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News

[ 22 December 2021 ] The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: The most Nicolas Cage movie ever?
[ 22 November 2021 ] Unexpectedly, there’s a Russian Film Festival and no one told me
[ 22 October 2021 ] December 2021 at the BFI, including Jack Clayton and Dirk Bogarde at 100
[ 5 October 2021 ] BFI Japan comes to big screens UK-wide this Autumn

Kimmy Schmidt cancelled; Matt Berry – vampire flatmate; Greyzone acquired; Poldark renewed; + more

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Internet TV

Michelle Fairley, David Thewlis, Nina Toussaint White et al join Amazon’s The Feed
Facebook green lights: series of beauty pageant dark comedy Queen America, with Catherine Zeta-Jones
Helen Bonham Carter to play Princess Margaret, Jason Watkins to play Harold Wilson in Netflix’s The Crown
Netflix cancels: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

International TV

France Télévisions (France), RAI (Italy) and ZDF (Germany) green light: series of Leonardo da Vinci drama Leonardo, Dubai espionage series Mirage, period Venetian crime drama Eternal City [in French]

UK TV

Walter Presents acquires: TV2 (Denmark)/TV4 (Sweden)’s Greyzone
BBC One renews: Poldark
Miriam Margolyes to guest on BBC One’s Call The Midwife
Universal Channel to become Universal TV

US TV

Trailer for season 5 of Starz’s Power
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Carrie Coon, Natalie Paul and Hannah Gross join USA’s The Sinner

New US TV shows

Trailer for AMC’s Dietland [US only]
Trailer for FX’s Pose [US only]
Trailer for Paramount’s American Woman
FX green lights: series adaptation of What We Do In the Shadows, with Matt Berry, Kayvan Novak, Natasia Demetriou and Harvey Guillen

New US TV show casting

Wunmi Mosaku to star in HBO’s Lovecraft Country
Daniel David Stewart, Austin Stowell, Rafi Gavron et al join Hulu’s Catch-22

HBO Nordic’s Beforeigners; On My Block, NCIS renewed; Kyle Chandler joins Catch-22; + more

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Internet TV

Netflix renews: On My Block

Scandinavian TV

HBO Nordic green lights: future refugees sci-fi drama Beforeigners (Fremvandrerne)

US TV

US TV show casting

Michael McGrady joins NBC’s Chicago PD

New US TV show casting

Kyle Chandler joins Hulu’s Catch-22

Anna Torv in Foxtel (Australia)'s Secret City

Viaplay’s Cold Courage; Sacha Baron Cohen: Spy; BET’s Boomerang adaptation; + more

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Internet TV

Sacha Baron Cohen to star in Netflix’s The Spy

Australian TV

Trailer for Foxtel’s Picnic at Hanging Rock
Don Hany, Andrew MacFarlane, Joel Toebeck et al join Foxtel’s Secret City: Under the Eagle

Scandinavian TV

Viaplay green lights: adaptation of Pekka Hiltunen’s Cold Courage series

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Tig Notaro to guest on CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery
Peyton List, Wayne Brady, Graham McTavish et al to recur on USA’s Colony

New US TV shows

BET green lights: series adaptation of Boomerang, loose Don Cornelius biopic American Soul and comedy Peachtree Place
Universal developing: adaptation of Image Comics’ Injection

Innan vi dör, Wentworth renewed; Apple’s Foundation; US Sé quién eres; David Simon’s Spanish Civil War; + more

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International TV

Mediapro developing: David Simon Spanish Civil War drama A Dry Run

Australian TV

Seven renews: Wentworth

Scandinavian TV

SVT (Sweden) renews: Innan vi dör (Before We Die)

US TV

Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Tao Okamoto, Julia Jones, Kiki Sukezane et al to recur on HBO’s Westworld
Dana Gould and Beau Mirchoff to recur on Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here

New US TV shows

Trailer for Lifetime’s You [US only]
AMC green lights: series of supernatural child-killer horror drama NOS4A2
Apple developing: adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series
Paramount developing: adaptation of Telecino (Spain)’s Sé quién eres (I Know Who You Are)

New US TV show casting

Aleksa Palladino to recur on CBS All Access’ $1
Lois Robbins to recur on TV Land’s Younger
Lili Simmons, Hannah Anderson and Lee Tergesen join USA/Syfy’s The Purge

Worldwide renewals and cancellations; Carter, The Detail acquired; + more

9 April 2018 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Internet TV

Amazon cancels: Mozart in the Jungle
Netflix cancels: Everything Sucks
Karl Urban to star in Amazon’s The Boys
Sissy Spacek joins Amazon’s Homecoming
Frank Whaley joins Netflix’s The Good Cop
Netflix green lights: dark friendship comedy Dead to Me

International TV

Antenna Group green lights: Albanian mafia drama Besa
Fox Networks renew: Deep State
Entertainment One green lights: adaptation of Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow, with Kenneth Branagh

Canadian TV

CBC renews: Frankie Drake Mysteries
CBC developing: reboot of Street Legal

German TV

Beta Films developing: dark side of soccer drama The Net

Scandinavian TV

Viaplay renews: Den Som Draebar (Those Who Kill)

UK TV

Alibi acquires: AXN’s Carter
Channel 5 acquires: CTV (Canada)’s The Detail
Sky Living acquires: ABC (US)’s Station 19
BBC One renews: Shakespeare & Hathaway
BBC Wales renews: Keeping Faith
BBC One green lights: The Missing spin-off Baptiste
BBC One developing: reboot of Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em, with Joe Pasquale
SunnyMarch developing: adaptation of Ambrose Parry’s The Way of all Flesh

US TV

ABC renews: Roseanne
BBC America renews: Killing Eve
CBS renews: Mom
The CW renews: Arrow, Black Lightning, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Legends of Tomorrow, Dynasty, The Flash, Jane the Virgin, Riverdale, Supergirl and Supernatural
IFC renews: Brockmire
Freeform cancels: Beyond
NBC cancels: Shades of Blue
Wednesday ratings
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings

US TV show casting

Willa Holland leaves The CW’s Arrow

New US TV shows

FX green lights: pilot of Y: The Last Man adaptation
HBO developing: female blackness comedy Unsubscribed
Nat Geo developing: adaptation of Hidden Figures

New US TV show casting

Eric Bana joins Bravo’s Dirty John
Sophia Di Martino and Kirby Howell-Baptiste to star in Freeform’s Girls Code
Hugh Laurie joins Hulu’s Catch-22
Sofia Bryant joins NBC’s Suspicion

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