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Film

Warren Ellis’s Red to be adapted
Another writer takes a stab at I Dream of Jeannie
More chick flicks thanks to Sex and the City?
Jessica Hynes up for Spaced movie
George Clooney to star in adaptation of spy novel The Tourist?
No Jack Black for Man-Witch
New Dark Knight TV spot
24/ER‘s Stana Katic to appear in Quantum of Solace
Gale Anne Hurd talks about Hulk, The Punisher and Captain America

Books

Yummy Mummy author says “chick lit” tag isn’t bad

British TV

BBC3 faces £10m budget cut which may end Pulling and Ideal
Rowan Atkinson avoids Blackadder reunion
BBC needs to improve its nations and regions news coverage

US TV

Brad Garrett does Internet dating with… Dating Brad Garrett
Caroline Lagerfelt joins Dirty Sexy Money as Peter Krause’s mum
No Gossip Girl spin-off after all
David Caruso launches his own (ironically) interactive company

Wednesday’s Heroes simulcast news

11 June 2008 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

No Jon Favreau for Iron Man 2?
Hugh Grant up for another rom-com shock
New Three Musketeers adaptation/prequel

Art

‘Mr Darcy’ portrait to be sold

British TV

A pantomime and a Gavin & Stacey sketch for Comic Relief from Ruth Jones and James Corden?
Beeb to build web page for every show ever
Third season of Heroes to be simulcast with the US
US producers to bring pilots to the UK for buyers
Sky One audiences drop 14% since leaving Virgin Media [free registration required]
Casualty to move to Cardiff?

Irish TV

Bill Cullen to start looking for his Apprentice

US TV

Gossip Girl spin-off?
Sarah Paulson to be female lead in Cupid
Francis Capra joining Heroes
Jamie Kennedy to replace Jay Mohr on Ghost Whisperer
Seth Green to appear on My Name is Earl [spoilers]

Tuesday’s “celebs aren’t quality?” news

10 June 2008 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who/Theatre

London dates for David Tennant’s Hamlet announced…
…just as Jonathan Miller slams theatres for “putting celebrity ahead of quality”

Film

Atom Egoyan to direct Seven Wonders
Sequel to Jumper?
Smurfs coming to the big screen

British TV

Gavin & Stacey likely to move to BBC1 for Christmas
Details of The Prisoner remake, including Sir Ian McKellen as Number 2
Hat Trick to develop crime drama with “strong female victims” [free registration required]
Martin Shaw to return as George Gently
Plea for more programmes featuring ordinary Welsh life. Plea from Rob for no more Tipyn o Stad…
Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends to go CGI [free registration required]
Hamish Mykura to take over as head of More4

US TV

FX cancels Dirt
Rocky Carroll joins NCIS
Fox TV picks up format rights to Little Mosque on the Prairie
HBO greenlights writer-turns-private-eye comedy Bored to Death

Monday’s big chicken bill news

9 June 2008 Rob Buckley 12 Comments

Doctor Who

David Tennant talks about Doctor Who and Hamlet
RTD offered Steven Moffat his job – by email last summer
Want to get angry at something today? Let the Daily Mail help with this article on DT… Good old, reliable old DM

Art

Lowry Welsh sea view sells for £313k

Film

Keira Knightley to play cockney in My Fair Lady
Producers team up to make intelligent chick flicks
Leonardo DiCaprio to play founder of Atari
A Hulk promo featuring Iron Man
Harrison Ford to play real-life scientist
Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon to star in Cameron Crowe rom com

British TV

David Morrissey and Tara Fitzgerald to star in stalker drama
Hugh F-W faces £86,000 Tesco chicken bill
James Corden and Ruth Jones to write panto for Comic Relief

US TV

A clip from season three of Heroes
Amber Tamblyn joins The Unusuals plus more casting, including RTM’s Virtuality
Chris Rock’s brother gets his own show
A&E puts Patrick Swayze’s Beast into production

Friday’s Little Britain’s friends news

6 June 2008 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

Sam Raimi talks about Spiderman sequels
Josh Zetumer to write Dune?
Another Muppet movie on the way
Dark Knight featurettes

Theatre/Comedy

Leonard Nimoy among performers at the Edinburgh Fringe

British TV

The Inbetweeners gets a second series [free registration required]
Robert Llewellyn dropped from Scrapheap Challenge
Richard Hammond to make a kids science show
Sky planning comic version of Snow White for Christmas [free registration required]

US TV

Dennis Hopper to star in Crash
Seth Rogen to write an episode of The Simpsons
Jimmy Smits joins Dexter
David Schwimmer directing segments of Little Britain USA
Fox Fall premieres moved back a week
Jenna Elfman to appear in My Name is Earl

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