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Film

Matthew Rhys to head off to Patagonia

Commercials

Heinz gay kiss ad gets complaints

British TV

ITV1 orders third series of Benidorm
Jonathan Pryce to star in BBC cloning comedy
S4C launches its own pre-school channel

US TV

New Amsterdam‘s Nikolaj Coster-Waldau to star in Fox’s Virtuality
HBO options I Was Told There’d Be Cake
Journeyman‘s Kevin Falls to adapt Argentina’s Lalola womaniser-body swap drama for Fox
George Clooney’s Fall of Bob gets script go-ahead from Showtime
Anne Archer joins Privileged (aka Surviving the Filthy Rich)
Laurie Metcalf joining Easy Money
Abandon all hope, Moonlight fans – it’s gone for good now

Tuesday’s “unforgiving Catholic church” news

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Film

Rome churches shut to Angels and Demons
Kevin Spacey heads up cast of Shrink

Commercials

Emma Watson replaces Keira Knightley as new face of Chanel

Theatre

John Cleese planning a stage version of A Fish Called Wanda

British TV

ITV Productions developing detective drama set in Brighton based on ‘Roy Grace’ novels [free registration required]
Matthew Horne says a third series of Gavin & Stacey is probable

US TV

Michael Shanks filming episodes of Burn Notice [via Kaballa, no link]
DB Sweeney and others join cast of Crash
First Bones episode to shoot in the UK
Full US Top Gear line-up announced
Marla Sokoloff to star in YA NBC mini-series
Wizard’s First Rule gets a showrunner
Four new cast members for ER
William Hurt joining cast of Damages
Casting on Knight Rider, Terminator: TSCC and Numb3rs
Fox helping to develop Canadian cartoon

Wednesday’s “Oi! Watson!” news

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Film

Guy Ritchie to direct Sherlock Holmes
I Spit On Your Grave to be remade
Matt Damon to join Morgan Freeman in Clint Eastwood rugby movie

Awards

Winners of the Glamour awards, including Joanna Page as comedy actress of the year
Mad Men and The Wire top nominations at the Television Critics Association Awards

Commercials

Privilege ads ‘unfair’ to the upper classes

British TV

Production starts on BBC3’s PAs
More4 head leaves to set up his own indie [free registration required]
Al Murray to create new characters for ITV1
Simon Nye working on ITV comedy about a teenager’s video diary

US TV

Discovery launches first ‘green’ channel
More casting, including Andre Braugher on Ray Romano’s Men of a Certain Age
Green Arrow back for Smallville‘s eighth season
Showrunners for Lost, Mad Men, House and Pushing Daisies discuss ratings

Friday’s Orange news

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Film

Tom Cruise to play US president in Phillip Noyce’s 28th Amendment?
Michael Fassbender to play Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights
George Clooney to stare at goats

Commercials

Rob Lowe latest star of Orange cinema ads

British TV

ITV buys Scandi indie Silverback for £14m
Julie Walters playing Mary Whitehouse for BBC2
Peep Show gets sixth series
Kangaroo/SeeSaw planning Autumn roll-out

US TV

Fox shows to benefit from fewer ads
Kelly Preston joins Suburban Shootout, Adam Goldberg joins The Unusuals
Robert Carlyle to play Jack Bauer’s mentor in Africa in 24 prequel
Six Feet Under stalker to play House private eye?
Mutant X alum to replace Jorja Fox on CSI
New interns for Scrubs
Green Arrow back on Smallville?

Thursday’s mayoral vote news

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Doctor Who

Brig would like to come back

Films

Uwe Boll sues Billy Zane!
More movies on US iTunes
James Gandolfini, David Rasche and Anna Chlumsky to star unofficial film version of The Thick Of It

Comics

The Flash to return after 23 years

Commercials

Gremlins return to fight Peter Jones

British TV

Freesat to launch on May 6
iPlayer on all TV platforms by 2009 [free registration required]

US TV

24 prequel to be set in Africa after all
Adaption of UK’s Mr and Mrs game show show planned
Extra cast members for Sarah Connor?
Damon Wayans to star in ABC comedy pilot
BBC shows arriving on US iTunes

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