December 2012 – Page 5 – The Medium is Not Enough

News

Doctor Who

New titles and theme tune for Christmas special

Film

Skyfall writers scripting Kojak for Vin Diesel

Film casting

Josh Hutcherson joins Paradise Lost
Samuel L Jackson joins Kite

Trailers

New Star Trek 2 trailer
Smurfs 2 trailer
Trailer for No, with Gael Garcia Bernal [US only]

International TV

Joan of Arc novel The Maid to be adapted

UK TV

Saturday ratings
IT Crowd special to air in summer 2013
Casting on Psychobitches

US TV

Sunday ratings: Dexter and Homeland beat records

New US TV shows

Ben Stiller sells You’re Not Doing It Right and Between Two Kings to ABC
Greg Daniels sells tennis pro comedy to Fox
Jack Black working on Ghost Ghirls web comedy
New Carrie Diaries trailer

New US TV show casting

Steve Harris joins Legends
Kevin Bishop and Kelen Coleman join Super Fun Night, plus Hot Mess casting
David Zayas to guest on The Following

Doctor Who – another Christmas prequel

17 December 2012 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Following on from the Children in Need prequel to this Christmas’s Doctor Who special, here’s another short minisode featuring some of the cast. Enjoy!

The Killing III revealed to be complete nonsense

17 December 2012 Rob Buckley Post a comment

They’re just talking rubbish, aren’t they?

[via @liz_buckley]

TMINE’s recommendations for last-minute boxsets for Christmas!

17 December 2012 Rob Buckley Post a comment

So those nice people at Vouchercodes.co.uk emailed me – and a few other bloggers – a while back to ask us for some recommendations for DVD boxsets released this year that would make nice Christmas presents. Taking a bit of a departure from the norm, rather than “Presents for Mum – she’ll love Miranda!”, “Presents for Dad – he’ll love Top Gear!”, “Presents for Sis – she’ll love The Vampire Diaries!” et al, which let’s face it, is never going to work for everyone or even the majority of people and would probably end up being offensive, I decided to go for three separate categories: drama, comedy and factual.

So decide what genre your relative likes then pick a gift: at the very least, you might introduce someone you love to something good.

Continue reading “TMINE’s recommendations for last-minute boxsets for Christmas!”

Monday’s “Absolutely runion, US Brit TV adaptations and Spartacus trailer” news

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Film casting

Mireille Enos, Scott Speedman join Ryan Reynolds in Queen of the Night

Trailers

Trailer for I Give It A Year with Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Anna Faris, Simon Baker and Olivia Colman
Trailer for Parker with Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis et al
Trailer for Allen Hughes’ Broken City with Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones

Radio

Absolutely reunion being planned

UK TV

C4 launches 4oD app for Windows 8
Thursday ratings

US TV

Trailer for Spartacus: War of the Damned
Amazon launches instant video app

US TV casting

Abby Elliott to guest on Happy Endings
Beth Grant to return to The Mindy Project as a regular
Thursday ratings
Saturday ratings

New US TV shows

Trailer for A&E’s Bates Motel
Trailer for Adult Swim’s Newsreaders
ABC working on Justin Bieber sitcom…
…orders pilot of How The F Am I Normal
AMC orders series based on C4’s Low Winter Sun
Fox adapting BBC’s Linda Green
NBC developing The Fosters
HBO orders pilot of Lorimer…
…picks up People In New Jersey

New US TV show casting

Amber Valletta, Rob Mayes and Tina Majorino join TNT’s Legends
Lizzy Caplan too busy to be a SHIELD regular
Rob Benedict to guest on The Mentalist

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Month: December 2012

Tuesday’s “Vin Diesel is Kojak, Ghost Ghirls and another horrendous Carrie Diaries trailer” news

Doctor Who – another Christmas prequel

The Killing III revealed to be complete nonsense

TMINE’s recommendations for last-minute boxsets for Christmas!

Monday’s “Absolutely runion, US Brit TV adaptations and Spartacus trailer” news

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

Please watch I Walk Through Moscow – and I’m quoted!

Ms Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Old Man

Life and Beth and Night Sky

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Essex Serpent