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Film casting

Scarlett Johansson, George Clooney, Channing Tatum et al to star in the Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar!

Australian TV

Seven green lights: drama 800 Words and The Killing Field sequel Winter

UK TV

Trailer for series 2 of Atlantis

US TV

Hallmark renews: Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove

US TV show casting

Lily Rabe to return to American Horror Story…
…Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka to guest

New US TV shows

HBO developing: Kari Lizer/Kyra Sedgwick comedy
Paramount adapting American Gigolo with Jerry Bruckheimer
Fox developing: League of Pan Peter Pan mystery drama update
The CW developing: Renaissance witches/young Shakespeare drama Shakespeare’s Sisters
ABC developing: remake of French PI drama Risk
CBS developing: Geoff Stults comedy about hero bachelor…
…Neal Baer and Dan Truly public health drama

News: young Shakespeare’s Sisters, US remake of France’s PI, the Coens Hail Caesar + more

30 October 2014 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Film casting

Scarlett Johansson, George Clooney, Channing Tatum et al to star in the Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar!

Australian TV

Seven green lights: drama 800 Words and The Killing Field sequel Winter

UK TV

Trailer for series 2 of Atlantis

US TV

Hallmark renews: Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove

US TV show casting

Lily Rabe to return to American Horror Story…
…Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka to guest

New US TV shows

HBO developing: Kari Lizer/Kyra Sedgwick comedy
Paramount adapting American Gigolo with Jerry Bruckheimer
Fox developing: League of Pan Peter Pan mystery drama update
The CW developing: Renaissance witches/young Shakespeare drama Shakespeare’s Sisters
ABC developing: remake of French PI drama Risk
CBS developing: Geoff Stults comedy about hero bachelor…
…Neal Baer and Dan Truly public health drama

News: Marvel’s phase 3 revealed, Netflix’s Marco Polo trailer, an Agent Carter teaser + more

29 October 2014 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Film

Marvel unveils phase three movies, including Black Panther and Captain Marvel
Jason Bateman to direct and star in IPO Man

Film casting

Greg Kinnear and Renee Zellweger to star in adaptation of Same Kind of Different As Me
Keanu Reeves to star in Replicas

Trailers

Trailer for Comet with Justin Long and Emmy Rossum

International TV

Gail Berman developing: adaptation of Horrorstör

Internet TV

Trailer for Netflix’s Marco Polo

UK TV

Monday ratings

US TV

Mysteries of Laura gets a full season
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Brian Doyle-Murray joins Sirens

New US TV shows

MTV green lights: Scream TV series
Teaser for ABC’s Marvel’s Agent Carter

New US TV show casting

Jason Jones to star in and co-write with Samantha Bee in TBS comedy
Meagen Fay to recur on ABC’s Marvel’s Agent Carter, Max Gail joins Comedy Central’s Review

News: Benedict Cumberbatch is Dr Strange, a US Wire In The Blood remake, full seasons for 4 CBS shows + more

28 October 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Mark Rylance to star in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG
Benedict Cumberbatch to play Dr Strange

Australian TV

Nine teases 2015 shows

Canadian TV

Continuum is in limbo

US TV

Trailer for season 10 of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
CBS orders full seasons of: Scorpion, Madam Secretary, Stalker and NCIS: New Orleans
Sunday ratings
Sunday HBO ratings

US TV show casting

Billy Burke to guest on TNT’s Major Crimes
Malese Jow to play Linda Park on The Flash
Taylor Kitsch joins True Detective

New US TV shows

ABC developing: remake of ITV’s Wire In The Blood…
…genius amnesia woman family detective series Nola Hart
David Goyer writing Krypton

News: A Place To Call Home saved, Damian Lewis is worth Billions, Charles Dance to end childhood + more

27 October 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Paul Greengrass to direct The Tunnels

Film casting

Olivia Wilde, Cillian Murphy join Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire
Sebastian Stan joins Jonathan Demme’s Ricki and the Flash
Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell, Megan Fox et al join James Franco’s Zeroville

Australian TV

Foxtel rescues: A Place To Call Home

French TV

Canal+ to close Jimmy, Maison+ and Cusine+

UK TV

Trailer for series 2 of The Fall
Thursday ratings

New UK TV shows

Trailer for Sky Alantic’s Fortitude

New UK TV show casting

Mark Gatiss to play Peter Mandelson in Channel 4’s Coalition

US TV

ABC cancels: Manhattan Love Story
Teaser for the final season of Justified
Teaser for season 2 of Helix
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings

US TV show casting

Tricia Helfer to guest on Suits
Krista Allen to guest on Castle

New US TV shows

ABC developing: Greg Garcia’s coming-of-age comedy Mr Chris…
…adaptation of BBC1’s Silk…
…multi-camera Lee Aronsohn comedy Totally Illegal…
…and parallel timelines comedy The 3 Lives of Larry
CBS developing: Shane Brennan family cop drama
Starz’s Flesh and Bone becomes limited series
NBC developing: Death Class adaptation
TBS green lights: pilot of Wrecked
Trailer for Fox’s Empire

New US TV show casting

Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti to star in Showtime’s Billions
Lauren Graham joins CBS’s The Odd Couple remake
Lyndsy Fonseca joins ABC’s Agent Carter
Charles Dance to star in Syfy’s Childhood’s End

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News: young Shakespeare’s Sisters, US remake of France’s PI, the Coens Hail Caesar + more

News: young Shakespeare’s Sisters, US remake of France’s PI, the Coens Hail Caesar + more

News: Marvel’s phase 3 revealed, Netflix’s Marco Polo trailer, an Agent Carter teaser + more

News: Benedict Cumberbatch is Dr Strange, a US Wire In The Blood remake, full seasons for 4 CBS shows + more

News: A Place To Call Home saved, Damian Lewis is worth Billions, Charles Dance to end childhood + more

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