News

Ridley Scott to exec produce BBC1 adaptation of Philip K Dick’s The Man in the High Castle
BBC3 looking for serious drama [subscription required]
Cast of BBC Scotland’s Field of Blood announced
Scottish parliament calls for BBC Alba on Freeview

US TV

Sons of Anarchy gets a fourth season
Haven gets a second season
Defenders, Law & Order: LA drop, The Whole Truth picks up
Smallville producers working on The Last Hope with McG
Ed Begley Jr to guest on Off The Map
Danny Trejo to play a janitor on Modern Family
Richard Chamberlain to guest on Chuck
Burt Reynolds developing a sitcom with Loni Anderson
Fox developing Chameleon

Thursday’s “another Smits flop” news

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Theatre

National Theatre attendance up 45%…
…plans for 2011

British TV

Channel 4 picks up Camelot with Joseph Fiennes and Eva Green
Boris Johnson’s PR guy, Guto Harri, to run S4C?

US TV

Fox to remake BBC3’s Stanley Park [subscription required]
Outlaw put on hiatus
NBC picks up Ben Silverman’s Party People script
Fox picks up whole series of Raising Hope
Second trailer for AMC’s Walking Dead
Fred Willard, Teri Polo and Andy Richter to guest on TBS’s Glory Daze
Joan Collins to guest on Rules of Engagement
Robert Patrick to return on Big Love
Mary Lynn Rajskub to guest on Modern Family
Criminal Minds spin-off loses showrunner
Morgan Fairchild returning to Chuck [minor spoilers]
Aaron Douglas to guest on Eureka
Mitch Hurwitz talks about writing problems on Running Wilde
NBC working on Man of the House

Wednesday’s holistic news

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Film

Trailer for The Tempest
Trailer for Burke & Hare
Emma Stone to play Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man
Idris Elba for Ghost Rider 2
Alan Alda for Wanderlust and Tower Heist

British TV

Stephen Mangan, Darren Boyd and Helen Baxendale to star in Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Alan Partridge to make his return?
DCI: Banks finishes with 5.8m viewers

US TV

ABC developing Awkward Family Photos into a series
The Event drops again in the ratings…
…while Boardwalk Empire‘s ratings stabilise
Fox picks up Hitch TV series
Drea de Matteo to guest on Running Wilde [spoilers]
Ronald D Moore to remake Wild, Wild West?
Krista Allen to guest on Life Unexpected
Dallas casting rumour untrue
ABC working on female spy drama
Sony developing three new sitcoms

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