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[ 22 December 2021 ] The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: The most Nicolas Cage movie ever?
[ 22 November 2021 ] Unexpectedly, there’s a Russian Film Festival and no one told me
[ 22 October 2021 ] December 2021 at the BFI, including Jack Clayton and Dirk Bogarde at 100
[ 5 October 2021 ] BFI Japan comes to big screens UK-wide this Autumn

Cardinal, GameFace, Atlanta renewed; Legally Blonde 3; Matt Berry’s Victorian Sweeney; + more

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Film

MGM green lights: Legally Blonde 3, with Reese Witherspoon

Internet TV

Damián Alcázar and Tamara Vallarta to star, Claudette Maille, Rodrigo Abed, Tete Espinosa et al join Netflix’s Tijuana
Tony Goldwyn to star in Netflix’s Chambers
Lizzy Caplan to co-star in Apple’s Are You Sleeping
Apple green lights: series adaptation of Gregory David Roberts’ Shantaram

International TV

Makeready developing: adaptation of Gregg Hurwitz’s Orphan X series

Canadian TV

CTV renews: Cardinal…
…green lights: series of fading singer-songwriter comedy Jann, with Jann Arden…
…rebrands all its channels

UK TV

Channel 4 green lights: series of Victorian Sweeney comedy Year of the Rabbit, with Matt Berry; and Syrian refugee in suburbia comedy Home, with Rufus Jones…
…renews: GameFace

US TV

FX renews: Atlanta
Wednesday ratings

New US TV shows

Trailer for Showtime’s Kidding

13 Reasons Why renewed; W’s Women on the Verge; adaptations of La Niña, When Heroes Fly, the Rockton mysteries; + more

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Internet TV

Apple green lights: series of twentysomething self-discovery dramedy Little Voice, with Sara Bareilles
Netflix renews: 13 Reasons Why

Canadian TV

Temple Street developing: adaptation of Kelley Armstrong’s Rockton mystery novels

UK TV

Sarah Lancashire, Sinéad Cusack and Paul Ready join BBC Two’s MotherFatherSon
W green lights: series adaptation of Lorna Martin’s chaotic-lived thirtysomething women comedy drama Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown as Women on the Verge, with Kerry Condon, Nina Sosanya and Eileen Walsh

US TV

Tuesday ratings

New US TV shows

FX developing: adaptation of Prime Franja (Colombia)’s cartel-escapee drama La Niña
Keshet Studios developing: adaptation of Keshet (Israel)’s When Heroes Fly

Joss Whedon’s former girl detective; No Activity Christmas special; Viaplay’s Den inre cirkeln; + more

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Internet TV

Amazon green lights: series adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad

Australian TV

Stan green lights: series of cold case crime drama The Gloaming and youth-restoring plant drama Bloom, and No Activity Christmas special

Scandinavian TV

Viaplay (Sweden) green lights: series adaptation of Per Schlingmann’s I maktens öga as The Inner Circle (Den inre cirkeln), with Niklas Engdahl, Nanna Blondell and Ebba Hultkvist Stragne

US TV

Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Keiynan Lonsdale exits The CW’s The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow
Grace Byers joins Fox’s The Gifted

New US TV shows

Freeform green lights: magical military fantasy drama Motherland and Joss Whedon former kid sleuth comedy Pippa Smith: Grown-up Detective

New US TV show casting

Danielle Campbell to star in Kevin Williamson’s Tell Me a Story
Zandaya to star in HBO’s Euphoria, Storm Reid, Maude Apatow, Eric Dane et al to co-star
Avan Jogia to star in Starz’s Now Apocalypse

Mary Kills People, Younger renewed; Shadowhunters, The Detail cancelled; American Gods recasts Media; + more

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Film trailers

Trailer for Steve McQueen’s adaptation of Lynda La Plante’s Widows

Internet TV

Clip from Netflix’s Marvel’s Luke Cage
Trailer for season 3 of Netflix’s The Ranch
Adrian Holmes to co-star, Jacky Lai joins Netflix’s V-Wars
Netflix green lights: Dolly Parton anthology series

Canadian TV

Global renews: Mary Kills People
CTV cancels: The Detail

UK TV

Kenneth Branagh, Ben Miller, Lily Cole et al to guest on BBC2’s Upstart Crow
BBC One green lights: Russell T Davies dystopian family drama Years and Years
Reel One developing: adaptation of Eén (Belgium)’s Tytgat Chocolat (Team Chocolate)

US TV

TV Land renews: Younger
Freeform cancels: Shadowhunters

US TV show casting

Kahyun Kim replaces Gillian Anderson, Dean Winters and Devery Jacobs join Starz’s American Gods

New US TV shows

Clip from Britbox’s Bletchley Circle: San Francisco

New US TV show casting

Liana Liberato, Haley Ramm, Ajiona Alexus et al join Hulu’s Light as a Feather

Legion renewed; Imposters cancelled; Heathers pre-cancelled; Father Ted – the musical; + more

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Theatre

Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews developing: Pope Ted – The Father Ted Musical

Canadian TV

Bell Media rescues: LA’s Finest

French TV

TF1 green lights: remake of BBC One’s Doctor Foster

UK TV

Sherdian Smith, Alison Steadman and Sinead Keenan to star in BBC One’s Care
Alessandro Nivola, Cherry Jones, Sophie Okonedo, F Murray Abraham et al join Channel 4’s Chimerica

US TV

Teaser for season 3 of HBO’s Insecure
Trailer for season 4 of Syfy’s 12 Monkeys
FX renews: Legion
Bravo cancels: Imposters
Thursday ratings

New US TV shows

Paramount pre-cancels: Heathers

New US TV show casting

JoAnna Garcia Swisher replaces Ashley Williams on Fox’s Dan the Weatherman
Kelsey Grammer replaces Brian D’Arcy James on Fox’s Proven Innocent

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