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[ 5 October 2021 ] BFI Japan comes to big screens UK-wide this Autumn

Friday’s “Buffy reunion” news

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Film

Trailer for This Means War with Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy
Robert Downey Jr joins The Accidental Genius
Gerard Butler joins Hunter Killer
Trailer for American Pie sequel American Reunion
Patty Jenkins to direct Thor 2
Matthew Rhys and Eileen Atkins to star in The Scapegoat

British TV

Jason Isaacs’s Case Histories to return in 2012 for two feature-length stories
Downton Abbey could go on forever

US TV

Fred Durst to star in CBS comedy
HBO teams with Dick Wolf for period think tank drama
Netflix to stream The CW shows for four years
NBC buys Ryan Murphy comedy
Wednesday ratings: American Horror Story drops 14%, Psych up to 3m…
…Happy Endings get best ever ratings…
…prompting ABC to give it more episodes, give full seasons to Revenge and Suburgatory
The Killing‘s Eric Ladin to guest on Castle
HBO developing The Kids Are All Right as a pilot
Steve Bochco and David Milch reunite for NBC legal drama
The Daily Show‘s Aasif Mandvi to star in CBS comedy
Fox picks up Confessions of a Contractor
Cable’s USA Network beating sister network NBC in the ratings

Thursday’s “renewal, cameos and serial killer whisperer” news

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Film

Trailer for Act of Valor
Ben Stiller to star in Rentaghost
Trailer for The Divide with Milo Ventimiglia and Michael Biehn

British TV

Sky 1 recomissions Mount Pleasant

US TV

ABC buys Ashley Tisdale comedy…
…working on Mother Teresa sitcom
Janeane Garofalo to star in Adult Swim’s Delocated [registration required]
Memphis Beat creators sell The Meadows to NBC…
…which is also working on a ‘serial killer whisperer‘ show
Tricia Helfer to star in Scent of the Missing
Johnny Depp working on period drama for Lifetime, based on the life of the founder of The Hollywood Reporter
Ringer, Hart of Dixie and The Secret Circle all get full seasons…
…while Prime Suspect gets six more scripts ordered…
…and Boardwalk Empire gets a third season…
…as does Haven
FX orders rough pilot of Jim Jeffries sitcom
The Trip makers hoping to do US version
Renee Zellweger working on Cinnamon Girl for Lifetime
Cougar Town stars to cameo on other shows, including Grey’s Anatomy, Man Up, Castle, How I Met Your Mother, 2 Broke Girls, Suburgatory and Private Practice
Tuesday ratings: OMG, Last Man Standing gets 13m viewers, while Ringer is up 17%/33%

Batman’s Basic Instinct

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It’s a clip from Batman: Year One (available soon on DVD and Blu-Ray). See what happens 42 seconds in.

That might almost make up for Catwoman going all strippery in the accompanying short. Almost.

Wednesday’s “Avengers assemble” news

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Film

Lone Ranger back on – with a reduced budget
Javier Badem confirmed as Bond villain
Trailer for The Avengers

Radio

David Tennant to play Robert Louis Stevenson in Stevenson in Love

Theatre

Ugly Betty‘s America Ferrera to make West End debut in Chicago

British TV

Terra Nova nearly gets 1m viewers
Richard E Grant, Sylvia Sims, James Purefoy, Geoffrey Palmer and Ralph Fiennes to guest on Rev
Sue Johnston to star in Lapland

US TV

Neal McDonough and 24‘s Mykelti Williamson to play baddies in Justified
Rachael Harris to guest on New Girl
New trailer for Grimm
NBC picks up Courteney Cox’s Ten Years
Sunday ratings: Homeland does well, Dexter drops
Monday ratings: Bored to Death and Enlightened do badly
Six more episodes for Harry’s Law

Web TV

More Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge [subscription required]

Tuesday’s “wondering why” news

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Film

Kevin Bishop to star in May I Kill U?
Nora Ephron to adapt Lost in Austen
Mickey Rourke and Kellan Lutz to star in Java Heat

Comics

Wonder Woman to get a father [spoilers]

British TV

The Killing‘s Sofie Gråbøl confirms Absolutely Fabulous appearance
Jaime Murray returns for final series of Hustle
Channel Five acquires Dallas

US TV

1st week DVR ratings are in
Sunday ratings: Pan Am drops 27%
Breaking Bad up 19% from season 3 finale
Apartment 23 to become The B–––– in Apartment 23…
…see cameos from Kevin Sorbo and Dean Cain
Buffy‘s Emma Caulfield to guest on Once Upon A Time
Lee Daniels working on LGBT drama for Showtime
Downton Abbey‘s Rose Leslie joins Game of Thrones
Elizabeth Banks sells Dave’s Dead to Fox

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Friday’s “Buffy reunion” news

Thursday’s “renewal, cameos and serial killer whisperer” news

Batman’s Basic Instinct

Wednesday’s “Avengers assemble” news

Tuesday’s “wondering why” news

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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