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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

News: UK channels acquire Frequency, Pure Genius, Public Enemy & The Expanse; Murder in the First cancelled; + more

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who Mr Men books to be published

Internet TV

Netflix UK acquires: The CW’s Frequency and Syfy’s The Expanse
Lewis Tan joins Netflix’s Marvel’s Iron Fist
Netflix green lights: dysfunctional families comedy

Australian TV

ABC green lights: Aussie rules football comedy drama The Warriors

UK TV

Universal acquires: CBS’s Pure Genius
Sky Atlantic acquires: RTBF Belgium’s Public Enemy
BBC Scotland renews: Burnistoun

US TV

TNT cancels: Murder in the First
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Bradley Whitford to guest on Mom
Melina Kanakaredes to recur on Notorious

New US TV shows

TV Land developing: adaptation of Patricia Park’s Re Jane
CBS developing: adaptations of KB2 South Korea’s My Lawyer, Mr Jo, as Exhibit A…
…and James Patterson’s Black Book

New US TV show casting

Amy Seimetz joins Showtime’s Mating
Grace Victoria Cox and James Scully to star in TV Land’s Heathers
Caitlin Gerard joins TNT’s Monsters of God

News: BBC4 acquires Roots; Halt & Catch Fire renewed and cancelled; Swedish Dicks renewed; + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for season 2 of Amazon’s The Man In The High Castle
Trailer for season 2 of Amazon’s Red Oaks

Scandinavian TV

Viaplay Sweden renews: Swedish Dicks

European TV

ZDF Germany green lights: Heaven and Hell – Martin Luther mini-series, with Maximilian Brückner

UK TV

BBC Four acquires: A&E’s Roots

New UK TV show casting

Jaime Winstone and Samantha Spiro to play Barbara Windsor in BBC One’s Babs

US TV

AMC renews and cancels: Halt & Catch Fire
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Michael Ealy joins Being Mary Jane
Tessa Ferrer returns to Grey’s Anatomy

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: pilots of gentrified Los Angeles comedy…
…and hip hop mayor comedy…
…developing: free spirit father-son music store comedy
Fox green lights: pilots of college rape investigative thriller Controversy…
…and PC v anti-PC workplace comedy

New US TV show casting

Raul Castillo to recur on The CW’s Riverdale
Ian McElhinney, Elliot Cowan, Ann Ogbomo et al join Syfy’s Krypton
Dave Annable to recur on Fox’s The Mick

News: Victoria, Ash vs Evil Dead renewed; Sigourney Weaver joins Netflix’s Defenders; + more

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Film casting

Forest Whitaker joins Marvel’s Black Panther

Film trailers

Trailer for John Wick: Chapter 2

Doctor Who

Trailer for Class
Trailer for Christmas Special, The Return of Doctor Mysterio, with Justin Chatwin

Internet TV

Trailer for Netflix’s Marvel’s Iron Fist…
…Rosario Dawson joins
Deborah Ann Woll joins Netflix’s Marvel’s The Punisher
Sigourney Weaver joins Netflix’s The Defenders
Lucy Boynton joins Netflix’s Gypsy
Trailer for Netflix’s Black Mirror

UK TV

ITV renews: Victoria

New UK TV shows

Buccaneer Media to adapt Rose Tremain novels [subscription required]
BBC green lights: pilot of wildlife park comedy Safari with Bill Bailey
BBC One green lights: series of Hospital People

US TV

Starz renews: Ash vs Evil Dead
New DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 2 trailer
Trailer for season 12 of Supernatural
Trailer for final season of Teen Wolf
Trailer for season 3 of The Affair
Trailer for final season of Black Sails
Trailer for season 3 of 12 Monkeys
Trailer for season 2 of Shadowhunters
Thursday ratings
Saturday ratings

US TV show casting

Bridgit Mendler to recur on Nashville
Peter Gallagher to guest on Man Seeking Woman
Justina Machado to recur on Jane The Virgin
John Noble to return to Sleepy Hollow
Jason Dohring to recur on iZombie

New US TV shows

Trailer for Syfy’s Incorporated
Trailer for IFC’s Stan Against Evil
Universal developing: adaptation of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
NBC developing: art thief turned attorney drama In Defense of Tom Parish…
…adaptation of Iceland’s Réttur as Infamous
CBS developing: Detroit mayor drama The 313 with Tika Sumpter…
…and US marshals drama Still At Large
USA developing: adaptation of Canada’s Temps Mort (Time Out) as Elements
ABC developing: refugees from the future drama The Crossing

New US TV show casting

Julian McMahon and Jessica Lowndes to guest on BBC America’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Tyrese Gibson to recur on Fox’s Star
Dominic Monaghan to star in Lifetime’s A Midsummer’s Nightmare
Jemaine Clement joins FX’s Legion
Carlos Bernard joins Fox’s 24: Legacy

News: Our Girl, Stitchers renewed; series for Motherland, Porridge, Ronny Chieng; + more

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Theatre

Daniel Radcliffe to star in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at the Old Vic

Internet TV

Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Amber Rose Revah join Netflix’s Marvel’s The Punisher
Marin Hinkle to co-star in Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Elisabeth Rohm joins Netflix’s Flaked
BBC Three green lights: series of A Brief History of Tim

Australian TV

ABC greenlights: series of Ronny Chieng: International Student

Canadian TV

CBC green lights: pastor v drug traffickers drama Pure, with Rosie Perez, Ryan Robbins, Alex Paxton-Beesley et al

UK TV

BBC One renews: Our Girl

New UK TV shows

BBC Two green lights: series of Motherland
BBC One green lights: series of Porridge
BBC One/Two red light: Young Hyacinth, Goodnight Sweetheart and Are You Being Served?

US TV

Freeform renews: Stitchers
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Peter Weller to recur on The Last Ship
Lea Thompson to guest on Scorpion
John Marshall Jones to recur on The Fosters

New US TV shows

MTV developing: adaptation of Steve Niles’ Freaks of the Heartland
History developing: USAF UFO drama Blue Book
NBC developing: haunted house procedural The Eight…
…and woman-on-the-run comedy-thriller Flight Risk
Fox developing: workplace asshole comedy Type-A
CBS developing: blended family comedy Hannah Royce’s Questionable Choices
ABC developing: Savant Syndrome medical drama The Good Doctor

New US TV show casting

Jim Belushi joins Showtime’s Mating
Brian Cox and Kieran Culkin to star in HBO’s Succession
Alex Roe and Fola Evans-Akingbola join Freeform’s The Deep

News: E4 acquires black-ish; Humans and Brooklyn Nine-Nine/New Girl crossover trailers; + more

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Internet TV

Anjelika Washington and David Castaneda join Amazon’s The Legend of Master Legend

UK TV

E4 acquires: black-ish
Trailer for series 2 of Humans

New UK TV show casting

Jessie Buckley, Jessica Raine, Ben Miles et al join BBC One’s The Last Post

US TV

Trailer for the Brooklyn Nine-Nine/New Girl crossover episode
Tuesday’s ratings

US TV show casting

Julianna Hough to guest on Speechless
Fulvia Vergel and Daniel Zacapa to guest on Chicago Fire

New US TV shows

HBO green lights: series about Israeli teen kidnappings
NBC developing: idiot brothers family comedy
Muse developing: adaptation of Ken Pisani’s Amp’d
ABC developing: post-riot cop drama Protect & Serve

New US TV show casting

Veronica Cartwright and Laith Nakli join 24: Legacy
Pat Healy joins TNT’s Monsters of God
Diana Guerrero to star in CBS’s In The Country We Love
Killian Scott to replace Aden Young on USA’s Damnation

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News: UK channels acquire Frequency, Pure Genius, Public Enemy & The Expanse; Murder in the First cancelled; + more

News: BBC4 acquires Roots; Halt & Catch Fire renewed and cancelled; Swedish Dicks renewed; + more

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