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Film

Arnie willing to appear in Terminator film if he doesn’t have to do anything
Angelina to star in adaptations of Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta books
Demetri Martin to appear in Moneyball
Noel Clarke, Ray Winstone, Mackenzie Crook, Olivia Williams and Toby Jones join Andy Serkis in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Jason Statham to star in remake of The Mechanic?

Radio

Alex Zane quits XFM

Theatre

Sheridan Smith and Duncan James to star in Legally Blonde: The Musical

British TV

Ashes to Ashes back with 7m viewers

US TV

BBC America acquires Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show and The Inbetweeners
Samantha Who? yanked from schedules but may yet return
ABC trying to acquire The New Adventures of Old Christine from CBS again

Tuesday’s six-year plan news

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Film

Christian Bale ready to join Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter
Third Dan Brown film being prepared before book even published

British TV

Sky One picks up first-run rights to House
iPlayer goes HD

US TV

Which pilots are likely to be picked up for series so far
Which series are likely to be cancelled
NBC close to picking up Debra Messing comedy
Sex and the City writer to create Modern Love for HBO
In The Motherhood and Samantha Who? cut by a week
CSI movie in the works
Prison Break ratings rubbish
Joss Whedon has six-year plan for Dollhouse

Monday’s replacements news

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Film

How the two Hobbit films will work

Theatre

Dominic West to star in Life is a Dream at the Donmar Warehouse

British TV

Rob Kazinsky to replace Jonas Armstrong in Robin Hood?
Ashes to Ashes, series two, sounding slightly more promising

US TV

SciFi to make psychic detective pilot Unfinished Business
Monica Potter replaces Diane Farr on Parenthood
Big Bang‘s Kaley Cuoco to appear in Grey’s Anatomy finale
How Prison Break is winding everything up

Friday’s time travel FAQ news

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Film

Winnie the Pooh writer to write Wanted sequel
Details of Ghostbusters 3 plot
Harry Potter 6 trailer
Catherine Keener to play demi-god’s mum in Percy Jackson
Clip from Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
Thomas Dekker joins Nightmare on Elm Street
Fox acquires Nice for Reese Witherspoon
New Line buys What Was I Thinking? for Leslie Mann and Elizabeth Banks
Felicity Jones to star in Ricky Gervais’s The Men at the Pru

Theatre

Patrick Stewart to star as God in outdoor mystery play

British TV

Aiden Gillen and Keeley Hawes to star in ITV1’s Identity

US/Canadian TV

NBC looking to Canada for TV ideas

Thursday’s weedy news

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Doctor Who

New producers announced
More casting on the last special [spoilers]

Film

Maggies Gyllenhaal and Smith + Rhys Ifans to join Emma Thompson in Nanny McPhee sequel
Kristen Bell to star in You Again
Elisabeth Moss, Sean Combs and Rose Byrne join Russell Brand in Get Him to the Greek
Brotherhood‘s Blake Masters to adapt 2 Guns
Michael Chabon to write John Carter of Mars
Trailer for Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist

Turkish TV

Golden Girls to be adapted for ATV

Canadian TV

Wild Roses cancelled?

British TV

Lucy Davis and Ralf Little to star in ITV1 rom-com Married, Single, Other
Red Dwarf gets record audience for Dave
Bravo acquires Sons of Anarchy
Horne and Corden finishes with 434k viewers
Cast for afternoon plays Moving On announced
Dervla Kirwan and Lenora Crichlow to star in Material Girl
Dead Ringers axed

US TV

What’s happening in season eight of 24
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles cancelled?
Amanda Tapping to guest on Stargate Universe
Jennifer Jason Leigh to recur on Weeds
Julie White to star in HBO’s Women’s Studies

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