Doctor Who
- Next Doctor will be black – or Vanessa Redgrave
- But not John Simm, who's not allowed to say if he'll be back
Film
- Narnia writers to write Captain America
- Gore Verbinski to remake The Host
- Josh Schwartz to write younger X-Men movie
- Kung Fu Panda director to helm He-Man
British TV
- After You've Gone cancelled
- Harley Street cancelled
- BSkyB to raise $600m for acquisitions
US TV
- Rashida Jones joins not-Office spin-off
- South Park to end with another movie
- Patricia Heaton pilot green lit
- Little Britain USA re-commissioned
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November 19, 2008 | Reply
"We hear rumblings that the final few actors in contention for the role are, in fact, black."
The final _few_? Here's hoping they're all Paterson Joseph in different hats.
As for 'Little Britain USA re-commissioned', why? I just about made it through one full episode, but it made me laugh less than the Simpsons Movie, which is saying something, what with the yellow people providing exactly one chuckle during their feature-length 'epic'.
November 19, 2008 | Reply
The article doesn't say Vanessa Redgrave is in the frame for the Doctor, it says she's angling for a guest role. Although she is one of the few women I could imagine playing the Doctor (I saw her playing Prospero in The Tempest a few years ago, and she was fab. And wearing a long coat and a scarf).
Paterson Joseph and Chiwetel Ejiofor, then?
November 19, 2008 | Reply
And Colin Salmon and Adrian Lester.