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Film

Boardwalk Empire‘s Michael Shannon to play Zod in Man of Steel
Why Liam Neeson was cut from The Hangover II
Tobey Maguire joins Life of Pi
Trailer for Lars von Trier’s Melancholia
Trailer for Hammer’s The Woman in Black with Daniel Radcliffe

Theatre

Simon Ward joins Pygmalion

British TV

BBC4’s Room At The Top pulled because of rights problems [subscription required]
Toby Whithouse talks about series three of Being Human, with minor spoilers for series four
Someone’s leaving Misfits [spoilers]

US TV

Chaos down in the ratings
Adult Swim orders Bob Odenkirk pilot
Amber Tamblyn to star in Ed Burns’ Fox drama about a teacher
Danny Glover to guest on Leverage
Clare Forlani joins NCIS: LA

Wednesday’s “so much Catherine Tate” news

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Doctor Who

Sixth series press pack
Matt Smith to stay on Who for at least two more years

Film

Meg Ryan to direct Into The Beautiful

Theatre

Douglas Henshall, Kristin Scott Thomas and Ben Miles to star in Pinter’s Betrayal
The full cast of David Tennant and Catherine Tate’s Much Ado About Nothing

British TV

Big Brother to return for two series on Channel 5
Above Suspicion gets a fourth series

US TV

Shawn Ryan moving from Fox to Sony
Pilot casting + Raising Hope recurring character to be a regular
Harry’s Law ends on all-time low
Catherine Tate, Ray Romano and James Spader to guest on The Office

Monday’s better Lantern news

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Doctor Who

Teaser for Torchwood: Miracle Day
Extended Doctor Who trailer for BBC America

Film

BFI to spend £3m more on British film
Four minutes of Green Lantern

Theatre

David Mamet’s The Anarchist to premiere in London

British TV

Natalie Dormer joins The Fades

Ukrainian TV

Another Shameless remake [subscription required]

US TV

PTC not happy with The Playboy Club‘s nudity clause
Gale Anne Hurd to produce pirate drama Port Royal
NBC readying Passport as a back-door pilot
Christopher Lloyd joins a pilot
Eddie Izzard developing political drama for FX
HBO developing crime drama The Sector
Ed Helms to guest on Wilfred [registration/subscription required]
Malcolm McDowell to guest star on Psych

Friday’s “Who’s the fool?” news

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Are they real or are they fake?

Film

Chloe Moretz joins Dark Shadows
Justice League movie on?
No Heroics writer Drew Pearce to write Iron Man 3
Trailer for The Hangover 2

Theatre

Alex Kingston joins Luise Miller

British TV

Dirk Gently to return for three more episodes
Big Brother to come back on Five?
Jesse Bain to help write second series of Rev [subscription required]
Outnumbered fourth series in production
BBC1 greenlights The Fuse

US TV

Mad Men to end in three more seasons
Parker Posey to recur on The Big C
InBetweeners and four other shows picked up to series by MTV
Dean Collins joins Lost and Found
Gerald McRaney joins pilot

Wednesday’s “FX: renewal is no illusion” news

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Film

The Rum Diary finally gets a release date
Paramount to adapt Earthseed
Tron: Legacy DVD reveals villain of Tron 3?
X-Men 4 and 5 still a go
Additional women’s roles being added to The Hobbit
Batman reboot planned after The Dark Knight Rises

Theatre

Anita Dobson and Greta Scacchi to play Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in Bette & Joan

British TV

Monday ratings
BBC3 commissions The Fades
Channel 4 axes list shows

US TV

Mad Men to return in 2012
Mildred Pierce gets 1.3m viewers
The Hard Times of RJ Berger gets best ever ratings
Nancy Travis to play Tim Allen’s wife
Justified gets a third season…
…Archer gets a third season…
…and FX planning an additional TV series
Jason Jones joins The Assistants
Another teaser for Falling Skies
New Teen Wolf trailer
Natalie Zea to guest on Person of Interest
Sarah Silverman to guest star on The Good Wife

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