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Wow. This looks good. Bit of a gamble for Marvel releasing this a week before Thor 2, which looks decidedly less exciting by comparison. And Robert Redford as the baddie, essentially the Richard Nixon of the piece? How marvellous.

More Suits, The CW getting periods, and Murder Octavia Spencer wrote

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Film

Clive Barker rebooting Hellraiser

Film casting

Will Smith to star in Selling Time
Michael K Williams to star in Captive

Trailers

Teaser trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past

International TV

Australian TV drama spending up 27% in past year

UK TV

Five unacquires: Us & Them [subscription required]
Universal Channel acquires: Fox’s Rake
Wednesday ratings

UK TV casting

Tim Vine joins Blandings, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Celia Imrie, Harry Enfield et al to guest

New UK TV show casting

Julia McKenzie, Joanna Lumley, Rob Brydon and Miranda Hart to star in BBC1’s Gangsta Granny
Eddie Marsan to star in BBC1’s Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

US TV

USA renews: Suits
Wednesday ratings

US TV casting

Richard Schiff to guest on Bones
Keith Carradine to guest on Raising Hope

New US TV shows

NBC developing: Murder She Wrote reboot with Octavia Spencer…
…Remy Chandler adaptations
Starz looking for more UK drama projects [subscription required]…
…developing: Most Wanted
The CW developing: period surfing drama…
…and period Hollywood drama Players
ABC developing: American Crime…
…and Skin Deep…
…to adapt Australia’s Secrets & Lies
CBS developing: Vice

A new Christian Grey, Tom Hardy is Elton John and Eliza Coupe joins the bench

24 October 2013 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Film casting

Tom Hardy to play Elton John in Rocketman
Lennie James and Nelsan Ellis join Get On Up
Ben Whishaw, Jason Clarke, Olivia Colman et al to star in The Lobster
Jamie Dornan to play Christian Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey

Trailers

Trailer for The Book Thief

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV casting

Sean Maher to guest on Arrow [minor spoilers]
Jessica Chaffin to guest on New Girl

New US TV shows

Trailer for CBS’s Intelligence
CBS adapting: Austrian TV’s Fast Forward
USA green lights: pilot of Benched with Eliza Coupe
ABC developing: The Alzheimer’s Project…
…Rob Lowe’s The Point…
…Keenan Ivory Wayans comedy
NBC developing: Pulling Teeth…
…Chris Fedak superhero show
TNT developing: Anonymous

An Anchorman 2 trailer – party like it’s 1984

23 October 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Or something. Does it matter? It’s a trailer for Anchorman 2. It’s really happening!

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More Homeland, Masters of Sex, Super Fun Night and Back In The Game

23 October 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Andy Serkis to adapt The Bone Season

Film casting

Alice Eve joins 1.30 Train

Trailers

Trailer for Neighbors, with Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne et al

UK TV

Monday ratings

US TV

Showtime renews: Homeland, Masters of Sex
ABC orders more scripts for Super Fun Night and Back In The Game
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Jill Marie Jones joins Sleepy Hollow

New US TV shows

CBS developing: Nicky, from Channing Tatum

New US TV show casting

Naturi Naughton et al join Starz’s Power
Cynthia Watros to star in MTV’s Finding Carter + other casting
Janeane Garafolo to co-star on Bravo’s The Girlfriend’s Guide To Divorce
Francia Raisa joins Lifetime’s Unreal

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