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Doctor Who

Matt Smith signs on for series seven and 50th anniversary special

Film

Amber Heard and Dominic Cooper to star in Motor City
Chris Evans to replace James Franco in The Iceman
Trailer for Gone, with Amanda Seyfried and Jennifer Carpenter

British TV

Chiwetel Ejofor and Matthew Goode to star in Poliakoff’s The Lost Prince
Kudos to adapt Swedish sci-fi drama Real Humans [subscription required]

US TV

Joanna Garcia to play the Little Mermaid on Once Upon A Time?
Up All Night gets two more episodes
Grimm gets a full season, special Thursday episode
Frances Sternhagen to guest on Parenthood

Monday’s “Scarlett directing, Arrested Development returning, Elisabeth Shue joining CSI” news

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Film

Scarlett Johansson to direct adaptation of Truman Capote’s Summer Crossing
Trailer for Rampart, with Woody Harrelson
Steven Soderbergh leaves The Man From UNCLE

Books

Hilary Mantel to write a second Wolf Hall sequel

US TV

Jason Dohring to guest on Supernatural
Thursday ratings: Community up, Whitney hits new low
Friday ratings: Blue Bloods up, Chuck, Grimm and Fringe stay the same
Two more seasons for Dexter
Teaser for season 2 of Game of Thrones
Two join True Blood as recurring actors
Arrested Development to return in 2013
Body of Proof gets a full season
Cougar Town benched…
…has episode count cut by seven
Pilot casting
Elisabeth Shue to be a regular on CSI

Friday’s “Wolf hall mini-series” news

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Film

Chuck‘s Yvonne Strahovski to star in I, Frankenstein
Se7en writer Andrew Kevin Walker to write David Fincher’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

British TV

Dougie Henshall to star in BBC4’s Hotel Taliban
Rob Sheehan, Sheridan Smith and Olivia Colman to star in second series of Accused
Pan Am starts with 1.8m viewers
BBC working with HBO on Wolf Hall mini-series
The Killing‘s second series to have less sweary subtitles

Canadian TV

Ratings for the week of the November 7

US TV

Haven‘s Emily Rose to guest on Harry’s Law
Angel/Dollhouse‘s Amy Acker to guest on Grimm [minor spoilers]
Greg Kinnear to guest on Modern Family
Jane Curtin joins Unforgettable as a regular
FX passes on Outlaw Country, retools Powers
Nia Vardalos and Peri Gilpin to guest on Grey’s Anatomy
Wednesday’s ratings

Thursday’s “no creatures, great or small” news

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Doctor Who

Children in Need minisode rushed into production

Film

A Woody Woodpecker movie?
Trailer for Aardman’s Pirates!
Trailer for Pixar’s Brave
Sharon Stone to play Linda Lovelace’s mother
Being Human‘s Lenora Crichlow, Lily James and Merlin‘s Bradley Adams to star in Fast Girls

Theatre

One Man, Two Guvnors with James Corden to move to Broadway
Death and the Maiden to close early

British TV

Top Boy gets a second series
The Apprentice‘s Nick Hewer to present Countdown
All Creatures Great and Small prequel to air at Christmas

US TV

AMC buys David Eick’s UFO-centric Thunderstruck
Bryan Fuller’s Munsters picked up to pilot
Grimm gets two more scripts
Three more seasons for South Park

Wednesday’s “towards cancellation, saved from cancellation” news

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Doctor Who

Movie? What do you mean movie?

Film

Bill Nighy joins I, Frankenstein
Teaser trailer for Mirror Mirror, with Julia Roberts

Canadian TV

Murdoch Mysteries rescued from cancellation by CBC

US TV

Dean Cain to guest on Criminal Minds
The Situation to guest on Suburgatory
Lone Star‘s James Wolk to recur on Happy Endings [minor spoilers]
Smallville‘s Eric Durance to play Wonder Woman… on Harry’s Law
Alcatraz gets a new showrunner
Pilot casting
Sunday ratings: Hell on Wheels slides, Homeland continues to grow
Prime Suspect shuts down production

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