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News: Batman v Superman v Cyborg, BBC1 classic adaptations, NBC’s telenovelas + more

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Film casting

Ray Fisher to play Cyborg in Batman vs Superman
Mark Strong joins Sacha Baron Cohen in Grimsby
Peter Serafinowicz joins Paul Feig’s Spy

Internet TV

Sam Trammell to star in Amazon’s Cocked

New UK TV shows

BBC1 to adapt Lady Chatterley’s Lover, The Go-Between, Cider With Rosie and An Inspector Calls

US TV

BET renews: The Game and Being Mary Jane
Wednesday ratings

New US TV shows

BET green lights: The Start Up
A new Friday the 13th TV series
NBC and USA to develop English-language versions of Telemundo telenovelas
Extended trailer for TNT’s The Last Ship

New US TV show casting

Larenz Tate promoted to regular on USA’s Rush

News: More Americans, Shetland, less Bletchley Circle, Sigmund Freud fights crime + more

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The Daily News will return on Tuesday. Have a happy Easter!

Film

Mrs Doubtfire 2?
Mark Millar’s Superior to be adapted

UK TV

BBC3/iPlayer acquires: ABC Australia’s Jonah From Tonga
BBC Scotland renews: Shetland
Sundance TV to launch in the UK [subscription required]
ITV cancels: The Bletchley Circle
Tuesday ratings

New UK TV shows

Frank Spotnitz and Nicholas Meyer developing Freud: The Secret Casebook

US TV

US TV show casting

Geno Segers and Afton Williamson promoted on Banshee
Gary Dourdon to recur on Being Mary Jane, guest on Glee

New US TV shows

Teaser for FX’s Tyrant

News: Discovery/BSkyB buy 5, Heroes’ digital prequel, Y Gwyll on Netflix + more

16 April 2014 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

Film casting

Will Ferrell and John C Reilly to star in Border Guards
Sharon Stone joins American Ultra

Trailers

Trailer for Paul Haggis’ Third Person with Liam Neeson, Kim Basinger, Olivia Wilde et al
Trailer for David Cronenberg’s Maps To The Stars with Mia Wasikowska, Julianne Moore, John Cusack et al
Trailer for Oculus with Karen Gillan
Final trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past

Internet TV

Netflix acquires: Y Gwyll/Hinterland

UK TV

Discovery/BSkyB to buy Channel 5?
BBC3 controller Zai Bennett to become director of Sky Atlantic
Monday ratings
Monday Sky Atlantic ratings

US TV

Heroes Reborn to start with online prequel
Promo for season 6 of Royal Pains
Monday ratings

New US TV shows

Trailer for WGN America’s Salem
TV Land green lights: pilot of Impastor

News: No more Fearnet, Sundance’s The Village remake, TV Land aims Younger + more

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Trailers

Trailer for God’s Pocket with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks et al
Trailer for David Fincher’s Gone Girl, with Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike et al

Internet TV

Shaun Evans leaves Amazon’s Cosmopolitan

US TV

US TV show casting

Nazneen Contractor to recur on Covert Affairs
Laura Benanti to recur on Nurse Jackie

New US TV shows

Another trailer for HBO’s The Leftovers
Sundance to remake BBC1’s The Village [subscription only]
WGN America to adapt DC’s Scalped
TV Land green lights: Darren Star’s Younger

New US TV show casting

Dominique McElligott to star in ABC’s The Astronaut’s Wives Club

News: BBC4 acquires The Code, SyFy heads for The Expanse, Banshee recruits + more

14 April 2014 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Trailers

Trailer for Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man, with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Rachel McAdams et al
Opening battle from X-Men: Days of Future Past

French TV

Kam&Ka acquires Canadian show format Appearances, to co-develop Israeli shows

UK TV

BBC Four acquires: Australia’s ABC1’s The Code

UK TV show casting

Colin Morgan joins The Fall

US TV

Another 24: Live Another Day trailer
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings

US TV show casting

Meaghan Rath, Langley Kirkwood, Chaske Spencer, Tom Pelphrey to recur on Banshee
Melanie Papalia to recur on Suits

New US TV shows

SyFy green lights: The Expanse

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News: Batman v Superman v Cyborg, BBC1 classic adaptations, NBC’s telenovelas + more

News: More Americans, Shetland, less Bletchley Circle, Sigmund Freud fights crime + more

News: Discovery/BSkyB buy 5, Heroes’ digital prequel, Y Gwyll on Netflix + more

News: No more Fearnet, Sundance’s The Village remake, TV Land aims Younger + more

News: BBC4 acquires The Code, SyFy heads for The Expanse, Banshee recruits + more

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