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Film

Michael Mann to adapt Mark Bowden’s Hue 1968

International TV

IM Global developing: adaptation of Glen Cook’s The Black Company series, with Eliza Dushku
Fox Asia developing: financial mercenaries drama The Trading Floor
Netflix/E4 (UK) green light: dark comedy road trip The End of the F***ing World

Australian TV

Stan green lights: newly single DJ comedy The Other Guy, with Matt Okine

UK TV

Walter Presents acquires: TV3 (Catalonia)’s Nit I Dia (Night and Day)
Universal acquires: CBS (US)/TF1 (France)/Corus Global (Canada)’s Ransom

US TV

Hallmark renews: When Calls The Heart
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Caroline Cave to recur on Syfy’s Van Helsing

New US TV shows

Hulu developing: Ingrid Michaelson semi-biopic The Way I Am
DiGa developing: adaptation of Amy Plum’s Dreamfall
Audience green lights: dysfunctional rock star family comedy Hit The Road, with Jason Alexander
Trailer for Syfy’s Blood Drive

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Internet TV

Teaser for Netflix’s Disjointed

International TV

ABC (Australia)/TVNZ (New Zealand)/Netflix green light: Journey to the West adaptation as The Legend of Monkey
Roberto Saviano developing: self-explanatory Gaddafi

UK TV show casting

Lewis Peek joins ITV’s Endeavour

New UK TV shows

Dave green lights: hospital sitcom Porters
BBC Two green lights: adaptation of Sathnam Sanghera’s The Boy With The Topknot, with Sacha Dhawan

US TV

Fox renews: The X-Files
TV Land renews: Younger and Teachers
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Scott Winters to recur on Epix’s Berlin Station
Thomas Calabro to recur on TNT’s The Last Ship
Jerry Ferrara, Jesse Bradford and Todd Lowe to recur on USA’s Shooter

New US TV shows

Bravo developing: young female African-American mayor drama Candy
Hulu green lights: pilot of adaptation of IDW’s Locke & Key
Lifetime green lights: series adaptation of Caroline Kepnes’ You
Sony Television developing: adaptation of Robert Jordan/James O Rigner Jr’s Wheel of Time series

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Australian TV

Anthony LaPaglia, Melanie Lynskey, Kim Gyngell et al join SBS’s Sunshine

US TV

US TV show casting

Leah Remini to guest on CBS’s Kevin Can Wait
Mary Stuart Masterson to guest on NBC’s Blindspot
Dana Ashbrook to guest on NBC’s Chicago PD

New US TV show casting

Sharon Lawrence joins CBS’s Me, Myself & I
Wunmi Mosaku joins CBS’s Mission Control
Rebecca Henderson joins Discovery’s Manhunt: Unabomber
Ryan Michelle Bathe replaces Angel Laketa Moore in Fox’s Linda From HR
Dulce Sloan joins Fox’s Type-A
Taylor John Smith and Matt Craven join HBO’s Sharp Objects
Jamie McShane joins NBC’s extreme event medical drama Shelter
John Leguizamo joins Paramount’s Waco

New Zealand’s Anika Moa has a unique interviewing approach

23 March 2017 Rob Buckley Post a comment

These days, every chatshow host seems to have a gimmick for interviewing guests. Graham Norton’s red chair is probably the tamest, since he doesn’t actually consign the guests to their doom, but it’s there. I’ll mention it. James Corden, of course, not only has Carpool Karaoke for interviewing singers, he gets his film star guests to act out their entire careers.

But Anika Moa has probably the oddest approach of all. A singer and chatshow host on New Zealand’s Maori Television, she gets guests to answer questions… while they’re wearing a dental retainer. Here’s Lucy Lawless giving it a whirl, for example.

No, I don’t know if it’s the same one each time or whether they sterilise it afterwards.

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Internet TV

Trailer for season 3 of Netflix’s Grace and Frankie
Zach Gilford and Sydney Park to star in YouTube’s Lifeline

Australian TV

ABC’s The Doctor Blake Mysteries to end with TV movie

French TV

TF1 green lights: adaptation of TV3 (Spain)’s Polseres Vermelles (The Red Band Society) as Les Bracelets Rouges

UK TV

ITV renews: Unforgotten and…
…Benidorm, Hale and Pace to join, Johnny Vegas, Paul Bazely and Danny Walters leave
BBC One cancels: The Coroner
More4 acquires: CBS All Access (US)’s The Good Fight
Virgin Media acquires: Bravo (US)’s Imposters

US TV

Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Alexander Siddig to play Ra’s Al Ghul on Fox’s Gotham

New US TV shows

Trailer for Crackle’s Snatch

New US TV show casting

Claire Holt joins ABC’s Doomsday
Daniella Alonso to star in ABC’s Las Reinas
Ken Leung joing ABC’s Marvel’s Inhumans
Alice Eve to star in CBS’s Hannah Royce’s Questionable Choices
Ian Gomez to be a regular on CBS’s Living Biblically
Grace Rex joins CBS’s hate crimes procedural
Zoe Perry to star in CBS’s Sheldon
Leah Remini and Jessica Gunning to star in NBC’s What About Barb?
Nafessa Williams and China Anne McClain to star in The CW’s Black Lightning
Grant Show to star in The CW’s Dynasty
Amy Acker, Emma Dumont and Percy Hynes join Fox’s Marvel pilot
Greg Kinnear replaces Ed Helms on MRC’s The One Percent

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