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Doctor Who

New titles and theme tune for Christmas special

Film

Skyfall writers scripting Kojak for Vin Diesel

Film casting

Josh Hutcherson joins Paradise Lost
Samuel L Jackson joins Kite

Trailers

New Star Trek 2 trailer
Smurfs 2 trailer
Trailer for No, with Gael Garcia Bernal [US only]

International TV

Joan of Arc novel The Maid to be adapted

UK TV

Saturday ratings
IT Crowd special to air in summer 2013
Casting on Psychobitches

US TV

Sunday ratings: Dexter and Homeland beat records

New US TV shows

Ben Stiller sells You’re Not Doing It Right and Between Two Kings to ABC
Greg Daniels sells tennis pro comedy to Fox
Jack Black working on Ghost Ghirls web comedy
New Carrie Diaries trailer

New US TV show casting

Steve Harris joins Legends
Kevin Bishop and Kelen Coleman join Super Fun Night, plus Hot Mess casting
David Zayas to guest on The Following

The Killing III revealed to be complete nonsense

17 December 2012 Rob Buckley Post a comment

They’re just talking rubbish, aren’t they?

[via @liz_buckley]

TMINE’s recommendations for last-minute boxsets for Christmas!

17 December 2012 Rob Buckley Post a comment

So those nice people at Vouchercodes.co.uk emailed me – and a few other bloggers – a while back to ask us for some recommendations for DVD boxsets released this year that would make nice Christmas presents. Taking a bit of a departure from the norm, rather than “Presents for Mum – she’ll love Miranda!”, “Presents for Dad – he’ll love Top Gear!”, “Presents for Sis – she’ll love The Vampire Diaries!” et al, which let’s face it, is never going to work for everyone or even the majority of people and would probably end up being offensive, I decided to go for three separate categories: drama, comedy and factual.

So decide what genre your relative likes then pick a gift: at the very least, you might introduce someone you love to something good.

Continue reading “TMINE’s recommendations for last-minute boxsets for Christmas!”

Thursday’s “Gillian Anderson to guest on Hannibal, MTV acquires Underemployed and a Southland teaser” news

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Film casting

Peter Fonda joins The Harvest
Penn Badgley and Hill Harper join Parts Per Billion
Johnny Depp joins Transcendence

Trailers

Trailer for Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim
Trailer for GI Joe: Retaliation
Trailer for Haunting in Georgia
Clip from Freeloaders, with Olivia Munn

International TV

Unit One with Mads Mikkelson out on DVD on 21st January in the UK

UK TV

MTV picks up Underemployed
Angus Deayton joins Waterloo Road

US TV

Teaser for season 5 of Southland
Hell on Wheels finds a new showrunner
Tuesday ratings

US TV casting

Sandra Vergara to guest on CSI
Billy Campbell, Brent Sexton and Michelle Forbes out of The Killing (if it happens)

New US TV shows

John Leguizamo developing ABC comedy based on his life
ABC developing The Returned

New US TV show casting

Margo Martindale joins The Americans
Gillian Anderson to recur on Hannibal

Monday’s “The return of The Saint, a new-look TARDIS and Pan’s Labyrinth musical” news

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Doctor Who

A new-look TARDIS for Christmas
Skins‘ Will Merrick to guest in Cyberman episode

Films

Nicolas Winding Refn to direct The Equalizer
Clerks III to be Kevin Smith’s film swansong
Film to be made of German The Office

Film casting

Kristen Stewart joins Ben Affleck in Focus
James Marsden joins Walk of Shame
Ty Burrell joins, Christoph Waltz leaves The Muppets 2
Terrence Howard joins Prisoners

Trailers

Trailer for Oblivion with Tom Cruise
Trailer for Star Trek: Into Darkness
Japanese Iron Man 3 trailer
Red band trailer for This is 40
Trailer for The Sorcerer and the White Snake, with Jet Li

Theater

Pan’s Labyrinth: The Musical
The Honeymooners: The Musical

Comics

Harlan Ellison and Paul Chadwick working on DC sci-fi comic
Gail Simone fired from Batgirl

Canadian TV

Andrew Gower and Thomas Howes guesting on Murdoch Mysteries

UK TV

Andrew Davies to write Dylan Thomas biopic for BBC
Sky 1 commissions two new dramas
Sky Arts launches location-specific culture app
Guest stars for second series of This Is Jinsy
Dave orders pilot of Undercover
BBC3 2013 trailer
A second series of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

US TV

Leverage to end this season?
A new showrunner for Up All Night
Two more episodes for Law & Order: SVU
Wednesday ratings
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings

US TV casting

Mary Grill to recur on The Mindy Project
Treat Williams to recur on Chicago Fire
David Clayton Rogers to guest on Nashville
Gina Torres to guest on Castle
Oliver Kieran-Jones to recur on Glee
Gregory Itzin to recur on Once Upon A Time

New US TV shows

ABC’s Only Fools and Horses remake not going ahead
Trailers for Masters of Sex and Ray Donovan
USA orders World War 2 sci-fi pilot from Gale Anne Hurd
Bravo working on series of Death Becomes Her
ABC developing cop comedy with Hannibal Buress

New US TV show casting

Adam Rayner to play The Saint

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The Killing III revealed to be complete nonsense

TMINE’s recommendations for last-minute boxsets for Christmas!

Thursday’s “Gillian Anderson to guest on Hannibal, MTV acquires Underemployed and a Southland teaser” news

Monday’s “The return of The Saint, a new-look TARDIS and Pan’s Labyrinth musical” news

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