UK TV

NBC green lights: adaptation of Strange Calls
ABC green lights: pilot of political thriller Flesh and Blood
CBS green lights: pilot of adaptation of Limitless, Dan O’Shannon girlfriend-quest comedy, guardian angel comedy Angel From Hell

New US TV show casting

Blythe Danner to guest on NBC’s The Slap
Mehcad Brooks to play Jimmy Olsen on CBS’s Supergirl
Maya Rudolph and Jaden Smith join HBO’s Brothers In Atlanta

News: Togetherness renewed, female Ghostbusters cast, Fantastic Four teaser + more

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Film casting

Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon to star in Ghostbusters reboot

Trailers

Trailer for Daniel Espinosa’s Child 44, with Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman et al
Teaser trailer for Fantastic Four

Internet TV

Teaser trailer for Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer

UK TV

Monday ratings

US TV

HBO renews: Togetherness
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Jerry Ferrara to co-star in Starz’s Power
Katie Holmes to guest on Ray Donovan

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: pilots of medical drama Code Black and comedy Half of It
Trailer for AMC’s Better Call Saul
HBO green lights: pilot of Virtuoso

New US TV show casting

Tyler James Williams joins Criminal Minds spin-off

News: Atlantis cancelled, a big bunch of US pilots, key Hannibal casting + more

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Trailers

Trailer for Peter Bogdanovich’s She’s Funny That Way with Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Jennifer Aniston et al

Theatre

Bradley Cooper’s The Elephant Man to transfer to the West End

Internet TV

BBC announces nine iPlayer Valentine’s comedies

UK TV

US TV

US TV show casting

Rutina Wesley to recur on Hannibal [minor spoilers]

New US TV shows

NBC green lights: pilots of sniper drama Endgame…
…Greg Berlanti amnesia thriller Blindspot…
…Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s guardian angel drama Unveiled and Amy Brenneman and Brad Siberling’s medical soap Heart Matters
ABC green lights: pilots of Josh Safran and Mark Gordon FBI drama Quantico, adaptation of Turkey’s gun runner drama Son as Runner, biblical saga Of Kings and Prophets, historical crime procedural LA Crime, and Rashida Jones/Will McCormack’s family comedy Mix
Fox green lights: coming-of-age singer drama Studio City, John Stamos comedy
TruTV green lights: pilot of Shaquille O’Neal workplace comedy Shaq Inq
Teaser trailer for Starz’s Blunt Talk

New US TV show casting

Orla Brady joins AMC’s Badlands
Michael Nouri to recur on NBC’s The Slap

News: Hannibal trailer, CBS finds its Supergirl, Moone Boy guest stars, Game of X-Men + more

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Film

Simon West to direct remake of The Blob

Film casting

Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan and Alexandra Shipp join X-Men: Apocalypse

Trailers

Trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Canadian TV

CBC developing: René Balcer mystery The Council

Internet TV

Transparent to be free to view on Amazon on Saturday
Trailer for Netflix’s Tina Fey and Robert Carlock comedy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

UK TV

Wednesday ratings

UK TV show casting

Terry Wogan, Sharon Horgan, John Sessions et al to guest on Moone Boy

New UK TV shows

BBC One developing: adaptation of Brendan O’Carroll’s The Course

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of Power
Teaser trailer for season 3 of Hannibal
Tuesday ratings

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: Justin Adler comedy Life In Pieces
Trailer for DirectTV’s Billy & Billie

New US TV show casting

Melissa Benoist to star in CBS’s Supergirl
Nadia Hilker and Amber Clayton to star in TNT’s Breed
John Leguizamo to star in CBS’s Taxi-22

News: The Walshes cancelled, Ian McShane to recur on Ray Donovan, Simon Pegg to co-write Star Trek + more

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Film

Simon Pegg to co-write Star Trek 3

Theatre

Kevin Spacey to reprise Clarence Darrow at Old Vic

Internet TV

Amazon green lights: adaptation of Bream Gives Me Hiccups

UK TV

BBC One cancels: The Walshes
Tuesday ratings

New UK TV shows

BBC Three green lights: psychological drama Thirteen

New UK TV show casting

Megan Mullally, Jenna Fischer, Paterson Joseph et al join Sky’s Apocalypse Slough

US TV

Trailer for season 3 of Vikings

US TV show casting

Ian McShane to recur on Ray Donovan

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: pilots of untitled legal drama and untitled family comedy
NBC green lights: pilot of mystery drama Game of Silence
NBC acquires: Sky’s Apocalypse (Slough)
J Michael Straczynski to write Spike’s Red Mars

New US TV show casting

Kerry Condon and Toby Leonard Moore join Showtime’s Billions

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