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Film

Sarah Jessica Parker to replace Demi Moore in Lovelace

British TV

Cast for series three of Luther, BBC America to co-produce
Eternal Law beaten by Crimewatch in the ratings

US TV

ABC orders pilots of Americana and Nashville…
…plus three comedy pilots, including a remake of Only Fools and Horses
Pilot casting
Friday ratings: Chuck bows out on high note of… 4.2m
CBS greenlights three comedy pilots
David Arquette to appear in Cougar Town finale
White Collar‘s Matt Bomer to guest on Glee
Shiri Appleby to guest on Franklin & Bash

Friday’s “Sky Atlantic’s Julia Davis comedy, Spiral remake and Army Wives (UK)” news

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Film

Paul Giamatti joins Romeo & Juliet

Theatre

Legally Blonde to close in the West End

British TV

Channel 5 acquires Once Upon A Time
Julia Davis to write and star in Hunderby for Sky Atlantic
ITV commissions dramas about soldiers’ wives and girlfriends

US TV

Fox orders John Wells comedy Prodigy Bully
Wednesday ratings: Touch starts well
CBS orders comedy pilot from Rebel Wilson…
…and three drama pilots, including Mommy Track Mysteries, Quean and a 60s Las Vegas sheriff show from Nicholas Pileggi
Bebe Neuwirth to recur on The Good Wife
Alias‘s Kevin Weisman to recur on Awake
(Nearly year-old news) BBC America remaking Engrenages/Spiral

Thursday’s “The Office spin-off, White Van Man’s green light, CBS’s Widow Detective and Alan Ball’s Banshee” news

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Film

Chloe Sevigny joins Lovelace

Radio

Half of BBC local radio cuts reversed

British TV

Netflix acquires Freemantle UK content
Channel 4 to invest £450m in local production, reduce US acquisitions again…
…reports first annual loss in over a decade

US TV

Cinemax acquires Alan Ball’s Banshee
True Blood‘s Michael Raymond James joins The Walking Dead?
Buffy‘s Azura Skye to guest on Grimm
Captain America‘s Sebastian Stan to guest on Once Upon A Time
Margaret Colin to guest on Blue Bloods
Colin Hanks to guest as himself on Happy Endings
Homeland‘s Morena Baccarin to guest on The Good Wife
NBC developing The Office spin-off based around Dwight
ABC greenlights White Van Man
CBS greenlights Widow Detective, yet another detective drama

Wednesday’s “Beauty and the Beast pilot, A Very British Coup remake and a Homeland walkthrough” news

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Film

Writer and director found for The Crow remake
Chloe Sevigny to star in Panarea
Demi Moore drops out of Lovelace
Catherine Zeta-Jones joins Side Effects

British TV

Gabriel Byrne to star in Channel 4 remake of A Very British Coup

US TV

Season 7 of 30 Rock could be a mini-season
Tia Carrere to guest on In Plain Sight
Fox picks up Bill Lawrence’s Like Father
The CW picks up medical drama pilot First Cut
ABC orders pilot of Beauty and the Beast remake
Monday ratings: House stays on top, Alcatraz down just 9%
Alex Gansa walks us through the development of and first season of Homeland

Tuesday’s “Young Leonardo Da Vinci’s Demons, US Friday Night Dinner, RTD’s Aliens Vs Wizards and more Call The Midwife” news

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Theatre

Russell Grant to replace Michael Crawford in The Wizard of Oz

British TV

Call The Midwife gets a second series
Russell T Davies and Phil Ford writing Aliens Vs Wizards for CBBC

US TV

Lost in Austen‘s Tom Riley cast as young Leonardo in Starz’s Da Vinci’s Demons
Kristin Chenoweth to visit Hot in Cleveland
CBS greenlights Greg Berlanti’s cop show Golden Boy
Ben Stiller to star in and direct HBO’s All Talk by Jonathan Safran
NBC picks up eight comedy pilots, including Friday Night Dinner…
…Dick Wolf’s Chicago Fire and Jason Katims’ County, starring Jason Ritter

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Wednesday’s “Beauty and the Beast pilot, A Very British Coup remake and a Homeland walkthrough” news

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