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Doctor Who

Maisie Williams to guest star

Film

Disney developing: live-action Mulan

Film casting

Scott Eastwood to play Steve Trevor, Raymond Olubowale to play two roles in Suicide Squad

European TV

Sky to develop more German dramas

UK TV

BBC Two cancels: Up The Women
Sunday ratings

US TV

US TV show casting

Emmanuelle Vaugier to recur on Mistresses

New US TV shows

EuropaCorp developing: post-apocalyptic thriller These Final Hours and assassin drama Bulletproof
ABC Family green lights: Mortal Instruments TV show Shadowhunters

New US TV show casting

Japheth Gordon and Joey Polari join NBC’s Take It From Us
Mary Lynn Rajskub joins Starz’s The Girlfriend Experience
Ciara Renée to play Hawkgirl, Arthur Darvill to play Rip Hunter on Arrow/Flash spin-off

News: Masi Oka returns for Heroes Reborn, more returning X-Files characters, a Spectre trailer + more

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Trailers

Trailer for Maggie with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin
Teaser trailer for Spectre with Daniel Craig et al

UK TV

US TV

Teaser trailer for season 2 of Tyrant [US only]
Thursday ratings

US TV show casting

Simon Merrells, Nic Bishop, Christina Chong et al to recur on Dominion
Robert Patrick, Annabeth Gish and Mitch Pileggi set to return to The X-Files
Masi Oka returns for Heroes Reborn

New US TV shows

Teaser trailer for AMC/Channel 4’s Humans [US only]
Teaser trailer for AMC’s Fear The Walking Dead [US only]
Teaser trailer for Starz’s Blunt Talk [US only]

New US TV show casting

Ernie Hudson joins ABC’s Delores & Jermaine
Ione Skye joins ABC’s The King of 7B
Elodie Yung joins ABC’s Of Kings and Prophets
James Marsters to guest on HBO’s The Devil You Know
Corbin Bernsen joins HBO’s Living On Video
Lolita Davidovich and David Clennon join Dr Del

News: Downton cancelled, Vikings renewed, Coach returns after 18 years, William Petersen joins Manhattan + more

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Trailers

Full trailer for Spooks: The Greater Good

Internet TV

Gabourey Sidibe joins Hulu’s Difficult People

UK TV

Spike TV acquires: Syfy’s Olympus
ITV cancels: Downton Abbey
Channel 4 launches All 4
Wednesday ratings

New UK TV show casting

Johnny Harris, Richard Rankin and Luke Newberry to co-star in BBC One’s From Darkness

US TV

NBC renews (after 18 years): Coach
History renews: Vikings
Legends to be ‘reimagined’ for second season

US TV show casting

Winklevoss Twins and others to cameo on Silicon Valley
Melissa Joan Hart to guest on The Mysteries of Laura
Aaron Staton to recur on Ray Donovan
William Petersen joins Manhattan

New US TV shows

IFC developing: comedy Start Making Sense
TNT amber lights: Michael Bay drug drama

New US TV show casting

Oded Fehr to recur on ABC Family’s Stitchers
Justin Kirk joins HBO’s Sarah Silverman comedy
Michael Zegen to recur on Showtime’s Happyish

News: An Entourage trailer, an Alien Nation remake, Looking cancelled, Mark Addy joins Super Clyde + more

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Film

Fox to remake Alien Nation
Armando Iannucci writing new David Copperfield adaptation

Trailers

Teaser trailer for Hal Hartley’s Ned Rifle
Trailer for Entourage movie

Australian TV

Justine Clarke and Indiana Evans join House Husbands

Internet TV

Madison Lintz promoted to regular on Bosch

US TV

HBO cancels (and order movies of): Looking
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Rex Linn to recur on Nashville
Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield to guest on The Night Shift
Dre Davis to recur on Pretty Little Liars

New US TV shows

New teaser trailer for BBC America’s Tatau

New US TV show casting

James Lesure to co-star on ABC’s Uncle Buck, JLouis Mills to be a regular on NBC’s Heart Matter
Mark Addy to replace Stephen Fry on CBS’s Super Clyde
Adam Brody joins CBS comedy
Chris Daughtry joins Fox’s Studio City
Dmitry Chaplin to guest on TNT’s Agent X

News: The X-Files returns, Ray Stevenson is Blackbeard, a Misfit joins Preacher, Damian Lewis to earn Billions + more

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Film casting

Vivica A Fox returning for Independence Day 2

UK TV

Monday ratings

New UK TV shows

Trailer for ITV’s Code of a Killer

US TV

Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Ray Stevenson to play Blackbeard on Black Sails
Chloe Sevigny rejoins American Horror Story

New US TV shows

ABC Family green lights: rom-com Kevin From Work
Fox green lights: new X-Files mini-series
NBC amber lights: Monica Potter comedy
Showtime green lights: financial drama Billions
Legendary and Greg Rucka to adapt Rucka’s Lazarus

New US TV show casting

Joseph Gilgun joins AMC’s Preacher
Affion Crockett joins Fox’s Detour, Chris Redd to be a regular in ABC’s Family Fortune

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News: live-action Mulan, Steve Trevor and Hawkgirl found, Up The Women cancelled + more

News: Masi Oka returns for Heroes Reborn, more returning X-Files characters, a Spectre trailer + more

News: Downton cancelled, Vikings renewed, Coach returns after 18 years, William Petersen joins Manhattan + more

News: An Entourage trailer, an Alien Nation remake, Looking cancelled, Mark Addy joins Super Clyde + more

News: The X-Files returns, Ray Stevenson is Blackbeard, a Misfit joins Preacher, Damian Lewis to earn Billions + more

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