Mar 27,2010
Update on New Season 5 Character: Hastings Ruckle
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In addition to being a hot basketball turned football player who seems to be a bit of a vagrant we’re hearing Read the rest of this entry »
Mar 26,2010
Casting Update on Scott Porter’s “Nomads”
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NOMADS (The CW) – Luke Ford (”McLeod’s Daughters”) has joined the cast of the drama pilot, about a group of nearly broke young backpackers traveling the world who agree to earn money by working secret missions for the CIA. He’s on board as one of them, Zack Morgan, “a shaggy blonde 20’s Aussie surfer dude with the good nature (and sex drive) of a Labrador Retriever.” Michaela McManus, Scott Porter and Warren Kole also star in the presentation, which comes from CBS Television Studios, Scott Free Productions and Warner Bros. Television. Ken Sanzel is directing off his own script.
Mar 26,2010
Casting Update on Adrianne Palicki’s “Midland”
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MIDLAND (FOX) – Mark Deklin (”The Ex List”) and Hannah Leigh (”The Suite Life of Zack and Cody”) have landed the final principal roles on the drama pilot, about a con artist (Jimmy Wolk) juggling two lives in two Texas cities with two different women (Adrianne Palicki, Eloise Mumford). He’ll play Trammell (”Brooks Brothers suit, might as well have Wharton MBA stamped on his forehead”), the brother of Palicki’s character, Cat. Leigh then is set as Grace (”cute but plain on purpose”), Cat’s daughter from her first marriage. Bryce Johnson, David Keith and Jon Voight also star in the 20th Century Fox Television-based hour, to be helmed by Marc Webb from a script by Kyle Killen.
Mar 26,2010
The Wrap is Reporting That Season 4 Premiere of FNL May Be Pushed Back by NBC
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It’s looking like NBC is treating our FNL like garbage, yet again. This article is from Joe Adalian (@TVMoJoe) over at The Wrap, and he’s working on getting confirmation directly from NBC about this.
NBC is replacing struggling drama “Mercy” with new game show “Minute to Win It,” according to an email sent to affiliates Friday.
NBC also has decided to delay the return of “Friday Night Lights” a week, to May 7, the email said. The reason: It’s happy with how “Who Do You Think You Are?” Is doing on the night.
To read the rest of this article go to: TheWrap.com and check back here for updates.
Mar 25,2010
Could Filming of “Ridealong” End Matt Lauria/Luke’s Run on FNL?
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Filming of Season 5 of FNL begins on April 7th…does this mean we’re going to get limited Matt Lauria in season 5?? Say it ain’t so!
Rockford native Shawn Ryan’s next TV project, the police drama “Ridealong,” is set to begin production in Chicago April 6, and the cast for the Fox pilot is taking shape.
“Ridealong” cast members include:
- Chicago native Jennifer Beals as Teresa, “a young, female chief of police” who is “attempting to navigate Chicago politics,” Ryan said in a 2009 story about the project.
- “Brotherhood” star Jason Clarke has a major role as a cop named Jarek, a.k.a. “the Polish cowboy”
- “Friday Night Lights’” Matt Lauria plays a character named Caleb
- Todd Williams (”In Plain Sight”) as Isaac
- Billy Lush as Liam (Lush played Lt. Trombley in “Generation Kill” and also appeared in “The Black Donnellys”)
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Devin Kelley as Vonda
Mar 25,2010
New Film Poster for Jesse Plemons’ “Happiness Runs”
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ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at the new poster for Happiness Runs, opening on May 7. Written and directed by Adam Sherman, the drama stars Mark L. Young, Hanna Hall, Jesse Plemons, Laura Peters, Shiloh Fernandez, Andie MacDowell and Rutger Hauer.
In the film, a young man named Victor realizes the shortcomings of the utopian ideals on the hippie commune where he was raised. Victor’s mother is funding the commune where the guru Insley hypnotizes and seduces women with a technique he calls “running.” Insley manipulates the minds of these women so that they give him their bodies and all their worldly possessions.
Mar 25,2010
Ask Ausiello Season 5 Spoiler
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Come on, Ausiello, that doesn’t get you out of “slacking” mode yet!
Question: You’re slackin! Where’s the Friday Night Lights scoop? —Nick
Ausiello: East Dillon’s getting a new wide receiver by the name of — no joke — Hastings Ruckle! According to my casting intel, the season 5 newbie is a tall, lanky, and athletic basketball player who ends up joining the football team.
Mar 25,2010
Casting Update on Matt Lauria/Luke’s “Ridealong”
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FOX has found the female lead for its drama pilot “Ridealong” in former “L Word” star Jennifer Beals.
Beals will play Chicago’s new chief of police in the pilot, which comes from “The Shield” creator Shawn Ryan, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ryan and Beals have worked together on another FOX show, “Lie to Me,” where he’s an executive producer and she has had a recurring role as Cal Lightman’s (Tim Roth) ex-wife.
“Ridealong” also stars Jason Clarke as a beat cop in the city. The cast also includes Todd Williams (”In Plain Sight”) and Matt Lauria (”Friday Night Lights,” “Lipstick Jungle”).
