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Doctor Who

BBC attacked for sending Matt Smith to Venice for Doctor Who Confidential [subscription required]

Film

Toby Jones to play Arnim Zola in Captain America
Michael Imperioli to star in Foreclosure
Lost’s Kevin Durand to appear in I Am Number Four and Real Steel
New Tron Legacy images and viral stuff
Four A-Team TV spots

Theater

Enron play closes on Broadway

British TV

BBC2 to make Spitfire drama [subscription required]
ITV1 making “feisty female surgeon” drama [subscription required]

US TV

Stephen King to cameo on Sons of Anarchy
Mercy and Happy Town drop in the ratings

Thursday’s “mad dog” news

6 May 2010 Rob Buckley 21 Comments

Doctor Who

Beeb receives 43 complaints that Doctor Who is too sexy

Film

Elizabeth Perkins leaves Weeds for Hop
Robert Englund to star in Inkubus
UFO remake to start shooting in November

Theatre

Colin Baker to play Inspector Morse on stage

British TV

Luther gets 5.6m viewers
Max Beesley, John Simm, Philip Glenister and Marc Warren to star in Sky 1’s Mad Dogs
Warner Bros to launch movie service on BT Vision [subscription required]

US TV

Comedy Central programming slate includes Jesus in New York JC
A new series regular on Justified [spoilers]
NCIS hits season low
James Gandolfini to star in HBO adaptation of Taxi 22
Chazz Palminteri joins Rizzoli & Isles

Wednesday’s long-Lost news

5 May 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Community‘s Joel McHale to join Anna Faris in What’s Your Number?
Channel 4 adds $15m to Film4 budget
A fifth Die Hard?
Patrick Dempsey joins Transformers 3
Hugo Weaving to play the Red Skull in Captain America
Emily Deschanel to star in The Perfect Family with Kathleen Turner
Matthew Vaughn to direct X-Men: First Class
24 movie details [spoilers]

British TV

Britons watch 30 hours of TV a week
Billie Piper to get £2m for fourth series of Secret Diary…
James Nesbitt to star in ITV1 medical drama Monroe
Sheridan Smith to star in BBC3 comedy Maynard

US TV

Laurie Holden joins Walking Dead
Chuck gets lowest rated episode ever
Lost finale to be two and a half hours long

Wednesday’s long-Lost news

5 May 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Community‘s Joel McHale to join Anna Faris in What’s Your Number?
Channel 4 adds $15m to Film4 budget
A fifth Die Hard?
Patrick Dempsey joins Transformers 3
Hugo Weaving to play the Red Skull in Captain America
Emily Deschanel to star in The Perfect Family with Kathleen Turner
Matthew Vaughn to direct X-Men: First Class
24 movie details [spoilers]

British TV

Britons watch 30 hours of TV a week
Billie Piper to get £2m for fourth series of Secret Diary…
James Nesbitt to star in ITV1 medical drama Monroe
Sheridan Smith to star in BBC3 comedy Maynard

US TV

Laurie Holden joins Walking Dead
Chuck gets lowest rated episode ever
Lost finale to be two and a half hours long

Tuesday’s “why are they shutting it down, again?” news

4 May 2010 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Film

Joseph Gordon-Levitt to be an action hero
Another Hunter S Thompson movie planned
Sam Rockwell joins Cowboys and Aliens
Trailer for George Clooney’s assassin drama The American
Steven Spielberg to direct War Horse
Jon Hamm and Matt Lucas to appear in Bridesmaids
Castle‘s Stana Katic to star in For Lovers Only
Naomi Watts to star in The Impossible
Kevin McKidd says Rome movie ‘almost there’

Radio

6 Music gets a 50% increase in listeners year-on-year

British TV

Peter Capaldi among stars in Tony Jordan’s The Nativity
Kevin Lygo leaves Channel 4 for ITV Studios
Mentalist Mark Thompson dresses down Janice Hadlow over BBC2 direction [subscription required]
Beeb poaches Mad Men exec Vlad Wolynetz
The Prisoner ratings plummet

French TV

Watch the first part of season 3 of Engrenages (Spiral) for free [no subtitles, of course]

US TV

Spike unveils its development slate
Justified gets a second season
NBC picks up JJ Abrams’ Undercovers
Party Down ratings double
Miami Medical ratings improving
Oliver Stone working on drama for Epix
Sarah Wayne Callies joins Walking Dead
Zoe Kravitz joins Californication
Ghost Whisperer and New Adventures of Old Christine moving to ABC?
One in eight Americans to quit cable over costs?
Castle co-showrunner Rene Echevarria leaving

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