News

Trailer for The Oranges, with Hugh Laurie, Allison Janney, Oliver Platt et al
Trailer for The Watch with Ben Stiller, Richard Ayoade and Jonah Hill

UK TV

Absolutely Fabulous gets 5.6m viewers
Jonathan Rhys Meyers to star in NBC/Sky Living version of Dracula

US TV

NBC to stop making sophisticated comedies
Jon Hamm to guest on Childrens Hospital
Polly Walker to recur on The Mentalist
Modern Family cast sue 20th Century Fox

New US TV shows

NBC to debut new Fall shows online
Jonathan Rhys Meyers to star in NBC/Sky Living version of Dracula
Penelope Ann Miller joins Mistresses
Former Suits showrunner developing React for TNT
Chris Smith to star in Ex-Men
VH1 orders Bounce, with Dean Cain and Kimberly Elise

Tuesday’s “Stephen Merchant’s HBO pilot, an American Blakes 7 reboot and a Bourne Legacy featurette” news

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Film

Ben Stiller and Jonah Hill to star in Aloha
Tyler Labine, Damon Wayans Jr and Lucy Punch to star in Someone Marry Barry

Trailers

Bourne Legacy featurette

French TV

Canal+ takeover approved

UK TV

Wallander down to 4.4m
Primeval finishes on ITV with its lowest ever audience

US TV

Bent‘s David Walton, Knocked Up‘s Leslie Mann and Niecy Nash to appear in second season of New Girl
Heroes‘ Jack Coleman to guest on Castle
Lost‘s Ken Leung to guest on Person of Interest
Michael Trucco to return to How I Met Your Mother
Mindy Kaling to return to The Office
Sunday ratings: Political Animals steady

New US TV shows

HBO orders Stephen Merchant pilot Hello Ladies
Alcatraz‘s Sarah Jones to be a regular on Vegas
Martin Campbell planning a Blakes 7 reboot

Monday’s “Sleepy Hollow TV series, Red Dwarf X trailer and three new Canadian shows” news

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Film

Neal McDonough joins RED 2
Sam Riley to play Ivanhoe
Jackie Earle Haley joins Robocop

Trailers

Trailer for Bachelorette, with Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan and James Marsden
Trailer for Battle of the Year, with Josh Holloway
Trailer for The Tall Man with Jessica Biel
Two teaser trailers for Man of Steel

Canadian TV

CBC orders Port Hope, 19-2 and The Khouris

UK TV

Trailer for Red Dwarf X
FX UK acquires Da Vinci’s Demons [subscription required]

US TV

Adam Baldwin joining Law & Order: SVU
DirectTV and Viacom resolve their dispute
Girlfriends‘ Golden Brooks joins Hart of Dixie
Clea Duvall to recur on American Horror Story
Thursday ratings…
…and Anger Management stops its ratings slide

New US TV shows

Fox picks up Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci’s Sleepy Hollow

Friday’s “Pop star cameos, Lifetime pilots and Aaron Sorkin fires everyone” news

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Film

Kevin Durand joins Noah
Kenneth Branagh to play the villain in the next Jack Ryan movie

Trailers

Trailer for The Campaign, with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis
Trailer for Jayne Mansfield’s Car with Robert Duvall, John Hurt and Billy Bob Thornton et al
Trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master, with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams

UK TV

John Barrowman’s Hollow Earth to be adapted
Jamelia to guest on Death in Paradise
BBC2 to extend The Hollow Crown series [subscription required]
Channel 5 acquires Hatfields & McCoys [subscription required]
Daphne du Maurier’s Jamaica Inn and Dorothy Koomson’s Ice Cream Girls to be adapted by BBC1 and ITV1 [subscription required]

US TV

The Wire‘s Sonja Sohn and Patton Oswalt to guest on Burn Notice
I Just Want My Pants Back‘s Elisabeth Hower to recur on Suits
William & Kate’s Camilla Luddington to recur on Grey’s Anatomy
Adam Lambert to guest on Pretty Little Liars
Aaron Sorkin fires the entire The Newsroom writing staff, except himself and his ex-
Parks and Recreation to visit Washington, have cameos by senators
Jennifer Jason Leigh joins Revenge

New US TV shows

90210‘s Megalyn Echikunwoke joins Made in Jersey
Lifetime orders pilots for The Secret Lives of Wives and Witches of East End

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