After extending the deadline a tad, it’s time for me to reveal the winner of the Sky+ competition. The lucky person who’ll be getting a money-saving voucher that entitles them to a free Sky+ box or half-price (or better) Sky+ HD box is…
Month: July 2008
Wednesday’s hot holy warrior news
Doctor Who
Film
- Peter Berg to direct Hercules: The Thracian Wars
- Jenna Dewan and Luke Goss to star in hot, holy warrior film Magdalena
- Trailer for Yes Man
- Trailer for Pineapple Express with Seth Rogen
- Top Gun 2?
- Simpsons 2 will happen, but not for a while
Music
- First night tickets at Royal Opera House to go to Sun readers
- BSkyB setting up rival to iTunes
British TV
- Fox adding 24, Bones and My Name is Earl to iTunes
- John Hurt, Michelle Ryan and Richard Wilson to appear in Merlin
- BBC4’s Janice Hadlow tipped to take over at BBC2…
- …as Roly Keating steps down to head up archive content
- Dragons’ Den gets 3.4m
US TV
- More cast and action for Knight Rider series
- Joss Whedon shooting new Dollhouse first episode
- ABC making US version of Argentine crime drama Brothers & Detectives
- Elizabeth Berkley to recur on The L Word
- Another 90210 actor joins the spin-off
- Lots of guest stars for Chuck
TMINE
Saddest comic strips in the world
Brace yourself for an attack of the snivels: here come the two saddest comic strips in the world (big nod of the head to Stuart for these). Certainly had me nearly crying on the way home from the take-away this evening…
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I think I’m going to have to have another snivel again.
Watchmen trailer breakdown
Is the nerd in your life worried? Has he seen the new teaser trailer for the movie The Watchmen and become anxious that it might not be identical, frame for frame, to the graphic novel? Is he already preparing a strongly worded letter to the Internet that will shake every major movie studio to its very core and make them very, very sorry indeed that they would dare to make a movie he will go to see only 15 times before buying it on DVD and Blu-Ray?
Fear not.
Empire had put together a scene-by-scene breakdown of the trailer, comparing it with the graphic novel, just to see how faithful it is.
It seems to be, apart from that owlish six-pack. We can all be thankful, I’m sure you can agree.
Tuesday’s not very Australian news
Doctor Who
- Tin Tin report misleading says Moffat
Film
- Michael Rymer to direct and co-produce Witchblade
- Franka Potente to star in Flucht aus Tibet
British TV
- BBC axes commercial sponsorship of events
US TV
- Promo for Caprica
- Monk‘s 100th episode to be full of stars
- Janet Jackson fine thrown out by court
- Kath & Kim to be revamped to be more appealing to Americans
- TNT greenlights Joel Surnow’s Night and Day
- Ebert and Roeper leaving At The Movies