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Film

Robocop viral images
Ron Howard and Tom Hanks confirmed for Inferno
Andrew Kevin Walker to write Girl With The Dragon Tattoo sequel

Film casting

Gillian Jacobs joins Black and White
Jerry O’Connell joins Veronica Mars

Trailers

Viral video from Ender’s Game

Canadian TV

Rookie Blue gets a fifth season

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Mark Gatiss joins Game of Thrones

New US TV shows

HBO green lights: Togetherness
Bravo developing: Down Dog
FX green lights: You’re The Worst

New US TV show casting

Nelson Franklin joins CBS’s The Millers
Billy Campbell to star in Helix
Shawn Doyle joins Reign

Wednesday’s “Heroes returns, disappearing Castle, more Ray Donovan and five new BBC HD channels” news

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Film casting

Reese Witherspoon to star in Nick Hornby’s Wild
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Robbins et al join Welcome To Me
John Lithgow joins Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar

Trailers

Trailer for The Fifth Estate, with Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange
Trailer for Red Wing with Bill Paxton

Comics

Heroes to return as a comic

Theatre

Simon Callow and Felicity Kendal to star in Chin-Chin

UK TV

BBC to launch five new HD channels
Monday ratings: Run starts low

US TV

Showtime renews: Ray Donovan
Castle shut down because of lack of Nathan Fillion
Monday ratings: Under The Dome steady

US TV show casting

Tom Arnold to guest on Psych
James Franco to recur on The Mindy Project
Martin Donovan and Shaun Toub join Homeland

New US TV show casting

Toby Jones joins Wayward Pines

Tuesday’s “More True Blood, Damon Wayans returns to New Girl and Veronica Mars books” news

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Film casting

Dustin Hoffman and Bobby Cannavale join Jon Favreau’s Chef
Domenick Lombardozzi joins God’s Pocket

Trailers

Trailer for Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave, with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch et al

Books

Rob Thomas developing Veronica Mars book series

UK TV

Sunday ratings: Law & Order: UK returns with 4.5m

US TV

HBO renews: True Blood
VH1 renews: Hit The Floor
ABC Family cancels: The Lying Game
Suits to have webisodes, online game
Teaser for season 4 of Boardwalk Empire
Sunday ratings: Crossing Lines hits new low
Sunday cable ratings: The Newsroom gets 2.2m viewers

US TV casting

Mira Sorvino to recur on Psych
Damon Wayans Jr to return to New Girl
Sherri Shepherd to guest on How I Met Your Mother
Governor Chris Christie to guest on The Michael J Fox Show

Monday’s “Catherine Tate’s superhero movie, a Bruce Lee TV show and The Bridge (US) disappears in the UK” news

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Film casting

Catherine Tate to star in Superbob
Jennifer Ehle joins Black and White
Andrea Estella replaces Leighton Meester on Veronica Mars

Theater

20th Century Fox developing musicals based on movies

Film

Alice in Wonderland 2 in development

UK TV

Fox acquires (and decides not transmit): The Bridge (US)
Saturday ratings: Top of the Lake gets 1.93m

New UK TV show casting

Jeff Rawle joins Gold’s Us and Them

US TV

Breaking Bad teaser promos
Thursday ratings

US TV casting

Henry Ian Cusick to guest on Hawaii Five-0
Giancarlo Esposito returning to Once Upon A Time
Justin Hartley joins Revenge, Raul Esparza to be a regular on Law & Order: SVU

New US TV shows

Bruce Lee TV project in development

New US TV show casting

Greg Grunberg and Diane Farr to star in USA’s Divide and Conquer
Virginia Madsen to recur on Lifetime’s Witches of East End

Friday’s “Sam Mendes back for Bond, Kristen Bell on Parks & Rec and The Bridge starts well” news

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Film

Sam Mendes to direct next Bond movie

Film casting

Natalie Dormer joins Posh

Trailers

Trailer for Saving Mr Banks with Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks
Trailer for The Canyons with Lindsay Lohan
Trailer for Out of the Furnace with Christian Bale

US TV

Promo for season 6 of Sons of Anarchy
Wednesday ratings: Camp starts low
Wednesday cable ratings: The Bridge gets 3.04m viewers

US TV show casting

Kristen Bell to guest on Parks and Recreation
Omar Dorsey to recur on Eastbound & Down
William Abadie to recur on Homeland
Sonya Walger to recur and Matt Lauria to return on Parenthood

New US TV shows

TNT red lights: Geena Davis project

New US TV show casting

Carla Gugino joins Fox’s Wayward Pines
Kurt Yaeger joins Cinemax’s Quarry

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Wednesday’s “Heroes returns, disappearing Castle, more Ray Donovan and five new BBC HD channels” news

Tuesday’s “More True Blood, Damon Wayans returns to New Girl and Veronica Mars books” news

Monday’s “Catherine Tate’s superhero movie, a Bruce Lee TV show and The Bridge (US) disappears in the UK” news

Friday’s “Sam Mendes back for Bond, Kristen Bell on Parks & Rec and The Bridge starts well” news

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