself compelled to save him at any cost, and discovers that his life and his outlook on medicine may never be the same. Szhor will play Gretchen, an ER nurse at the hospital while Riesgraf will play Samantha Ellis, John Ellis’ wife. Stamile will play Bridget, an excellent doctor who tends to take out her frustration with life in the ER on patients and colleagues. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Cinemax has given a pilot order to a drama project called Blanco with actor Shiloh Fernandez (Red Riding Hood) in the lead role. The story will center on Ruben (Fernandez), an uptown gangster, nicknamed Blanco for being a light-skinned Dominican, who uses his status as a confidential informant to turn the tables on law enforcement and build his criminal empire. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Katherine LaNasa (Deception and Longmire) will co-star in the as-yet-titled Sean Jablonski-USA Network pilot that will follow investment banker Neil Truman (Matt Passmore from The Glades) and his wife, Grace (Stephanie Szostak), as they struggle to sift through their stagnant marriage, looking for the spark they once had. When Neil discovers that Grace has been seeing a debonair male escort (Blair Redford) his entire world is turned upside down. No word, as yet, on what part LaNasa will play, though. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

AMC has given pilot orders to two projects that will be under consideration for series for 2015. The first is Knifeman, which is inspired by the biography “The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching And The Birth of Modern Surgery,” about John Hunter by Wendy Moore. It will be set in 18th Century London, telling the story of a charming, arrogant, decorum-breaking genius who challenges societal norms to transform his visions into cutting-edge discoveries. The second is Galyntine, which will be rooted in a both fantasy/action adventure and science-fiction. Similar to the NBC apocalyptic series Revolution, this pilot will take place at a time after a cataclysmic technology-induced disaster has resulted in a new society that has eschewed any form of technology. This catastrophic event leaves small numbers of survivors scattered around the planet and forced to adapt to isolation and unique challenges. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor David Alpay (The Vampire Diaries) has joined the cast of the Lifetime dystopian-future drama pilot The Lottery that is set in a world where women have stopped having children, threatening extinction of the human race. When 100 embryos are successfully fertilized by Dr. Alison Scott (Marley Shelton), a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. Alpay will play James, Alison’s colleague and current lab assistant. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

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

1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – 161.1 million
2. Thor: The Dark World – 14.1 million
3. The Best Man Holiday – 12.5 million
4. Delivery Man – 8.2 million
5. Free Birds – 5.3 million
6. Last Vegas – 4.4 million
7. Bad Grandpa – 3.5 million
8. Gravity – 3.3 million
9. 12 Years A Slave – 2.8 million
10. Dallas Buyers Club – 2.77 million

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

Question: I saw you guys were on the Teen Wolf set. In desperate need of scoop! – Jackie

TV Scoop Team: Someone will be on the brink of death throughout the majority of season 3B! Relax, take a deep breath and find comfort in the fact that Holland Roden tells us Lydia has barely screamed this season, which is good considering her Banshee power is being able to sense impending death.

Question: Gimme anything you’ve got for Hart of Dixie! – McKenna

TV Scoop Team: Grab a fan because it’s about to get super hot in Bluebell—and no, we’re not talking about the weather. Prepare to meet Enrique, a devastatingly attractive poet who is charming, passionate, and incredibly romantic. We’ll be seeing quite a bit of Enrique later this season when he tries to win the heart of [Spoiler!] Did you think we would actually reveal the lucky lady? Trust us, you’ll definitely want to be surprised for this one.

Question: Revenge is killing it this season! Can you give me some spoilers to feed my frenzy? – Lindsey

TV Scoop Team: Brace yourselves, Hamptonites because we’re about to get two major blasts from the Grayson family’s past. We all know that Conrad was married once before Victoria—but did you know that we’ll be meeting her very soon? Well, no you didn’t, but we’ll fill you in! Stevie is a gorgeous gal who is just as posh as Victoria, except she hails from the super sunny west coast so she’ll have much better tan. She’ll appear unexpectedly in episode 13. Joining her in the same episode is Jimmy Brennan, Patrick’s handsome and rugged biological father. Yikes! Things are about to really heat up in the Grayson household.

Question: Thank you so much for all your Pretty Little Liars scoop! Do you have any more? – Natasha

TV Scoop Team: We chatted with the always incredible, Trioan Bellisario, at the annual Pretty Little Liars Halloween bash and we’ve been saving this special spoiler just for you! The pretty little star exclusively told us that we’re going to be learning a lot more about Spencer when season four returns in January. “What you’re going to see in 4b is a very, very interesting secret that you never knew, that we never talked about with Spencer.” the actress explains, “It really, really affects her relationship with Toby and with the girls, and it reveals a lot about why she wasn’t passed out with the other girls the night that Alison died. I’m so excited we’re finally getting into that, because I’ve been waiting for seasons to get into that.”

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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor David Bradley (from the Harry Potter franchise and who will be seen in tonight’s Doctor Who-inspired made-for-TV movie An Adventure in Space and Time) will take over for legendary actor John Hurt (who, ironically, will be seen in tomorrow’s 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who) in the FX drama series The Strain that is based on the best-selling vampire novel trilogy from Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. The drama will tell the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll from House of Cards), the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself. Bradley will play Professor Abraham Setrakian, a holocaust survivor who immigrated to the United States after World War II and now runs a pawn shop in Spanish Harlem; he may be the only one with answers – if anyone will listen. (The Futon Critic)

Actress Elisabeth Rohm (Law & Order) and actor J.R. Ramirez (Emily Owens, M.D.) have joined the cast of the upcoming Starz drama series called Power that is about a wealthy New York City nightclub owner named James “Ghost” St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick), who wants to build an empire and turn the club into a Fortune 500 business. But there’s just one problem: He is living a double life. When he is not in the club, he is the kingpin of the most lucrative drug network in New York for a very high-level clientele. Rohm will play Cynthia, who works for Vogue magazine and is working with Ghost and his club to host a blowout party for her boss. Meanwhile, Ramirez will play Julio, second in command to Tommy (Joseph Sikora). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Rachel Blanchard (Clueless and 7th Heaven) has landed a recurring role in the upcoming FX small screen adaptation of Fargo, based on the 1996 film. She will play Kitty Nygaard, sister-in-law to Lester Nygaard (actor Martin Freeman from Sherlock and The Hobbit films). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Marley Shelton (Eleventh Hour) will star in the Lifetime dystopian-future drama pilot called The Lottery that is set in a world where women have stopped having children, threatening extinction of the human race. When 100 embryos are successfully fertilized, a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. The proposed series will center on Dr. Alison Scott (to be played by Shelton), the brilliant fertility specialist whose breakthrough in fertilizing 100 viable eggs may have life-and-death consequences she could not have anticipated. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Noah Bean (Nikita) will join his Nikita co-star Aaron Stanford in the Syfy drama pilot 12 Monkeys, which is based on the 1995 film. No details are available on what part Bean will play in the pilot, though. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Chris Fedak, co-creator of the fan favorite series Chuck, is developing a new horror project for NBC. The project is called The Woods, but very little is known about the project except this:  a young woman returns to the mysterious wooded mansion her sister disappeared from when they were girls, only to learn that the sinister beings that took her sister are still there. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Eloise Mumford (The River and the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Christmas with Holly) will appear in the much-buzzed-about flick Fifty Shades of Grey, playing Anastasia Steele’s (Dakota Johnson) roommate. (AJ Marechal at Variety)

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

Question: When is Patrick getting back to Revenge? – Hugo

Mitovich: There’s a strong chance he’ll be back by this season’s 13th episode (if not much sooner), because that when the ABC soap will be introducing (drumroll, please) Patrick’s ruggedly handsome biological father, Jimmy. In that same episode, we’ll also meet two other pivotal characters — Conrad’s mysterious first wife, Stevie, and Sara’s blue-collar mom Loretta (who is not pleased her daughter has re-started a romance with Daniel).

Question: What can you hint about the upcoming episodes of Scandal? –Lindsey

Mitovich: Here’s a tiny something to get you through the next two weeks: Already I have teased the “wow” of Episode 9, airing Dec. 5. But the actual midseason finale teeing up the winter break? It’s even wow-ier. “Episode 10, which sort of frames this first chapter of this third season, is bananas. Banananananas,” Bellamy Young told me. “I mean, the writers blow my mind every time I sit down, they raise their own game. I don’t know how they do it.” And while unable to spill details, Young said that the gasp-worthy moments on hand for that pre-hiatus hour come in the following flavors: “Sad, sexy, happy and horrifying.”

Question: I know Revolution just had its midseason finale, but I’m hoping you’ll have some scoop on the rest of the season. In fact, I have to ask: What is going on with Monroe and Charlie? Please tell me that is happening. It’s so wrong, but so intriguing! –Katie

Mitovich: That “wrong” bit of chemistry “is something that we’ve seen, as well,” exec producer Rockne S. O’Bannon admits, “and we really think is really quite interesting. So there’s a potential for that.” But as of right now, just potential. “I’d hate to say that it couldn’t happen, but obviously there’s a lot of things stacked against it,” O’Bannon notes. “There’s a creepiness factor to it that is on the one hand creepy, and on the other hand is maybe worth exploring. But the sparks between them, that low-level spark, is definitely something we’re very cognizant of.”

Question: Will Constable Bob be returning on Justified? –Jennifer

Mitovich: As a matter of fact, yes, Patton Oswalt is confirmed for a Season 5 encore!

Question: On Beauty and the Beast, what the heck is in Vincent and Tori’s DNA that make them attract each other like that? Is this, like, a primal desire of a beast to “mate”? Oh please say no! –Madge

Mitovich: I brought your Q to EP Brad Kern, and he explained, “Tori and Vincent amplify each other’s powers and emotions — and that’s an attraction we’re going to continue to play.”

Question: Please keep it coming with the Beauty and the Beast scoop! With the winter hiatus coming around, I need a little something –Larissa

Mitovich: The CW drama is casting the recurring role of Sam, a brilliant and charming archeologist who has been mysteriously affected by something that happened to him over the past six years.

Question: I’m just getting into The Tomorrow People – is there early word if it is going to be renewed for another season? –Donald

Mitovich: The CW freshman is a keeper for now, which is the most anyone can ask for at this very early date. On the scoop front, later this season you’ll be meeting an assassin-for-hire who is half-badass, half-vulnerable – and for a very good, probably extremely spoilery reason.

Question: Do you have anything on Once Upon a Time that isn’t related to one ‘ship or another? –Lauren

Mitovich: Wrap your magic bean around this one: For Episode 14, the show is casting the possibly recurring role of a teenage African-American female who comes across as skittish and timid, having had her naturally curious and determined spirit tempered by years of crippling fear. That said, when put to the test, this lass can reach within and summon the strength to be a hero. Ready, set, speculate!

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend!!

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