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Doctor Who

Matthew Graham to write for series six?

Film

Tom Cruise commits to Mission: Impossible 4
Christopher Nolan to ‘mentor’ new Superman movie
Penelope Cruz to star in Lars von Trier’s Melancholia

British TV

Neil Dudgeon to replace John Nettles on Midsomer Murders
Hustle beats Law & Order UK in the ratings
BBC spent £229m on talent last year [subscription required]
Product placement to be allowed on TV
Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle gets a second series
Behind the scenes of Russell Tovey’s Young, Unemployed and Lazy

Canadian TV

FreeHD Canada cleared for launch
CBS picks up Men With Brooms

US TV

TBS picks up two more comedy pilots
Casting on ABC’s The Gates
Andrea Anders to star opposite Matt Perry in Mr Sunshine + other casting
NBC ready to order Paul Reiser pilot
FlashForward episodes cut?
Heroes finale ratings up slightly
Melrose Place not coming back?
New arrivals on Brothers & Sisters

Tuesday’s “2.5, not 24” news

9 February 2010 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Film

Peter Bogdanovich to adapt Turn of the Century
24 movie finally underway
Katherine Heigl to star in One For The Money
Rachel Weisz to star in Dream House
Tim Robbins joins Green Lantern
Steven Soderbergh to direct Contagion
Trailer for Neil Jordan’s fantasy movie Ondine
William Fichtner and Amber Heard join Drive Angry
Mr and Mrs Smith rebooted as Mr and Mrs Jones

British TV

Two Freeview slots up for grabs [subscription required]
Sky sells 10.4% of ITV
Heroes hits series low
24 hits season low
Alibi looking for crime writers

US TV

Additional casting on ABC, NBC pilots
Bones creator joins Fox’s Pleading Guilty
Minka Kelly joins True Love pilot
Spartacus and Caprica ratings up
Eli Stone‘s Laura Benanti to star in Open Books
Christopher Lloyd to guest on Chuck
Michael Shanks to play Danno on Hawaii 5-0?

Monday’s “Sandman’s Gaiman’s Smith’s man” news

8 February 2010 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Doctor Who

Big Finish to do The Four Doctors, another Mara story
Neil Gaiman writing ep for second Matt Smith season

Film

Lucy Punch to star opposite Cameron Diaz to Bad Teacher
Sam Worthington to star in The Fields
Prince of Persia trailer
Carey Mulligan to star in My Fair Lady?
Casting on The Thing prequel

British TV

Mark Gatiss, Matt Horne and Marc Warren to star in Boy George drama for BBC. No filming in Eltham, though! Pah!
Persuasionists ratings halve
Trevor Eve to star as hostage negotiator in ITV1 thriller

US TV

Michael Chiklis to star in No Ordinary Family
A&E drops one pilot, still considering Sugarloaf
More pilot casting
Lost‘s Daniel Dae Kim to star in Hawaii Five O
Smallville movie hits a high…
…as does Parks and Recreation, while Supernatural drops
Henry Winkler joins Royal Pains [spoilers]
David Goyer out as FlashForward show runner
Julie Benz to stay longer on Desperate Housewives
Lexa Doig and Nicolas Lea join V
Sheryl Crow to appear in Cougar Town
John Rhys-Davies to guest on Legend of the Seeker
Heroes producers Tim Kring and Aron Eli Coleite working on III
Enrique Murciano joins Off the Map

Friday’s “Burke & Hare & everyone in the world” news

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Film

McG to direct Bradley Cooper and Reese Witherspoon in This Means War?
Casting excitement on Burke & Hare as Jessica Hynes, Bill Bailey, Reece Shearsmith, Tim Curry, Sir Christopher Lee et al sign up
Trailer for Kevin Smith’s Cop Out with Bruce Willis and 30 Rock‘s Tracy Morgan

British TV

Channel 4 reuniting Last King of Scotland makers for human trafficking drama
Surreal comedy This is Jinsy gets a pilot on BBC3
ITV and RTÉ recommission Single-Handed

US TV

The Middleman‘s Brit Morgan joins True Blood
Casting, including Reaper‘s Bret Harrison on Adam Goldberg’s comedy
HBO to make Hollywood blogging drama
ABC picks up Wright vs Wrong
SyFy to show Merlin
Emily Rose to star in Haven
Human Target ratings drop in new time period

Wednesday’s “a cup of hot water, please” news

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Film

MacGyver creator threatens to sue MacGruber
Danny Glover and Vinnie Jones to star in Dragon Fire
Hugh Jackman joins Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Asterix in Britain to be adapted

Theatre

Billy Bragg to star in a stage show

British TV

Getting On gets a second series
Scarlet TV goes into administration [subscription required]
Trevor Eve highest paid TV actor

US TV

Russell Mulcahy to direct Teen Wolf pilot
Zooey Deschanel to star in HBO pilot I’m With The Band
Entourage team developing political drama for HBO
Heroes ratings up a bit again
More pilot casting
Virginia Madsen to star in ABC’s Scoundrels
The CW picks up three pilots, including shows produced by Tom Welling and Hayden Panettierre

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