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Hey All,

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

TELEVISION

Actor Chris Zylka (The Secret Circle and The Amazing Spider-Man) will have a guest role in the new ABC Family drama Twisted that is set to debut on June 11. (Danielle Turchiano)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actor Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus) has landed the lead role in the drama project called Quarry based on the novels by Max Allan Collins. The project is set in the 1970s, centering on a Marine sniper who, upon his return home from Vietnam in 1973, finds himself shunned by those he loves and demonized by the public. Combat-hardened and disillusioned, he’s recruited into a network of contract killers and corruption spanning the length of the Mississippi River. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Legendary director Steven Soderbergh is in talks to team with actor Clive Owen for the a 10-episode project that is up for consideration at Cinemax. The project is called The Knick and will be set in New York in 1900. The basic set-up for the project is this: It’s downtown New York in 1900, a tumultuous time of massive change and great progress; it will center around the groundbreaking surgeons, nurses and staff at Knickerbocker Hospital, who are pushing the bounds of medicine in a time of astonishingly high mortality rates and zero antibiotics. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actors Diego Boneta (Rock of Ages) and Jackson Rathbone (the Twilight franchise) will star in the box office thriller called The Dead Men that centers on an American running from his past who is brought into a group of young underground radicals called The Dead Men, only to discover a centuries-old spiritual battle. (Heat Vision and Dark Horizons)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here is the news for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Emma Roberts (Scream 4) has landed a role in American Horror Story: Coven. She will play a party girl named Madison. (Tim Stack at Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Billy Baldwin (Gossip Girl) will appear in the final two episodes of the upcoming season of Copper on BBC America, playing a tough and charming Tammany Hall fixer in the Five Points New York period drama. Copper will start its second season on June 23. (Michael O’Connell at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Must Watch: General Zod Unleashed in Epic ‘Man of Steel’ Trailer

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

Question: I can’t believe I have to wait all summer for more Castle. Is there any way Beckett will turn down Castle’s proposal? — Lauren

ADAM: Depends on who you ask. Cast member Tamala Jones thinks that Beckett’s desire for career advancement in Washington, D.C., could outweigh her feelings for Castle. “Beckett is a strong woman, and she’s not going to forget who she is,” she says. “So she may say no — or not right now.” Susan Sullivan, who plays Castle’s mother, has a different take. “What woman in her right mind would say no to him?” she says. “Therein would lie the problem: I may actually have to move out. Yikes!”

Question: Do you have any scoop on Laurel and Oliver next season on Arrow? —Jim

NATALIE: Here’s some Laurel scoop from executive producer Marc Guggenheim that may involve Oliver: “Because her building has been destroyed, Laurel is looking for a new job and she will not be returning to CNRI next year,” he says. “She’ll have a new job and a new mission and I’ll leave it to people to speculate for the next three months as to what that mission could be.”

Question: What will the dynamic be like between Michael and Fiona when Burn Notice returns for its final season? — Nancy

ADAM: Put it this way: If those two are going to reunite before the end of the series, they have a lot of emotional and physical distance to overcome. When the series returns, nine months have passed and Michael is now an alcoholic loner working undercover on an eight-year-long mission in the Dominican Republic. Although Michael has cut his mom and friends out of his life and Fiona now has a new business partner/boyfriend, look for the gang to reunite sooner than expected when a bad guy in Miami threatens to blow up Michael’s entire mission — and with it, his friends’ immunity deals — permanently.

Question: Will we see a lot of Elena and Katherine facing off on The Vampire Diaries next season? —Marie

NATALIE: Maybe not facing off, but perhaps switching off? “One thing we’re looking forward to so much next season is Elena on her own as a vampire and living her new life in college,” executive producer Julie Plec explains. “And to see a vulnerable Katherine, who is able to be hurt and able to be killed and in need of the protection much like the first Elena we met four years ago.” Oh, and get this — she says it’ll be fun.

Question: What’s going to happen to Vincent next season on Beauty and the Beast? — Lara

ADAM: Now that Vincent has been captured, clearly he’s going to need someone to rescue him. But however that turns out, Jay Ryan has some other wishes for Season 2: “I’d like him to find his mother and some of his platoon, if they are still alive, and give him a sense of community he could bring to his relationship with Catherine,” he says. Speaking of family, Ryan says that the introduction of Catherine’s biological father in the finale will create some major obstacles for he and Catherine. How major? “[He] could break them up,” Ryan warns.

Question: What’s going to happen to Storybrooke on Once Upon a Time? —Lauren

NATALIE: Just because most of the ABC’s fairy-tale drama’s main characters went through a portal to Neverland does not mean we won’t be seeing Storybrooke next season. In fact, Emilie de Ravin, whose Belle has been left in charge of the town, confirms that she’ll continue to be a series regular in Season 3. The Lost alum also notes that even though Belle’s memories are all intact, it doesn’t mean she’ll write Mr. Gold off for his actions while she was Lacey. “She was going along with it though, so therefore you can’t blame him if you’re the one saying, ‘Kick that guy’s a–,” she says, noting that Belle will be devastated about his absence when the show returns. “But also she’ll gain her strength back and she’ll have to if she’s going to protect an entire town.”

Question: Since Harvey will have a British counterpart on Suits, will we see anyone else’s? — DeAnna

ADAM: At the moment, no. “As far as I know, there’s no British Donna… yet,” Sarah Rafferty tells us. “But I kind of hope they add one because that’d be fun to see their interaction and her relationship with [British Harvey].” As for our Donna and Harvey’s relationship, we’ll get a deeper look at that when the show flashes-back 10 years. “We did a five-year flashback last season and now we go back even further and you’ll see the origins of their relationship, and how Harvey became who he is,” Rafferty says.

Question: Will Emily and Jack team up next season on Revenge? —Jeremy

NATALIE: In the wake of Declan’s death and Emily’s reveal that she’s actually Amanda, Jack will have a hard time trusting anyone next season. “I think he’s going to be hurt and not trust her,” Nick Wechsler says. “She’s got to earn his trust back. If he does team up with her, it’s only because they have a common enemy, not because she’s out of the doghouse.”

Question: So what’s happening with Divya and Rafa on Royal Pains after their shotgun wedding in Vegas? — Beth

ADAM: Sadly, after deciding to annul the wedding, Divya and Rafa’s relationship is pretty much kaput when the show returns. But Paige is eager to help Divya move on, and she even sets her up with one of her handsome, intelligent co-workers . However, there’s a specific reason that Divya isn’t overly eager about jumping back into the dating pool. Let’s just say that annulments can’t void all contracts.

Question: I’m so excited for Switched at Birth to come back. What can you tell us? —Josephine

NATALIE: This season will feature a “what if?” episode that explores all the characters’ lives had Regina told everyone about the switch when she first figured it out so many years ago. “In the first season, Regina had a bad rap for keeping the secret for so long and had that cloud over her, so [in this episode] Regina finally has a good reputation,” Constance Marie says. The episode will play with physical changes for both Bay and Daphne, a relationship change for John and Kathryn, and for the first time viewers will see Daphne, Bay and Toby as babies!

Question: I bet if you put your finger to your head and I send you a pineapple you could give me scoop on Psych. —Vicki

Ausiello: How ’bout I save you the postage and just tell you that Psych‘s musical episode finds Lassiter and Shawn hitting the dance floor. Together. Meaning, with each other. “James [Roday] and I have a tango and it’s rather romantic,” Timothy Omundson tells TVLine’s Matt Mitovich with a laugh. “We sing and tango with each other. So let’s just say this: It takes [our] relationship to a whole new level.”

Question: I’m almost scared to ask, but is there any hope of Nikita getting more than the initially-ordered six final episodes next year? —AJ

Ausiello: Not a chance in hell. But here’s something you can hold out hope for: A prominent role for Division-less Ryan right up until the end. “Ryan’s talents when we met him [involved] peeling back the layer of a grand conspiracy — and there is no more grander conspiracy than the one we have for Season 4,” teases exec producer Craig Silverstein. “So, he’ll be instrumental is spotting the patterns and forming their front against The Shop and what they’re trying to bring about.” (BTW, Silverstein says the entire cast will be back for the farewell season, and that includes Devon Sawa’s Owen/Sam.)

Question: Do you know if Revenge will be doing a time jump between seasons? —Jeremy

Ausiello: Sounds like there’s one on the drawing board. A little birdie who happens to be a staff writer on Revenge shared some preliminary Season 3 intel with Nick Wechsler (Jack), and a flash forward was involved. “If it happens — and that’s a big “if” because it hasn’t been run by anyone else — we would pick up later,” shares Wechsler. ”[If] it’s months later or a year or more, I don’t know. But it would pick up later.”

Question: Please tell me Zoe is going to go back to Wade after she takes some time for herself on Hart of Dixie? —Amanda

Ausiello: Wilson Bethel says a full-fledged Zoe-Wade “scenario” in Season 3 “seems pretty logical,” although he believes it was smart for the show to end the season with Zoe pulling a Kelly Taylor. “It’s probably good that there’s a bit of anticipation about what she will do” heading into the fall.

Question: Jack Bauer is coming back to TV! Surely you have a 24 scoop for us? Can you at least tell us if fan favorites Chloe and Tony will be back alongside Jack? —Fin

Ausiello: Mary Lynn Rajskub is being eyed to return as Chloe, but my gut tells me you shouldn’t hold your breath re: Carlos Bernard/Tony.

Question: I’m bummed Downton Abbey isn’t returning until January 2014. (Was hoping the new season would air simultaneously with the UK run in the fall.) Any scoop to tide me over? —Connie

Ausiello: The bitch is back. Exec producer Gareth Neame tells TVLine that former Ice Queen Mary will freeze back over in the wake of Matthew’s death. “She mellowed with Matthew [and] opened up a lot more,” he notes. “But I think [after losing Matthew and Sybil], she would be just so devastated that I think it would lock her down and [she would] go back into a lot of the traits that she had before – that very difficult to read characteristic she’s got. I think we’ll see a lot of those very dark and complex things about Mary.”

Question: Do you have anything on Covert Affairs? —Allyson

Ausiello: The USA hit is moving full steam ahead with Annie and Auggie. In the wake of the pair’s season-ending smooch, “Annie and Auggie start Season 4 in a relationship. Yes, we go there,” reveals Christopher Gorham. “We really explore how that works and what that is. It plays into what I think is the theme of the year, which is secrets, because everybody’s got one, or two. Joan’s got a secret, Arthur’s got a secret… Everybody! Auggie’s got a whopper of a secret, and when they all start eventually coming out, it creates some great, great drama.”

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Hey All,

Here are the news for yesterday and today:

TELEVISION

Actor Bruce Boxleitner (Babylon 5 and Scarecrow and Mrs. King) will join the cast of the first-ever scripted drama series Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove set to debut on the Hallmark Channel on July 20. He will play Bob Beldon, owner of the local Cedar Cove Inn called Thyme and Tide. (The Futon Critic)

ABC will air the four remaining episodes of last fall’s new thriller 666 Park Avenue starting on June 22. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Doctor Who has been renewed for an 8th season by the BBC. (The Deadline Team)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Actress Mia Maestro (Alias and Breaking Dawn Part 2) will star opposite actor Corey Stoll in the FX drama project called The Strain, which is an of the Guillermo del Toro vampire novel trilogy that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Stoll), the head of the Centers 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. Maestro will play Dr. Nora Martinez, who works so closely with Ephraim, they finish each other’s sentences and stumble into an affair. The project is being eyed for a 13-episode pick-up by the network. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Legendary director Steven Spielberg is set to produce a live-action TV series based on the popular video game Halo for Microsoft, who is attempted to move into Netflix and Amazon territory of producing original content for its VOD service. (Dark Horizons)

Actress America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) is set to star in the potential limited series for ABC called Pedro & Maria, a modern day twist on Romeo and Juliet. Here is the tagline for the project: Pedro and Maria are two opposites cut from the same cloth caught in the trap of forbidden love. He is a second generation Dominican from the mean streets of Washington Heights. She is a Puerto Rican whose parents made millions as real estate developers. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

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

1. Star Trek Into Darkness – 70.2 million
2. Iron Man 3 – 35.8 million
3. The Great Gatsby – 24 million
4. Pain and Gain – 3.2 million
5. The Croods – 3 million
6. 42 – 2.8 million
7. Oblivion – 2.3 million
8. Mud – 2.2 million
9. Tyler Perry Presents Peeples – 2.1 million
10. The Big Wedding – 1.2 million

Actor Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games) is set to star in the upcoming box office film called Aurora Rising, playing a Southern California surfer turned military fighter pilot who, after acing a complicated and messy first combat mission, gets recruited to be part of an elite team to test the next generation of aircraft. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

Actor Christian Borle (Smash) will star in the upcoming cyber crime movie from Michael Mann that is as-yet untitled. The film will feature Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis and Holt McCallany as part of the cast. (The Deadline Team)

Actress Sarah Hyland (Modern Family) and actor Gabriel Byrne (Vikings) have joined the cast of the anticipated adaptation of the Vampire Academy books by Richelle Mead. Byrne will play Victor, one of the leaders of the Academy while Hyland will play Natalie, Victor’s daughter and the best friend of the lead characters, Rose and Lissa. Actresses Lucy Fry and Zoey Deutch will play the lead characters. (Dominic Patten at Deadline)

Actress Shannyn Sossamon (Moonlight) will play architect and designer Eileen Gray in the upcoming biopic called The Price Of Desire with singer-actress Alanis Morissette set to play her lover. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

Actress Carey Mulligan (The Great Gatsby) and actor Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust And Bone) will star in the adaptation of the Thomas Hardy 1874 novel Far From The Madding Crowd. They will play Bathsheba Everdine and Gabriel Oak in the story of the ill-fated passions of a willful young woman and her three suitors. (Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline)

BROADWAY NEWS

Actor Zachary Levi (Chuck) will star opposite actress Krysta Rodriguez (Smash) in the Broadway play First Date. He will play Aaron, who is set up on a first date with Casey (Rodriguez). As the date unfolds in real time, the couple quickly finds they are not alone on this date as Casey and Aaron’s inner critics take on a life of their own when other restaurant patrons and the wait staff get into the act. (The Deadline Team)

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today, as there wasn’t any news of note from yesterday:

TELEVISION

Good news/Bad news: Syfy has renewed Warehouse 13 for a fifth season that will consist of only 6 episodes as that will be the show’s final season. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Colin Firth will star in the upcoming spy thriller called A Foreign Country based on the Charles Cumming novel that follows a disgraced MI6 officer called Thomas Kell. (Screen Daily and Dark Horizons)

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

Question: Did I see mermaids in that Once Upon a Time in Wonderland trailer? AMAZING! Any chance we’ll see THE most important mermaid Ariel next season?? — Holli

Sandra: It’s up in the air according to EPs Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. “Obviously Neverland brings up mermaids and it brings up fairies,” says Kitsis. “We have ideas for Ariel. When we introduce her is up in the air because we’re still figuring out what we want to do. There’s a possibility we’ll see her.” Horowitz adds that she’s “one of our favorite characters” and “if and when we do it, we just want to make sure we do it right.” One thing you can count on? Her story will very much follow the Once model — surprises on top of surprises. “The thing that we love to do and that we will continue to do is, we do love to be able to say, here’s the backstory of an iconic character, but it’s not what you think,” Kitsis says. “So for Beauty and the Beast, we realized the beast was Rumpelstiltskin. And we realized Bae was with the Darlings, and that Red Riding Hood was the wolf. We still want to be able to show you our versions of things, and of course Ariel is at the top of the list.”

Question: Any Psych scoop?! — Lizzie

Sandra: The upcoming season finale is going to shake up the precinct in a way that will make you wonder exactly how next season will unfold. Specifically, someone might be exiting the PD with a box of their belongings in-hand!

Question: Falling Skies?! — Tara

Sandra: Glad you asked! Because as we prepare for the June 9th premiere, executive producer Remi Aubuchon reveals that the third season will be about “figuring out at what cost victory is.” “We begin with the 2nd Mass and the humans winning, and we’re winning because we have allied ourselves with another set of aliens. And part of what we wanted to kind of explore this season in a very sort of general way was how does that change things.” He adds: “I think, in some ways, the story is a little more complex this season in that it doesn’t depend on just one conflict. There’s many conflicts that are established within this third season.”

Question: Any Teen Wolf scoopage! I saw some people got screeners! — Michelle

Sandra: I, indeed, have the first episode in my grasp. What I can tell you? Lydia is cured!…of the heartache caused by the departure of Jackson. Well, rather, she’s getting there. How? Lots of ***! Elsewhere, despite Scott and Allison’s desire to ignore each other at every cost, they do have an encounter early on in the episode. Call it fate — or a deer.

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a terrific weekend

NOTE: I will be back with an update on Tuesday, as I’ll be busy all weekend, rolling over into Monday.

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Sarah Shahi (Fairly Legal) has been promoted to full series regular on Person of Interest when it returns to CBS this fall. (The Futon Critic)

Actor Michael Raymond-James has also been promoted to full series regular on Once Upon a Time when the show returns this fall to ABC. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Cate Blanchett will star in the upcoming David Mamet box office film called Blackbird that will be a present-day Hitchcockian nail-biter turning on a secret explanation for the 1963 assassination of U.S. president John F. Kennedy. Blanchett will play Janet, who travels to Los Angeles for the funeral of her grandfather, a Hollywood visual effects artist who moonlighted for U.S. special ops agencies. Her grandfather’s well-kept secrets become a threat to her, forcing Janet to discover the truth about a man who dedicated his life to making illusion reality. (John Hopewell at Variety)

BOX OFFICE TRAILERS

Watch: Vin Diesel is a Tough Man to Beat in New Trailer for ‘Riddick’

Shake Your Tail Feather with First Musical Teaser Trailer for ‘Rio 2’

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

Question: Any last bits of scoop on the Hawaii Five-0 finale? — Jessica

ADAM: Like last year, the finale will explore all of the team members’ personal issues separately. “We’re going to touch on some questions we’ve had for a while,” executive producer Peter Lenkov says. “Is there more going on between Wo Fat and Doris than we know? What happened the night Michael Noshimuri took Kono’s gun? … [These] are issues that need resolutions. Some of our characters are going to have to make tough choices.” How tough? By the finale’s end, somebody will likely be dead. “The English translation of our finale title is “farewell and take care. You can take want you want from that,” Lenkov teases.

Question: I can’t believe Irene Adler is alive! Got any scoop on the Elementary finale? —Anne

NATALIE: If you’re thinking that the reunion between Sherlock and Irene will be a wholly joyous one, think again. Sherlock will make a surprising, uncharacteristic decision about Irene’s captor.

Question: What can you tell me about the Bates Motel finale? — Brad

ADAM: Norma will struggle to come up with Abernathy’s money before his deadline. So Norman will somehow come to her rescue, right? Maybe not. But Norman’s conspicuous absence won’t actually damage the too-close mother-son relationship. “They’re moving into their separate worlds, but the finale brings them back together, and they both openly reveal stuff about each other that forces them to reconnect and reassert their relationship,” Freddie Highmore tells us. “It’s like an elastic band. No matter how much you stretch [the relationship], it doesn’t snap.”

Question: Ack! Monroe has Nora. What’s going to happen on Revolution? — Ben

NATALIE: Suffice it to say, Nora being in Monroe’s custody is not a good thing, but according to Daniella Alonso, she may use her plight to her advantage. “Even though she’s chained up and has a lot of guards on her, she does her best to try to kill him,” she says. And worry not, though we’ll see moments of weakness, Alonso assures us that there’s no way Nora will be turned to the militia’s side.

Question: What can you tease about this beast-on-beast fight in the Beauty and the Beast finale? — Marion

ADAM: It’s not exactly a fair fight. “Now that Vincent has been taking medication his strength is weakened,” Jay Ryan tells us. “So at the beginning of the fight he doesn’t have his beast qualities and he has to refer back to his military training.” Gabe, meanwhile, is quite a scary contender. He will show us just how vicious the original beast that Muirfield created can be.

Question: I’m so excited about the return of Falling Skies. What’s coming up? — Micah

NATALIE: When it appears that the aliens have a mole within the 2nd Mass, Tom enlists Manchester to track down him/her/it — a job that will have dangerous consequences. With a new, surprising Overlord in place, the mole’s identity will be a huge shocker.

Question: Any word on when Nick’s mother might be returning to Grimm? —Amanda

Ausiello: “There will be references” to the Woman in Black in next Tuesday’s finale, per David Giuntoli. “There will be communiqués involved. I’m not sure in what capacity she’ll be back next season, but I’ve been ‘hearing things.’” (I have too; she’ll be back). Speaking of the finale, Giuntoli offers up the following teases: “There are going to be zombies; one of the main characters kinda-sorta dies and may or may not be coming back; and Nick and Juliet – romance!”

Question: Any information on Once Upon a Time‘s casting of Peter Pan? —George

Ausiello: The role of Peter Pan will be played by… a dude! “I can confirm that it will be a male playing the part,” exec producer Adam Horowitz tells TVLine. Beyond that, “Anything to do with that casting we don’t want to talk about, because that would be a big spoiler. Our approach to Peter Pan is one we’re super-excited about. Since Season 1, the Peter Pan mythology was something we wanted to do, but we couldn’t because of the rights issues. Once they were dealt with, we were able to finally go to town and open that world up. We started with Captain Hook, and we knew we wanted to build to what we’re about to do in Season 3.”

Question: How about a scoop on the Nashville finale? —Missi

Ausiello: “It’s bloody,” reports Sam Palladio, all but confirming reports of multiple season-ending deaths. “It’s shocking, actually. When I read the script, it made me go, ‘Wh-wh-whoa! Wow!’ I can’t wait to see the episode.”

Question: Any Veronica Mars movie spoilers?! — Ted

Ausiello: Before the flick goes into production, it’s looking to cast… well, Rebel Wilson, basically. For the juicy supporting role of Ruby, the powers that be want a plus-sized (check) funny lady (check) who can do a British accent (check). Rebel, you can drop my commission check (check) in the mail.

Question: Please tell me you got some Revolution scoop out of the NBC upfront. Something, anything? — Kyle

Ausiello: Not only did Matt Mitovich score you some scoop, he scored it directly from Giancarlo Esposito, who told him, through the finale, “Tom’s next move is to try and cover his own butt, first. But also, there is a race to figure out who really is in control of the power. The final episode will blow your mind in terms of all of the elements coming together, and some questions you haven’t even thought of asking will be answered.”

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Britne Oldford (American Horror Story) has landed a series regular role on Ravenswood, the spin-off to Pretty Little Liars. She will play Remy, who can fit anywhere but doesn’t belong to any one crowd. She is described as inquisitive and determined; someone who will not stop looking for the truth until she finds it. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

HBO has picked up the seven-part limited run series Criminal Justice that will star James Gandolfini (The Sopranos). This will be a New York-set crime drama loosely inspired by the acclaimed 2008 BBC series of the same name created by Peter Moffat with Gandolfini playing an ambulance-chasing New York City attorney who gets in over-his-head when he takes on the case of a Pakistani accused of murdering a girl on the Upper West Side. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Brandon W. Jones (Pretty Little Liars) has joined the cast of the upcoming new ABC Family Channel drama The Fosters. He will appear in at least four episodes as Liam, a charming young man with a forceful intensity lurking beneath the surface. The Fosters is set to debut on June 3. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Holt McCallany (Lights Out and Golden Boy) will star opposite Chris Hemsworth and Viola Davis in the as-yet untitled upcoming box office film from director Michael Mann that centers on cyber terrorism. (The Deadline Team)

Actress Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) will appear alongside Sam Worthington in the upcoming box office film For The Dogs that centers on a solitary assassin (Worthington) who agrees to help a precocious teenager (Steinfeld) exact revenge on those who murdered her parents and younger brother. His guidance unleashes events that ultimately stoke her thirst for vengeance while he desperately seeks peace and absolution. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

Legendary actor Sam Elliott will join Tom Welling, Kevin Costner and Jennifer Garner in the upcoming box office film Draft Day. He will play a college coach whose quarterback is a top NFL draft pick in the football movie. (Dominic Patten at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Must Watch: First Trailer for Richard Curtis’ Sci-Fi Film ‘About Time’

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Raphael Sbarge (Once Upon A Time) has joined the cast of the upcoming TNT drama Murder In The First as a series regular. The series is a murder mystery set in contemporary San Francisco, centering on two SFPD homicide detectives, Terry Seagrave (Taye Diggs) and Hildy Mulligan (Kathleen Robertson), as they take on a case that seems more like a maze. Sbarge will play police inspector David Molk, who works alongside Seagrave (Diggs). (The Deadline Team)

ABC has given a renewal order for the following dramas Once Upon a Time, Revenge, Castle, Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and Nashville. (Twitter)

Actress Michelle Ryan (Bionic Woman) will have a recurring role on Covert Affairs, playing Teresa Hamilton, an agent with a shadowy past. Covert Affairs will be back on the USA Network on July 16. (Joyce Eng at TV Guide)

Actresses Angela Bassett and Patti LuPone have joined the cast American Horror Story: Coven, but there is no word yet on what characters they will play. (Liz Rafferty at TV Guide)

NBC has canceled the musical drama Smash. (Twitter)

It’s official! 24 will return to FOX next summer as a 12-week mini-series called 24: Live Another Day. (AJ Marechal at Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

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

1. Iron Man 3 – 72.5 million
2. The Great Gatsby, $51 million
3. Pain & Gain, $5 million
4. Tyler Perry Presents Peeples, $4.9million
5. 42, $4.7 million
6. Oblivion, $3.9 million
7. The Croods, $3.6 million
8. The Big Wedding, $2.5 million
9. Mud, $2.3 million
10. Oz the Great and Powerful, $802,000

Actress Jennifer Garner (Alias) and legendary actor Michael Caine will star alongside Al Pacino, Annette Benning and Bobby Cannavale (Nurse Jackie) in the upcoming box office move Imagine that will be about an aging rock star (Pacino) who reconnects with his grown son after opening a letter sent from John Lennon to his 19-year-old self. Garner will play Pacino’s daughter-in-law, with Caine will play his longtime friend and manager. (The Deadline Team)

Actor Tom Welling (Smallville) has joined the cast of the box office movie Draft Day, a football movie that will star Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner and Denis Leary. Welling will play Brian Drew, a veteran quarterback in the crossroads of his career in a story about a Cleveland Browns GM (Costner) who attempts to trade up for the first pick in the NFL Draft and save football in the city. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Fruitvale Station Trailer

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

TNT has canceled Southland after five seasons as well as freshman drama Monday Mornings. (Jon Weisman at Variety and The Wrap)

The CW has given a renewal notice to both Nikita and The Carrie Diaries for this coming fall with Nikita possibly getting a 6- to 10-episode final season while The Carrie Diaries get a 13-episode order. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

CBS has finally given a renewal to Criminal Minds. Meanwhile, CSI: NY, Golden Boy and Vegas have all been canceled. (Twitter)

FOX has not only canceled the drama Touch but is considering bringing 24 back as a limited series. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Nicole Gale Anderson (Beauty And the Beast) has landed the lead role of Miranda on the Pretty Little Liars spin-off Ravenswood. (Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

Syfy has given a second season order to its new drama Defiance. (Syfy at Twitter)

The USA Network is pulling the plug on their long-running drama Burn Notice after its upcoming 7th season, which is set to air this summer, staring on June 6. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Justina Machado (Private Practice) has joined the cast of the new ABC Family drama The Fosters (from executive producer Jennifer Lopez). Machado will have the recurring role of Sofia Rivera, the outspoken and extremely protective mother of Mariana Foster’s (Cierra Ramirez) best friend, Lexi Rivera (Bianca Santos). She will appear in at least two episodes beginning in July. The Fosters is set to debut on June 3. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

EARLY UPFRONTS NEWS

The CW has picked up four new dramas (as well as the previously announced The Vampire Diaries spin-off The Originals). Here are the details on the new shows:

The 100 – Ninety-seven years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization, a spaceship housing the lone human survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth to investigate the possibility of re-colonizing the planet. Based on the forthcoming The Hundred book series by Kass Morgan.

Oxygen – Passion and politics threaten the peace and an epic romance ignites between a human girl (Aimee Teegarden) and an alien boy when he and eight others of his kind (known as The Orion 9) are integrated into a suburban high school ten years after they and hundreds of others landed on Earth and were immediately consigned to an internment camp where they’ve been imprisoned ever since.

Reign – The previously unknown and untold story of Mary Queen of Scots’ rise to power when she arrives in France as a 15-year-old, betrothed to Prince Francis, and with her three best friends as ladies-in-waiting.

The Tomorrow People – Based on the U.K., the drama tells the story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the forces of evil. (Variety)

Meanwhile, NBC has picked up the remake of Ironside that will star Blair Underwood in the lead role as well as the Chicago Fire spin-off that is to be called Chicago PD. (Variety)

And, CBS has picked up the dramas Hostages and Intelligence for this fall. (Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

It has been confirmed that actor Enrico Colantoni will appear in the Veronica Mars movie that is to film this summer. (Official Kickstarter Update)

Young actress Chloe Moretz (Kick Ass and the upcoming Carrie remake) will appear in the big screen adaptation of the classic 80’s TV show The Equalizer alongside Denzel Washington. (First Showing)

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TELEVISION

Actor F. Murray Abraham and actress Sartia Choudhury have been made series regular on Homeland when it returns later this year for its new season. Abraham played Dar Adal while Choudhury played Saul’s estranged wife Mira. (Kimberly Roots at TV Line and Hitfix)

EARLY UPFRONTS NEWS

FOX has announced the pick-up orders for four new pilots for the fall, including the following:

Almost Human: JJ Abrams reteams with Fringe’s J.H. Wyman and Bryan Burk on this buddy cop show set in a future where all LAPD officers are paired with human-like androids. The series will star Star Trek’s Karl Urban, Common Law’s Michael Ealy, Friday Night Lights’ Minka Kelly and Lili Taylor.

Gang Related: Lost’s Terry O’Quinn, Charlie’s Angels’ Ramon Rodriguez and Nashville’s Jay Hernandez are to star in this drama about a gang member tasked with infiltrating the San Francisco Police Department, where he eventually ends up on the Gang Task Force. Naturally, his loyalties are soon tested.

Rake: Making his broadcast TV debut, Greg Kinnear stars as a brilliant but self-destructive criminal defense lawyer in this legal drama based on the Australian series of the same title.

Sleepy Hollow: From Fringe executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci, this modern-day retelling of Washington Irving’s classic tale finds Icabod Crane (Tom Mison) time-traveling two and a half centuries and teaming with a police officer to save humanity. Nicole Beharie and Orlando Jones will co-star. (Tierney Bricker at E! Online)

Meanwhile, NBC has picked up two new pilots for the fall including the following:

Believe – Another pilot from JJ Abrams that will center on a girl with emerging powers (newcomer Johnny Sequoyah) and a man sprung from prison to protect her (Jake McLaughlin).

Crisis – From Rand Ravich (the man behind the short-lived series Life) that will be a D.C.-based thriller, centering on a Secret Service agent who becomes wrapped up in an international crisis when the President’s son and classmates are kidnapped. Among the cast are Dermot Mulroney and Gillian Anderson. (AJ Marechal at Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) has landed the role of Prince Charming in the upcoming live-action movie Cinderella that will have actress Lily James (Downton Abbey) in the title role, will include Cate Blanchett in the cast and will be directed by actor-turned-director Kenneth Branagh at the helm. (Tim Kennally at The Wrap)

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

Question: The title of Arrow’s finale “Sacrifice” is making me nervous! Should we expect a big death?! – Cady

Team Watch with Kristin: Executive producer Marc Guggenheim says not to read too much into the title, as “everyone should have a drinking game because literally if you were to take a drink every time the word sacrifice or some derivative thereof is used, you’d be buzzed by the end of the first act.” However, we can tell you there will be at least one major casualty in Starling City by the finale’s end.

Question: What will happen when Gabe and Vincent come face-to-face on Beauty and the Beast?! – Mae

Team Watch with Kristin: Tension with a capital T! Sendhil Ramamurthy teases fans will not want to miss. “It’s pretty interesting, because obviously Vincent is not trusting of Gabe,” he says, adding that Gabe will not exactly be himself when he first meets Vincent. “It’s Gabe-Beast meeting Human-Vincent, it really floors Vincent because he’s incredulous at this point…that whole scene is really cool.”

Question: I have to know who Elena will choose in TVD’s season finale! – Desiree

Team Watch with Kristin: While we won’t reveal which Salvatore brother our heroine chooses, we can assure you that she does in fact pick one. As for the other brother, fret not as he’ll have more than enough to deal with that not landing the girl (for now) will hardly register. Start prepping for one of the series’ best twists ever, basically!

Question: Fitz choosing Olivia has the Olitz/POPUS shippers over the moon. How long before Scandal ruins the honeymoon? –Mandy

Mitovich: My advice would be to savor the POPUS/Olitz goodness while you can, because big things are brewing for season’s end. As Kerry Washington shared with me, “The end of the season finale is so shocking that at the table read I almost couldn’t get it out of my mouth. You can’t imagine how you’re going to live through the hiatus.”

Question: When Falling Skies returns, how much time has passed on screen between the Season 2 finale and the Season 3 premiere? –@jacobsjj

Mitovich: I will go out on a limb and say that seven months have passed — if only because about a dozen different characters mention in the Season 3 opener that seven months have passed. As such, Tom and Ann are thisclose to birthing their baby, which will, all things considered, present out-of-this-world complications. I can also share that the premiere has a wowza cold open in which the rebels kick some ass… until they don’t; Hal is somehow paralyzed, yet still finding ways to rendezvous with an ever-creepy Karen; and a murder mystery plays a big role in at least the first episodes.

Question: I’ll take any (and I mean ANY) scoop regarding Castle‘s season finale! Monday cannot come fast enough! –Martina

Mitovich: Awesome, because I have any scoop: Chuck alum Mekenna Melvin, we knew, was guest-starring in Monday’s episode. I can now tell you she’s playing Talia McTeague, a well-off Harvard student who shares a connection with the Victim of the Week.

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TELEVISION

Actor Colin Ferguson (Eureka) is joining the cast of the Syfy series Haven in a season-long arc. He will play William, a handsome mysterious stranger, whose secret agenda leads him to FBI agent-turned cop in the small town of Haven, Maine Audrey Parker (Emily Rose). (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

TNT has picked up the spy drama called Legends from the producers of Homeland and based on the novel by Robert Littell. The series will star actor Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) as Martin Odum, an undercover agent working for the FBI’s Deep Cover Operations (D.C.O.) division. Martin has the uncanny ability to transform himself into a completely different person for each job. But, he begins to question his own identity when a mysterious stranger suggests that Martin isn’t the man he believes himself to be. (Jethro Nededog at The Wrap)

Actor Raphael Sbarge (Once Upon a Time) and Ioan Gruffudd (Ringer) will both appear in upcoming episodes of Necessary Roughness. Sbarge will appear in two episodes as Carl Webber, a high-level employee at V3, the sports and entertainment management company headed by Connor McClane (John Stamos). Carl seeks Dani’s (Callie Thorne) counsel after a traumatic incident. Gruffudd will appear as Nolan Powers, a successful self-help guru embarking on a book tour. Nolan despises anything that has to do with therapy which doesn’t sit well with Dani. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)

Actress Merritt Patterson (Kyle XY and Supernatural) has joined the cast of the upcoming series Ravenswood, which is a spin-off of ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars. Ravenswood centers on a town not far from Rosewood, Pa. (where Pretty Little Liars is set), that has suffered for generations under a deadly curse. Five strangers find themselves connected by the fatal curse and are charged with investigating the town’s mysterious and terrible history before it’s too late for everyone. Patterson will play the series regular role of Tess, Olivia’s (Elizabeth Whitson) former best friend who is not involved with the curse. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Bruce Greenwood (the upcoming Star Trek Into Darkness) has joined the cast of the remake of Endless Love that will star Alex Pettyfer (I Am Number Four and Magic Mike) and Gabriella Wilde (The Three Musketeers) as teenage lovers from opposite backgrounds. Greenwood will play Wilde’s father, who doesn’t approve of her relationship with a blue-collar boy while Robert Patrick (The Unit and Last Resort) will star as Pettyfer’s father, who runs an auto body shop where his son works. (Jeff Sneider at The Wrap)

Young Australian actor Callan McAuliffe (Flipped, I Am Number Four and the upcoming The Great Gatsby) has landed the lead role in the upcoming movie called Our Robot Overlords that centers on a teen who gathers a group of teens together to search for his long lost father in the midst of a war between humans and robots. The teen discovers a way to fight back and he realizes that there’s more to this war than his own family. Sir Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson will also star. (Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter)

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

Question: What can you tease about The Vampire Diaries finale?! — Rachel

NATALIE: We promise that tears (both happy and sad) will be shed while watching the final hour, which includes an epic declaration of love, a duo (finally!) setting off for the summer together, a major death and another character heading on a path that will leave fans screaming at their screen.

Question: Any new hints about the Person of Interest finale? — Richard

ADAM: Look for another major download of answers about Finch’s past, including exactly what tragedy befell his former partner Nathan Ingram and how that moment led Finch to take up Nathan’s mantle with regards to doing the work of The Machine. But given Finch’s alleged recent betrayals of Reese, is their partnership also destined to end in flames? Also, in the race to save The Machine, expect more resolution than your traditional cliff-hanger. “At the end of this 24-hour period, someone is going to control The Machine, and the identity of that someone is something of a surprise,” creator Jonathan Nolan says. “We consider this finale the end of one chapter. Next season is a brave new world.”

Question: I’m so excited about Manu Bennett being a series regular on Arrow next season. Will we get a hint towards his Deathstroke future any time soon? — Kayte

NATALIE: Actually, we may get a hint this week, though it may not be the most obvious thing. “I would caution anybody who thinks that they know which way the story is going to go,” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg says. “What’s always interesting about the island is that you know that Oliver survives the flashbacks, so there’s no suspense in that, but it’s who lives and who dies, and what they do and how they do it; that’s the stuff that is constantly the surprise and the thing that you don’t see coming.”

Question: It’s my birthday over here and a great gift would be scoop on the Scandal finale. But anything Scandal is greatly accepted. —Mateo

Ausiello: How about details on John Barrowman’s top-secret May 9 guest stint? According to Shonda Rhimes, the Arrow baddie plays “a fixer” with a “very interesting” client. Bonus (b-day) Scoop: Joe Morton’s character/Jake’s boss does have a name: Rowan!

Question: Love Orphan Black, but I miss Art! Please tell me Sarah’s going to re-join the force soon. —Christopher

Ausiello: Art’s “like a bad smell,” notes EP Graeme Manson, “he just won’t go away.” Translation: “We haven’t seen the last of Art,” he confirms. In the meantime, “Sarah’s many deceptions are still rippling and the effects are being felt, so there’s prices to be paid for the things that she’s done.”

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