Canadian TV

News

Film casting

Jack Davenport and Kelli Garner join Americana

International TV

eOne, Shaw Media and TF1 developing: hostage-negotiator drama Ransom

UK TV

Lifetime UK acquires: NBC’s Rosemary’s Baby
Channel 5 acquires: CBS’s NCIS: New Orleans and CSI: Cyber
Monday ratings

New UK TV shows

Russell Howard developing romantic comedy
Sarah Solemani and Kerry Howard developing comedy for BBC1

New UK TV show casting

Samantha Morton joins BBC1’s Cider With Rosie adaptation

US TV

WGN America renews: Manhattan

US TV show casting

Allie Grant to guest on The Goldbergs
Nick Cannon to recur on Brooklyn Nine-Nine

New US TV shows

The CW developing: Cheerleader Death Squad…
…remake of ITV’s The Town…
…and adaptation of The Illusionist
CBS developing: adaptation of In Good Company

New US TV show casting

Mena Suvari to star in WE tv’s thriller South of Hell

News: Rutger Hauer Galavants, Josh Holloway joins USA’s Colony, Devious Maids renewed + more

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Canadian TV

Trailer for CBC’s Strange Empire

Internet TV

Ernie Hudson to recur on Netflix’s Grace and Frankie

New Zealand TV

Prime’s Brokenwood Mysteries starts well

UK TV

Saturday ratings

New UK TV show casting

Arsher Ali to star in ITV’s Arthur & George

US TV

US TV show casting

Molly Shannon to guest on The Millers
Ernie Hudson to guest on Hot In Cleveland
Ksenia Solo joins Turn [spoilers]

New US TV shows

Another trailer for Fox’s Gracepoint
ABC developing: political thriller from Jenna Bans
USA developing: adaptation of Blake Crouch’s Abandon
NBC developing: supernatural media drama Maidenhead

New US TV show casting

Josh Holloway to star in Carlton Cuse’s USA pilot Colony
Rutger Hauer to recur on ABC’s Galavant
John Ratzenberger to recur on CBS’s The McCarthys
Angela Kinsey to recur on TBS’s Your Family Or Mine

News: Netflix is in Love, someone’s leaving Cougar Town, Jarvis meets Agent Carter + more

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Film casting

Tom Hiddleston to star in King Kong origin story Skull Island
Jack Huston to star in Ben-Hur remake

Canadian TV

Victor Garber and Jessica Lowndes to guest on Motive

Internet TV

Netflix green lights: two seasons of Judd Apatow’s Love, with Gillian Jacobs and Paul Rust
Nathan Parsons to star in Amazon’s Point of Honor

UK TV casting

Tim Healy joins BBC1’s Still Open All Hours

US TV

IFC renews: Maron
Monday ratings

US TV casting

Mark Feuerstein to recur on Nurse Jackie
Nick Tarabay to play Captain Boomerang on Arrow
Emily Rutherford replaces Christa Miller on Ground Floor
Someone’s leaving Cougar Town early [spoilers]

New US TV shows

Fox green lights: pilot of adaptation of DC’s Lucifer
NBC developing: remake of Problem Child
Spike TV developing: Gary Oldman’s Deep Web
ABC developing: ‘true crime’ procedural drama LA Crime
CBS green lights: comedy Wife of Crime

New US TV show casting

James D’Arcy to play Edwin Jarvis on ABC’s Agent Carter

News: Antony Hopkins enters Westworld, Will Ferrell’s Manimal remake, Ken Jeong to play Ken Jeong + more

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Film

Will Ferrell to adapt Manimal

Film casting

Hayley Atwell to appear in Avengers: Age of Ultron

Trailers

Trailer for Hector and the Search for Happiness, with Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Christopher Plummer et al

Canadian TV

Aaron Ashmore, Hannah John-Kamen and Luke Macfarlane to star in Space/Syfy’s Killjoys

UK TV

BBC1 cuts content spend by 9%
Monday ratings

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC1’s The Club

US TV

US TV show casting

Sarah Lancaster to recur on Witches of East End
Lynn Collins to recur on Covert Affairs
William Mapother to guest on Hawaii Five-0
Carrie Preston returning to The Good Wife
Michael Irby to recur on The Lottery

New US TV show

HBO greenlights: pilot adaptation of Westworld, with Anthony Hopkins and Evan Rachel Wood

New US TV show casting

Elisabeth Rohm to be a regular on CBS’s Stalker
Craig Bierko to star in Lifetime’s Un-Real
Ken Jeong to star in MTV’s Ken Jeong Made Me Do It
Aaron Ashmore, Hannah John-Kamen and Luke Macfarlane to star in Syfy/Space’s Killjoys

News: 12 Monkeys trailer, Give Out Girls moves, Gotham teaser, Robert Forster joins Backstrom + more

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Film casting

Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons join Jesse Owens drama Race

Trailers

Trailer for Laggies with Keira Knightley and Chloe Moretz

Internet TV

Jason Lee joins Amazon’s Cocked
Susan Heyward, Max Fowler and Adam Godley join Playstation’s Powers
Peter Shinkoda to recur on Netflix’s Daredevil

Canadian TV

Eric Dane and Kathleen Robertson to star in The Fixer

UK TV

Give Out Girls to air on Comedy Central instead of Sky Living
Tuesday ratings

UK TV casting

Charlie Brooks to guest on Suspects

US TV

Trailer for season four of Hell on Wheels [US only]
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Dermot Mulroney replaces Jeffrey Dean Morgan on Shameless
Elizabeth Rodriguez to recur on Grimm
John Boyd to recur on Bones
Amanda Setton joins Hawaii Five-0

New US TV shows

Trailer for Syfy’s 12 Monkeys [US only]
New teaser for Fox’s Gotham

New US TV show casting

Robert Forster joins Fox’s Backstrom
James Hoare and Alycia Debnam-Carey join AMC’s Galyntine

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