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[ 22 November 2021 ] Unexpectedly, there’s a Russian Film Festival and no one told me
[ 22 October 2021 ] December 2021 at the BFI, including Jack Clayton and Dirk Bogarde at 100
[ 5 October 2021 ] BFI Japan comes to big screens UK-wide this Autumn

Wednesday’s “Steven Moffat talks companions, TNT picks up Monday Mornings and Animal Practice recasts” news

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Doctor Who

Steven Moffat explains companion choices

Film

The Avengers‘ Clark Gregg joins Labor Day
Kellan Lutz and Vampire Diaries‘ Nina Dobrev join Kid Cannabis
Rebecca Hall to replace Jessica Chastain on Iron Man 3?
Sean Bean to star in trilogy based on Devil’s Peak books

Trailers

Trailer for William Friedkin’s Killer Joe with Matthew McConaughey
Trailer for She Wants Me with Josh Gad, Hilary Duff and Charlie Sheen
Trailer for Argo with Ben Affleck

UK TV

Call the Midwife to have a Christmas special
Lewis ‘cannot go on much longer’ says Colin Dexter
Saturday ratings

US TV

Dylan Baker joins Political Animals
Monday ratings: 2 Broke Girls ends on season low
Animal Practice recasting female lead

US TV pilots

FX developing female serial killer drama
ABC Family developing The Keys
TNT picks up Monday Mornings with Ving Rhames, Alfred Molina and Jamie Bamber

Tuesday’s “new seasons for The Client List, The Borgias and Southland; and NBC picks up five pilots” news

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Film

Guillermo Del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness likely not to happen now
Brendan Gleeson and Abbie Cornish to star in An Ordinary Man
Ray Liotta joins The Devil’s In The Details
Jonah Hill joins Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street

Canadian TV

Bree Williamson joins Haven

UK TV

Homeland finishes with 3m viewers…
…and C4 acquires season two rights
Douglas Henshall to star in Shetland
Lewis‘s Kevin Whately to guest on Inspector George Gently
Thursday ratings

US TV

Judy Greer to guest on Royal Pains
Matthew Lillard to guest on Leverage
James Cromwell joins American Horror Story
Jon Lovitz, Vivica A Fox and Gary Busey to star in Mr Box Office
The Client List gets a second season
The Borgias gets a third season
Southland gets a fifth season
Dish Network to drop AMC
Trailer for season 3 of Pretty Little Liars
Trailer for season 2 of Teen Wolf
Teaser trailer for BBC America’s Copper
Bones: the fake movie trailer
Thursday ratings: Touch and Scandal up, Missing very down
Friday ratings: Fringe, Grimm down
Sunday ratings: Desperate Housewives up a bit…
…while Sherlock gets 3.2m viewers

US TV pilots

NBC picks up 1600 Penn, Animal Practice, Save Me, The New Normal and Revolution
TNT’s Tin Star not going forward

Friday’s “David Cronenberg back on TV, Michael Bay’s Treasure Island TV prequel, Supernatural renewed and the BBC’s new dramas” news

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The Daily News will return on Tuesday

Film

David Tennant to appear in Fast and Furious 6??
Amber Heard joining Machete Kills
Kellan Lutz and Spencer Locke to star in Tarzan
Nick Frost and Olivia Colman join Cuban Fury
Michael Biehn to star in Treachery
Robert Pattinson joins The Rover

Trailers

New trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man
Trailer for End of Watch with Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena
Trailer for The Expendables 2

Theatre

Sadie Frost to star in Touched… Like a Virgin
Bobby Cannavale to star in The Big Knife

Canadian TV

William Shatner to guest star on season opener of Rookie Blue

UK TV

Misfits loses another Misfit
BBC Drama commissions Frankie, The Musketeers, The Lady Vanishes and In The Flesh
Claire Skinner, Clare Higgins and Nicola Stephenson to star in ITV’s Homefront
Comedy Central orders pilot of Big Bad [subscription required]
The Killing (US) returns to fewer viewers than The Killing got on BBC4

US TV

Amazon to start making sitcoms
HBO lost $35m by cancelling Luck
The CW renews Supernatural, Vampire Diaries and 90210
Starz greenlights Michael Bay’s Treasure Ireland prequel
Lost‘s William Mapother to guest on Burn Notice
Community co-showrunners leave
Wednesday ratings: Don’t Trust The B—– up a bit

US TV pilots

Jeff Fahey and David Cronenberg to guest on SyFy’s Rewind
AMC orders pilots for two shows, including Low Winter Sun

Thursday’s “Spiral star joins Mr Selfridge, three join Spartacus and Adrian Pasdar is the president” news

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Film

Chuck‘s Vik Sahay joins WER
Jon Favreau joins Identity Thief

Theatre

Paul Bhattacharjee joins Meera Syal in Much Ado About Nothing

UK TV

Engrenages/Spiral‘s Grégory Fitoussi joins ITV1’s Mr Selfridge
BSkyB revenues up 5%

US TV

Mary Lynn Rajskub to guest on Grey’s Anatomy
Heroes‘ Adrian Pasdar joins Political Animals
House‘s Peter Jacobson to guest on Law & Order: SVU finale
Three join Spartacus, including Cabin in the Woods‘ Anna Hutchinson
Tuesday’s ratings: NCIS, Hawaii Five-0 up, everything else down

Wednesday’s “No Corrections, Flashpoint to end, and The Kumars are back – on Sky” news

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Film

Pierce Brosnan joins The Coup

Theatre

Lloyd Owen and Heather Headley to star in The Bodyguard

Canadian TV

Flashpoint to end with fifth season

UK TV

The Kumars to return on Sky 1
Piers Wenger appointed C4 head of drama

US TV

LA Noir picks up two Walking Dead actors
Two and a Half Men showrunner stands down
Cold Case‘s John Finn to guest on Suits
Sunday ratings: Veep down 17%

US TV pilots

HBO passes on The Corrections
NBC fast tracks The New Normal and Save Me

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Wednesday’s “Steven Moffat talks companions, TNT picks up Monday Mornings and Animal Practice recasts” news

Tuesday’s “new seasons for The Client List, The Borgias and Southland; and NBC picks up five pilots” news

Friday’s “David Cronenberg back on TV, Michael Bay’s Treasure Island TV prequel, Supernatural renewed and the BBC’s new dramas” news

Thursday’s “Spiral star joins Mr Selfridge, three join Spartacus and Adrian Pasdar is the president” news

Wednesday’s “No Corrections, Flashpoint to end, and The Kumars are back – on Sky” news

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

Please watch I Walk Through Moscow – and I’m quoted!

Ms Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Old Man

Life and Beth and Night Sky

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Essex Serpent