Film

Doctor Who

• Casting on Doctor Who spin-off Class

Film casting

• Dave Bautista joins Blade Runner 2

Australian TV

• Bonnie Sveen joins Seven’s The Secret Daughter

International TV

• Russia’s NTV green lights: adaptation of Sweden/Denmark’s Bron/Broen (The Bridge)

Internet TV

• Amazon renews: Bosch
• Fay Dunaway to recur on Hand of God
• Trailer for season 2 of Grace and Frankie
• Bella Heathcote joins The Man In The High Castle
• Tom Waits joins Hulu’s Citizen
• BBC Three renews: Cuckoo

UK TV shows

• ITV renews: Grantchester
• Universal acquires: Fox’s Second Chance
• BBC acquires: Ireland’s TV3’s Red Rock

UK TV show casting

• Miranda Hart to return to Call The Midwife

New UK TV shows

• Jack Thorne to adapt Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials for BBC One

New UK TV show casting

• Sean Bean et al to star in E4’s Wasted

US TV

• Teaser trailer for season 3 of Salem
• NBC renews: Grimm
• Friday ratings
• Monday ratings

US TV show casting

• Echo Kellum promoted to regular on Arrow
• Duane Henry joins NCIS
• Trevor Einhorn to recur on The Magicians

New US TV shows

• HBO green lights: series adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects with Amy Adams
• Fox green lights: couples therapy comedy Famous
• Cinemax developing: adaptation of Garth Ennis’s The Boys
• ABC developing: mini-series adaptation of Gail Lumet Buckley’s The Black Calhouns
• NBC developing: Law & Order: True Crime anthology series
• Showtime developing: limited series adaptation of James Blight and Janet M Lang’s The Armageddon Letters
• TBS renews: The Detour

New US TV show casting

• Jamie Bamber replaces Felix Gomez on ABC’s Model Woman; Kaley Ronanyne and Marcus Callender to be regulars
• Lili Simmons to recur on HBO’s Westworld
• Ryan Eggold to co-star in NBC’s The Blacklist spin-off
• William Sadler to recur on Epix’s Berlin Station
• Warren Christie to recur on USA’s Eyewitness
• Trevor Donovan joins CMT’s Million Dollar Quartet