....Well, guys, it's official. HBO has confirmed recent rumors that True Blood's seventh season, set to air next summer, will mark the show's True Death. The news shouldn't really come as a shock; the clock has been ticking on Bon Temps for quite some time.
BUSINESS TIME
NBA superstar LeBron James will executive-produce Survivor's Remorse, a scripted half-hour comedy series he's developing with Starz about two men from the streets of Philadelphia who rise to fame and then must deal with the consequences and hardships of being famous.
... Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage are responsible for fifty percent of television created today, and that figure might increase now that ABC has purchased First Timers, a comedy from The Neighbors producers Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker. The series would follow a guy and a gal who form a business partnership.
... Fox officially announced today that "Grammy- and Emmy Award-winning multi-platinum singer, musician, songwriter, composer and film/television and Broadway actor" Harry Connick Jr. will join Season 13 of American Idol as the third and final judge alongside Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban.
CASTING NEWS
... Justified's Walton Goggins will guest-star on Community. He'll play Mr. Stone, a mysterious man who tempts the study group with an interesting offer. Could it be... the opportunity to erase Season 4 from memory? Community still doesn't have a return date, but now it has Goggins, making the wait even more painful.
... The likable Jason O'Mara has time-traveled for three of his biggest gigs, warping back to prehistoric days and fighting dinosaurs (and viruses and birds) on Terra Nova, zapping back to the 1970s in the occasionally outstanding U.S. remake of Life on Mars, and whooshing over to the 1960s in CBS's Vegas, but his next role will see him journey all the way to 2013! O'Mara has landed an important recurring role on CBS's legal drama The Good Wife, playing an Irish lawyer looking to join the corporate ranks.
... Starz has added a pair of Scottish actors to its upcoming series Outlander, a drama about a WWII nurse who time-travels back to the days of highland warriors in Scotland. Graham McTavish (The Hobbit) and Gary Lewis (Billy Elliot) will play nephew and uncle in Clan MacKenzie.
... Elizabeth Hurley will next be seen on E!'s pilot The Royals. The drama is a rare foray for E! into scripted television, and follows a fictional royal family. Hurley will play the Queen. She last appeared on Gossip Girl. Am guessing this is also produced by Ryan Seacrest.
... Pretty Little Liars' Lucy Hale will guest-star in the third season of ABC Family's comedy series Baby Daddy, airing sometime in 2014. There's no word yet on who she'll play. Baby Daddy will air its summer finale on September 4.
... Gil McKinney, most recently seen as Sam and Dean's grandfather on Supernatural, has been cast in the recurring role of Prince Eric on Once Upon a Time. He and Ariel (JoAnna Garcia Swisher) will both first appear in Episode 6, aptly titled "Ariel."
... Jason Priestley has now joined the ever-growing cast of CSI's 300th episode. He'll play a casino mogul whose reputation was ruined so badly that he became a crazy recluse. Bethany Joy Lenz of One Tree Hill signed on last week, not long after it was announced that Marg Helgenberger would be reprising her role as Catherine Willows in honor of the milestone event.
... Broadway vet Will Chase (Smash) is joining Nashville as Luke, a country music star and potential love interest for Connie Britton's Rayna Jaymes, because that girl apparently doesn't already have enough men in her life.
... Gregor Clegane, a.k.a. the Mountain a.k.a. the Super Mean Older Brother of the Hound, has been recast on Game of Thrones. Again. After a brief portrayal by Conan Stevens in Season 1, and by Ian Whyte in a few episodes of Season 2, the latest iteration of the character will be played by Hafthor Julius Bjornsson in Season 4.
... Ben and Kate's Dakota Johnson and Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam (Pacific Rim) have landed the coveted roles of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. Not long after the announcement was made, the internet did what the internet does and now a bunch of crazy people have signed a petition to recast the leads because they're not the actors the fans wanted. Internet, you so crazy.
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