Film

Robert Downey Jr leaves Oz
Warner Bros plans Lethal Weapon and Westworld remakes
Anne Hathaway to play Catwoman, Tom Hardy to play Bane in The Dark Knight Rises
Mike White drops out of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
New Red Riding Hood trailer

British TV

Jeremy Hunt plans national television channel
Civilisation to be remastered in HD

US TV

ABC orders pilot for The Last Days of Man
USA picks up A Legal Mind and Necessary Roughness
CBS wins Tuesday night ratings
NBC picks up Ronald D Moore’s ‘Harry Potter for adults’
Ricky Gervais to guest on next week’s Office as David Brent
Michael Clarke Duncan cast in Bones spin-off
Eric Balfour to guest on No Ordinary Family
Jonathan Banks to play Ed O’Neill’s brother on Modern Family
Sheila Kelley replaces Illeana Douglas on Gossip Girl

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Books

A new Sherlock Holmes novel

Film

James Franco to star as Richard Ramirez in The Night Stalker
Vera Farmiga and Mia Wasikowska to join A View From The Bridge

British TV

Digital TV uptake passes 90% [subscription required]

US TV

Fox orders pilot for Tim Kring’s Touch…
…and Rob Thomas’s little league comedy Little in Common
Being Human and Skins adaptations set new ratings records
Harry’s Law does okay
Fourth season for Sanctuary
L&A: LO pulled
Danni Lowinski to be first ever German TV showed adapted for the US
Santiago Cabrera joins Alcatraz, Larisa Oleynik joins Hawaii Five-0 + other casting
William Sadler to guest on Chase [minor spoilers]
SGU revival being planned
ABC Family acquires Teach

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