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Doctor Who

Writers confirmed for series 7b

Film

David Duchovny, Hope Davis and Timothy Hutton to star in After The Fall
Diane Kruger and Anton Yelchin to star in 5 to 7
Woody Harrelson and Martin Sheen to star in September Morn
Elizabeth Banks to star in Walk of Shame
Willem Dafoe joins Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac
Alex Cross sequel already in development

Trailers

Trailer for Mama, with Jessica Chastain and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Trailer for Jack Reacher with Tom Cruise

French TV

Accused to be remade [subscription required]

UK TV

Skins to conclude with old characters, different format
Phil Davis to recur on Being Human
Press pack for Secret State
SyFy to broadcast ST:TNG in high def [subscription required]
Sky1 acquires The Last Resort
Tuesday ratings

US TV

Tuesday ratings: Ben and Kate down 20%, Emily Owens starts low, Hart Of Dixie up

US TV casting

Knots Landing‘s Ted Shackelford and Joan Van Ark to guest on Dallas
Chuck‘s Vik Sahay to guest on Bones
George Takei to guest on Hawaii Five-0
Dylan McDermott to return to American Horror Story
Donal Logue to guest on Sons of Anarchy
Polly Walker to guest on Warehouse 13
Cougar Town‘s Briga Heelan to guest on Happy Endings
Royal Pains‘ Kyle Howard to guest on Apartment 23

New US TV shows

ABC buys dramas Warriors and Grievances…
…to adapt the Netherlands’ Sea of Fire
TNT picks up Frank Darabont’s LA Noir for six episodes…
…to adapt Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein
NBC buys two dramas
Hallmark orders series of Andie MacDowell’s Cedar Cove
Amazon developing Support and The Face and the Heel

New US TV show casting

Stargate Universe‘s Brian J Smith to guest on Defiance

Thursday’s “Made in Jersey cancelled, Hitchcock trailer, NBC ratings record, E4 acquires Nashville and Munsters for Halloween?” news

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Film

Fox News’s Sean Hannity to make film debut in Atlas Shrugged II
Julianne Moore joins Non-Stop
Uma Thurman joins Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac
Matt Damon joins Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem
Looper director’s commentary available to download

Trailers

Trailer for Hitchcock, starring Anthony Hopkins, Scarlett Johansson, Helen Mirren and James D’Arcy
Trailer for The Dark Knight Returns Part 2

Books

JRR Tolkien’s The Fall of Arthur to be published

Canadian TV

Chuck‘s Vik Patel to star in Satisfaction

French TV

France 2 adapting Paris Burning?

UK TV

E4 acquires Nashville, someone acquires The CW’s Beauty and the Beast
Charles Dance, Johnny Vegas, Katy Brand and Jessica Hynes to star in Sky Atlantic’s Common People
Tuesday ratings

US TV

Made in Jersey cancelled
The first five minutes of season 2 of American Horror Story
Tuesday’s ratings: NBC wins three nights in a row for first time in nine years

US TV casting

Matt Bomer to guest on The New Normal
Christie Brinkley to guest on Parks and Recreation
Ian McShane to appear in American Horror Story
The Newsroom‘s Kelen Coleman to guest on The Mindy Project
White Collar‘s Marsha Thomason to guest on Men At Work
Chris Diamantopoulos to guest on Arrested Development and Community
Hamish Linklater to recur on The Good Wife
Adam Goldberg to guest on Animal Practice

New US TV shows

Modern Family‘s Ty Burrell sells comedy Babble to ABC with his brother
Ed Brubaker sells Rising Sun to Fox with Kyle Killen, secret agent project to NBC
ABC buys drama based on James Patterson’s Michael Bennett
Hollywood Assistants blog to become CBS comedy
ABC to adapt Australia’s Strange Calls paranormal cop comedy
NBC to air failed Munsters reboot as a Halloween special?

New US TV show casting

Kim Raver to star in Lifetime’s The Secret Lives of Wives
Law & Order‘s Jesse L Martin and Revenge‘s James Tupper to star in NBC’s The Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
Miley Cyrus leaves Bonnie & Clyde mini-series
The Closer‘s Jon Tenney to star in TNT’s King and Maxwell
Eric Dane to star in TNT’s The Last Ship
Page Keller joins ABC Family’s Terminales
Molly Shannon to guest on Hannibal

Thursday’s “Hobbit trailer, Royal Pains TV movie and James Gandolfini in HBO Criminal Justice remake” news

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Film

No 28 Months Later
Melissa McCarthy to cameo on The Hangover 3

Trailers

Trailer for Sinister with Ethan Hawke
Another trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Theatre

Julian Barratt joins NSFW

French TV

Canal+ gets the go-ahead to acquire Direct 8 and Direct Star

US TV

Royal Pains to do two hour movie
Netflix acquires Ricky Gervais’ Derek
Tuesday’s ratings: Go On and Parenthood steady, The New Normal down

New US TV shows

Ghost Whisperer producers sell dramas to ABC and CBS
NBC developing drama based on Midnight, Mass. comics
NBC picks up Jerry Bruckheimer comedy At Ease

US TV casting

James Caan, Jamie Harris and Esai Morales to recur on Magic City
Jake McDorman joins Shameless
F Murray Abraham to recur on Homeland
Eddie Cibrian to guest on Hot In Cleveland
Michael Gross to guest on CSI, Julian Sands to guest on Person of Interest
Mark Pellegrino, Todd Stashwick and Colin Ford to appear on Revolution

New US TV show casting

James Gandolfini to star in HBO’s adaptation of BBC1’s Criminal Justice
Olivia Cooke joins Bates Motel, Rachel Boston joins Witches of East End, Dorian Missick to recur on Paging Dr Freed
Harrison Thomas joins Banshee

Wednesday’s “Shawn Ryan’s Beverly Hills Cop, Dick Wolf to adapt ITV’s Injustice and Jim Carrey joins Kick-Ass 2” news

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Film

Michael Fassbender to star in Frank
Jason Clarke to star in Terrence Malick-produced The Green Blade Rises
Jim Carrey joins Kick-Ass 2

Trailers

Trailer for Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters, with Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton and Famke Janssen

French TV

William Fichtner and Donald Sutherland to star in Crossing Lines

UK TV

Monday’s ratings
Freesat to offer paid-for movie and music service
Maria Miller replaces Jeremy Hunt as culture secretary

US TV

Starz acquires BBC1’s White Queen and sequels [subscription required]
TBS renews Sullivan & Son
Single Ladies‘ creator leaves
Amazon.com signs streaming deal with Epix
Sunday’s cable ratings
Monday’s ratings

New US TV shows

Mousa Kraish off NBC’s Do No Harm
Kevin Wiseman joins HBO’s Hello Ladies
ABC makes put pilot commitment for Kyle Killen’s Influence
Dick Wolf to adapt ITV’s Injustice
CBS orders pilot of Shawn Ryan/Eddie Murphy’s Beverly Hills Cop
NBC developing spy drama LA Woman from Graham Yost
ABC developing three family comedies
Milo Ventimiglia to star in Chosen for Crackle

Question of the week: what’s the best (or worst) title sequence ever?

3 September 2012 Rob Buckley 13 Comments

So, every week I have a look at old TV shows and their title sequences in Nostalgia Corner and Weird Old Title Sequences. Just for a change, this week, I thought it might be interesting for you guys to nominate what you think my be the best title sequence ever (preferably with YouTube link). I nominated a few a while back: The Persuaders! and Touching Evil, among others but what’s yours? If you prefer, tell everyone what the worst title sequence ever is instead.

As always, leave your answers below or on your own blog

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