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Tuesday’s “Serena Williams: actress, more Borgia and George Gently, plus no more Who spin-offs” news

27 March 2012 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

More spin-offs “unlikely“

Film

Black Widow returning for Iron Man 3
Trailer for The Monk with Vincent Cassel

International TV

Borgia gets a second season

UK TV

Once Upon A Time‘s Jamie Dornan joins The Fall
Someone’s leaving Being Human
Inspector George Gently to return for four feature-length films [subscription required]
News Corp alleged to have hacked OnDigital pay cards
Titanic gets more than 7m viewers

US TV

Serena Williams and Kim Kardashian join Drop Dead Diva. Yes, really
Hellcats‘ Aly Michalka and Entourage‘s Perrey Reeves to guest on Breaking In for Heathers tribute
Justified‘s Margo Martindale to guest on Suits
Mad Men premiere highest rated episode ever
Sunday ratings: Harry’s Law hits low, GCB rises
Michelle Borth promoted to regular on Hawaii Five-0

US TV pilots

The Cape‘s David Lyons joins Revolution, Billy Burke promoted to lead
Breakout Kings‘ Laz Alonso to co-star in Notorious

Friday’s “Hugh Dancy is Hannibal’s Will Graham, Bent broken and a second season for Smash” news

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Film

Michael Wincott, Toni Collette, Danny Huston and Michael Stuhlbarg join Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho
NSFW teaser for David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis with Robert Pattinson
Usher to play Sugar Ray Leonard
Trailer for The Host
The Wire‘s Michael K Williams to play Ol’ Dirty Bastard

Theatre

New boss for the RSC

Canadian TV

A second season for The LA Complex

UK TV

Maryam D’Abo, Geraldine James and Gemma Jones to star in ITV adaptation of Ruth Rendell’s Thirteen Steps Down
Luther to become a movie after third series
UKTV to come to BT Vision
ITV appoints Little Britain producer commissioner for comedy
Eragon‘s Ed Speleers joins Downton Abbey

US TV

Seinfeld‘s Jason Alexander to guest on Two and a Half Men
Nick At Nite picks up Scott Baio comedy Daddy’s Home
Lost‘s Rebecca Mader to guest on Fringe
A returning Burn Notice character [minor spoilers]
Smash gets a second season, loses its showrunner
Ciaran Hinds joins Political Animals
Wednesday ratings: Bent starts terribly
Netflix to save The River?

US TV pilots

Waterloo Road‘s Lucien Laviscount joins Midnight Sun
Jennifer Beals joins Widow Detective
Alyssa Milano joins Mistresses, Amanda Walsh replaces Aly Michalka on Rebounding
Hugh Dancy to play Will Graham in Hannibal

Thursday’s “the new Doctor Who companion, Jessica Biel is Vera Miles and 30 Rock live again” news

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Doctor Who

The new companion and a lot of series updates [spoilers]

Film

Downton Abbey‘s Jessica Brown Findlay to star in Winter’s Tale
Oh no. Uwe Boll is back
Stephen Dorff to star in Zaytown
Trailer for The Three Stooges
Jessica Biel to play Vera Miles in Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho

UK TV

Sky announces details of NowTV internet TV service for non-subscribers
Tax credits announced for TV productions

US TV

Famke Janssen and Bill Skarsgard to star in Eli Roth’s Hemlock Grove
The Office needs a new showrunner
Tuesday ratings: Cougar Town up, New Girl at new low
30 Rock to do another live episode
DirecTV greenlights Rogue

US TV pilots

Brothers and Sisters‘ Ryan Devlin joins Next Caller Please
Ed Helms, Bill Hader join Mindy Kaling comedy
Lost‘s Maggie Grace joins Kevin Williamson serial killer show
Aly Michalka out of Rebounding
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome not picked up
Californication‘s Meagan Good to star in Notorious

Wednesday’s “Eddie Izzard is Grandpa Munster, Eriq La Salle joins Widow Detective and more DCI Banks” news

21 March 2012 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Film

Rob Corddry and GCB‘s Leslie Bibb to star in Hell Baby
Anthony Head to play Chiron in Percy Jackson sequel

UK TV

Monday ratings: Scott & Bailey gets 6.3m viewers
A second series and a new partner for DCI Banks
iPlayer launches on XBox
Channel 4 to launch More4+2 [subscription required]

US TV

Fuse developing music-centric series, including an untitled Eric Balfour project
Hunter‘s Stepfanie Kramer to guest on CSI
Californication‘s Camilla Luddington to recur on True Blood
Smallville‘s Allison Mack to recur on Wilfred
IFC announces its development slate
Someone’s coming back for the House finale [spoilers]
Starz renews Magic City before it even airs

US TV pilots

L&O: SVU‘s Stephanie March to star in Baby Big Shot
Smallville‘s Alan Ritchson joins Super Fun Night
Eriq La Salle joins Widow Detective
Eddie Izzard is Grandpa Munster
More casting

Tuesday’s “Brian Cox joins Gotham, Homeland up and The Walking Dead sets a ratings record” news

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Film

Idris Elba to play Nelson Mandela in Long Walk To Freedom
Jake Gyllenhaal to have two roles in An Enemy
Trailer for Chernobyl Diaries

UK TV

Homeland rises to 2.5m viewers
Rupert Penry-Jones and Shaun Evans to star in The Last Weekend
Helen McCrory joins Leaving
All3Media launching its own TV app

US TV

Sunday ratings: another Walking Dead record
BBC America working on Ripper Street
Mary Elizabeth Ellis to return to New Girl
Kathy Bates to play the ghost of Charlie in Two And A Half Men
Sunday ratings

US TV pilots

Mercedes Ruehl joins El Jefe
The Wire‘s Pablo Schreiber joins Baby Big Shot
Avatar‘s Joel David Moore joins Let It Go
Terra Nova‘s Jason O’Mara joins Ralph Lamb drama
Brian Cox joins Gotham

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Tuesday’s “Serena Williams: actress, more Borgia and George Gently, plus no more Who spin-offs” news

Friday’s “Hugh Dancy is Hannibal’s Will Graham, Bent broken and a second season for Smash” news

Thursday’s “the new Doctor Who companion, Jessica Biel is Vera Miles and 30 Rock live again” news

Wednesday’s “Eddie Izzard is Grandpa Munster, Eriq La Salle joins Widow Detective and more DCI Banks” news

Tuesday’s “Brian Cox joins Gotham, Homeland up and The Walking Dead sets a ratings record” news

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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