The Avengers

Doctor Who

• Peter Jackson willing to direct Doctor Who for 1 Dalek
• Matt Smith leaving after Christmas??

Comics

• Neil Gaiman returns to Marvel, bringing Angela from Spawn along

Film

• Seth Rogen to direct, produce and star in The Interview by Seth Rogen

Film casting

• Ian McShane, Joseph Fiennes, John Hurt, Rebecca Ferguson and Askel Hennie join Hercules
• Gary Oldman joins Child 44
• Maximiliano Hernandez to return for Captain America 2, Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde to star in Endless Love

Trailers

• New trailer for Star Trek: Into Darkness

UK TV

• Sky green lights: Mr Sloane, with Nick Frost, and Yonderland…
• …confirms third series for Moone Boy
• S4C to develop more digital content
• Only one in ten TV drama series directors are women
• Clip from Life Too Short special

US TV

• Wednesday ratings: ABC sitcoms hit lows

US TV show casting

• F Murray Abraham to guest on Elementary
• Nadine Velazquez to be a regular on Major Crimes
• Karen Gillan joins NTSF:SD:SUV::, David Anders joins Necessary Roughness
• Bob Newhart to guest on The Big Bang Theory
• A Mary Tyler Moore reunion on Hot In Cleveland
• Kevin Dunn to be a regular on Veep
• Ana Walczah joins Teen Wolf

New US TV shows

• HBO green lights: remake of Getting On
• MTV red lights: Hot Mess
• Hallmark green lights: When Calls The Heart…
• …developing My Gal Sunday, Dead Letters
• Fox pushes: Wild Blue
• Showtime developing remake of Hellfjord
• Teaser for AMC’s Low Winter Sun
• First look at NBC’s Hannibal

New US TV show casting

• Matthew Wilkas joins NBC’s Undateable
• David Wilson Barnes joins AMC’s Halt & Catch Fire
• Mamie Gummer joins CBS’s Backstrom, Ashley Williams joins ABC’s Keep Calm & Karey On
• Luka Jones joins NBC’s Holding Patterns, Tonita Castro joins Fox’s Dads