Not exactly the funniest show on TV, but when things go wrong on Hannibal, the cast at least seem to amuse themselves. Hugh Dancy slips back into his accent English very quickly, too.
Year: 2013
Friday’s “Sky Arts acquires Isabel, Idris Elba’s Long Walk To Freedom and Agents of SHIELD featurette” news
Film casting
- Vladimir Kulich joins The Equalizer
- Paula Malcomson, Annabeth Gish and Ryan Lee joins Grass Stains
- Gina Carano to star in Avengelyne series
Comics
- J Michael Straczynski to write Terminator comic for Dark Horse
Trailers
- Another teaser trailer for Ridley Scott’s The Counselor
- Trailer for Long Walk To Freedom, with Idris Elba
- Trailer for Last Vegas with Michael Douglas
UK TV
- Sky Arts acquires: Television Española’s Isabel
US TV
- TV Land orders 10 more episodes of The Exes
US TV casting
- Adam Pally to guest on The Mindy Project
- Caity Lotz to play Black Canary on Arrow
New US TV shows
- Agents of SHIELD featurette
- Teasers for SyFy’s Helix
New US TV show casting
- Bailee Madison to recur on ABC’s The Trophy Wife
Thursday’s “More Rookie Blue, Mark Gatiss joins Game of Thrones and another Dan Brown movie” news
Film
- Robocop viral images
- Ron Howard and Tom Hanks confirmed for Inferno
- Andrew Kevin Walker to write Girl With The Dragon Tattoo sequel
Film casting
- Gillian Jacobs joins Black and White
- Jerry O’Connell joins Veronica Mars
Trailers
- Viral video from Ender’s Game
Canadian TV
- Rookie Blue gets a fifth season
US TV
US TV show casting
- Mark Gatiss joins Game of Thrones
New US TV shows
- HBO green lights: Togetherness
- Bravo developing: Down Dog
- FX green lights: You’re The Worst
New US TV show casting
- Nelson Franklin joins CBS’s The Millers
- Billy Campbell to star in Helix
- Shawn Doyle joins Reign
The Weekly Play
The Wednesday Play: The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
Given that the Queen has just today signed an act of parliament making gay marriages legal in England and Wales, it seems appropriate to make today’s Wednesday Play The Naked Civil Servant, a boundary-breaking ITV play based on the autobiography of openly gay man Quentin Crisp. Directed by Jack Gold, written by Philip Mackie and produced by Blog Goddess Verity Lambert, the play starred John Hurt as the flamboyant Crisp, covering his life from youth to middle age as he comes to terms with his homosexuality during the 1930s and 1940s, a time when homosexuality was illegal and even women were looked down upon for dyeing their hair.
Spawning a recent sequel (An Englishman in New York) and regarded by industry professionals as one of the most important British TV plays ever made, it’s a must watch. If you like it, buy it on DVD!
Wednesday’s “Heroes returns, disappearing Castle, more Ray Donovan and five new BBC HD channels” news
Film casting
- Reese Witherspoon to star in Nick Hornby’s Wild
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Robbins et al join Welcome To Me
- John Lithgow joins Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar
Trailers
- Trailer for The Fifth Estate, with Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange
- Trailer for Red Wing with Bill Paxton
Comics
- Heroes to return as a comic
Theatre
- Simon Callow and Felicity Kendal to star in Chin-Chin
UK TV
- BBC to launch five new HD channels
- Monday ratings: Run starts low
US TV
- Showtime renews: Ray Donovan
- Castle shut down because of lack of Nathan Fillion
- Monday ratings: Under The Dome steady
US TV show casting
- Tom Arnold to guest on Psych
- James Franco to recur on The Mindy Project
- Martin Donovan and Shaun Toub join Homeland
New US TV show casting
- Toby Jones joins Wayward Pines