News

Doctor Who

• John Simm up for more DW

Film

• Alfred Gough and Miles Millar to write RoboTech movie
• Guillermo del Toro developing Pinocchio
• Chris McQuarrie to write and produce The Champions and The Monster of Florence

Theatre

• Whoopi Goldberg to open Sister Act in the West End
• Nicholas Hoult to make West End debut in New Boy
• Dominic Cooper to appear in Phaedra

British TV

• Apparitions gets 4.6m viewers
• Sky ratings up thanks to Virgin

US TV

• NBC developing comedy based on Cris Angel’s life
• Joan Cusack developing psychiatry comedy at NBC
• Brian Dennehy joins Bunker Hill
• Monk reaches its final season
• CBS orders full season of Gary Unmarried and three more episodes of Worst Week
• How The Ex List would have ended

Doctor Who

• James Frain to play the next Doctor?
• Or will it be Robert Pattinson?
• It’s the K9 production site
• Big Finish to release weekly Eighth Doctor/Lucie episodes next year
• Einstein and Eddington DVD info

Film

• New Watchmen trailer
• Terrence Malick to make Gawain and the Green Knight?
• New Regency acquires rights to Asimov’s The End of Eternity
• Marc Forster to direct World War Z
• James Cox to direct The Summoner
• Clint Eastwood to direct Hereafter?

Theatre

• Rory Kinnear and Ciaran Hinds to star in Burnt by the Sun at the National

British TV

• Lead Balloon format being sold to the US

US TV

• Pushing Daisies looking a bit dead now
• The Hoff to become a regular on second season of Knight Rider?
• Hilary Duff to get her own NBC show
• Two new pilots for Comedy Central
• Sean Combs to appear in CSI: Miami as a prosecutor
• Joshua Molina to reunite with Mary McCormack on In Plain Sight