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Doctor Who

John Barrowman does himself a damage

Film

UK film production falls dramatically
Big cast, including Lisa Kudrow, joins Easy A
Guy Ritchie to direct Guys and Dolls?
Trailer for The Final Destination
Chris Pine joins Unstoppable
Ridley Scott working on not-Blade Runner-honest web series

British TV

BBC Daytime commissions WW2 drama Land Girls
Come Dine With Me “pop-up restaurant” pilot planned
ITV2 plans uni-murder show

US TV

Jason Priestley to star in online series The Lake
House‘s new roommate
Darth Maul and Sue Thomas F.B.Eye in talks to join Heroes!
Bryan Fuller still only a consultant on Heroes
True Blood author to make cameo

See Arnie in the new Terminator movie (sort of)

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See Arnie in the new Terminator movie (sort of)

4 June 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Now you don’t have to go and see it. [via]

Thursday’s super T-Bag news

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Doctor Who

Matt Smith’s face to appear in new title sequence

Awards

Results of the Glamour Awards, including Joanna Page as theatre actress of the year

Film

Robot Chicken writer to write Short Circuit remake
Sigourney Weaver to star in Paul and You Again
Emilie de Ravin, Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper to star with Robert Pattinson in Remember Me
Javier Bardem joins Wall Street 2
The Arquettes to star in new Scream trilogy?

British TV

UK indies export revenue hits all-time high
Ken Loach’s miners’ strike documentary to get second airing
ITV switching to subscription model for digital channels?
Ricky Gervais planning TV spin-off from Cemetery Junction
BBC to make 18th century legal drama starring Andrew Buchan
New ‘science’ show for BBC1, Bang Goes The Theory

US TV

Jeff Bell to be V‘s show-runner
The Beast cancelled
T-Bag from Prison Break to be new Heroes‘ villain
Terrence Howard developing Pigs and Panthers
Paul Blackthorne to appear on Burn Notice, and a character returns on Lost [spoilers]
Hints at how Lost will end [spoilers]

Wednesday’s “Brian Blessed is a god” news

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Doctor Who

Lawry Lewin gets role in Christmas specials

Film

Jack Nicholson to play Paul Rudd’s dad instead of Bill Murray?
Stretch Armstrong: the movie
Kurt Wimmer to write Total Recall remake script
Emile Hirsch to star in modern day version of Hamlet
Paul Haggis to remake Pour Elle as The Next Three Days
Robert Luketic to direct Barbarella remake?
Brian Blessed joining cast of Thor?

Theatre

Sanaa Lathan joins James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad and Adrian Lester in all-black cast of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

British TV

jPod coming to Virgin Media
BBC1 boss rules out US acquisitions
Government to fund a food show
Welsh language actors to get pay cut?
BBC pissed with S4C after Ofcom submissions

Canadian TV

CTV picks up Vampire Diaries
CBC to be sold off?

US TV

Tim Kring lets everyone know the set-up for Heroes next season [lots of minor spoilers]
Californication‘s Madeline Zima joins Heroes
Gregg Henry joins Hung, Courtney Ford joins Dexter
USA to pick up pilot for spy thriller Covert Affairs?
Hannah Montana gets a fourth season
Images from Virtuality
Important Things with Demitri Martin gets a second season
Zac Efron cameos in Entourage

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See Arnie in the new Terminator movie (sort of)

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