The human half of the Robocop remake equation has been a question for some time, but MGM is hoping to move the project forward by offering Joel Kinnaman the title role. The news comes nearly a year after it was announced that the film would be helmed by José Padilha, director of the Brazilian action film The Elite Squad
Prepare to have your minds blown! HBO released the second official trailer for Game of Thrones season two via its streaming service, HBO GO. Although season two of the series will premiere on April 1st, the network has been keeping the public up to date regarding recent developments on the show. Game of Thrones was a massive success last year and the upcoming season promises to exceed our wildest expectations. The show, which already flaunts an impressive cast to begin with (despite Sean Bean’s exit), will have additional characters introduced this season including Stephen Dillane as Stannis Baratheon, Liam Cunningham as Ser Davos Seaworth, Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth, and Carice van Houten as Melisandre.
FX has renewed its popular and critically acclaimed animated spy series Archer for a fourth season. The cable network has issued a 13-episode order and has thrown in a 2-year deal with Archer executive producers Adam Reed and Matt Thompson and their animation studio, Floyd County Prods.
After weeks of speculation about who might get the part, British actor David Morrissey has landed the much coveted role of The Governor on AMC’s The Walking Dead. The announcement came on Friday, which took fans by surprise after rumors were floating around that Michael Rooker (who played Daryl’s brother Merle on the show) was a possible candidate to take on the role. Morrissey is a veteran actor famous for his roles in shows like State Of Play, Meadowlands & Blackpool. American audiences are probably more familiar with his role as Michael Glass in Basic Instinct 2 opposite Sharon Stone (or not, which is good. The movie was horrible).
TVLine.com reports that Mira Sorvino is close to signing up for the lead role in CBS pilot Trooper. If the deal comes through, it would be the first series for the Oscar winner actress who has made several guest appearances in TV series (including House and Will & Grace) and whose last TV role was the lead in the mini-series The Last Templar (2009).
Greendale fans rejoice! After NBC inexplicably bumped off Community from its mid-season schedule a few months ago, creator Dan Harmon informed the desperate public that the show will be returning to Thursday nights on March 15th. According to a tweet from Dan Harmon –
“What you call 8:00, we call home. Community returns to Thursday nights on March 15th.”
The pilot season has reached that stage where we get more and more casting news from projects picked up for the May showdown. Former Smallville Alumni Kristin Kreuk (who played Lana Lang) will star in The CW reboot of the 1980s series Beauty and the Beast. It’s loosely based on the CBS original, this version centers on a New York homicide detective (Kreuk) who teams up with a military veteran turned into a beast by a failed experiment.
After more than a year without a pilot order, Syfy has given a greenlight to its second pilot in less than a month. Deadline.com reports that the channel has purchased The Dover Agenda, a sci-fi action drama from Brett Conrad (Sons of Anarchy). The series is about “a young man who is recruited by a future version of himself to work for a secret branch of Military Intelligence specializing in parapsychology and future tech.”
Peter Mensah, who plays Oenomaus on the STARZ network’s Spartacus: Vengeance has been cast in a recurring role on HBO’s True Blood. He will play Kibwe, the chancellor of the vampire authority in Season 5 of the show, which will return this summer. James Wolk, star of the short-lived series Lone Star, has been cast in Greg Berlanti’s newest venture on the USA Network, Political Animals. The six-hour political drama series will be his latest project after his recent guest appearances on Shameless & Happy Endings.
Desmond Hume is coming over to Fringe! Scottish-Peruvian actor Henry Ian Cusick, most famous for his role as Desmond Hume on Lost will guest star on an episode of FOX’s Fringe. Cusick, who was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series for his role on Lost was last seen as a guest star on Law & Order: SVU. On Fringe, he is set to play an FBI agent assisting the Fringe Division with a case & will reportedly guest star in episode 19 of the 22 episode season. Speculation is rife about which universe he will be representing, but since the FBI doesn’t exist in the alternate universe those rumors may soon be appeased.
This will be the second time that Cusick will be working on a J.J. Abrams project after receiving tremendous praise for his role on Lost. Fans will be disappointed to know that his role on Fringe is expected to be brief as he has already filmed seven episodes of the upcoming ABC series Scandal opposite Kerry Washington & Columbus Short as a main cast member. Fringe is currently in the middle of its fourth season & rumors of its potential cancellation have not been well received. Cusick’s appearance towards the end of season four could possibly indicate his involvement in a major storyline that is yet to materialize.
