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Film

Community‘s Gillian Jacobs joins Steve Carrell and Jim Carrey in Burt Wonderstone
Trailer for Wanderlust with Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Alan Alda and Marlin Akerman
Gael Garcia Bernal to play futuristic Zorro

Radio

Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran writing a radio and theatre play

Theatre

Stephen Fry to make Globe debut in Twelfth Night

British TV

E4 acquires Suburgatory
SyFy acquires Todd & The Book of Pure Evil
Dirk Gently details
Brian Cox (no, not that one) to star in Bob Servant Independent for BBC Four
UK Gold to invest millions in original content [subscription required]

French TV

TF1’s revenue static, profits drop 20%

US TV

Emma Greenwell and Noel Fisher promoted to regulars on Shameless [registration required]
The L Word‘s Kate Moennig joins Ray Donovan
Ugly Betty‘s Michael Urie joins Partners
Veronica Mars‘ Ryan Hansen joins El Jefe
Breaking Bad‘s Giancarlo Esposito to guest on Community
Smallville‘s Kristin Kreuk to star in The CW’s Beauty and the Beast
Wednesday ratings: CSI ratings up thanks to Elisabeth Shue
Jean Smart joins The Smart One…
…as does Malin Akerman
Eamonn Walker joins Chicago Fire
Eureka‘s Colin Ferguson to star in Like Father

Monday’s “Who/Trek crossover, not quite a West Wing reunion, and Legion and Lawrence of Arabia: the TV series” news

13 February 2012 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

Will Ferrell to star in Flamingo Thief
Paddy Considine adapting The Years of the Locust
Michael C Hall, Ben Foster, Kyra Sedgwick and Jennifer Jason Leigh join Kill Your Darlings
Mark Hamill to star in Airborne

Comics

Doctor Who and Star Trek: The Next Generation to cross over

Theatre

Christopher Eccleston to play Creon in the NT’s Antigone

British TV

BBC1 Daytime working on National Service drama [subscription required]
Andrew Davies to adapt Les Misérables, Lawrence of Arabia to be remade [subscription required]

US TV

Lost‘s Henry Ian Cusick to guest on Fringe
Barry Corbin to guest on Modern Family [minor spoilers]
Stephen Root joins Boardwalk Empire
Two guest characters get promoted to regulars on Homeland [minor spoilers]
Autumn Reeser and Kevin Alejandro cast in pilots
SyFy to turn Legion into a TV series
Catherine Dent joins Touch [minor spoilers]
Bradley Whitford to guest on Parks and Recreation, but no reunion with Rob Lowe [minor spoilers]
Perfect Couples‘ Christine Woods to star in Daddy’s Girls
Pan Am‘s Mike Vogel joins Living Loaded
John Goodman joins Roseanne’s Downwardly Mobile
Becki Newton to star in The Goodwin Games
Ryan Phillippe joins Golden Boy
TBS orders 10 episodes of Sullivan and Son
Friday’s ratings: Grimm bounces back, A Gifted Man at series low
Lone Star‘s Jimmy Wolk joins Political Animals
TNT working on detective show with Bill Engvall
John Stamos to star in Little Brother
Blythe Danner joins Gilded Lilys

Thursday’s “Bourne Legacy trailer, House ending, Being Human renewal, Who writers and Endgame resurrection” news

9 February 2012 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Toby Whithouse and Chris Chibnall confirmed as writers for series seven

Film

Trailer for The Bourne Legacy
Kyle XY/Thor‘s Jamie Alexander to star in Intersection
Natalie Portman to star in Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups and Lawless
The Daily Show‘s Jason Jones joins The Black Marks
Billy Connolly joins The Hobbit
Jason Statham to star in Brian De Palma’s remake of Heat (no, not that one)
Eva Green to play Artemisia in 300: Battle of Artemisia

Theatre

Three stage versions of The Great Gatsby announced

British TV

Prisoners’ Wives climbs to 5m viewers
FX to air Braquo season two in April

Canadian TV

Hulu to resurrect Endgame?

US TV

Tuesday’s ratings: The River starts modestly
House to end this season
Being Human gets a third season
James Purefoy joins Fox’s Kevin Williamson project
David Schwimmer to guest on Web Therapy
Jon Favreau to direct Revolution
Andrea Anders joins NBC pilot, Aimee Garcia joins County
Alfred Molina to star in Chelsea General
Downton Abbey doing well in the ratings

Monday’s “Borgen 2, Lilyhammer 1, musical Back to the Future, How To Live With Your Parents and the Columbine massacre” news

6 February 2012 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Film

Extended The Avengers trailer

Theater

Back To The Future – the musical?

Film

Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo join Can A Song Save Your Life?

British TV

Hustle gets 4.8m viewers
Gillian Anderson to star in The Fall
BBC Four acquires Borgen 2
BBC4 acquires Lilyhammer

US TV

Thursday ratings: 30 Rock, The Firm hit series low, The Finder down 14%, Person of Interest hits series high
Friday ratings: Fringe hits series low, Grimm down to 4.7m
Ernie Hudson joins Beautiful People
Fox orders comedy pilots Reboundling, Must Hire and Let It Go
Terry O’Quinn joins Falling Skies
JoAnna Garcia to star in CBS comedy pilot
Andre Braugher to star in Shawn Ryan’s Last Resort
HBO developing political thriller with Training Day writer David Ayer
Sarah Chalke to star in How To Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life
Lifetime developing miniseries based on Columbine massacre
Sons of Anarchy gets two more seasons
Bobby Cannavale joins Boardwalk Empire
Shawnee Smith and Selma Blair join Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management
ABC orders pilot of Ellen DeGeneres’ The Smart One, starring Portia De Rossi
Netflix acquires Lilyhammer

Tuesday’s “X-Men: Second Class, Hunky Dory, Downtown Abbey’s new American, Arrested Development reunion” news

31 January 2012 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Tom Hiddleston joins Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive
Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper join Serena
Matthew Vaughn signs on for X-Men: First Class sequel
Rooney Mara replaces Blake Lively on Steven Soderbergh’s Side Effects
Trailer for Hunky Dory with Minnie Driver
Vera Farmiga joins The Drummer

Music

Original Happy Mondays to reform

Theatre

Danny DeVito to make West End debut in The Sunshine Boys

British TV

Shirley MacLaine joins Downton Abbey
BSkyB profits up despite ad decline
Sky Anytime+ to offer BBC iPlayer and ITV Player

US TV

Original cast all back for Arrested Development
Spartacus gets 2.7m viewers
USA orders Political Animals from Greg Berlanti
Chicago Code‘s Matt Lauria to guest in Person of Interest
David Krumholtz and Mary Birdsong to guest on Raising Hope
Fox picks up Mindy Kaling pilot
Susan Sarandon joins The Big C
Sunday ratings: Once Upon A Time comes out top
Louis CK sells comedy pilot to CBS
ABC greenlights adaptation of Judith Krantz’s Scruples

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Thursday’s “Bourne Legacy trailer, House ending, Being Human renewal, Who writers and Endgame resurrection” news

Monday’s “Borgen 2, Lilyhammer 1, musical Back to the Future, How To Live With Your Parents and the Columbine massacre” news

Tuesday’s “X-Men: Second Class, Hunky Dory, Downtown Abbey’s new American, Arrested Development reunion” news

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