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Film trailers

Trailer for The Legend of Tarzan with Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Samuel L Jackson, Christopher Waltz et al

Canadian TV

Space cancels: Bitten

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC One’s And Then There Were None

US TV

Showtime renews: Homeland and The Affair
Fox renews: Wayward Pines
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Kate Burton to guest on Madam Secretary
Cameron Deane Stewart joins Aquarius
Tone Bell to recur on The Flash

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: adaptation of ITV’s The Job Lot

New US TV show casting

Adam Scott and Laura Dern join HBO’s Big Little Lies

News: Kevin Sorbo’s miracles, Dickensian trailer, Universal acquires Chicago Med, NOS4A2 adaptation + more

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Internet TV

Amazon developing: 80s moviemaking comedy LA82

UK TV

Universal Channel acquires: Chicago Med

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC One’s Dickensian

US TV

Trailer for season 3 of Black Sails
Sunday AMC ratings
Monday’s ratings

New US TV shows

ABC developing: nice guy, bad family comedy White Sheep
AMC developing: adaptation of supernatural horror child abduction story NOS4A2
CBS developing: legal drama adaptation of James Patterson’s Now You See Her
NBC developing: miraculous ex-Ranger drama Miracle Man with Kevin Sorbo…
…Americans-in-London soccer sitcom adaptation of Israel’s Imported

New US TV show casting

Susan Kelechi Watson joins NBC’s Dan Fogelman pilot
Abigail Breslin to star in ABC’s Dirty Dancing remake

News: Ben Elton/David Mitchell Shakespeare sitcom, Blacklist renewed, Crouching Tiger sequel trailer, BT acquires Manhattan + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for Netflix’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny, with Michelle Yeoh and Donnie Yen
Trailer for season two of Powers

UK TV

BT Showcase acquires: WGN America’s Manhattan

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC Two’s A Gert Lush Christmas
BBC Two green lights: Ben Elton Shakespeare sitcom Upstart Crow, starring David Mitchell

US TV

NBC renews: The Blacklist
Trailer for season 11 of It’s Always Sunny…
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Sam Richardson to guest on New Girl
Katy Sagal to guest on Brooklyn Nine-Nine

New US TV shows

NBC developing: 1891 musical drama Voice of the City
FX developing: dirty female comedy
Spike TV green lights: series based on Red Mars

New US TV show casting

Justin Chatwin and Megan Ketch to star in CBS’s American Gothic
Queen Latifah to star in Fox’s girl group drama
Sylvester Stallone to not star in Rambo: New Blood

News: almost everyone’s back for Trainspotting 2, Syfy acquires Killjoys, Childhood’s End clip + more

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Doctor Who

Two trailers for the Christmas special

Film casting

Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner and Robert Carlyle confirmed for Trainspotting 2

Film trailers

Trailer for Shane Black’s The Nice Guys, with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe

UK TV

Syfy UK acquires: Killjoys

UK TV show casting

Ayda Field joins Fresh Meat

US TV

IFC cancels: Gigi Does It
Friday ratings

US TV show casting

Italia Ricci to play Silver Banshee on Supergirl

New US TV shows

HBO developing: Baptist comedy Brotherhood
Clip from Syfy’s Childhood’s End
The CW developing: female revenge drama
New DC Legends of Tomorrow trailer

New US TV show casting

Shailene Woodley joins HBO’s Big Little Lies

News: Iceland’s The Mayor, Game of Thrones teaser, Uncle, Chewing Gum, DCI Banks renewed + more

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Theatre

Matthew Perry to make playwriting debut with The End of Longing at the Playhouse Theatre

Scandinavian TV

Iceland’s Channel 2 green lights: satire The Mayor, based on life of Jon Gnarr

UK TV

ITV renews: DCI Banks
E4 renews: Chewing Gum
BBC Three renews: Uncle
Yesterday, Drama and Reality to join Freesat

New UK TV shows

ITV green lights: 1940s hotel drama The Halcyon
BBC One green lights: pre-apocalyptic crime drama Hard Sun

US TV

Teaser trailer for season 6 of Game of Thrones
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Damon Gupton to recur on Bates Motel, Trieste Kelly Dunn to recur on Blindspot

New US TV shows

CBS developing: spy-turned-contractor drama Section 13 with Tom Welling
NBC developing: sexy jewel heist thriller Heist
Pop developing: Joel McIntyre improv comedy
ABC green lights: pilot of John Ridley’s female PI drama Presence
Syfy developing: drama adaptation of Harrow County
USA red lights: Paradise Pictures

New US TV show casting

Mekhi Phifer, Matthew Goode, James Purefoy et al join A+E’s Roots remake

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News: Homeland, The Affair, Wayward Pines renewed, Bitten cancelled, US The Job Lot + more

News: Kevin Sorbo’s miracles, Dickensian trailer, Universal acquires Chicago Med, NOS4A2 adaptation + more

News: Ben Elton/David Mitchell Shakespeare sitcom, Blacklist renewed, Crouching Tiger sequel trailer, BT acquires Manhattan + more

News: almost everyone’s back for Trainspotting 2, Syfy acquires Killjoys, Childhood’s End clip + more

News: Iceland’s The Mayor, Game of Thrones teaser, Uncle, Chewing Gum, DCI Banks renewed + more

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