UK TV

News

Film

Joe Eszterhas returns with Lust
Hailee Steinfeld to star in Romeo & Juliet?

British TV

FX acquires Falling Skies [subscription required]
Sky Arts HD channels coming to Virgin
What would have happened in the second series of Outcasts
Crimson Petal and the White gets 2.2m viewers

US TV

Showtime orders two series: Homeland with Damian Lewis and Claire Danes and House of Lies with Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell
FX’s Lights Out being shopped around to other networks
Breaking In does well thanks to American Idol
Sean Bean to co-star with Ashley Judd in Missing + other pilot casting
Robert Sean Leonard leaving House?
Annabeth Gish joins Pretty Little Liars

Thursday’s “US Justice” news

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Film

Carrie-Anne Moss and Malcolm McDowell join Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
William Fichtner joins Elysium
Trailer for Crazy, Stupid, Love with Steve Carell
Maggie Grace returns for Taken 2
Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson and Aidan Gillen join Shadow Dancer

Books

From Here To Eternity gets its gay back

British TV

Julian Fellowes’ Titanic to star Linus Roache, Geraldine Sommerville, Toby Jones, Celia Imrie, Sophie Winkleman, David Calder and Sylvestra Le Touzel [no link]
Caroline Aherne writing The Security Men for ITV1
Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson working on a old peoples’ home slapstick sitcom
Candy Cabs gets 5.5m viewers

US TV

Hope Davis joins Tea Leoni’s Spring/Fall
Mary McDonnell to be series regular on The Closer
Amber Valetta to guest in Hamptons-set pilot Revenge
Jennifer Coolidge among last-minute pilot castings
Julie Gardner working on US remake of Justice, original scripts with Russell T Davies [registration/subscription required]

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

Time for our regular look at what TV’s on at the South Bank in London in May. This month sees a preview of the new Damian Lewis TV movie about human trafficking, as well as a season of dramas, comedies and documentaries about the NHS that will include panel discussions with GF Newman, Jed Mercurio and Graeme Garden.

Continue reading “May 2011 at the BFI”

Tuesday’s record cable ratings news

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Doctor Who

Captain Jack gets a new coat at last

Film

Flight of the Conchords‘ Bret McKenzie joins The Hobbit
Sean Hayes to play Larry in Three Stooges
Trailer for The Big Bang with Antonio Banderas
Will and Jaden Smith to star in M Night Shyamalan film
Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson to star in Hunger Games

British TV

Sky Atlantic to broadcast Pompeii mini-series based on Robert Harris book
Cat Deeley to appear in Life’s Too Short

Canadian TV

Space orders pilot of Borealis, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil gets a second season

US TV

Borgias gets best drama opening on Showtime for seven years
The Killing gets 2.7m viewers
Miranda Lambert to star in ABC Family detective drama
The Kennedys gives Reelz record ratings
David Rasche joins Bored to Death
Trailer for new Thundercats
Chaos does poorly in Friday night slot
Camelot gets 1.1m, making it the most watched Starz premiere ever

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May 2011 at the BFI

Tuesday’s record cable ratings news

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