Hey All,
Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:
CANCELLATION
Apple TV+ has cancelled the musical satire Schmigadoon/Schmicago after two seasons. (TV Line)
MAX has ended the Kaley Cuoco-led dramatic thriller The Flight Attendant after two seasons. (TV Line)
TV CASTING NEWS
FOX has announced the cast for its new, upcoming drama Rescue: Hi Surf, which was originally given a greenlight back in April 2023. The show will follow the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu—the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world. Among the cast are Robbie Magasiva (Wentworth), Arielle Kebbel (The Vampire Diaries and 9-1-1), Adam Demos (UnReal), Kekoa Kekumano (The White Lotus), Alex Aiono (Doogie Kamealoha MD) and Zoe Cipres (Roswell, New Mexico). (Variety)
Millie Gibson, who just weeks ago made her Doctor Who debut in the show’s Christmas special, will be replaced by Varada Sethu (Andor and Strike Back) after only one season. (Daily Mail, Variety and TV Line)
Amazon Prime will launch a new prequel series The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, which will delve into the backstory of Ben Edwards and James Reece, who were portrayed by Taylor Kitsch and Chris Pratt (respectively) in the original Navey SEAL drama. What’s more both Kitsch and Pratt are set to reprise their roles in this spin-off. (Collider)
Josh Stewart will be leaving his recurring role in Criminal Minds: Evolution for the show’s second season. (TV Line)
Forest Whitaker will be pulling duty over at MGM+, as he is not only the star of the current series Godfather of Harlem, but he will also be part of the cast of the cabler’s new suspense thriller Emperor of Ocean Park, which will be set in the world of politics and Ivy League academia and the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard. It will revolve around Talcott Garland (Grantham Coleman from Lawmen: Bass Reeves), an Ivy League law professor whose quiet life is shattered when his father, Judge Oliver Garland (Whittaker, dies of an apparent heart attack. The nature of the judge’s death is questioned by Tal’s sister, Mariah (Tiffany Mack from Jessica Jones), a former journalist and inveterate conspiracy theorist, who believes that the judge, a failed Black nominee to the Supreme Court, met with foul play. (The Hollywood Reporter)
More cast members have been announced for the third season of the hit HBO series The White Lotus, including Walton Goggins (Justified) and Patrick Schwarzenegger (Gen V) [among others]. (TV Line)
The second season of the Netflix-Ryan Murphy anthology series Monster will focus on the Menendez brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989. Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny will play Jose and Kitty Menendez, the parents of Lyle and Erik, who will be played by Nicholas Chavez and Cooper Koch. (The Hollywood Reporter)
The new Netflix series Ransom Canyon has added more cast members, including Lizzy Greene (A Million Little Things), Eoin Macken (La Brea), veteran actor James Brolin, Philip Winchester (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Brett Cullen (Winning Time) and Kate Burton (Grey’s Anatomy). They join leads Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly in the romance-fueled, contemporary western saga that charts the intersecting lives of three ranching families, all set against the rugged expanse of Texas Hill Country. (Deadline and TV Insider)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Eiza Gonzalez (Baby Driver and Ambulance) and Domhnall Gleeson (The Patient and Peter Rabbit) have joined the cast of the feature film Fountain of Youth that will star John Krasinski and Natalie Portman as estranged siblings who partner on a global heist to find the mythological Fountain of Youth. Details on who they will play have not been announced. (Deadline)
Rosa Salazar (A Million Miles Away) will star opposite Mark Wahlberg in the crime thriller Play Dirty that finds Wahlberg playing professional thief Parker, who after being double-crossed and left for dead, sees his hunt for revenge giving him a shot at the biggest heist of his career. But even with the help of his partner, actor-slash-con artist Grofield (LaKeith Stanfield), he’ll still need to outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob and the world’s richest man if he hopes to stay alive. Details on the role Salazar will play are being kept under wraps. (Deadline)
Comedian Pauly Shore will play fitness icon Richard Simmons in a new biopic that has already been given a thumbs down by its originator, who disavowed the project. (Variety)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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