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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: In The Flesh cancelled, Gotham, Empire renewed, Twin Peaks returning characters, Chuck joins Heroes + more

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Film casting

Matilda Lutz to star in The Ring reboot, Rings
No Patrick Stewart or Ian McKellen for X-Men: Apocalypse

Trailers

New trailer for John Wick, with Keanu Reeves

UK TV

BBC Three cancels: In The Flesh
Channel Four green lights: final series of Fresh Meat
Thursday ratings
Saturday ratings

US TV

Fox renews: Gotham, Empire and Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Teaser trailer for season 4 of Veep
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings

US TV show casting

Tristin Mays to recur on Vampire Diaries
Danielle Alonzo dropped from The Night Shift

New US TV shows

NBC developing: adaptation of Forbidden Fruit as Freedom Run…
…green lights: Telenovela with Eva Longoria
Trailer for A&E’s The Returned

New US TV show casting

Mel Brooks, Jimmy Kimmel, Rob Reiner et al to guest on FX’s The Comedians
Joe Manganiello, Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin et al to star on Fox’s Scream Queens
Sheryl Lee and Dana Ashbrook to return for Showtime’s Twin Peaks
Mary Steenburgen joins Fox’s The Last Man on Earth
Gary Sinise to star in CBS’s Criminal Minds spin-off
Zachary Levi to star in NBC’s Heroes Reborn

News: William Shatner to voice The Clangers, RTD’s AIDS drama, Sheridan Smith is Inside No 9 + more

16 January 2015 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Tom Cruise and Doug Liman to work on Mena

Film casting

Tom Hardy leaves Suicide Squad
Scarlett Johansson confirmed for Captain America: Civil War

Trailers

Trailer for Cymbeline adaptation Anarchy with Ethan Hawke, Ed Harris, Milla Jovovich et al
Trailer for Get Hard with Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart

French TV

Canal+ begins work on Section Zero

Internet TV

Ron Howard to re-record narration for chronological season four of Arrested Development

UK TV

BBC Two acquires: NBC’s The Odyssey

UK TV show casting

Sheridan Smith, Jack Whitehall and Julie Hesmondhalgh to guest on Inside No 9

New UK TV shows

Russell T Davies to write AIDS crisis drama

New UK TV show casting

William Shatner to voice The Clangers reboot

US TV

Trailer for season 3 of Bates Motel
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Patrick Fischler to recur on Once Upon A Time and Silicon Valley
Emily Kinney to guest on Forever

New US TV shows

NBC green lights: pilots of The Curse of the Fuentes Women and Love is a Four Letter Word
Syfy developing: adaptation of Robert Charles Wilson’s Spin
E! renews: The Royals
Trailer for Bravo’s Odd Mom Out
Trailer for USA’s Complications
Trailer for Syfy’s The Expanse

New US TV show casting

Luis Guzman and Finesse Mithcell to recur on Showtime’s Roadies
Billy Burke and Kristen Connolly join CBS’s Zoo

News: Canadian Lovejoy and Beowulf, Torchwood returns on radio, Benched cancelled, Broad City renewed + more

15 January 2015 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Paul Kaye, Arsher Ali, Morven Christie and Colin McFarlane to guest
Torchwood to return on radio

Canadian TV

Omnifilm developing: Blood Magick, Pacific Spirit, Beowulf, Homegrown Terrorist, Corrective Measures and The Last Spike

UK TV

Tuesday ratings

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC Two’s The Eichmann Show, with Martin Freeman, Anthony LaPaglia et al

US TV

US TV show casting

Devon Graye to play new Trickster on The Flash
Lucy Lawless and Stuart Townsend to recur on Salem

New US TV shows

NBC green lights: three comedy pilots including How We Live and Superstore

New US TV show casting

ABC Family recasts Stitchers

News: Richard Armitage is the Tooth Fairy, Woody Allen’s first TV series, Strangers on a Train remake + more

14 January 2015 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Ben Affleck and David Fincher to remake Strangers on a Train

Film casting

Rodrigo Santoro to play Jesus in Ben-Hur
Jason Bateman to star in Joel Edgerton’s Weirdo
Hailee Steinfeld to star in adaptation of Carrie Pilby

Trailers

Trailer for Paul Feig’s Spy, with Jason Statham, Melissa McCarthy, Miranda Hart, Allison Janney and 50 Cent

Internet TV

Amazon Prime green lights: Woody Allen’s first TV series
Trailer for Amazon’s Point of Honor

UK TV

Monday ratings

US TV

ABC Family renews: The Fosters
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Suzanne Cryer replaces Rebecca Creskoff on Silicon Valley
Rob Gorrie to play Robin’s dad in Gotham
Bradley Whitford to guest on Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Richard Armitage to play the Tooth Fairy on Hannibal
Charlotte Ross to return to Arrow

New US TV shows

David E Kelley to adapt Stephen King’s Mr Mercedes as a mini-series

New US TV show casting

Shoshana Bush and Frankie Shaw to star in, Arturo Del Puerto to be a regular in ABC Family’s Tough Cookie
Matt Murray to be a regular in ABC Family’s Kevin From Work
Adriana Barraza to co-star in USA’s Queen of the South
Justin Chatwin to star in TNT’s Breed
John Rhys-Davies joins MTV’s Shannara

News: CBS and Showtime renewals, Will & Grace reunite, new Ultron trailer, Agent Cooper returns + more

13 January 2015 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

Idris Elba developing Poe Must Die as trilogy

Trailers

New trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron

Canadian TV

CBC renews: Schitt’s Creek

Internet TV

Lars Mikkelsen to recur on House of Cards

UK TV

ITV cancels: Foyle’s War
Sunday ratings

New UK TV shows

Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie to star in BBC One’s John Le Carré adaptation The Night Manager

US TV

CBS renews: NCIS: New Orleans, Madam Secretary and Scorpion
Showtime renews Shameless, green lights Happyish
Trailer for season 2 of Penny Dreadful
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Eric Roberts to return to CSI
Eric McCormack to guest on The Mysteries of Laura

New US TV shows

Trailer for The CW’s The Messengers
Trailer for CBS’s The Dovekeepers [US only]
Syfy developing: 51st State

New US TV show casting

Kyle MacLachlan to return to Twin Peaks
Colm Meaney and Charlotte Nicdao join Syfy’s Childhood’s End
Machine Gun Kelly joins Showtime’s Roadies, Allen Maldonado to recur on black-ish

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News: In The Flesh cancelled, Gotham, Empire renewed, Twin Peaks returning characters, Chuck joins Heroes + more

News: William Shatner to voice The Clangers, RTD’s AIDS drama, Sheridan Smith is Inside No 9 + more

News: Canadian Lovejoy and Beowulf, Torchwood returns on radio, Benched cancelled, Broad City renewed + more

News: Richard Armitage is the Tooth Fairy, Woody Allen’s first TV series, Strangers on a Train remake + more

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