The Flash (1×16) – “Rogue Time” Written by: Brooke Eikmeier and Kai Yu Wu Story By: Grainne Godfree Directed by: John Behring Picking up where we left off last week, Barry is on the street corner after having traveled back in time one day.  His confused disbelief only grows when Cisco and Wells ask him what’s wrong via his ear piece and tell him to get over to the morgue.  Barry protests he’d already been there the night before they convince him to go. At the morgue, Barry’s fear and confusion seem to double by the second.  It becomes clear quite quickly that something happened.  He shows Joe the coroner’s…

It seems that the Preacher cast is coming together.  We reported on Ruth Negga and Ian Coletti joining the cast last week now another name can be added to the cast: Joseph Gilgun.  According to Deadline, the British actor will be playing Irish born vampire, Cassidy. The native of Northwestern England began his acting career at age ten on the long running series, Coronation Street as Jaime Armstrong.  He left to complete his school and studied fashion design before deciding it was not for him.  He eventually returned to acting fulltime in 2005.  Most know the actor from the film, This is England and the subsequent television series based on…

Comic Book Resources spoke with Viola Davis at the GLAAD Media Awards on the red carpet.  With filming of Suicide Squad imminent, they asked her what drew her to the part.  Davis’ response was simple: “She’s Amanda Waller.”  She then elaborated with “She’s badass!“ She explained that she can relate to Waller because “She’s unapologetic.  Everything that I’m reading about her and studying about her: unapologetic, no humor, just brutal. That’s me.“ She then said that a bonus to playing The Wall.  “Listen, she gets to use a gun.”  With a laugh, she explained, “It’s my fantasy. Now, I would never do that in life, but when I get a…

It seems that with the announcement of Ruth Negga joining the cast of Preacher yesterday (HERE) that the dam has broken.  Deadline announced today that Ian Colletti has been cast as “Eugene Root” aka “Arseface.” Colletti has a diverse acting resume.  His first role was as “Joe’s Friend” on Blues Clues.  He’s also appeared on an episode of The Sopranos and the films Phoebe in Wonderland and Baby Mama.  More recently he gained attention for his role in the 2013 film Jimmy and his time on the television series Rake as Finn Deane.  (imdb) Arseface was a young man from a broken home that tried to emulate Kurt Cobain’s suicide. …

The Flash (1×15) – “Out of Time” Written by: Aaron and Todd Helbing Directed by: Thor Freudenthal After a flashback to the night of the Explosion, we see that Clyde Mardon’s older brother Mark was piloting the brothers’ getaway plane and both were caught in the blast wave before it tears their plane apart. The scene then shifts to a Central City Bowling Alley, Barry and Linda are on another date. Linda seems skeptical that Barry enjoys the game but he declares the place one of his favorite places of all time.  The couple’s evening is interrupted when they come across Iris and Eddie also on a date.  Iris invites…

It’s been a few weeks since we’ve had anything to report on Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s developing series based on Preacher.  That wait is over.  Deadline is reporting that Ruth Negga was the first person cast for the pilot as the female lead, Tulip O’Hare. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ruth Negga broke into acting in 2004 on the BBC series Doctors.  She had a lot of roles in English film and television but has started to work in the US more regularly in the last few years with roles in World War Z, 12 Years a Slave and the upcoming Warcraft film.  She also had a long run…

Two weeks ago, we reported that Lina Esco was cast as “Maze” in Lucifer.  Maze is a demon ally of Lucifer possibly based on the character “Mazikeen.”  If seems that after the table read, Miss Esco has bowed out of the cast.  Her replacement was announced today at Deadline; Lesley-Ann Brandt has taken over the role. Born in South Africa, Brandt is best known for her stint as Naevia on Spartacus: War of the Damned in 2010 and Spartacus: Gods of the Arena in 2011.  She’s also had guest appearances on Legend of the Seeker and Law and Order: SVU.  Last fall, she appeared on Gotham as “Larissa Diaz,” in…

  While Arrow and Flash prepare to return to the CW this week for the final legs of their third and first seasons, Andrew Kreisberg and Greg Berlanti are also hard at work developing and hyping the next entry to the DC-CW-Universe.  The pair took time out of their increasingly busy schedules and spoke with Entertainment Weekly to tease the currently untitled Arrow/Flash spinoff. It’s safe to say that Kreisberg and Berlanti are riding pretty high at this point.  Just a few years ago, most DC Fans that knew their name at all might only know them as a writer of a few episodes of the Justice League cartoon and…

It seems the floodgates on Lucifer news have opened in the last few days.  Today, the producers have announced two more series regulars.  Joining the cast are actor D.B. Woodside and actress/comedienne Rachael Harris. D.B. Woodside is a native of Jamaica, Queens in New York City.  His first television role was in 1997 in the miniseries; Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer his role continued on the series that followed.  He followed that with several roles in television films before playing “Robin Wood” in the final season of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.  He followed that role with a stint of 24 as “President Wayne Palmer.”  More recently he appeared…

More casting news from Lucifer has surfaced.  As the Fox/Bruckheimer/WB collaboration approaches the start of production, news is beginning to come out more regularly.  Deadline reported today that Nicholas Gonzalez has joined the cast of Lucifer as a series regular.   Gonzalez is an actor with dozens of roles to his credit in a career that reaches all the way back to 1998 and a guest spot of the ABC sitcom, Dharma and Greg.  Since then, he’s worked alongside names like Edward James Olmos and Danny Glover.  More recently, he’s had appearances on Sleepy Hollow, Modern Family and Jane the Virgin.  Later this year, he will lend his voice to the…