Populist: Items of interest this week

Security essentials The official trailer for season two of Homeland has Saul in a fedora, Carrie popping pills and Brody acting weird in a petrol station. Belles of the brawl An all-female spin on The Expendables is on the way, with Sigourney Weaver, Milla Jovovich and Uma Thurman eyed as leads. Tsars in his eyes Taking a lead from former Fist Of Fun co-conspirator Stewart Lee, Richard Herring is set to return to TV with historical sitcom Ra-Ra-Rasputin. OMG … Karen O is in demand at the mo, guesting on the new album by experimental post-punkers Swans, and providing a track for new Tim Burton film Frankenweenie. The Real Shady Slim Slender, which offers an unsettling first person take on the Slender Man legend, might just be the scariest game of the year. Download it for free here Licence fee to thrill The BBC are upping their psychological thriller quota, with a take on Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes filming and a Suranne Jones-fronted horror The Secret Of Crickley Hall due soon. Jon on the john Jon Hamm is set to voice a talking toilet in the new series of top toon Bob's Burgers. guardianguide.tumblr.com twitter.com/guideguardian