UK TV

News

Doctor Who

No Prince Charles for the Christmas special. Maybe next year, hey?
The return of a series two monster (spoiler alert)

Film

Yes, Greg Grunberg will be in JJ Abrams’ secret movie
Guy Ritchie to direct a movie based on his own comic
How many Blade Runners do you want? Well, there’s five on this DVD set

Commercials

Morph shows us how to be green [QuickTime required]

British TV

Floella Benjamin warns of crisis in kids TV
Now the Beeb’s going to do an all-star Oliver Twist
GMTV’s boss resigns over the phone-in scandal
Virgin and Sky get to fight in court next summer. So no Sky One for cable viewers until then

US TV

The return of a Lost character next season (spoiler alert)
What’s happening next season on 24 [minor spoilers]
Melanie Lynskey returns to Two and a Half Men
ABC’s Fall schedule

Wednesday’s news of pure excitement

25 July 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Film

Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales finally gets a release date
What was it that first attracted you to the multi-millionaire Daniel Craig?
A first look at Beowulf
A great big Paul Greengrass interview, in which he discusses how to film in Waterloo Station
Patrick Wilson confirmed for Watchmen
Bourne Ultimatum clips and featurettes

British TV

Oh joy. There’s going to be a Nuts TV channel on Freeview
Channel 4 and Five launch a “viewer trust initiative”

US TV

Girls won’t spoil Supernatural
Saffron Burrows to be a regular on Boston Legal
CSI looking to replace a cast member
What’s happening next season in House
New cheerleader leaves Heroes already
Reaper stars get a bit fixated on Kevin Smith

Tuesday’s minor news

24 July 2007 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Doctor Who

Martha will have a boyfriend when she returns in series four. Which member of the Torchwood cast, I wonder? Tee hee

Film

ReBoot to be remade as feature-length movies

US TV

Bones to solve the mystery of Vanished. Plus Geena Davis won’t replace Mandy Patinkin on Criminal Minds and Zachary Quinto almost certainly will be Spock in Star Trek XI
Sarah Connor Chronicles retakes because of school shooting
Replicators back in Stargate: Atlantis
Lots of Heroes chat/spoilers from Tim Kring
New Amsterdam staff tries to explain why it’s not Angel. There’s a lot of that about
HBO renews Big Love
David Rapaport to recur in My Name is Earl
Rory Cochrane will be Tim Speedle again on CSI: Miami but not in flashback
DB Woodside disappointed by Wayne Palmer last season on 24
No more pirates on CBS
Esai Morales to recur on Jericho

Monday’s slightly soggy news

23 July 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

Get ready for Torchwood magazine

Film

Eliza Dushku, Bill Pullman and Alan Rickman will star in the 70s-set wine drama Bottle Shock
Ray Stevenson to replace Thomas Jane as The Punisher
Matthew Goode as Ozymandias in The Watchmen?
Stephen Chow as Kato in The Green Hornet?
Remake of Escape to Witch Mountain planned

British TV

Channel 4 and Five back RDF
Meanwhile, RDF head Stephen Lambert has accepted responsibility and offered to resign
BBC to adapt Ballet Shoes
Never watched The Wire? The Guardian is now streaming the first episode for free

US TV

CSI/Without a Trace crossover planned
Mary J Blige and Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger are in talks to appear in Cane
Meanwhile, the winner of that Pussycat Dolls reality show decides to go solo instead of joining the group
Smallville‘s Supergirl costume not at all aimed at “horny teenage boy” demographic
Rory Cochrane returns to CSI: Miami?? As a zombie, perhaps? Evil twin?
Kerr Smith to appear in CSI: NY
ABC picks up Marta Kauffman and Goldie Hawn‘s thirtysomething drama Leap
Two exec producers leave Lipstick Jungle
Even right-wing extremists care about the planet: 24 promises its season finale will be carbon neutral
And Cherry Jones will be the new president. Plus Fox execs say the show doesn’t need fixing
Next season of The Simpsons will include Jon Stewart, Jack Black, Stephen Colbert, Steve Buscemi, Placido Domingo, Keith Olbermann, Dan Rather, and Matt Dillon. And… Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce and John Mahoney as Sideshow Bob’s dad
Family Guy movie possible
Premiere dates for shows on The CW

Friday’s news of inconsequence

20 July 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Would you trust this man to assassinate Hitler?

Doctor Who

An interview with John Simm about many, many things (no State of Play 2. Sniff. Boo hoo)

Film

Seth Rogen as The Green Hornet?
Bourne Ultimatum plot details and spoilers

British TV

Senior BBC editorial staff suspended
FX poaches Nip/Tuck from Sky One, as well as The Rules for Starting Over, Breaking Bad and re-runs of 24
Hooray! Five has picked up 30 Rock. Watch it everyone, watch it!
Pierce Brosnan is the new voice of Thomas the Tank Engine
Now ITV is refusing to commission RDF
Ricky Gervais has a go at critics. You know who you are

US TV

Jericho spoilers
Reshoots on Journeyman. Plus what it’s all about
Moonlight really isn’t Angel, honest. Plus why it was retooled
La Femme Nikita meets Heroes next season (no, no Peta Wilson)
Geena Davis to replace Mandy Patinkin on Criminal Minds?
Hidden Palms/The Nine‘s Dana Davis joins Heroes
Revelations about BSG and what the producers are planning to do afterwards

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