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Friday’s “More Coppers, Animal Practice cancelled, US Clocking Off and Rev and Justice League for 2015” news

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Film

Miranda movie planned?
Justice League planned for 2015

Theatre

Joe Wright to direct Chiwetel Ejiofor in A Season in the Congo

UK TV

Wednesday ratings
Lacey Turner to star in Our Girl for BBC1

US TV

A second season for Coppers
Animal Practice cancelled
Trailer for Cinemax’s Banshee
Wednesday ratings: American Horror Story returns with 3.85m viewers…
…Nashville and Chicago Fire drop over 20%, Arrow steady

US TV casting

Kevin Dunn joins Veep
Henry Ian Cusick to guest on Body of Proof

New US TV shows

Paul Abbott adapting Clocking Off for Showtime [subscription required]
ABC adapting the BBC’s Rev
CBS developing comedy with Steve Coogan and Simon Nye
Fox buys Best Man, NBC buys Town and Gown…
…and crime drama
ABC buys Dirty Girls…
…and Manny Coto‘s The Defectives
The CW buys House Calls
Jennifer Love Hewitt to produce The Day I Shot Cupid for Lifetime

New US TV show casting

Brendan Fraser to star in Legends
Andy Samberg to star in Fox comedy

Thursday’s “Knots Landing on Dallas, Doctor Who writers, and LA Noir goes to series” news

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Doctor Who

Writers confirmed for series 7b

Film

David Duchovny, Hope Davis and Timothy Hutton to star in After The Fall
Diane Kruger and Anton Yelchin to star in 5 to 7
Woody Harrelson and Martin Sheen to star in September Morn
Elizabeth Banks to star in Walk of Shame
Willem Dafoe joins Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac
Alex Cross sequel already in development

Trailers

Trailer for Mama, with Jessica Chastain and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Trailer for Jack Reacher with Tom Cruise

French TV

Accused to be remade [subscription required]

UK TV

Skins to conclude with old characters, different format
Phil Davis to recur on Being Human
Press pack for Secret State
SyFy to broadcast ST:TNG in high def [subscription required]
Sky1 acquires The Last Resort
Tuesday ratings

US TV

Tuesday ratings: Ben and Kate down 20%, Emily Owens starts low, Hart Of Dixie up

US TV casting

Knots Landing‘s Ted Shackelford and Joan Van Ark to guest on Dallas
Chuck‘s Vik Sahay to guest on Bones
George Takei to guest on Hawaii Five-0
Dylan McDermott to return to American Horror Story
Donal Logue to guest on Sons of Anarchy
Polly Walker to guest on Warehouse 13
Cougar Town‘s Briga Heelan to guest on Happy Endings
Royal Pains‘ Kyle Howard to guest on Apartment 23

New US TV shows

ABC buys dramas Warriors and Grievances…
…to adapt the Netherlands’ Sea of Fire
TNT picks up Frank Darabont’s LA Noir for six episodes…
…to adapt Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein
NBC buys two dramas
Hallmark orders series of Andie MacDowell’s Cedar Cove
Amazon developing Support and The Face and the Heel

New US TV show casting

Stargate Universe‘s Brian J Smith to guest on Defiance

The Princess Bride cast, 25 years on

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All together again for one of those EW reunion pieces. Ain’t it nice? Click to make it bigger, by the way.

[via @stuartamdouglas]

Wednesday’s “Robert Thomas’ 2nd Metropolis, Gavin & Stacey’s 2nd US remake attempt, Maigret’s back, and Bottom’s not” news

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Film

Robert Pattinson joins Carey Mulligan in Hold On To Me

UK TV

Maigret to be remade
Bottom shelved [subscription required]

US TV

Monday ratings: Revolution up 13%

New US TV shows

ABC buys drama Beneath and comedy High Maintenance
Rob Thomas to adapt ITV’s Metropolis again, again for The CW
Fox to adapt Gavin & Stacey

New US TV casting

Rhona Mitra to star in The Ship, Ryan Hurst joins King & Maxwell
Tom Lenk joins Lifetime’s Witches of East End

Tuesday’s “The Almighty Johnsons returns, Carrie and Arrow trailers, and Walking Dead shatters ratings record” news

16 October 2012 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

Shiloh Fernandez joins White Bird
Aaron Paul joins Need for Speed
Mike Epps to play Richard Pryor in Nina Simone biopic

Trailers

Trailer for Carrie with Chloe Moretz
Trailer for The Man With The Iron Fists, with Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu

International TV

The Almighty Johnsons uncancelled

UK TV

Watch acquires Beauty and the Beast
Saturday ratings

US TV

Sunday ratings: The Walking Dead shatters records with 10.9m viewers…
…and 666 Park Avenue down 12%
…Mentalist up
Trailer for the rest of the first season of Arrow

US TV casting

American Idol‘s Jessica Sanchez joins Glee
Dave Navarro joins Sons of Anarchy
Jason Mantzoukas to guest on Modern Family

New US TV shows

Rachel Zoe to exec produce NBC comedy based on her life…
…NBC tries to adapt Life As I Blow It again, ABC buys See You Next Tuesday!…
…dramedy soap…
…and Andrea Savage‘s Re-Together
CBS buys legal drama Last Stop Savannah
Fox developing two aircraft carrier dramas…
…The George Clooney Manifesto and Ash Atalia‘s Manchild

New US TV show casting

Gina Torres joins Hannibal

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Friday’s “More Coppers, Animal Practice cancelled, US Clocking Off and Rev and Justice League for 2015” news

Thursday’s “Knots Landing on Dallas, Doctor Who writers, and LA Noir goes to series” news

The Princess Bride cast, 25 years on

Wednesday’s “Robert Thomas’ 2nd Metropolis, Gavin & Stacey’s 2nd US remake attempt, Maigret’s back, and Bottom’s not” news

Tuesday’s “The Almighty Johnsons returns, Carrie and Arrow trailers, and Walking Dead shatters ratings record” news

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