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Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

British actor and musician Max Beesley (Hotel Babylon) has landed a major recurring role on Suits, which will be back for its third season on the USA Network on July 16. Beesley will play Stephen Huntley, Edward Darby’s (recurring guest star Conleth Hill) charismatic right-hand man and Harvey’s (Gabriel Macht) British counterpart, who arrives in the New York office following the merger. The existence of two Harveys will complicate the already precarious personal dynamics at Pearson/Darby. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actress Erika Alexander (Living Single) will have a recurring role in this summer’s new AMC drama Low Winter Sun that focuses on the aftermath of a cop murder by fellow Detroit detective Frank Agnew (Mark Strong). Alexander will play Louise “LC” Cullen, a strong and intimidating cop who is matter-of-fact and straightforward in everything she does. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Armie Hammer (who will be seen this summer in The Lone Ranger) will star alongside Tom Cruise in the remake of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The original version of the classic 1960’s TV series starred Robert Vaughan and David McCallum, who played Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, two agents of the United Network Command for Law Enforcement. Hammer would play the Kuryakin role in the remake. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

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

Question: Anything for Grimm-sters? — Jordan

Sandra: Chew on this like a hungry Wesen: “It’s insane,” David Giuntoli says of the cliffhanger. “Let’s just say, one of the main characters might be dead.”

Question: I’m SO happy Supernatural is back this week. Can you give me any new info on the finale? — Anna

Sandra: Well, the description for the finale released today let it slip that the boys will indeed go into “one last play” against Crowley, who is “poised to undo allthe good they’ve ever done as hunters.” So how will it all play out? “I think you owe your fans and your audience a sense of resolution and while we know we’re coming back, we’re leaving certain things open,” reveals Jeremy Carver. “That’s sort of a generic way of saying s–t gets resolved and s–t gets cliffhanged.”

Question: NCIS was wild. Please more on Tony and Ziva. — Lisa

Sandra: Here’s what de Pablo told me about Tony and Ziva in the following episode. “Let’s say this is one of the sweetest moments we’ll see because then things get messy again — as things do between these two characters,” she says. “They get really nice and mushy and then they get really messed up.”

Question: Anything on Revolution? — Jim

Sandra: Executive producer Eric Kripke is the king of the tease, so I present his comment on the upcoming season finale, uninterrupted: “There’s a pretty huge — I don’t want to give anything away — but there’s a series of fairly massive, seismic events that happen that will change everything for season 2. So I think it’ll obviously have its same DNA and same characters but there will be new quests, new adventures, new problems and really an entirely new landscape that they have to deal with.”

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Marilu Henner (Taxi and Evening Shade) will appear in at least three episodes of the A&E drama The Glades, playing Detective Jim Longworth’s mother. The Glades will be back for the start of its new season on May 27. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

Singer Brad Paisley will appear in the season finale of the new ABC drama Nashville that is set to air on May 22. Ironic or not, he is married to recurring guest star Kimberly Williams-Paisley. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

Actor Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy) will guest star in the May 16 season finale of the new CBS drama Elementary, playing Christos Theophilus, a Greek shipping magnate with a criminal past whom Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) believes is in league with the mysterious Moriarty. (Natalie Abrams at TV Guide)

ABC Family has given a series order to the new drama called Chasing Life (formerly known as Terminales). It is set to debut in early 2014 with a 13-episode order. The series is an adaptation of the successful Televisa Spanish-language Mexican television series that will star Italia Ricci (Unnatural History) as April, an ambitious young newspaper reporter who tries to balance her career aspirations with her family – her widowed mom Sara (Mary Page Keller), rebellious little sister Brenna (Haley Ramm) and her grandmother. Just as things start to look up at work, home and on the romance front with co-worker Dominic (Richard Brancatisano), April gets the devastating news from an estranged uncle that she has cancer. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

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

Question: What’s the deal with Gabe on Beauty and the Beast? I really hope he isn’t trying to steal Cat away from Vincent! – Allie

Team Watch with Kristin: No, no, no. The ADA has more important things on his mind than wooing Cat, although executive producer Jennifer Levin says the duo has “a legitimate connection. Gabe knows more about Muirfield than Catherine ever anticipated, and not in the way that you would imagine,” Levin teases. “His connection to Muirfield is really surprising to Catherine and to us.”

Question: Need my Arrow fix! – Carson

Team Watch with Kristin: Prepare for pre-island flashbacks! Yes, we’ll get to see Oliver and Laurel when they were together and contemplating taking a big step in their relationship before he decided to run off with her sister. Also, fans can expect major developments in the following relationships: Laurel and Tommy, Oliver and Moira and Oliver and Diggle.

Question: Once Upon a Time scoop would be great! – Keegan

Team Watch with Kristin: Of the two-part finale, titled “Second Star to the Right” and “And Straight On ‘Til Morning,” Edward Kitsis tells D23.com, “We are going to be finding out a bit about Baelfire, and Captain Hook. There’s no coincidence with those titles.” Adam Horowitz adds, “Baelfire/Neal and Hook have a connection that we’ve already hinted at, and that’s something that’s explored in the final two hours of the season. And that may involve a second star to the right.

Question: Got any more scoop on the Once Upon a Time finale? —Michelle

NATALIE: “This season has been about this reluctant family who has been torn asunder and pulled in 15 million different directions by circumstance, who at the end of the season must find some way to come together,” executive producer Adam Horowitz says. You all know what those beans that Regina found do, right? Well, if/when they do their thing, there will be many painful choices to be made.

Question: Thanks for the scoop on the Arrow finale. Will everyone survive the season? — Jonah

NATALIE: Unfortunately, no. In fact, someone we’ve known since the beginning will meet their maker before the season finale. I’ve been sworn to secrecy, but I can reveal that the death will not be… Oliver!

Question: Will Elena get her humanity back this season on The Vampire Diaries? She really sucks! — Tanya

NATALIE: That remains to be seen, but in next week’s episode, Damon will put one of Elena’s friends in extreme (aka life-or-death) danger in order to get some emotion — maybe even tears! —out of her. But who’s the pawn in Damon’s plan? Hint: He’s a dying breed on the series.

Question: I’m so excited about Irene Adler on Elementary. Got any scoop? — Harold

NATALIE: Elementary’s version of Sherlock’s true love works in art restoration, which is how Mr. Holmes will first meet her when he enlists her to consult on a case. “For the first time, we’re going to see actual moments from his past,” executive producer Rob Doherty says. “It’s really about how he came to meet and fall for Irene Adler. So we will tell the story of their courtship, and take the flashbacks all the way up to her demise in the U.K.” If a guy like Sherlock could fall for her, it makes us question whether she’s trustworthy. Hm.

Question: I can’t believe Evan died before the Beauty and the Beast finale. Is something even bigger coming? —Heather

ADAM: Here’s a hint from executive producer Jennifer Levin: “We had seen in the pilot that what [Muirfield did to Vincent] had been done to other people, so we had talked about there being another survivor.” Could another Beast be lurking around?

Question: Is it too early to ask for scoop on Major Crimes scoop? — Marc

ADAM: Never! After doing some digging, I landed some exclusive casting intel. Ben Feldman, who most recently grew a wicked mustache as copy writer Ginsberg on Mad Men, will guest-star in a Season 2 episode as Jason Andrews, a budding television writer who goes on a ride-along with Tao and Sanchez. Naturally, things go sideways when the cops make a discovery they’d rather not have Jason around to witness. (If he’s anything like Ginsberg, I hope they bring earplugs!)

Question: Any NCIS: LA scoop? —Kria

Ausiello: The May 14 finale will be a veritable Big Badapalooza. “It’s like a supervillains episode,” teases Barrett Foa. “Basically, every bad guy we’ve ever done battle with [is] coming back for the finale.” The returning evildoers include traitorous CIA vet Isaak Sidorov (played by Sons of Anarchy‘s Timothy V. Murphy) and “The Chameleon” (Highlander‘s Christopher Lambert). “Big nuclear things are going down,” the actor adds. “It leaves you on the edge of your seat [and] is, of course, a great cliffhanger.”

Question: Will Tommy discover his father’s Dark Archer identity on Arrow before the season ends? —Jacob

Ausiello: Barrowman was a skosh more forthcoming about that. “He’s desperate to tell Tommy,” shares the actor. “But anytime he goes to do it, something happens. We already had one of those moments when Malcolm was almost assassinated in his office. But I’m sure there will be others.” Speaking of the finale, Annie Ilonzeh (Charlie’s Angels) is confirmed to return in the May 15 season ender, as Laurel’s colleague Joanna. “We’re very excited to have her back,” says EP Andrew Kreisberg. “She’s a big part of the Arrow family.”

Question: I’ll take any Once Upon a Time scoop you can share. —Estée

Ausiello: The prospective spin-off, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, will be — no surprise — “a little more Wonderland-y” than original flavor Once, per consulting producer Jane Espenson. The offshoot, envisioned as an American Horror Story-style 13-episode standalone that would ostensibly bridge the original series’ winter hiatus, will also be “more adventurous” and boast “a lot of humor [and] a lot of spectacle. It’s really going to be gorgeous.”

Question: Have we seen the last of Marco on Revenge? I’m convinced — or at least I was convinced — he’s the Falcon. —Drew

Ausiello: We put your question to departing (sigh) series creator Mike Kelley, who declined to comment on Marco’s role moving forward beyond acknowledging, “He definitely does have knowledge of Nolan and that can come into play at any time.”

Question: Big Vikings fan here. Any news on what is in store for Ragnar and his family in the last episode of Season 1? —Mary

Ausiello: Most simply said, if you ship (Viking humor!) Ragnar and his fiercer half Lagertha hard, Sunday’s season ender will put you to the test. As foreseen by the seer and during Ragnar’s visit to Gotaland, “A new woman comes into Ragnar’s life,” series creator Michael Hirst told Matt Mitovich, “and it is unexpected because so much of the first season has been about this rock-solid relationship between [Ragnar and his wife].” Back home, meanwhile, Lagertha deals with yet another crisis. As for Ragnar’s brother Rollo, if you suspected that Siggy lit a fire under her new honey after the King Horic dis, you’d be right — and in the finale he launches a bold power play.

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

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

TELEVISION

The Canadian series Bomb Girls, which is airing its second season on Reelz Channel right now, will be coming to an end with a two-hour movie event coming in the winter of 2014. (The Futon Critic)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

FX has bought a drama pitch from author James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential) and producers Joe Roth and Clark Peterson that will be based on Ellroy’s 2012 novella called Shakedown. The project is set in the tabloid world and underbelly of Los Angeles circa the late 1950s, centering on the city’s top informant/operator/wire tapper/fixer, Fred Otash, who lives and works where the glamour and the grime intersect. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Liam McIntyre (Spartacus) has joined the cast of the upcoming box office film Hercules 3D that will star Twilight Saga actor Kellan Lutz in the lead role. McIntyre will play the young army captain Sotiris who becomes Hercules’ most trusted battlefield companion. (Heat Vision and Dark Horizons)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Hot Trailer: ‘Thor: The Dark World’

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Teryl Rothery (Stargate SG-1 and Kyle XY) has joined the cast of the upcoming first-ever Hallmark Channel series Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove, which focuses on Judge Olivia Lockhart (Andie MacDowell) whose Cedar Cove Municipal Court is the professional milieu and social microcosm of issues the judge will face in her own day-to-day life with family and best friend Grace (Rothery). Dylan Neal plays Jack Griffith, the new editor of the Cedar Cove Chronicle and budding love interest for Judge Lockhart. (The Futon Critic)

Actresses Jessica Tuck (True Blood) and Robin Givens (Head of the Class) have joined the cast of the upcoming, new ABC Family drama Twisted in recurring roles. Tuck will play Gloria, the mother of deceased student Regina Crane while Givens will play Judy, Lacey’s (series lead Kylie Bunbury) hip and outgoing mother. Twisted will debut on June 11 at 9 PM. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

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

1. Oblivion, $38.1 million
2. 42, $18 million
3. The Croods, $9.5 million
4. Scary Movie 5, $6.3 million
5. G.I. Joe: Retaliation, $5.8 million
6. The Place Beyond the Pines, $4.7 million
7. Olympus Has Fallen, $4.5 million
8. Evil Dead, $4.1 million
9. Jurassic Park 3D, $4 million
10. Oz the Great and Powerful, $3 million

Actors James Caviezel (Person of Interest) and Michael Chiklis (Vegas) as well as actress Laura Dern (Enlightened) will star in the upcoming inspirational high school football film called When the Game Stands Tall. Caviezel and Chiklis star as Bob Ladouceur and Terry Eidson, the visionary coaches who led De La Salle High School’s struggling football team to unparalleled national record-breaking success by teaching them to stand for something greater than winning. The team had a 151-game winning streak from 1992 to 2003. Dern will play Caviezel’s supportive wife. The film is set to be released in the fall of 2014. (Jeff Sneider at The Wrap)

Q&A SECTION (with Matt Roush at TV Guide)

Question: What is your prediction for Syfy’s new Defiance? I was completely engaged for a majority of the two-hour premiere, and the ending’s battle scene literally had me on the edge of my seat! I was a little disappointed when I realized the show was just about one town in a huge new world, but I hope that the characters will find a need to branch out of the town and give the viewer a broader scope of this new earth. I love the idea of learning more about the different alien races and how the conflicts between them and the humans play out. And what’s with all the video game hype when they clearly stated that it would not affect the TV show? — Shannon

Matt Roush: My prediction is that Defiance will be around for a while. It opened strong, and some of that may be attributable to the video-game tie-in, which might have helped it break through the TV clutter (which on Mondays is considerable). The good news is that you can enjoy one without the other, although the interactive element of Defiance is a hook that calls attention to it, and these days, where’s the harm in that? What I liked about the next few episodes, even more than in the pilot, is that Defiance the town serves as a microcosm to explore the various alien races and the conflicts within. It’s possible the show will expand its scope, especially where outside threats are concerned, but I’d give it some time to get on its feet before asking it to reach for the stars (where Syfy hasn’t gone in far too long).

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Anthony Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Merlin) will have a major recurring role on Warehouse 13 when the show returns on April 29. He will play a villain named Paracelsus. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)

Starting on April 30, Grimm will move to Tuesday nights on NBC. (The Futon Critic)

It has been revealed that actor J. August Richards (Angel) will appear as hit man named Mr. Blank on Arrow. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)

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

Question: Do you have any scoop on Arrow and the remaining episodes this season? What will happen between Laurel and Tommy? –Karen

Mitovich: Did you hear that in the May 1 episode, “Tommy stuns Laurel with a truth”? Because I did, so I promptly invited EP Andrew Kreisberg to elaborate. “People should be wondering what that truth is…,” he answered, before adding: “Not every truth is about the plot; sometimes these truths are emotional, and they can be just as powerful as the mechanics of what’s happening in the episode.”

Question: Anything you can tease about Defiance‘s Nolan and Amanda? Their scenes during the pilot were so cute and hilarious. –Angel

Mitovich: Agreed, there’s a bit of a Han-and-Leia vibe there. In Episode 2, though Amanda is still recuperating from injuries suffered during the Volge battle (“Battle of the Volge”?), she joins Nolan on a trip to the bowels of what used to be St. Louis. Alas, by episode’s end, a bold if well-meaning act by Nolan’s wild-child ward Irisa will force madam mayor to make a call that agitates not just Datak Tarr but perhaps the entire Castithan race.

Question: Where is Dracula on NBC’s summer schedule? –Bender

Mitovich: Rest assured, production is underway on the Jonathan Rhys Meyers-fronted series — Episode 2 is filming as we speak, I hear – but any details on where/when it will “stake” a claim on NBC’s schedule won’t be revealed until the network’s May 13 Upfront presentation.

Question: Please tell me the names of the guest stars on the April 17 show on NCIS. –Suzan

Mitovich: If by “the April 17 show on NCSI” you mean “the April 30 episode of NCIS,” which has yet to release a guest cast list, I can confirm that that hour marks Oded Fehr’s first episode back as the elusive Ilan Bodnar.

Question: Is it too late to ask for more NCIS scoop? That promo for next week’s episode has me very excited to see the finale arc kick off. –Cheryl

Mitovich: Ever since I broke the news of Marina Sirtis’ casting as new Mossad director Orli Elbaz, several have wondered if Eli David’s successor is familiar with his feisty daughter. “There is a lot of history between Ziva and Orli,” show boss Gary Glasberg confirms. “We discover something at the end of the [April 23] episode, a nice little twist and a surprise that absolutely will inform us moving forward about the two characters. There is more to [their relationship] than meets the eye.”

Question: More scoop on Once Upon a Time! Thank you! –Laurel

Mitovich: No, thank you for this generic request that allows me to plop in whatever nuggets I wish. “We said at the beginning of this season, ‘Magic is coming and it always has a price’ — and we’re going to see that at the end of this season,” series co-creator Eddy Kitsis told me. Leading up to that in these final four episodes, “We’re going to see a new chapter in the Rumple/Belle story that we’ve never seen… we’re going to see an Evil Queen and Snow White story that we’re excited about… and we’re going to get some backstory on Baelfire and Captain Hook. You’re going to see all the core characters front and center.” And just to be crystal clear about Tamara/what I shared in last week’s Spoiler Alert! webisode, here are Eddy’s actual comments on the matter: “She is a person from this world. She is from America. She is not going to be revealed to be someone else,” he attested. “For us what was interesting was, with the curse gone, what happens when the outside world comes? Who has been looking for this place?”

That’s it. Enjoy!

Lee Ann

Have a terrific weekend!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Autumn Reeser (Last Resort) and Garcelle Beauvais (Franklin & Bash) will both be showing up the new season of Necessary Roughness. Reeser will play a rival of Connor McClane (John Stamos), the founder of a global sports/entertainment management conglomerate. She is described as a high-powered partner at a new agency determined to sign TK (Mehcad Brooks), no matter the cost. Meanwhile Beauvais will play Lana Langer, the outrageous mother of a star basketball player who is suddenly choking at the free throw line. The series is back starting on June 12 on the USA Network. (Megan Masters at TV Line)

It has been confirmed this WILL be the last season of Dexter on Showtime. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Keanu Reeves will star in the upcoming sci-fi film Passengers that follows a spacecraft transporting thousands of people to a distant colony planet that has a malfunction in one of its sleep chambers. As a result, a single passenger (Reeves) is awakened 90 years before anyone else. Faced with the prospect of growing old and dying alone, he eventually decides to wake up a second passenger, marking the beginning of what becomes a unique love story. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

Actor Dylan O’Brien (from the MTV series Teen Wolf) has landed the lead role in the upcoming screen adaptation of The Maze Runner that is based on the James Dashner novel trilogy. (The Deadline Team)

BOX OFFICE TRAILERS

R.I.P.D. Trailer: Watch Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges Hunt Down Dead Monsters in the Afterlife

Hot Trailer: ‘The Lone Ranger’

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

Question: All feels right with the world now that Awkward is back. Any scoop on Jake (Brett Davern) and Tamara (Jillian Rose Reed)? — KB

Sandra: When EW spoke to Davern on the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards, he sounded less-than-certain that Jake and Tamara’s ride will be a smooth one this year, but overall confident that they’d make it work, despite the bumps. “I’m rooting for them. …I hope the fans are rooting for them too,” he says. “They are kind of that couple that has drama every episode but they have a fun banter to their arguing and they usually have a good make-out session at the end of it. It wouldn’t be our show without a good make-up make-out.”

Question: So happy Awkward is back! But it needs more Sadie! Any scoop on my favorite mean girl? – Lo

Sandra: I hear Sadie is going to be one half of a pretty unexpected sleepover that’s coming up later this season. The other half? Someone you would probably never expect to be in the same room with her. “It was an idea I had the first season, and I wasn’t able to make it work the first season. I wasn’t able to make it work the second season, but I was finally able to make it work this season,” showrunner Lauren Iungerich shares. Molly Tarlov adds: “It was super-fun to film. It’s kind of weird, though. I don’t know if you’ve ever been in bed with crew. Every time I got out of bed they would remake my bed, and it felt really weird.”

Question: Thank you on behalf of Teen Wolf fans for all the scoop! — Missy

Sandra: You’re welcome. And here’s one more for you: We all know that Scott’s (Tyler Posey) going to get more action scenes in the upcoming third season but what you may not have known is that it comes at the expense of another type of action. “[Scott hasn’t] had sex this season yet,” Posey lamented. “I got some last season. This season I got a motorcycle instead, which is pretty much like sex. It rumbles. It is between your legs.” I’ll give you a moment to stop LOLing. Ready? Good. Posey adds: “This season has death, near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences, bullet wounds, twins, [and] sex between a new character and an old character that isn’t me.”

Question: I can’t STAND Dante on Nashville. Please tell me Deacon kicks his @$$ or something soon. — Nina

Sandra: He gets what’s coming to him. Promise. Meanwhile, though we’ve seen a number of close calls this season (I REALLY thought Lamar was a goner last week!) I can tell you that the cast is going to be a little lighter by the time the end of the season rolls around as one songstress is going to suffer a huge, life-changing loss in an upcoming episode. And I’m not talking about an award…

Question: Scandal fans want to know more about this finale! Help us, Sandra! – Lucy

Sandra: “I think it’s going to be a very long summer,” creator Shonda Rhimes tells me of the final episode. “We’re headed in a very interesting direction…if people think we’re burning through story now, they’re going to be very shocked at what happens in the next few episodes.” Someone hold me…

Question: Any new Castle scoop, Sandra? It’s been a while! — Emily

Sandra: Indeed it has, which is why I’m chatting up EP Andrew Marlowe on Friday. (Yes, that’s a non-subtle call for questions.) Meanwhile, I’ll tease you with this: Beckett is in a solid relationship and one of the best detectives in the city, but is that enough?

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Brad Beyer (Jericho) and actress Alexandra Socha (Damages) will appear in an upcoming episode of Royal Pains, which is set to return to the USA Network on June 12. Beyer will play local police officer Don Barrett who befriends Hank (Mark Feuerstein). A single dad, Don lives with his teenage daughter Molly (Socha). He develops a number of symptoms that he attributes to the stress of dealing with his daughter’s newly rebellious teen attitude — but that Hank believes is caused by a larger medical issue. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Starz has renewed the brand new drama Da Vinci’s Demons for a second season after only one episode. The show’s debut episode earned 2.14 million viewers on April 12. (Jethro Nededog at The Wrap)

TV TRAILER

TV Trailer: Starz’s Pirate Series ‘Black Sails’ Produced By Michael Bay

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Sasha Roiz (Grimm) has joined the cast of the upcoming film Pompeii. He will play Proculus, the bodyguard and right hand man to Senator Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland). The film is expected to hit theatres on February 28, 2014. (Jethro Nededog at The Wrap)

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Hot Trailer: ‘Man Of Steel’

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

Question: Will we finally see Silas in the prom episode of The Vampire Diaries? – Tanner

Team Watch with Kristin: Silas will take on the form of four different characters throughout Thursday night’s episode, that sneaky little bastard! As for the show’s other big bad (loosely using that term), Klaus? Look for the show to set up The Originals spinoff in a major way by episode’s end.

Question: In desperate need of Teen Wolf spoilers, please and thank you! – Kennedy

Team Watch with Kristin: ‘Tis the season of the Alphas! Not only did the new promo for the third season tease Scott’s Alpha potential, but we can reveal that episode 11 is titled “Alpha Pact.” “What’s cool about them is that they are all unique and they’re all individuals, so they do each have their own agenda,” Tyler Posey tells us of the new Alpha Pack members. “All in all, they’re all here together doing one thing, but they each have their own storylines, which is really cool. It’s really cool.”

Question: I know you just spoke to Beauty and the Beast’s executive producer, so I want some scoop! – Daisy

Team Watch with Kristin: All right, all right! J.T. and Vincent are getting a new bachelor pad! “It took us a long time to find it, we spent a lot of time,” Jennifer Levin teases of the duo’s new digs. “It’s not a warehouse, it’s not a tunnel. We wanted a place that’s inviting, that Cat would want to be in. It’s kind of awesome.” So yes, Cat will be spending a lot of time there.

Question: What can we expect for Castle and Beckett’s relationship as we head to the end of Castle’s season? — Dana

ADAM: The bumps that we’ve hinted at before will be exacerbated by two men who come into Beckett’s life. First, Beckett will be assigned to protect multimillionaire inventor Erik Vaughn (Ioan Gruffudd) — in his private hotel penthouse. “If Castle aspired to be someone, he’d aspire to be this guy,” creator Andrew W. Marlowe says. “Castle’s really determined to solve the case and get his girlfriend away from him.” During their alone time, Erik will ask Beckett some tough questions about where her relationship with Castle is headed. Unfortunately, as Beckett wrestles with those questions in the season’s penultimate episode, she’ll cross paths with a federal investigator (Carlos Bernard) who might offer some different answers. “He opens Beckett’s eyes on other possibilities that might be out there for her,” Marlowe teases.

Question: I have a bad feeling about what’s going to happen to Ziva on NCIS. Can you make me feel any better? — Mandy

ADAM: Not really. Although executive producer Gary Glasberg says Ziva’s upcoming trip to Berlin with Tony features a “tremendous personal story,” Ziva is ultimately out to avenge her father’s murder. “People are going to see a Ziva David that they haven’t seen in a long time,” Glasberg says. “There is a strength and a resolute determination.” But will she go too far? That becomes the very question of the season finale as Colin Hanks’ federal investigator leads a witch hunt that takes a closer look at Gibbs and his team — and heads could roll. “There is a crossroads for NCIS,” Glasberg says. “Boundaries have been pushed and lines have been crossed. At some point, does that catch up to you?”

Question: Do you have any Revenge scoop? — Lisa

ADAM: On the April 28 episode, Nolan will dig for answers about Padma’s death and, in the process, viewers will finally learn the identity of the elusive Falcon. And a showdown is a-comin’… sorta. “Two major computer geeks going head-to-head — you can imagine that one,” Gabriel Mann says with a laugh. “How they [battle] is something that will inspire some laughs.” But things could also turn serious much faster than you think. “I have to question whether [Nolan’s] up on his self-defense kills at this point, but I will say he’s going to need them really bad for things coming up soon,” Mann says. Personally, I’m just hoping Nolan will get to sport his undercover ‘stache again!

Question: I’ll take anything you can share about Supernatural. — Trish

ADAM: If you’re expecting the return of Felicia Day’s Charlie on the April 24 episode to be as much fun as the LARP-ing episode, prepare yourself for something a little different. “We’ve become very familiar with Charlie’s sarcasm, [but] I think [this] really gives us an opportunity to go a bit deeper,” executive producer Jeremy Carver says. “Although there will be some geeky fun as Dean tries to teach Charlie how to be a demon hunter, she’s also carrying a deep secret that could get her killed. “The boys start to uncover many, many layers of Charlie… and it’s ultimately a really rather emotional [episode]. It certainly resonates with the boys.”

Question: Now that it’s been confirmed that Muse Watson is coming back to NCIS as Mike Franks, can you give us some spoilers about why he’s there and what’ll happen with Gibbs? —Marla

Ausiello: Fortunately, Matt Mitovich just got off the horn with show boss Gary Glasberg, who explained that the Season 10 finale, titled “Damned If You Do” and airing May 14, presents “a situation where Gibbs has to really question, ‘How far is too far? How far can you push the boundaries? How far can the team cross the line?’ And in looking at things from a moral stance, in terms of what has happened over the years, things get internalized and we’re very fortunate to have the ‘conscience’ that is Mike Franks there for Gibbs to interact with.”

Question: Do you have anything new on the NCIS front? –Cheryl

Ausiello: If you, as many do, see a resemblance between incoming guest star Colin Hanks and Sean Murray (who plays Agent McGee), Glasberg promises that “absolutely” will be addressed on camera. “There’s a terrific scene in ‘Double Blind,’ which is the penultimate episode, when McGee and Colin (playing a DoD snoop) meet for the first time. And it actually comes up again in the finale as well,” the showrunner shares. “We got a big kick out of it around here!”
Question: Got any scoop on Supernatural? Dying to get some since we’re on hiatus until the 24th! —Ali

Ausiello: Given what a winning introduction the Men of Letters received earlier this year, surely that’s not the last we’ve seen or heard of the secret organization, right? Right… ish. “We will absolutely see the positive and negative effects of being legacies,” says EP Jeremy Carver, adding that MoL “are involved in some capacity” later this season. Hmm, could this bit of casting have anything to do with that?

Question: Anything about Elementary? —Hala

Ausiello: Next Thursday’s episode takes a page straight out of a Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story — and gives it an Elementary twist. The hour is based on the tale “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton” — but it’s not a retelling. “We looked at it and thought it was a great launch to a story,” says exec producer Rob Doherty. “We took the original ending and made that our teaser. Sherlock is hired to recover some blackmail material, infiltrate [bad guy] Milverton’s home and is present when somebody else breaks in behind him and kills Milverton.” That leaves the investigator in “a bit of a bind in that if he reports the murder [and] comes forward as a witness, Milverton’s accomplice will realize his partner is dead and will release all of the blackmail materials into the world. And yet, it’s wrong to not step forward and tell the police you’ve seen somebody killed. We liked that quandary for Sherlock.”

Question: What’s Nashville going to do with Susan Misner now that she’ll be a regular on The Americans next season? Is there any way she can stay? –Mariel

Ausiello: Series creator Callie Khouri says probably not – and she feels your pain. “I hate it,” she tells TVLine. “She’s been so great, and she and [Charles Esten] have incredible chemistry. She’s just really, really good.” The EP went on to praise Misner for succeeding in the thankless task of being Deacon’s NotRayna: “It’s a testament to her and her acting ability.” On the bright side: At least Deacon will have a new heartbreak to write songs about.

Question: I’d love some scoop on Beauty and the Beast if you have time to find some. –@Ewokgrl

Ausiello: Can I interest you in a pair of episode titles? In the CW drama’s penultimate freshman hour, “Date Night,” “Cat and Vincent get to go on a date that is not in his ‘lair’ or whatever you want to call it but out on an actual date, and it’s super-fun,” EP Jennifer Levin tells us. The season finale meanwhile is titled “Never Turn Back” — and make of that what you will.

Question: I need some Nikita scoop. —Oli

Ausiello: Division may not be long for this world. Asked if the season is building to the end of the covert spy org, EP Craig Silverstein responds with an unequivocal, “Yes,” before cryptically adding, “and maybe sooner than you thought.”

Question: I would love to know if Caroline dances with Klaus at Vampire Diaries‘ prom? It is kind of their thing. —Amy

Ausiello: Although Caroline’s dance card is pretty full in the episode, she doesn’t hit the floor with Klaus. That’s the bad news. The good news is that, prior to the big event, those crazy kids do share a nice moment — during which Klaus actually proves to be a friend! Stop the presses!

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

TELEVISION

Legendary actor Joel Grey (Cabaret) as well as actor Steve Valentine (Crossing Jordan) and actress Nora Zehetner (Grey’s Anatomy) will all be making guest appearances on Warehouse 13 when the show returns for the rest of its current season, starting on April 29. Grey will appear in the May 20 episode as Monty the Magnificent, an aging performer who once headlined in Las Vegas; but in recent years has been relegated to those small smoky lounges off the casino floors. Soon enough, though, Monty has just unveiled a new trick that could restore his fame. There’s just one problem. His new levitation stunt results in his volunteers inexplicably shooting up into the sky the following day, never to be seen again. And Pete (Eddie McClintock) may end up being Monty’s next rocket. This episode will also feature Valentine as Val Preston, a glitzy David Copperfield-like main stage magician who took Monty’s place and is now trying to steal his new act. Zehetner will co-star as Monty’s pretty young assistant. (William Keck at TV Guide)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actress Ashley Judd (Missing) and actor Tony Goldwyn (Scandal) have joined the cast of the much-buzzed about box office adaptation of the Veronica Roth novel Divergent that will also star Shailene Woodley (The Secret Life of the American Teenager) in the lead role of Tris. Reportedly, Judd will play Tris’s mother, Natalie Prior while Goldwyn will play Tris’s father, Andrew Prior. The film is expected in theatres next March. (Alexis L. Loinaz at E! Online)

Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online)

Question: Loved the Defiance premiere last night! Any chance for spoilers on what’s coming up? – Tyler in Pittsburgh

Team Watch with Kristin: Stephanie Leonidas, who plays Irisa, tells us that her character will not be mysterious for much longer. “We will figure out more about Irisa’s past,” Leonidas says about upcoming episodes. But don’t expect any emotional connection between her and any other characters any time soon. “[She’s] not good with emotions, but she is good with a knife!”

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Hey All,

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

TELEVISION

AMC is moving Hell on Wheels to Saturday nights with the third season premiere set for August 3 at 9 PM. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor John M. Jackson will reprise his JAG role of A.J. Chegwidden in the season finale of spin-off series NCIS, which finds a federal witch hunt threatening the future of Gibbs’ gang. Chegwidden is now retired from the Navy, but he will step away from his powerful D.C. law firm to help Gibbs & Co. (Kimberly Roots at TV Line)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

The Kickstarter campaign for the Veronica Mars movie has ended, earning an astonishing $5.7 million and a record breaker 91,585 backers. (The Deadline Team)

Here are the top 10 box office movies for this past weekend courtesy of Deadline:

1. 42 – 27.3 million
2. Scary Movie 5 – 15.1 million
3. The Croods – 13.2 million
4. GI Joe: Retaliation – 10.8 million
5. Evil Dead – 9.5 million
6. Jurassic Park 3D – 8.8 million
7. Olympus Has Fallen – 7.3 million
8. Oz The Great and Powerful – 4.8 million
9. Tyler Perry’s Temptation – 4.5 million
10. Place Beyond the Pines – 4 million

BOX OFFICE TRAILER

Hot Trailer: ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actress Jennifer Ferrin (The Cape and The Following) has joined the cast of the AMC western Hell on Wheels for its third season. She will play Louise Ellison, a smart, witty and flirtatious journalist hired by the New York Sun to cover the “story of the century”, the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. Louise imbues her work with an element of human emotion as well as thorough, blunt, truthful fact-finding. She is strong and independent and demands to be treated with the same respect that any man in her position would be given. The 10-episode third season of Hell on Wheels will air this summer on AMC. (Michael Ausiello at TV Line)

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS

The History Channel is at it again. They are also developing a mini-series set around the American Revolution (yesterday it was Harry Houdini). The mini called Sons of Liberty will follow a defiant and radical group of young men, including Samuel Adams, John Hancock, John Adams, Paul Revere, Patrick Henry and Benedict Arnold, as they band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation. Together, they called themselves the Sons of Liberty and lit the spark of what would become a revolution: the American Revolution. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actors Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley and Jim Sturgess will join Kate Beckinsale in the upcoming film called Eliza Graves that is based on an Edgar Allan Poe short story. It will be set at the turn of the century, focusing on a young doctor who comes to apprentice at a remote mental institution. He meets a beautiful patient, with whom he falls in love under circumstances which may be much more complicated than they seem. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)

Actress Rachel McAdams will join Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone in Cameron Crowe’s next film, which is currently untitled, and few details on storyline are known as well. (First Showing)

BOX OFFICE TRAILERS

Hot Trailer: ‘Summer In February’

First Trailer for ‘Romeo & Juliet’ with Hailee Steinfeld & Douglas Booth

Clive Owen & Gillian Anderson in First Trailer for ‘Shadow Dancer’

Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online)

Question: GOT! GOT! GOT! (That would be Game of Thrones, folks) – Bryan

Team Watch with Kristin: We’re confused, do you want scoop on Game of Thrones? We’re hoping so ‘cause Nikolaj Coster-Waldau teases that the end of Sunday’s episode is not to be missed. “I can’t wait to hear the reaction at the end of this Sunday’s episode,” he says. “It’s very dramatic.” While we won’t say what happens, we will spoil that Jaime is involved. You’ll get no more out of us!

Question: I am going through Once Upon a Time withdrawals. Got any scoop on what to expect? – Dina

Team Watch with Kristin: A trip to a new land…possibly a permanent one! “They sort of set up that we are maybe heading to another land. They’ve teased that at the end of season two,” Jennifer Morrison teases of season three. “I will be interested to see how we are all impacted by that new land. I think whenever we’re in a place where everyone’s relationships are impacted by their environment and it heightens the stakes for everyone, it becomes very interesting drama.”

Question: Bummed that Arrow didn’t consult with me first before taking a week off! Do you have any spoilers on Roy Harper that will fill the void? – Fiona

Team Watch with Kristin: Prepare to see a much bigger Roy in season two! “I have to gain another 25 pounds of muscle,” Colton Haynes teases, “so I have a feeling that I’m going to have to possible be wearing a suit of some sort.” Two words: Hell! Yes!

That’s it. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend!

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