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Posted on June 10, 2009 | 4 comments |

Mickey Rourke as Whiplash in Iron Man 2

Film

Robert Rodriguez to direct live-action The Jetsons
Alien prequel only happening if Ridley Scott directs?
Terminator 5 to be set in London?
Bruce Boxleitner appearing in Tron 2

British TV

Ashes to Ashes finale gets 6.4m viewers

Canadian TV

Success of US TV could lead to shortage of Canadian talent [subscription required]
Canadian kids TV under threat

US TV

What all the characters in season eight of 24 will be doing
26 new episodes of Futurama on the way
Interview with the exec producer of The Beautiful Life
FX greenlights pilot for Shawn Ryan's Terriers
Nurse Jackie gets a second season
Casting on NCIS: LA and Boardwalk Empire
The Closer premiere gets 7.1m while Raising the Bar drops 53%

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4 Comments

Toby O'B wrote:
June 10, 2009 | Reply

I'm one of those responsible for the 53% drop in viewers after 'The Closer' ends. I watched the series debut of 'Raising The Bar' last year, got the sense of the characters, and saw no reason to continue watching them. I was really surprised that it survived to a second season.

Not sure how I feel about the 'Futurama' news. I loved the series, but the following TV movies were diminishing returns. Maybe it's just that they were always better in the half hour format. We'll see......

I guess TV producers figured it would be cheaper to ship down the actors from the Great White North than it was to force more English actors to adapt to an American "midlantic" accent. There's going to be an awful lot of "aboot"'s being heard on the TV soon....
Rev/Views wrote:
June 10, 2009 | Reply

Rob. Rob, Rob, Rob, Rob.

You have made my day with that Futurama announcement. That is absolutely the best thing I've read all week.

Seriously.
Electric Dragon wrote:
June 10, 2009 | Reply

"What all the characters in season eight of 24 will be doing"
I was quite disappointed that that article didn't just say "torture, assassination, double/triple/quadruple-crossing, shouting into mobile phones and blatant product placement for Cisco".
MediumRob wrote:
June 11, 2009 | Reply

@Toby: I never went passed episode three of Raising the Bar: can't understand why it made season two.

@Rev: Glad to be of service

@Electric Dragon: Might as well have listed 'breathing in and out' as well if they had.

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