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Nathan Fillion on Community, Avengers 2 casting, a Jack Ryan trailer and more Covert Affairs and Sleepy Hollow

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You all know what day it is and this is the news, right?

Film casting

Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Johnson join Avengers: Age of Ultron

Trailers

Trailer for Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

UK TV

Watch acquires: NBC’s Believe
Channel Five acquires: CTV’s Played

US TV

Next 24 to film in London
Sleepy Hollow gets a second season
Covert Affairs gets a fifth season
Wednesday ratings: Ironside tanks, Super Fun Night starts well, Revolution hits series low

US TV show casting

Nathan Fillion to guest on Community
Jason Priestley to guest on Hot In Cleveland
Dennis Haysbert to guest on Trophy Wife

New US TV shows

Hallmark green lights: Signed, Sealed & Delivered
NBC green lights: The Pro with Rob Lowe
ABC developing: Just Rewards
NBC developing: The Mason Twins

New US TV show casting

Jamie Kennedy, Adrian Pasdar, Aldis Hodge join Amazon’s The After
Patrick Kennedy, Dominique McElligott and Laila Robins join HBO’s The Money
Joel Gretsch to guest on Witches of East End

Thursday’s “David Tennant to star in Broadchurch (US), more Wilfred and SHIELD down” news

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Film

Ted 2 announced

Film casting

Dorian Missick joins Annie

Trailers

Trailer for Last Vegas, with Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, et al

Theatre

Sir Tony Robinson to star in Wind in the Willows

UK TV

Tuesday ratings: The Wrong Mans drop 900k

US TV

FXX renews: Wilfred for final season
Tuesday’s ratings: Agents of SHIELD down 33%, Lucky 7 down 46%

US TV casting

Amber Tamblyn promoted to regular on Two and a Half Men

New US TV shows

Tim Kring producing CW high school drama
HBO developing: These Things Happen
Fox rescues: John Mulaney comedy

New US TV show casting

Andrea Riseborough joins HBO’s The Money, Freddie Stroma joins Lifetime’s Unreal
Emily Rutherford to star in ABC Family’s Work Mom
David Tennant to star in Fox’s Broadchurch remake
Colin Hanks joins FX’s Fargo, Jim Piddock joins E!’s The Royals

Wednesday’s “Camp cancelled, more Cedar Cove, ABC’s musical fairy tale and more Narnia” news

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Film

Fourth Narnia film planned

Film casting

Lizzy Caplan joins The Interview
Joely Richardson joins Arnold Schwarzenegger in Maggie
Sullivan Stapleton up for Star Wars 7

Trailers

Trailer for Delicious, with Louise Brealey and Nico Rogner
New trailer for The Hobbit: THe Desolation of Smaug

UK TV

Trailer for ITV’s Breathless, with Jack Davenport, Iain Glen, Joanna Page et al

US TV shows

Hallmark renews: Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove
NBC cancels: Camp
Monday ratings: We Are Men starts low, Blacklist and Sleepy Hollow stable

US TV show casting

Leslie Bibb to appear in The Following
Patrick Fischler to guest on Suits

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: pilot of musical fairy tale Galavant
Trailer for HBO’s adaptation of BBC4’s Getting On
Fox developing How To Lead A Life Of Crime, CBS developing Tigers

Tuesday’s “Paget Brewster’s Criminal Minds return, Breaking Bad’s good ratings and Thunderbirds have voices” news

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Film casting

Logan Marshall-Green, Olivier Gourmet and Laura Carmichael join Madame Bovary

UK TV show casting

Danny Dyer joins EastEnders

New UK TV shows

Cilla Black and Paul O’Grady to star in BBC1’s Led Astray
Rosamund Pike, David Graham, Sandra Dickinson et al to voice Thunderbirds remake

New UK TV show casting

Joanne Whalley, Shirley Henderson, Jessica Brown Findlay et al to star in BBC1’s Jamaica Inn

US TV

Sunday ratings
Sunday cable ratings: Breaking Bad gets highest ever AMC ratings…
…Homeland gets best ever ratings

US TV show casting

Paget Brewster to return for Criminal Minds‘ 200th episode
Alicia Witt and Edi Gathegi to recur on Justified
Danielle Bradbery to guest on Hart of Dixie
Ginny Gardner to recur on The Goldbergs

New US TV shows

ABC developing: CIA drama Clandestine with Melissa Rosenberg
IFC greenlights: Garfunkel and Oates

New US TV show casting

Kyle Bornheimer to recur on A&E’s Those Who Kill
John Carroll Lynch to guest on Fox’s Us & Them

Monday’s “A&E adapting Les Revenants, teaser trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron and more Unforgettable” news

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Doctor Who

The three Capaldis explained… with help from Russell T Davies

Film casting

Hugh Jackman joins Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie
Rob Riggle joins, Jennifer Lawrence to cameo in Dumb and Dumber To

Trailers

Teaser trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron

UK TV

Saturday ratings

UK TV casting

Doc Brown joins Law & Order

US TV

US TV casting

John Barrowman back for Arrow, Dylan Neal joining
Joel Fry joins Game of Thrones
Michael Rapaport to recur on Justified

New US TV shows

Modern Family spin-off planned
A&E adapting: Canal+’s Les Revenants/The Returned
Fox green lights: pilot for Man/Child, with Damon Wayans Jr
ABC adapting: Sisterland
The CW developing legal drama with Eva Longoria

New US TV show casting

Casting on E!’s The Royals

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Nathan Fillion on Community, Avengers 2 casting, a Jack Ryan trailer and more Covert Affairs and Sleepy Hollow

Thursday’s “David Tennant to star in Broadchurch (US), more Wilfred and SHIELD down” news

Wednesday’s “Camp cancelled, more Cedar Cove, ABC’s musical fairy tale and more Narnia” news

Tuesday’s “Paget Brewster’s Criminal Minds return, Breaking Bad’s good ratings and Thunderbirds have voices” news

Monday’s “A&E adapting Les Revenants, teaser trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron and more Unforgettable” news

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