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Film casting

Holly Hunter et al join Batman vs Superman
Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds to star in Woman In Gold
Judy Greer joins Jurassic World

Trailers

Trailer for Blended with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore
Trailer for The Expendables 3

UK TV

Channel 4 to invest millions in international dramas
Sky Atlantic renews: Mid Morning Matters
Wednesday ratings

UK TV casting

Vincent Regan and Amy Manson join Atlantis

New UK TV show casting

Tom Hardy to star in BBC1’s Taboo

US TV

Teaser for True Blood’s final season
DirecTV acquires: ABC1’s The Code
Wednesday ratings

New US TV shows

The first seven minutes of FX’s Fargo

New US TV show casting

Mandy Moore to star in CBS’s Good Session
David Meunier to recur on TNT’s Legends

Until we get a Black Widow movie, here’s ScarJo in Lucy

3 April 2014 Natalia Romanova 1 Comment

It is, of course, bizarre that before a Black Widow solo movie even gets the go-ahead, we’re getting a Guardians of the Galaxy movie from Marvel studios, doubly bizarre once you’ve seen Captain America: Winter Soldier.

Still until then, we can look forward to imagining what it might look like, thanks to this trailer for Luc Besson’s Lucy, with Scarlett Johansson as Lucy. It’s not a traditional superhero movie yet clearly is a superhero movie at the same time, and acts a bit like a melange of recent ScarJo movies, including Her and Under The Skin. Looks fun and different at the same time.

News: UK buyers for Silicon Valley and Intelligence, Waterloo Road cancelled + more

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Doctor Who

Tom Riley to guest in Mark Gatiss-scripted episode

Film casting

Emily Blunt to star in Sicario
Zac Efron to star in adaptation of John Grisham’s The Associate

UK TV

Sky Atlantic acquires: HBO’s Silicon Valley
Sky1 acquires: CBS’s Intelligence
BBC1 cancels: Waterloo Road
Details of Sky Store’s Buy & Keep service

New UK TV show casting

Casting on E4’s Glue
Steffan Rhodri to star in S4C’s Cara Fi/Love Me

US TV

Tuesday ratings

New US TV shows

Teaser trailer for SyFy’s Dominion
Comedy Central green lights: Duty

News: Netflix’s Narcos, a new Doctor Doom, HBO puts Women In Space + more

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Film casting

Toby Kebbell to play Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four reboot
Byung-hun Lee et al join Terminator: Genesis

Internet TV

Netflix green lights: Pablo Escobar drama Narcos

UK TV

Monday ratings

New UK TV shows

BBC2 green lights: Guy Hibbert’s One Child

US TV

US TV show casting

Brittany Daniel promoted to regular on The Game
George Wendt and Kurt Fuller to guest on Franklin & Bash
Bruno Bichir to recur on The Bridge
Michael Socha to join Once Upon A Time

New US TV shows

HBO developing: comedy Women In Space from Kristin Gore and Jay Roach
DirectTV green lights: 10 episodes of comedy Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight
CBS developing: adaptation of Aisha Tyler’s Self-Inflicted Wounds

New US TV show casting

Natasha Henstridge to recur on ABC’s Selfie, Danielle Nicolet joins CBS’s Good Session, David Paymer to recur on CBS’s Red Zone
AJ Buckley to guest on CBS’s Wall Street drama
Amber Stevens replaced by Ryan Michelle Bathe on ABC’s Kevin Hart comedy

News: More Alpha House and Nurse Jackie, the dawning of NBC’s Aquarius + more

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Film casting

Dianna Agron, Griffin Dunne and Richard Masur join Tumbledown
Ashley Jensen and John C Reilly joins The Lobster

Trailers

Trailer for Sex Tape with Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel
Trailer for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Internet TV

Frances Fisher joins The Killing
Amazon renews Alpha House, orders six pilots to series, cancels Betas

UK TV

Trailer for series 2 of Derek
Sunday ratings

New UK TV shows

Simon Nye and Beryl Vertue working on Private Parts

New UK TV show casting

O-T Fagbenie replaces David Gyasi on BBC1’s The Interceptor

US TV

US TV show casting

Diane Farr to guest on Royal Pains
Trio promoted to regulars on The Walking Dead
Two promoted to regulars on Brooklyn Nine-Nine

New US TV shows

NBC green lights: series of Aquarius with David Duchovny
Preview of CBS’s Bad Teacher
Trailer for AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire

New US TV show casting

Richard Dreyfuss to co-star on TBS’s Your Family Or Mine
Josh Malina to guest on CBS’s Extant

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