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Tuesday’s eh-oh news

4 September 2007 Rob Buckley 7 Comments

Doctor Who

BBC now saying it’s ‘too early‘ to tell if DT will be back in 2010, but the general expectation is that he’ll be back
Enough people voted Torchwood ‘best new drama‘ at the TV Quick awards for it to win. Really
Another Hugo for Steven Moffat

Film

Brian Dennehy and John Leguizamo join de Niro and Pacino in Righteous Kill
The French honour George Clooney‘s ‘irresistible charm’
Cusack’s Stopping Power stopped

Art

Francis Bacon’s rent painting up for sale

British TV

CGI Magic Roundabout ready to launch
Dara O’Brien a replacement for Parkie?
IT Crowd gets a million more viewers thanks to Big Brother
BSkyB avoided phone-ins because they ‘felt grubby’
The Teletubbies are ten. Shouldn’t they be speaking properly by now?

US TV

David Schwimmer says no Friends reunion
Sara Gilbert to guest on The Big Bang Theory

There will be a fifth series of Doctor Who

3 September 2007 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

So much room for twisting and turning, but:

After months of media speculation, the BBC can confirm that the BAFTA award-winning Doctor Who will return for a fifth series in Spring 2010.

Viewers are in for a treat this Christmas, as a special episode starring David Tennant and Kylie Minogue will be broadcast on BBC One in December 2007.

Series Four, which went into production in July 2007, will hit UK screens in Spring 2008, followed by a special episode for Christmas 2008.

In 2009 Doctor Who will return with three specials starring David Tennant, with Head Writer, Russell T Davies.

The full-length fifth series will transmit in 2010.

No one’s saying not nothing about who’s around for the 2010 series though.

Monday’s Labor Day Weekend news

3 September 2007 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Doctor Who

RTD says series three wasn’t fun enough – more fun for series four!
Lionel Blair up for a role in Doctor Who

Film

Tarantino grumpy over Casino Royale still and turns down Hawaii Five-O
Helena Bonham-Carter back for the next Harry Potter film

British TV

BBC2 will ‘definitely‘ air Heroes: Origins

US TV

Apple and NBC squabble about why NBC isn’t providing TV to iTunes any more
Goonies: The Animated Series?
Heroes will be faster next season [spoilers]
Hiro’s ex- gets a job on Pushing Daisies
Pictures of Jerry Seinfeld on 30 Rock
And a picture of Isaiah Washington on Bionic Woman
Final BSG season split into two?

Friday’s “Hooray! I made it to the end of Big Brother this year without watching a single episode?” news

31 August 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

What can it all mean? No more Who? No more tenth Doctor? An October start for series five? Whichever one it is, David Tennant is going to be playing Hamlet and Berowne from July 24th until November 15th 2008

Film

Danny Boyle to direct Slumdog Millionaire
Ridley Scott says sci-fi is dead
Paul Haggis combining Fleming and Le Carré for next Bond film
Star Trek finds its new Chekov

British TV

Reece Shearsmith to star in ITV1 hotel comedy drama this Christmas
Vernon Kay to appear in final Extras
Ugly Betty to return in October?
Millionaire spin-off planned

US TV

Jeffrey Nordling and John Billingsley join the cast of 24
TNT greenlights the new Smith?
ABC orders script about the most powerful woman in New York
John Dahl to direct a Battlestar Galactica
Sony signs up Brit talent

Thursday’s “it’s a good job everyone’s on holiday or else they’d be bored with the lack of news today?” news

30 August 2007 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

David Bowie to guest star?? Not according to Bowie

Film

Another Dune on the way?
Angelina Jolie to join Pierce Brosnan in The Topkapi Affair?
Paul Verhoeven to adapt The Paperboy?
Billy Bob and Kim Basinger to appear in The Informers, based on Bret Easton Ellis short stories

British TV

Peter Doherty to play a zombie in Ripper?
Virgin 1 unveils its branding [free registration required]
Life on Mars creators turn to archaeology for excitement

US TV

Jeremy Davies to join Lost as a recurring character
Reiko Aylesworth to join ER

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Tuesday’s eh-oh news

There will be a fifth series of Doctor Who

Monday’s Labor Day Weekend news

Friday’s “Hooray! I made it to the end of Big Brother this year without watching a single episode?” news

Thursday’s “it’s a good job everyone’s on holiday or else they’d be bored with the lack of news today?” news

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

Please watch I Walk Through Moscow – and I’m quoted!

Ms Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Old Man

Life and Beth and Night Sky

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Essex Serpent