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Film

Lots of casting on Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Hobbits back for The Hobbit?
Spiderman 4 to start shooting in 2010

British TV

Emma Fryer gets her own BBC2 sitcom

Canadian TV

Flashpoint doing well in the ratings
Broadcasters looking to US digital streaming for revenue

US TV

Fox greenlights most of its pilots
A clip of the first few minutes of the next episode of Burn Notice
Danny Glover to play Crab Man’s dad in My Name is Earl [spoilers]
Smallville bosses to remake Melrose Place?

Monday’s Ofcom giveth, Ofcom taketh away news

19 January 2009 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Doctor Who

Michelle Ryan?
Filming in Dubai for special?

Film

Roland Emmerich to produce adaptation of Asimov’s Foundation series
Keanu to play lead in anime adaptation Cowboy Bebop
Trailer for Paul Rudd’s I Love You, Man
Trailers for Planet 51, Crank 2 and Outlander

Theatre

Simon Callow and Ronald Pickup join Stewart and McKellen in Waiting for Godot
Speed-the-plow producers file grievance against Jeremy Piven
West End doing nicely

British TV

Ofcom wants ITV to take over GMTV’s breakfast slot…
…but fines ITV £220,000 for not making enough shows outside London
Britannia High axed

US TV

Chuck‘s dad to be played by Scott Bakula
Patricia Rae to guest on Chuck, too
Matthew Weiner to continue to oversee Mad Men for seasons 3 and 4
Family Guy writer developing slacker comedy for ABC
Tom Connolly gets recurring role on Lost
Casting on The Karenskys
Photos of Jon Hamm on 30 Rock
NBC cuts Kath and Kim order
Amy Ryan returning to The Office

Friday’s NBC planning and pilot pickup news

16 January 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Film

Warner Bros and Fox make deal over Watchmen

Books

Ructions at Asterix HQ

Art

Exhibition of rare Constables at the National Portrait Gallery
Czechs apologise to Bulgaria over toilet depiction
Bacon portrait ‘Man in Blue VI’ likely to get £6m

Theatre

Complicit premiere postponed

British TV

Deadline of March for Gavin and Stacey scriptsd

US TV

The Office and 30 Rock renewed, plus future NBC scheduling plans
NBC looking to Bryan Fuller to rescue Heroes, fourth season still probable…
…sees quality, cutting edge shows as way to rescue itself…
…it won’t cut back on pilots …
…and it still has hopes for Lipstick Jungle
Krod Mandoon clips and interviews
Hugh Bonneville likely to join Legally Mad
Four more cast members for Stargate: Universe
Fox and CBS pick up Maggie Hill, Human Target and Tick Tock, while TNT orders five new episodes of Leverage
Drop Dead Diva picked up by Lifetime
CBS’s plans for John Mayer, Moonlight‘s Alex O’Loughlin and the NCIS spinoff
Rhea Seehorn to join James Van Der Beek in Eva Adams
Eddie Falco guesting on 30 Rock
Last episodes of Pushing Daisies, Dirty Money and Eli Stone postponed until summer
Bye, bye Lana?
Ashley Jensen not quitting Ugly Betty

Big Finish for 2009

15 January 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

To save you the hassle of listening to the 40-odd minutes of Big Finish podcast that is their preview of 2009, I thought I’d give you the precised highlights of what you can look forward to this year in their Doctor Who range.

The big draws are, unfortunately, subscriber bonuses, both of them starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and also featuring, among others, Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen) and Matt Di Angelo (Hustle). I say unfortunately, because at the moment, there’s not a lot really drawing me in – you’ll see why – which means to get to the good stuff, you’ll have to buy everything else, too. Ho hum.

Continue reading “Big Finish for 2009”

Thursday’s two Merlins news

15 January 2009 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Doctor Who

RTD comes down on Stargate
Pipes talks Smith

Film

Emily Blunt to play Black Widow in Iron Man 2?
Gore Verbinski to direct savings swindle drama
Jim Sheridan to direct Black Mass
Paramount developing techno-thriller Daemon
Clips from Push
Johnny Depp working on Fear and Loathing sequel?

British TV

24 gets good ratings

Theatre

National to premiere Alan Bennett, Terry Pratchett and Hanif Kureishi plays in 2009…
…and beam performances into cinemas

US TV

1980s Gossip Girl prequel planned
Idris Elba to appear in six episodes of The Office
James Marsters to appear on Numb3rs
Chevy Chase to guest star on Chuck for three episodes
Watch out Merlin: Tudors to end at season four, to be followed by young Arthur and Merlin in Camelot?
Jericho movie in development
Swingtown cancelled
Jack Bauer to die in movie after season eight?

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