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BBC America buys the third series of Torchwood. Plus a few hints of what will happen

Film

John Boorman to make film about Hadrian at last
Trailer for George Bush biopic W
Warner Bros to adapt Asimov’s Foundation series
Scream 4 with Wes Craven might go ahead
Green Arrow movie gets the go-ahead?
No Fantastic Four 3?
Russell Brand sings up for Sarah Marshall sequel

British TV

Leaked Ofcom report to give go-ahead for ITV PSB reduction and C4 top-slicing
Alan Carr signs with Channel 4 for £3m

US TV

CBS to remake The Streets of San Francisco
Gretchen Mol to play Annie in Life on Mars?
ABC teams with CBC for comedy pilot 18 to Life
Bryan Singer to direct Studio 54 pilot
The Hoff to revive What’s My Line??
Chuck vs the season two montage

September at the BFI

28 July 2008 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Time for our regular round-up of tele events at the BFI. Despite the presence of a “Time Machine” season in September, there’s not really anything timey-wimey. However, we do have the following:

13th/14th: Classic children’s TV, including Noggin the Nog, The Clangers, Bagpuss and Mr Benn

25th: Nigel Kneale and Rudolph Cartier’s BBC adaptation of 1984

Monday’s Dalek-free news

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Doctor Who

No more Daleks?
Spoilers and extended trailer for Christmas special, plus more Moff talk
Georgia Moffet to be next companion?

Film

Dark City restored to original cut for 10th anniversary DVD
David Goyer writing sequel to the original The Invisible Man
Ridley Scott’s Nottingham postponed
Trailer for Brideshead Revisited
Alex Proyas talks about Dracula: Year Zero

Commercials

Mr T ad pulled

British TV

Daily Express: “Children’s TV classic Press Gang makes surprise return to the small screen” (no link)
More The Prisoner cast members, including Lennie James
Samantha Morton to direct drama for Channel 4
Carol Vorderman quitting Countdown

US TV

Sean Maguire to star in Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
Tell Me You Love Me cancelled
Dexter season three trailer

Friday’s “Bad Lieutenant is Gene Hunt” news

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who and Star Trek merchandise signing ban at the RSC
Freema hacks off Rusty by quitting Torchwood for ITV
Lots of Moffat interviews from Comic-Con
John Barrowman to play Captain America??

Film

MTV to remake The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Hairspray 2 planned
In Treatment‘s Mia Wasikowska to play Alice in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland
Leonardo DiCaprio looking for old Twilight Zone episodes to adapt
David Self to write the new RoboCop movie
Footage from Tron 2 with Jeff Bridges shown at Comic-Con
Red Sonja gets the green light
Harold and Kumar 3 on the way

British TV

Gordon Ramsay creates his own production company
ITV to remake Bouquet of Barbed Wire
ITV commits to comedy

Russian TV

Russia gets its own The Office

US TV

And the new Gene Hunt is… Harvey Keitel!!
The Hoff might appear in Knight Rider again
Wizard’s First Rule changes name to Legend of the Seeker
FX making cop show Crossroads with McG
Little Britain USA characters unveiled
Patricia Heaton to star in second The Middle pilot
Jon Heder to star in online series Woke Up Dead

Thursday’s gleeful news

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Doctor Who

Sweet FA to play lawyer on Law & Order: London

Film

Pictures of the new Jason Vorhees
Anchorman 2 to be set in the 80s
Episodic Watchmen game coming
Phillip Noyce to develop and direct Captain Blood
Bryan Singer to produce Capeshooters

Radio

Father Ted actors reunite for radio play

British TV

Ian McDiarmid, James Fox, Robert Hardy and Lindsay Duncan in drama about Margaret Thatcher’s final days
EastEnders‘ ratings fall to 5 million
The Wire only gets 38,000 viewers

US TV

Fox greenlights Glee pilot from Ryan Murphy
Rosie Perez entering Lipstick Jungle
Joss Whedon planning Dollhouse webisodes
Keith Carradine guesting on Numb3rs
Ad for True Love from HBO
Ant and Dec get just 3.1m viewers

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September at the BFI

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