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Film casting

Margot Robbie to star in Z For Zachariah

UK TV

Thursday ratings
Five to launch +24

US TV

Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, L&O:SVU to cross over
Trailer for season 2 of Hannibal
NBC renews: Parks & Rec
ABC cuts: Killer Women
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings

US TV casting

Mary Steenburgen to recur on Justified
Jaimie Alexander to guest as Lady Sif on Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
Jamie McShane to guest on The Fosters

New US TV shows

About a Boy to cross over with Parenthood
Trailers for NBC’s About A Boy, Growing Up Fisher, Believe and Crisis
NBC green lights: Emerald City, The Slap, State of Affairs…
…and Old Soul
Fox green lights: Red Band Society and Runner

New US TV show casting

Hayley Atwell confirmed for ABC’s Agent Carter
Casting on ABC’s American Education

Canada’s Salamander remake, A&E’s edgy Highway to Heaven, and Showtime is Happyish

17 January 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Trailers

Trailer for The Quiet Ones with Jared Harris

Canadian TV

Bell Media developing 29 drama projects, including Salamander remake, Mighty Quinns, Ice, AKA, Cardinal Mysteries and Tranquility

UK TV

Channel 4 looking to acquire more subtitled dramas [subscription required]
Series 2 of Mr Selfridge to appear on iTunes first
ITV2 acquires: Fox’s Dads

US TV

HBO GO coming to PlayStation
Trailer for season 3 of Episodes
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Olivier Martinez joins ABC’s Revenge
Joan Allen to recur on The Killing

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: supernatural drama Clementine
…and comedy Black-ish
NBC green lights: church drama Salvation
A&E developing: Highway to Heaven remake
Teaser trailer for Showtime’s Penny Dreadful
Showtime green lights: Happyish and The Affair

New US TV show casting

Fortune Feimster joins Tina Fey’s Fox comedy
Kyle Chandler to star in Netflix thriller

Michael Palin returns to acting, no new Wonder Woman TV show and a Veronica Mars spin-off

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Film casting

Harrison Ford joins The Age of Adaline

Trailers

Trailer for Walk of Shame with Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden and Gillian Jacobs
Trailer for Date and Switch with Dakota Johnson et al

UK TV

Outnumbered to return for final series
Tuesday ratings

New UK TV shows

BBC green lights: Flat News
Michael Palin to star in BBC1’s Remember Me

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Benjamin Bratt joins 24: Live Another Day
Nathan Parsons to replace Luke Grimes on True Blood
Jane Alexander to guest on Elementary
Paul Rudd joins The Greatest Event in Television History
John Hodgman and Dan Castellaneta to guest on Parks & Rec
Bill Paxton to recur on Agents of SHIELD

New US TV shows

NBC green lights: Mission Control, Ellen More or Less and Love Is Relative
The CW red lights: Amazon…
…green lights: Veronica Mars digital spinoff…
…acquires: Channel 4’s Labyrinth
Comedy Central green lights: Another Period

New US TV show casting

Thomas Dekker joins Fox’s Backstrom
Kendrick Sampson joins Fox’s Gracepoint, Kelsey Chow joins Fox’s Hieroglyph
Kelen Coleman joins CBS’S The McCarthys, Zach Cregger to star in Fox’s Fatrick

Galaxy Quest: The Documentary

15 January 2014 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Galaxy Quest was a brilliant 1999 movie about a fake TV series called Galaxy Quest (which bears more than a passing resemblance to Star Trek and certain other sci-fi shows, in both the fake onscreen and fake off-screen moments), its cast and its fans. If you haven’t watched it, you really should, since it stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Robin Sachs, Missi Pyle and Justin Long – and is very funny.

You can buy it on DVD or Blu-Ray.

But even dedicated Galaxy Quest fans might not know that when Galaxy Quest came out, E! created a mockumentary about the show for its ’20th anniversary’ that included interviews with the cast in-character, as well as footage that wasn’t included in the film. Guess what I just found, though:

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More4’s Mammon, more Web Therapy, less Justified, Netflix’s Marco Polo and Zack G with Louis CK

15 January 2014 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

Jack Black to remake Wizard’s Way

Film casting

Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana to return for three Avatar sequels

UK TV

Sky1 HD acquires: 24: Live Another Day
More4 acquires: NRK’s Mammon

UK TV casting

John Mahoney to guest on Foyle’s War

New UK TV show casting

Conleth Hill et al join BBC2’s Tubby & Enid

US TV

Showtime renews: Web Therapy
FX cancels: Justified
Trailers for season 2 of Bates Motel
Monday ratings: Intelligence plummets

US TV casting

Sam Elliott returning to Parks & Rec
Kathy Bates to guest on Mike & Molly
Karine Vanasse promoted to regular on Revenge

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: Taxi-22
ABC green lights: American Crime
Netflix green lights: Marco Polo

New US TV show casting

Hilary Duff to star in TV Land’s Younger
Eve to star in ABC comedy
Zack Galifianakis to star in Louis CK FX pilot
Michael Cera and John Hawkes to star in Charlie Kaufman’s How And Why for FX
Jane Kaczmarek to recur on USA’s Playing House

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NBC crossovers and new series, Hannibal trailer, and Lady Sif and Agent Carter join ABC

Canada’s Salamander remake, A&E’s edgy Highway to Heaven, and Showtime is Happyish

Michael Palin returns to acting, no new Wonder Woman TV show and a Veronica Mars spin-off

Galaxy Quest: The Documentary

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The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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