An archive of blog entries about films and film production.
Friday’s “new nu Who news” news
Doctor Who
- Sixth series and Christmas special confirmed
- There almost certainly will be a Tom Baker Big Finish play
- From the new series press launch, a video interview with Matt Smith…
- …and a video interview with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan, including a clip from the first episode
Film
- Final Destination 5 a go
- Jamie Foxx joins Bruce Willis on Kane and Lynch
- Trailer for Predators
- New trailer for Kick-Ass
- Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher join Ivan Reitman’s Friends with Benefits
- Film rights to Andy McNab’s Nick Stone series acquired
- Tim Burton doing 3D stop-motion Addams Family movie
British TV
- Lucy Gaskell joins Casualty
- Adam Crozier to earn at least £1m a year at ITV [subscription required]
- Justified acquired by Five USA
- Wii and iPhone now responsible for 4% of iPlayer views each
- John Pilger to make Afghanistan documentary for ITV1 [subscription required]
Canadian TV
- Lots of money spent on US shows
US TV
- Beau Bridges to co-star in The Rockford Files
- Skeet Urich gets a pilot
- Ashley Tisdale to star in Hellcats
- Human Target‘s ratings hold up
- BSG‘s Michael Trucco to recur on Castle
- A returning True Blood character [spoilers]