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Doctor Who

Wii game a go

Film

Hugo Weaving to play the Red Skull in Captain America?
Trailer for Shrek Forever After
Sam Worthington to play Dan Dare?
Leonardo Da Vinci – action hero?
Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman to star in Change Up

Radio

What the Beeb plans to do after closing 6Music and the Asian Network

British TV

Sky looking for 13-part dramas [subscription required]

US TV

Firefly/Dollhouse‘s Alan Tudyk to co-star on Rockford Files
Pilot casting, including Malcolm McDowell in Franklin & Bash
John Voight signs up for Fox’s Midland
Katherine Heigl to be released from Grey’s Anatomy
Michael Madsen to guest on 24
Grace Park and Moon Bloodgood to guest on Human Target
Nurse Jackie season two trailer

Monday’s “improbable neice” news

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Film

Elizabeth Banks joins Dark Fields
Catherine Keener, Allison Janney and Adam Brody up for Hugh Laurie’s Oranges
Johnny Depp and Venessa Paradis to star in My American Lover

Radio

BBC Cymru Wales to double network radio drama output

British TV

Beeb to make drama and documentary about destruction of Atlantis – aka the eruption of the volcano on Santorini
Inquiry into STV “cash for programmes” row

US TV

Yet more pilot casting, including Dylan Walsh and Joely Richardson
Dermot Mulroney to play Jim Rockford in Rockford Files remake
Grace Park to join Hawaii Five-O as Daniel Dae Kim’s niece, plus Tricia Helfer joins Dark Blue as a regular
My Boys‘ Jordana Spiro joins Love Bites
Janeane Garofalo joins John Wells’ medical drama
James Callis joins FlashForward

Friday’s “Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid” news

13 November 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

An interview with John Simm [spoilers]
More ‘lost stories’ for Big Finish, including McCoy’s missing season

Film

New trailer for Avatar
Julian McMahon, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Dreyfuss and Brian Cox to star with Bruce Willis in Red?
Trailer for Amy Adam’s rom-com Leap Year

Radio

Charlie Brooker to host Radio 4 panel show

Theatre

Alan Moore to write an opera

British TV

Bebo cuts staff and web TV shows
Janice Hadlow looking for smart dramas for BBC2
Being Human to move to Wales if there’s a third series
Spooks get 4.5m for second ep

Canadian TV

CBC and Telefilm Canada to collaborate on TV movies

US TV

Sarah Connor producer to remake Charlie’s Angels?
BSG‘s Kate Vernon joins Heroes
Minnie Driver to guest on Modern Family
ABC to adapt Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid
Jeffrey Tambor to star with David Tennant in Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
Hayden Panettierre to produce CW Harvard Medical School drama, HMS
Alternative Star Trek pilots to be released on Blu-Ray
Details of the Gattaca TV series

Wednesday’s Scottish independence news

21 October 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Angelina Jolie to appear in Ridley Scott’s Gucci?
Vanessa Redgrave and Monica Bellucci join cast of The Whistleblower
Ann Peacock to write film version of Eoin Colfer’s Aiman
Universal scraps Cate Blanchett’s Indian Summer
True Blood‘s Ryan Kwanten filming superhero rom-com Griff the Invisible
Sherlock Holmes TV trailer

Radio

Made in Manchester to offer free dramas from David Nobbs and Tim Fountain for download

British TV

STV acquires Australia’s Underbelly, unveils its programming slate
Beeb to turn off Freeview red button interactive service
ITV director criticises Beeb’s Upstairs Downstairs remake
BBC Trust blocks iPlayer sharing plan
Murderland gets more than 6m viewers

US TV

Heroes ratings up again
Michael Shanks to play Hawkman, Brent Stait to play Doctor Fate on Smallville
Judy Greer to star in ABC’s I’m With Stupid
NBC developing Wal-Mart sitcom
Comcast to offer cable shows like Entourage and Mad Men for free
FlashForward showrunner Marc Guggenheim leaves
ABC picks up Castle for a full season

Wednesday’s Mice, Men and Time Lords news

9 September 2009 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

David Tennant to appear in Of Mice and Men on Radio 4

Theatre

Mel C makes her West End debut

British TV

BBC unveils BBC HD schedule
An InBetweeners movie?

US TV

Angie Harmon to guest star on Chuck [spoilers]
NBC working on Bruckheimer pilot about tracking fugitives
Chuck producer to make a western for Fox
Peter Gallagher to co-star on Covert Affairs
Judd Nelson to appear on Psych

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