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Doctor Who

Catherine Tate to co-star in Liam Neeson movie, make US version of her TV show?
Things you can learn from the fourth series DVD commentaries

Film

David Cronenberg to team with Denzel Washington for adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s The Materese Circle?
Forest Whitaker to play Louis Armstrong
Tr2n to be 3D
Ridley Scott still working on Brave New World

Theatre

Girl With A Pearl Earring to close early

Art

Charles Saatchi opens new gallery of modern Chinese art

British TV

Dougray Scott to star in Irish thriller for ITV1
Rescue Me to air exclusively on iTunes
Sanctuary and The Story of Maths do well but tie in the ratings
Derren Brown to make acting debut in Mark Gatiss’s Crooked House

US TV

My Boys gets a third season
FX cancels The Riches
NBC Monday night ratings plummeting
Spike ordering Irish mob pilot
Jack Kenny to show-run Warehouse 13
David E Kelley does another legal drama
Bryan Greenberg and Victor Rasuk to star in How To Make It In America
Life on Mars radio spots, pictures, and article [via]

Thursday’s “hi ho and ahoy Silver” news

25 September 2008 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

Michael Peña offered role in The Green Hornet
Rachel McAdams to play Irene Adler, Mark Strong to play Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes
Will Smith to star in I Am Legend prequel
Johnny Depp to play Tonto in The Lone Ranger
Anne Hathaway to star in Opposite of Love
National Treasure 3 given the go
Cars 2 set for 2011
John Travolta to star in From Paris With Love

Art

15 Rothko paintings reunited for Tate Modern exhibition

Comics

Steven Colbert to appear in Amazing Spider-Man

Theatre

Graham Norton to make West End debut in Cage Aux Folles

British TV

The Queen to host 50th birthday party for Blue Peter
James Corden and Ruth Jones pull out of Comic Relief panto writing job

US TV

Knight Rider producers love Torchwood
CBS options Hounding the Pavement
HBO eyeing Tom Wolfe novel I Am Charlotte Simmons
Tuesday night ratings
The Wire‘s Amy Ryan to guest in The Office
Four clips from the third episode of Heroes

Wednesday’s soap stars on the farm news

24 September 2008 Rob Buckley 13 Comments

Doctor Who

A chance to win a trip behind the scenes, plus the title of the Christmas special
RTD turned down George Lucas

Film

Billy Crystal joins The Tooth Fairy
Bruce Willis to make his directorial debut
Unbreakable 2?
Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine to join Scarlet Johansson’s Brilliant?

Art

Edvard Munch’s ‘The Vampire’ to be auctioned

Music

A Kinks reunion?
One-off show for the Killers to launch new album

Theatre

American Psycho: The musical!
Sunday openings for all London theatres?

British TV

Matt Lucas and David Walliams back UK version of Will Ferrell’s Funny or Die comedy web site
Lipstick Jungle premiere gets 198,000 viewers on Living
Second series of Shaun the Sheep commissioned
Final episode of The Wire gets just 36,000 viewers
Amanda Donohoe and Maxwell Caulfield join Emmerdale
Channel 4 to fire staff, cut budgets
What’s this? An original ITV drama? No it’s Britannia High

US TV

Promo for Little Britain USA
Heroes‘ ratings down 25% on last year
TNT commissions a crime micro-series to air during Law & Order
Lisa Kudrow to star in web series for Lexus
Karate kid Ralph Macchio to appear on Ugly Betty

Tuesday’s Rusty biography news

16 September 2008 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

David Tennant stopped ‘Potterisation‘ of Who
Excerpts from Rusty’s book
Russell Tovey to replace DT?

Film

Extended clip from The Day The Earth Stood Still

Art

Damien Hirst auction brings in £70.5m

British TV

Douglas Henshall, Paul McGann and Phil Davis to star in Collision by Anthony Horowitz for ITV1
Michael Grade reckons Google is a parasite
Touch of Frost to end finally
Strictly gets 6m
Tess of the D’Urbervilles gets 5.7m
Wire in the Blood gets 5.6m
Ocean Finance launches a loans and mortgages channel

US TV

Children of the Corn remake to include David Anders and Daniel Newman
Daivd Simon and Tom Fontana to make mini-series about the hunt for John Wilkes Booth
Rumer Willis to appear on CSI:NY
Steve Martin to gues on 30 Rock

Wednesday’s murderous puffins news

30 July 2008 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Doctor Who

John Barrowman and Naoko Mori sing “The Last NIght of the World” at Comic-Con
Twist for Christmas special? (spoiler alert)

Film

Jack White and Alicia Keys writing the Quantum of Solace theme
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince trailer
Marvin the Martian being developed into a feature
Johnny Depp to play the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland?
Guillermo del Toro to produce remake of Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark

Art

Damien Hirst auction to fetch more than £65m

Theatre

Simon MacCorkindale to play Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music

British TV

BBC to celebrate 40 years of Dad’s Army
Cannibal sex for Wire in the Blood
Gordon Ramsay nearly killed by puffins

US TV

US version of Most Haunted commissioned
Twist for KITT in Knight Rider (spoiler alert)
Joss Whedon planning sequel to Dr Horrible
Lex Luthor’s replacement on Smallville
HBO picks up Conversations With The Fat Girl for series
Josh Lucas to star in Showtime’s Possible Side Effects
HBO orders pilot of comedy How To Make It In America
L&O:CI to get two showrunners
ABC to remake Fais pas ci, fais pas ça

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