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Film casting

Eddie Redmayne to play Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

Australian TV

Nine developing: two comedies
Teaser trailer for ABC’s paranormal drama Glitch

Canadian TV

CTV renews: Motive

UK TV

Sunday ratings

UK TV casting

Steve Toussaint to be a regular on Lewis

US TV

US TV show casting

Miranda Otto et al join Homeland
Sendhil Ramamurthy returning for Heroes Reborn
Luke Mitchell promoted to regular on Agents of SHIELD

New US TV shows

24 spin-off to feature new lead
Marta Kauffman adapting ITV’s Doc Martin
HBO developing: sitcom based on Peter Serafinowicz and Robert Popper’s Tarvuism

New US TV show casting

Sandrine Holt to recur on AMC’s Fear The Walking Dead

News: SVT’s Springfloden adaptation, Tron 3 killed, The Wicked + The Divine TV + more

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Film

Tron 3 cancelled

Film casting

William Fichtner joins Independence Day 2

Scandinavian TV

SVT green lights: adaptation of Spring Tide (Springfloden) by The Bridge creators

UK TV

New UK TV show casting

Peter Firth, Pauline Collins, Caroline Quentin, Stephen Rea to star in BBC One’s Dickensian

US TV

Trailer for season 3 of Ray Donovan
Thursday ratings

US TV show casting

Penny Johnson Jerald out of Castle
Eric Close no longer a regular on Nashville
Chris Chalk promoted to regular on Gotham
John Pyper-Ferguson to recur on Suits
Beth Hall promoted, Spencer Daniels demoted on Mom

New US TV shows

Teaser trailer for Starz’s Ash vs Evil Dead
Universal adapting: The Wicked + The Divine

New US TV show casting

Colin Donnell joins NBC’s Chicago Med

News: three new Gold sitcoms, a Mr Ripley TV series, Fry’s Hippopotamus film + more

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Film casting

Henry Cavill exits Stratton
Sam Neill and Roger Allam to star in adaptation of Stephen Fry’s The Hippopotamus

Film trailers

Trailer for American Ultra with Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg, Topher Grace et al

Internet TV

Lori Loughlin and Bob Saget join Netflix’s Fuller House

International TV

Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels to be adapted

UK TV

Wednesday ratings

New UK TV shows

Gold green lights: Daniel Peacock’s Marley’s Ghosts, Bull and Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais’s Henry IX

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of Dominion
Trailer for season 2 of Murder In The First
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Nazneen Contractor joins Heroes Reborn
Nicholas D’Agosto promoted to regular on Gotham

New US TV shows

Fox developing: Urban Cowboy adaptation
NBC/Sky green light: 10-part Graham Moore killer virus series
Trailer for HBO’s Ballers
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sakina Jaffrey to recur on USA’s Mr Robot

New US TV show casting

Aoibhinn McGinnity to recur on Cinemax’s Quarry
Jon Cor joins ABC Family’s Shadowhunters

News: Denise Richards in Significant Mother, Richard Schiff joins The Affair, Interceptor trailer + more

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Owing to a slight case of ‘Sleepus Overus’ mixed with ’Summeritus’, today’s news is slightly abbreviated…

Internet TV

Ally Walker joins Longmire

New Zealand TV

Casting on TV2’s Filthy Rich

UK TV

Tuesday ratings

UK TV show casting

Lisa Palfrey joins Line of Duty

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC One’s The Interceptor

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Richard Schiff joins The Affair, Stephanie Erb to recur on Ray Donovan

New US TV show casting

Denise Richards to guest on The CW’s Significant Mother

News: William Shatner’s Murdoch Mystery, more Grace and Frankie, a Point Break trailer + more

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Films

Fox rebooting The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Film casting

Vincent D’Onofrio joins CHiPs

Film trailers

Trailer for the Point Break remake

Canadian TV

William Shatner to guest on Murdoch Mysteries

Internet TV

Jimmy Smits to star in Netflix’s The Get Down
Netflix renews: Grace and Frankie
Hulu renews: Deadbeat

UK TV

Monday ratings

New UK TV shows

ITV greenlights: Churchill’s Secret with Michael Gambon

US TV

Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Dylan Bruce joins Heroes Reborn [spoilers]

New US TV shows

HBO developing: Eric Roth veterans hospital drama Unarmed

New US TV show casting

ABC recasting: Oil
Charlene McKenna to star in Lifetime’s Clan of the Cave Bear

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News: Tarvuism sitcom, Motive renewed, US Doc Martin, another Hero returns + more

News: SVT’s Springfloden adaptation, Tron 3 killed, The Wicked + The Divine TV + more

News: three new Gold sitcoms, a Mr Ripley TV series, Fry’s Hippopotamus film + more

News: Denise Richards in Significant Mother, Richard Schiff joins The Affair, Interceptor trailer + more

News: William Shatner’s Murdoch Mystery, more Grace and Frankie, a Point Break trailer + more

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