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Film

Sam Worthington to play Allan Quartermain
Alan Tudyk joins Transformers 3
Dario Argento to do Dracula in 3D
David Tennant and Kelly MacDonald to star in Decoy Bride
Trailer for Easy A
Lasse Hallestrom to direct Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt in adaptation of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Theatre

Michael Sheen to play Hamlet at the Young Vic next year
Joe McGann to star in No Expense Spared
Arts to get £66m cuts?

British TV

BBC2 axes Bellamy’s People [subscription required]
BBC dumps all the original 60 minutes of Sherlock [subscription required]
Worry for Antena Cyf and Barcud-Derwen jobs in Caernarfon after S4C decides a revamp of youth programming

US TV

Chuck, V renewed
Six pilots picked up by ABC, including Matt Perry’s Mr Sunshine…
…but cancels Romantically Challenged, Scrubs, Better Off Ted and FlashForward…
…although Alyssa Milano says Romantically Challenged not cancelled
The revised possible fates of Heroes
True Blood season 3 teaser
TBS greenlights Glory Daze
Rockford Files remake dead at NBC?

Thursday’s robot boxing news

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Film

Katherine Heigl to star in immortal love story Age of Adaline
Universal Soldier IV to reunite Jean-Claude and Dolph, be shot in 3D
Kurt Russell to star in Undying
Jamie Foxx joins Horrible Bosses
Rebecca Hall, Dominic West and Imelda Staunton join The Awakening
Toni Collette reunites with PJ Hogan for Mental
Trailer for Matt Damon/Emily Blunt in Philip K Dick’s The Adjustment Bureau
Timothy Olyphant replaces Sharlto Copley on I Am Number Four
Evangeline Lilly joins robot boxing drama Real Steel
Luke Evans, Jessica Biel to star in Vivaldi biopic
Hammer to make The Woman in Black in 3D
Jason O’Mara to star in One for the Money
Pixar cancels Newt

Theatre

Richard Fleeshman to replace Duncan James on Legally Blonde
Clarke Peters to star in Five Guys Named Moe revival
Almeida to adapt Mamet’s House of Games, Stephen Dillane to star in The Master Builder

British TV

ITV fails to change ad sale rules
Stephen Fry to appear in two new ITV dramas
Cilla Black and Katie Price to appear on Benidorm
Jamie Bamber joins Outcasts

US TV

HBO, Entourage producers working on female-oriented comedy
Fox orders five new series, renews Lie To Me, Human Target
The pilots Fox failed to pick up and which are now dead
ABC picks up Michael Chiklis/Julie Benz superhero drama No Ordinary Family
NBC picks up Perfect Couples
FX orders pilot of Wilfred, based on Australian show
V ratings improving
Greg Grunberg to guest in NBC’s Love Bites
Cost of this year’s upfronts: $9bn?
Jimmy Smits to star in Law & Order: LA?
No new season for Heroes, TV movie to wrap up show?

Friday’s “well hung” news

7 May 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

BBC attacked for sending Matt Smith to Venice for Doctor Who Confidential [subscription required]

Film

Toby Jones to play Arnim Zola in Captain America
Michael Imperioli to star in Foreclosure
Lost’s Kevin Durand to appear in I Am Number Four and Real Steel
New Tron Legacy images and viral stuff
Four A-Team TV spots

Theater

Enron play closes on Broadway

British TV

BBC2 to make Spitfire drama [subscription required]
ITV1 making “feisty female surgeon” drama [subscription required]

US TV

Stephen King to cameo on Sons of Anarchy
Mercy and Happy Town drop in the ratings

Thursday’s “mad dog” news

6 May 2010 Rob Buckley 21 Comments

Doctor Who

Beeb receives 43 complaints that Doctor Who is too sexy

Film

Elizabeth Perkins leaves Weeds for Hop
Robert Englund to star in Inkubus
UFO remake to start shooting in November

Theatre

Colin Baker to play Inspector Morse on stage

British TV

Luther gets 5.6m viewers
Max Beesley, John Simm, Philip Glenister and Marc Warren to star in Sky 1’s Mad Dogs
Warner Bros to launch movie service on BT Vision [subscription required]

US TV

Comedy Central programming slate includes Jesus in New York JC
A new series regular on Justified [spoilers]
NCIS hits season low
James Gandolfini to star in HBO adaptation of Taxi 22
Chazz Palminteri joins Rizzoli & Isles

Friday’s unwanted news

23 April 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Fiver acquires K-9
Steven Moffat talks about filming the first scene of the new series and more [spoilers]

Film

Disney working on Monsters Inc sequel
Helen Mirren to star in Arthur with Russell Brand
Kathy Bates and Michael Sheen join Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris
Kristen Stewart to replace Angelina Jolie on Wanted 2?
Julie Christie, Gary Oldman to appear in Girl with the Red Riding Hood

Theatre

Richard Armitage to return to the stage

French TV

Official site for season three, first episode to air May 3rd

US TV

Hal Holbrook joins Sons of Anarchy
Lindsay Wagner to guest on Warehouse 13

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