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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: Atlanta, Better Things renewed; Y Gwyll teaser; Toby Stephens gets Lost in Space; Mata Hari reimagined; + more

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Internet TV

Amazon developing: Hasbro v Mattel mini-series Toy Wars
Toby Stephens to star, Maxwell Jenkins to co-star in Netflix’s Lost in Space
Go90 green lights: Megyn Kelly political comedy Embeds

UK TV

Teaser for series 3 of Y Gwyll/Hinterland

New UK TV show casting

Michael Gambon, Jamie Bamber, John Bishop et al join ITV’s Fearless

US TV

FX renews: Atlanta and Better Things
Trailer for season 12 of Criminal Minds
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Kadeem Hardison to guest on Supernatural
Cherry Jones joins American Crime
John Bell and Wil Johnson join Outlander
Ravi Patel to guest on Grey’s Anatomy

New US TV shows

CBS developing: hate crimes investigation drama
The CW developing: Mata Hari reimagining…
…and Tim Kring supernatural murder-documentary drama Stick Man
ABC developing: sexy exclusive building soap The Marquis…
…and dead bossy best friend comedy

New US TV show casting

Aden Young, Logan Marshall-Green, Sarah Jones et al to star in USA’s Damnation

News: Clique, Broken casting; Flowers renewed; Supergirl trailer; + more

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Internet TV

Angela Bassett joins Master of None
Michael Zegen joins Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Casting on BBC Three’s Clique

UK TV

Channel 4 renews: Flowers

New UK TV show casting

Annal Friel and Paula Malcomson join BBC One’s Broken

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of Supergirl
Sunday ratings

New US TV shows

Trailer for Syfy’s Channel Zero
ABC developing: Latino sibling comedy
CBS developing: dead dad family comedy
NBC green lights: pilots of adaptation of Ben H Winters’ The Last Policeman…
…and commercial space travel comedy Spaced Out

News: Roadies cancelled; 5* acquires Aftermath; Dirk Gently character teasers; + more

19 September 2016 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Internet TV

Trailer for Netflix’s Easy
Melanie Liburd joins Netflix’s Gypsy
Taylor Russell joins Netflix’s Lost in Space
Sarah Steele joins CBS All Access’ The Good Wife spin-off

UK TV

Teaser trailer for series 2 of The Missing
5* acquires: Syfy’s Aftermath

US TV

Showtime cancels: Roadies
Trailer for season 5 of Arrow
Thursday ratings

US TV show casting

Daisy Betts to recur on Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce
Scoot McNairy to recur, Mary Elizabeth Winstead to star in Fargo
Ben Rappaport to recur on Younger

New US TV shows

Teasers for BBC America’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
John Stamos developing: 80s daytime soaps cable drama
Sylvester Stallone developing: comedy series on life of pizza impressario Richie Palmer
ABC developing: military family comedy Charlie Foxtrot
Plan B and Barry Jenkins developing: adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad

New US TV show casting

Ben Vereen to recur on Fox’s Making History
Rita Wilson and Lyndsy Fonseca to guest on Fox’s Pitch

News: Hand of God cancelled; She’s Gotta Have It Netflix series; Syfy’s 3 pilots;

16 September 2016 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Internet TV

Netflix green lights: series of She’s Gotta Have It
Amazon cancels: Hand of God
Christopher Backus to recur on Bosch

International TV

Carnival Films developing: adaptation of Zero Days as Stuxnet

UK TV

New trailer for series 3 of The Fall
Two Christmas specials for The Windsors

UK TV show casting

Simon Webbe joins River City

New UK TV shows

Trailer for E4’s Crazyhead

US TV

Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Michael Foster to recur on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Dichen Lachman to play Roulette on Supergirl
Tip ‘TI’ Harris to guest on Atlanta
Gina Torres to recur on The Catch
Jonathan Patrick Moore to recur on Blindspot

New US TV shows

Fox developing: sexy civil rights legal drama
Syfy green lights: pilots of The Machine adaptation; adaptation of Grant Morrison’s Happy!; and horror drama Haunted
NBC developing: funeral director one night stand family comedy

New US TV show casting

Jill Flint to guest on CBS’s Bull
Curtis Armstrong to guest on The CW’s Frequency

News: Bloodline cancelled; Ófærð (Trapped) renewed; Woody Allen’s TV show trailer; + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for Amazon’s Crisis in Six Scenes with Woody Allen
Brant Daughtery to recur on Netflix’s Dear White People
Netflix cancels: Bloodline

International TV

Skai and Sigma Greece partner on daytime drama [subscription required]
RUV Iceland renews: Ófærð (Trapped)

US TV show casting

A series regular is leaving Suits [spoilers]

New US TV shows

ABC developing: FBI consulting illusionist procedural Deception…
…comedy based on Twinsters
CBS developing: adaptation of AJ Jacobs’ The Year of Living Biblically
Fox developing: imagininary buddy cop drama from Sheldon Turner and McG
NBC developing: high-concept procedural Dreamer
TruTV green lights: series of comedy writer comedy I’m Sorry, with Andrea Savage and Tom Everett Scott

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News: Atlanta, Better Things renewed; Y Gwyll teaser; Toby Stephens gets Lost in Space; Mata Hari reimagined; + more

News: Clique, Broken casting; Flowers renewed; Supergirl trailer; + more

News: Roadies cancelled; 5* acquires Aftermath; Dirk Gently character teasers; + more

News: Hand of God cancelled; She’s Gotta Have It Netflix series; Syfy’s 3 pilots;

News: Bloodline cancelled; Ófærð (Trapped) renewed; Woody Allen’s TV show trailer; + more

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