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Film

Guillermo del Toro ready to direct Mountains of Madness, James Cameron to produce
Cillian Murphy joins The Retreat
Zach Galifianakis to star in Reply All
Damon Lindelof polishing the script for Alien prequel
Russell Brand to play swordsman Hawkwood

Theatre

Michelle Ryan to star in The Talented Mr Ripley

British TV

BSkyB buys exclusive rights to entire HBO catalogue, including Boardwalk Empire, for five years
Casting on Just William
Calon TV goes bust
Sky to launch 3D channel in October
S4C chief exec Iona Jones quits

US TV

Three gay characters added to CBS shows
USA renews In Plain Sight for two seasons
Casting on The Mentalist [spoilers]

Friday’s “too many vampires” news

2 July 2010 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Film

Red Riding‘s Andrew Garfield is the new Spiderman
Trailer for US remake of Let The Right One In, Let Me In
Nikki Reed and Deborah Ann Woll sign up for Catch .44
Alison Brie and Mary McDonnel join Scream 4

Books

Neil Gaiman abandons vampire book

Theater

David Duchovny to star in Neil LaBute’s The Break of Noon

British TV

Ronan Bennett to write East-end gang thriller for C4

US TV

Kyle Bornheimer to star in Perfect Couples?
CBS abandons Chaos
A returning character for Smallville? [spoiler?]

Thursday’s “party over” news

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Film

Judd Apatow and Paul Reubens working on new Pee-wee Herman movie
Meryl Streep to play Margaret Thatcher, Jim Broadbent to play Denis?

Comics

Wonder Woman gets a make-over

Theatre

Lily Allen writing songs for Bridget Jones musical

British TV

BBC2 to have film weekend as it becomes home to BBC Films [subscription required]
Big Brother creator and Greek Antenna Group looking to buy Five
Five still looking to acquire US shows

US TV

Starz cancels Party Down and Gravity

Wednesday’s “scripts better than plans” news

30 June 2010 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

Stevie Moffat’s plans for series 6 [minor spoilers]

Film

Jude Law, Ray Winstone and Christopher Lee among those joining Martin Scorsese’s Hugo Cabaret
Andy Serkis joins Rise of the Apes
Facebook app “Mafia Wars” to be turned into movie
Trailer for Paranormal Activity 2

Theatre

Peter Egan and Robert Daws to star in The Secret of Sherlock Holmes

British TV

Hawaii Five-O acquired by Bravo
Rev beats Big Brother
Cast for BBC4’s Coronation Street show announced
STV adds programmes to YouTube
Keeley Hawes accuses Ashes to Ashes of weak storylines
Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson to star in The Song of Lunch

US TV

Elijah Wood to star in FX’s comedy Wilfred, based on Australian show
Love Bites picked up
Claire Forlani and Peter Mooney join Camelot
Nestor Carbonell to play the anti-Shawn on Psych
Another role downsized on Brothers & Sisters
A returning character on Supernatural [spoilers]
Jaime Murray to recur on Warehouse 13?
Friends with Benefits recasting?

Monday’s “Gene’s back” news

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who fans go outside
More Doctor Who computer games?
Christmas special script gone missing?
Karen Gillan to star in online Who story

Film

Kevin Spacey joins Horrible Bosses
Peter Jackson to direct The Hobbit
Jon Tenney joins Green Lantern
Sylvester Stallone to play John Gotti?

Theatre

John Nettles to join John Simm in Sheffield Theatres’ Hamlet
Martin Shaw and Jenny Seagrove to star in The Country Girl

British TV

Heartbeat cancelled after 18 years
Cast for series two of Land Girls
BBC Trust gives Project Canvas the go-ahead
Gene Hunt to get a modern day police show?

US TV

Rookie Blue starts well, Boston Med doesn’t
Judy Greer joins Mad Love
Twitter campaign helps at least one actor on Criminal Minds [spoilers]
The possible stars of Law & Order: LA

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