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Doctor Who

RTD comes down on Stargate
Pipes talks Smith

Film

Emily Blunt to play Black Widow in Iron Man 2?
Gore Verbinski to direct savings swindle drama
Jim Sheridan to direct Black Mass
Paramount developing techno-thriller Daemon
Clips from Push
Johnny Depp working on Fear and Loathing sequel?

British TV

24 gets good ratings

Theatre

National to premiere Alan Bennett, Terry Pratchett and Hanif Kureishi plays in 2009…
…and beam performances into cinemas

US TV

1980s Gossip Girl prequel planned
Idris Elba to appear in six episodes of The Office
James Marsters to appear on Numb3rs
Chevy Chase to guest star on Chuck for three episodes
Watch out Merlin: Tudors to end at season four, to be followed by young Arthur and Merlin in Camelot?
Jericho movie in development
Swingtown cancelled
Jack Bauer to die in movie after season eight?

Wednesday’s Bad Nemo news

14 January 2009 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Doctor Who

Easter special to be ‘fresh’

Film

Jackie Chan to play Miyagi role in Karate Kid remake?
Samuel L Jackson won’t play Nick Fury in The Avengers?
Angels & Demons to be less dull than Da Vinci Code
Brendan Fraser to join Harrison Ford in medical drama
Will Smith to play Captain Nemo?

Radio

Galton and Simpson scripts being used for Radio 2 show

Theatre

Rob Brydon going on national tour

British TV

BBC3’s Winter/Spring press pack
BBC3 to air more repeats
CNN to launch on Freeview
Sanjeev Kohli working on Asian Cold Feet

US TV

Prison Break cancelled
What’s happening with Fox’s pilots and Fringe
Michael J Fox to play paraplegic on Rescue Me
SOAPnet picks up Being Erica
House producers talk about character juggling [spoilers]
Interview with the Conchords

Wednesday’s I’m privileged news

7 January 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

More companion rumour-mongering
What Doctor Who toys to expect this year. Spoilers?

Film

Tr2n now just Tron, to star Garrett Hedlund…
…while Olivia Wilde spills a few other secrets
Japanese Watchmen trailer with extra footage
McG to direct 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Chris Morris suicide bomber movie gets the greenlight
Shazam! not happening

Music

Kraftwerk co-founder quits

Theatre

Jimmy Osmond to star in Chicago UK tour

US TV

Laurence Fishburne to visit CSI: Miami?
More Dr Horrible promised
Kelsey Grammer to star in ABC sitcom pilot
Scrubs‘ Neil Flynn to star in The Middle
NBC ready to make John Wells’ Police
AMC starts streaming original Prisoner
Sarah Connor to return to serialised story-telling
A&E going ahead with Paranormal Cops
NBC gives go-ahead to “music in head” drama Soundtrack
Christine Lahti and Johnny Sneed join Operating Instructions
Robert Buckley to join Privileged

Monday’s Happy New Year news

5 January 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

The Next Doctor gets 11.7m viewers
Michelle Ryan favourite to play the next companion?

Film

Trailer for James Corden/Matt Horne’s Lesbian Vampire Killers
Watchmen featurette
Bruce Boxleitner to return for Tr2n
John Curran to direct Keira Knightley period piece The Beautiful and the Damned
James Corden to appear in Gulliver’s Travels?
How Thor and The Avengers will work

Theatre

Brace yourself for The Thorn Birds – the musical

British TV

BBC1 to show season two of Damages
Fewer stunts for Top Gear thanks to cutbacks
Rachel Stevens to appear in next series of Merlin?
Trailer for series three of Skins

US TV

Watch the first episode of United States of Tara for free
Michael Pitt to star opposite Steve Buscemi in Scorsese’s Boardwalk Empire
Flight of the Conchords season two premiere does well on internet
Michael Cassidy leaving Privileged
Clip of Salma Hayek in 30 Rock
Sense and Sensibility‘s Charity Wakefield to star in David Kelley’s Legally Mad

Sitting Tennants 2008: The results

23 December 2008 Rob Buckley 7 Comments

Well, it’s the moment quite a lot of you have been waiting for: who’s won the 2008 Sitting Tennant competition? Has Rosby done enough to beat Rullsenberg’s lead? Has Toby’s captioning skill proven unassailable.

Follow me after the break to find out the results – and to see lots of pictures of David Tennant sitting down.

Continue reading “Sitting Tennants 2008: The results”

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