Film

Film

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt to be an action hero
• Another Hunter S Thompson movie planned
• Sam Rockwell joins Cowboys and Aliens
• Trailer for George Clooney’s assassin drama The American
• Steven Spielberg to direct War Horse
• Jon Hamm and Matt Lucas to appear in Bridesmaids
• Castle‘s Stana Katic to star in For Lovers Only
• Naomi Watts to star in The Impossible
• Kevin McKidd says Rome movie ‘almost there’

Radio

• 6 Music gets a 50% increase in listeners year-on-year

British TV

• Peter Capaldi among stars in Tony Jordan’s The Nativity
• Kevin Lygo leaves Channel 4 for ITV Studios
• Mentalist Mark Thompson dresses down Janice Hadlow over BBC2 direction [subscription required]
• Beeb poaches Mad Men exec Vlad Wolynetz
• The Prisoner ratings plummet

French TV

• Watch the first part of season 3 of Engrenages (Spiral) for free [no subtitles, of course]

US TV

• Spike unveils its development slate
• Justified gets a second season
• NBC picks up JJ Abrams’ Undercovers
• Party Down ratings double
• Miami Medical ratings improving
• Oliver Stone working on drama for Epix
• Sarah Wayne Callies joins Walking Dead
• Zoe Kravitz joins Californication
• Ghost Whisperer and New Adventures of Old Christine moving to ABC?
• One in eight Americans to quit cable over costs?
• Castle co-showrunner Rene Echevarria leaving