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Thursday’s “Sky Atlantic and Canal+’s Panthers, ITV’s The Guilty and David Tennant Dr Who location pics” news

4 April 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Anniversary location photos from the 50th anniversary special with David Tennant, Joanna Page and a returning monster [spoilers, Daily Mail link]
Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman tease next episode

Film

Catherine Hardwicke to direct The Age of Miracles
Richard Linklater to direct A Walk In The Woods with Robert Redford and Nick Nolte

Film casting

Leighton Meester to join The Judge
Brad Pitt to star in Fury

Trailers

Trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives with Ryan Gosling [NSFW]
Trailer for James DeMonaco’s The Purge with Ethan Hawke
Teaser for The Hunger Games 2
Teaser for the Carrie remake

Canadian TV

CBC announces 2013-14 season, including a mini-series and TV movie

UK TV

Sky Atlantic to co-produce The Panthers with Canal+ [subscription required]
ITV orders The Guilty with Tamsin Greig, Darren Boyd + more
Tuesday ratings

US TV

A clip from the Community musical puppet episode
Teaser trailer for season 3 of Wilfred
Tuesday ratings
Tuesday cable ratings: Justified down for finale

US TV casting

The Walking Dead promotes three to regulars

New US TV shows

Cinemax orders pilot for based on Max Allan Collins’ Quarry

New US TV show casting

Emma Rigby joins ABC’s Once Upon A Time In Wonderland

Monday’s “Jamie Bamber in The Smoke, Zeljko Ivanek on Banshee and Robert Redford in Captain America 2?” news

25 March 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Ryan Reynolds not interested in Justice League or more Green Lantern at the moment

Film casting

Robert Redford for Captain America 2?

Trailers

Trailer for Hummingbird with Jason Statham

Canadian TV

Erin Karpluk to recur on Saving Hope

UK TV

Jamie Bamber to star in Sky 1’s The Smoke
BBC commissions BBC3 drama strand exclusively for iPlayer
Peter Kay joins BBC1’s Car Share

US TV

ABC Family renews Baby Daddy
New trailer for season 5 of Mad Men
Teaser for season 8 of Dexter
Thursday ratings: Community and 1600 Penn find new lows
Friday ratings: Everyone’s up

US TV casting

Zeljko Ivanek to recur on Banshee
John Noble to guest on The Good Wife
Bethany Joy Lenz to recur on Dexter

New US TV show casting

Jean Smart replaces Jane Adams on NBC’s Craig Robinson comedy
Mercedes Ruehl and Carla Gugino join ABC’s Doubt
William Daniels to return as Mr Feeny on Disney’s Girl Meets World
Zoe Lister Jones joins CBS’s Friends With Better Lives

Monday’s “Zero Hour cancelled, Spy cancelled, Drop Dread Diva uncancelled and more Father Brown” news

4 March 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Omar Sy joins X-Men: Days of Future Past

Trailers

Trailer for Disconnect, with Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Andrea Riseborough et al

UK TV

Spy cancelled
Father Brown gets a second series
Ben Chaplin, Michael Palin, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Emilia Fox to star in BBC2’s The Wipers Times
Tom Cullen joins Downton Abbey…
…but someone else is leaving [spoilers]

US TV

Zero Hour cancelled
Drop Dead Diva gets uncancelled
Trailer for season two of Starz’s Magic City
Trailer for season two of TBS’s Men At Work
Thursday ratings: Community steady, Zero Hour down even more

US TV casting

Vinnie Jones back for more Elementary [minor spoilers]

New US TV shows

Steven Spielberg working on Kubrick Napoleon script for mini-series

New US TV show casting

Alex Bledel to play Stacey in Fox’s Gavin & Stacey remake Friends and Family
Mary McCormack to star in NBC’s Welcome To The Family
Dennis Haysbert to star in CBS’s Backstrom, Tongayi Chirisa to star in CBS’s Jim Gaffigan comedy
Anna Friel to co-star in Showtime’s Vatican
Marg Helgenberger to star in CBS’s Intelligence
Brooklyn Decker to star in CBS’s Friends With Better Lives
Zach Cregger to co-star on NBC’s Assistance, Frances Fisher joins ABC’s The Returned
Annie Potts to star in ABC’s Murder in Manhattan
Jeanine Mason joins Fox’s Delirium
Audra McDonald joins CBS’s The Ordained plus casting on Welcome To The Family
Hannah Ware to star in ABC’s Betrayal remake
Megan Boone to star in NBC’s The Blacklist
Parminder Nagra joins ABC’s Reckless
Casting on The CW’s Reign and The Tomorrow People
Casting on Fox’s WIld Blue
Casting on ABC’s John Leguizamo project, Pulling remake and Big Thunder

Monday’s “Gavin & Stacey US remake finds its Smithy, Mark Pellegrino is Jedikiah and Hill Harper quits CSI: NY for Covert Affairs” news

25 February 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

There’s a possibility the Daily News won’t be around tomorrow, since it might be celebrating its wife’s birthday (if she’s awake). Check in tomorrow to find out.

Film

Joe Carnahan drops Death Wish

UK TV

ITV to premiere 666 Park Avenue episode on ITV Player [subscription required]
TCM acquires Longmire
Sky to green light Give Out Girls
Robert Emms to star in BBC1’s Atlantis
Someone might be leaving Mr Selfridge [spoilers]

US TV

Trailer for season 3 of Game of Thrones
Thursday ratings: Zero Hour ratings go even lower, Community hits new low
Friday’s ratings: CSI:NY finishes flat, Nikita drops

US TV casting

Once Upon A Time Mad Hatter to be recast, ready for potential spin-off
Hill Harper quits CSI: NY, joins Covert Affairs
Stephanie March to guest on Happy Endings [minor spoilers]
Shaquille O’Neal to play a cop on Southland
Steven Weber to recur on Dallas [spoilers]

New US TV show casting

Tom Green to star in NBC’s Camp, Anjelah N Johnson joins NBC’s About A Boy adaptation
Jorge Garcia to star in CBS’s The Ordained, Joe Lo Truglio to be a regular in Fox’s Andy Samberg comedy
Ken Jeong to star in ABC’s Spy remake
Connor Buckley (no, no relation) to star in Fox comedy, Inbar Levi to be a regular in Fox’s Gang Related
Andrea Anders to star in ABC’s Divorce, thus guaranteeing it almost instant death; Dustin Ybarra to play Smithy in Fox’s Gavin & Stacey remake Friends & Family, James Martinez joins CBS’s Intelligence
John Stamos to star in NBC’s I Am Victor
Yael Grobglas to star in The CW’s The Selection
Odette Annable and Bruce Greenwood to star in ABC’s Venice
Mark Pellegrino to play Jedikiah in The CW’s The Tomorrow People remake
James Van Der Beek to star in CBS’s Friends With Better Lives
Henry Ian Cusick to co-star in The CW’s The Hundred, Rhys Coiro joins CBS’s Hostages remake
Bridget Regan to star in ABC’s Murder in Manhattan, Angelique Cabral to star in Fox’s Enlisted
Peter Riegert to star in Fox’s Dads, Michael Weston to co-star in The CW’s Blink
Margo Martindale joins CBS’s Greg Garcia comedy
Melanie Lynskey joins HBO’s Togetherness

Monday’s “Han Solo returns?, Sarah Michelle Gellar teams up with Robin Williams and Zero Hour bombs” news

18 February 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Missing Tenth Planet episode to be animated for DVD release
Reece Shearsmith to play Patrick Troughton in anniversary special

Film

Lobo movie ‘just went away’

Film casting

Matthew Modine to star in Ralph Bakshi’s Last Days of Coney Island
Jennifer Lawrence joins David O Russell’s American Bullshit
Jason Momoa to star in Guardians of the Galaxy?
Harrison Ford to return as Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode VII?

UK TV

Channel 4 greenlights: Matt Berry’s Toast Of London
Mayday to be stripped across five days

US TV

Valentine’s Day ratings: Zero Hour has worst ever ABC scripted TV debut, Community hits lowest ever ratings for its time slot, everyone else down
Friday ratings: Touch down 22%
Up All Night probably dead

US TV casting

Jack McBrayer to guest on The Middle

New US TV shows

TV Land greenlights: Kirstie’s New Show
Lifetime redlights: Cinnamon Girl
Lifetime developing Cleopatra mini-series
Amazon developing Press Start to Continue

New US TV show casting

Sarah Michelle Gellar to star with Robin Williams in CBS’s Crazy Ones
Ernie Hudson to co-star in ABC’s Reckless, Burn Gorman to star in AMC’s Turn, plus casting on CBS’s Hostages
Krysten Ritter to star in NBC’s Assistance
Kyle Chandler to star in Showtime’s Vatican
Felicity Huffman to star in Fox’s Boomerang
Tom Everett Scott joins NBC’s Bloodline
Miranda Cosgrove to star in NBC’s Girlfriend in a Coma, Humphrey Ker joins NBC’s Holding Patterns
Jake McLaughlin to star in JJ Abram’s NBC pilot Believe
Peyton List to star in The CW’s The Tomorrow People, Matt Malloy to star in Amazon’s Alpha House
David Alan Grier to star in CBS’s Bad Teacher
Gage Golightly to star in The CW’s Company Town
Sean Patrick Thomas to star (again) in The CW’s The Selection
Corey Reynolds to co-star in Delirium

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Thursday’s “Sky Atlantic and Canal+’s Panthers, ITV’s The Guilty and David Tennant Dr Who location pics” news

Monday’s “Jamie Bamber in The Smoke, Zeljko Ivanek on Banshee and Robert Redford in Captain America 2?” news

Monday’s “Zero Hour cancelled, Spy cancelled, Drop Dread Diva uncancelled and more Father Brown” news

Monday’s “Gavin & Stacey US remake finds its Smithy, Mark Pellegrino is Jedikiah and Hill Harper quits CSI: NY for Covert Affairs” news

Monday’s “Han Solo returns?, Sarah Michelle Gellar teams up with Robin Williams and Zero Hour bombs” news

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