TVLine Items: Stranger Things Vet Joins Rings of Power, Next Level Chef Double Renewal and More
Stranger Things vet Jamie Campbell Bower is venturing to Middle Earth, with a series-regular role on Season 3 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, it was announced Thursday.
Also joining the Prime Video series is Eddie Marsan (Heartstopper, Ray Donovan), who will recur during the upcoming run, which begins filming this spring.
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Details about Bower and Marsan’s characters are being kept under wraps.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Season 3 will feature a major time jump. “Jumping forward several years from the events of Season 2, Season 3 takes place at the height of the War of the Elves and Sauron, as the Dark Lord seeks to craft the One Ring that will give him the edge he needs to win the war and conquer all Middle-earth at last,” the logline reads.
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* Fox has renewed Gordon Ramsay’s cooking competition series Next Level Chef for Seasons 5 and 6. Additionally, the network has picked up the holiday-themed offshoot Next Level Baker.
* The animated preschool series Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends has been renewed for Season 5 at Disney Jr.
* ESPN will launch a shorter, daily version of SportsCenter, dubbed SC+, exclusively on Disney+, beginning Monday, March 3, our sister site Variety reports.
* Disney+’s upcoming Marvel Studios series Wonder Man has tapped Ed Harris to play Neal Saroyan, the agent of actor-turned-superhero Simon Williams, aka Wonder Man (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), Collider reports.
* Apple TV+ has released a trailer for Number One on the Call Sheet, a “two-part documentary film event celebrating the groundbreaking Black artists of Hollywood,” premiering Friday, March 28:
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