Doctor Who
- Kylie frightened by Who
- Ten-second teaser for Voyage of the Damned
Film
- Metropolis to be remade
- Billy Connolly, Xzibit and Amanda Peet join The X-Files 2
- A trailer for Sex and the City
- And one for Speed Racer
- Josh Lucas to star in God's Spy
- Gabriel Mann, Eliza Dushku and John Savage to star in The Thacker Case
- Stanley Tucci to appear with Meryl Streep in Nora Ephron's Julie & Julia
- Johnny Depp to star in Michael Mann's Public Enemies
- Judd Apatow doing a Biblical-age comedy
British TV
- Sheridan Smith to star as Samantha, Frances De La Tour as Endora in Bewitched remake?
US TV
- Strike talks break down again
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December 10, 2007 | Reply
Kylie frightened by Who
Can't she watch it from behind the sofa, like everyone else? Although she could easily hide behind a pouffe and leave the sofa for someone taller.
December 10, 2007 | Reply
I was hoping the 'Bewitched' remake wouldn't go so far as use the actual character names. Couldn't they just take the archetypes and situations without making it a total clone?
At least over here we changed Alf Garrett to Archie Bunker, and Steptoe and Son to Fred and Lamont Sanford. Eddie Fitzgerald/Gerry Fitzgerald... bit of a wash there with 'Cracker'. Ooops - sorry we just stole Jane Carr outright.....
December 10, 2007 | Reply
I'm guessing that the US remakes assumed that no one knew about the originals and were happy to Americanise. Bewitched, on the other hand, is pretty well known in the UK so everyone would know we'd arbitrarily changed the names. They'd also like to get as many people watching as possible by cashing in on the Bewitched name as well. Although given Sheridan Smith is in it and it's probably going to be on BBC3, it's unlikely that much of the targeted youth audience would know about it, now I think about it.
December 10, 2007 | Reply
I'm guessing that the US remakes assumed that no one knew about the originals and were happy to Americanise.
Which helps explains why US takes on Fawlty Towers were on a hiding to nothing (see also: Brighton Belles).
December 10, 2007 | Reply
That Sex and the City trailer is crappy. I want more than Carrie in a wedding dress please.