Doctor Who
- BBC America buys the third series of Torchwood. Plus a few hints of what will happen
Film
- John Boorman to make film about Hadrian at last
- Trailer for George Bush biopic W
- Warner Bros to adapt Asimov's Foundation series
- Scream 4 with Wes Craven might go ahead
- Green Arrow movie gets the go-ahead?
- No Fantastic Four 3?
- Russell Brand sings up for Sarah Marshall sequel
British TV
- Leaked Ofcom report to give go-ahead for ITV PSB reduction and C4 top-slicing
- Alan Carr signs with Channel 4 for £3m
US TV
- CBS to remake The Streets of San Francisco
- Gretchen Mol to play Annie in Life on Mars?
- ABC teams with CBC for comedy pilot 18 to Life
- Bryan Singer to direct Studio 54 pilot
- The Hoff to revive What's My Line??
- Chuck vs the season two montage
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July 29, 2008 | Reply
[why haven't you posted any pictures of Joanna Page lately?]
"Alan Carr signs with Channel 4 for £3m [for 2 year deal]".
That is, 1.25 Carol Vordermans or 1/3 of a Jonathan Ross.
July 29, 2008 | Reply
I never understand why remakes have to be exact copies right down to the names of the characters. It's not like "Steve Keller" and "Mike Stone" are iconic names like "Joe Friday" or "Theo Kojak". And it's not like they have some over-riding mythology for the "Streets of San Francisco" which they have to follow exactly which would justify using new versions of old characters. "Battlestar Galactica" had to tell the basic same story again, that's understood. But this is just a police procedural that could start fresh with the old title being the only thing kept.
It could have been a continuation, not a remake. And given Karl Malden one last chance to make a cameo as Mike Stone to hand it off. (Steve Keller died in a sequel TV movie.)
July 29, 2008 | Reply
Comments from The Grand Moff at Comic-Con:
Asked to expand on ongoing rumours that fantasy heavyweight Neil Gaiman might be writing an episode for series five: "I can absolutely confirm that that would be nice."
[A]sked whether Billie Piper might return once more: "You have to hand it to the Doctor for dumping a slightly needy girlfriend by palming her off on a copy of himself. He tried leaving her in a parallel universe, and that didn't work."
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/tv/2008/07/whos_looking_good_news_from_th.html (also contains minor Xmas episode spoilers).