- Time Warner Cable has made a deal to carry Al Jazeera America, significantly expanding the audience of the cable news network backed by the Qatar government. TW Cable will add the channel for basic digital cable subscribers in New York, L.A. and Dallas within the next six months, with further expansion to follow. “We said in January that we would consider Al Jazeera America,” Melinda Witmer, TW Cable’s executive vice president and chief video and content officer, said in a statement. For more on the deal, click here.
- NBC is reviving onetime Universal TV series Murder, She Wrote. The Help actress Octavia Spencer has been cast in the starring role once held by Angela Lansbury. Desperate Housewives producers David Janollari and Alexandra Cunningham will produce the series. To read more on the project, click here.
- Jamie Dornan has been selected to replace Charlie Hunnam in Universal and Focus Features’ film adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey. Universal and Focus both declined to comment on the casting decision but did state that Hunnam’s exit was due to scheduling conflicts with Sons of Anarchy and upcoming film Crimson Peak. For more on the project and on Dornan’s career, click here.
- Katherine Heigl, Tom Wilkinson, and Grace Gummer have been cast in upcoming indie comedy Jenny’s Wedding. Mary Agnes Donoghue is directing from her own script. The film will begin shooting on October 28, and distribution rights will be for sale at the American Film Market starting November 6. To read more on the movie, click here.
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