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News: BBC3’s Murder In Successville, multiple US pilots, new Heroes and Game of Thrones trailers + more

2 February 2015 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Film casting

Rose Byrne back for X-Men: Apocalypse

UK TV

New UK TV shows

BBC Three green lights: interactive murder mystery Murder In Successville
Trailer for BBC One’s The Casual Vacancy

New UK TV show casting

David Thewlis to star in BBC One’s adaptation of An Inspector Calls

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of Undateable
TBS cancels (maybe): Ground Floor
Trailer for season 5 of Game of Thrones
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings

US TV show casting

Fairuza Balk and Shree Crooks and Jason Butler Harner to recur on Ray Donovan

New US TV shows

Teaser trailer for USA’s Dig [US only]
Teaser trailer for NBC’s Odyssey [US only]
CBS green lights: pilot of medical drama LFE…
…and civil rights drama For Justice and crime drama Sneaky Pete
ABC green lights: pilots of medical-legal drama The Advocate, oil rush drama Boom, family legal drama The Adversaries and thriller Kingmakers…
…six comedies including Delories and Jermaine, The King of 7B, The 46 Percenters, and The Brainy Bunch…
…plus Uncle Buck adaptation and Family Fortune
Fox green lights: pilot of rock star comedy DeTour
HBO green lights: Lewis and Clark mini-series
Trailer for NBC’s Heroes Reborn – The Aurora

New US TV show casting

Busy Philipps joins HBO’s Vice Principals

News: US versions of The Driver, Cuckoo, Black Mirror, Sky Arts’ Mills and Doom, Spooks movie teaser, + more

30 January 2015 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Teaser trailer for Spooks: The Greater Good

Canadian TV

Showtime to launch in Canada

Internet TV

Rachael Taylor to play Hellcat on Netflix’s AKA Jessica Jones

UK TV

Wednesday ratings

New UK TV shows

Sky Arts green lights: adaptation of Mills and Doom, with Rhys Ifans and Sophie Kennedy Clark

US TV

Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Kathy Bates returns to Mike & Molly
Jeffrey Dean Morgan joins Extant

New US TV shows

Fox green lights: pilot of fantasy football comedy Fantasy Life
NBC green lights: pilots of adaptations of Problem Child…
…and BBC Three’s Cuckoo
US version of Channel 4’s Black Mirror being developed
Showtime developing: adaptation of BBC One’s The Driver with David Morrissey

New US TV show casting

Anna Gunn joins CBS’s Criminal Minds spin-off

News: Jimmy Olsen cast, green light for Limitless, Drama acquires The Pinkertons, Catastrophe renewed + more

29 January 2015 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Anna Torv, Frank Grillo to star in Akiva Goldsman’s Stephanie
Christine Taylor to return for Zoolander 2

Canadian TV

APTN green lights: crime drama Dirty Red Boys

German TV

ZDF renews: Dr Klein

Internet TV

Jon Hamm, Chris Pine, Kristen Wigg and Jason Schwartzman to guest on Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer

UK TV

Channel 4 renews: Catastrophe
Drama acquires: The Pinkertons
Tuesday ratings

UK TV show casting

Laura Aikman joins Bluestone 42

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Glenn Fleshler joins Hannibal
Michael Hogan joins Fargo
Rita Moreno to guest on Jane The Virgin
Brianna Brown returns to Devious Maids

New US TV shows

NBC green lights: adaptation of Strange Calls
ABC green lights: pilot of political thriller Flesh and Blood
CBS green lights: pilot of adaptation of Limitless, Dan O’Shannon girlfriend-quest comedy, guardian angel comedy Angel From Hell

New US TV show casting

Blythe Danner to guest on NBC’s The Slap
Mehcad Brooks to play Jimmy Olsen on CBS’s Supergirl
Maya Rudolph and Jaden Smith join HBO’s Brothers In Atlanta

News: Togetherness renewed, female Ghostbusters cast, Fantastic Four teaser + more

28 January 2015 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film casting

Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon to star in Ghostbusters reboot

Trailers

Trailer for Daniel Espinosa’s Child 44, with Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman et al
Teaser trailer for Fantastic Four

Internet TV

Teaser trailer for Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer

UK TV

Monday ratings

US TV

HBO renews: Togetherness
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Jerry Ferrara to co-star in Starz’s Power
Katie Holmes to guest on Ray Donovan

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: pilots of medical drama Code Black and comedy Half of It
Trailer for AMC’s Better Call Saul
HBO green lights: pilot of Virtuoso

New US TV show casting

Tyler James Williams joins Criminal Minds spin-off

When Marvel’s social media team forgot Black Widow was an Avengers member… and learnt a lesson

26 January 2015 Natalia Romanova 1 Comment

So last week, Marvel Canada asked a simple question that in their minds was equivalent to “Who’s your favourite member of The Avengers?”

Marvel Canada ask who your favourite character is

Except that’s obviously Thor, Iron Man and Captain America. Where’s the Hulk? Where’s Hawkeye?

Oh wait. Isn’t there someone else? Turns out that very quickly the viewing public reacted and we soon found out who everyone’s favourite Avengers member really is. At least in Canada.

Good. Sorted. Now all you have to do is come up with some Black Widow merchandise.

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News: BBC3’s Murder In Successville, multiple US pilots, new Heroes and Game of Thrones trailers + more

News: US versions of The Driver, Cuckoo, Black Mirror, Sky Arts’ Mills and Doom, Spooks movie teaser, + more

News: Jimmy Olsen cast, green light for Limitless, Drama acquires The Pinkertons, Catastrophe renewed + more

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