Film

An archive of blog entries about films and film production.

Monday’s “Gavin & Stacey US remake finds its Smithy, Mark Pellegrino is Jedikiah and Hill Harper quits CSI: NY for Covert Affairs” news

25 February 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

There’s a possibility the Daily News won’t be around tomorrow, since it might be celebrating its wife’s birthday (if she’s awake). Check in tomorrow to find out.

Film

UK TV

  • ITV to premiere 666 Park Avenue episode on ITV Player [subscription required]
  • TCM acquires Longmire
  • Sky to green light Give Out Girls
  • Robert Emms to star in BBC1’s Atlantis
  • Someone might be leaving Mr Selfridge [spoilers]

US TV

US TV casting

New US TV show casting

  • Tom Green to star in NBC’s Camp, Anjelah N Johnson joins NBC’s About A Boy adaptation
  • Jorge Garcia to star in CBS’s The Ordained, Joe Lo Truglio to be a regular in Fox’s Andy Samberg comedy
  • Ken Jeong to star in ABC’s Spy remake
  • Connor Buckley (no, no relation) to star in Fox comedy, Inbar Levi to be a regular in Fox’s Gang Related
  • Andrea Anders to star in ABC’s Divorce, thus guaranteeing it almost instant death; Dustin Ybarra to play Smithy in Fox’s Gavin & Stacey remake Friends & Family, James Martinez joins CBS’s Intelligence
  • John Stamos to star in NBC’s I Am Victor
  • Yael Grobglas to star in The CW’s The Selection
  • Odette Annable and Bruce Greenwood to star in ABC’s Venice
  • Mark Pellegrino to play Jedikiah in The CW’s The Tomorrow People remake
  • James Van Der Beek to star in CBS’s Friends With Better Lives
  • Henry Ian Cusick to co-star in The CW’s The Hundred, Rhys Coiro joins CBS’s Hostages remake
  • Bridget Regan to star in ABC’s Murder in Manhattan, Angelique Cabral to star in Fox’s Enlisted
  • Peter Riegert to star in Fox’s Dads, Michael Weston to co-star in The CW’s Blink
  • Margo Martindale joins CBS’s Greg Garcia comedy
  • Melanie Lynskey joins HBO’s Togetherness

Everyone has to start somewhere: Ben Affleck’s directorial debut

22 February 2013 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

He’s on something of an awards roll is Ben Affleck. Having won an Oscar with Matt Damon for writing the script of Good Will Hunting, now he’s all lined up to win the Best Director Oscar for Argo.

But everyone has to start somewhere and Ben Affleck is no exception. So lean back, relax, and enjoy Affleck’s 1993 directorial debut: I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her On A Meathook, and Now I Have A Three Picture Deal At Disney.

Bet you didn’t see that coming.

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Friday’s “The American’s 2nd season, NBC finishes 5th, Jack Davenport to star in Breathless and a Fox-Bay reunion” news

22 February 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Canadian TV

UK TV

  • Jack Davenport to star in ITV’s Breathless
  • Trailer for Broadchurch, with David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Arthur Darvill and Vicky McClure

US TV

US TV casting

New US TV shows

US TV show casting

  • Jesse Lee Soffer to star in NBC’s Hatfields & McCoys, French Stewart to recur on CBS’s Mom
  • Charlie Cox to star in CBS’s The Ordained
  • Chris Egan to play Dorian Gray and Tom Ellis to play Victor Frankenstein in ABC’s Gothica
  • Sheila Vand to star in CBS’s Beverly Hills Cop
  • Mira Sorvino to star in CBS’s Jim Gaffigan comedy
  • Robbie Amell joins The CW’s The Tomorrow People, Ryan Hansen joins CBS’s Bad Teacher, Kim Dickens joins CBS’s Second Sight, and Ashton Holmes and Lou Taylor Pucci join ABC’s Reckless
  • Nicole Beharie to star in Fox’s Sleepy Hollow
  • Daniel Stern to co-star on NBC’s Girlfriend in a Coma
  • Joey McIntyre and Jessica Chaffin join CBS’s The McCarthys, Peta Sergeant returns for second go at The CW’s The Selection

Thursday’s “New Tomorrow Person, a Will Arnett comedy, FX to Crash and Burn and Killing creator’s Cinemax team-up” news

21 February 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Australian TV

UK TV

US TV

US TV casting

  • Hugh Dillon to be a regular and Aaron Douglas to recur on The Killing
  • Josh Hamilton to guest on Elementary [minor spoilers]

New US TV shows

New US TV show casting

  • June Diane Raphael to star in ABC’s Pulling remake
  • Luke Mitchell to star in The CW’s The Tomorrow People remake, Malese Jow and Titus Makin Jr to co-star in The CW’s Oxygen
  • Marc Blucas to co-star in ABC’s Killer Women
  • Steve Zahen to star in ABC’s Influence
  • Will Arnett to star in CBS’s Greg Garcia comedy
  • David Harewood joins CBS’s Anatomy of Violence
  • Orlando Jones joins Fox’s Sleepy Hollow, Adam Campbell joins ABC’s Mixology
  • Rockmond Dunbar to co-star in ABC’s Doubt, Isiah Whitlock Jr to star in ABC’s The Syndicate remake Lucky 7
  • Matt Craven joins ABC’s The Returned, Brent Morin and Rick Glassman join NBC’s Undateable
  • Tory Kittles to recur on HBO’s True Detective
  • Annie Mumolo to star in ABC’s Middle Age Rage
  • Sung Kang to star in Fox’s Gang Related, Michael Rady to star in CBS’s Intelligence
  • Paget Brewster to star in ABC’s Spy remake, Henry Thomas to star in ABC’s Betrayal

Wednesday’s “Vic and Bob’s new sitcom, bye bye BBC HD, The Bates Motel trailer & much pilot casting” news

20 February 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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Film casting

Canadian TV

UK TV

  • Vic and Bob to star in new BBC sitcom
  • Gold commissions first studio sitcom, Us And Them
  • BBC 2 HD to replace BBC HD on all platforms from 26 March
  • Monday ratings: Black Mirror drops slightly

US TV

US TV casting

New US TV shows

New US TV show casting

  • Jason Lee to star in CBS’s Second Sight remake, Rachelle Lefevre to star in CBS’s Under The Dome
  • Maya Kazan joins The CW’s Company Town, George Segal joins ABC’s How The Hell
  • Kirk Ward to star in Amazon’s Zombieland
  • Mandy Moore to star in ABC’s Pulling remake, Eloise Mumford to star in ABC’s Reckless
  • Tate Donovan to co-star in CBS’s Hostages remake
  • Josh Hamilton to star in Bravo’s Rita remake
  • Greg Sulkin to co-star in Fox’s Delirium, Tricia Helfer to star in ABC’s Killer Women remake, Nestor Serrano to star in CBS’s The Ordained and Raza Jaffrey to star in ABC’s Gothica
  • Catherine O’Hara to co-star in Fox’s To My Future Assistant
  • Ari Graynor to star in CBS’s Bad Teacher adaptation
  • Michael Peña to star in Fox’s The List
  • Ramon Rodriguez to star in Fox’s Gang Related, John Ortiz to co-star in Fox’s Rake remake
  • Geoff Stults to star in Fox’s Enlisted