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Doctor Who

New Doctor to be announced on Children in Need?
Obama
McGann denies rumours

Film

Trailer for Dreamworks’ Monsters vs Aliens
Rays Winstone and Liotta to join cast of 13
Franka Potente to star in Wave
Obama

Art

Edvard Munch’s “Vampire” fetches $38m

British TV

Being Human: the new cast
Sky channels to return to Virgin
Obama
Gervais planning TV spin-off from next movie

US TV

TNT announces casts for pilots The Line and Bunker Hill
Obama
Obama
Obama

Tuesday’s important election news

4 November 2008 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Doctor Who

Billie Piper to play the next Doctor??
Steven Moffat almost managed to persuade DT to stay…
…and he might well return
SM wants next Doctor to be over 40?

Film

Jenna Fischer to star in A Little Help
Russell Brand to play Johnny Depp’s brother in Pirates of the Caribbean 4?
Peter Serafinowicz to appear in Couples’ Retreat
Three Stooges to return for Farrelly Brothers project
Charlize Theron and Tom Cruise to star in remake of Anthony Zimmer?

Theatre

Richard Dreyfuss to star in Complicit at the Old Vic

International TV

Ron Livingston to star in Defying Gravity for Fox, CTV, ProSieben and the BBC

British TV

No replacement for Film 2008
Wallace and Gromit back for Christmas

US TV

ABC to pick up King of the Hill?
Tim Kring to simplify Heroes
Why the Heroes writers were fired
Dr Hahn to leave Grey’s Anatomy
24 to get a four-hour premiere
Charlie Brown to appear in webisodes

Monday’s unlucky Valentine news

3 November 2008 Rob Buckley 11 Comments

Doctor Who

David Tennant to appear in Poliakoff’s 1939
DT planned to leave months ago
Russell Tovey, currently filming Being Human, talks about returning (and not returning) to DW

Film

Remake of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes?

Theatre

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart to star in Waiting for Godot
Matthew Horne and Imelda Staunton to star in Entertaining Mr Sloane

British TV

Five to air documentary on the Brand/Ross ‘incident’…
…Ross pulls out of the Comedy Awards…
…and Ponderland gets its best ever ratings
BSkyB profits up 25%
Trevor McDonald to step down from News at Ten
Press pack for Joe Ahearne/Martin Shaw’s Apparitions

US TV

Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb fired from Heroes
Valentine and Easy Money cancelled
Kath & Kim gets full season…
…as does Samantha Who?
30 Rock gets series-best ratings
FX developing Staten Island-set police drama
Jenny McCarthy and Andy Richter to appear in Chuck

Friday’s ghosts and pumpkins news

31 October 2008 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Film

Teaser for Angels and Demons
SJP and Hugh Grant to star in a rom-com together
Sam Mendes to direct adaptation of Preacher
David Lindsay-Abaire to write Spider-Man 4?
J Michael Straczynski updating Forbidden Planet

British TV/Radio

Jonathan Ross suspended for 12 weeks, Radio 2 controller resigns
BBC2 to air a Geoffrey Perkins tribute night

US TV

Fox cancels King of the Hill
American Dad gets a fifth season
Emily Rose to star in Operating Instructions; Willie Garson joins White Collar
Bradley Whitford to star in and produce Off Duty
Jon Hamm to play love interest on 30 Rock?
More episodes of Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and 90210 ordered
John Schneider to do three-episode arc on Dirty Sexy Money

Thursday’s “bye bye David Tennant” news

30 October 2008 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Doctor Who

David Tennant quits Doctor Who

Awards

Results of the National Television Awards

Film

Outlander film series planned
Joaquin Phoenix to retire from acting for his music?
Samuel L Jackson to play the bad guy in remake of The Last Dragon
Gary Oldman to star opposite Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli
Pic of Gort from and five minute trailer for The Day The Earth Stood Still
Rhys Ifans to play Howard Marks

Books

Film and TV rights to Shoe Addicts Anonymous acquired

British TV

BBC statement on Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand
ITV commissions eight new Agatha Christie movies
Third series of Gavin & Stacey will happen. Probably

US TV

Courtney Cox joins with Scrubs creator for Cougar Town
Ice Cube to write and exec buddy cop comedy for NBC
Mentalist gets its best ever ratings
NBC developing drama based on Pretty Little Mistakes
Two more cast members for Boldly Going Nowhere
‘Til Death rested

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