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Jake Gyllenhaal to star in Source Code?
Gwyneth Paltrow to star in The Danish Girl
Se7en team reunite for The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

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Jonathan Pryce to star in The Caretaker when it transfers to West End

British TV

ITV1 to adapt Philippa Gregory’s The Little House
Alan Plater to write one-off period drama for ITV1
ITV greenlights WW2 drama Joe Maddison’s War
STV sues ITV but will bring back Taggart anyway
Gavin & Stacey series three press pack – including episode synopses! [spoilers]
The line up for Idris Elba’s Luther, including Paul McGann and Indira Varma

US TV

Community up, Fringe down on Thursdays
Elliott Gould to guest on Law & Order?
BSG’s Michael Trucco and Virginia Williams join USA’s Facing Kate
James Franco doing General Hospital for a movie

Doctor Who – Dreamland clip

6 November 2009 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Dreamland is an animated Doctor Who story that will appear on CBBC, BBC Two, the red button on BBC One and the BBC Doctor Who website. Phew. That’s a lot of places.

It features David Tennant alone with new companion Cassie Rice (Georgia Moffett), and sees the TARDIS crew landing in Roswell. It’ll be six parts in all, running for a total of 45 minutes.

Pity it looks awful in just about every way.

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Thursday’s days numb3red news

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Doctor Who

Cheryl Cole to guest on Doctor Who??

Film

Mandalay to adapt online novel Machine Man
Johnny Depp to star with Angelina Jolie in The Tourist?
Andy Garcia, Anthony Hopkins and Annette Bening to star in Hemingway and Fuentes
Helen Mirren joins Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman in Red

British TV

Freesat to get iPlayer
Jimmy McGovern developing The Accused for BBC

US TV

Sarah Wynter and Reiko Aylesworth join Damages
Numb3rs cut from 22 to 16 episodes
Kim Kardashian and Vanessa Minnillo to guest on CSI: NY
Julianne Moore to guest on 30 Rock?
Trailer for Caprica featuring James Marsters
FX developing a western
2012 TV series to be set in 2013

Season finale: Engrenages (Spiral) 2×8

3 November 2009 Natalia Romanova 5 Comments

In the UK: Sunday 1st November 2009, 10pm, BBC4. Available on the iPlayer

Well, it’s over now. Time for a collective snivel by viewers of quality TV in Britain. Please, Sir, can we have some more? Etc, etc.

Let’s face facts, season two of Spiral aka Engrenages has just finished on BBC4. So let’s look over the final episode and the season as a whole, because until season three pops along, this is all we’re getting.

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Tuesday’s “David is now your lawyer” news

3 November 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

David Tennant to star in NBC legal pilot Rex is Not Your Lawyer

Film

Trailer for Prince of Persia
George Clooney to star in The Descendants?

British TV

BBC4 to make drama about MPs’ expenses
Virgin to show TNT’s Leverage

US TV

Comcast to own NBC Universal? [registration required]
And the actor leaving Heroes is… (spoiler alert)
TNT acquires Southland
Robert Wagner to guest on NCIS
Gordon Ramsay to co-produce and appear in US version of Masterchef
Fisher Stevens to guest on Ugly Betty
Naveen Andrews to guest on Law & Order: SVU

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