The SpoilerTV Daily Newsreel - 16th February 2018 *Updated*

16th February 2018

05:25 - MOVIES: Descendants 3 - Disney Announces Third Movie

Thanks to That Which Dreams for the heads up.

15th February 2018

23:45 - Roswell - Julie Plec to Direct CW's Reboot Pilot

Prolific writer-producer Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals) has landed her first pilot directing gig, with the CW’s Roswell reboot, from writer Carina Adly MacKenzie, Amblin TV, Bender Brown Prods and Warner Bros. TV. Plec also will executive produce the pilot and will continue as executive producer via her My So-Called Company production banner if the pilot is ordered to series.

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Deadline

23:00 - Titans - Bruno Bichir to Recur in DC's Digital Series

Thanks to Nicholas for the heads up.

Bruno Bichir (Absentia) has been cast as a recurring opposite Brenton Thwaites, Anna Diop and Teagan Croft in the new live-action series Titans, from Greg Berlanti, Akiva Goldsman, Geoff Johns, Sarah Schechter and Warner Bros TV. The series is slated to premiere in 2018 as part of the inaugural slate of a new DC-branded direct-to-consumer digital service.

Bichir will play Dr. Niles (The Chief) Caulder, a pioneer in medical science, searching the world over for those on the edge of death in need of a miracle. Brilliant, but controversial, Dr. Caulder will stop at nothing to help those he believes are in need, including his collection of strange heroes known as The Doom Patrol.

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Deadline

19:57 - Take Two - Xavier De Guzman Joins Cast

Xavier De Guzman (Designated Survivor) has been cast opposite Rachel Bilson and Eddie Cibrian in Take Two, ABC’s straight-to-series light crime drama procedural from Castle creator Andrew W. Marlowe. Written by Marlowe and his wife, former Castle executive producer Terri Edda Miller, Take Two stars Bilson as Ella, the former star of a hit cop series who’s fresh-out-of-rehab following a bender of epic proportion. Desperate to restart her career, she talks her way into shadowing rough-and-tumble private investigator Eddie (Cibrian) as research for a potential comeback role. De Guzman will play Berto, Eddie’s (Cibrian) assistant.

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Deadline

13th February 2018

16:55 - Chicago Fire - Season 6 - Damon Dayoub to Recur

A new firefighter is headed to Firehouse 51. Stitchers alum Damon Dayoub is set for a multi-episode arc on Season 6 of NBC’s hit drama series Chicago Fire.

Dayoub will play Jake Cordova, a confident, rugged man’s man firefighter.

The most recent episode ended in a cliffhanger with Casey (Jesse Spencer) and Severide (Taylor Kinney) jumping off a building roof amid flames. The show is now on hiatus until after the Olympics, returning on March 1.

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Deadline

11th February 2018

13:00 - Child's Play TV Series in Development

Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

Mancini tells Bloody Disgusting exclusively that he and franchise producer David Kirschner are currently developing a “Child’s Play” television series!

Mancini tells us that the series was “deliberately set up at end of the last movie,” while further adding that the “tone is dark and disturbing.”

“We plan to use Child’s Play in the title,” Mancini explained. “We want to definitely signal that we are going dark, darker than ever before. It’s going to be very creepy.”

Using the original “Child’s Play” title is exciting because it signals that the series will once again involve kids. Oh, and Mancini confirmed that Dourif will once again return to voice Chucky!

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Bloody Disgusting

10th February 2018

22:00 - Gotham - Season 4B - Joker is Coming

While speaking on Discussing Film's podcast this week, Gotham star David Mazouz confirmed that Jerome definitely wasn't the Joker, but went on to explain that the actual Joker was coming soon, and that Jerome's story is vital to the character's arrival.

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ComicBook

Titans - Season 1 - Doom Patrol to Appear in Episode 5

Thanks to Ivan for the heads up.

07:30 - Elizabeth Olsen Starring Dramedy Series Ordered by Facebook

Thanks to johnhelvete for the heads up.

Facebook has given a ten-episode straight-to-series order to a half-hour female-driven dramedy, starring and executive produced by Elizabeth Olsen. The untitled series (fka Widow), which will run on streaming platform Facebook Watch, was created and written by Kit Steinkellner (Z: The Beginning of Everything), with Switched at Birth creator Lizzy Weiss on board as showrunner and James Ponsoldt (Master of None) set to executive produce and direct multiple episodes, including the pilot. The show hails from Big Beach TV and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

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Deadline

07:30 - 'Psycho', 'Imitation of Life' Actor John Gavin Dies at 86

Reg E. Cathey, Actor on 'House of Cards' and 'The Wire,' Dies at 59

The Emmy winner and three-time nominee also played a warden on 'Oz.'
Reg E. Cathey, the eloquent Emmy-winning actor from House of Cards who also was known for his excellent work on The Wire, has died. He was 59. No details of his death were immediately available.

In 2015, Cathey won his Emmy for his portrayal of Freddy Hayes, the owner of a BBQ joint who ends up with a job in the White House, on Netflix's House of Cards in a stretch of three straight years with a nomination. Simon reported Cathey's death on Twitter.

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Hollywood Reporter

8th February 2018

21:22 - Alex, Inc. - Sophia Bush to Guest

Sophia Bush has lined up her first post-Chicago P.D. TV role. TV Guide has learned that Bush will guest star on ABC's upcoming workplace/family comedy Alex, Inc., which premieres March 28.

Bush will play Vanessa Stanhope, a well-known radio host who spars with Alex (Zach Braff), who left his radio job to start a podcasting company.

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TV Guide

19:50 - Little America - Half-Hour Anthology From Kumail Nanjiani & Emily V. Gordon in Development at Apple

Thanks to Jane for the heads up.

Apple is developing Little America, a half-hour anthology series from Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, the Oscar-nominated writers of indie hit The Big Sick, SMILF executive producer Lee Eisenberg, Master of None co-creator/executive producer Alan Yang and Universal Television.

Written by Eisenberg, who will serve as showrunner, Nanjiani and Gordon, Little America is based on the true stories featured in Epic Magazine and described on the site as “a small, collective portrait of America’s immigrants — and thereby a portrait of America itself.” The TV series will go beyond the headlines to look at the funny, romantic, heartfelt, inspiring and unexpected lives of immigrants in America, at a time when their stories are more relevant than ever.

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