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Doctor Who

Arlene Tur joins Torchwood

Film

Trailer for Jane Eyre
Roland Emmerich’s The Zone is shut down
YA trailer for Tron: Legacy

British TV

Channels 4 and 5 disagree with ITV over CRR
Jo Brand writing drama for the BBC
Romola Garai, Dominic West and Ben Whishaw join The Hour
Jimmy McGovern says all US dramas are over-rated

US TV

Ronald D Moore sells coast guard adventure, The McCulloch, to NBC
The Event and Chase down again in the ratings
Nicole Richie to star in ABC comedy
Steven Weber and DL Hughley join Allan Loeb’s TNT pilot based on The Rabbit Factory
Tim Allen to star in Man Up?
Malcolm-Jamal Warner to guest on Community
Fox working on 80s music industry drama

Tuesday’s “new Stig” news

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Film

Dune movie faces time limit
Warner Bros to create permanent UK studio base
Full trailer for Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Paul Schrader to direct The Jesuit, based on his own script

Theatre

Lord of the Flies: the dance theatre piece

British TV

Joanna Page to host 10 Things You Don’t Know About Your Mum
Islam Channel censured again
BBC Trust finds BBC1 and BBC2 programming formulaic
BBC1 siege drama dropped during filming because of creative differences [subscription required]
Tony Marchant to make three-part drama about the criminal justice system for the BBC
Downton Abbey finale gets 10m viewers
English-language programming on S4C backed by most Welsh adults
Top Gear‘s Stig’s replacement found

US TV

The Walking Dead renewed for second season
Clips of Teri Hatcher as Los Lane’s mum in Smallville
Rebecca Mader to guest on No Ordinary Family
Breaking Bad‘s Dean Norris to guest on L&O:LA
Ana Ortiz to star in remake of Outnumbered

Monday’s “Arrested Family reunion” news

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Film

Scarlett Johansson to star with Matt Damon in Cameron Crowe’s We Bought a Zoo?
Hayden Panettiere to star in Downers Grove
Katee Sackhoff to star in The Haunting in Georgia

British TV

Tracy-Ann Oberman signs on for Friday Night Dinner

US TV

Russell Peters working on sitcom based on his life for NBC
Jeffrey Tambor to play Will Arnett’s dad on Running Wilde
Life Unexpected cancelled
Prison Break‘s T-Bag to be a character on Breakout Kings

Friday’s “Undercovers covered” news

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Enjoy the fireworks this weekend everyone!

Film

Sally Field to play Aunt May, Martin Sheen to play Uncle Ben in Spider-Man
Johnny Depp’s next movie: Dark Shadows
James Bond to return in two years’ time
Aaron Eckhart to star in The Expatriate

British TV

Freeview organisation to close? [subscription required]
S4C to cut programming hours? [subscription required]

US TV

Undercovers cancelled
Law & Order hits season low
Meryl Streep to play therapist in Lisa Kudrow’s Web Therapy
FX developing illegal immigrant PI drama
Bruce Boxleitner to play Tron in Tron: Uprising animated series
Cybill Shepherd to guest on $#*! My Dad Says

Thursday’s “not Species at all” news

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Film

Scarlett Johansson to play alien seductress in Under the Skin
MGM files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Theater

Kiefer Sutherland to star with Chris Noth and Brian Cox in That Championship Season on Broadway

US TV

Fox picks up John Hamburg comedy
USA orders three pilots
NBC orders two more episodes of Community
Justin Theroux and Steve Coogan to star in HBO pilot, Documental
Joan Allen joins Luck
Milo Ventimiglia to star in NBC superhero project. Hmm…
NBC to adapt one of Chelsea Handler’s books
Steven Spielberg fires Terra Nova‘s writing staff
Mark Dacascos to play Wo Fat on Hawaii Five-0
Annie Wersching to appear in No Ordinary Family

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