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News

[ 22 December 2021 ] The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: The most Nicolas Cage movie ever?
[ 22 November 2021 ] Unexpectedly, there’s a Russian Film Festival and no one told me
[ 22 October 2021 ] December 2021 at the BFI, including Jack Clayton and Dirk Bogarde at 100
[ 5 October 2021 ] BFI Japan comes to big screens UK-wide this Autumn

Thursday’s “NBC, Fox, CTV, TV4, Fuse and TNT cancellations and pick-ups, plus Everybody Loves Catherine Tate” news

9 May 2013 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Film

Guy Ritchie to direct, Alicia Vikander to star in The Man From UNCLE

Film casting

Richard Madden to star in Cinderella
Michael Shannon to star in Midnight Special
Pierce Brosnan, Jessica Alba and Kristin Scott Thomas to star in How To Make Love Like An Englishman

Trailers

Trailer for the Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis, with Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, F Murray Abraham et al
Trailer for Paul Greengrass’s Captain Phillips, with Tom Hanks
Trailer for Edgar Wright’s World’s End, with Simon Pegg, Martin Freeman, Reece Shearsmith et al

Canadian TV

CTV renews: Motive

French TV

Fuse to launch Entourage-like The Hustle

International TV

Sweden’s TV4 green lights: Amy and Greg Poehler comedy Welcome To Sweden

UK TV

Lee Mack and Catherine Tate to star in BBC1 remake of Everybody Loves Raymond
ITV renews: The Bletchley Circle
Tamzin Outhwaite joins New Tricks
Casting on Atlantis, Breathless and The Smoke
Casting on Mr Selfridge and The Widower

US TV

NBC cancels: Deception
Trailer for season 2 of Copper
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Colin Ferguson joins Haven

New US TV shows

Piers Morgan developing Fleet Street for Starz
Fox green lights: dramas Rake, Gang Related, Sleepy Hollow and Almost Human…
…and comedies Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Surviving Jack, Enlisted and Us and Them
Fox red lights: Delirium
NBC red lights: Bloodline, The Sixth Gun, The Gates, Joe & Jane, Brenda Forever, Hatfields & McCoys, Holding Patterns and The Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
TNT green lights: Legends (trailer)

New US TV show casting

Omar Miller to co-star with The Rock in HBO dramedy

Wednesday’s “Trailer for The Butler with Oprah Winfrey, Maison close to close, and The Last Ship to sail” news

8 May 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Warner Bros acquires Dungeons & Dragons film rights
The exciting world of Avengers salary negotiation
Shane Black to direct Doc Savage

Film casting

John Travolta to star in The Forger
Andrew Garfield to star in Martin Scorsese’s Silence
Maggie Smith to star in My Old Lady
James Franco to star in Wim Wenders’ Everything Will Be Fine

Trailers

Trailer for Lee Daniels’ The Butler with Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda and Forrest Whitaker
Trailer for Ender’s Game with Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley et al

French TV

Maison close cancelled

UK TV

BBC4 chief leaves for ITV
Casting on By Any Means, Give Out Girls and Strike Back
Monday ratings: Vicious and Job Lot drop

US TV

US TV casting

Annet Mahendru and Alison Wright promoted to regulars on The Americans
Ioan Gruffudd and Raphael Sbarge to guest on Necessary Roughness

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: Mom
TNT green lights: The Last Ship

Wednesday’s “Trailer for The Butler with Oprah Winfrey, Maison close to close, and The Last Ship to sail” news

8 May 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Warner Bros acquires Dungeons & Dragons film rights
The exciting world of Avengers salary negotiation
Shane Black to direct Doc Savage

Film casting

John Travolta to star in The Forger
Andrew Garfield to star in Martin Scorsese’s Silence
Maggie Smith to star in My Old Lady
James Franco to star in Wim Wenders’ Everything Will Be Fine

Trailers

Trailer for Lee Daniels’ The Butler with Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda and Forrest Whitaker
Trailer for Ender’s Game with Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley et al

French TV

Maison close cancelled

UK TV

BBC4 chief leaves for ITV
Casting on By Any Means, Give Out Girls and Strike Back
Monday ratings: Vicious and Job Lot drop

US TV

US TV casting

Annet Mahendru and Alison Wright promoted to regulars on The Americans
Ioan Gruffudd and Raphael Sbarge to guest on Necessary Roughness

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: Mom
TNT green lights: The Last Ship

Tuesday’s “Lots of BBC3 comedies and Spike dramas, Jo Nesbø’s Occupied adapted + Red Widow hits low again” news

30 April 2013 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Film casting

Michael Fassbender to star in Macbeth
Chris O’Dowd to star in The Coward
Jeremy Irvine and Phoebe Fox to star in The Woman in Black 2
Olga Kurylenko to star in Vampire Academy

Trailers

Extended trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim

French/International TV

Arte France and NRK to adapt Jo Nesbø’s Occupied

Canadian TV

Netflix acquires Sundance’s Rectify

UK TV

Trailer for ITV’s Life of Crime, with Hayley Atwell
BBC3 renews: a final series for Him and Her
BBC3 green lights: a lot of comedies
BBC1 green lights: The 7.39, with David Morrissey, Sheridan Smith, Olivia Colman and Sean Maguire
Channel 5 acquires: Wentworth

US TV

Defiance producer leaves
Sunday ratings: Red Widow hits ABC drama season low

New US TV shows

Spike developing more scripted dramas, including Hit Men and The Lamp

Thursday’s “Guillermo del Toro’s Monster, Arte’s Odysseus and Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing” news

25 April 2013 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Film casting

Armie Hammer to star with Tom Cruise in The Man From UNCLE
Aasif Mandvi joins Million Dollar Arm

Trailers

Trailer for Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing

Canadian TV

Continuum premiere down with 375,000 viewers

French TV

Trailer for Arte’s Odysseus

UK TV

BBC Wales launches Swansea season

US TV

Netflix to launch up to 20 original shows in the next two years [subscription required]
Tuesday ratings
Sunday cable ratings: Game of Thrones sets another record

New US TV shows

Guillermo del Toro and HBO developing adaptation of Monster
ABC Family green lights: Terminales as Chasing Life

New US TV show casting

Nat Faxon to star in Andrew Gurland’s comedy pilot

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Thursday’s “NBC, Fox, CTV, TV4, Fuse and TNT cancellations and pick-ups, plus Everybody Loves Catherine Tate” news

Wednesday’s “Trailer for The Butler with Oprah Winfrey, Maison close to close, and The Last Ship to sail” news

Wednesday’s “Trailer for The Butler with Oprah Winfrey, Maison close to close, and The Last Ship to sail” news

Tuesday’s “Lots of BBC3 comedies and Spike dramas, Jo Nesbø’s Occupied adapted + Red Widow hits low again” news

Thursday’s “Guillermo del Toro’s Monster, Arte’s Odysseus and Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing” news

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