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Theatre/Doctor Who

Christopher Eccleston to talk about his Celebrity Pig work

British TV

Dragons’ Den‘s James Caan signs talent deal with Century Aspect Films [free registration required]
Dexter to air on ITV1 starting Wednesday 27th February
Phoo Action gets a series

US TV

CBS picks up various shows, but The Unit and Moonlight are among those still undecided
Fox to film 24 episodes quickly
Dragons’ Den becomes Shark Tank for US adaption

Review: Torchwood 2×5 – Adam

14 February 2008 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

As we learnt last week, Cath Treggena isn’t too hot with the action-adventure plots, but does quite well with the emotional stuff. This week’s episode was thankfully free of action-adventure plots, but high on emotional stuff.

I think I’m actually pinching myself as I write this, but it might well be the first episode of Torchwood that bears… repeat viewing.

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Thursday’s Valentine’s news

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Film

Bootleg copy of new Indiana Jones trailer
Al Pacino to be head Bond terrorist?
Nicole Kidman to play Valerie Plame in Doug Liman biopic
Star Trek XI pushed back to Summer 2009
Corey Haim will be in Lost Boys sequel

British TV

Philip Glenister to play American vampire killer who wants to stake Mackenzie Crook in The Last Van Helsing (working title)
Beeb looking for more studio-based comedies [free registration required]
No more CITV for Wales [free registration required]
Shane Ritchie to play Arthur Daley in Minder remake for Five?

US TV

NBC renews Chuck, Life and Heroes, but Bionic Woman, Journeyman and Friday Night Lights look dead
CBS orders more episodes of Shark and Rules of Engagement
Save Cavemen – send hair to ABC
Chuck Lorre and co to work 24/7 to get episodes of Big Bang Theory, etc made
My Name is Earl creator spent strike working in fast food restaurant
Hugh Laurie upset by end of strike

Wednesday’s news of salvation

13 February 2008 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

Doctor Who

Torchwood – for kids
More Torchwood/Doctor Who crossovers possible

Film

Sam Worthington to star in Terminator Salvation
Paul Bettany to play an archangel
Film version of The Mighty Boosh now definite
Mel Gibson sued over Passion of the Christ screenplay
Piranha being remade?
Jennifer Coolidge, Sean Hayes and Isaac Hayes join cast of Soul Men

Radio

BBC7 looking for original content

British TV

CBBC looking for Grange Hill replacements

US TV

The strike is over!
Jay Leno behind the scenes of Knight Rider, complete with Kilmer voice
What’s the revised plan for season four of Lost?
A&E orders first scripted series in over six years: Benjamin Bratt’s The Cleaner
Joel Surnow quits 24

Tuesday’s local news

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Doctor Who

Steve Pemberton to appear in the new series
Christopher Eccleston to play Destro in GI Joe
Lots of pictures of Martha in Torchwood

Film

Luke Goss to star in Tekken?
Michelle Pfeiffer to reunite with Stephen Frears for Cheri?
Tolkien Trust sues New Line for cheating it out of $150m
Coen brothers to direct The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
Renee Zellwegger to star in comedy based on George Hamilton’s childhood
20th Century Fox suing Warner Bros over Watchmen
V sequel movie coming?

Comics

Alex Cox discusses the sequel to Repo Man

British TV

Julia McKenzie is the new Miss Marple
Jamie Oliver told off for plugging his own tool
Echo Beach ratings quite bad indeed [free registration required]

US TV

ABC picks up nine series for next season, including Dirty Sexy Money and Samantha Who?
More Kitchen Nightmares coming
Lance Reddick almost played Bubbles in The Wire
The market for British shows in the US
Next season of 24 postponed for a year
PBS picks Rita Rudner for its first comedy special
The Riches’ new season starts March 18th

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