Film

News

Film trailers

A Batman v Superman Lex Luthor interview

French TV

Canal+ renews: Versailles

Internet TV

Juan Pablo di Pace to recur on Netflix’s Fuller House
Tricia Helfer joins Powers
Walter Presents acquires: The Neighbours, The Prey, Bellicher Cel, Ten, Match Day, Queen of Hearts and Lancaster

UK TV

Monday ratings

US TV

ABC Family to rebrand as Freeform
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Wanda Sykes to recur on Black-ish
Lou Diamond Phillips to guest on Blindspot

New US TV shows

CBS developing: female vampire period drama Bathory…
…young Miss Marple drama
ABC developing: metaphysical love story Deja Vu and dark soap The Invaders
John Woo developing: neo-noir crime thriller series Cognition

New US TV show casting

Amanda Brooks joins Showtime’s Chicago drama
Stephen Graham to star in USA’s Brooklyn Animal Control adaptation
Sanaa Latham to star in Fox police shooting event series
Lusia Strus and Terry Kinney join TNT’s Good Behavior
Peter Sarsgaard to recur on Showtime’s Twin Peaks

News: MacGyver and Lethal Weapon TV shows, Zoo renewed, a Russian Killing + more

5 October 2015 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Film

A Strike Back movie?

International TV

A Russian version of The Killing
Beta Films developing: fantasy series The Perished Land

UK TV

UK TV show casting

Paddy Considine et al join Peaky Blinders

US TV

US TV show casting

AJ Buckley to guest on Blue Bloods

New US TV shows

CBS developing: new Tina Fey/Jack Burditt comedy…
…MacGyver remake
Fox developing: Lethal Weapon TV series…
…apocalyptic drama These Final Hours
ABC developing: adaptation of Marvel’s Damage Control…
…green lights: put pilot of legal drama Notorious

New US TV show casting

Grant Show joins ABC’s The Family

News: a Class Doctor Who spin-off, Graceland cancelled, Man Down renewed + more

2 October 2015 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

BBC Three green lights: young adult Doctor Who spin-off Class

Internet TV

Netflix UK acquires: Scream: The TV Series
Walter Presents acquires: Nordic dramas [subscription required]

International TV

Televisa/Odyssey green light: Dougray Scott spy series Duality

UK TV

Channel 4 renews: Man Down
Tuesday ratings

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC Two’s The Last Kingdom
E4 green lights: series of sitcom GameFace…
…sitcom Wasted

US TV

USA cancels: Graceland
New trailer for season 7 of Vampire Diaries
Trailer for season 3 of Black Sails
Trailer for season 2 of The Royals
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Joe Naufahu to recur on Game of Thrones
Kelly Le Brock to recur on Shameless
Nathan Fielder to guest on The Grinder
Cynthia Nixon to guest on The Affair

New US TV shows

USA green lights: Tim Kring supernatural drama The Wilding
CBS developing: sibling comedy The Happy Peppers

New US TV show casting

Margarita Levieva to co-star in HBO’s The Deuce

News: David Schwimmer’s Channel 4 mornings, Sky1’s Hotten & The Lady, Robert Knepper joins Twin Peaks + more

1 October 2015 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Jessica McNamee joins CHiPs

Film trailers

Trailer for The Forest with Natalie Dormer

European TV

Trailer for ZDF’s adaptation of Ken Follett’s A Dangerous Fortune

Internet TV

Michael Madsen joins, Enrico Colantoni to recur on Powers
New teaser for Netflix’s Marvel’s Jessica Jones
Netflix UK acquires: The CW’s Reign

UK TV

Tuesday ratings

New UK TV shows

Sky1 green lights: action adventure Hotten & The Lady, with Michael Landes and Ophelia Lovibond
Trailer for BBC One’s River

New UK TV show casting

Kate Bosworth joins the BBC’s SS-GB
David Schwimmer joins Channel 4’s Morning Has Broken

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Adam Rodriguez to recur on Jane The Virgin
Sherri Saum to guest on How To Get Away With Murder
Charlotte Ross to recur on Arrow
Bob Saget to guest on Grandfathered
Dave Anders to return to Once Upon A Time

New US TV shows

Fox developing: Empire spin-off
CBS green lights: put pilot of Michael Crichton’s medical drama Genes
NBC red lights: The 1970s

New US TV show casting

Peter Gadiot joins USA’s Queen of the South
Bethany Joy Lenz, Bruce Greenwood, Nicole Muñoz et al join TNT’s Home
Andrea Bogart joins FX’s Snowfall
Robert Knepper joins Showtime’s Twin Peaks

News: Amazon’s Jack Ryan series, Partners in Crime cancelled, lots of Nazis + more

30 September 2015 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Film

Matthew Vaughn to direct adaptation of I Am Pilgrim

Internet TV

Netflix acquires: Rob Schneider’s Real Rob
Christopher Mintz-Plasse joins Netflix’s Flaked
Elisha Cuthbert joins Netflix’s The Ranch
Amazon green lights: Jack Ryan TV series

UK TV

BBC One cancels: Partners in Crime
Monday ratings

UK TV show casting

Brian Blessed to guest on Toast of London

New UK TV shows

BBC/NBC developing: World War II mini-series The 43

New UK TV show casting

Sam Riley to star in BBC adaptation of SS:GB

US TV

Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Vanessa Williams to guest on The Flash
Carl Edwards to guest on The Grinder

New US TV shows

Adaptation planned of The Man Who Sold The Moon
Fox green lights: put pilot of firefighter comedy Hosed…
…developing Eat Pray Thug
CBS developing: comedies Y’all In The Family and How To Speak American…
…green lights: put pilot of comedy Hello Again
Trailer for TNT’s Agent X
ABC Family: Nicki Minaj comedy

New US TV show casting

Stephen Guarino joins Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here
Heléne Yorke joins Epix’s Graves

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