An archive of blog entries about films and film production.
10 years of Dr Manhattan
Can you imagine the world without him?
Film
Thursday’s Clooney, Clooney-ER, Clooney-est news
Doctor Who
- Sweet FA gives Matt Smith the thumbs up
Film
- The Shadow may be more than one person
- Tom and Jerry to get Alvin and the Chipmunks treatment
- John August to write Sam Mendes-directed Preacher, Frankenweenie for Tim Burton
- Tom Wilkinson and Jim Belushi join Roman Polanski’s The Ghost
Theatre
- Joanna Page, Margaret John and Siân Lloyd to star in The Vagina Monologues at the Wales Millennium Centre
British TV
- Ofcom wants new PSB broadcaster with Channel 4 at its heart…
- …and warns of possible demise of ITV Wales news
- Sky One acquires Lie to Me
US TV
- The United States of Tara does well in the ratings
- George Clooney to return to ER
Wednesday’s “We need to talk about your TPS reports” news
Awards
- Pulling beats Gavin & Stacey at the South Bank Show Awards
Film
- UK film production drops 23%
- Mike Judge planning Office Space reunion
- Kevin Kline to play The Extra Man
- Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford joining Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s The Cabin in the Woods
- Eliza Dushku co-producing Robert Mapplethorpe biopic
Radio
- Derek Jacobi, Catherine McCormack, Jason Isaacs and Alex Jennings to star in BBC Radio sci-fi season
British TV
- And The Stig is… (spoiler alert)
- Discovery UK chief quits
- New sitcom The Old Guys
- Sherlock location filming
US TV
- Kevin James creates web series starring Gary Valentine as useless magician Dusty Peacock
Tuesday’s crab dad news
Film
- Lots of casting on Scott Pilgrim vs The World
- Hobbits back for The Hobbit?
- Spiderman 4 to start shooting in 2010
British TV
- Emma Fryer gets her own BBC2 sitcom
Canadian TV
- Flashpoint doing well in the ratings
- Broadcasters looking to US digital streaming for revenue
US TV
- Fox greenlights most of its pilots
- A clip of the first few minutes of the next episode of Burn Notice
- Danny Glover to play Crab Man’s dad in My Name is Earl [spoilers]
- Smallville bosses to remake Melrose Place?
Monday’s Ofcom giveth, Ofcom taketh away news
Doctor Who
- Michelle Ryan?
- Filming in Dubai for special?
Film
- Roland Emmerich to produce adaptation of Asimov’s Foundation series
- Keanu to play lead in anime adaptation Cowboy Bebop
- Trailer for Paul Rudd’s I Love You, Man
- Trailers for Planet 51, Crank 2 and Outlander
Theatre
- Simon Callow and Ronald Pickup join Stewart and McKellen in Waiting for Godot
- Speed-the-plow producers file grievance against Jeremy Piven
- West End doing nicely
British TV
- Ofcom wants ITV to take over GMTV’s breakfast slot…
- …but fines ITV £220,000 for not making enough shows outside London
- Britannia High axed
US TV
- Chuck‘s dad to be played by Scott Bakula
- Patricia Rae to guest on Chuck, too
- Matthew Weiner to continue to oversee Mad Men for seasons 3 and 4
- Family Guy writer developing slacker comedy for ABC
- Tom Connolly gets recurring role on Lost
- Casting on The Karenskys
- Photos of Jon Hamm on 30 Rock
- NBC cuts Kath and Kim order
- Amy Ryan returning to The Office