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[ 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

News: Doc Martin renewed, Syfy goes to Olympus, Matt Berry iPlayer comedy, History’s Knightfall + more

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Film

The Russo Brothers to direct Avengers: Infinity War

Internet TV

Frances Conroy, Nyasha Hatendi join Hulu’s Casual
Hulu green lights: Jason Katims faith drama The Way
iPlayer green lights: Matt Berry comedy Lone Wolf and Wild Love and muslim comedies Fast Cuts

UK TV

ITV renews: Doc Martin
Sunday ratings

US TV

Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Krysta Rodriguez to recur on Chasing Life
Cameron Gharaee promoted to regular on Tyrant

New US TV shows

History developing: Knights Templar drama Knightfall
TBS red lights: Quality Time
Trailer for Syfy’s Olympus

New US TV show casting

Alex Steele joins ABC’s Original Sin
Connie Britton joins FX’s American Crime Story
Allison Mack to recur on NBC’s American Odyssey
Chris Douglass to star in NBC’s Take It From Us, Trace Lysette to be a regular on NBC’s The Curse of the Fuentes Women, Maureen Sebastian to be a regular on Fox’s Cooper Barrett’s Guide To Surviving Life, Gabrielle Dennis joins Fox’s Todd Harthan drama

News: More Plebs, Sky Atlantic acquires The Affair, Minnie Driver’s Happy Life + more

23 March 2015 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Aya Cash joins Scared of Sarah

Trailers

Trailer for Man Up with Lake Bell and Simon Pegg
Teaser trailer for Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

UK TV

Sky Atlantic acquires: The Affair
ITV2 renews: Plebs
Friday ratings

US TV

New trailer for season 2 of Silicon Valley
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings

US TV show casting

Doug Jones to guest on The Flash
Tim Guinee promoted to regular on Hell on Wheels

New US TV shows

Wes Craven adapting The Disciples
HBO green lights: series of Steve McQueen’s Codes of Conduct
Showtime green lights: series of Andrew Dice Clay comedy Dice

New US TV show casting

David Sullivan joins ABC’s LA Crime
Bethany Joy Lenz joins ABC’s Smoke and Mirrors
Ian Colletti joins AMC’s Preacher
Maggie Lawson to star in CBS’s Angel From Hell
Minnie Driver and Bill Smitrovich join CBS’s Happy Life
Kevin Nealon and Jane Kaczmarek joins CBS’s Tommy Johnagin comedy
Owain Yeoman to guest on CBS’s Supergirl
Jamie Lee Kirchner to star in The CW’s Dead People
Michael Chiklis and Cheryl Hines join NBC’s Cuckoo
Christopher Mintz-Plasse joins NBC’s Sharing
Ryan Guzman and Gatlin Green join NBC’s Heroes Reborn
Andrew Howard to recur on TNT’s Agent X, Lindsey Gort to recur on TV Land’s The Impastor

News: ITV’s Houdini and Doyle, Joseph Gordon-Levitt goes to Fraggle Rock + more

20 March 2015 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Film

Robin Hood: Origins in development
Joseph Gordon-Levitt to produce and star in Fraggle Rock movie

Trailers

Trailer for The Transporter Refueled

International TV

Fox/ITV/Shaw Media green light: Houdini and Doyle

UK TV

Wednesday ratings

New UK TV show casting

Ashley Walters, Amanda Abbington, Shaun Dooley et al to star in BBC One’s Cuffs

US TV

Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Necar Zadegan and Lyndon Smith to recur on Extant

New US TV show casting

Mayte Garcia joins ABC’s The Kingmakers
Bella Thorne to star in ABC Family’s Famous In Love
James Caan exits Fox’s Fantasy Life
Ravi Patel joins Fox’s Grandpa, Charlie Saxton to be a regular on Fox’s Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life, Robbie Jones joins NBC’s The Curse of the Fuentes Women
DL Hughley joins NBC’s Heart Matters, Jason Scott Lee to be a regular on Warrior
Judith Shekoni joins NBC’s Heroes Reborn

News: Sleepy Hollow, Bosch renewed, Rob Brydon and Sheridan Smith are dwarves, Preacher finds its Tulip + more

19 March 2015 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Rob Brydon, Alexandra Roach and Sheridan Smith to play dwarves in The Huntsman

Trailers

Trailer for Barely Lethal with Hailee Steinfeld and Samuel L Jackson

Internet TV

Amazon renews: Bosch

UK TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV

Fox renews: Sleepy Hollow
Trailer for season 2 of Power
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Ed Quinn to recur on Mistresses, Easi Morales to recur on From Dusk To Dawn: The Series
Matthew Rauch promoted to regular, Casey LaBow joins Banshee
Sarah Jane Morris to recur on Murder in The First

New US TV shows

New trailer for Fox’s Wayward Pines
Clip from NBC’s American Odyssey

New US TV show casting

Rita Moreno, Alli Kinzel and Noland Ammon join CBS’s Joe Time, Khary Payton to regular on ABC’s The Kingmaker’s, Christina Moore to be a regular on ABC’s Delores & Jermaine
Ruth Negga to star in AMC’s Preacher
Leonardo Nam joins, Mario Van Peebles to guest on CBS’s For Justice, Joshua Leonard joins NBC’s Heart Matters, Page Kennedy to guest on CBS’s Rush Hour
Vanessa Lachey to star in NBC’s Not Safe For Work

News: Blue Thunder with drones, a US TV Let The Right One In remake, Dominic Purcell joins Flash spin-off + more

18 March 2015 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Film

New Flash Gordon movie to be a sequel?
Blue Thunder to be remade with drones

Trailers

Trailer for Pixels with Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan et al

UK TV

History acquires: Black Sails
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Chris Coy promoted to regular on Banshee
Wes Bentley joins American Horror Story

New US TV shows

A&E developing: series of Let The Right One In

New US TV show casting

Kristin Bauer van Straten joins ABC’s The Kingmakers, Ciaro Bravo joins Fox’s Frankenstein, Mohammad Bakri to star in ABC’s Of Kings and Prophets
Reed Birney joins CBS’s LFE
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Hill Harper to co-star in CBS’s Limitless
Tim Blake Nelson to be a regular on For Justice, Carla Buono joins NBC’s Endgame
Dominic Purcell joins The CW’s Arrow/Flash spin-off
Jamie Lynn Sigler to co-star in Fox’s Fantasy Life
Lesley-Ann Brandt replaces Lina Esco on Fox’s Lucifer

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News: Doc Martin renewed, Syfy goes to Olympus, Matt Berry iPlayer comedy, History’s Knightfall + more

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