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Thursday’s working from home news

29 March 2007 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Doctor Who

  • Sophia Myles likes David Tennant to dress up as the Doctor for?��Ǩ�� you know. Allegedly
  • A Metro interview with RTD
  • Freema talks about Daleks
  • The Doctor is the coolest

Commercials

  • The Trident gum ads have been banned for being racist [free registration required]

Film

  • The first Bourne Ultimatum trailer is up and at ’em
  • Andy Serkis (you may remember him as Gollum but he was great in kids’ bicycle courier drama Streetwise back in the 80s) is to star in The Cottage with Reece Shearsmith and Jennifer Ellison
  • Spoilers for Die Hard 4.0

British TV

  • Pat goes postal in the US
  • Now we’re adapting Italian formats
  • Sky has recommissioned Cirque de Soleil. Why? Oh. Ruby Wax won’t be in it this time [free registration required]



US TV

  • Standoff hasn’t been cancelled, honest. It just looks like it
  • USA Networks has some character-driven pilots. It’s their thing. They also have a few new character-driven series starting soon.
  • Mr Linderman in Heroes has a secret (spoiler alert)
  • Stuff about the Stargate movies

Wednesday’s news

28 March 2007 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

  • A long interview with David Tennant in Living Scotsman
  • Tennant is also going to star in an HBO/BBC production called Einstein and Eddington. Not as Einstein though.

Books

Film

  • Ray Winstone’s joined the cast of Indiana Jones 4
  • Mike Myers is to star as an Indian guru. No potential for offence there then.
  • No one wants a Columbo movie
  • Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear have signed up for Ghost Town
  • A green light for The X-Files 2 may be only a week away
  • A trailer for 28 Weeks Later is up

British TV

  • Moira Stewart’s been dropped as a newsreader [subscription required]

US TV

  • South Park does 24
  • Heather Locklear has a pilot
  • Will Jon Stewart’s baseball pilot get picked up, now it’s on YouTube?
  • Jason Behr replaces Stephen Moyer in the Company Man pilot
  • Kevin Sorbo is to be a preacher for Hallmark
  • Rob Lowe is going to be a series regular next year in Brothers and Sisters
News

Tuesday’s news

27 March 2007 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Radio Times covers

Doctor Who

Books/Comics

  • Neil Gaiman’s doing a book-signing at Forbidden Planet on Friday

Film

  • The original Transformers movie gets a re-release in London
  • Michael Biehn might have a part in James Cameron’s Avatar. QFS.

British TV

  • Philip Glenister from Life on Mars slags off British TV [free registration required]

US TV

  • Lots of BSG interviews. Looks like Caprica’s off, though
  • Piper Perabo is going to be House‘s love interest. Maybe.
  • More pilot casting, with The Thick of It getting a lead at last
  • The usual spoilers from Kristen this week, including a forthcoming Lost fatality, Prison Break fatalities, and a Heroes fatality
News

Tuesday’s news

27 March 2007 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Radio Times covers

Doctor Who

Books/Comics

  • Neil Gaiman’s doing a book-signing at Forbidden Planet on Friday

Film

  • The original Transformers movie gets a re-release in London
  • Michael Biehn might have a part in James Cameron’s Avatar. QFS.

British TV

  • Philip Glenister from Life on Mars slags off British TV [free registration required]

US TV

  • Lots of BSG interviews. Looks like Caprica’s off, though
  • Piper Perabo is going to be House‘s love interest. Maybe.
  • More pilot casting, with The Thick of It getting a lead at last
  • The usual spoilers from Kristen this week, including a forthcoming Lost fatality, Prison Break fatalities, and a Heroes fatality

“Eek. I’m late” news

26 March 2007 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Bloody alarm clocks

Doctor Who

  • Interview with sweet FA
  • The Mirror says David Tennant has confirmed he’ll star in all of the fourth series
  • Lots of (alleged) spoilers about Captain Jack’s appearance this season

Film

Media Journalism

  • Charlie Brooker discovers what the rest of us journalists have to go through every single time we deal with a PR firm

US TV

  • Homeland Security is testing drones named after Chloe from 24
  • Watch Shatnerisation as it happens: Billy boy is to appear alongside himself in Boston Legal using footage from 1957
  • Goodie. Another Stargate series is on the way. It’ll deal with the ninth chevron. Wow.
  • Pilot casting