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Film

Winnie the Pooh writer to write Wanted sequel
Details of Ghostbusters 3 plot
Harry Potter 6 trailer
Catherine Keener to play demi-god’s mum in Percy Jackson
Clip from Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
Thomas Dekker joins Nightmare on Elm Street
Fox acquires Nice for Reese Witherspoon
New Line buys What Was I Thinking? for Leslie Mann and Elizabeth Banks
Felicity Jones to star in Ricky Gervais’s The Men at the Pru

Theatre

Patrick Stewart to star as God in outdoor mystery play

British TV

Aiden Gillen and Keeley Hawes to star in ITV1’s Identity

US/Canadian TV

NBC looking to Canada for TV ideas

Review: Future Me

7 April 2009 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Where: Only Connect Theatre, 32 Cubitt Street, London WC1X 0LR
When: 7.30pm Monday-Saturday, matinees 16 and 25 April 3pm, Sunday 26 April 5pm, no performances 15 & 20 April. Runs from 31 March–26 April 2009
How long: Two hours 20 minutes, including 20 minute interval
How much: £15 (£10 concessions)
Tickets from: Pleasance Theatre or 020 7609 1800

Dirty paedos, huh? They’re all sicko monsters and should be killed for the sake of the children.

That, at least, is supposed to be what all Right Thinking People know to be true. But is it?

Future Me explores whether paedophiles are in fact just like you and me, just with different desires.

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Monday’s “passing of the glove” news

6 April 2009 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

Rusty and DT discuss making their last ever Who and more [spoilers]
Big Finish discuss making the lost season 23 episodes
Guess who‘s been spotted on set [great big spoilery spoiler]
Rusty asked to revive Lost in Space

Film

Aaron Eckhart to star in Rabbit Hole?
Jackie Earle Haley is the new Freddy Krueger

Theatre

Russ Abbot steps in to replace Rowan Atkinson in Oliver!

British TV

Vic and Bob back for new series of Shooting Stars
InBetweeners watched by 1.2m
Top Gear Italian Job stunt cancelled because of costs
Sky One acquires Stargate Universe

US TV

Cyndi Lauper to join Bones
New Stargate Universe trailer
NBC planning updated version of Wizard of Oz
Laura Leighton returns to Melrose Place
Dollhouse likely to get a second season

Thursday’s repetitive music news

2 April 2009 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Doctor Who

Easter special to air on Saturday April 11 at 6.45pm

Film

Sony working on Men in Black 3
On no. Uwe Boll has two films coming
Jeanne Tripplehorn to star in Morning
Ellen Page and Cillian Murphy in talks to be in Chris Nolan’s Inception

Theater

Groundhog Day: The Musical

British TV

Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson’s Down The Line gets a pilot
The Invisibles cancelled
Channel 4 thinking about dropping drama altogether
Third series of Gavin & Stacey cut to six episodes

US TV

Stephen Fry to return to Bones
Kevin Rankin to star in Trauma
Breaking Bad gets a third season
Justin Bartha to star in The Station
George Segal to appear in Entourage
Clips of Chevy Chase and Scott Bakula in Chuck
Numb3rs‘ Diane Farr to appear in Californication
My Name is Earl moving to Fox?
Heroes‘ Tim Kring to work on cell phone content for Nokia
Bryan Fuller on why Heroes starting sucking and what’s up with Ali [spoilers]

Wednesday’s wired up news

1 April 2009 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Doctor Who

Three towns to see Easter special early
Specials photos plus series five rumours [spoilers]

Film

Idris Elba to star in Losers?
Jamie Bell to star in The Eagle of the Ninth
Trailer for The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
McG wants Robert Patrick for Terminator 5
Will Arnett joins Jonah Hex
Mads Mikkelsen and Alexa Davalos join Clash of the Titans
Warner Bros acquires Dumped for Steve Carell
Kevin Spacey to star in and produce Father of Invention
Chuck‘s Josh Schwartz to write and direct Bright Lights, Big City remake

Theatre

Nicholas de Jongh’s Coming Up For Air to appear in West End as part of Orwell festival

British TV

The Wire gets 600,000 viewers on BBC2
Trevor Eve to star in Framed
Second series for Horne & Corden?
ITV to show Pushing Daisies‘ final episodes before US
Red Dwarf to get another series?
Ashes to Ashes crosses over with famous kids TV show [spoilers]

US TV

Flight of the Conchords to get third season?
Vampire Hunter books to be adapted
More pilot casting

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