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Film casting

Nick Frost to star in Captain Pugwash

European TV

Sky Deutschland green lights: series adaptation of Cyrill Boss and Philipp Stennert’s thrillers as Der Pass (The Pass)
Indiana Production (Italy) developing: series adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s The Leopard

Scandinavian TV

RUV (Iceland) developing: film/mini-series adaptation of Halldór Laxness’ Independent People

New UK TV show casting

Hugh Grant to star in BBC One’s A Very English Scandal

US TV

NBC renews: Trial & Error
Trailer for season 3 of Syfy’s Dark Matter [US only]
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings
Saturday ratings

US TV show casting

Harry Hamlin to recur on USA’s Shooter

New US TV shows

Freeform’s black-ish spin-off to be called college-ish

News: The New Pope; Channel 4 acquires The Handmaid’s Tale; a Roseanne revival; + more

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Film

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to make Slaughterhouse Rulez

International TV

Lara Pulver joins Amazon/Channel 4 (UK)’s Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams
Sky Atlantic (UK) and HBO (US) green light: sequel to The Young Pope, The New Pope

UK TV

Channel 4 (and not Amazon) acquires: Hulu (US)’s The Handmaid’s Tale

New UK TV show casting

Lara Pulver and David Morrissey to star in BBC Two adaptation of China Miéville’s The City and The City

US TV

Trailer for season 3 of Hulu’s Casual
Monday ratings

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: series of Roseanne revival…
…and Grey’s Anatomy firefighters spin-off
HBO green lights: African-American anthology horror series Lovecraft Country

News: Timeless uncancelled; more US renewals and cancellations; + more

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Film casting

Maisie Williams joins New Mutants

Australian TV

Phoebe Tonkin, Joel Jackson, Leeanna Walsman et al join SBS’s Safe Harbour

Canadian TV

Viktoria Modesta to guest on Space’s Killjoys

Internet TV

Netflix acquires: Sky Germany’s Babylon Berlin

New UK TV shows

Trailer for Channel 4’s Ackley Bridge

US TV

ABC renews: Fresh Off The Boat and Speechless
ABC cancels: Notorious
AMC renews: The Son
CBS renews: Elementary and Code Black
CBS cancels: Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, 2 Broke Girls and The Great Indoors
Fox renews: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Girl and The Exorcist
Freeform cancels: Baby Daddy
NBC renews: Law and Order: SVU
NBC uncancels: Timeless
NBC cancels: The Blacklist: Redemption
Thursday ratings

US TV show casting

Lucy Liu to recur on Hulu’s Difficult People
Tina Fey to guest on NBC’s Great News
Rebecca Mader leaving ABC’s Once Upon A Time…
…as are Ginnifer Goodwin, Emilie de Ravin, Jared Gilmore and Josh Dallas
Ryan Eggold to return to NBC’s The Blacklist

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: series of magician drama Deception and romantic comedy Splitting Up Together
CBS green lights: series of Instinct, Wisdom of the Crowd, SEAL Team, SWAT, 9JKL, Me, Myself and I…
…and By The Book
Fox green lights: Ryan Murphy drama 911 with Angela Bassett
NBC green lights: series of Mindy Kaling gym owner comedy Champions and Sarah Shahi virtual reality drama Reverie
USA green lights: series of Tupac-Notorious BIG murder drama Unsolved and period drama Damnation

News: Amazon acquires The Handmaid’s Tale; Frequency, No Tomorrow, Sensitive Skin cancelled; Psych reunion movie; + more

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Film trailers

Trailer for Blade Runner 2049

Internet TV

Amazon green lights: series of adaptation of Conn and Hal Iggulden’s The Dangerous Book for Boys

International TV

Nevision (UK) and Diagional TV (Spain) developing: adaptation of Tim Parfitt’s The Barcelona Connection

Canadian TV

HBO Canada cancels: Sensitive Skin
CraveTV cancels: What Would Sal Do?

UK TV

Amazon acquires: Hulu (US)’s The Handmaid’s Tale [subscription required]
BBC Three green lights: adaptation of The Young Offenders
Syfy acquires: NBC (US)’s Midnight, Texas

New UK TV shows

Eleventh Hour developing: new adaptations of Ian Rankin’s Rebus novels

US TV

The CW cancels: Frequency and No Tomorrow
USA green lights: Psych Christmas reunion movie
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Jennifer Morrison to leave Once Upon A Time

New US TV shows

NBC green lights: series of self-centred teacher comedy AP Bio
Showtime developing: prison escape drama Clinton Correctional with Benicio Del Toro and Patricia Arquette
Trailer for Spike’s The Mist

News: Valkyrien remake; 13 Reasons Why renewed; Ruth Wilson is a Wilson; Inhumans teaser; + more

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Film trailers

New trailer for Dunkirk
Trailer tease for Blade Runner 2049

Internet TV

Trailer for season 3 of Bloodline
Netflix renews: 13 Reasons Why

New UK TV shows

BBC One green lights: double-life drama The Wilsons, with Ruth Wilson…
…and adaptation of Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy
Hera Pictures developing: adaptation of NRK (Norway)’s Valkyrien

US TV

US TV show casting

Max Greenfield joins FX’s Versace: American Crime Story

New US TV shows

TNT developing: gambling addiction drama The Collector
Fox redeveloping: The Passage
Teaser trailer for ABC’s Marvel’s Inhumans

New US TV show casting

David Sullivan, Reagan Pasternak, Sydney Swwney et al to recur on HBO’s Sharp Objects

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News: Nick Frost is Captain Pugwash; Germany/Austria’s own Bridge; Trial & Error renewed; + more

News: The New Pope; Channel 4 acquires The Handmaid’s Tale; a Roseanne revival; + more

News: Timeless uncancelled; more US renewals and cancellations; + more

News: Amazon acquires The Handmaid’s Tale; Frequency, No Tomorrow, Sensitive Skin cancelled; Psych reunion movie; + more

News: Valkyrien remake; 13 Reasons Why renewed; Ruth Wilson is a Wilson; Inhumans teaser; + more

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