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Film

Amanda Seyfried to star in Gone
Stanley Tucci and Bill Nighy to star in Jack the Giant Killer
Goran Visnjic joins The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Trailer for original The Wicker Man sequel, The Wicker Tree
Christian Bale to star in Concrete Island?

British TV

Cinemax and Sky partner for additional, different Strike Backs

US TV

CBS picks up JJ Abrams’ Persons of Interest
Fox orders Weekends at Bellevue pilot
Trailer for A&E’s Breakout Kings
Henry Ian Cusick to star in Shonda Rhimes pilot
More pilot casting, including Nestor Carbonell in Ringer
NCIS’s Scottie Thompson joins Partners
NBC picks up pilots for Wonder Woman, Prime Suspect, Smash and Grimm
Tuesday ratings: No Ordinary Family still dropping off

Wednesday’s R for Andromeda news

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Film

Diane Keaton and Ed Harris to star in Look of Love
Rosamund Pike to replace Alexa Davos as Andromeda in Clash of the Titans sequel
Famke Janssen joins Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
Meryl Streep to star in Great Hope Springs
Daryl Hannah, Thora Birch and Tom Sizemore to star in Snuff

British TV

Sky making excess profits on its movie channels
Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens to be adapted for TV
Outcasts gets 4.4m

US TV

The CW picks up Secret Circle
The Chicago Code gets 9.4m
Kerry Washington to star in Shonda Rhimes’ ABC pilot
Rachel Bilson to star in The CW’s Hart of Dixie
Zooey Deschanel to star in Chicks and Dicks?
Hilarie Burton to be White Collar series regular
Mario Bello to star in Prime Suspect?
Trailer for Nurse Jackie season three

Tuesday’s “my big fat Greek reunion” news

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Doctor Who

Wayne Knight joins Torchwood

Film

Mike Newell to direct Great Expectations
Trailer for The Lincoln Lawyer with Matthew McConaughey
Warner Bros developing new take on Dracula, Harker

British TV

Hawaii Five-0 starts with 717,000 viewers [subscription required]
The Promise gets 1.7m viewers [subscription required]
Press pack for Silk with Maxine Peake and Rupert Penry-Jones

US TV

The League gets a third season
Debra Messing to star in Smash
Mad Men future in doubt
Camille Sullivan joins Hellcats
Nia Vardalos to appear on Cougar Town
NBC orders pilot from Lennon Parham and Jessica St Clair
Ken Leung to guest on The Good Wife
Lifetime picks up Against the Wall and Exit 19
NBC passes on Rob Thomas’s Temp
Rose McGowan to guest on L&O:SVU

Monday’s “Superbowl spectactular” news

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Doctor Who

David Walliams to play an alien in Doctor Who
Alex Kingston to guest on Private Practice

Awards

Winners of the WGA awards

Film

Sylvester Stallone to star in Headshot
HIMYM‘s Cobie Smulders to join The Avengers?
Transformers 3 trailer
Captain America trailer
Super 8 trailer
All the other Superbowl movie trailers
Arrested Development movie to include Peter Serafinowicz
CBS Films to adapt Marie Lu‘s Legend
Hugh Jackman to star in Carlton Cuse project

US TV

Smallville, Supernatural steady, Fringe drops
CBS picks up two comedy pilots, including Rob Schneider’s
NBC orders pilots for Prime Suspect adaptation, western The Crossing…
…plus one from creator of The New Adventures of Old Christine
Pilot casting
Krysten Ritter to star in Don’t Trust the Bitch
David O Russell developing drama for FX starring Connie Britton
Amber Heard and Naturi Naughton confirmed for Playboy
Jesse McCartney to star in Locke & Key
Barry Watson joins Rip City

Friday’s 5* news

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Doctor Who

Rusty ready to quit sci-fi

Awards

The Broadcast Awards winners

Film

Eva Green to star in Dark Shadows

British TV

Sky Atlantic not coming to Virgin Media soon
Sue Johnston and Shaun Dooley working on Sugartown
MTV setting up on-demand service
Fiver to rebrand as 5*…
…picks up picks up Better With You, Parenthood and $#*! My Dad Says

US TV

NBC picks up four pilots, including adaptation of Channel 4’s Free Agents
A&E developing detective drama Overload
Kevin Williamson abandons Vampire Diaries spin-off for The Secret Circle
Comedy Central resurrects Playing With Guns
John C McGinley joins Luck
NBC pulls Chase
Sharon Horgan to make pilot of Bad Mom
Jane Seymour to guest on Castle

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