News

News

Film

Adam Goldberg, Sasha Grey and Harold Perrineau join Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story
Benedict Cumberbatch joins Star Trek 2
…as does Noel Clarke
Trailer for Bad Ass with Danny Trejo
Lost‘s Matthew Fox to star in Emperor

Comics

DC beats Marvel in 2011 sales figures

Theater

Hugh Jackman returns to Broadway for Aaron Sorkin’s Houdini

British TV

Sky Atlantic acquires Friday Night Lights

US TV

NBC acquires Married With Roommate
ABC acquires Roland Emmerich 2012 presidential race drama pilot
The CW orders pilot of Cult
Lee Majors to guest star on CSI: NY
Franka Potente and Tom Weston-Jones join BBC America’s Copper
Monday’s ratings: Pretty Little Liars down
Tuesday’s ratings: Work It starts badly

Wednesday’s “British ratings and American guest stars” news

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Welcome to blog entry number 5,000! Should I have baked a cake especially?

Film

Trailer for Upside Down with Kirsten Dunst
Paranormal Activity 4 a go

British TV

The Royal Bodyguard dips to 4.5m
Sherlock gets nearly 9m
Endeavour gets 6.5m

US TV

FNL‘s Michael B Jordan to guest on House
Liza Minnelli to guest on Hot In Cleveland
Kim Kardashian to guest on Last Man Standing

Tuesday’s “Happy New Year!” news

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Film

Demi Moore and Adam Brody join Lovelace
Jennifer Saunders working on movie of Absolutely Fabulous

British TV

Newswipe gets 530,000
S4C’s Rownd a Rownd to become a soap
Great Expectations finishes with 5.9m viewers

Canadian TV

Flashpoint gets a fifth season

US TV

Chaos/Primeval‘s James Murray joins Beautiful People
Hell on Wheels gets a second season

Friday’s “New Snowman” news

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The Daily News will return in January!

Film

Buffy the Vampire Slayer script a dud
Trailer for The Grey with Liam Neeson
Trailer for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus

British TV

Four teasers for Sherlock
Life’s Too Short gets a second series
STV Player launches on iPhone and iPad
A clip from Hacks
Five acquires Body of Proof
4oD now available on Xbox Live
New version of The Snowman to air on Channel 4 next Christmas

US TV

The Closer‘s Jon Tenney to guest on Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom
American Horror Story to be completely different in season two [spoilers]…
…ends season one with record ratings

Thursday’s “Hitchhikers reunion” news

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Film

Harrison Ford confirmed for Ender’s Game

Theatre

Misfits‘ Nathan Stewart-Jarrett to star in The Pitchfork Disney
Original radio Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy cast to reunite for touring stage show version

British TV

Trailer for series 2 of Sherlock
Ricky Gervais moving to Channel 4 for Derek?
EastEnders‘ Lacey Turner joins second series of Bedlam

US TV

New trailer for Spartacus: Vengeance
Trailer for The Borgias, season two

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Tuesday’s “Happy New Year!” news

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Thursday’s “Hitchhikers reunion” news

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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