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Tuesday’s “How I met your Britney” news

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Film

John Fusco to update Seven Samurai
Who’s on board for the new Dune film?
Warner Bros acquires rights to Alexis Nolent’s Cyclops
Pixar to do live action John Carter from Mars?
Christian Bale up for third Batman
Wachowskis working on fantasy ninja film

Technology

EU settles on DVB-H for mobile TV

British TV

Corrie’s Sally Lindsay to voice Wallace and Gromit love interest
Gavin and Stacey gets 1.7m for start of second series
ITV to revamp its iPlayer rival

US TV

David Caruso a bully?!
David Simon talks journalism
HBO passes on Lily Tomlin’s 12 Miles of Bad Road
Kurtwood Smith joins Worst Week and The CW greenlights Erin Brockovich-esque Wrecking Ball
Sci Fi adapting The Stranded
Pushing Daisies to become more aggressive

Monday’s aero hunk news

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Doctor Who

Billie get your gun [spoilers]

Film

Ed Norton unhappy with Hulk?
Rupert Friend to romance Michelle Pfeiffer in Stephen Frears’ Cheri

British TV

Basil Brush racist?
Gemma Arterton to play Tess of the D’Urbervilles
RPJ leaving Spooks to be replaced by Guy of Gisburne

US TV

Christian Slater to do “The Bourne Identity meets Jekyll and Hyde”
Jason Lewis to appear on House
More Fox pilots
Spaced remake script review and Jessica’s Hynes’ response to the idea
24 TV movie to be all-new material
24 shorts to start again today
Clone Wars to be like Thunderbirds
Nathan Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris to star in Joss Whedon Internet series

Friday’s “Matron!” news

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Film

David Fincher helming animated film based on 70s sci fi mag Heavy Metal
Brad Bird and Pixar to do live-action with earthquake-set 1906
Yet another Carry On film gets a green light
Charlie Sheen to star in a horror film?
Hulk talk [spoilers]
Lost Boys 2 trailer
How MMA is changing the face of martial arts films

Events

Top Gear Live to go to 15 countries

British TV

Channel 4 to spend £35m less over five years on US imports
Series two Last Man Standing contestants and events unveiled

US TV

Farscape mobisode revival still being talked about
It’s Always Sunny… creators ink two-year deal with 20th Century Fox
Eric Winter to have recurring role in Moonlight
Another season four BSG trailer
Rob Thomas’ Cupid gets a pilot order
What’s on Comedy Central’s development slate?

Thursday’s flaming sword news

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Film

Final Harry Potter movie to be split in two
John Lithgow and Kristin Scott Thomas join Confessions of a Shopaholic
Jean Claude Van Damme plays ‘Jean Claude Van Damme’ in JCVD
Another Muppet movie on the way
Proper Incredible Hulk trailer

British TV

Flaw in iPlayer allows unlimited downloads
Deal or No Deal to broadcast cock up
Bionic Woman gets ITV2 its biggest ever audience
BBC3’s target audience increases 44%

US TV

Which shows are on the bubble and which are likely to come back
Only one ABC drama pilot complete for Fall season: Life on Mars
CW planning a 90210 spin-off
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire gets the go-ahead from Comedy Central

Wednesday’s mobile Scrubs news

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Doctor Who

Rusty unveils his 20-year plan and what UNIT now stands for
Peter Davison talks Big Finish, Time Crash and about his daughter

Film

Ben Affleck acquires rights to The Blade Itself
The Mummy 4 is definite. Probably
Bryan Singer working on Superman Returns sequel still
Wolfgang Petersen to direct sci-fi resistance movie Uprising
Paramount acquires rights to Monster Zoo
St Trinian’s director planning Dorian Gray adaptation

British TV

BBC launches comedy college

US TV

John C McGinley says Scrubs is definitely on ABC now
Ratings not so good for new Fox shows
Fox drops FBI series
Aussie fan Josh Lawson gets the lead in Spaced remake
Arrested Development creator working on animated sitcom for Fox
Britney Spears’ guesting in How I Met Your Mother causes Alicia Silverstone to leave and be replaced by Sarah Chalke
Ugly Betty showrunner signs seven figure deal to stay
Wire stars have secured funding for a movie – but David Simon doesn’t have a script

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The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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