It’s the news, my friends.
Doctor Who
- Australia says ‘No’, to Torchwood
- More on Recovery from the ever-classy Mirror
- Billie Piper is ‘attached’ to an adaptation of Belle de Jour. The blog/book, that is, not the movie.
Film
- More details on the Watchmen movie, which is still happening, it seems.
- Adrien Brody as The Hulk?
- Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller as The Hardy Men is on.
- An interview with Ioan Gruffudd, a proper Welsh super-hero. None of that English rubbish.
British TV
- Sky is threatening to withdraw its channels from cable.
- Jarvis Cocker and Peter Gabriel investigate bird song. Really.
- Ruth Badger does for sales teams what Kitchen Nightmares did for restaurants
German TV
- ZDF is making a mini-series based on Stanislav Lem short stories
US TV
- Here’s something you probably never thought you’d hear: Michelle Ryan, aka Zoe Slater from EastEnders, is the new Bionic Woman.
- The Sarah Silverman Program has already been commissioned for a second season.
- Former Wonder Woman Lynda Carter is to play Chloe’s mum in Smallville
- Louise Lombard from CSI has a pilot, as does Sarah Clarke (Nina Myers from 24)
- Battlestar Galactica has been given a fourth season. Only 13 episodes at the moment, though.
- Classic TV coming to YouTube?
- Kristin’s got scoops and spoilers, including the return of a certain character to Supernatural.