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Olympus Has Fallen sequel to be set in London

Film casting

Sigourney Weaver joins Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie
Jonny Depp to cameo in London Fields

Trailers

Trailer for Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street

UK TV

Sky to offer 10 channels on Now TV
Monday ratings

New UK TV shows

Sarah Lancashire to star in Happy Valley [subscription required]

US TV

AMC renews: The Walking Dead
Monday ratings
Sunday cable ratings: Homeland does best this season

US TV casting

Mitch Hurwitz, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim to guest on Community
Jordana Spiro to recur on The Good Wife
Scarlett Byrne joins Falling Skies, Juan Pablo di Pace joins Dallas
Andrew Dice Clay, Justin Kirk and William Sadler to guest on The Blacklist

New US TV shows

The CW adapting: The Perfectionists
CBS developing: Alleged
Steve McQueen developing show for HBO

New US TV show casting

Morris Chestnut joins TNT’s Legends
John Laroquette to recur on Fox’s Almost Human
Andrew Rannells to return to Girls

Babylon Fields resurrected, CBS’s crime-fighting nun and Fox ventures to Atlantis

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Film casting

Blake Lively and Ellen Burstyn to star in The Age of Adaline

Trailers

Trailer for Non-Stop with Liam Neeson

UK TV

BBC to appoint iPlayer controller [subscription required]
Tom Burke and Rose Leslie join Utopia
A second series for The Wrong Mans

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC2’s Ambassadors

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of Da Vinci’s Demons
Three more scripts for The Goldbergs and Trophy Wife
Tuesday ratings

US TV casting

Yvette Nicole Brown to guest on Welcome To The Family
Martin Donovan to recur on Hannibal

New US TV shows

NBC reviving Babylon Fields…
…developing church drama
CBS developing: The Shrine and Black Oak…
…crime-fighting nun drama Damascus
Fox developing: Shawn Ryan Hawaii period crime drama…
…quest for Atlantis
Casting on NBC’s Crossbones and TV Land’s Jennifer Falls
The CW developing: military drama Boots

Full season and a returning agent for SHIELD, and Richard Belzer leaves L&O:SVU

11 October 2013 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

The Daily News will return on Wednesday. Or Thursday. It depends how tired I am

Doctor Who

Nine missing episodes recovered, now available on iTunes

Film casting

Kristin Chenoweth and Katrina Bowden joins Hard Sell
Sophie Turner joins Barely Lethal
Elizabeth Peña joins David Mamet’s Blackbird

Trailers

Trailer for Ambushed with Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones and Randy Couture

Canadian TV

Sci-fi show Echoes in development
Trailer for Bitten

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC2’s autumn/winter dramas

US TV

Agents of SHIELD gets a full season
The Originals, The Tomorrow People and Reign gets orders for more scripts
Wednesday ratings: Super Fun Night and Ironside drop, The Tomorrow People starts okay
Wednesday cable ratings

US TV casting

Richard Belzer leaving Law & Order: SVU
Lots more guest stars for Community
Titus Welliver to reprise Agent Blake for Agents of SHIELD
Chris Elliott to guest on Hot In Cleveland

New US TV shows

NBC acquires: time travel dramas Lighthouse and Timeless…
…is developing: Justin Long comedy and Bert Kreischer comedy
ABC developing: Bright Young Things
CBS acquires: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s More Time With Family
A&E red lights Occult, Comedy Central red lights Schlub Life and Bad Advice
Fox adapting: Turkish drama The End

New US TV show casting

Natalie Zea to star in Amazon’s Outlaws, Peter Jacobson to recur on Lifetime’s HR
Ray Liotta and Mamie Gummer join HBO’s The Money

NBC’s comedic Remington Steele remake, CBS cancels We Are Men and Russia to remake Braquo

10 October 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Angela Bassett, Emma Thompson, Pierce Brosnan et al join James McTeigue’s Survivor
Peter Dinklage to star in evil ‘Leprechaun’ film

Trailers

Trailer for David O Russell’s American Hustle, with Jennifer Lawrence, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper et al

International TV

Russian TV to remake Canal+’s Braquo [subscription required]
Trailer for ABC1’s Ja’mie: Private School Girl

UK TV

BBC and Discovery end partnership

US TV

CBS cancels: We Are Men
Ovation acquires: Murdoch Mysteries as The Artful Detective
Monday ratings

US TV casting

Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips to guest on Ironside
Tom Cavanagh and Jennifer Irwin to guest on The Goldbergs
Chad Michael Murray, Brandon Routh join Chosen
Paget Brewster to guest on Community
Enver Gjokaj to recur on Witches of East End

New US TV show news

NBC developing: comedic Remington Steele
USA green lights: pilots for Complications, The Novice and Rush
NBC and Fox developing: Ed Helms comedy and Jake Johnson comedy
Fox developing: Trial of the Century

New US TV show casting

Kate Walsh joins FX’s Fargo
Anthony Anderson to star in ABC’s Black-ish
Lauren Ambrose to star in Lifetime’s Deliverance Creek

NBC’s comedic Remington Steele remake, CBS cancels We Are Men and Russia to remake Braquo

10 October 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Angela Bassett, Emma Thompson, Pierce Brosnan et al join James McTeigue’s Survivor
Peter Dinklage to star in evil ‘Leprechaun’ film

Trailers

Trailer for David O Russell’s American Hustle, with Jennifer Lawrence, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper et al

International TV

Russian TV to remake Canal+’s Braquo [subscription required]
Trailer for ABC1’s Ja’mie: Private School Girl

UK TV

BBC and Discovery end partnership

US TV

CBS cancels: We Are Men
Ovation acquires: Murdoch Mysteries as The Artful Detective
Monday ratings

US TV casting

Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips to guest on Ironside
Tom Cavanagh and Jennifer Irwin to guest on The Goldbergs
Chad Michael Murray, Brandon Routh join Chosen
Paget Brewster to guest on Community
Enver Gjokaj to recur on Witches of East End

New US TV show news

NBC developing: comedic Remington Steele
USA green lights: pilots for Complications, The Novice and Rush
NBC and Fox developing: Ed Helms comedy and Jake Johnson comedy
Fox developing: Trial of the Century

New US TV show casting

Kate Walsh joins FX’s Fargo
Anthony Anderson to star in ABC’s Black-ish
Lauren Ambrose to star in Lifetime’s Deliverance Creek

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London falling, The CW’s Perfectionists and Andrew Dice Clay is on The Blacklist

Babylon Fields resurrected, CBS’s crime-fighting nun and Fox ventures to Atlantis

Full season and a returning agent for SHIELD, and Richard Belzer leaves L&O:SVU

NBC’s comedic Remington Steele remake, CBS cancels We Are Men and Russia to remake Braquo

NBC’s comedic Remington Steele remake, CBS cancels We Are Men and Russia to remake Braquo

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