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Film casting

Eddie Redmayne to play Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

Australian TV

Nine developing: two comedies
Teaser trailer for ABC’s paranormal drama Glitch

Canadian TV

CTV renews: Motive

UK TV

Sunday ratings

UK TV casting

Steve Toussaint to be a regular on Lewis

US TV

US TV show casting

Miranda Otto et al join Homeland
Sendhil Ramamurthy returning for Heroes Reborn
Luke Mitchell promoted to regular on Agents of SHIELD

New US TV shows

24 spin-off to feature new lead
Marta Kauffman adapting ITV’s Doc Martin
HBO developing: sitcom based on Peter Serafinowicz and Robert Popper’s Tarvuism

New US TV show casting

Sandrine Holt to recur on AMC’s Fear The Walking Dead

News: three new Gold sitcoms, a Mr Ripley TV series, Fry’s Hippopotamus film + more

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Film casting

Henry Cavill exits Stratton
Sam Neill and Roger Allam to star in adaptation of Stephen Fry’s The Hippopotamus

Film trailers

Trailer for American Ultra with Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg, Topher Grace et al

Internet TV

Lori Loughlin and Bob Saget join Netflix’s Fuller House

International TV

Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels to be adapted

UK TV

Wednesday ratings

New UK TV shows

Gold green lights: Daniel Peacock’s Marley’s Ghosts, Bull and Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais’s Henry IX

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of Dominion
Trailer for season 2 of Murder In The First
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Nazneen Contractor joins Heroes Reborn
Nicholas D’Agosto promoted to regular on Gotham

New US TV shows

Fox developing: Urban Cowboy adaptation
NBC/Sky green light: 10-part Graham Moore killer virus series
Trailer for HBO’s Ballers
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sakina Jaffrey to recur on USA’s Mr Robot

New US TV show casting

Aoibhinn McGinnity to recur on Cinemax’s Quarry
Jon Cor joins ABC Family’s Shadowhunters

News: William Shatner’s Murdoch Mystery, more Grace and Frankie, a Point Break trailer + more

27 May 2015 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Films

Fox rebooting The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Film casting

Vincent D’Onofrio joins CHiPs

Film trailers

Trailer for the Point Break remake

Canadian TV

William Shatner to guest on Murdoch Mysteries

Internet TV

Jimmy Smits to star in Netflix’s The Get Down
Netflix renews: Grace and Frankie
Hulu renews: Deadbeat

UK TV

Monday ratings

New UK TV shows

ITV greenlights: Churchill’s Secret with Michael Gambon

US TV

Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Dylan Bruce joins Heroes Reborn [spoilers]

New US TV shows

HBO developing: Eric Roth veterans hospital drama Unarmed

New US TV show casting

ABC recasting: Oil
Charlene McKenna to star in Lifetime’s Clan of the Cave Bear

News: more Count Arthur Strong, another returning Hero, Bruce Lee’s Warrior + more

22 May 2015 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

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Film casting

John C McGinley joins The Belko Experiment
Reese Witherspoon to play Tinker Bell in Tink
Andrea Riseborough to star in The Crow remake/adaptation

UK TV

BBC One renews: Count Arthur Strong
Dave to move into drama with 70% increase in budget [subscription required]
Wednesday ratings

US TV

Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Steven Williams joins The Leftovers
Greg Grunberg to return for Heroes Reborn
A departing Law and Order: SVU character [spoilers]

New US TV shows

Cinemax developing: Bruce Lee/Justin Lin drama Warrior
Epix green lights: Nick Nolte comedy Graves and spy thriller Berlin Station
TNT red lights: Major Crimes spin-off S.O.B

New US TV show casting

Ann Dowd joins Cinemax’s Quarry

News: Showtime’s Engrenages adaptation, Revenge & Helix cancelled, Sky Arts 2 to close + more

30 April 2015 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

StudioCanal to remake Don’t Look Now

Australian TV

ABC green lights: futuristic drama Cleverman, with Iain Glen, Frances O’Connor et al

UK TV

Sky Arts 2 to close, Sky Arts On Demand to launch

US TV shows

ABC cancels: Revenge
Syfy cancels: Helix
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Eve Harlow joins Heroes Reborn

New US TV shows

Showtime developing: adaptation of Canal+’s Engrenages/Spiral
Lifetime’s Damien gets more episodes, jumps to A&E

New US TV show casting

Josh Stewart and Parker Croft join HBO’s Lewis and Clark
Josh Radnor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead join PBS’s Mercy Street
James Purefoy joins Sundance’s Hap and Leonard [minor spoilers for The Following]

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News: Tarvuism sitcom, Motive renewed, US Doc Martin, another Hero returns + more

News: three new Gold sitcoms, a Mr Ripley TV series, Fry’s Hippopotamus film + more

News: William Shatner’s Murdoch Mystery, more Grace and Frankie, a Point Break trailer + more

News: more Count Arthur Strong, another returning Hero, Bruce Lee’s Warrior + more

News: Showtime’s Engrenages adaptation, Revenge & Helix cancelled, Sky Arts 2 to close + more

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