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News: more murder mysteries for Miss Fisher, Sky Atlantic acquisitions, Cameron Crowe’s TV Roadies + more

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Film

Shane Black developing The Nice Guys

Trailers

Trailer for Birdman with Michael Keaton, Lindsay Duncan, Zach Galifianakis et al
Trailer for No Good Deed, with Idris Elba, Taraji P Henson, Leslie Bibb et al

Australian TV

ABC renews: Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
ABC green lights: comedy Timothy

Internet TV

Paul Reiser joins Amazon’s Red Oaks

UK TV

Sky Atlantic acquires: HBO’s The Leftovers and Cinemax’s The Knick

UK TV show casting

Colin Salmon and Antonia Thomas to guest on Musketeers

US TV

Wednesday ratings

New US TV shows

Showtime developing: Cameron Crowe rock tour comedy Roadies

News: Sirens and Power renewed, Kylie Minogue heads to San Andreas + more

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Film

Kristen Wiig to direct and co-write movie

Film casting

Kylie Minogue joins San Andreas

Trailers

Trailer for The Interview with Seth Rogen and James Franco
New trailer for Sin City 2

UK TV

Forces TV launches
ITV Player added to Roku

US TV

US TV show casting

Raza Jaffrey and Michael O’Keefe join Homeland

New US TV shows

Trailer for MTV’s Finding Carter
Extended trailer for El Rey’s Matador
NBC to reshoot Jerrod Carmichael pilot

New US TV show casting

Brianna Brown leaves ABC’s The Whispers

News: Kim Bodnia leaves The Bridge, Vincent D’Onofrio is Daredevil’s Kingpin, Manhattan trailer + more

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Doctor Who

Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman and Steven Moffat going on world tour

Film casting

Johnny Vegas, Ian McShane, David Harewood et al join Sacha Baron Cohen’s Grimsby

Trailers

Trailer for Dumb and Dumber To with Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Kathleen Turner et al

Internet TV

Vincent D’Onofrio to play Kingpin on Netflix’s Daredevil
Samira Wiley promoted to regular on Orange is the New Black

Australian TV

Seven cancels: A Place To Call Home

Scandinavian TV

Kim Bodnia leaves The Bridge

UK TV

Ambassadors to return as a drama?
BBC1 cancels: The Crimson Field
Final series of Wallander to film in 2015
Monday ratings

US TV

Monday TNT ratings

US TV show casting

Joe Adler promoted to regular on The Mentalist

New US TV shows

FX red lights: Paul Giamatti’s Hoke
Trailer for WGN America’s Manhattan
BBC America and HBO Canada developing: Iron Belly

New US TV show casting

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Agnes Bruckner and…
…Tandi Wright join A&E’s The Returned remake

News: Power comes to UK digital, Faking It renewed, Eric Roberts wears a Suit + more

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Film casting

Jeremy Renner confirmed for Mission: Impossible 5

Internet TV

Trailer for season 2 of Hemlock Grove

UK TV

Starz’s Power to be available on digital platforms after US airing
ITV Encore to broadcast deleted Broadchurch scenes

New UK TV show casting

Toby Jones, Rachael Striling, Lucy Benjamin et al join BBC4’s Detectorists

US TV

MTV renews: Faking It
Frozen characters to join Once Upon A Time
Saturday ratings

US TV show casting

Michael O’Keefe, Tyler Labine et al to guest on Royal Pains
Eric Roberts to recur on Suits

New US TV shows

Gavin & Stacey remake Us and Them will never air
Trailer for FX’s Married with Judy Greer and Nat Faxon
Trailer for TV Land’s Younger with Sutton Foster and Hilary Duff
Comedy Central green lights: Another Period and Idiotsitter
New trailer for HBO’s The Leftovers

New US TV show casting

John Doman joins Showtime’s The Affair

News: Miriam Margolyes is Trollied, Peyton Reed replaced Edgar Wright on Ant-Man + more

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Film

Peyton Reed to replace Edgar Wright on Ant-Man, Adam McKay to work on the script

Trailers

Teaser trailer for The November Man with Pierce Bronson

Internet TV

Pedro Pascal to star in Netflix’s Narco

UK TV show casting

Miriam Margolyes, Stephen Tompkinson, Aisling Bea et al join Trollied

New UK TV show casting

Keeley Hawes and Michael Gambon joins BBC/HBO’s Casual Vacancy
Paul Nicholls, Haydn Gwynne et all join BBC1’s The C Word
Casting on A&E’s The Returned

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News: more murder mysteries for Miss Fisher, Sky Atlantic acquisitions, Cameron Crowe’s TV Roadies + more

News: Sirens and Power renewed, Kylie Minogue heads to San Andreas + more

News: Kim Bodnia leaves The Bridge, Vincent D’Onofrio is Daredevil’s Kingpin, Manhattan trailer + more

News: Power comes to UK digital, Faking It renewed, Eric Roberts wears a Suit + more

News: Miriam Margolyes is Trollied, Peyton Reed replaced Edgar Wright on Ant-Man + more

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