An archive of blog entries about films and film production.
Werner Herzog explains how he saved Joaquin Phoenix from a car crash
It’s a true story (allegedly) and animated, too.
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Friday’s “Paradise Lost” news
Film
- Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury
- Alex Proyas to direct Paradise Lost
British TV
- BBC to freeze licence fee to 2013
- Project Canvas becomes YouView
- Press pack for The Song of Lunch with Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson
- That Mitchell and Webb indie [subscription required]
US TV
- Outlaw starts with okay ratings
- Glee‘s Ryan Murphy and 24‘s Howard Gordon working on supernatural procedural for Fox
- Jennifer Love Hewitt working on comedy show
- Rachel Ticotin joins Law & Order: LA
- Lee Tergesen to recur on Castle [minor spoilers]
- Nancy Travis to recur on Desperate Housewives
- Tracie Thoms to guest on Human Target
- Trailer for final Smallville season
- Lexa Doig to guest on Smallville
- Original Danno James McArthur to cameo on Hawaii Five-O
- Norm MacDonald to guest in The Middle
- BBC America acquires Law & Order: UK
- Judd Nelson to guest on Two And A Half Men
- Victor Garber, French Stewart and Kathleen Quinlan to guest on Stargate Universe
Thursday’s “Deadliest Warrior movie” news
Film
- Jennifer Garner to star in Better Living Through Chemistry?
- Oh dear God: Deadliest Warrior – the movie
- Trailer for The Fighter with Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale
- Malin Akerman joins Wanderlust
- Olivia Wilde joins The Change-Up
Commercials
- The return of Honey Monster
British TV
- Sky to close Bravo, Bravo 2 and Channel 1 (aka Virgin 1)
- Cast for the new series of Moving On
- More drama for BBC Daytime
- Rev gets a second series
- S4C budget cuts illegal under 1990 Broadcasting Act?
US TV
- CBS picks up New Jersey crime drama
- Fox acquires JJ Abrams’ Alcatraz project
- ABC developing Prince of Tides TV series
- Parenthood, Life Unexpected ratings not brilliant
- House guest stars to include Jennifer Grey and Candice Bergen
- Lucy Liu to star in Marry Me mini-series
- John Larroquette to recur on CSI:NY
- ABC working on US vice-president dramedy
Wednesday’s “Single Father” news
Film
- John Oliver to star in Terry Jones film
- Streetdance 3D‘s Nichola Burley joins Wuthering Heights
- Trailer for Roland Joffe’s There Be Dragons
British TV
- BBC Trust chairman to stand down
- BBC1 controller Jay Hunt to be Channel 4 chief creative officer
- Single Father press pack
- The Inbetweeners returns to 2.2m
US TV
- MTV greenlights drama and horror shows
- Jamie Hector to guest on Lie To Me
- TBS cancels My Boys
- Comedy Central to adapt BBC2’s Time Trumpet
- Denise Richards joins Blue Mountain State
- The Closer, Rizzoli & Isles and True Blood end well
- TNT renews Hawthorne
- Ryan Reynolds to produce NBC drama
- John Schneider to recur on Desperate Housewives
- Trailer for season six of Supernatural
- Matthew Lillard to guest on House
- Ana Gasteyer to guest on Chuck
- Trailer for Jennifer Aniston’s Cougar Town appearance
Tuesday’s sinking ship news
Film
- UK Film Council boss quits
- Dominic West joins Johnny English 2
- Sequel to original Wicker Man, The Wicker Tree, planned
- Christian Slater to star in Playback
- My Fair Lady remake on hold
British TV
- Julian Fellowes to write four-part Titanic drama [subscription required]
- BSkyB/ITV return to pre-recession turnovers [subscription required]
- SNP looking at PSB rival to BBC [subscription required]
US TV
- Trailer for Season 2 of Eastbound and Down
- David Fury off Terra Nova while Stephen Lang joins?
- A&E renews The Glades
- Trailer for Mildred Pierce with Kate Winslet and Evan Rachel Wood
- James Cameron working on a True Lies TV series
- Julee Cruise to sing Psych theme for Twin Peaks episode
- US adapting ITV’s Identity
- Sony TV working on Breaking Upwards pilot
- Courtney B Vance to guest on The Closer