The Medium is Not Enough TV blog

Friday's "True Crime, NBC not bottom any more, and The Exorcist mini-series"news

Rob Buckley — Fri, 25 May 2012 07:37:02 +0000

Film

Jon Favreau returning for Iron Man 3
Mads Mikkelsen for Thor 2?
Modern Family's Eric Stonestreet joins Identity Theft

Trailers

Trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [NSFW]
Trailer for The Apparition

UK TV

ITV1 commissions True Crime from the makers of The Bill
Seann Walsh, The InBetweeners' Blake Harrison, Caroline Quentin and James Fleet to star in Comedy Central pilot Big Bad World
Wednesday ratings: 6.2m viewers watch The Apprentice

US TV

New promo for the final season of The Closer
Fox, CBS, NBC and Dish sue each other over ad-skipper
Touch to have web series starring Sarah Roemer and 90210's Ryan Eggold
2011-12 ratings: The Voice saves NBC from last place for first time in eight years

New US shows

TV Land orders pilots of I'm Not Dead Yet, based on Israel's Zanzurim, and Brothers-in-Law
Jeananne Goossen off The Following
Pablo Schreiber off Made in Jersey
JoAnna Garcia joins Animal Practice
The Exorcist being developed as a mini-series

Thursday's "Christopher Guest TV show?, Gary Oldman joins Robocop and Andrea Roth leaves Revolution" news

Rob Buckley — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:00:20 +0000

Films

Disney cancels live-action Snow White because of John Carter failure
Gary Oldman joins Robocop remake

Trailers

Trailer for The Watch with Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade

UK TV

Tuesday ratings: Silk continues with 5.3m viewers

US TV

Teaser trailer for Damages season 5
Christopher Guest working on TV show with Chris O'Dowd?
The Good Wife's Tim Guinee joins Homeland
Tuesday's ratings: Glee finishes with 7.6m viewers

US TV pilots

Andrea Roth out of Revolution
Stephanie March downgraded from regular on Made in Jersey

Wednesday's "The Great Gatsby trailer, four Smash exits, and True Blood's Alan Ball replacement" news

Rob Buckley — Wed, 23 May 2012 07:22:13 +0000

Film

Natalie Portman to star in Jane Got A Gun
Tim Roth joins Jennifer Lynch's A Fall From Grace

Trailers

Interactive trailer for Snow White And The Huntsman
Trailer for Baz Lurhmann's The Great Gatsby with Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire

US TV

A Fringe regular won't be returning next season [minor spoilers]
Four actors leaving Smash [minor spoilers]
Joan Rivers to guest on Drop Dead Diva
Luck's Jason Gedrick to recur on Dexter
Mark Hudis to replace Alan Ball as True Blood showrunner
Monday ratings: House up for finale

Tuesday's "Sanctuary cancelled, Gabriel Byrne is a viking and DC goes gay" news

Rob Buckley — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:33:19 +0000

Film

Tom Cruise to star in The Magnificent Seven
Rupert Everett to direct The Happy Prince
Robert De Niro to star in Luc Besson's Malavita
Chloe Moretz and Jessica Biel to star in The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea
James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain to star in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her

Trailers

Trailer for Whole Lotta Sole with Brendan Fraser and Colm Meaney
Trailer for Terrence Malick's The Master

Comics

A major DC character to come out as gay

US TV

DirecTV acquires Sky Atlantic's Hit and Miss [registration required]
24's Sarah Wynter joins Californication
Rules of Engagement gets a seventh season
Community's Donald Glover to guest on Girls
Smash to add three regulars for season two
SyFy cancels Sanctuary
Gabriel Byrne to star in Vikings

US TV pilots

Charlie Kaufman and Catherine Keener developing comedy for HBO

Monday's "Community showrunner fired, Ryan Reynolds to be the Highlander? and Jackie Chan quits action movies" news

Rob Buckley — Mon, 21 May 2012 07:16:03 +0000

Film

Blade Runner 2 to have a female protagonist
Rachel McAdams joins A Most Wanted Man
BBC Films announces its production slate
Simon Pegg to star in Hector and the Search for Happiness
Duncan Jones working on Ian Fleming biopic
Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage and James Earl Jones to star in The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Peter Weir to adapt The Keep
Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy to star in a cop comedy
Ryan Reynolds to star in Highlander?
Jackie Chan to quit action movies
Elizabeth Banks to star in Alan Ball's What's The Matter With Margie?
Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska to star in adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's Carol

Trailers

Trailer for Hyde Park On Hudson, starring Bill Murray

Theatre

Will Young to star in Cabaret

Canadian TV

Kate Kelton and Southland's Dorian Missick join Haven

UK TV

Seven new episodes for The Thick of It
Big Bang Theory gets 1.4m viewers
Trailer for Sinbad
Tim Vine quits Not Going Out
Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm to star in Sky Arts' A Young Doctor's Notebook

US TV

Lost's Harold Perrineau joins Sons of Anarchy
David Guarascio and Moses Port to take over from Dan Harmon on Community…
…after Harmon was fired…
…The cast offer their support
Friday ratings: Grimm finishes up 33%

US TV pilots

Tim Roth working on FX bank robbery drama

Friday's "Partridge flies to Sky, bye bye Breakout Kings, Alex Proyas's Gods of Egypt and Sean Bean's 4th Reich" news

Rob Buckley — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:05:34 +0000

Film

Sean Bean joins The 4th Reich
Alex Proyas to make Gods of Egypt
Original Blade Runner writer Hampton Fancher to write the sequel
Mickey Rourke returning for Sin City 2
Emma Thompson updating Annie

Trailers

Trailer for The Words with Bradley Cooper
Teaser for Slasher with Elijah Wood

UK TV

Channel 5 acquires Person of Interest
Cast for The Paradise
Alan Partridge moves to Sky Atlantic

US TV

Trailer for ABC Family's Bunheads
Trailer for Political Animals with Sigourney Weaver
A&E cancels Breakout Kings

US TV pilots

USA picks up Paging Dr Freed (again) and Sirens, announces development slate

Thursday's "BBC1 loses kids programmes, Chris Moyles is King Herod and new Cougar Town showrunners" news

Rob Buckley — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:30:12 +0000

Film

Steve Coogan and Lisa Stansfield to star in Northern Soul
Morgan Freeman joins Last Vegas
Olivia Wilde and Liam Neeson join Paul Haggis' Third Person
Peter Mullan joins Terence Davies' Sunset Song
John Cleese joins Hunting Elephants
Jude Law and Richard E Grant to star in Dom Hemingway
Jane Fonda joins Better Living Through Chemistry
Rubicon's James Badge Dale joins Iron Man 3
Anthony Hopkins, Andy Garcia and Annette Bening joins Hemingway & Fuentes
John Woo to direct Day of the Beast

Trailers

Trailer for Won't Back Down with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Holly Hunter, Rosie Perez and Lance Reddick
Trailer for Hit and Run, written by, co-directed by and starring Parenthood's Dax Shepard

Theatre

Mel C, Chris Moyles and Tim Minchin to star in Jesus Christ Superstar
39 Steps creator to adapt Ben Hur

UK TV

BBC greenlights adaptation of Emile Zola's Ladies' Paradise
BBC to move kids TV to digital channels, cut BBC3 and BBC4 drama and factual budgets, shut BBC HD for BBC2 HD and launch regional BBC1 HD channels
Silk gets 5.6m viewers

US TV

Bill Lawrence steps down as Cougar Town showrunner
Tia Mowry leaves The Game
Noah Bean promoted to series regular on Nikita
FNL's Jesse Plemons joins Breaking Bad [minor spoilers]
Tuesday's ratings: NCIS finishes with 18.7m viewers

US TV pilots

TBS and TNT unveil their development slates

Wednesday's "Adult Swim's eight pilots, Aaron Sorkin to write Steve Jobs and Fry & Laurie's Canterville Ghost" news

Rob Buckley — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:17:12 +0000

Film

Fry and Laurie's secret project? The Canterville Ghost
Amy Adams joins Dark Places
Chris Pine to co-write and co-star in Mantivities
Aaron Sorkin to write Steve Jobs

US TV

Promo for season 6 of Burn Notice
PBS acquires Call The Midwife
Saving Grace's Lorraine Toussaint to guest on Drop Dead Diva

US TV pilots

Adult Swim orders eight pilots, including one from Community's Dan Harmon
ABC still working on Hulk

Tuesday's "Channel 4's new dramas, Fry and Laurie reunite, NBC's pirate show and a Rob Riggle comedy" news

Rob Buckley — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:17:37 +0000

Film

Alan Rickman to play Hilly Kristal in CBGB founder's biopic

Trailers

Trailer for The Good Doctor with Orlando Bloom

UK TV

Absolutely's Jack Docherty to parody cop shows in Scot Squad
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie working on a secret project together
Channel 4 commissions Utopia, Complicit, The Fear, My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary, Run, and Here and There, and second series of Fresh Meat and Top Boy…
…to spend £455m on UK commissions, despite £42.3m loss on main channel

US TV

Richard Burgi to guest on Burn Notice, Gloria Votsis to return to White Collar
Oh wait. Season seven will be the last for 30 Rock
Kate Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker to recur on Glee
Sunday ratings: Desperate Housewives finishes with 11.1m

US TV pilots

NBC picks up Crossbones
1600 Penn and Ben and Kate land new showrunners
HBO developing 80s Wall Street comedy with Rob Riggle

Monday's "NBC, ABC, CBS and The CW cancellations and pick-ups with almost no surprises" news

Rob Buckley — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:08:14 +0000

What shall become of The Carusometer?

Film

Anthony Hopkins to star in Solace [registration required]
A Millennium movie?
Julianne Moore joins Carrie remake

Trailers

Trailer for The Campaign with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis

UK TV

Episodes gets 1.2m viewers
Hermione Norris and Martin Clunes to star in A Mother's Son

US TV

NBC cancels Awake, Bent, Best Friends Forever and Are You There, Chelsea?…
…renews The Office, Parks and Recreation, Whitney and Up All Night
CBS cancels A Gifted Man, NYC-22, Rob and Unforgettable…
…and CSI: Miami…
…renews CSI: NY…
…and Two and a Half Men
ABC cancels GCB, Pan Am, Missing and The River…
…renews Private Practice, Body of Proof, Don't Trust The B---- in Apt 23, Scandal, Last Man Standing…
…and Happy Endings
The CW cancels Ringer, The Secret Circle, renews Nikita, Hart of Dixie and Gossip Girl
Jorja Fox to return to CSI again
Lost's Maggie Grace to recur on Californication
No end dates for Community or 30 Rock after all
Full trailer for True Blood season five
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings: Fringe ends with 14-week high

US TV pilots

NBC orders Next Caller Please
ABC orders Nashville, Zero Hour, Red Widow, Last Resort, 666 Park Avenue, The Neighbors, Family Tools and How To Live With Your Parents For The Rest of Your Life…
…and Malibu Country
CBS picks up Elementary, Partners, Vegas, Golden Boy, Made in Jersey and Friend Me
The CW orders The Carrie Diaries, Arrow, Cult, First Cut and Beauty and the Beast
Infamous and Guys With Kids recasting roles

Friday's "NBC and ABC's renewals, Cougar Town moves and NBC and CBC's new series" news

Rob Buckley — Fri, 11 May 2012 07:30:42 +0000

Film

Catherine Zeta-Jones joins Red 2
Cameron Diaz and Benicio Del Toro to star in Agent: Century 21
Rachel McAdams to star in Richard Curtis's About Time
Robert De Niro joins Last Vegas
Film4 to spend £1m more on developing comedies
David Hasselhoff and Kelly Brook join Keith Lemon: The Movie
David Heyman to adapt Paddington Bear

Canadian TV

CBC unveils 2012-3 season, including Cracked and Titanic: Blood and Steel, as well as the return of Arctic Air

UK/French TV

France's Canal+ and Sky Atlantic to remake Sweden and Denmark's The Bridge
Sky Arts orders Psychobitches, with Catherine Tate, Rebecca Front and Sharon Horgan, as well as a full series of Nixon's the One with Harry Shearer, while Sky Living commissions The Spa by Derren Litten and Gates with Sue Johnston and Joanna Page
Next series of Top Gear postponed until 2013

US TV

30 Rock and Parenthood to return for shortened seasons…
…as will Community
Cougar Town moving to TBS
ABC renews Grey's Anatomy, Revenge, Modern Family, Once Upon A Time, Castle, The Middle and Suburgatory
DirecTV orders full series of Thandie Newton drama Rogue
Alcatraz's Parminder Nagra joins Psych

US TV pilots

Luther creator to write NBC's Republic of Pirates
NBC orders Do No Harm and Infamous

Thursday's "Fox renews Touch, cancels Alcatraz & The Finder; plus NBC and Fox's new shows" news

Rob Buckley — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:16:38 +0000

Film

Jon Hamm to star in Million Dollar Arm
Lucy Punch and Derek Jacobi join Of Corset's Mine
Roman Polanski to direct D, based on the Dreyfus Affair
Dark Blue/Prometheus's Logan Marshall Green to play Tennessee Williams in Lonely Hunter
Cameron Diaz joins Ridley Scott's The Counselor
Rookie Blue's Missy Peregrym to star in Anthony E Zuiker's Cybergeddon

Theatre

Des O'Connor joins The Wizard of Oz

Canadian TV

Murdoch Mysteries to air on CBC instead of Citytv

UK TV

Paula Milne to write The Politician's Husband for BBC2
Channel 4 orders full series of Ricky Gervais's Derek
ITV grows in Q1 thanks to production revenue increases

US TV

Fox renews Touch, cancels Alcatraz, The Finder, Breaking In and I Hate My Teenage Daughter
NBC renews L&O:SVU
Happy Endings' Gail Lerner joins Animal Practice as showrunner
Cougar Town's Josh Hopkins to guest on TBS's Men At Work
Tuesday ratings: New Girl finishes up 27% on last week, Cougar Town up 15%

US TV pilots

Lifetime adapting Danish crime series Lulu and Leon
Fox green lights Ben & Kate, It's Messy, The Following, The Goodwin Games and The Mob Doctor
NBC picks up Guys With Kids…
…and Chicago Fire

Wednesday's "Steven Moffat talks companions, TNT picks up Monday Mornings and Animal Practice recasts" news

Rob Buckley — Wed, 09 May 2012 07:14:18 +0000

Doctor Who

Steven Moffat explains companion choices

Film

The Avengers' Clark Gregg joins Labor Day
Kellan Lutz and Vampire Diaries' Nina Dobrev join Kid Cannabis
Rebecca Hall to replace Jessica Chastain on Iron Man 3?
Sean Bean to star in trilogy based on Devil's Peak books

Trailers

Trailer for William Friedkin's Killer Joe with Matthew McConaughey
Trailer for She Wants Me with Josh Gad, Hilary Duff and Charlie Sheen
Trailer for Argo with Ben Affleck

UK TV

Call the Midwife to have a Christmas special
Lewis 'cannot go on much longer' says Colin Dexter
Saturday ratings

US TV

Dylan Baker joins Political Animals
Monday ratings: 2 Broke Girls ends on season low
Animal Practice recasting female lead

US TV pilots

FX developing female serial killer drama
ABC Family developing The Keys
TNT picks up Monday Mornings with Ving Rhames, Alfred Molina and Jamie Bamber

Tuesday's "new seasons for The Client List, The Borgias and Southland; and NBC picks up five pilots" news

Rob Buckley — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:24:40 +0000

Film

Guillermo Del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness likely not to happen now
Brendan Gleeson and Abbie Cornish to star in An Ordinary Man
Ray Liotta joins The Devil's In The Details
Jonah Hill joins Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street

Canadian TV

Bree Williamson joins Haven

UK TV

Homeland finishes with 3m viewers…
…and C4 acquires season two rights
Douglas Henshall to star in Shetland
Lewis's Kevin Whately to guest on Inspector George Gently
Thursday ratings

US TV

Judy Greer to guest on Royal Pains
Matthew Lillard to guest on Leverage
James Cromwell joins American Horror Story
Jon Lovitz, Vivica A Fox and Gary Busey to star in Mr Box Office
The Client List gets a second season
The Borgias gets a third season
Southland gets a fifth season
Dish Network to drop AMC
Trailer for season 3 of Pretty Little Liars
Trailer for season 2 of Teen Wolf
Teaser trailer for BBC America's Copper
Bones: the fake movie trailer
Thursday ratings: Touch and Scandal up, Missing very down
Friday ratings: Fringe, Grimm down
Sunday ratings: Desperate Housewives up a bit…
…while Sherlock gets 3.2m viewers

US TV pilots

NBC picks up 1600 Penn, Animal Practice, Save Me, The New Normal and Revolution
TNT's Tin Star not going forward

Friday's "David Cronenberg back on TV, Michael Bay's Treasure Island TV prequel, Supernatural renewed and the BBC's new dramas" news

Rob Buckley — Fri, 04 May 2012 07:35:05 +0000

The Daily News will return on Tuesday

Film

David Tennant to appear in Fast and Furious 6??
Amber Heard joining Machete Kills
Kellan Lutz and Spencer Locke to star in Tarzan
Nick Frost and Olivia Colman join Cuban Fury
Michael Biehn to star in Treachery
Robert Pattinson joins The Rover

Trailers

New trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man
Trailer for End of Watch with Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena
Trailer for The Expendables 2

Theatre

Sadie Frost to star in Touched… Like a Virgin
Bobby Cannavale to star in The Big Knife

Canadian TV

William Shatner to guest star on season opener of Rookie Blue

UK TV

Misfits loses another Misfit
BBC Drama commissions Frankie, The Musketeers, The Lady Vanishes and In The Flesh
Claire Skinner, Clare Higgins and Nicola Stephenson to star in ITV's Homefront
Comedy Central orders pilot of Big Bad [subscription required]
The Killing (US) returns to fewer viewers than The Killing got on BBC4

US TV

Amazon to start making sitcoms
HBO lost $35m by cancelling Luck
The CW renews Supernatural, Vampire Diaries and 90210
Starz greenlights Michael Bay's Treasure Ireland prequel
Lost's William Mapother to guest on Burn Notice
Community co-showrunners leave
Wednesday ratings: Don't Trust The B----- up a bit

US TV pilots

Jeff Fahey and David Cronenberg to guest on SyFy's Rewind
AMC orders pilots for two shows, including Low Winter Sun