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Doctor Who

David Duchovny wants to be a villain?
Pictures of Sweet FA in Survivors

Film

Peter Berg to direct Hercules: The Thracian Wars
Jenna Dewan and Luke Goss to star in hot, holy warrior film Magdalena
Trailer for Yes Man
Trailer for Pineapple Express with Seth Rogen
Top Gun 2?
Simpsons 2 will happen, but not for a while

Music

First night tickets at Royal Opera House to go to Sun readers
BSkyB setting up rival to iTunes

British TV

Fox adding 24, Bones and My Name is Earl to iTunes
John Hurt, Michelle Ryan and Richard Wilson to appear in Merlin
BBC4’s Janice Hadlow tipped to take over at BBC2…
…as Roly Keating steps down to head up archive content
Dragons’ Den gets 3.4m

US TV

More cast and action for Knight Rider series
Joss Whedon shooting new Dollhouse first episode
ABC making US version of Argentine crime drama Brothers & Detectives
Elizabeth Berkley to recur on The L Word
Another 90210 actor joins the spin-off
Lots of guest stars for Chuck

Watchmen trailer breakdown

22 July 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Is the nerd in your life worried? Has he seen the new teaser trailer for the movie The Watchmen and become anxious that it might not be identical, frame for frame, to the graphic novel? Is he already preparing a strongly worded letter to the Internet that will shake every major movie studio to its very core and make them very, very sorry indeed that they would dare to make a movie he will go to see only 15 times before buying it on DVD and Blu-Ray?

Fear not.

Empire had put together a scene-by-scene breakdown of the trailer, comparing it with the graphic novel, just to see how faithful it is.

It seems to be, apart from that owlish six-pack. We can all be thankful, I’m sure you can agree.

Tuesday’s not very Australian news

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Doctor Who

Tin Tin report misleading says Moffat

Film

Michael Rymer to direct and co-produce Witchblade
Franka Potente to star in Flucht aus Tibet

British TV

BBC axes commercial sponsorship of events

US TV

Promo for Caprica
Monk‘s 100th episode to be full of stars
Janet Jackson fine thrown out by court
Kath & Kim to be revamped to be more appealing to Americans
TNT greenlights Joel Surnow’s Night and Day
Ebert and Roeper leaving At The Movies

Monday’s saintly philanthropist news

21 July 2008 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Doctor Who

What’s happening in various Sarah Jane Adventures, including a DT cameo? [minor spoilers]
Steven Moffat turned down Tin Tin 2 for Who

Film

Trailer for How To Lose Friends and Influence People
Djimon Hounsou to play Conan villain Thulsa Doom
10 to be remade
Zack Snyder talks Watchmen

Comics

Alan Moore already disowning Watchmen but loves The Wire

British TV

BSG‘s Jamie Bamber to star in Law & Order: UK – with Bradley Walsh
Channel 4 censured over climate change film
Julie Walters to appear in euthanasia drama
Top Gear co-stars get their pay rises

US TV

James Purefoy to play NBC’s Philanthropist after The Saint collapses?
Megalyn Echikunwoke joins CSI: Miami
Jaime Murray to be Valentine in Valentine
Showtime picking up Nurse Jackie starring Eddie Falco
In Plain Sight renewed and three new pilots commissioned by USA
New CSI in CSI not normal
ABC orders secret genius pilot
The CW might start its 2009-10 season in summer
SciFi announces its development slate
Caprica might go straight to series

Friday’s Rorschach’s mask news

18 July 2008 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Doctor Who

Beeb gearing up to offer David Tennant lots of money

Film

Bloody hell. The Watchmen trailer is here
Who’s replacing Arnie in Terminator Salvation
Trailer for Ridley Scott’s Body of Lies
Don Cheadle to star in and produce film about British drug trafficker

Theatre

Full cast of Old Vic’s The Norman Conquests revealed

British TV

ITV commissions car crash television
Five launches its catch-up service Demand Five
Alan Bleasdale returns to the Beeb after 22 years
Silly sitcoms coming back
ITV2 making radio-based sitcom starring Chris O’Dowd and Nina Sosanya
Ofcom ready to relax ITV’s public service requirements
Another 10 channels join Freesat
British TV still too white

US TV

Another Heroes trailer
David James Elliott to star as a knight in Mirabilis mini-series
Jeffrey Dean Morgan returning to Grey’s Anatomy

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