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Michelle MacLaren to direct Wonder Woman

Trailers

Teaser trailer for Jurassic World

Film casting

Oscar Isaac to play Apocalypse in X-Men: Apocalypse

International TV

Turkey’s Star TV and ATC green light: Sparrow Place/Serce Sarayi and Overturn/Alabora

Internet TV

Unaired Selfie episodes head to Hulu

UK TV

Saturday ratings

New UK TV shows

ITV green lights: 1930s Jekyll and Hyde series

New UK TV show casting

Rutger Hauer, Alexander Dreymon et al join the BBC’s The Last Kingdom

US TV

ABC gives Cristela a full season pick-up
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Rachel McAdams, Kelly Reilly and Taylor Kitsch confirmed for True Detective
George Eads to leave CSI

New US TV shows

NBC developing: comedy #Winning

New US TV show casting

Emily Beecham, Sarah Bolger and Oliver Stalk to be regulars on AMC’s Badlands
Michael Stahl-David to star in TNT’s Jerry Bruckheimer drugs drama

News: Constantine cut, Shatner to recur on Haven, a new Global Frequency, Tina Fey goes to Netflix + more

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Australian TV

Big cuts at ABC

Canadian TV

William Shatner to recur on Haven

Internet TV

Netflix green lights: two seasons of Tina Fey’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

UK TV

New UK TV shows

BBC Two green lights: The Lady In Red with Natalie Dormer, Shaun Evans and Aneurin Barnard

US TV

US TV show casting

Allison Mack to guest on The Following
Christian Campbell joins True Detective
Adam Pally out of The Mindy Project
Dan Bucatinsky promoted to regular on Marry Me
Victoria Clark to guest on Homeland [spoilers]

New US TV shows

ABC developing: adaptation of I Like You Just The Way I Am…
…red lights: Members Only
Fox developing: adaptations of Jump Start…
…and Global Frequency

New US TV show casting

Ellen Barkin to guest on Showtime’s Happyish
Paul Dano to co-star in Steve McQueen’s HBO pilot Codes of Conduct
Nora Arnezeder to co-star in CBS’s Zoo
Lenora Crichlow and Spencer Grammer joins NBC’s Mr Robinson

News: Netflix rescues Longmire, Hugh Laurie’s US TV return,

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Film

Paul Greengrass to direct adaptation of 1984
Jason Lapeyre to direct adaptation of Philip K Dick’s The Crawlers

Film casting

Melissa McCarthy to play Tinker Bell in Shawn Levy movie

Trailers

Trailer for Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella, with Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Richard Madden et al
Trailer for The Age of Adaline starring Blake Lively and Harrison Ford

Internet TV

Netflix rescues Longmire

UK TV

Luther to return for two episodes
BBC One green lights: One Of Us, SS-GB, Cuffs, The Secret Agent, Undercover and The A Word
BBC Two green lights: adaptation of The Dresser, with Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Anthony Hopkins

New UK TV show casting

Paddy McGuinness joins ITV’s The Delivery Man

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Merrin Dungey to recur as Ursula on Once Upon A Time
Allison Tolman to guest on Review
Adria Arjona, Michael Hyatt and Yara Martinez to recur on True Detective
Hugh Laurie to guest on Veep
Chris Diamantopoulos to recur on Silicon Valley

New US TV shows

NBC red lights: new Bill Cosby sitcom

New US TV show casting

Ashley Zukerman to star in Syfy’s Childhood’s End adaptation

News: Fox to remake Luther, HBO developing Cortes, Stuart Townsend to recur on Elementary + more

19 November 2014 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film casting

Richard Armitage and Haley Joel Osment to star in Sleepwalker

Trailers

Trailer for Seventh Son with Jeff Bridges

Theatre

Robert Webb to return to Jeeves and Wooster

Internet TV

Netflix to arrive in New Zealand and Australia in March 2015
Hulu green lights: series of Difficult People

UK TV

UKTV Play launches online and on YouView
Monday ratings

New UK TV show casting

Geraldine Alexander joins ITV’s Arthur & George

US TV

Trailer for season 3 of Banshee
Sunday Showtime ratings
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Rob Riggle and Natasha Leggero to guest on Marry Me
Stuart Townsend to recur on Elementary [minor spoilers]
Callie Thorne to star on NCIS: New Orleans
Yusuf Gatewood promoted to regular on The Originals
Michael Ealy to recur on The Following

New US TV shows

HBO developing: Martin Scorsese, Beinicio Del Toro’ Cortes
Fox developing: remake of BBC One’s Luther

A trailer for Netflix’s Marco Polo

17 November 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

It looks a bit more authentic than Musketeers, anyway.

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