News

Teaser for Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie, with Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver et al
Trailer for Annie with Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Rose Byrne et al

UK TV

Monday ratings

US TV

Lifetime cancels: Witches of East End
The Mentalist to finish with season seven
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Victoria Smurfit to recur on Once Upon A Time
Jeff Fahey to recur on Justified
Stephen Macht returning to Suits
Marcia Gay Harden joins How To Get Away With Murder
Khandi Alexander to return to Scandal

New US TV shows

ABC developing: adaptation of Fina Ludlow family legal drama books
Trailer for TNT’s The Librarians
Showtime developing: political drama Anthem
Endemol developing updated Phantom of the Opera series
Extended trailer for ABC’s Marvel’s Agent Carter
Teaser for History’s Sons of Liberty

News: Syfy to adapt 3001, Sky Arts acquires comedy and Scandi drama, Fox hires martial arts cops + more

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Film casting

Martin Csokas joins Emilia Clarke in Voice From The Stone
Hayley Atwell to appear in Ant-Man

UK TV

BBC1 renews: Call The Midwife
Sky Arts acquires: comedy, Scandi drama [subscription required]

UK TV show casting

Anna Crilly et al to appear on Moving On
Julia Stiles to appear on The Mindy Project
Sam Daly to guest on Madam Secretary
Rosie O’Donnell to return to The Fosters

US TV

Sunday ratings

New US TV shows

HBO developing: African-American sibling comedy Bros
Fox developing: martial arts police procedural
NBC green lights: pilot of Jerrod Carmichael comedy
Syfy developing: adaptation of 3001: The Final Odyssey

News: A Limitless TV show, Bad Judge and A To Z cancelled, Sharon Stone on TNT, Magic City movie + more

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Film

Magic City to continue as a movie, with series regulars plus Bruce Willis and Bill Murray

Trailers

Trailer for Fast and Furious 7

UK TV

US TV

NBC cancels: Bad Judge and A To Z
Friday ratings

New US TV shows

AMC red lights: Knifeman and Galyntine
Fox developing: corrupted president 24 drama POTUS
Heidi Thomas creating period nursing drama
TNT green lights: pilot of supernatural murders drama Breed…
…series of Agent X with Sharon Stone and Jeff Hephner
CBS green lights: pilot for Limitless adaptation
The CW green lights: pilot of remake of El Barco

New US TV show casting

Uma Thurman replaces Mary-Louise Parker on US adaptation of The Slap

News: True Detective casting, 100 Days of UKIP, The Divide cancelled + more

31 October 2014 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Film casting

Julia Stiles and Ray Liotta join Go With Me
Gal Gadot out of Ben Hur

Trailer

Trailer for Alex Garland’s Ex Machina

Internet TV

Hulu green lights: Jason Reitman comedy Casual
BT adds Netflix to YouView [subscription required]

UK TV show casting

Vic Reeves to guest on Inspector George Gently

New UK TV shows

Channel 4 green lights: 100 Days of UKIP

US TV

WE tv cancels: The Divide
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Adrian Lester to recur on Red Band Society
Kelly Reilly, Abigail Spencer, Michael Irby and Leven Rambin join True Detective
Sarah Jane Morris to guest on Hawaii Five-0
Adam Rodriguez to recur on The Night Shift

New US TV shows

Fox developing: Zoobiquity
Trailer for Syfy’s 12 Monkeys adaptation
FX developing: sci-fi comedy Daedalus 6
NBC developing: legal drama based on Lindsay Lohan’s lawyer
CBS developing: Dan Kopelman comedy
ABC developing: Unfunctional

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