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Film casting

Ming-Na Wen joins 6 Miranda Drive
Andy Buckley joins Jurassic World
Lena Headey to star in Clive Barker adaptation Jacqueline Ess
Michelle Forbes joins Hunger Games 4

Trailers

Trailer for Coherence with Nicholas Brendon
Trailer for Tammy with Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney et al

Internet TV

Josh Stewart to star in Amazon’s Hysteria

UK TV

Trailer for BBC1’s Quirke

UK TV casting

Lily James leaving Downton Abbey [spoilers]

US TV

Starz renews: Da Vinci’s Demons with new showrunner
Monday ratings
Sunday HBO ratings

US TV casting

Timothy Busfield to recur as Benjamin Franklin on Sleepy Hollow

New US TV shows

NBC green lights: series of Odyssey, State of Affairs, Allegiance and Marry Me
Fox green lights: series of Empire and Red Band Society…
…adds more Mulaney episodes
Starz developing: Blackbirds

New US TV show casting

Billy Eichner to co-star in USA’s Difficult People

News: A Gotham trailer, more Comeback and Salem, Starz got have She’s Gotta Have It + more

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Film casting

Rhys Ifans to play Dylan Thomas in Dominion

Internet TV

The CW green lights: LA Rangers
Dreama Walker joins Amazon’s Cocked
Netflix renews: Orange is the New Black…
…Nick Sandow and Selenis Leyva promoted to regulars

International TV

Spain to close nine channels

UK TV

Saturday ratings

New UK TV show casting

Julie Hesmondhaigh to star in Channel 4’s Cucumber

US TV

HBO revives: The Comeback
WGN America renews: Salem
Trailer for season 2 of Rogue
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Damon Wayans Jr promoted to regular on New Girl
Jocko Sims joins Masters of Sex
John Heard joins Mistresses
Seth Gillam joins The Walking Dead
Will Yun Lee joins True Blood

New US TV shows

Fox green lights: Gotham series…
…puts out trailer
Showtime developing: Spike Lee adaptation of She’s Gotta Have It
Trailer for Fox’s Gang Related
Trailer for Starz’s Outlander

New US TV show casting

Alex Roe to star in ABC Family’s Unstrung

News: ABC to adapt Hebburn, SyFy to adapt lots of comics, The Saint rebooted again + more

1 May 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Tim Blake Nelson joins The Fantastic Four
Morena Baccarin and Allison Janney join Paul Feig’s Spy
John Cleese joins The B-Team

Trailers

New trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Internet TV

Cackle green lights: Tightrope
SyFy green lights: Underlings

UK TV

Sky Living acquires: ABC’s Scandal
Chris Lunt rebooting The Saint again
Tuesday ratings

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV casting

Zoe Jarman leaving The Mindy Project
Nestor Serrano and Brit Morgan join Graceland

New US TV shows

SyFy to adapt: Ronin, Letter 44…
…as well as Pax Romana and The Magicians…
…and Clone …
…acquires Space’s Killjoys
ABC adapting: BBC2’s Hebburn
Trailer for CBS’s Extant with Halle Berry

News: Sarah Silverman masters sex, more Red Road, Xbox and Yahoo’s first TV series + more

29 April 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Internet TV

Xbox reveals TV development slate, including adaptation of Warren Ellis’s Gun Machine
Yahoo green lights: Paul Feig’s Other Space and Sin City Saints

UK TV

US TV

US TV show casting

Sarah Silverman joins Masters of Sex

News: Batman v Superman v Cyborg, BBC1 classic adaptations, NBC’s telenovelas + more

25 April 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Ray Fisher to play Cyborg in Batman vs Superman
Mark Strong joins Sacha Baron Cohen in Grimsby
Peter Serafinowicz joins Paul Feig’s Spy

Internet TV

Sam Trammell to star in Amazon’s Cocked

New UK TV shows

BBC1 to adapt Lady Chatterley’s Lover, The Go-Between, Cider With Rosie and An Inspector Calls

US TV

BET renews: The Game and Being Mary Jane
Wednesday ratings

New US TV shows

BET green lights: The Start Up
A new Friday the 13th TV series
NBC and USA to develop English-language versions of Telemundo telenovelas
Extended trailer for TNT’s The Last Ship

New US TV show casting

Larenz Tate promoted to regular on USA’s Rush

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