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New images reveal FBI: Most Wanted will have another crossover with FBI's Alana De La Garza. Viewers won't have to wait long for the crossover to air as De la Garza will appear in season 6, episode 2 "Varsity Blues." De La Garza has previously appeared in many episodes of FBI: Most Wanted as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. The new episode, which will air on October 22, will mark the actor's 13th appearance on the spinoff show.

The first-look images reveal Isobel joining the Fugitive Task Force to help them hunt down a missing teen from New Jersey. The images include Isobel with the Fugitive Task Force and Remy Scott appearing suspicious while looking through the trunk of a car. Executive producer David Hudgins tells TV Insider he enjoys bringing De La Garza in for crossovers. With characters in the FBI franchise working "in the same building," they like to do this "every chance we can.

Black Bolt is ready to strike your laptop screen. Finally.

Six weeks after premiering a sizzle reel for press and advertisers at ABC’s Upfronts, Marvel’s Inhumans has released a trailer for everyone else to size up.

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Marvel’s Inhumans makes its ABC debut on Friday, Sept. 29, with a two-hour premiere starting at 8/7c. Those same two (of Season 1’s eight) episodes will be exclusively screened in IMAX theaters four weeks earlier, starting Friday, Sept. 1.

Marvel’s Inhumans centers on a royal family of superhumans,...

Marvel’s Inhumans will make its ABC debut on Friday, Sept. 29, with a double-episode premiere starting at 8/7c, Yahoo! TV reports.

Those same episodes (the first two of eight total) will be exclusively released in IMAX theaters on Friday, Sept. 1.

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Season 7 of Once Upon a Time will otherwise lead off ABC’s Friday line-up, leading into Inhumans (and later down the road, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.); a premiere date for the fantasy drama’s “reboot” (or for any other ABC series) has not yet been announced.

Marvel on Tuesday morning released a teaser poster for Marvel’s Inhumans, to air this fall on ABC following a theatrical run.

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The first two episodes of the eight-episode series — which has been filming in Hawaii and explores the never-before-told epic adventure of Black Bolt and the royal family — will premiere Friday, Sept. 1 in IMAX theaters for a two-week window, before the show lands on ABC.

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Hell on Wheels vet Anson Mount will play Black Bolt, while other cast...

The kids in Riverdale are singing “Kids in America.”

During next Thursday’s episode (The CW, 9/8c), Archie and Veronica duet on the new-wave hit at the Homecoming dance, and Betty looks none too pleased about the flirty chemistry between the duo in this sneak peek. (Someone else even storms off during the number.)

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Press Play on the video above to watch the performance, then hit the comments with your thoughts.

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This past week Marvel has bombarded us with casting new for their ambitious Inhumans series. So far we've got Anson Mount (Hell on Wheels) playing Balck Bolt, Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones) playing Maximus the Mad, Serinda Swan (Smallville) taking on the role of the queen, Medusa, and Ken Leung playing Karnak, Black Bolt’s cousin and closest advisor.

The studio has now announced the rest of the main cast of the series, which will include the roles of Gorgon, Crystal, Triton, and Auran. Below you'll find a breakdown of each of these characters and who is playing them:

Eme Ikwuakor (“Concussion,” “Extant”) as Gorgon – Cousin of Black Bolt (Anson Mount), member of the Royal family, and leader of Attilan’s military. With super strong legs, complete with hooves, he can generate destructive seismic waves with a single stomp. The yin to his cousin Karnak’s (Ken Leung) yang, Gorgon...

Eme Ikwuakor (Concussion, Extant), Isabelle Cornish (Australia Day, Puberty Blues), Mike Moh (Empire, Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist), Sonya Balmores (Beyond the Break, Soul Surfer ), and Ellen Woglom (Californication, Outlaw) have rounded out the cast of Marvel’s Inhumans, the new ABC series that will get an Imax debut. Marvel's Inhumans will explore the never-before-told epic adventure of the royal family, including Black Bolt (Anson Mount), the enigmatic, commanding…...

Marvel’s Inhumans is adding to its ranks.

The upcoming ABC drama about a royal family of superhumans, led by king Black Bolt (Hell on Wheels‘ Anson Mount), has tapped Outlaw‘s Ellen Woglom to play an undisclosed character whose aerospace company job is second only to her passion for all things space and lunar. (Hit the comments with your theories!)

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Also joining the ensemble are Extant‘s Eme Ikwuakor (as Black Bolt’s cousin Gorgon), Home and Away‘s Isabelle Cornish (as Black Bolt...

Carly Pope wants the dirt on Oliver Queen.

Arrow has tapped the Popular actress to recur in Season 5 as Susan Williams, a journalist from Coast City, TV Insider reports.

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Susan — who makes her debut in Episode 3 — comes to Star City and targets the new mayor for a big story. In the DC Comics, the reporter is married to Jim Jordan, the little brother of Coast City’s resident hero Green Lantern, aka Hal Jordan.

Pope joins a growing list of Season 5 newbies that also includes Chicago P.D....

Suits‘ latest cast addition is sure to be, er, popular.

Carly Pope, who starred on the late WB series Popular and recurred on The CW’s The Tomorrow People, has joined Season 6 of the USA Network drama, TVLine has learned.

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Pope will recur as Tara Messer, a cultured and perceptive commercial architect. When Louis reaches his wits’ end with Stu Buzzini (Melissa & Joey‘s Ian Reed Kesler) and the other Wall Street traders, he brings in Tara to help partition them away.

Other newcomers to the series include The People v.

Film, TV and games companies have big plans for legendary tights-wearer Robin Hood. Here’s our primer on all the new versions…

Note: we've taken images from old Robin Hood projects because these new films and things, um, don't exist yet. Maximum geek points to whoever can remember what they're all from.

You don’t need us to remind you, but these days Hollywood and TV executives seem to have one target in mind – big franchises, hopefully with spin-offs and tie-ins galore across all possible forms of media.

An interesting consequence of all this is that the entertainment industry has begun looking beyond capes and cowls in their ‘what can we make a franchise out of?’ discussions. ‘What about other sorts of legendary characters?’ you can imagine them asking, before a big eureka moment… ‘What about Robin bloody Hood?!’

Almost simultaneously, it seems like every studio in Hollywood has latched...

To mark the release of Arrow Season 2 on DVD and Blu-ray 22nd September, we’ve been given a Kindle Fire HD (as seen here) to give away to one lucky HeyUGuys reader. Two runners-up will also receive the series on DVD.

Arrow Season 2 is the epic sci-fi serial drama that breeds a whole new level of superhero. The crime fighting masked vigilante with a bow and arrow returns to Starling City as Arrow : Season 2 aims and shoots to Blu-ray and DVD on 15 September from Warner Home Entertainment.

Season 2 boasts an all star young Hollywood cast including; Stephen Amell (The Flash, New Girl) as leading man Oliver Queen and the masked Arrow man; Katie Cassidy (Gossip Girl, Monte Carlo, A Nightmare on Elm Street) as Laurel Lance the attorney and former girlfriend of Oliver Queen; David Ramsey (Blue Bloods, The Defenders, Outlaw) as John Diggle, Oliver’s partner, confidant and bodyguard; Willa Holland (Tiger Eyes,...

Sons of Anarchy‘s Lee Toric isn’t just mad about his sister being killed. No, the former U.S. Marshal may be just plain mad, as well.

As glimpsed during the final scenes of the FX hit’s Season 6 premiere, Toric is battling assorted demons of his own as he labors to take down Samcro. As he shot up and later stripped down, it was a startling contrast to the somewhat dapper, in-control lawman we’d seen thus far. And make no mistake, the very worst is yet to come.

As portrayer Donal Logue puts it, “The inside of...

Carly Pope is headed to The CW.

The actress (24, Outlaw) will recur on Season 1 of The Tomorrow People as Morgan Burke, a woman with special powers who has kept her unique abilities a secret for years… until she gets exposed and ends up as a pawn between two sides fighting for control of her species.

The Tomorrow People premieres Wednesday, October 9 at 9/8c, following Arrow, and comes to us from producers Greg Berlanti and Julie Plec.

Watch a preview for the drama now:

The Tomorrow People Preview...

A Popular girl has found herself amongst The Tomorrow People.

Carly Pope has booked a recurring role on The CW’s new sci-fi series, TVLine has learned exclusively.

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The actress will play Morgan Burke, one of the super-powered folk who has managed, thanks to an illicit relationship with a very powerful man, to conceal her paranormal abilities from the government organization which hunts down her kind. But when her connection is exposed, Morgan becomes a pawn in a shadow war between the species.

In addition to starring on The WB’s Popular,...

Though it's typically the faces in front of the camera that fans associate with a hit TV series, many of your favorite shows had some very famous people behind the scenes as well. From "Star Trek" to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," legendary Emmy, Grammy and even Oscar winners helped create the shows that have become integral parts of TV history.

The tradition of big names producing signature shows continues this season with Rebel Wilson's "Super Fun Night" on ABC. Wilson is producing her American TV debut along with comedian Jeff Ross and Conan O'Brien and his Conaco Productions, who was behind "Andy Barker, P.I." and the short-lived NBC drama "Outlaw," starring Jimmy Smits.

O'Brien also co-created "Super Fun Night" with Wilson and had only the highest praises for her at the Television Critics Association Summer 2013 press tour earlier this month, comparing Wilson's character Kimmie to Lucille Ball and Tina Fey's iconic characters.

Comic-Con International announced the programming schedule for the first day of San Diego Comic-Con 2013 on Thursday, July 18. You can clickHere for the full schedule, including comic book-related events, but we have all the movie, DVD, and TV-related panels for you right here. You can also clickHere to check out the TV pilots that will be presented on Preview Night, Wednesday, July 17. Take a look at what panels and events are happening in San Diego, two weeks from today.

Thursday, July 18

10:00 Am - 11:00 Am Intelligence

Stars Josh Holloway (Lost), Meghan Ory (Once Upon a Time), and Marg Helgenberger (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and executive producers Michael Seitzman (North Country), Ren&#233 Echevarria (Terra Nova, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), and Tripp Vinson discuss the new CBS dramatic thriller. Holloway plays Gabriel, a high-tech intelligence operative enhanced with a supercomputer microchip in his brain. With this implant, Gabriel is the first...

Exclusive: Veteran drama showrunner John Eisendrath has signed a new two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television. Under his previous overall pact with Sony, Eisendrath most recently helped develop Jon Bokenkamp’s drama project The Blacklist for NBC and served as executive producer/showrunner on the pilot. He continues as executive producer/showrunner on The Blacklist, which was picked up to series after the pilot became NBC’s best testing pilot in 10 years and landed the network’s best slot on the fall schedule, behind The Voice on Monday. ICM Partners-repped Eisendrath created and exec produced the praised 2003 Espn drama series Playmakers. He also served as executive producer/showrunner on NBC’s Outlaw and My Own Worst Enemy and executive produced ABC’s Alias, Fox’s Beverly Hills, 90210 and the WB’s Felicity.

It’s The CW’s turn in the pickup spotlight.

The network has handed series orders to the dramas Star-Crossed (formerly Oxygen), Tomorrow People, Reign, and The 100, TVLine has confirmed.

They join the previously ordered Vampire Diaries spin-off The Originals.

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Among the noteworthy pilots not getting the go-ahead from The CW was a second stab at adapting The Selection for TV. (The CW’s complete development slate can be found here.)

Here’s the logline/casting/pedigree info for each of the new series:

The 100 (Drama)

EPs | Jason Rothenberg,...

The CW placed three pilot orders late Friday, including the post-apocalyptic drama The Hundred and the alien-human romantic saga Oxygen.

The Hundred , written by Jason Rothenberg (Body Politic) is set 97 years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization. A spaceship housing the lone human survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth to investigate the possibility of re-colonizing the planet. The project is based on upcoming Alloy book series by Kass Morgan.

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Oxygen, from Good Wife scribe Meredith Averill, chronicles an epic romance...

Update, 3:40 Pm: As expected, The CW picked up two more drama pilots: Reign, the untold story of Mary Queen of Scots’ rise to power, from writers/exec producers Stephanie Sengupta (Outlaw) and Laurie McCarthy (CSI: Miami); and Oxygen, written/exec produced by Meredith Averill, about an epic romance between a human girl and an alien boy when he and eight others of his kind are integrated into a suburban high school 10 years after they landed on Earth and were consigned to an internment camp. Reign, from CBS TV Studios, charts Mary Queen of Scots’ rise to power when she arrives in France as a 15-year-old, betrothed to Prince Francis, and with her three best friends as ladies-in-waiting. It details the secret history of survival at French Court amidst fierce foes, dark forces, and a world of sexual intrigue. Reign joins another CW costume drama pilot that is set in a kingdom,...

The CW has given a green light to a sci-fi post-apocalyptic thriller called The Hundred.

Here’s the logline: “97 years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization, a massive spaceship housing the lone human survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents with dark secrets back to Earth to investigate the possibility of re-colonizing the planet.”

Intrigued? It’s based upon the forthcoming The Hundred young adult book series written by Kass Morgan. Jason Rothenberg is the writer and executive producer with Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo as exec prods. The show is bound to draw some comparisons to Lord of the Flies and...

The "McConaissance" -- a word coined to describe the recent renaissance, if you will, of Matthew McConaughey's career -- has officially now steamrolled into Park City, Utah. The actor, who starred in four wildly different films last year ("Magic Mike," "The Paperboy," "Bernie" and "Killer Joe") is at the Sundance Film Festival with new film, "Mud," which has already garnered some serious buzz.

McConaughey and I met on the roof-deck of a Park City restaurant. When you first meet Matthew McConaughey, he is both cordial and charming. When he speaks to you, he leans in and looks you dead in the eye. McConaughey, with a tight haircut -- and looking healthy again after loosing a considerable amount of weight for his upcoming film, "Dallas Buyers Club" -- is not the type to offer bullshit. He's keenly self-aware of what you think of some of his romantic comedies and is...

Stephen Fishbach was the runner-up on Survivor: Tocantins and has been blogging about Survivor strategy for People.com since 2009. Follow him on Twitter @stephenfishbach. "I'm trying to choose my battles carefully. I'm trying to stay one step ahead of the competition." - Jonathan Penner, Survivor: Cook IslandsI hate to say it, but I was bored. After two explosive episodes of backstabs and blindsides, Wednesday's Survivor hit a wall. We spent 44 minutes watching Lisa Whelchel - who now has West Nile virus - wring her hands and moan about loyalty and trust. Hey CBS, Lifetime called. They want their original movie back!

Exclusive: Big-swing dramas are those that have worked lately — from AMC’s The Walking Dead and HBO’s Game Of Thrones to ABC’s Once Upon A Time and NBC’s Revolution. The CW is taking a step in that direction with Reign, from writers/executive producers Laurie McCarthy (CSI: Miami) and Stephanie SenGupta (Outlaw). The project, which was sold directly to the CW and laid off at CBS TV Studios, is a fantastical reimagining of the teenage Mary Queen of Scots. Mary was 6 days old when she succeeded her father, King James V of Scotland, to the throne. Her mother, Mary of Guise, was French, and Mary spent most of her childhood and teen years in France while Scotland was ruled by regents. She was 16 when she married Francis, Dauphin of France, who became King of France the next year but died a year later, leaving Mary a widow...

Sons of Anarchy premiered with a fiery death and to record ratings this week, as the Jax Teller presidency got off to a bumpy beginning.

What was the best scene? Where does the drama go from here? Round Table panelists Matt Richenthal, Christine Orlando, Chris O'Hara, Carla Day and Dan Forcella have gathered below to assess "Sovereign" and title Jax's new journal...

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What was your favorite scene from the premiere?

Matt: The mini showdown between Clay and Jax at the table. I was of the opinion that the latter had to kill the former last season, but I'm now fascinated by the ways in which Kurt Sutter will force these two to play off each other and, of course, against each other.

Christine: I loved the opening scenes with Gemma and Nero. Between Gemma being hungover and clueless and Nero's "I'm a companionator. I bring folks together. I'm all about the love,...

Phew -- I just surveyed the upcoming fall season of network TV and realized there are a sufficient number of hotties to keep us occupied 'til spring. One problem: There's very little diversity to go around, and that's an upsetting fact. Come on, network TV. It's time to not suck.

But without further ado, here are your ten best hotties of the fall season. And who better to land at #1 than an out and proud dude with acting chops galore?

10. Ed Weeks (Fox's The Mindy Project)

Primarily, The Mindy Projet is a showcase for Mindy Kaling's aw-shucks-y humor and deadpan delivery, but could it be a breakout vehicle for Ed Weeks, who plays Kaling's British, "Hugh Grant-like" coworker?

9. Jesse Bradford (NBC's Guys With Kids)

This 33-year-old alum of Swimfan and Flags of Our Fathers was last seen in the failed NBC drama Outlaw with Jimmy Smits, but I'm rooting...

Forget the traditional gold: Doctor Who is getting something really special for its 50th anniversary.

To mark the auspicious occasion, the BBC has commissioned a 90-minute event called An Adventure in Space and Time, reports BBC News.

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The one-off special, written by regular Who scribe Mark Gatiss, will chronicle the real-life birth of the sci-fi franchise in the early 1960s.

“This is the story of how an unlikely set of brilliant people created a true television original,” said Gatiss, adding that he plans to explore how actor...

Jay Mohr and Ellen Woglom (Outlaw, Californication) have joined Josh Cooke as co-leads in TV Land’s multi-camera comedy pilot Brothers-In-Law, while Ben Falcone is set as the lead of TV Land’s other comedy pilot, the single-camera I’m Not Dead. Written and executive produced by comedy veterans Bill Martin and Mike Schiff (3rd Rock From The Sun), who will serve as showrunners, Brothers-In-Law revolves around the family dynamic between a husband (Cooke) and the eccentric new boyfriend (Mohr) of his wife’s fraternal twin sister (Woglom), who have nothing in common but the sisters constantly force them to bond. Scott Stuber is executive producing the pilot, with Quan Phung producing. Actor-comedian Mohr, managed by Barry Katz, recently recurred on ABC’s Suburgatory. Woglom is with Paradigm and Sanders.Armstrong.Caserta. I’m Not Dead Yet, from Ben Silverman’s Electus, marks TV Land’s first single-camera pilot. Written...

Michael Westen is about to get caught up with a dirty cop on "Burn Notice" -- although you wouldn't know it to look at the guy.

The USA series has cast Antonio Jaramillo ("Meet the Browns," "Savages") in an upcoming episode, Zap2it has learned exclusively. He'll play a "slick" Miami Pd detective named Garza.

The character is an ends-justify-the-means kind of guy, meaning he's not necessarily against bending (or outright breaking) the rules if it results in putting criminals away. He also loves using the power that comes with a badge.

Sounds like just the kind of guy that Michael (Jeffrey Donovan) and his mates would love taking down a peg or two, doesn't it? They'll get their chance when Garza targets a newly released prisoner, who in turn seeks out Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar) for help.

Jaramillo's other credits include episodes of "CSI: Miami" and "Outlaw" and the short-lived 2006 series "Fashion House.

The next entry in Marvel’s One-Shot film series is Item 47, a 12-minute video which will be included on the upcoming Avengers Blu-ray. Marvel will be holding a special screening of the short for a select few attendees at next week’s Comic-Con International in San Diego.

Previous One-Shots (The Consultant and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer) starred Clark Gregg as everyone’s favorite S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent, Phil Coulson. Item 47, by comparison, revolves around the misadventures of two regular people in the aftermath of the alien invasion in Avengers.

Item 47 stars Lizzy Caplan (Party Down, True Blood) and Jesse Bradford (Outlaw) as a couple who’re down on their luck when they recover a Chitauri weapon from the wreckage of Manhattan (post-Avengers). As revealed in Entertainment Weekly‘s ...

Click to continue reading First Look at Marvel’s ‘Avengers’ Short Film ‘Item 47′; Premiere at Comic-Con...

Screen Rant’s Kofi Outlaw Reviews Snow White and the Huntsman

Snow White and the Huntsman re-imagines the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale as a Medieval fantasy epic, which starts off on a familiar note: A noble queen sees three drops of blood fall on fresh snow and wishes for a daughter who is just as fair. That daughter is born, but when the mother dies, the King, in his grief, takes on a new wife who proves to be his undoing. In this version, that evil queen is a man-hating sorceress named Ravenna (Charlize Theron), whose dark magic plunges the entire kingdom into despair and horror.

Ravenna is bonded ...

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Kurt Sutter’s reputation in the cable TV game is firmly cemented, at least as far as we here at the Complex are concerned, by virtue of the introduction of Sons of Anarchy into the bloodstream of the American television viewing audience. That alone would earn him all the cred he needs to grab a seat at the head of the table.

Now, just to show off, Sutter will turn his fascination with all things transgressive toward a new Discovery series entitled Kurt Sutter’s Outlaw Empires, which will take audiences on a grand tour of the inner workings of a variety of criminal American institutions. According to Deadline, Empires will be a six-parter that covers a different group with each episode. Included on the list of subjects are the Crips, Outlaw Bikers, the Irish Mob, Nuestra Familia, the Italian Mafia, and the Aryan Brotherhood.

Sutter claims that the documentary...

Guess who’s riding into Charming when Sons of Anarchy’s Fifth Season picks up this Fall? None other than small screen vet Jimmy Smits.

Smits, most recently seen on the defunct NBC drama Outlaw, will be playing a whole new type of outlaw on the FX biker drama.

Deadline reports that the venerable actor will play a tattoo-covered character named Neron “Nero” Padilla, further describing him as “a Latino gangbanger with an exit strategy who becomes a dangerous mentor for Jax [Teller].”

Those familiar with Smits’ body of work know that he’s best known for playing suit-and-tie wearing guys on the good side of the law, having won an Emmy as attorney Victor Sifuentes in L.A. Law. He later solidified his status as a great actor as detective Bobby Simone on NYPD Blue and Congressman (and later President) Matthew Santos in The West Wing.

But Smits tackled a darker...

Do you remember when Jimmy Smits was on Outlaw? Congrats! You're the only one. Even Smits doesn't remember that gig.

Casting News

... Jimmy Smits (NYPD Blue) is joining Samcro! The Emmy nominee will star in the fifth season of FX's Sons of Anarchy in a major role. He'll play a dangerous Latino gangster who becomes a mentor to Jax. I'm sure this will go great! [More >>...

Jimmy Smits, best known for lawmen roles on "NYPD Blue," "The West Wing" and "L.A. Law," is going to the other side. The Actor is joining FX's biker drama "Sons of Anarchy" as a motorcycling gangbanger. In a departure from his usual roles, Smits will play Neron “Nero” Padilla, a heavily tattooed and dangerous criminal mentor for Jax (Charlie Hunnam), according to Deadline.com. He'll join Ron Perlman, Katey Sagal and Mark Boone Jr. on the show. Last time Smits played the baddie, as the villainous Prado on Showtime's "Dexter," he was nominated for an Emmy. His NBC legal drama "Outlaw" was cancelled in 2010....

Jimmy Smits is heading for outlaw territory. Former "NYPD Blue" star Smits has signed on for a season-long arc on FX's biker drama "Sons of Anarchy." Smits will play Neron "Nero" Padilla, a gang member who ends up mentoring newly installed Samcro president Jackson "Jax" Teller. Also read: Katey Sagal on "Sons of Anarchy" Season Finale -- and How it All Ends Smits recently starred as Supreme Court justice-turned-private attorney Cyrus Garza in the short-lived NBC series "Outlaw," and had an arc as assistant district attorney on the Showtime series "Dexter" in 2008. The...

Jimmy Smits is joining the cast of Sons of Anarchy next season as a dangerous gangster (aren't they all?), FX confirms. He'll play Nero, a tattoo-covered baddie who starts mentoring Jax. Just what Jax needs: more people coaching him on how to be scary and violent! Jimmy Smits can't seem to launch a pilot (Outlaw, Cane), but the guy sure can leave his mark on an established, prestigious drama: He did it on NYPD Blue, he did it on West Wing, he did it on Dexter. So now, naturally, it's motorcycle-gang time.

No more mister nice guy for Jimmy Smits: The NYPD Blue vet will join Sons of Anarchy for a multi-episode arc next season as a super bad dude.

Smits will play Neron “Nero” Padilla, a gang member who has a negative influence on Jax (Charlie Hunnam), Deadline reports. Smits last appeared in the short-lived NBC drama Outlaw.

Sons of Anarchy has already been renewed by FX for a fifth and sixth season. It is expected to return this fall.

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Sons of Anarchy is revving up the drama with a little help from Jimmy Smits.

The erstwhile Dexter Big Bad has booked a major season-long arc in the upcoming upcoming fifth season of the FX hit, playing Neron “Nero” Padilla, a Latino gangster who becomes an unlikely (and dangerous) mentor for the Sons’ new king, Jax.

Our sister site Deadline first reported the casting.

Sons of Anarchy Boss on Season 5 Game Plan, and the Arrival of ‘King’ Jax and ‘Queen’ Tara

In addition to Dexter, Smits’ most recent TV credits include starring roles on two short-lived series, NBC’s Outlaw and CBS’ Cane.

Exclusive: Bobby Simone is moving to the wrong side of the law. NYPD Blue alum Jimmy Smits is joining the upcoming fifth season of FX’s flagship drama Sons Of Anarchy for a major, season-long arc. On the dark biker soap, Smits will play Neron “Nero” Padilla, a Latino gangbanger with an exit strategy who becomes a dangerous mentor for Jax (Charlie Hunnam). Smits has played bad guys before, most notably the scheming Ada Miguel Prado in another season-long arc on a gritty cable drama, Showtime’s Dexter, but this marks a rare departure from Smits’ trademark shirt-and-suit look associated with most of his characters. Nero is envisioned as being heavily tattooed and definitely won’t be wearing a suit. He also is expected to be as dark and possibly even darker than Prado, a role that earned Smits an Emmy nomination. In addition to NYPD Blue and Dexter, Smits...

Screen Rant’s Kofi Outlaw Reviews Casa de mi Padre

In Casa de mi Padre Will Ferrell plays Armando, a Mexican rancher who belongs to the wealthy and powerful Alvarez family. Armando’s father, Ernesto (the late great Pedro Armendáriz Jr.), thinks his son is something of a dunce – so it is with great pride that Ernesto welcomes home Armando’s brother Raul (Diego Luna) and his bride-to-be, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez).

At first Armando is happy to have his brother home, but things soon take a turn for the ugly: Armando learns that Raul and Sonia are mixed up in the drug trade, and have brought both shame and violence to the Alvarez doorstep. Not only is Raul at odds with ruthless cartel lord “La Onza” ...

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Matrix badass Carrie-Anne Moss will star opposite Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis in CBS’ untitled Ralph Lamb drama pilot.

Also among the latest pilot castings are a Terra Nova tough girl, a Glee mom and a Once Upon a Time princess.

Moss’ CBS pilot is set in the 1960s and based on the true story of Ralph Lamb, a rodeo cowboy-turned-Las Vegas sheriff (to be played by Quaid), and a Chicago mob fixer (Chiklis) whose vision for transforming Sin City doesn’t line up with Lamb’s. Moss — who recurred on the final season of Chuck — will play a rancher...

After having only Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter, The Big Hit) attached since the departure of Vince Vaughn, the film adaptation of 2 Guns is rumored to have its second gun in place in the form of Denzel Washington.

Based on the graphic novel by Steven Grant, the film - first announced last August - will follow a DEA agent and an undercover naval intelligence officer who unwittingly investigate one another as each steals money from the mob.

Deadline reports that Washington (pictured above in The Book of Eli) is in discussions to join the project. No stranger to action flicks - including his upcoming thriller Safe House - the actor would work in front of director Baltasar Kormakur who recently guided Mark Wahlberg in this year's Contraband.

Judging from Kormakur's previous work, it's safe to assume a gritty, hardboiled tone for the film, which may be a different flavor than original...

Game Of Assassins is a new movie brought to us by Director Seven Miao and will star Chen Kuan-Tai (Iron Monkey) as a general and leung Kar Yan who plays a vicious king.

“The film follows Chen Kuan-tai’s character General Tu Jia who trains a trio of young fighters to seek revenge on the villainous King of Wei played by Leung Kar-yan, only for one assassins to succumb to the dark side and the temptation of wealth and power. Mr. Vampire director Ricky Lau (Rip) came on board the Game of Assassins project as an executive producer and consultant”.

Ian Powers, who is an American actor/stuntman is also helping out with the project and have both worked together back in the day under Director/Actor Frankie Chan on movies such as The Prodigal Son and Outlaw Brothers. Powers also worked on the highly anticipated ‘Man with the Iron Fists’ project,...

In the latest batch of fall TV premieres, one new comedy got off to a good start. And the other? Well, not so much. Wednesday's ratings results: Yeah, Baby! • Up All Night (10.9 million viewers): On one hand, the Christina Applegate-Will Arnett-Maya Rudolph parental comedy actually scored fewer viewers in its post-America's Got Talent time slot than Jimmy Smits' quickly dismissed Outlaw did last fall. On the other hand, Up All Night scored way more viewers who count (i.e., adults aged 18-49). The comedy was, in fact, the night's most demographically desirable show. Rough Night • Free Agents (6.3 million viewers): The Hank Azaria comedy couldn't...

Blue Bloods has elected a new Mayor.

David Ramsey will come on board the CBS drama this fall in the role of Carter Poole, a liberal community organizer who is known for a soft stance on crime. As you might expect, TV Guide reports, this view causes problems for the politician with Tom Selleck's Frank Reagan.

Ramsey should be a familiar face to TV fans. He has appeared on Dexter, Ghost Whisperer, Outlaw and The Defenders.

Blue Bloods premieres its second season on September 23.

As every CSI fan will attest, there is no replacing William Petersen. Laurence Fishburne did an admirable job keeping the Las Vegas team intact for the last two years with his portrayal of Raymond Langston, but the CBS drama never recovered in the ratings once Gil Grissom rode into the sunset. As a result, the show finished the season with a 3.3 rating among adults 18-49 (each ratings point equals 1.3 million viewers). It was ranked No. 30.

Three weeks ago, before news broke that Fishburne will not be returning to CSI, CBS announced it was moving the 11-year-old series from Thursdays to...

Charlie Sheen isn’t the only high-profile actor who’s out of job next season.

Networks chased after a slew of stars during pilot season, then left a bunch out in the cold once they decided which series were making their schedule. Among the survivors are Tim Allen (Last Man Standing), James Van Der Beek (Apartment 23), Christina Applegate (Up All Night) and Sarah Michelle Gellar (Ringer). But for every name that made the cut, there’s at least two that are back to pounding the pavement for work.

One of the biggest names left in the cold is Ethan Hawke,...

The Fall TV Season presentations for all the new network shows take place this week with the first announced today. Here's a full breakdown of which concepts have made the final list over on NBC.

With Bob Greenblatt having replaced the outgoing Jeff Zucker, NBC is looking to turn around its dismal fortunes and has started by significantly cutting back on a bunch of shows which were simply not performing. This schedule takes some big risks with some new shows needing to perform if they're to survive, while two two-hour reality show blocks early in the week have certainly raised eyebrows.

There are twelve new shows in all, half of which are being held until mid-season. In the Fall, the biggest gamble is "Prime Suspect" - the U.S. remake of the iconic British police drama. With only the rarest of exceptions, American remakes of British shows have generally failed...