Hannibal

NBC green lights: adaptation of Strange Calls
ABC green lights: pilot of political thriller Flesh and Blood
CBS green lights: pilot of adaptation of Limitless, Dan O’Shannon girlfriend-quest comedy, guardian angel comedy Angel From Hell

New US TV show casting

Blythe Danner to guest on NBC’s The Slap
Mehcad Brooks to play Jimmy Olsen on CBS’s Supergirl
Maya Rudolph and Jaden Smith join HBO’s Brothers In Atlanta

News: Hannibal trailer, CBS finds its Supergirl, Moone Boy guest stars, Game of X-Men + more

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Film

Simon West to direct remake of The Blob

Film casting

Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan and Alexandra Shipp join X-Men: Apocalypse

Trailers

Trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Canadian TV

CBC developing: René Balcer mystery The Council

Internet TV

Transparent to be free to view on Amazon on Saturday
Trailer for Netflix’s Tina Fey and Robert Carlock comedy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

UK TV

Wednesday ratings

UK TV show casting

Terry Wogan, Sharon Horgan, John Sessions et al to guest on Moone Boy

New UK TV shows

BBC One developing: adaptation of Brendan O’Carroll’s The Course

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of Power
Teaser trailer for season 3 of Hannibal
Tuesday ratings

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: Justin Adler comedy Life In Pieces
Trailer for DirectTV’s Billy & Billie

New US TV show casting

Melissa Benoist to star in CBS’s Supergirl
Nadia Hilker and Amber Clayton to star in TNT’s Breed
John Leguizamo to star in CBS’s Taxi-22

News: Rob Lowe joins Apocalypse Slough, green light for Fox’s Luther and Frankenstein adaptations + more

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Film

Jane Goldman to adapt Fables

Film casting

Bruce Willis to star in Steven C Miller thriller Extraction

Trailers

Trailer for Joe Lynch’s Everly with Salma Hayek

International TV

Mexico’s Televisa green lights: Donnie Brasco adaptation El Dandy

New UK TV shows

Channel 4 green lights: comedy That’s Rich, with Rich Fulcher

New UK TV show casting

Rob Lowe joins Sky’s Apocalypse Slough

US TV

Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Aya Cash to guest on Modern Family
Nina Arianda joins Hannibal [spoilers]

New US TV shows

NBC green lights: pilots of comedies Take It From Us and People Are Talking
Fox green lights: pilots of dramas Luther, Frankenstein, Rosewood and comedy 48 Hours ’Til Monday
New trailer for E!’s The Royals, with Joan Collins and Liz Hurley

News: Richard Armitage is the Tooth Fairy, Woody Allen’s first TV series, Strangers on a Train remake + more

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Film

Ben Affleck and David Fincher to remake Strangers on a Train

Film casting

Rodrigo Santoro to play Jesus in Ben-Hur
Jason Bateman to star in Joel Edgerton’s Weirdo
Hailee Steinfeld to star in adaptation of Carrie Pilby

Trailers

Trailer for Paul Feig’s Spy, with Jason Statham, Melissa McCarthy, Miranda Hart, Allison Janney and 50 Cent

Internet TV

Amazon Prime green lights: Woody Allen’s first TV series
Trailer for Amazon’s Point of Honor

UK TV

Monday ratings

US TV

ABC Family renews: The Fosters
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Suzanne Cryer replaces Rebecca Creskoff on Silicon Valley
Rob Gorrie to play Robin’s dad in Gotham
Bradley Whitford to guest on Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Richard Armitage to play the Tooth Fairy on Hannibal
Charlotte Ross to return to Arrow

New US TV shows

David E Kelley to adapt Stephen King’s Mr Mercedes as a mini-series

New US TV show casting

Shoshana Bush and Frankie Shaw to star in, Arturo Del Puerto to be a regular in ABC Family’s Tough Cookie
Matt Murray to be a regular in ABC Family’s Kevin From Work
Adriana Barraza to co-star in USA’s Queen of the South
Justin Chatwin to star in TNT’s Breed
John Rhys-Davies joins MTV’s Shannara

News: Sky cancellations, Marley & Me TV series, The Lottery’s off + more

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Film casting

Jena Malone joins Batman v Superman [spoilers]

UK TV

Sky cancels: Sky Atlantic’s Mr Sloane and Sky Living’s Trying Again

UK TV show casting

Tobi Bakare joins Death in Paradise

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC1’s The Missing with James Nesbitt

US TV

Trailer for HBO’s The Comeback
Lifetime cancels: The Lottery
DirecTV renews: Kingdom
Fox cuts Mulaney by two episodes
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings

US TV show casting

Jeremy Shamos to recur on Nurse Jackie
Jess Macallan to recur on Red Band Society
Paul Edelstein to return to Scandal
Tao Okamoto joins Hannibal

New US TV shows

NBC developing: series inspired by Heart Matters: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon…
…adaptation of Marley and Me
…and comedy The Spencer Tapes
Fox developing: remake of The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
Trailer for Girlfriend’s Guide To Divorce

New US TV show casting

Casting on MTV’s Self Promotion
Martin Wallstrom joins USA’s Mr Robot

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