UK TV

News

Film casting

Joe Thomas to star in eco-rom-com Scottish Mussel

Internet TV

Kim Dickens joins House of Cards

UK TV shows

Wednesday ratings

New UK TV shows

BBC1 developing: Last of the Summer Wine spin-off

New UK TV show casting

Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling join BBC2’s London Spy

US TV

CBS launches digital subscription service
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Frank Langella to recur on The Americans
Dean Stockwell to guest on NCIS: New Orleans
Beverly D’Angelo and Colin Hanks to guest on Mom
Victor Garber to guest on Blue Bloods

New US TV shows

NBC developing: Bill Lawrence’s second go at adapting Channel 4’s The IT Crowd…
…and David Goyer adaptation of Shadowland
ABC developing: family comedy Raising Adults…
…and Josefina Lopez’s The Fabulous Fernandez Sisters
Ridley Scott and Lynda Obst adapting The Hot Zone
CBS developing: RJ Cutler police drama

News: a US Moone Boy remake, a Wonder Woman movie, a Good Wife exit + more

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Film

Warner Bros announces Wonder Woman, Justice League, The Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg and Green Lantern

Film casting

Gal Gadot to star in Ben-Hur

Trailers

New trailer for Hunger Games 3

Australian TV

Foxtel rescues A Place To Call Home

European TV

Antena 3 green lights: ‘Broadchurch in Spain’ Under Suspicion
Sky Germany green lights: 1920s Berlin cop show Babylon Berlin

UK TV

Sky Living renews: Doll & Em
BBC2 renews: Top of the Lake [subscription required]
Tuesday ratings

New UK TV shows

Harlan Coben to write 10-part drama for Sky Living [subscription required]

New UK TV show casting

William Hurt, Katherine Parkinson, Rebecca Front et al to star in Channel 4/AMC’s Humans

US TV

HBO to offer stand-alone streaming service
Danny Boyle to develop shows for FX
More scripts for Selfie, Manhattan Love Story and Forever
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Seth Rogen to return to The Comeback
Archie Panjabi leaving The Good Wife for her own show
Mindy Cohn to guest on Bones
Alex Breckenridge joins The Walking Dead

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: pilot of Moone Boy remake…
…series of gay soccer comedy Men in Shorts
NBC red lights: Mission Control
Sony developing a Bewitched remake
Syfy green lights: Dark Matter
CBS developing: medical drama LFE
…and an untitled legal drama

New US TV show casting

Rob Lowe to star in NBC father comedy

News: Cheerleader Death Squad, an Illusionist TV series, Mena Suvari goes South of Hell + more

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Film casting

Jack Davenport and Kelli Garner join Americana

International TV

eOne, Shaw Media and TF1 developing: hostage-negotiator drama Ransom

UK TV

Lifetime UK acquires: NBC’s Rosemary’s Baby
Channel 5 acquires: CBS’s NCIS: New Orleans and CSI: Cyber
Monday ratings

New UK TV shows

Russell Howard developing romantic comedy
Sarah Solemani and Kerry Howard developing comedy for BBC1

New UK TV show casting

Samantha Morton joins BBC1’s Cider With Rosie adaptation

US TV

WGN America renews: Manhattan

US TV show casting

Allie Grant to guest on The Goldbergs
Nick Cannon to recur on Brooklyn Nine-Nine

New US TV shows

The CW developing: Cheerleader Death Squad…
…remake of ITV’s The Town…
…and adaptation of The Illusionist
CBS developing: adaptation of In Good Company

New US TV show casting

Mena Suvari to star in WE tv’s thriller South of Hell

News: Robert Downey joins Cap 3, CBS’s Modern Gothic, the CW’s Young Darwin + more

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Film casting

Robert Downey Jr joins Captain America 3

European TV

Sky Italia developing: political thriller 1992

UK TV

E4 acquires: Jane The Virgin
ITV cancels: The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

US TV

Fox orders more Gotham episodes
FX renews: American Horror Story
Sunday ratings
Sunday’s AMC ratings

US TV show casting

Alex Carter to guest on Stalker

New US TV shows

Fox developing: Monster-In-Law adaptation
Syfy developing: futuristic espionage thriller Incorporated
The CW developing: Charles Darwin drama Unnatural Selection
CBS developing: Modern Gothic reimagining of classic horror stories

New US TV show casting

Katie Holmes to return as Jackie O in ReelzChannel’s After Camelot
Monica Potter to star in autobiographical NBC comedy
Christina Hendricks to star in Comedy Central’s Another Period
Jamie Bamber and Riley Smith join The CW’s The Messengers
Wilson Bethel joins ABC’s Astronaut Wives Club
Sam Neill joins CBS’s The Dovekeepers

News: Scarlett Johansson TV series, Twin Peaks returns + more

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Film

A Lego Batman spin-off movie

Film casting

Donald Glover joins Ridley Scott’s The Martian
Casting on Dad’s Army
Jennifer Jason Leigh to star in Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight

Internet TV

Casting on Netflix’s Daredevil
Trailer for PlayStation’s Powers
Malin Akerman et al to star in Yahoo’s Sin City Saints
Amazon renews: Transparent
Lori Petty to return to Orange Is the New Black

New Zealand TV

Antonia Prebble to star in Outrageous Fortune prequel Westside Story
Neil Cross to produce Bay of Plenty

International TV

James Cosmo to star in spy thriller Magnum Opus

UK TV

Viva channel to be replaced by Spike TV
Channel 4 cancels: Utopia

New UK TV shows

ITV green lights: cold case crime drama The Forgotten…
…developing: Magnum drama about photography agency
Trailer for BBC2’s spy drama The Game

US TV

Starz renews: Black Sails and Survivor’s Remorse
CBS cancels: Unforgettable and Reckless…
…renews: Under the Dome and Extant
ABC orders full series of How To Get Away With Murder and blackish
Wednesday ratings
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings

US TV show casting

Andy Mientus and Victor Garber join The Flash
Troian Bellisario to guest on Suits
Jane Seymour to guest on Forever
Angela Kinsey to guest on Bad Judge
Michael Park to recur on Chicago PD
Charisma Carpenter to guest on Sons of Anarchy

New US TV shows

Resident Evil and Mortal Instruments franchises to continue as TV series
Showtime green lights: Twin Peaks sequel
The CW developing: vigilante drama The Phoenix Project
NBC developing: Krysten Rittter comedy Back on The Farm…
…supernatural anthology series
CBS green lights: pilot of adaptation of James Patterson’s The Thomas Berryman Number…
…Patricia Cornwell crime series
Legendary developing Lost in Space reboot…
…and Myst TV series
ABC developing: legal drama Pariahs
Animal Planet developing: The Other Dead zombie comic adaptation
Teaser trailer for TNT’s The Librarians

New US TV show casting

Kyle Bornheimer joins ABC’s Agent Carter
Scott Foley and Greg Grunberg to star in ABC Shondaland comedy
Scarlett Johansson to star in The Custom of the Country
Cynthia Stevenson joins TBS’s Your Family Or Mine
Thomas Sadoski joins NBC’s The Slap remake

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