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Doctor Who

It’s the The Sarah Jane Adventures series two press pack
David Tennant negotiating for DW movie role?

Film

Paul Verhoeven looking at erotic thrillers again
New Quantum of Solace trailer
Val Kilmer, Armand Assante and Eric Roberts cast in The Steam Experiment
Dreamworks sued for stealing Rear Window plot for Disturbia
Stephen Merchant joins Tooth Fairy
Why William Shatner isn’t in Star Trek XI

British TV

Justin Lee Collins to reunite Star Wars cast
Clip and pics from series two Secret Diary of a Call Girl

US TV

Rod Lurie sues Touchstone over Commander-in-Chief back cash
Clip from 24: Exile
NBC back on iTunes

Monday’s Sarah Jane and movie news

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Doctor Who

Guess who’s back for the specials and the fifth series [spoilers]
Cinema trailer for Sarah Jane Adventures – series two…
…and behind the scenes…
…and a look at the first couple of episodes [spoilers]

Film

Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi to make two more Spiderman movies
Michael Moore’s Slacker Uprising to be free on the web in the US
Jessica Alba to star in An Invisible Sign of My Own
Val Kilmer to star in Fake Identity
Tom Cruise and UA acquire rights to The Monster of Florence
Susan Sarandon and Richard Dreyfuss to join Ed Norton in Leaves of Grass
Spike Lee working on sequel to Insider Man
Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer to star in Harry Brown
Teaser and photos from Gatchaman
Braveheart writer to script The Last Pharoah for Will Smith
Frank Borin to direct The Butcherhouse Chronicles
Paul Bettany and Jenniffer Connelly to play Mr and Mrs Darwin in Creation

British TV

BBC1 to show Little Britain USA
Bidding war begins over 90210

US TV

Production shuts down on 24 to improve ending
13 episodes given to In The Motherhood
Tom Sizemore to recur in Crash

Friday’s 30 rocking news

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Doctor Who

John Barrowman to investigate Animals at Work

Film

Office writers to script Ghostbusters 3
Robert De Niro leaves Edge of Darkness
Denzel Washington to star in the Hughes brothers’ The Book of Eli
Clip of Ricky Gervais in Ghost Town
Mark Strong joins Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes
John Harrison talks about Dune
Paul Walker and Hayden Christensen cast in Bone Deep

Commercials

Dairy Milk gorilla to play ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’

Theatre

Jimmy Osmond to guest star in Grease
Keith Allen to play Long John Silver in Treasure Island

British TV

Freesat adds C4 timeshift channels
Lost in Austen only gets 3.8m viewers
Clip from Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry and Paul

US TV

Gossip Girl girls to guest in 30 Rock…
…and footage of Jennifer Aniston on-set
Mitch Hurwitz and Jason Biggs working on sitcom for CBS
Aliens land with Greg Berlanti and Rene Echevarria for The Return for ABC
Anthony Edwards and Noah Wylie to appear in ER‘s final season
Michael Rodrick to guest on 24 and Without a Trace
Jodie Foster to play Maggie in The Simpsons; Anne Hathaway also to appear
Swingtown creator to develop BiCoastal for Showtime
New Amsterdam‘s Zuleikha Robinson cast in Lost

Thursday’s record ratings news

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Film

Guillermo del Toro booked until 2017
Ashley Judd to star with the Rock in Tooth Fairy
Trailer for Gus Van Sant’s Milk
Forest Whitaker and Renee Zellweger to star in My Own Love Song
Stephen Sommers to direct Tarzan
Matt Lucas to voice Tweedles Dum and Dee for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland?

British TV

Sarah Lancashire and Neil Pearson to star in BBC1 choir drama
ITV3 acquires CTV/CBS’s Flashpoint

US TV

Leisha Hailey to star in L Word spin-off
90210 gets CW’s best ever ratings
ABC orders pilot of US version of Dragons’ Den
TNT working on spin-off from The Closer
A&E commissions drama The Lost Son
Oprah Winfrey in final talks to guest on 30 Rock
Who’s going to be in the BSG movie
David Arquette to guest star on My Name is Earl
Raising the Bar gets record cable ratings
Kim Bauer to return to 24
Gossip Girl casting

Wednesday’s pornographic news

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Film

Teaser trailer for Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Mark Millar to script Superman trilogy?
Jerry Bruckheimer acquires rights to Steven Pressfield’s Killing Rommel
Rights acquired to The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Sheldon Lettich to develop Hercules: The Beginning

Theatre

Denise van Outen to star in sequel to The Phantom of the Opera?

British TV

Tim Roth, Kelly MacDonald and John Simm to star Skellig for Sky 1

US TV

Ted Raimi to guest on Legend of the Seeker
NBC shows to premiere on Hulu a week early
Ted Danson to star in HBO comedy pilot Bored to Death
NBC to ditch Teri Weinberg and Ben Silverman?
NBC orders Lost in the 80s from Wonder Years‘ Bob Brush

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