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Doctor Who

And River Song was… [spoilers for Christmas special]

Film

Jude Law to play Dr Watson in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes
Brett Ratner to direct new Conan the Barbarian?Robert Zemeckis to adapt Eoin Colfer’s Airman
Robert Zemeckis to adapt Eoin Colfer’s Airman
David Duchovny and Demi Moore to play product placement family The Joneses
Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau and Jason Bateman to star in Couple Retreat
Luke Wilson and Giovanni Ribisi to star in Internet porn historical Middle Men
Four minutes of Simon Pegg’s How To Lost Friends and Alienate People
William Shatner responds to JJ Abrams

Commercials

Seinfeld and Gates ads pulled

British TV

Rob Brydon’s Arbie to make BBC4 comedy pilot about wealthy Russians
Bill Bailey to leave Never Mind the Buzzcocks
200 complaints about EastEnders paedophile storyline

US TV

SciFi’s Warehouse 13 goes to series
Wade Allain Marcus joins Gossip Girl
Fox orders pilot of un-PC Save Us Then The Whales
ABC has visions of the future with Flash Forward
Shark‘s Sarah Carter joins Dirty Sexy Money

New Hovis ad

18 September 2008 Rob Buckley 9 Comments

Doesn’t it make you proud to be British (or English, or something)? Bonus points if you can name all the historical periods correctly.

Weren’t old ads weird?

11 September 2008 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

It’s the Mad Men effect: what was acceptable then, isn’t quite so acceptable now. More ads over here.

Friday’s 30 rocking news

5 September 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

John Barrowman to investigate Animals at Work

Film

Office writers to script Ghostbusters 3
Robert De Niro leaves Edge of Darkness
Denzel Washington to star in the Hughes brothers’ The Book of Eli
Clip of Ricky Gervais in Ghost Town
Mark Strong joins Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes
John Harrison talks about Dune
Paul Walker and Hayden Christensen cast in Bone Deep

Commercials

Dairy Milk gorilla to play ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’

Theatre

Jimmy Osmond to guest star in Grease
Keith Allen to play Long John Silver in Treasure Island

British TV

Freesat adds C4 timeshift channels
Lost in Austen only gets 3.8m viewers
Clip from Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry and Paul

US TV

Gossip Girl girls to guest in 30 Rock…
…and footage of Jennifer Aniston on-set
Mitch Hurwitz and Jason Biggs working on sitcom for CBS
Aliens land with Greg Berlanti and Rene Echevarria for The Return for ABC
Anthony Edwards and Noah Wylie to appear in ER‘s final season
Michael Rodrick to guest on 24 and Without a Trace
Jodie Foster to play Maggie in The Simpsons; Anne Hathaway also to appear
Swingtown creator to develop BiCoastal for Showtime
New Amsterdam‘s Zuleikha Robinson cast in Lost

Friday’s ellipsis news

22 August 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Catherine Tate keen to return as Donna
More Torchwood series three details, including a possible return for one character

Film

Production stops on The Sweeney
No plans to film Devil May Care
Nicolas Cage to star in Kick-Ass

Commercials

Jerry Seinfeld to appear with Bill Gates in Microsoft ads for $10m

Theatre

Marguerite to close two months early

British TV

Clip from Lost in Austen
Picture of John Hurt in An Englishman in New York…
…which now features Sex and the City‘s Cynthia Nixon
Charlie Brooker’s Dead Set will be set in the Big Brother house
Eli Stone acquired by the SciFi Channel

US TV

Pictures of the “KITT cave”…
…and there are plans for the Hoff and William Daniels to cameo
Stargate: Atlantis movie greenlit…
…as is new series Stargate: Universe
Regina King, Kevin Alejandro and Michael McGrady join LAPD
James Cromwell joins My Own Worst Enemy
NBC acquires the British version of The Apprentice
Navy SEALs become 24 extras

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