“Roll on the weekend” Friday news

Doctor Who

  • The Stage has puts its Doctor Who podcast online

Film

  • Artwork for Gatchaman (aka G-Force)

British TV

US TV

  • BSG finale talk from Grace Park. There’ll be a two-hour special episode in the Fall, before the fourth season starts next January.
  • Miguel Ferrer joins the cast of The Bionic Woman and Orlando Jones is to star in Victoria ‘Green Wing‘ Pile’s first US show
  • NBC performs evil experiments on Heroes fans
  • Jamie Kennedy stars opposite the real bionic man, Lee Majors, in pilot Me and Lee?

“Only five minutes to write this article” news for Thursday

What can it all mean?

Doctor Who

  • Review of the first two episodes of the new series by OTT. Plus did you know sweet FA once went to a Star Trek convention dressed as Dax?
  • Review of the launch party
  • Clips available from the Weakest Link‘s Doctor Who special
  • And there’s more to come

Film

  • John Carpenter discusses the new Escape from New York prequel (it turns out)
  • Russell Crowe is making his directorial debut in features with a drama about surfers
  • Gordon Brown hits the evil film industry where it hurts, again
  • Batman will be in the Justice League movie
  • The Nancy Drew movie gets a sequel

Art

  • Rescued Francis Bacon art is up for auction

Theatre

  • Aaron Sorkin is creating a musical based on the Flaming Lips’ “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots”

British TV

  • The Apprentice will get re-packaged as a podcast [subscription required]

US TV

News

“Why are my feet so cold?” Wednesday news

New Who

Ah, headlines no one but me will understand.

Doctor Who

Film

  • Tom Cruise’s UA has picked up Francis Ford Coppola’s first movie in 10 years. The Man will star in Bryan Singer’s WWII film
  • Sean Connery fancies coming back as Bond’s dad
  • Hellboy 2 begins shooting in May
  • Film rights to old Bruce Lee show The Green Hornet have been picked up again

British TV

  • Alan Sugar complains about how rubbish series two’s apprentices were [free registration required]



US TV

News

News from over the weekend

Freema Agyeman

Let the third series publicity machine grind into action.

Doctor Who

Comics

  • Stan Lee Media sues Marvel. Stan Lee condemns the move. Confused?

Film

  • A sequel to 300?
  • The next Bond movie will be a direct sequel to Casino Royale
  • Erk. Here comes Pirates of the Caribbean 3‘s trailer

British TV

US TV