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Julia Ormond replaced as Superman’s mum
Michael Shannon, Sarah Paulson join Mud
Kevin Costner leaves Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained

US TV

Desperate Houeswives plummets, Pan Am beats CSI: Miami
HIMYM creators sell The Goodwin Games to Fox, Kevin Williamson sells Fox a serial killer cult
Fox picks up Little Brother
CBS picks up Rob Schneider comedy for mid-season
Lee Daniels to adapt Valley of the Dolls for NBC
The Killing‘s makers’ Borgen to be adapted by NBC
Cougar Town‘s Dan Byrd to guest on Suburgatory
Proper trailer for American Horror Story

Monday’s “ratings surprises” news

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Film

Trailer for One for the Money with Katherine Heigl
Puss in Boots mocks Old Spice guy
David Lynch makes a trailer for the Vienna Film Festical

British TV

Alex Kingston joins Upstairs Downstairs cast
BBC and ITV argue over who gets to call its series Love Life [subscription required]

International TV

The Transporter re-tools by hiring Steve Shill

US TV

Thursday night ratings: Charlie’s Angels opens modestly, Person of Interest starts okay, Whitney gets 6.7m viewers, Community down 23%, while Prime Suspect is NBC’s lowest rated Thursday fall series premiere ever
Friday night ratings: A Gifted Man starts well, Nikita doesn’t, Fox gets best fall premiere Friday in six years
Teaser trailer for Game of Thrones season 2
True Blood‘s Joe Manganiello to guest on Two and a Half Men
Teaser trailer for HBO’s Luck
CBS buys legal drama about ex-US president…
…and comedy from Gregs Malin and Berlanti
NBC buys two Dick Wolf drama projects
Trailer for Chuck‘s fifth season
ABC buys Steve Bochco’s Legal Affairs
Rob Riggle to guest on Happy Endings
NBC commits to JJ Abrams/Eric Kripke’s Revolution

Friday’s “Heroes move on” news

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Doctor Who

Series 7 to air in Autumn 2012

Film

Full trailer for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Jackie Earle Haley joins Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln
Camilla Belle to play Eve, Casey Affleck to play Gabriel in Paradise Lost
Henry Hobson to direct adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s The Caves of Steel
Breaking Bad‘s Betsy Brandt joins Magic Mike

British TV

Fresh Meat and The Fades start well
BBC4 looking for more foreign dramas
ITV commissions romcom Love Life from Bill Gallagher

Canadian TV

Trailer for season four of Being Erica

US TV

Remake of Being Erica
Melissa George to star in BBC/Cinemax’s Nemesis
The Wire‘s Deirdre Lovejoy to guest on Body of Proof
Musician John Legend working on comedy for NBC
Billy Zane to recur on The Playboy Club
The Shield‘s Catherine Dent to recur on The Mentalist
A new Walking Dead promo
Fox buys The Raiding Party
Heroes‘ Adrian Pasdar and The Sopranos Michael Imperioli join HBO’s 40
Fourth season for Drop Dead Diva
Heroes‘Tim Kring/24‘s Kiefer Sutherland’s Touch gets a series order
Katie Holmes to play Slutty Pumpkin on How I Met Your Mother

Thursday’s “new Charlie” news

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Doctor Who

Claire Skinner, Bill Bailey, Arabella Weir and Alexander Armstrong join the Christmas special [spoilers]

Books

Lost James M Cain novel to be published

Film

Don Cheadle and Bruce Greenwood join Robert Zemeckis’ Flight
Trailer for The Grey with Liam Neeson
Trailer for Terence Davies’ The Deep Blue Sea with Rachel Weisz
Clip from Batman: Year One

British TV

The Body Farm beats 71 Degrees North in the ratings
Sky 1 to air Terra Nova a week after the US [subscription required]

US TV

Victor Garber set to replace Robert Wagner as voice of Charlie in Charlie’s Angels
New Girl and Unforgettable start well, Glee and Ringer drop
Party Down‘s Ken Marino to guest on Whitney
CCH Pounder to guest on Revenge

Wednesday’s “poor old Emily” news

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Film

Trailer for Jackie Chan’s 1911
Jason Bateman joins Disconnect and The Longest Week
T:TSCC/Scoundrels‘s Leven Rambin joins Mavericks
Jeremy Renner to star in King of Heists
Jon Turteltaub to direct Last Vegas
Prison Break‘s Robert Knepper joins RIPD

British TV

Film4 gets best ever ratings in August [subscription required]
Bagpuss sold

US TV

Heroes‘ Jack Coleman to guest on Criminal Minds
Drea de Matteo to guest on CSI: Miami
Author Nicholas Sparks working on angel show for ABC…
…which is acquiring CIA and FBI drama projects from ABC Studios
Smallville showrunners join Secret Circle
Ratings: Two And A Half Men is big, Playboy Club is small

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