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Film

Nicholas Hoult joins the new Mad Max movie
Mel Gibson and Shane Black to reunite on Cold Warrior?
Zac Efron to star in adaptation of graphic novel Fire
Warner Bros to buy Leavesden studios

British TV

Shameless gets 3.4m viewers
BBC3’s Lunch Monkeys gets a second series
S4C viewers get to name HD channel

US TV

More pilot pick-ups
J Lo to guest on HIMYM
Ron Howard’s IRS series gets a green light
Huge and Pretty Little Liars get 10 episodes each
ABC cancels Ugly Betty
The CW commissions a new version of La Femme Nikita and a family drama from the Gilmore Girls creators
Someone’s leaving NCIS: LA [spoilers]
David Fincher and Charlize Theron working on Mind Hunter for HBO
Robert Englund to guest on Bones
Conan sells another pilot to NBC

Wednesday’s “hello to Jason Isaacs” news

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Film

Guy Ritchie pulling out of Lobo for Sherlock Holmes 2?

British TV

BBC4 to have a maps season
S4C to launch digital children’s service

US TV

ABC greenlights crime drama
The top names of the TV pilot season: Julianne Moore, Maria Bello, Christina Applegate, Matt Dillon and Jason Isaacs
CBS picks up dramas and comedy from HIMYM creators and Brett Ratner
Castle gets all-time high, Heroes picks up, 24 continues to drop in the ratings…
…and Damages starts badly for season 3
Who’s coming and going at Brothers and Sisters? [spoilers]
House spin-off still on?
Supernatural to have a Ghostfacers web series spin-off
Conan O’Brien’s production company sells a pilot to NBC
Vampire Diaries-Gossip Girl crossover?
Apple trying to cut iTunes prices for SD episodes to $0.99
Caprica starts poorly in the ratings

Tuesday’s Repo Chick news

26 January 2010 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

Tesco sets up film studio
Midnight Run 2?
Trailer for Alex Cox’s Repo Chick
Avatar now highest grossing movie ever
Sam Worthington to star in Dracula Year Zero?

British TV

Six more Wallander stories to be made, including three original stories
Rock & Chips gets 7m viewers
STV boss explains current drama situation…
…in positive Taggart talks
Episode three of Being Human beats 24 premiere in the ratings

US TV

ABC Family close to greenlighting Huge
Forest Whitaker to star in Criminal Minds spin-off?
Spartacus premiere sets Starz ratings record
ABC greenlights No Ordinary Family and Freshman
How I Met Your Mother gets a sixth season
CBS greenlights two comedies including a Josh Schwartz project

Monday’s another TV show killed by Jerry O’Connell news

25 January 2010 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Awards

The results of the SAG Awards

Film

James Marsden to star with Russell Brand in I Hop
Naomi Watts joins Daniel Craig’s Dream House

British TV

David Abraham appointed chief exec of Channel 4
Zodiak to buy RDF? [subscription required]
CNBC to air free on Sky
Ofcom backs Freeview HD copy-protection plan
Joanna Page and Sir Donald Sinden starring in latest Marple

US TV

Joanna Garcia to star in ABC’s sisters comedy, plus casting on Shameless
NBC picks up two comedies, Fox adds a drama…
…another drama from the makers of Prison Break…
…and a comedy while ABC adds a drama
Bones beats CSI in the ratings, while Deep End starts off shallow
Rex is probably not your lawyer
Odessa Rae to play Silver Banshee on Smallville
NBC’s profits fell 30% in the last quarter
FX to pick up Kevin Falls’ Powers TV pilot?

Friday’s Dragons’ Den/Hustle crossover news

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Film

Tom Wilkinson and Isla Fisher join Burke & Hare
Stargate Atlantis‘s Jason Momoa to play Conan, Mickey Rourke to play his dad
New trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine
Sam Jackson and Josh Duhamel sign up for Sympathy for the Devil
Robert Pattinson joins Reese Witherspoon in Water For Elephants

Theatre

Danny Boyle to direct Frankenstein at the National Theatre

British TV

All-star cast for second series of Moving On, including John Simm and Roy Marsden, with Dominic West directing an episode
BSkyB forced to sell most of its stake in ITV [subscription required]
BBC Wales tries to attract indies to its new drama hub [subscription required]
Fiver picks up Melrose Place, Archer and Burn Notice
What everyone’s been waiting for: the Dragons’ Den/Hustle crossover [spoilers]
The InBetweeners to end after series three?
More4 picks up The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
BBC to work on iPhone, Wii et al games for Top Gear and Doctor Who?

US TV

Someone’s leaving Brothers and Sisters [spoilers]
ABC picks up Matadors and True Blue
TNT picks up all three of its pilots
Robot Chicken gets two more seasons

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