UK TV

News

Film casting

Fred Armisen joins Zoolander 2
Ewan McGregor and Stanley Tucci join Beauty and the Beast

Internet TV

Netflix green lights: Aziz Ansari comedy series
Netflix renews: Daredevil

UK TV

Monday ratings

New UK TV shows

BBC Two green lights: new Hugo Blick drama, Stag and Mum
Sky Arts green lights: four silent comedies
Trailer for Dave’s Undercover

US TV

MTV renews: Faking It
TV Land renews: Younger
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Promotions on Empire

New US TV shows

HBO green lights: Whitney Cummings adaptation of Are Men Necessary?
Paramount developing: Galaxy Quest TV series

New US TV show casting

W Earl Brown joins AMC’s Preacher

News: SHIELD spin-off casting, Wes Craven’s Syfy shows, Sky1’s Fungus The Bogeyman + more

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Film casting

Billy Zane returning for Zoolander 2
Steve Carell and Emma Stone to play Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King in Battle of the Sexes

Film trailers

Trailer for Mr Holmes with Sir Ian McKellen
New trailer for Jurassic World

Australian TV

Teaser trailer for Foxtel’s The Kettering Incident

European TV

Italy’s Rai green lights: live-action/CGI Snow White sitcom [subscription required]

Internet TV

Craig T Nelson to recur on Netflix’s Grace and Frankie
Netflix green lights: Full House revival

UK TV

Sunday ratings

New UK TV shows

Keeley Hawes, Timothy Spall, Andy Serkis, Victoria Wood to star in Sky1’s Fungus The Bogeyman

US TV

Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Regina King joins The Leftovers

New US TV shows

Teaser for Syfy’s Childhood’s End
Wes Craven developing People Under The Stairs and We Are Completely Fine for Syfy
HBO green lights: High Maintenance
Spike TV developing: Jerry Bruckheimer drama Harvest

New US TV show casting

Adrienne Palicki and Nick Blood to star in ABC’s Agents of SHIELD spin-off
Janina Gavankar replaces Noureen DeWulf on CBS’s Dan O’Shannon comedy

News: Batman v Superman trailer, Eye Candy cancelled, more Friday Night Dinner + more

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Film casting

Penelope Cruz joins Zoolander 2
Bill Pullman and Judd Hirsch returning for Independence Day 2
Lucas Till returning for X-Men: Apocalypse

Film trailers

Trailer for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
New trailer for Fantastic Four
Trailer for Attack on Titan

Theatre

Kenneth Branagh sets up new theatre company

UK TV

Channel 4 renews: Friday Night Dinner
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings
Saturday ratings

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC One’s The C Word, with Sheridan Smith

New UK TV show casting

David Harewood to guest on ITV’s Beowulf

US TV

US TV show casting

Michelle Obama and Jill Biden to guest on The Night Shift
Michael Roark joins Finding Carter, Alexandra Metz to recur on Chicago Fire

New US TV shows

ABC developing: John Ridley Marvel show
Trailer for HBO’s The Brink, with Jack Black and Tim Robbins

New US TV show casting

Elizabeth Perkins joins AMC’s Preacher
Piper Perabo to star in The Fight

News: Star Wars and The Game trailers, more Castle for Nathan Fillion, HBO gets a Divorce + more

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Film trailers

New teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Internet TV

Netflix reaches 60 million subscribers worldwide

UK TV

E4 acquires: Empire
Wednesday ratings

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC Two’s The Game

New UK TV show casting

David Harewood, Neil Morrissey, Katherine Kelly et al join BBC One’s The Night Manager

US TV

Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Nathan Fillion returning for season 8 of Castle

New US TV shows

Universal and Televisa to co-produce adaptations of Pantera and Aliados
Trailer for NBC’s Aquarius [US only]
HBO green lights: Divorce, with Sarah Jessica Parker

New US TV show casting

David Meunier joins Lifetime’s Damien
Dayo Okeniyi to be a regular on NBC’s Shades of Blue
Five new recurring roles on USA’s Mr Robot

News: Wonder Woman’s new director, more Midsomer Murders, New Black, a Wizard of Oz series + more

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Film

Patty Jenkins to direct Wonder Woman

Film casting

Diego Klattenhoff joins Lavender
Milo Ventimiglia, Amanda Schull to star in Devil’s Gate

Film trailers

Teaser for the trailer for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
Teaser trailer for Suffragette

Internet TV

Netflix renews: Orange is the New Black

UK TV

Comedy Central acquires: Broad City
ITV renews: Midsomer Murders
Tuesday ratings

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Keon Alexander joins Tyrant
Christina Cole joins Suits
Colbie Smulders to guest (again) on Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD

New US TV shows

National Geographic green lights: comedy The History of the World, For Now
NBC green lights: Wizard of Oz drama Emerald City

New US TV show casting

Casting on AMC’s Into The Badlands
Shannon Tarbet joins HBO’s Virtuoso
Adina Porter joins WGN America’s Underground

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News: Daredevil, Faking It, Younger renewed, Galaxy Quest: the series + more

News: SHIELD spin-off casting, Wes Craven’s Syfy shows, Sky1’s Fungus The Bogeyman + more

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