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Doctor Who

Matt Smith talks about which Doctors have influenced him
Doctor Who – The Adventure Games

Film

Ridley and Tony Scott want to run MGM?
Trailer for Dinner for Schmucks with Paul Rudd and Steve Carrell
Clive Owen joins Intruders
Trailer for Sex and the City 2

British TV

ITV confirms the cast for Primeval series three
Kim Cattrall and Gillian Anderson to star in Any Human Heart

French TV

Canal+ gearing up for English language programmes

US TV

Jason Gedrick joins Luck
Watch the first 14 minutes of Happy Town [US only]
Promo pictures for Scoundrels

Thursday’s “Tom Clancy reunion” news

8 April 2010 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

UK Torchwood scripts written, no US Torchwood without Captain Jack, says John Barrowman

Film

Parks and Recreation‘s Aziz Ansari to star in 30 Minutes or Less?
Sigh. Johnny English 2?
Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke and Javier Bardem to star in Tony Scott’s Potzdamer Platz
Harrison Ford to appear in Cowboys & Aliens
Too many Greek god movies?
Taylor Kitsch to star in Battleship. Yes, based on the game, but with aliens

Books

All of Tom Clancy’s heroes to appear in a single book

British TV

Professor Brian Cox gets another BBC science show

US TV

HBO picks up Laura Dern comedy Enlightened
Francois Arnaud joins The Borgias
Shameless goes to series
Justified‘s ratings drop 9%
Parenthood ratings keep going up

Wednesday’s “teaching zombies a lesson” news

7 April 2010 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

Tron Legacy sequel already in the works
Allison Janney and Oliver Platt join The Oranges
John Hurt and Isabel Lucas join War of the Gods, now called Immortals

British TV

BBC iPad app doing well in the US, even if blocked in the UK
Final Frost gets 8m+
Pacific gets 680,000 viewers
FlashForward sets new series low
Ashes to Ashes gets 5.5m

US TV

Monday night ratings
USA’s pilot scripts
BET greenlights Let’s Stay Together
Spartacus beating cable ratings downturn trend
Lauren Bowles joins True Blood
Andrew Lincoln to star in AMC’s The Walking Dead
House gets an iPhone spin-off
A returning Rescue Me character [spoilers]
Lisa Rinna to guest on Community

Tuesday’s Tron virus news

6 April 2010 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Doctor Who

The Eleventh Hour watched by 8 million viewers
Interview with Karen Gillan [spoilers]
Complaints over ‘sexiness’

Film

Anna Friel joins Bradley Cooper on Dark Fields
Sebastian Stan to play Captain America‘s sidekick
Megan Fox to play Red Sonja?
Ryan Reynolds up for RIPD
Trailer for MacGruber
The Tron: Legacy viral event, with Bruce Boxleitner and Cindy Morgan
Doug Liman to direct The Three Musketeers?
Winona Ryder joins Cheaters
Toni Collette and Ioan Gruffudd to star in Foster

British TV

Alex Reid in 2000BC costume drama?

US TV

Sharon Lawrence joins Hitched
Sons of Tucson cancelled
Pilot casting
BET to resurrect The CW’s The Game?
More casting: Gina Torres on Huge, and Chad Lowe replaces Alexis Denisof on Pretty Little Liars
Stargate Universe returns with ratings up 11%
The status of bubble shows, including Heroes and Chuck
Damages in trouble?
…or not?
Wil Weaton to guest on Eureka
Heroes/Prison Break‘s Robert Knepper to guest on Stargate Universe
S Epatha Merkerson leaving Law & Order after 16 years
Seth Gabel joins Fringe

Thursday’s “April Fool?” news

1 April 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

The Daily News will be back on Tuesday 5th April 2010

Doctor Who (are any of these real?)

Casting call for Torchwood America
Most useless, stupid idea for a Big Finish series yet

Awards

Results of the Peabodys

Film

Paul Greengrass to direct 3D remake of Fantastic Voyage?
David Fincher to direct Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Trailer for The Expendables with Arnie, Bruce and Sly

British TV

Remake of The Oaks one of three shows to replace The Bill [subscription required]
Zone Horror to become The Horror Channel
Freesat iPlayer boxes unveiled

Canadian TV

Cancellation party for The Border

US TV

Brothers & Sisters showrunners join Fringe
Justified ratings drop again…
…as do V‘s
Isabelle Huppert to guest on Law & Order: SVU
Being Human to be set in Boston?

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