News

News

Film

Salt 2 is a go
Doug Liman’s Luna is a go, too
Olivia Munn to star in The Baby Makers
A lot more David Tennant in the next Fright Night trailer

Books

Conan Doyle’s first novel, The Narrative of John Smith, to be published

British TV

New S4C boss is Huw Jones
Press pack for Channel 4’s Sirens

US TV

Jaimie Alexander to recur on Covert Affairs
The first six minutes of season four of True Blood
Jim Parsons to guest on iCarly
Teaser for Showtime’s Web Therapy with Lisa Kudrow

Monday’s “Party Down reunion” news

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Film

Super 8 promo
Matthew Macfadyen joins Anna Karenina
Bruce Almighty and Dumb and Dumber sequels planned

Theatre

Graham Linehan rewrites The Ladykillers for the stage with Peter Capaldi, Ben Miller and James Fleet

British TV

BBC4 to ditch drama and comedy in favour of arts programming
HBO and BBC working on five-part WWI mini-series Parade’s End with Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall
Candy Cabs cancelled

Canadian TV

Ad market recovering

US TV

Trailer for season two of Covert Affairs
Love Bites‘s ratings bite
Cable ratings
Party Down cast to reunite on Childrens Hospital

Friday’s “This Is Tennant” news

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Doctor Who

Torchwood‘s online spin-off to be animated
More Torchwood radio shows planned, to include Ianto

Film

Trailer for The Whistleblower with Rachel Weisz
Paramount acquires DC Comics’ The Mighty
Olivia Wilde joins The Words
Craig Brewer to direct Tarzan

British TV

British buyers unimpressed by new US dramas, but like the comedies [subscription required]
BBC4 planning series about the rise of American culture [subscription required]
Jessica Hynes and Douglas Lodge to star in BBC1’s One Night
Sky Atlantic’s This Is Jinsy to feature David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Peter Serafinowicz, Don Warrington, Harry Hill, Jennifer Saunders, Kevin Eldon, Jane Horrocks, Nigel Planer, Simon Callow and KT Tunstall

Canadian TV

The US acquisitions this year

US TV

Franklin & Bash, Men of a Certain Age start okay in the ratings
Some animated 30 Rock

Thursday’s Buffy reunion news

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Film

Buffy‘s Seth Green and Michelle Trachtenberg reunited on Sexy Evil Genius
Amy Adams joins Paul Thomas Anderson film
Heroes‘ Dania Ramirez joins American Reunion
Bradley Cooper to star in The Place Beyond the Pines
David Tennant to be the star of Fright Night 2?

British TV

Gordon Ramsay to stay another year at Channel 4
Angus Deayton, Anna Chancellor to star in BBC3 sitcom about teenage parents

Canadian TV

CTV renews Flashpoint and The Listener
Smallville‘s Erica Durance to star in Saving Hope

US TV

Josh Lucas to star in The Firm
The Event to continue on SyFy as a mini-series?
Andrea Anders to recur on Necessary Roughness
NCIS‘s David Dayan Fisher to guest on Burn Notice

Wednesday’s “Torchwood Torchwood Torchwood” news

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Doctor Who

Official pics from Torchwood: Miracle Day
Torchwood featurette [US only]

Awards

Results of the Welsh BAFTAs [subscription required]

Film

Trailer for Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark with Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce
Donald Sutherland joins The Hunger Games
Steve Coogan to play Paul Raymond in biopic

Comics

DC to relaunch all its titles

British TV

New channel launched in S4C cuts fight

Canadian TV

Blackstone gets a second season
Endgame cancelled
King gets a second season

US TV

Heroes‘ Brea Grant to recur on Dexter
Eliza Dushku to guest star on White Collar
Jane Espenson and Liz Tigelaar join Once Upon A Time
Sam Waterston joins Aaron Sorkin’s HBO pilot
Trailer for season four of Breaking Bad [US only]
Morena Baccarin joins Homeland as a regular

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