An archive of blog entries about films and film production.
Today’s Google Doodle honours Saul Bass on his 93rd birthday
How many film title sequences can you spot homaged here? This should help
Film
Wednesday’s “Trailer for The Butler with Oprah Winfrey, Maison close to close, and The Last Ship to sail” news
Film
- Warner Bros acquires Dungeons & Dragons film rights
- The exciting world of Avengers salary negotiation
- Shane Black to direct Doc Savage
Film casting
- John Travolta to star in The Forger
- Andrew Garfield to star in Martin Scorsese’s Silence
- Maggie Smith to star in My Old Lady
- James Franco to star in Wim Wenders’ Everything Will Be Fine
Trailers
- Trailer for Lee Daniels’ The Butler with Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda and Forrest Whitaker
- Trailer for Ender’s Game with Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley et al
French TV
- Maison close cancelled
UK TV
- BBC4 chief leaves for ITV
- Casting on By Any Means, Give Out Girls and Strike Back
- Monday ratings: Vicious and Job Lot drop
US TV
US TV casting
- Annet Mahendru and Alison Wright promoted to regulars on The Americans
- Ioan Gruffudd and Raphael Sbarge to guest on Necessary Roughness
New US TV shows
- CBS green lights: Mom
- TNT green lights: The Last Ship
Wednesday’s “Trailer for The Butler with Oprah Winfrey, Maison close to close, and The Last Ship to sail” news
Film
- Warner Bros acquires Dungeons & Dragons film rights
- The exciting world of Avengers salary negotiation
- Shane Black to direct Doc Savage
Film casting
- John Travolta to star in The Forger
- Andrew Garfield to star in Martin Scorsese’s Silence
- Maggie Smith to star in My Old Lady
- James Franco to star in Wim Wenders’ Everything Will Be Fine
Trailers
- Trailer for Lee Daniels’ The Butler with Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda and Forrest Whitaker
- Trailer for Ender’s Game with Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley et al
French TV
- Maison close cancelled
UK TV
- BBC4 chief leaves for ITV
- Casting on By Any Means, Give Out Girls and Strike Back
- Monday ratings: Vicious and Job Lot drop
US TV
US TV casting
- Annet Mahendru and Alison Wright promoted to regulars on The Americans
- Ioan Gruffudd and Raphael Sbarge to guest on Necessary Roughness
New US TV shows
- CBS green lights: Mom
- TNT green lights: The Last Ship
Tuesday’s “Luke Evans is The Crow, an Ice Station Zebra remake and Sophia Myles transforms” news
Film
- Christopher McQuarrie remaking Ice Station Zebra
Film casting
- Luke Evans to star in The Crow
- Tom Cruise to star in Mission: Impossible 5
- Sophia Myles joins Transformers 4
- Katherine Heigl and Clive Owen to star in Survivor
- Ewan McGregor joins Jane Got a Gun
UK TV
- Casting on Page Eight sequels, including Christopher Walken and Winona Ryder
- Casting on The Guilty, The 7.39 and Stella
- Friday ratings: The Ice Cream Girls finishes with 4.23m viewers
- Sunday ratings: Endeavour concludes with 4.89m viewers
US TV
- Teaser for True Blood, season 6
- Trailer for The Newsroom, season 2
- Friday ratings: Happy Endings up
- Sunday ratings: Mentalist down, Red Widow up
New US TV show casting
- Mark Duplass to star in HBO’s Togetherness
Friday’s “More Orphan Black, lots of Syrup, and UKTV to launch Drama channel” news
The Daily News will return on Tuesday
Film
- Steven Spielberg to shoot American Sniper
- David Slade to direct The Widow
Film casting
- Kristen Connolly joins adaptation of Good Marriage
- Leighton Meester, Gillian Jacobs to star in Life Partners
- Sarah Gadon to star in Dracula
- Max Greenfield joins Veronica Mars
Trailers
Canadian TV
- Space renews: Orphan Black
- Vincent Walsh to star in CTV’s Played
- Ratings for the week of April 15
UK TV
- Sky Living green lights: sitcom Give Out Girls
- BBC developing: dating dramedy Seeks Similar
- UKTV to launch Drama
- Damian Molony to guest on Ripper Street
- Hannibal, Trollied, Borgias to debut on demand before TV
- Sky subscribers up 30,000 thanks to Now TV [subscription required]
US TV
- Trailer for Necessary Roughness
- Teaser for season two of Magic City
- Wednesday ratings: Family Tools starts soft
New US TV show casting
- The Rock to star in HBO dramedy