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Film

Live-action Akira remake gets the green light
Trailer for A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
New trailer for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

British TV

The Body Farm gets 4.6m
Moving On gets a third series
BSkyB profits rise

US TV

New trailer for Alacatraz
Tuesday night ratings: Man Up! starts poor, Last Man Standing down 17%, Ringer up 14%…
…which is to get a guest visit from Twin Peaks’ Mädchen Amick
FX developing a comedy about drone pilots
Fox launches diverse writers programme
3rd Rock‘s French Stewart to guest on Community
Cybill Shepherd to guest on Franklin & Bash
Chuck and Gossip Girl execs to adapt Misfits
NBC buys Sam Raimi pilot

Wednesday’s “Sirens off” news

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Film

Jason Statham to replace Shia LaBoeuf on the Transformers movies?
All new Avengers for The Avengers 2?
Anne Hathaway to play Fantine in Les Misérables
Nicolas Cage joins Black Butterfly

British TV

The Misfits press pack
Channel 4’s new and returning US shows
Sirens cancelled
ITV buys Channel Television
Huw Jones’ plans for S4C…
…and Ian Jones confirmed as chief executive

US TV

Carla Gugino to recur on Justified
Sharon Horgan and Laura Solon writing comedies for ABC
Sarah Silverman to guest on The League
Amy Sedaris to guest on The Good Wife
Annabeth Gish and Matt Lauria to recur on CSI
Monday ratings: Castle, Hart of Dixie, Terra Nova and Hawaii Five-0 up, Two and a Half Men down
Fox buys CIA drama, family comedy
Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest to star in The Corrections?
ABC to adapt Squadra Antimafia – Palermo Oggi
NBC buys two comedies: Life As I Blow It and Satellites
ABC to develop Judy Greer comedy
The CW buys thriller Dare
Mandy Moore to star in ABC sitcom Us and Them
The Glades gets a third season
Bo Derek to guest on Chuck

Tuesday’s “Pan Am nose dive” news

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British TV

Paul Nicholls joins Law & Order: UK
Being Human‘s Mitchell replacement found
An old Spooks character to return [spoilers]
2m watch The Hunt for Tony Blair
Timeshift TV accounts for 10% of UK viewing
Downton Abbey ratings bounce back
BBC Alba ratings rising substantially

US TV

Laura San Giacomo and Sandra Bernhard to guest on Hot In Cleveland
Diane Raphael to guest on New Girl
BSG‘s Jamie Bamber to guest on House…
…and Body of Proof
Dukes of Hazzard‘s Tom Wopat to guest on A Gifted Man
Sunday ratings: Pan Am down to 5.9m viewers…
…and The Walking Dead breaks cable viewing records
Rob Corddry‘s Little In Common pilot dropped by Fox
HBO developing Don Johnson starrer
Marlon Wayans to create and star in ABC cop comedy
Karen Allen and Donal Logue to star in Gateway
NBC buys 33 1/3, Fox buys One Great Life
Fox developing Zombieland TV series
FX renews Sons of Anarchy for fifth season

Web TV

Full House‘s Jodie Sweetin and Dave Coulier reunite for Can’t Get Arrested

Monday’s double cancellation news

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Film

Trailer for Shame
Trailer for Woman in Black with Daniel Radcliffe

US TV

Ryan Phillippe joins Damages
Alan Dale to guest on Person of Interest
Roswell‘s Jason Behr to guest on Breakout Kings
Rescue Me‘s Peter Tolan’s firefighter comedy picked up ABC
Fox buys 1980s Shonda Rhimes pilot
Charlie’s Angels cancelled…
… despite a slight increase in the ratings on Thursday
Friday night ratings: Blue Bloods down, A Gifted Man up
Being Erica/The Killing‘s Brandon Jay McLaren to recur on Falling Skies
Covert Affairs‘ Eion Bailey to recur on Once Upon A Time
TNT cancels Memphis Beat

Friday’s “Buffy reunion” news

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Film

Trailer for This Means War with Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy
Robert Downey Jr joins The Accidental Genius
Gerard Butler joins Hunter Killer
Trailer for American Pie sequel American Reunion
Patty Jenkins to direct Thor 2
Matthew Rhys and Eileen Atkins to star in The Scapegoat

British TV

Jason Isaacs’s Case Histories to return in 2012 for two feature-length stories
Downton Abbey could go on forever

US TV

Fred Durst to star in CBS comedy
HBO teams with Dick Wolf for period think tank drama
Netflix to stream The CW shows for four years
NBC buys Ryan Murphy comedy
Wednesday ratings: American Horror Story drops 14%, Psych up to 3m…
…Happy Endings get best ever ratings…
…prompting ABC to give it more episodes, give full seasons to Revenge and Suburgatory
The Killing‘s Eric Ladin to guest on Castle
HBO developing The Kids Are All Right as a pilot
Steve Bochco and David Milch reunite for NBC legal drama
The Daily Show‘s Aasif Mandvi to star in CBS comedy
Fox picks up Confessions of a Contractor
Cable’s USA Network beating sister network NBC in the ratings

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