Wednesday’s “Pilot green lights, cancellations and Alex Kingston to recur on Arrow” news

Doctor Who

Film

Film casting

Trailers

  • Trailer for Olympus Has Fallen with Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman
  • Trailer for Ghost Team One
  • Trailer for The Liability with Tim Roth and Peter Mullan
  • Trailer for Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters with Gemma Arterton, Jeremy Renner et al [NSFW]
  • Clip from Beautiful Creatures with Emmy Rossum

Theatre

Canadian TV

UK TV

US TV

US TV casting

New US TV shows

New US TV show casting

Competitions

Competition time: see the first episode of Spiral season 4, Q&A with Grégory Fitoussi and more!

Clement and the judge in Engrenages

As I’ve mentioned before, the second Totally Serialized is about to take place in London. Featuring international cinema and TV, as well as UK shows such as Doctor Who and Peep Show, it’ll offer you the exclusive chance to see:

  • The first episode of the mini-series Labyrinth, based on the multi-million selling novel by Kate Mosse, followed by a panel Q&A with cast and key creatives
  • The UK premieres of innovative French shows Rebound, Spin and The Church Men
  • A panel on TV screenwriting with Jack Thorne (The Fades, This is England), Ashley Pharoah (Life on Mars) and French screenwriters
  • The world premiere of Flight of the Storks directed by Jan Kounen
  • The world premiere of Jo attended by Jean Reno
  • A comedy medley of French and British sitcoms (The Thick of It, Peep Show, Kaboul Kitchen, Workingirls)
  • A Skins revival to say goodbye to the cult show ending this year, with a screening of the very first episode and a Q&A with the creator Bryan Elsley
  • A night of Doctor Who fun with fancy dress, music, quizzes and a writing masterclass with Toby Whithouse.

Full details of what’s on are here and here’s a trailer:

And I have a pass to give away to one lucky person for all of Friday 18th’s events, which will include:

  • The UK premiere of the first episode of Spiral series 4
  • The UK premiere of new Scandinavian sci-fi show Real Humans
  • Episode two of the French political series Spin
  • A Q&A with actor Grégory Fitoussi

Here are some trailers – yes there will be English subtitles:

To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is leave a comment below before midnight on Tuesday 14th January, after which the results will be announced. Good luck and spread the word!

Thursday’s “Multi Doctor Who anniversary story, trailers for Rogue and Hemlock Grove, & too much Anger Management” news

Doctor Who

  • Big Finish to release multi-Doctor, multi-companion 50th anniversary play

Film

Trailers

  • Trailer for The Last Exorcism Part 2

UK TV

US TV

US TV casting

New US TV shows

  • FX to launch two new dramas, three new comedies in 2013
  • ABC orders pilot of Mixology
  • Trailer for The Audience Network’s Rogue, with Thandie Newton
  • Trailer for Netflix’s Hemlock Grove
US TV

Yes, that was me on NBC at the back of the crowd watching JWoww and Snooki a few days ago

JWoww and Snooki on The Today Show

Why do you ask? At least, I think it was them on the Today Show. But I could be wrong. Like I’d know.

In case you didn’t realise, I’ve been off in New York for a few days’ holiday. Along the way, I took in a few TV-related sites. This one was mandatory, of course:

Me in front of 30 Rock

Yes, I do look an idiot. Inside, of course, is NBC Studios and the NBC Experience. Oddly, the NBC Experience, as well as having excellent T-shirts, such as this one…

A Community T-shirt

…also has a range of House (Fox) and Doctor Who (BBC) goods. They even had a guy dressed up as the 11th Doctor on the tills. What’s up there then?