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Canadian TV

Kacey Rohl to star in Global’s Working The Engels

International TV

China and Japan adapting The Art of War

US TV

BBC America cancels: Copper
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Susan Sarandon to guest on Mike & Molly
Stephen Macht to guest on USA’s Suits

New US TV shows

HBO red lights: The Missionary
Fox developing: hip-hop drama from Brian Grazer, Lee Daniels and Danny Strong
VH1 green lights: Hindsight pilot
TNT green lights: Steve Bochco’s Murder In The First

New US TV show casting

Stacy Keach, Dean Stockwell and Barry Bostwick to guest on Fox’s Enlisted
Janina Gavankar and Khary Payton to co-star on USA’s Love Is Dead, Tom Austen joins E!’s The Royals
Thomas Arana to guest on CBS’s Intelligence
Chris Geere and Aya Cash to star in FX’s You’re The Worst
Cynthia Nixon, Amy Sedaris join Alpha House
Ruth Negga to recur on ABC’s Agents of SHIELD
Beth Riesgraf to gust on ABC’s Killer Women

Thursday’s “Agent Carter: TV star, ABC Family’s League of Extraordinary Women and Robert Towne to write for Mad Men” news

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Doctor Who

Hulu Plus acquires: Doctor Who, Sherlock et al

Film casting

Matt Bomer to star in Montgomery Clift biopic

Trailers

Extended trailer for Thor 2

UK TV

E4 acquires: Brooklyn Nine-Nine

US TV

Robert Towne joins Mad Men writing staff
Tuesday ratings

US TV casting

Adam Pally to become a regular on The Mindy Project
Jere Burns promoted to regular on Justified
Taye Diggs to guest on New Girl
James Frain to recur on Sleepy Hollow

New US TV shows

ABC acquires: untitled divorce comedy…
…and The Bounty
Marvel developing Agent Carter TV series
NBC developing: G’Uncle
ABC Family developing: The Final Girls with Jamie Lee Curtis

New US TV show casting

Will Kemp and Kallee Stewart to co-star in Lifetime’s HR
Missi Pyle to co-star in TV Land’s Jennifer Falls

Wednesday’s “Jed Mercurio goes Critical, Fox orders male strippers and Mad Men split in two” news

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Film

Paul Greengrass off Chicago 7

Film casting

Leonardo DiCaprio to play Woodrow Wilson
Kelsey Grammar joins The Expendables 3
Amber Tamblyn joins Girlfriend’s Day

Trailers

Trailer for The Last Days on Mars, with Live Schreiber, Olivia Williams, Romola Garai et al
Trailer for Great Expectations

UK TV

Comedy Central acquires: The Millers and We Are Men
Clip from Sky1’s The Smoke, with Jamie Bamber
Sky Atlantic shows off new dramas

New UK TV shows

Sky1 orders: Jed Mercurio real-time medical drama Critical

US TV

SyFy acquires: Space’s Bitten
Mad Men final season expanded, split in two
Monday ratings
Sunday cable ratings: The Newsroom finale down

US TV casting

Dana Powell to guest on Modern Family
Nathan Lane to return to The Good Wife
Jon Tenney to return to Major Crimes
LeVar Burton to return to Community
Danielle Brooks to guest on Girls
Two Nashville stars demoted
Lea Thompson to guest on CSI

New US TV shows

ABC developing: female detectives show
CBS orders: The 40s pilot
Fox orders: The Whole Shebang pilot

New US TV show casting

Robert Knepper to guest on NBC’s The Blacklist
Brad Garrett to recur on The Crazy Ones

Tuesday’s “A Walking Dead spin-off, Rob Lowe’s Sex Tape and Starhunter returns” news

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Film

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Joe Wright adapting A Season In The Congo

Film casting

Laurie Holden joins Dumb and Dumber To
Rob Lowe joins Sex Tape
Carey Milligan, Michael Sheen, Juno Temple et al join Far From The Madding Crowd
Mark Strong joins The Imitation Game
Lily Gabe joins Hunger Games: Mockingjay

Trailers

Trailer for Grace of Monaco, with Nicole Kidman

Canadian TV

Starhunter to return as web series
Craig Olejnik to guest on Haven

UK TV

Sky to invest £1bn in Irish content over the next five years [subscription required]

UK TV casting

Harry Enfield and Samantha Spiro to guest on Bad Education

US TV

Sunday cable ratings: Breaking Bad gets best ever ratings

US TV casting

Paul Johansson to guest on Beauty and the Beast
Christian Serratos to play Rosita on The Walking Dead
Angela Kinsey, Max Greenfield and Kirstie Alley to guest on Hot In Cleveland

New US TV shows

AMC developing Walking Dead spin-off
HBO green lights: The Leftovers
NBC developing: My Parents Are Too F**king Happy…
…and adaptation of Conspiracy
Lifetime orders: pilot of The Lottery
Fox developing: adaptation of Unthinkable
Trailer for ABC Family’s Ravenswood

New US TV show casting

Billie Piper joins Showtime’s Penny Dreadful
Iggy Pop joins Once Upon A Time In Wonderland
Jacki Weaver to guest on Super Fun Night

Monday’s “Dylan Moran’s US sitcom, Arrow casts The Flash and scenes from The Tunnel” news

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Doctor Who

Peter Davison confirmed for 50th anniversary celebrations
Watch acquires BBC America Doctor Who documentary

Film casting

Julianne Moore joins Hunger Games series

Trailers

Trailer for Vikingdom, with Dominic Purcell

UK TV

Carnival Films developing drama about young Winston Churchill
BBC4 acquires: SVT’s Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves
BET International acquires: Being Mary Jane
Thursday ratings

New UK TV shows

Images from Sky/Canal+’s The Tunnel

New UK TV show casting

Philip Glenister, Bernard Hill et al join BBC1’s From There To Here
Casting on BBC1’s Jamaica Inn, BBC2’s A Poet in New York and ITV’s Lucan

US TV

Promo for season six of Parks and Recreation
Promo for season three of New Girl
Rizzoli & Isles show runner steps down
Thursday ratings
Thursday cable ratings: Burn Notice ends with 5m viewers
Friday ratings

US TV casting

Grant Gustin to play The Flash on Arrow

New US TV shows

ABC developing historically tone deaf, alternative reality show The Thirteen
Dylan Moran to write and star in ABC sitcom
Fox orders: The Middle Man from Glenn Gordon Caron and Ben Affleck
NBC developing CIA comedy

New US TV show casting

Danny Glover to guest on NBC’s Ironside
Lisa Edelstein to star in Bravo’s The Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce

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