AMC’s Preacher, Netflix saves The Killing again and Whitechapel cancelled

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The Daly Show does Batman v Superman

While DC hasn’t really been doing that great with movie versions of its comic strips of late, at least in comparison to Marvel (yes, Man of Steel, and the Batman trilogy, but Green Lantern as well and WHERE’S WONDER WOMAN?), it’s had far more success in the past couple of decades with animated shows like Justice League. Playing the voice of Superman since the mid-90s is Tim Daly, who seems to be filling in a lot of the blanks that DC’s been leaving through his web series The Daly Show, which stars him and his son Scott.

Last year, if you recall, he gave us a Justice League team up involving himself, Nathan Fillion (Green Lantern) and Michael Rosenbaum (The Flash and Lex Luthor in Smallville). Now, he’s got Kevin Gilroy – the voice of Batman for many – to turn up to do Batman v Superman a couple of years early. You may recognise some of the lines from somewhere…

As if that weren’t enough, he’s also given us this year the ultimate Superman team-up: himself, Brandon Routh and Dean Cain, all in one place. Almost. I should also point out Andrea Romano, the casting director for DC’s animated output, cameos at the end…

Doctor Who: An Adventure in Space and Time

There will probably come a day when everything that happens in the world, big or small, gets dramatised on TV – remember that time you took the cat out and it pulled a funny face? Britain’s top actor will be playing you, doing that, in 754 years’ time. So have a care how you do things.

One thing that definitely does warrant a biopic, though, is the creation of Doctor Who, a TV show that might well still be airing in 754 years’ time, too. Coming to BBC2 on 21st November, actors playing the likes of Verity Lambert, William Hartnell and Sydney Newman will be in An Adventure in Space and Time by long-time fan and Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss, demonstrating (with some licence) how those people made the show the TV titan that it still is. I wonder if they could have guessed this was going to happen and if they had, would they have done things differently?

John Oliver leaves The Daily Show, FX developing Rasputin series and more This Is Jinsy guests

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  • Trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s Noah
  • Trailer for Randall Wallace’s Heaven Is Real

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  • Stephen Fry, Rob Brydon, Olvia Colman et al to guest on This is Jinsy

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What TV’s on at the BFI in December 2013

A little bit later than it should have been (sorry), it’s time for our regular look at the TV that the BFI is showing, this time in December. And judging by the schedule, the BFI knows its my birthday since not only is there a Ghostwatch showing and reunion, there’s not one but two Nigel Kneale showings (The Woman in Black and The Stone Tape, complete with Q&A) and two ‘Missing Believed Wiped’ sessions (who wants a bet they might have something good and shiny in that?). Add on some classic ghost stories, some eleventh Doctor Doctor Who, and previews of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s Inside No 9 and an adaptation of The Thirteenth Tale and you have a month to top all months. Merry Christmas everyone and happy birthday to me!


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