Not to prejudge, but what are we all thinking of this ‘ere new trailer for AMC/ITV’s remake of The Prisoner? Parts of it look good, but parts of it look a bit dodgy. What do you think?
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Year: 2009
Thursday’s “House of Se7en Cards” news
Doctor Who
- Pics of the new TARDIS interior (kind of)
Awards
- Results of Canada’s Geminis
Film
- Pinewood expansion blocked
- Trailer for Season of the Witch, starring Nic Cage and Ron Perlman
British TV
- Shane Allen to become head of comedy at Channel 4
- EastEnders to get a web spin-off
- UK dramas need better-looking actors to sell to the US
- Casting on BBC3’s Lip Service
US TV
- Full season pick-up for Vampire Diaries, five more episodes for Melrose PLace
- Adult Swim orders live-action comedy Eagleheart from Conan O’Brien
- Rob Corddry to star in a pilot for The WB
- Tuesday night ratings
- Sebastian Roche joins Fringe as a villain
- BBC’s House of Cards to be adapted by David Fincher
- Life‘s Sarah Shahi to star in USA Network pilot Facing Kate
- Dollhouse pulled off the schedule for November, to air back-to-back in December
- Jerry O’Connell to guest on Eastwick
- Steve Buscemi and Stanley Tucci to produce drama for HBO
Like The Wire? Maybe you’ll like Brick City
I’ve not seen it, but for lovers of The Wire, there’s an attempt to do a real-life documentary series equivalent over on the US’s Sundance Channel. Called Brick City, it follows Newark, New Jersey’s mayor Cory A Booker, various citizens on the front lines, developers, gang members and youth mentors.
In case you don’t know Newark ain’t Baltimore, but it’s not Manhattan either. I’ve no idea if this is going to be a puff piece or not, but I thought I’d mention it out of interest.
US TV
Preview: White Collar 1×1
In the US: Fridays, 10/9c, USA Network. Starts October 23rd
You may remember that while watching Chuck recently, you thought to yourself, “Why that dashing and handsome young Matt Bomer – who plays the possibly, possibly not evil secret agent Bryce Larkin – is so dashing and handsome, he deserves his own TV series.”
Someone at USA Network seems to have thought the same thing, because here comes White Collar, a show about just how dashing and handsome Matt Bomer is.
The ostensible plot of the series is that Bomer is one of the world’s smartest white collar criminals. Forgery, art theft, con tricks: you name it, he’s done it, although he’s only ever been caught once. When the man who caught him – FBI agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) – finds himself stumped in his hunt for another art thief, he turns to the first thief to catch his second thief.
But, in actuality, the show is merely about Bomer going around being charming to various women while looking pained because of his lost love, who appears to have run away.
Guess the intended demographic. Go on. I dare you.
Wednesday’s Scottish independence news
Film
- Angelina Jolie to appear in Ridley Scott’s Gucci?
- Vanessa Redgrave and Monica Bellucci join cast of The Whistleblower
- Ann Peacock to write film version of Eoin Colfer’s Aiman
- Universal scraps Cate Blanchett’s Indian Summer
- True Blood‘s Ryan Kwanten filming superhero rom-com Griff the Invisible
- Sherlock Holmes TV trailer
Radio
- Made in Manchester to offer free dramas from David Nobbs and Tim Fountain for download
British TV
- STV acquires Australia’s Underbelly, unveils its programming slate
- Beeb to turn off Freeview red button interactive service
- ITV director criticises Beeb’s Upstairs Downstairs remake
- BBC Trust blocks iPlayer sharing plan
- Murderland gets more than 6m viewers
US TV
- Heroes ratings up again
- Michael Shanks to play Hawkman, Brent Stait to play Doctor Fate on Smallville
- Judy Greer to star in ABC’s I’m With Stupid
- NBC developing Wal-Mart sitcom
- Comcast to offer cable shows like Entourage and Mad Men for free
- FlashForward showrunner Marc Guggenheim leaves
- ABC picks up Castle for a full season