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News: new Wizard of Oz, Frank-N-Furter found, a Cruel Intentions TV show, DisneyLife to launch in UK + more

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Film trailers

Trailer for David O Russell’s Joy, with Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro et al

Internet TV

Hulu renews: Casual
Disney to launch UK streaming service DisneyLife

UK TV

Tuesday ratings

New UK TV show casting

Rufus Sewell, Eve Myles, Peter Firth et al join ITV’s Victoria

US TV

ABC Family renews: Switched At Birth
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Bridget Regan joins The Last Ship
Anne Heche to guest on Quantico

New US TV shows

Fox developing: dance drama with Misty Copeland…
…salacious legal soap Incrimination…
…and time travel comedy In Time
Showtime developing: dramedy adaptation of sports agent play King Liz
NBC developing: Cruel Intentions sequel

New US TV show casting

David Marciano to recur on USA’s Shooter
Laverne Cox to play Frank-N-Furter on Fox’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show remake
Vincent D’Onofrio to play the Wizard in NBC’s Emerald City

News: full Star Wars trailer, Gilmore Girls revival, ITV buys UTV, SET gets Younger + more

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Film trailers

Full trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Internet TV

Netflix developing: Gilmore Girls revival

UK TV

Sony Entertainment Television acquires: Younger
ITV buys UTV for £100m
Sunday ratings

US TV

Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Donald Faison to guest on House of Lies

New US TV shows

ABC Family green lights: comedy Baby Daddy
U2K Entertainment developing: five Korean Broadcasting System shows for the US, including Resurrection/Life Again
CBS developing: family comedy Adult Children…
…and 1950s family comedy Dick Ernest
NBC cuts: two episodes of Superstore and Hot & Bothered

New US TV show casting

Alfred Molina, Dylan Baker, Al Madrigal et al to guest on Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here
Carlos Gomez to recur on USA’s Queen of the South

News: more The Grinder and Grandfathered, Outnumbered to return, Hulk heads to Ragnarok + more

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Film

Chuck Russell to direct adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hulk joins Thor: Ragnarok

Internet TV

Hulu green lights: psychic crime series Shut Eye
1620 media green lights: comedy Inside the Extras Studio, with Barry Bostwick
Ali Ahn to recur on Hulu’s The Path
NBC launching ‘Netflix for comedy’ Seeso

UK TV

Outnumbered to return for 2016 special episode
Wednesday ratings

New UK TV shows

ITV green lights: James Nesbitt killer dentist drama [subscription required]

US TV

Six more scripts for Grandfathered and The Grinder
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Powers Boothe to recur on Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
Adam Croasdell to guest on Once Upon A Time

New US TV shows

ITV Studios America developing: adaptation of Bull Mountain
CBS developing: 20-something comedy Squad Goals
MTV developing: home-schooling comedy #blessed and aspiring YouTube stars comedy Click Bait
HBO green lights: Issa Rae comedy pilot Insecure
Relativity TV adapting: Hack/Slash
FX green lights: series of Donald Glover rap drama Atlanta

New US TV show casting

Casting on MTV’s Little Darlings and another, untitled comedy
Priscilla Fala joins Audience Network’s You Me Her
Aaron Tveit to star in CBS’s BrainDead

Miss The Newsroom? Here’s some more Will McAvoy for you

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He’s interviewing James Corden on The Late Late Show, but unfortunately, another of Jeff Daniels’ most famous characters tries to help out.

The Holy Grail of Monty Python and the Holy Grail has been found

15 October 2015 Rob Buckley Post a comment

They’re being included on the Blu-ray release to celebrate the movie’s 40th anniversary – they are the animations Terry Gilliam created for Monty Python and the Holy Grail but were deleted from the final cut. And here they are on YouTube, with an introduction from Gilliam.

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News: new Wizard of Oz, Frank-N-Furter found, a Cruel Intentions TV show, DisneyLife to launch in UK + more

News: full Star Wars trailer, Gilmore Girls revival, ITV buys UTV, SET gets Younger + more

News: more The Grinder and Grandfathered, Outnumbered to return, Hulk heads to Ragnarok + more

Miss The Newsroom? Here’s some more Will McAvoy for you

The Holy Grail of Monty Python and the Holy Grail has been found

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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