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Film

MacGyver movie planned

Film trailers

Trailer for JJ Abrams’ 10 Cloverfield Lane
New trailer for Captain America: Civil War
Trailer for Jason Bourne
New trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence
New trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse

Canadian TV

Teaser trailer for final season of Bitten

Internet TV

Liza Weil to return for Netflix’s Gilmore Girls revival
Netflix renews: Orange Is The New Black for three seasons

New UK TV shows

Trailer for E4’s The Aliens

US TV

US TV show casting

Morocco Omari to recur on Empire
Jerry O’Connell to recur on Mistresses
Reba McEntire to guest on Last Man Standing

New US TV shows

Fox green lights: pilot of female buddy cop comedy The Enforcers and inter-racial NFL family comedy
CBS green lights: pilot of mirror-touch synesthesia medical drama Sensory

New US TV show casting

Kal Penn, Maggie Q, Natascha McElhone and Italia Ricci join ABC’s Designated Survivor

News: Naomi Watts joins Twin Peaks; CBS’s Training Day series; L&O:SVU, Chicago Med renewed; + more

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International TV

Thunderbird developing: adaptation of Israel’s Street Justice for the US and Canada

US TV

NBC renews: Law & Order: SVU and Chicago Med
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Keiko Agena to guest on Grimm

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: pilot of adaptation of Training Day…
…and wild teenagers, formerly wild parents comedy What Goes Around Comes Around

New US TV show casting

Naomi Watts, Tom Sizemore and David Lynch join Showtime’s Twin Peaks

News: Gilmore Girls go-ahead; Finding Carter cancelled; Archie Comics TV show pilot; + more

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Canadian TV

Teaser trailer for CHCH/Syfy’s Wynonna Earp

Internet TV

Gabriel Ebert to star in Amazon’s The Interestings
KaDee Strickland to co-star in Hulu’s Shut Eye
Netflix green lights: Gilmore Girls revival with original cast
Richard Coyle, Tom Riley, Frances de la Tour and Mamie Gummer to star in Amazon’s The Collection

US TV

US TV show casting

Jada Pinkett Smith to recur (again) on Gotham
Jim Rash to guest on Dr Ken
Grace Grummer to recur on Mr Robot
Casting on UnReal

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: pilot of digital magazine adventure reporter comedy The Great Indoors
Teaser trailer for Syfy’s Hunters
E! green lights: Scientology-esque movie star marriage drama The Arrangement
The CW green lights: pilots for Frequency adaptation, bucket list couple dramedy No Tomorrow, Archie Comics adaptation Riverdale, period monster drama Transylvania, disappearing Mars colonists drama and untitled paranormal drama

New US TV show casting

Chris Smith and Elizabeth Ho to star in NBC’s inter-racial Missouri family comedy
Archie Punjabi to star in ABC’s The Jury

News: more House of Cards; Mary Kills People; a steampunk soap; Shadow Moon cast; + more

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Canadian TV

Global green lights: underground euthanasia drama Mary Kills People

Internet TV

Netflix renews: House of Cards

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of 12 Monkeys
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Daniel Zovatto to recur on AMC’s Fear The Walking Dead
Sophie Skelton joins Outlander

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: pilots of family comedy The Second Fattest Housewife in Westport…
…and criminal law and media drama Notorious, wedding toast flashback comedy Toast, adaptation of Austrian fake miracle comedy Braunschlag as Hail Mary, lesbian/straight mail dating comedy, driver at home comedy The Fluffy Shop…
…and HG Wells time machine drama Time After Time, divorce attorney and sister drama, sexy supernatural revenge drama The Death of Eva Sofia Valdez, and steampunk soap Spark
CBS green lights: annoying footballer comedy The Kicker

New US TV show casting

Ricky Whittle to star as Shadow Moon in Starz’s American Gods

News: Romeo & Juliet sequel; Wong to play Wong; Sky gets Twin Beaks, Billions; + more

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Film casting

Benedict Wong to play Wong in Doctor Strange

Canadian TV

Josh Donaldson to guest on Vikings

Internet TV

Walter Presents gets 1m views [registration required]

UK TV

Sky Atlantic to be exclusive home of Showtime dramas, including Twin Peaks and Billions

US TV

Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Amanda Brooks to recur as Sharon Tate on Aquarius
Debby Ryan to guest on The Mysteries of Laura
Marilyn Manson to guest on Salem
Jennifer Beals to recur on The Night Shift

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: pilot of imaginary friend family comedy…
…and Romeo and Juliet sequel Still Star-Crossed
NBC green lights: pilot of Eric Kripke/Shawn Ryan’s Legends-of-Tomorrow-alike Time
HBO green lights: series of house guest comedy Crashing
Trailer for Showtime’s The Girlfriend Experience
Showtime developing: fishmonger comedy Monger

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News: Naomi Watts joins Twin Peaks; CBS’s Training Day series; L&O:SVU, Chicago Med renewed; + more

News: Gilmore Girls go-ahead; Finding Carter cancelled; Archie Comics TV show pilot; + more

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