News

Film

• A new Matrix trilogy?

Trailers

• The first few minutes of the Veronica Mars movie

Canadian TV

• Trailer for season 2 of Orphan Black

UK TV

• 5USA acquires: NBC’s Ironside
• BBC1 renews: Call The Midwife and Death In Paradise

New UK TV shows

• BBC1 green lights: Mike Bartlett’s Doctor Foster…
• …and Lenny Henry’s Danny and The Human Zoo
• BBC1 green lights: Agatha Christie adaptations And Then There Were None and series of Partners in Crime

New UK TV show casting

• Aidan Turner to setar in BBC1’s Poldark adaptation
• David Gyasi, Trevor Eve, Anna Skellern et all to star in BBC1’s The Interceptor
• Sheridan Smith to star in BBC1’s The C Word
• Stellan Skarsgård to star in BBC1’s River

US TV

• VH1 cancels: Single Ladies
• Thursday ratings
• Thursday cable ratings: Vikings gets 3.6m
• Friday ratings: Hannibal returns low

US TV show casting

• Shoreh Aghdashloo to guest on Bones

New US TV shows

• Bret Easton Ellis and Rob Zombie developing Manson Family show for Fox

New US TV shows casting

• Dean Winters to co-star in Vince Gilligan’s Battle Creek
• Sarah Baker joins CBS’s The Odd Couple
• Brian O’Byrne to star in ABC’s Exposed, Jessica Knappett and Iris Bahr join Irreversible and Henry Simmons joins Saint Francis
• Dylan McDermott joins Kevin Williamson’s CBS drama
• Max Brown to star in Fox’s Hieroglyph
• Ethan Suplee joins TV Land’s Jennifer Falls
• Aimee Garcia joins CBS’s Red Zone, Billy Brown joins ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder
• Tituss Burgess joins NBC’s Tooken
• Jon Fletcher joins The CW’s Messengers + casting on NBC’s Coercion and TNT’s Legends
• Riley Smith joins HBO’s True Blood