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Doctor Who

Torchwood sold to Belgium and the Netherlands [free registration required]

Film

Max Von Sydow, Emily Mortimer and Jackie Earle Haley join Scorsese’s Shutter Island
Terminator 4 to open May 2009
Transporter 3 on the starting line

British TV

Alan Whicker to revisit Whicker’s World
Virgin to challenge BSkyB ruling
Chris Ryan to shadow cops

US TV

More Babylon 5 DVD movies to come
Prison Break filming moving to LA following storyline rethink?
An interview with Michael K Williams (Omar) from The Wire [big season five spoilers]
Fox’s Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em remake ready for casting

Monday’s Oscar-winning news

25 February 2008 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Doctor Who

BBC4 to air Verity Lambert tribute night

Film

Who won which Oscars
Odeon bans Rambo
X-Files 2 talk from cast and crew
There will be a Bourne 4
Tom Cruise cameo for Star Trek?
Iron Man to link up with The Avengers

Comics

Mr T to feature in a graphic novel

British TV

Moving Wallpaper spared from cancellation
Longest ever commission for Taggart, just as Rebus is cancelled

US TV

Rufus Sewell to take Patrick Stewart’s role in Jerry Buckheimer remake of Eleventh Hour
BBC America buys Primeval [free registration required]
Six more episodes for Lipstick Jungle
Three more episodes for Women’s Murder Club
Previews of the next Lost
Jericho producers looking for a new home for the show

Friday’s dead TV shows news

22 February 2008 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

Sweet FA says John Barrowman likes to display himself
An interview with Naoko Mori

Film

Dominic Monaghan joins cast of Wolverine
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nighy join Richard Curtis’ The Boat That Rocked
Teri Polo and Michael Ironside to star in The Beacon
Hugo Weaving to chase the Wolfman
Extra scene added to Harry Potter 6

British TV

Sky appealing sale of ITV stake
Bravo buys up The Kill Point
Des Lynam to do sporting Mastermind for BBC [free registration required]
BBC4 lines up three documentaries to accompany Mad Men [free registration required]
BBC3 commissions three comedy pilots
Absolutely duo adapt Canadian ice hockey comedy for BBC2
Who’s that Stig?
BBC4 to have a medieval season

US TV

Fox is the number one network for the first time
Lena Headey talks Terminator and dialogue coaches
Dirt to spoof Simple Life pair
Jericho likely to conclude this season
Women’s Murder Club not quite dead yet
But Cane probably is
Lots of Lost spoilers from exec producers
CBS to stream classic shows online
Moonlight‘s show runner quits
Showtime fast-tracking Eddie Falco comedy
Last episode of Las Vegas really was the last episode

Thursday’s “Are friends electric?” news

21 February 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Plot for Toy Story 3 revealed?
Roland Emmerich to end the world in 2012?
David Fincher to direct Black Hole, based on Charles Burns’ graphic novel
WB to make live action Akira movies
Garth Ennis‘ The Boys picked up by Colombia
All the studios are now lined up behind Blu-ray
Trailer for Neil Gaiman’s Coraline
New trailer for 10,000BC

British TV

Noel Fielding wants Gary Numan and Mick Jagger for the Mighty Boosh movie
Black Entertainment Network to launch in the UK
BBC to create iPlayer for iPhone and iPod touch

US TV

ABC gives writers deadline of Wednesday for new projects
The future looks bleak for Jericho
More musical chairs at Law and Order
Strike was good for Daily Show says Stewart
Mythbusters to do more MacGyver episodes
Jimmy Smits West Wing character was based on Barack Obama
Bionic Woman almost definitely cancelled

Thursday’s “Are friends electric?” news

21 February 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Plot for Toy Story 3 revealed?
Roland Emmerich to end the world in 2012?
David Fincher to direct Black Hole, based on Charles Burns’ graphic novel
WB to make live action Akira movies
Garth Ennis‘ The Boys picked up by Colombia
All the studios are now lined up behind Blu-ray
Trailer for Neil Gaiman’s Coraline
New trailer for 10,000BC

British TV

Noel Fielding wants Gary Numan and Mick Jagger for the Mighty Boosh movie
Black Entertainment Network to launch in the UK
BBC to create iPlayer for iPhone and iPod touch

US TV

ABC gives writers deadline of Wednesday for new projects
The future looks bleak for Jericho
More musical chairs at Law and Order
Strike was good for Daily Show says Stewart
Mythbusters to do more MacGyver episodes
Jimmy Smits West Wing character was based on Barack Obama
Bionic Woman almost definitely cancelled

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