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[ 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: The Returned cancelled, Bates Motel renewed, Winona Ryder gets spooky on Netflix, a new McDreamy + more

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Film casting

Carrie Lazar joins The Magnificent Seven

Internet TV

Winona Ryder to star in Netflix supernatural thriller

UK TV

Sunday ratings

US TV

A&E cancels: The Returned…
…renews: Bates Motel

US TV show casting

Martin Henderson joins Grey’s Anatomy

New US TV shows

ABC developing: John Ridley drama Presence
Relativity developing: adaptation of The First Seal

New US TV show casting

Adria Arjona to star in NBC’s Emerald City
Morgan Spector to star in USA’s Paradise Pictures

News: Kindergarten Cop remake, Leftovers teaser, a new Frank Herbert adaptation + more

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Films

Kindergarten Cop to be remade
John Sayles to adapt Frank Herbert’s Soul Catcher

UK TV

US TV

Teaser trailer for season 2 of The Leftovers
Thursday ratings

US TV show casting

Sarah Shahi to guest on Ray Donovan

New US TV show casting

Kaitlyn Leeb joins ABC’s Shadowhunters

News: Chiwetel Ejiofor joins Dr Strange, Sarah Alexander to face Marley’s Ghosts + more

12 June 2015 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Denzel Washington returning for The Equalizer 2
Chiwetel Ejiofor to play Baron Mordo on Marvel’s Doctor Strange

Trailers

New trailer for The Man From UNCLE

European TV

Greece’s ERT returns after two years

UK TV

Wednesday ratings

New UK TV show casting

Sarah Alexander to star in Gold’s Marley’s Ghosts

US TV

Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Andrew Gower joins Outlander

New US TV shows

George RR Martin developing three TV shows for HBO and Cinemax
ABC Family green lights: hotel thriller Stay

New US TV show casting

Nathan Phillips to star in Syfy’s Hunters

News: Power and Episodes renewed, Black Widows goes Scandi, an Hyperion adaptation + more

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Canadian TV

Ashley Greene joins Rogue

Film casting

Yvonne Strahovski joins All I See Is You
Chris Hemsworth joins Ghostbusters

Film trailers

New teaser trailer for Spectre

Scandinavian TV

TV3 developing: adaptation of Finland’s Black Widows with Peter Stormare

UK TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV

Starz renews: Power
Showtime renews: Episodes
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Michael Vartan to guest on Rectify
Mark Consuelos to recur on Kingdom
Dominique Piñon joins Outlander
Cristine Rose returns for Heroes Reborn
Corey Hawkins joins The Walking Dead

New US TV shows

Syfy developing: adaptation of Dan Simmons’ Hyperion
New teaser for Fox’s Minority Report

New US TV show casting

Colman Domingo to recur on AMC’s Fear The Walking Dead
Steven Schirripa to recur on IFC’s Benders

News: Channel 4’s foreign language service, The Punisher joins Daredevil, Fame rebooted + more

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Australian TV

ABC green lights: Shaun Micallef’s The Ex-PM

Internet TV

Michelle Monaghan to star in Hulu’s The Way
Jon Bernthal to play The Punisher on Daredevil
Jaden Smith joins Netflix’s The Get Down
Channel 4 to launch on-demand foreign-language TV hub 4World Drama

UK TV

E4 renews: Drifters
More 4 to have dedicated foreign language TV slot
Monday ratings

US TV

US TV show casting

Demi Lovato joins From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
Sean Maguire and Rebecca Mader promoted to regulars on Once Upon A Time
Lucy Liu to guest on Girls

New US TV shows

Lifetime green lights: Nigel Lythgoe’s Fame reboot
NBC reworking Unveiled

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News: The Returned cancelled, Bates Motel renewed, Winona Ryder gets spooky on Netflix, a new McDreamy + more

News: Kindergarten Cop remake, Leftovers teaser, a new Frank Herbert adaptation + more

News: Chiwetel Ejiofor joins Dr Strange, Sarah Alexander to face Marley’s Ghosts + more

News: Power and Episodes renewed, Black Widows goes Scandi, an Hyperion adaptation + more

News: Channel 4’s foreign language service, The Punisher joins Daredevil, Fame rebooted + more

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