Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
Actress Taylor Cole (CSI: Miami and The Event) has landed a recurring role on The Glades, which will be back for its third season this June on A&E. She will play Jennifer Starke, a dynamic FDLE Bureau Chief who is sent to the South Florida station to evaluate its high success rate in hopes of recreating it state-wide; but when it becomes clear that said success is due to Det. Longworth's unique approach to law, Starke changes her evaluation tactics, which creates an "interesting" dynamic between the two. (Megan Masters at TV Line)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Sonar Entertainment and James Patterson Entertainment will produce the author's New York Times best-selling book series Private as a 13-episode hour-long original TV series with Patterson serving as Executive Producer. The story follows former CIA agent Jack Morgan, who runs the world's most elite investigation firm. With maximum force and maximum discretion always guaranteed, Jack's staff of global investigators uses advanced forensic tools to make and break the cases that involve the secrets of the most influential people in the world. (The Futon Critic)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actress Toni Collette, who is already set to star in the films Hitchcock and The Way, Way Back is in negotiations to join Jennifer Aniston in the upcoming film called Miss You Already that would have the two women playing lifelong best friends who help each other with challenges – the outgoing one (Aniston) is battling breast cancer while the more reserved one (Collette) is preparing for her first child's birth. She is also expected to join the cast of the upcoming film called The Long Way Down that follows four strangers on New Year's Eve who coincidentally plan to jump to their deaths from the same rooftop. Collette would play the helpless single mom of a disabled young man. Pierce Brosnan is also in talks to play a scandal-plagued talk show host. (Variety and Dark Horizons)
Actor Titus Welliver (Lost) will join Matt Damon and John Krasinski in the upcoming film called Promised Land that explores the dynamics of how a powerful natural gas company infiltrates a small rural town to tap into subterranean resources that could change its residents' lives forever. (Variety and Dark Horizons)
Actor Guy Pearce (Lockout) is in final talks to join the upcoming sequel film Iron Man 3 where he would play geneticist Aldrich Killian. The cast of the film already includes Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and Scarlett Johansson as well as Ben Kingsley. The film has a release date of May 3, 2013. (Variety)
Singer Taylor Swift is circling the role of Joni Mitchell in the planned adaptation of the Sheila Weller Girls Like Us that examines the careers of singers Mitchell, Carly Simon and Carole King. Swift does not have an official offer, but has been linked to the Mitchell role for several months. (Variety)
Q&A SECTION (with Sandra Gonzalez from Entertainment Weekly)
Question: NCIS was great this week, but like you, I noted the open-endedness of the case. Are we going to see more from this case before the end of the season? — Nicole
Gonzalez: All I'll say is that this is not the last time the Navy will feel the pressure of a direct threat before season's end. In related news, here's one return you can definitely count: Scott Wolf! He'll appear in the season finale (airing May 15), reprising his role as the seriously disturbed Jonathan Cole.
Question: That little show Once Upon a Time loves toying with my emotions. A three-week hiatus? Now that's just cruel. However, that has meant I've been reading up on just about anything that has to do with the show to pass the time. Bet you can't spoil something I don't already know. — Shannon
Gonzalez: Well, if you already know about the planned returns in the finale for Aussie Belle Emilie de Ravin, hipster sheriff Jamie Dornan and Mad man Sebastian Stan, what I can tell you is that writer Jane Espenson, who I chatted with yesterday, is more than confident that we'll be blown away. In fact, the former Buffy the Vampire Slayer producer says that even with her long list of credits, "this finale is one of the biggest I've ever been a part of." "If you've ever said, 'Gee, I wish they would…' you'll see it," she teases.
Question: Just got into Fairly Legal, how about some scoop on Kate and Justin. [I] love their chemistry and their back and forth! — @whyfores
Gonzalez: Wait, so you're not pro-Ben?! I don't know if we can talk anymore…Kidding! But I will say that an upcoming episode finds both our guys going toe-to-toe on a case involving a, um, colorful character who dresses up in costume. That's a chemistry I think you're really going to enjoy. But I really have to wonder how their relationship and Justin's relationship with Kate will change after what transpires at the end of episode 8…
Question: Anything good on the Secret Circle finale? While I hate to see this show go on hiatus, I'm smelling a big cliffhanger… — Emma
Gonzalez: Then that's a good nose you have! Because Gale Harold told me that's exactly what's in store. But it sounds like it has more layers than a Super Bowl dip. "It's not a straightforward cliffhanger," he says. "It's loaded with confusion. It's loaded with overlaps. Everything is getting twisted inside of itself. These people are getting drawn outside of the physical realm of reality [in terms of their magic] and at the same time, they have to deal with each other every day [as normal people]. So I think that's going to be the nature of the finale." Also, Emma, what, pray tell, does a cliffhanger smell like exactly? Wait, nevermind. I probably don't want to know.
Question: Revenge finale. Go. — Amber
Gonzalez: Fight. Win. And if there's anything worth cheering for, it's how good this finale is. "There was a lot of oohing and ahhing in the table read," says Nick Wechsler. "And we know that they're doing something right with this thing, man. They hook you. And [the finale] has to hook you for another season while also wrapping some stuff up and they do both things quite nicely." And if you think you have an idea of where it's all headed, think again says Gabriel Mann. "I have to genuinely say that by the end I did not anticipate anything that they have now set up that is coming. So kudos and bravo to our writers and the team."
That's it. Enjoy!
Have a terrific weekend!
