Theatre

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

News: Pretty Woman musical, The Wicker Man TV series, Those Who Kill to relaunch + more

13 March 2014 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Theater

Pretty Woman: The Musical

UK TV

Red to adapt The Wicker Man, Billy Liar et al as TV series [subscription required]
Tuesday ratings

US TV

Three more seasons for The Big Bang Theory
Those Who Kill pulled from schedules, to be relaunched
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Adrian Pasdar to guest on Agents of SHIELD
Keke Palmer to recur on Masters of Sex
Nic Bishop to recur on Covert Affairs

New US TV show casting

Rose McIver to star in The CW’s Rob Thomas adaptation of iZombie
Annie Thurman to to recur on TNT’s Proof, Shantel VanSanten joins The CW’s The Messengers
Scott Cohen to star in NBC’s Coercion
Olivia Wilde and Juno Temple join Martin Scorsese’s HBO pilot
Maggie Grace to star in CBS’s Wall Street pilot
Zoe Boyle joins ABC’s Astronaut’s Wives Club, Morgan Taylor Campbell joins ABC’s Sea of Fire

News: Toby Jones is Marvellous, Gemma Arterton sings Made in Dagenham, pilot casting + more

4 March 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Theatre

Gemma Arterton to star in Made in Dagenham musical

New UK TV show casting

Toby Jones to star in BBC2’s Marvellous

New US TV show casting

Rob Brown joins NBC’s Salvation, Drew Powell to recur on Fox’s Gotham
Benito Martinez and W Earl Brown join ABC’s American Crime
Rich Sommer to co-star on CBS’s Good Session, Brian Howe to co-star on Save The Date
Stacey McGunnigle to star in NBC’s Ellen More Or Less
Christina Kirk to star in NBC’s A to Z, Yara Shahidi to co-star in ABC Anthony Anderson comedy
Gabriel Luna to star in El Rey’s Matador
Abbie Cobb joins ABC’s Warriors

News: Taylor Lautner is BBC3’s new Cuckoo, the good Sheriff of Nottingham, Flash back + more

12 February 2014 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Film casting

Olivia Wilde to star in and produce Reed Morano’s Meadowland

Trailers

New trailer for Jonathan Glazer’s Under The Skin with Scarlett Johansson
New trailer for Wally Pfister’s Transcendence with Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall et al

Theatre

Lily Cole to play Helen of Troy in The Last Days of Troy

Canadian TV

CBC greenlights: comedy Schitt’s Creek with Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara

UK TV

Janice Hadlow to step down as controller of BBC2
ITV and Channel 5 licences renewed until 2024 [subscription required]
BBC, ITV and Channel 4 to create Freeview Connect for smart TVs

UK TV show casting

Taylor Lautner to replace Andy Samberg on Cuckoo
Joan Collins to guest on Benidorm

New UK TV shows

Reece Shearsmith, Alex Kingston and Noel Clarke to star in ITV’s Chasing Shadows

US TV show casting

Michelle Fairley replaces Judy Davis on 24: Live Another Day
Nazanin Boniadi to recur on Scandal
Candace Cameron and Scott Weinger to reunite on The Neighbors
Ron Canada to guest on Elementary

New US TV shows

BBC America developing: Robin Hood/Sheriff of Nottingham reinvention Nottingham
Lifetime greenlights: dystopian future show The Lottery
HBO greenlights: comedy The Brink with Jack Black and Tim Robbins
MTV greenlights: cyberstalker series Eye Candy, will reshoot pilot
USA redlights: Horizon and Divide & Conquer

New US TV show casting

Greta Gerwig to star in CBS’s How I Met Your Dad
Original Flash John Wesley Shipp to recur on The CW’s The Flash
Maggie Lawson to star in CBS’s Save The Date
JoAnna Garcia Swisher joins ABC’s Astronaut Wives Club
Titus Welliver to guest on TNT’s The Last Ship
Sean Pertwee to play Alfred plus other casting on Fox’s Gotham
Annie Wesching joins CBS’s Extant
Katrina Bowden to star in TNT’s Public Morals
Dick Van Dyke and Valerie Harper to recur on Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Ahna O’Reilly to star in The CW’s Identity
Colton Dunn joins NBC’s The Pro, Jonathan Tucker to co-star in DirecTV’s Navy St
Georgina Rylance leaves Fox’s Broadchurch remake Gracepoint

News: Scott Bakula and CCH Pounder to star in NCIS: New Orleans, a trailer for Chris Carter’s The After + more

4 February 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Theatre

Mark Heap and Robert Webb to take over as Jeeves and Wooster

UK TV

BBC4 and BBC Scotland renew: Bob Servant
Universal Channel acquires: Fox’s Rake
Saturday ratings

New UK TV shows

Trailer for Sky1’s The Smoke with Jamie Bamber, Jodie Whitaker, Rhashan Stone et al

US TV

TV Land renews: The Exes
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Max Greenfield to guest on The Mindy Project
Bob Newhart to return to The Big Bang Theory
Colin Salmon joins 24: Live Another Day

New US TV shows

Trailer for Chris Carter’s Amazon pilot The After
Fremantle picks up American Gods rights

New US TV show casting

Scott Bakula to star in CBS’s NCIS: New Orleans…
…as will CCH Pounder and Zoe McLellan
John Ducey joins NBC’s Bad Judge
Jack Davenport joins ABC’s Vuurzee remake Sea of Fire
Ashley Zukerman to star in WGN America’s Manhattan, Whiter Thomas joins Comedy Central’s Crazy House
Ken Marino to co-star in NBC’s Marry Me

Superbowl trailers galore, Jesse Eisenberg is Lex Luthor and Back To The Future: The Musical

3 February 2014 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film casting

Jesse Eisenberg to play Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons to play Alfred in Superman v Batman
Liam Neeson to star in Martin Scorsese’s Silence
Kyle Chandler joins Carol
Zachary Quinto joins Agent 47

Trailers

Superbowl trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Superbowl trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Superbowl trailer for Transformers: Age of Extinction
Superbowl teaser for Pompeii

Theatre

Back To The Future: The Musical

UK TV

Sky Arts acquires: DR1’s The Legacy/Arvingerne
5USA acquires: Hallmark’s Cedar Grove

New UK TV shows

BBC4 green lights: Detectorists with Mackenzie Crook and The Walshes co-written by Graham Linehan and Diet of Worms

US TV

Chicago PD gets an extra two episodes
New Hannibal promo
Trailer for 24: Live Another Day
Thursday ratings: Rake drops
Friday ratings: Blue Bloods gets highest ratings since it started

US TV casting

Lucy Hale to guest on Baby Daddy
Michael Pitt to recur on Hannibal
Dianne Wiest to guest on The Blacklist
Toni Trucks joins Franklin & Bash

New US TV show casting

David Schwimmer to star in ABC’s remake of Israel’s Bilti Hafich, Irreversible
Grace Gummer joins CBS’s Extant
Christina Cole and Carole Bouquet joins NBC’s Rosemary’s Baby mini-series
Tony Hale to guest on NBC’s About A Boy adaptation
Matt McGorry joins ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder, Mike Colter joins TNT’s Agent X
Penny Marshall and Lorraine Bracco to guest on Fox’s Mulaney

About TMINE

The Medium is Not Enough is dedicated to finding the best and worst TV and movies from around the world, with daily news, views and exclusive reviews. There’s a bit of a bias towards the latest and greatest US TV, but we also cover Canadian, Australia, New Zealand, European, Scandinavian, Israeli, and modern and classic UK TV, ranging from new Doctor Who to old Z Cars, and BBC Four to S4C. We also cover TV events run by the BFI, BAFTA and Institut français du Royaume-Uni. Add in competitions and an archive of reviews stretching back 16 years and you’ve one of the best sites on the web for media lovers.

Mark Carroll My goodness, I'm so sorry to learn of your loss, from what you share above it's clear that you were very lucky to have found each other. I liked learning over the years a little of what...
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
TMINE Thank you It’s been a devastating time for all of us but it’s been amazing how much love and support have been sent our way by people who knew Sarah as well as those who didn’t. I’m very...
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
JustStark Oh no. I’m so so sorry. What a wonderful person and you were so lucky to find each other. How cruel this world can be. Please accept condolences beyond my mere words.
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
Pinky's Mom I watched this show first run back in the 80s. Surprisingly arch and intelligent, it held me with its graphic-novel style storytelling. Little on TV appealed to me back then, and that fact hasn't...
Lost Gems: Max Headroom (1985-1988) · 2 years ago
TMINE Agreed re: Three Body Problem. Reading ahead in the Wikipedia rundown for the novels, it does feel there are more exciting things ahead in the next season than there were in this season. Let's...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
Mark Carroll Goodness, I didn't even recognize Keiko. We watched and enjoyed it but for me it very much had the sense that it's promising more than we've yet seen, where I'd be a lot more...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Managed to watch some more TV! Apple TV+: Lessons in Chemistry. Adaptation of the bestseller about a discriminated against, possibly autistic chemist in the US in the 50s who ends up being a TV chef...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Watching Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen TV series on Netflix. It's actually not bad. Nothing extraordinary and not as good as his movie of the same name, but a pretty decent cast and some actual nuance...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE The Richard Chamberlain version loomed large in my teenage years. Almost life-changing. Although the difference between that version and this version is a bit like the difference between the...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Yep, Andor is great. A little slow at first but after about episode 3, it's absolutely blinding
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago

The Medium is Not Enough

Reviewing the best and worst media from around the world for 17 years

News: Pretty Woman musical, The Wicker Man TV series, Those Who Kill to relaunch + more

News: Toby Jones is Marvellous, Gemma Arterton sings Made in Dagenham, pilot casting + more

News: Taylor Lautner is BBC3’s new Cuckoo, the good Sheriff of Nottingham, Flash back + more

News: Scott Bakula and CCH Pounder to star in NCIS: New Orleans, a trailer for Chris Carter’s The After + more

Superbowl trailers galore, Jesse Eisenberg is Lex Luthor and Back To The Future: The Musical

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

Please watch I Walk Through Moscow – and I’m quoted!

Ms Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Old Man

Life and Beth and Night Sky

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Essex Serpent