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Film

Ridley Scott working on Blade Runner sequel

British TV

Holly Hunter reunites with Jane Campion for Top of the Lake
Royle Family Christmas special cancelled – because there’s no script
BBC hopes to attract rivals to Cardiff [subscription required]
Top Boy finishes with 1 million viewers
Joanna Page to star in BBC1’s The Syndicate

US TV

Thursday night ratings: Bones and Community up 22%,
Friday night ratings: Fringe up, Grimm down, Chuck at all-time low
Jenna Elfman to guest on Shameless
John Schneider to guest on Glee
Gary Busey to guest as himself on Two and a Half Men
Megan Mullally joins Breaking In

Tuesday’s “hopefully more accurate” news

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Doctor Who

Steven Moffat doesn’t like Doctor Who Confidential being cancelled

Film

John Cusack joins The Numbers Station
Jason Sudeikis joins Will Ferell and Zach Galifianakis in Dog Fight
Michelle Monaghan joins Fort Bliss
Ben Affleck to direct Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in Whitey Bulger mobster story
Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Durand and Deborah Kara Unger to star in The Truth
Principal photography finishes on Jess Whedon‘s unexpected Much Ado About Nothing

Theatre

Tom Stoppard adapting Shakespeare in Love for the West End

British TV

Being Human‘s Jason Watkins joins Dirk Gently
Being Erica censured over ice penis
Pan Am press pack
Spooks finishes with 5.1m viewers
FX acquires Leverage (subscription required)
Syfy acquires Persons Unknown

US TV

NBC ratings in key demos down 9.3% on this time last year, Fox up 11%
Shameless teaser
Scott Baio to star in Nick At Nite’s Daddy’s Home
John Hannah and Jenna Elfman join Damages
Tom Hanks developing Players for HBO
Hunter‘s Stepfanie Kramer joins The Secret Circle
Boss gets 1.7m viewers
ABC buys Tracy McMillan’s Why You’re Not Married
NBC adapting The Infidel with Omid Djalili
Casting on TBS’s Sullivan and Sun
Sunday ratings: Once Upon A Time starts well, while Pan Am sinks again

Thursday’s “Iron Mason” news

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Film

Robert Downey Jr to play Perry Mason
James O’Barr reunites with The Crow producers for Gothic
Clint Eastwood to star in Trouble With The Curve?

British TV

Page 8 sequel in the works
BBC to cut 2,000 jobs

US TV

Charles S Dutton to guest on Criminal Minds
Denise Richards to guest on 30 Rock…
…as will James Marsden
CBS orders period news drama The Producer from Jerrry Weintraub
ABC picks up Shana Goldberg/JoAnna Garcia comedy
Walking Dead webisodes are online [US only]
Shameless season two teaser
Edward Furlong and Tom Sizemore to guest on Perception
Sci-fi White House drama written by Jon Favreau, Roberto Orci and Seth Green gets pilot at ABC
Fox to adapt Magicians
NBC picks up Snoop Dogg family sitcom
2 Broke Girls gets full season
Lizzy Caplan to guest on New Girl…
…which continues to do well in the ratings
Playboy Club to keep filming in case another network wants it

Thursday’s Cucumber news

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Film

Giovanni Ribsi to co-star in The Gangster Squad

British TV

Falling Skies gets 420k on FX

US TV

Russell T Davies working on gay-themed show, Cucumber, for Showtime
Zach McGowan joins Shameless [minor spoilers]
Breakout Kings gets a second season
Southland‘s Lex Medlin to recur on Drop Dead Diva [minor spoilers]
James Spader joins The Office
Jason Priestley and Tony Hale to guest on Psych [minor spoilers]
Teen Wolf‘s Colton Haynes to guest on The Nine Lives of Chloe King
Charlie Sheen’s new sitcom to be based on Jack Nicholson’s Anger Management character

Monday’s better Lantern news

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Doctor Who

Teaser for Torchwood: Miracle Day
Extended Doctor Who trailer for BBC America

Film

BFI to spend £3m more on British film
Four minutes of Green Lantern

Theatre

David Mamet’s The Anarchist to premiere in London

British TV

Natalie Dormer joins The Fades

Ukrainian TV

Another Shameless remake [subscription required]

US TV

PTC not happy with The Playboy Club‘s nudity clause
Gale Anne Hurd to produce pirate drama Port Royal
NBC readying Passport as a back-door pilot
Christopher Lloyd joins a pilot
Eddie Izzard developing political drama for FX
HBO developing crime drama The Sector
Ed Helms to guest on Wilfred [registration/subscription required]
Malcolm McDowell to guest star on Psych

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