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 We’ll start a little further afield than normal for this, the September 2013 edition of KM UK’s Cold Case Cast Catch-up. In each CCCC-up we take look at the on-going careers of the other key players from the long running show.
I’ve got good news and bad news (you probably know both already though). Which do you want to hear first? “Bad” you say? OK.
The AMC television network in the USA has cancelled The Killing. Based on a Danish drama series of the same name (but in Danish as Forbrydelsen) the show was Veena Sud’s project after Cold Case. Veena was a writer, producer and executive producer on CC and continued in those roles on The Killing. I know you will correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t believe that the US version was a direct remake in the way that some are. The American audience figures for the localised season one started strongly but viewers reacted badly to the way it ended. The second season largely redeemed itself but the show only just escaped cancellation. It sounds like season 3 was something of a disappointment. Lead actress Mireille Enos had small roles in many TV shows, Cold Case being one of the few she missed out, but The Killing really brought her to the fore. Enos went on to star in the Brad Pitt movie World War Z (she played his wife and only a select few have had that honour) and has several other film projects in the pipeline. Unless another US network or online streaming service like NetFlix steps up and saves The Killing it will be one of the more easily solvable cases.
Now on to the good news. Cold Case creator Meredith Stiehm’s next project was Homeland which she co-produced at various levels and also wrote several episodes. Homeland is about to start its 3rd season in the US of A this coming Sunday (29th September) with the UK debut the following week (6th October). But that is not the good news we’re reporting today. Meredith’s more recent show is The Bridge. This is another of the wave of Scandanavian dramas being shown and/or remade around the world. The Bridge is actually a literal cross-border project in its original form as it is a Swedish and Danish co-production set around a crime in both countries. A body is found lying on the boundary between the two countries, with the added twist the name suggests that that line is in the middle of a bridge joining the two nations. Cops from both sides have to co-operate to solve the case. The US remake takes the same idea but transposes it to the US-Mexico border. German actress Diane Kruger (National Treasure) takes a lead role. None of which is good news either. In the last couple of days, just before the penultimate episode of season one was due to air, the FX channel that carries The Bridge announced it had been renewed for a second run.
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 Tracie Thoms tends to dominate these updates as she is so prolific and varied in her work. However, we’ll start with someone else for a change.
First we’ll deal with one of our least talked about Cold Case alumni: Jeremy Ratchford (Nick Vera in CC). In the couple of weeks spanning the end of February and the beginning of March Jeremy was involved in a new movie called Death Valley. Apart from the fact that the main cast members include Katrina Law (Spartacus: Blood And Sand / War Of The Damned), Victoria Pratt (Mutant X), Lochlyn Munro (True Justice) and Kelly Hu (Sunset Beach), and it was filmed in the actual Death Valley (and elsewhere), we really don’t know anything about it. Oh, except that Jeremy’s character is called Lucas Shore.
And back to Tracie Thoms. Raze; a movie starring Zoë Bell (Lost), Rachel Nichols (Resurrecting the Champ, G.I. Joe), Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks) and Tracie (err…); finally gets it’s world première this weekend (Sunday, 21st April 2013) as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. A trailer for the film was recently released and can be seen on YouTube. It is not for the faint of heart. You have been warned. Three weeks ago Tracie wrapped filming on the Gothica TV pilot for the ABC network. See our previous post for more details on the show. Everyone involved now faces the agonising wait until the official announcements about pilot pick-ups. ABC has had far more of a clear-out of shows than Surgeon General‘s CBS so there is bit more room on the autumn schedules for fresh blood, but the network has s lot of pilots on the books so there are no guarantees. Update: Forgot to add that Tracie appeared in an episode of the Person Of Interest in early April. It was episode 19 of the current 2nd season and was titled “Trojan Horse”. From the looks of a plot summary Tracie had a significant role as the main ‘person of interest’.
Finally a quick reminder that at the beginning of next month (May 2013) the Texas Chainsaw 3D movie in which Thom Barry stars will be out on DVD and Blu-ray, in the US and UK at least.
 After such a busy January focussing on our headline act (that’s Kathryn) we managed to not do a post like this. So, we’ll get one in early for February 2013. It is time for another quick round-up of news on the other members of the Cold Case cast.
The banner image clearly wants us to talk about Tracie Thoms (Det. Kat Miller in Cold Case) first, and we wouldn’t want to go against its will now would we?  At the end of January the ever-busy Tracie had a one night stand, that is to say that a feature film she starred in had a single night viewing across the US. Further explanation is clearly necessary. A 2009 (released in 2011) documentary film called One Night Stand: Creating A Play In A Day charting the creation of four musicals in just one day had a special nationwide showing in over 400 cinemas on the 30th of January. Groups of writers, directors, composers and actors created, wrote and rehearsed short musicals. After just 24 hours they had to perform their pieces. Staying with Tracie, she recently had a guest starring role in the already cancelled CW network TV series Emily Owens M.D. Thirteen episodes of the medical drama were produced. All will be aired and that will be that. Tracie was in episode 11, Emily And The Teapot. The lead actress in Emily Owens M.D. is Mamie Gummer. Daughter of a little known actress called Meryl Streep. Mamie will next be seen in the movie The Lifeguard, which brings us to…
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 The boss is back.
Another update on the careers of the members of the Cold Cast cast that aren’t Kathryn.
John Finn (Lt. Stillman in Cold Case) was a guest star in the most recently broadcast episode (number 7 of season 2) of the hit US drama series Homeland. At the moment we can’t comment on the exact nature of John’s role because it won’t be broadcast in the UK until Sunday (18th November 2012). Cold Case creator Meredith Stiehm wrote this one, which may help explain John’s appearance. As in many walks of life, in Hollywood it’s who you know. Let’s hope that that extends to Kathryn sometime soon. John’s other recent project, Cold Case writer/producer Liz Garcia‘s movie The Lifeguard starring Kristen Bell, is in post-production and due for release next year. Stretching the scope of the CCCC-up to beyond breaking-point KM UK offers congratulations to Kristen Bell (she was the star of our first April Fool, that’s our excuse and we’re sticking to it ) on her recently announced pregnancy.
Speaking, as we were, of Meredith Stiehm and again stepping outside of the normal CCCC-up bounds, Meredith’s adaptation of the Scandinavian drama series The Bridge continues apace. Ted Levine (Monk) and Matthew Lillard (Scooby-Doo) have joined Diane Kruger (Inglorious Basterds) in the cast. It is currently described on IMDb as a TV movie, so that probably means a feature length pilot has been ordered. If it goes well then a series could be commissioned.
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 It’s September 2012’s round-up of news regarding the other cast-members of Cold Case.
Kicking off with the ever loopy, I mean lovely, Tracie Thoms. Well, I say “loopy” because her latest film role is due to hit the big screens at the end of this month across most of the world. The film is called Looper and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception and 3rd Rock From The Sun), Bruce Willis (Die Hard) and Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada, which Tracie had small role in). Beyond what we’ve seen in the photo above, other similar ones and a handful of frames in a trailer, the extent of Tracie’s role as Beatrix is not known. Looper received it’s world première at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month. Still no news on the release date for the kidnapped-women-forced-to-fight-each-other movie Raze that Tracie made earlier this year. And no doubt Tracie has been involved in a dozen other events and projects since our last update. She’s a very busy lady!
In the previous CCCC-up we extended the scope a little to include Veena Sud and Liz Garcia. Both women had significant behind-the-cameras positions on Cold Case and there was news of major projects for both them. Well, this time we can mention Liz’s new film The Lifeguard again as, according to IMDb, John Finn has joined the cast as “Big Jason”. Make of that what you will. It’s set for release sometime next year and stars Kristen Bell of Veronica Mars fame.
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