Theatre

Universal Soldier 3 sort of news
Jack Black to star in Gulliver’s Travels
Henry Cavill to star as Theseus, Sam Worthington to play Perseus in War of the Gods and the remake of Clash of the Titans
John Boorman to direct CGI version of The Wizard of Oz
Annette Bening and Naomi Watts to star in Mother and Child
Antonio Banderas to play Dali?
Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li and Jason Statham to star in The Expendables
Ron Perlman and Saffron Burrows to star in Carjacked
Marc Forster to direct Die Bad remake
Brad Pitt to star in Battling Boy adaptation?
Second Sex and the City movie will happen

Commercials

Cadbury wants your help with Wispa campaign

Art

Tate lost out on 30 Rothko works

Music

Kinks writing new material for reunion album

Theatre

Mandy Patinkin one-man show coming to the West End

British TV

True Blood acquired by (you guessed it) FX for Summer broadcast
Five to launch on Freesat
It’s the Survivors press pack

US TV

New promo for Dollhouse
A&E developing paranormal procedural
Alyssa Milano comedy cancelled before it airs
James Van Der Beek and David Denman join Eva Adams pilot
ABC reduces order for midseason dramas The Castle and The Unusuals
Alex Kingston returning to ER for final series

Tuesday’s important election news

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Doctor Who

Billie Piper to play the next Doctor??
Steven Moffat almost managed to persuade DT to stay…
…and he might well return
SM wants next Doctor to be over 40?

Film

Jenna Fischer to star in A Little Help
Russell Brand to play Johnny Depp’s brother in Pirates of the Caribbean 4?
Peter Serafinowicz to appear in Couples’ Retreat
Three Stooges to return for Farrelly Brothers project
Charlize Theron and Tom Cruise to star in remake of Anthony Zimmer?

Theatre

Richard Dreyfuss to star in Complicit at the Old Vic

International TV

Ron Livingston to star in Defying Gravity for Fox, CTV, ProSieben and the BBC

British TV

No replacement for Film 2008
Wallace and Gromit back for Christmas

US TV

ABC to pick up King of the Hill?
Tim Kring to simplify Heroes
Why the Heroes writers were fired
Dr Hahn to leave Grey’s Anatomy
24 to get a four-hour premiere
Charlie Brown to appear in webisodes

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