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[ 5 October 2021 ] BFI Japan comes to big screens UK-wide this Autumn

Twin acquired; All the Sins, Honour, Man Like Mobeen renewed; George Smiley adaptations; + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for season 3 of Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Apple green lights: American football meets English football comedy Ted Lasso, with Jason Sudeikis

European TV

Pathé/Vendôme/Moonriver developing: Notre-Dame fire mini-series

Scandinavian TV

Elisa Viihde (Finland) renews: All the Sins
Viaplay renews: Honour

BBC Three renews: Man Like Mobeen
BBC acquires: NRK (Norway)’s Twin
Lyndsey Marshal to star as Agatha Christie in Channel 5’s Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
Russell Tovey to star in ITV’s Because The Night
The Ink Factory developing: adaptations of John Le Carré’s George Smiley books

US TV show casting

Tom Everett Scott and William Sadler to guest on CBS’s God Friended Me
Austin Abrams to recur on NBC’s This is Us

New US TV shows

Starz green lights: pilot of world-dominating Harlem friends comedy Run the World, with Amber Stevens West and Bresha Webb
Fox developing: cutthroat realtor drama The Two Dolls
NBC developing: CIA drama The Translator’s Daughter

New US TV show casting

Justin Kirk to recur on HBO’s Perry Mason

Philharmonia acquired; Agent Hamilton renewed; UK and Canadian Call My Agent! remakes; + more

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Internet TV

Apple TV+ green lights: adaptation of Donald L Miller’s Masters of the Air

French TV

Mimie Mathy and Franck Dubosc to guest on Dix Pour Cent! (Call My Agent!)
Canal+ developing: biopic Marie-Antoinette

International TV

Mel Raido, Tommy Bastow, Samuel Jodan et al to star in ZDF (Germany)’s/Fuji (Japan)’s The Window
AMC (US), RTE (Ireland), ZDF (Germany) and TV2 (Norway) green light: Irish environmental comedy-drama The South Westerlies, starring Orla Brady, Patrick Bergin, Eileen Walsh et al
Headline (UK) and Bron (Canada) developing: adaptations of France 2’s Dix Pour Cent! (Call My Agent!)

Italian TV

BIM Production and Publispei green lights: Dario Argento horror series Longinus

Scandinavian TV

TV4 (Sweden) renews: Agent Hamilton

UK TV

Walter Presents: France 2’s Philharmonia

US TV show casting

Cas Anvar to recur on ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder
Raymond Lee to recur on Fox’s Prodigal Son
Raven-Symoné to recur on Freeform’s The Bold Type
Andy Allo to recur on NBC’s Chicago Fire
Dulé Hill and June Diane Raphael to recur on Showtime’s Black Monday

New US TV shows

ABC developing: Mandy Moore-inspired drama ’90s Popstar
The CW developing: female MMA drama American Fighter

New US TV show casting

Katherine McNamara, Eion Bailey and Hamish Linklater join CBS All Access’ The Stand
Jade Albany to recur on NatGeo’s The Right Stuff and Parmount’s 68 Whiskey

Harrow, Five Bedrooms renewed; Firefly, Life Unexpected reunions; + more

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Trailer for Apple TV+’s Truth Be Told
Clive Owen joins Apple TV+’s Lisey’s Story
Jena McKinnon, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, Lena Urzendowsky et al to star in Amazon’s We Children From Bahnhof Zoo
Amazon developing: adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House

Australian TV

ABC renews: Harrow
Ten renews: Five Bedrooms

UK TV

Sunetra Sarker, Claire Keelan and Gemma Jones to guest on ITV’s Cold Feet
Someone’s leaving BBC One’s Death in Paradise [spoilers]
Picture Perfect developing: adaptation of Allison Pataki’s Sisi novels

US TV show casting

Alan Tudyk to guest on ABC’s The Rookie
Wayne Brady to recur on The CW’s Black Lightning

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: pilot of marine veteran, Afghan interpreter comedy The United States of Al
FBI developing: female FBI agents drama
HBO developing: reboot of Maniac Cop
NBC developing: self-explanatory drama Wildfire
Starlings Television developing: adaptation of Viaplay (Sweden)’s Honour and S Korea’s Trap

New US TV show casting

Fivel Stewart, Anthony Kevyan, Karin Konoval et al join Freeform’s Close Up
Colin Woodell joins HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant
Holly Hunter to play Sally Yates in CBS’s A Higher Loyalty adaptation
Britt Robertson, Kristoffer Polaha, Austin Basis et al to recur on Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere

The Investigation, Treadstone acquired; Walter goes to S4C; France’s Fleabag meets Killing Eve; + more

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Amazon acquires: USA (US)’s Treadstone
Netflix green lights: Icelandic sci-fi volcano disaster thriller Katla

French TV

Trailer for FranceTV Slash’s Mental

UK TV

BBC acquires: Viaplay/TV2/SVT (Scandinavia)’s Utredningen (The Investigation)
Walter Presents to launch on S4C/S4C Clic as Walter Presents Ar Gyfer S4C
Lisa McGrillis, Lucy Montgomery, Rhys Thomas et al join BBC One’s Bumps
ITV green lights: true crime drama White House Farm, with Freddie Fox, Mark Addy, Alfie Allen et al

US TV show casting

Camille Cottin joins BBC America’s Killing Eve
Michael Raymond-James to recur on Fox’s Prodigal Son
Dominique Jackson and Eric Johnson to recur on Starz’s American Gods

New US TV shows

Fox green lights: pilot of self-explanatory comedy Diversity Hire

New US TV show casting

Kaley Ronayne to recur on NatGeo’s The Right Stuff

The Twelve acquired; All American extended; Richard Roxburgh’s Bob Hawke reprisal; + more

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Internet TV

Richard Roxburgh to play Bob Hawke on Netflix’s The Crown

French TV

France 2 green lights: Swiss watchmaking murder-mystery TV movie De L’Autre Côté (On The Other Side), with Alix Poisson, Tiphaine Daviot, Luna Lou et al

UK TV

Walter Presents acquires: Één (Belgium)’s De Twaalf (The Twelve) [subscription required]
Tim Key joins Channel 4’s The End of the F*****g World

US TV

The CW extends: All American

US TV show casting

Masi Oka to guest on CBS’s Hawaii Five-0

New US TV shows

ABC developing: navy flight school drama Adversaries…
…adaptation of Téa Obreht’s Inland
CBS developing: socially awkward scientists workplace comedy CDC
NBC developing: brothers crime drama Bad Blood

New US TV show casting

Francois Arnaud joins, Josh Segarra to recur on Fox’s The Moodys (previously A Moody Christmas)
Elizabeth Marvel, Tom Austen, Sydney Lemmon et al to star in Hulu’s Marvel’s Helstrom
David Oyelowo to star in Showtime’s The President is Missing

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