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Trailer for The Tempest
Trailer for Burke & Hare
Emma Stone to play Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man
Idris Elba for Ghost Rider 2
Alan Alda for Wanderlust and Tower Heist

British TV

Stephen Mangan, Darren Boyd and Helen Baxendale to star in Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Alan Partridge to make his return?
DCI: Banks finishes with 5.8m viewers

US TV

ABC developing Awkward Family Photos into a series
The Event drops again in the ratings…
…while Boardwalk Empire‘s ratings stabilise
Fox picks up Hitch TV series
Drea de Matteo to guest on Running Wilde [spoilers]
Ronald D Moore to remake Wild, Wild West?
Krista Allen to guest on Life Unexpected
Dallas casting rumour untrue
ABC working on female spy drama
Sony developing three new sitcoms

Tuesday’s “he’s Spartacus!” news

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Film

Zack Snyder to direct new Superman movie featuring Zod
Tony Gilroy to direct The Bourne Legacy?
Death Race 2 trailer
Amy Adams up for three movies

British TV

Watch acquires No Ordinary Family
Sky acquires Hot In Cleveland [subscription required]
Freesat launches Men and Movies
Downton Abbey picks up another 1m viewers
Tony Marchant to write Postcode for kids

US TV

Fox picks up parallel universe legal drama Splitting Adams
ABC Family cancels Huge
Ben Silverman and Modern Family‘s Sofia Vergara to produce single camera comedy
The CW picks up adaptation of German TV’s Danni Lowinski
John Slattery to guest on 30 Rock
Spartacus to recast Spartacus
Kiefer Sutherland, Josh Holloway and Ali Larter to star in Dallas remake?
Nickleodeon working on Peter Rabbit show
No more Stargate SG1 movies?

Monday’s “defecting Stig” news

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Film

Emily Blunt joins Looper
Emma Stone to play Mary Jane in new Spiderman movie?
Olivia Wilde to play Justin Timberlake’s mum
New Paranormal Activity 2 trailer

Theater

Ben Stiller and Edie Falco to star in The House of Blue Leaves

British TV

Export of shows rises 9%
The Stig to join Fifth Gear
Ofcom cuts cost of regional broadcasting licences
BSkyB launches Sky Atlantic channel to air HBO shows and newly acquired Mad Men
Suranne Jones only got part with David Tennant because she dyed her hair blonde

Canadian TV

Hardy Boys to be revamped

US TV

Thursday and Friday ratings down, with Outlaw dangerously low
ABC’s My Generation cancelled
Oh FFS. David E Kelley working on new Wonder Woman series
Adult Swim renews Children’s Hospital
BSG‘s Michael Hogan to guest on Smallville

Friday’s Mad Move news

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Doctor Who

The Sarah Jane Adventures press pack

Film

Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep to star in adaptation of August: Osage County
Emma Thompson to replace Rip Thorn on Men in Black 3?
Ciaran Hinds to play the Devil in Ghost Rider 2?
Christopher Plummer joins The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

British TV

Mad Men moving to Sky?
Living to get a channel boss but no commissioning team [subscription required]
Pete vs Life gets a second series [subscription required]
Lynda La Plante goes exclusive with ITV Studios

US TV

Fox orders Connected pilot from American Dad producer
L&A:LA starts well but Undercovers and The Whole Truth dangerously low in ratings
Charles Dance joins Neverland
Lifetime greenlights Meet Jane pilot
Hitch: the TV series?
Izabella Miko to recur on The Cape
Kyle MacLachlan to guest on HIMYM
Parminder Nagra to guest on The Whole Truth

Dirty Dancing – the boys remake?

30 September 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

It’s Dirty Dancing for boys. Or something.

Dirty Dancing 3: Capoeira Nights with Camilla Belle from Camilla Belle

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