Every week day, I let you know what’s happening in the world of television from around the world
Wednesday’s “Henry5” news
Film
- Brad Pitt to play mob enforcer in Cogan’s Trade
- Al Pacino, Eva Green and Susan Sarandon to star in Arbitrage
- New trailer for Gulliver’s Travels
- Michael Caine, Ray Winstone, Vinnie Jones, Gerard Depardieu and Derek Jacobi to star in sci-fi version of Henry V
- Tron: Legacy clips: clip 1 and clip 2
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje to star with Maxine Peake and David O’Hare in Best Laid Plans
British TV
- ITV blames ad regime for “lowest common denominator” shows
- BBC commissions sitcom from Nurse Jackie producer [subscription required]
- 2.1m viewers watch The Trip
- Sky to relaunch Christmas movie channel in HD
Canadian TV
- CBC unveils new logo
US TV
- Life Unexpected likely to be cancelled at 13 episodes
- Kurtwood Smith joins Chaos
- HBO developing ex-nun comedy with Molly Shannon
- Mary Tyler Moore and Betty White to be reunited in Hot In Cleveland
- Arnold Vosloo to guest on Bones
- Parker Posey to guest on Parks and Recreation
- In Treatment audience low
- ABC buys another Salma Hayek telenovela adaptation
- ABC wins bidding war over adaptation of Dealbreaker blog