US TV

News

The Daily News will return on Monday.

Film

No Riddler, 3D for The Dark Knight Rises
Richard Griffiths to play George II in Pirates IV
Trailer for Sanctum
Avatar 2 and 3 a go
Wesley Snipes to star in martial arts comedy Master Daddy, with cameos from Chuck Norris et al

Theatre

Andrew Lloyd Webber sells four theatres to Michael Grade

British TV

S4C cuts to hit Welsh production companies…
…and 40 jobs to go internally [subscription required]
Virgin gets 100,000 new Sky content subscribers [subscription required]
ITV2 axes Trinity

US TV

HBO picks up third seasons of Eastbound and Down, Bored to Death
Caprica cancelled
ABC orders Charlie’s Angels pilot
SGU‘s Alaina Huffman to return as Black Canary on Smallville
Pruitt Taylor Vince joins The Mentalist
TNT orders Bird Dog pilot
No Ordinary Family, The Good Wife hit season lows, Detroit 1-8-7 picks up

Wednesday’s “Being Human spin-off” news

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Film

Darren Aronofsky to develop and direct Machine Man
Matthew Broderick joins Tower Heist

Theatre

Sadler’s Wells gets highest audience to date

British TV

24 reels of old Ivor the Engine episodes uncovered
Press pack for Jimmy McGovern’s Accused
ITV to join BBC in Salford?
BBC to air online Being Human spin-off, Becoming Human

US TV

Dexter hits season high
The Event, Chase, Lie to Me all fall in the ratings
Medium cut to 13 episodes
Shawn Ryan’s Ride-Along renamed The Chicago Code, ABC orders more Off The Map
Clyde Phillips’s The Naked Truth picked up by HBO
NBC developing Nascar drama
Gina Gershon, Michael McKean and Studio 60‘s DL Hughley to guest on TBS’s Glory Daze

Mad Men Mr Men (and Little Miss)

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Roger even gets his own story.

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60 Minutes profiles Top Gear

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Here’s interesting: CBS’s 60 Minutes in the US has put together a 15-minute film profiling Top Gear. As well as interviewing Clarkson, May, Hammond and the show’s producer, it has plenty of clips from the show and even sends the presenter out on a test lap with the Stig. No mention of the great Stig controversy of the summer, but as a puff piece, it’s quite fun.

Tuesday’s “vanishing truth” news

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Film

Michael Mann to adapt Bernard Cornwell’s Agincourt
Sandra Bullock signs up for Gravity
Paris to upgrade 89 arthouse cinemas to digital

British TV

Virgin to offer NBCU shows on demand
Sky to rebrand Living as Sky Living, unveils 2011 plans

US TV

Fox orders a pilot for Locke & Key
No Ordinary Family and Better With You get full season orders, Detroit 1-8-7 gets five episodes
Elijah Wood to star in remake of Australian comedy Wilfred for FX
Comedy Central orders pilot based on 2005 movie Waiting
NBC developing two more projects: Life is Good and Tommy’s Little Girl
The Gates‘ Skyler Samuels to star in ABC Family’s Nine Lives
The Whole Truth cancelled
Melissa Rauch promoted to series regular on Big Bang Theory
Dark Blue‘s Omari Hardwick to guest on Chase
Jane Badler to appear in all 10 episodes of V, season 2

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