Every week day, I let you know what’s happening in the world of television from around the world
Friday’s “Stargate movie trilogy, The Rock is The Fall Guy? and Sir Ian McKellen is Sherlock Holmes” news
Film
- Tommy Lee Jones to write and direct remake of The Cowboys
- Dwayne Johnson and McG working on adaptation of The Fall Guy
- Warner Bros to remake The Island of Dr Moreau
- Stargate to be rebooted as a trilogy
Film casting
- Sir Ian McKellen to play retired Sherlock Holmes in A Slight Trick of Mind
- Cate Blanchett to star in David Mamet’s Blackbird
- Ice Cube returning for 22 Jump Street
- Tyler Perry joins David Fincher’s Gone Girl
- Eliza Coupe, Demetri Martin, Kyle Bornheimer et al to star in The Last Time You Had Fun
- Drea De Matteo joins Dark Places
- Sophie Cookson to star in The Secret Service
Trailers
Comics
- Batwoman writer and artist quit in protest
UK TV
- S4C’s autumn programming
- Universal acquires: Fox’s Sleepy Hollow
New UK TV show casting
- Casting on Channel 4’s Toast of London
- Una Stubbs et al to star in Mark Gatiss’s adaptation of The Tractate Middoth
US TV
- New teaser for American Horror Story
- Wednesday ratings
- FXX ratings
US TV casting
- William Atherton joins Defiance
- Kim Gordon to guest on Girls
New US TV shows
- NBC orders: Former Fat Girl
- WGN orders: Manhattan
New US TV show casting
- Keith David joins ABC’s Once Upon A Time in Wonderland
- Briga Heelan to recur on NBC’s Undateable
- Casting on MTV’s Happyland
- Darren Pettie joins AMC’s Line of Sight