Rueben's Ramblings

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RENEWAL/CANCELLATIONS

Netflix has given a third season order to Sweet Magnolias. (TV Line)

Amazon Freevee (formerly IMDbTV) has given a season two pick up to Bosch: Legacy. (Variety)

The Equalizer has been given a two season renewal by CBS. (TV Line)

ABC has pulled the plug on Queens after only one season of the drama; and the official cancellation of the drama Promised Land has been announced. (TV Line)

DROPPED

TNT and TBS will no longer air the SAG Awards. (TV Line)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Apple TV+ is developing a series version of The Prince of Tides, based on the box office movie, which was based on the 1986 novel by Pat ConroyThe Prince of Tides. The series would follow Tom Wingo, who travels to New York after his sister attempts suicide. While there, he develops a relationship with his sister’s therapist, Susan Lowenstein, while also delving into painful memories from his childhood. (Variety)

STREAMING MOVIE CANCELLATION NEWS

Two weeks ago it was announced that K.J. Apa (Riverdale) and Isabel May (1883) landed the lead roles in the upcoming HBO Max movie about the Wonder Twins. It looks like the recent merger of Warner Bros and Discovery has put the kabosh on the whole production. (ComicBook.com)

SERIES ORDER

The reboot of Quantum Leap has been given an early series order by NBC. In this version Raymond Lee (Here and Now) will star as Dr. Ben Seong, who is both a man of faith and a world-renowned physicist working on the time-travel project known as Quantum Leap. (TV Line)

TV CASTING NEWS

A new Doctor Who has been announced. Taking over for the soon-to-depart Jodie Whittaker will be Rwandan-born Scottish actor Ncuti (pronounced Shoo-tee) Gatwa (from the series Sex Education). (TV Line)

Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire) has joined the TV adaptation of the AMC drama Mayfair Witches, based on the Anne Rice novel “Lives of the Mayfair Witches.” The series focuses on intuitive young neurosurgeon Dr. Rowan Fielding (Alexandra Daddario) who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations. Huston will play Lasher, one of most mysterious and sensual characters, a powerful, shape-shifting entity who has been bound to the Mayfair witches for hundreds of years. (Variety)

The revival of Justified on FX has added new cast members, including Aunjanue Ellis (NCIS: Los Angeles and King Richard), Boyd Holbrook (Narcos), Adelaide Clemsn (Rectify), Vondie Curtis Hall (Harriet), Marin Ireland (The Umbrella Academy) and Norbert Leo Butz (Bloodline). (Variety)

Charles Vandervaart (Lost in Space and The Craft: Legacy) has joined the cast of Outlander for season 7 as the grown up version of William Ransom, Jamie’s son). (MSN.com)

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) will star opposite Jennifer Garner (Alias) in the upcoming Apple limited series The Last Thing He Told Me, based on the novel by Laura Dave. The show follows Hannah (Garner), a woman who forms an unexpected relationship with her sixteen-year-old stepdaughter Bailey (Rice) while searching for the truth about why her husband has mysteriously disappeared. Coster-Waldau will star as Owen, Hannah’s husband. (Variety)

Viola Davis (The First Lady) just might be returning to the role of Amanda Waller in a Peacemaker spin-off that is currently in the works at HBO Max. Exact details about the proposed show are being kept under wraps. (Variety)

Louis Partridge (Enola Holmes) has joined the cast of the upcoming Apple psychological thriller series Disclaimer that will star Cate Blanchett as Catherine Ravenscroft, a successful and respected television documentary journalist whose work has been built on revealing the concealed transgressions of long-respected institutions. When an intriguing novel written by a widower (Kevin Kline) appears on her bedside table, she is horrified to realize she is a key character in a story that she had hoped was long buried in the past. Partridge will play Jonathan Brigstocke, a teenager on his gap year traveling through Italy who allows himself to give in to his deeper desires with unexpected consequences. (Variety)

Jeff Daniels has landed the lead role in the upcoming Neftlix drama A Man in Full based on the Tom Wolfe novel that focuses on Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker (Daniels) as he faces sudden bankruptcy. Political and business interests collide as Croker defends his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace. Croker is further described as polarizing and robust, crude, rude, and irresponsible. (Variety)

Alycia Debnam-Carey (The 100 and Fear the Walking Dead) has taken over the lead role in the Hulu drama Saint X from Victoria Pedretti (You). The show is a psychological drama told via multiple timelines and perspectives. It’s a show about how a young woman’s mysterious death during an idyllic Caribbean vacation creates a traumatic ripple effect that eventually pulls her surviving sister into a dangerous pursuit of the truth. Debnam-Carey will star as Emily, a sharp and ambitious woman whose carefully constructed, seemingly perfect life begins to crumble. (Variety)

NEW HALLMARK DEAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Two more Hallmark stars have signed exclusive, multi-picture contracts with the network. They are Aimee Teegardena and Luke Macfarlane. (Deadline and Cinema Blend)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Meg Ryan will direct and star alongside David Duchovny in the romantic comedy film What Happens Later, which follows ex-lovers Willa (Ryan) and Bill (Duchovny) who are reunited for the first time since their split decades prior when they both find themselves snowed in, in-transit, at an airport overnight. Willa is still the wilful, independent spirit she once was, free of any ties, while the recently separated Bill is reassessing his life and his relationships with his estranged wife and daughter. All each of them wants is to get home but over the course of the night they find themselves at first reluctantly drawn together yet compelled to revisit their past, along with what could have been and what might well be again. But when the versions of their shared history don’t quite add up, where do they go from there? (Variety)

Gemma Chan and Harry Shum Jr. are set to star in the spin-off movie to Crazy Rich Asians that will focus on a new love story between Nick’s cousin Astrid and Charlie Wu based on the book by Kevin Kwan. A sequel to the original is also still in the works. (People and Deadline)

That’s it. Enjoy!