Every week day, I let you know what’s happening in the world of television from around the world
Thursday’s “Hobbit trailer, Royal Pains TV movie and James Gandolfini in HBO Criminal Justice remake” news
Film
- No 28 Months Later
- Melissa McCarthy to cameo on The Hangover 3
Trailers
- Trailer for Sinister with Ethan Hawke
- Another trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Theatre
- Julian Barratt joins NSFW
French TV
- Canal+ gets the go-ahead to acquire Direct 8 and Direct Star
US TV
- Royal Pains to do two hour movie
- Netflix acquires Ricky Gervais’ Derek
- Tuesday’s ratings: Go On and Parenthood steady, The New Normal down
New US TV shows
- Ghost Whisperer producers sell dramas to ABC and CBS
- NBC developing drama based on Midnight, Mass. comics
- NBC picks up Jerry Bruckheimer comedy At Ease
US TV casting
- James Caan, Jamie Harris and Esai Morales to recur on Magic City
- Jake McDorman joins Shameless
- F Murray Abraham to recur on Homeland
- Eddie Cibrian to guest on Hot In Cleveland
- Michael Gross to guest on CSI, Julian Sands to guest on Person of Interest
- Mark Pellegrino, Todd Stashwick and Colin Ford to appear on Revolution
New US TV show casting
- James Gandolfini to star in HBO’s adaptation of BBC1’s Criminal Justice
- Olivia Cooke joins Bates Motel, Rachel Boston joins Witches of East End, Dorian Missick to recur on Paging Dr Freed
- Harrison Thomas joins Banshee