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Doctor Who

Interview with David Tennant in TV Times this week.
Billie Piper says she may live to regret leaving Who

Books

Ian Fleming’s home is going to be turned into a tourist attraction

British TV

Another Life on Mars trailer

US TV

Heroes: Another Tim Kring interview. Spoilers for Monday’s episode.
Kirstie Alley is to star in a remake of The Vicar of Dibley
Lost: Harold Perrineau is joining the cast of Demons
Homicide is out on DVD in the UK on February 27th

Mystery solved

6 February 2007 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

It’s Tuesday’s news.

Film

Rumour has that Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller will be The Hardy Boys
Jeff Bridges has joined the increasingly stellar cast of Iron Man
The ridiculously buff Scottish actor Gerard Butler gives a behind-the-scenes look at 300
Kiefer Sutherland is using his 24 filming break this year to star in Mirrors

British TV

Another trailer for Life on Mars is available.
Channel 4 has decreed the police will need a court order to look at unseen footage from Celebrity Big Brother [registration required]. Doesn’t look at all suspicious, does it?

US TV

Felicity star Keri Russell is to guest in Scrubs.
Lots of pilot casting news: notably, Brooke Shields will star in Lipstick Jungle and Jack Davenport will feature in Swingtown; also, Martin Henderson will replace Brad Pitt as Mr Smith in the TV version of Mr and Mrs Smith

Morning, you

5 February 2007 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Have a nice weekend?

Film and comics

Joss Whedon’s off the Wonder Woman movie.
Ghostbusters 3 is still happening. Both Dan Ackroyd and Bill Murray are up for it. But it’s going to be all-cg.
A new version of Barbarella is in the works.
Joel Schumacher wants to film Sandman.
The Flash has a new director.

Commercials

The Cadbury’s Flake ads are coming back on Friday. Directed by Jack “son of Ridley” Scott, they will focus “on the unique way of eating a Cadbury Flake: peeling back the wrapper and enjoying the crumbliest, flakiest chocolate in the world.” Ooh, top euphemism.

Events

Free comedy nights at the Science Museum.

British TV

Jo O’Meara reckons cancelling Big Brother is a good idea. Hmm.
Wank week’s been postponed. Or as Broadcast put it, it’s been pulled.

US TV

Adam Sandler is to appear on King of Queens.
Studio 60‘s going on hiatus, with The Black Donnellys due to get its time slot.
Thomas Schlamme talks about West Wing and Studio 60 walk-and-talks
Promo images for next week’s Heroes.
Another interview with Tim Kring of Heroes.

Friday’s glorious news

2 February 2007 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Doctor Who

Peter Davison has a new sitcom
There’s an evening with John Leeson on Sunday at the Questors Theatre, Ealing. Tickets are £12.
Lots of Big Finish news.
There’s a move to have Cardiff’s new shopping centre named Torchwood.
Billie Piper’s on tour.

Commercials

Orange has decided to continue with its Film Board cinema ads. First up: Michael Madsen.

Film

There’s a remake of the infamous Cannibal Holocaust on the way.
Distributors are pulling Ben Stiller/Ricky Gervais comedy Night at the Museum from screens because Fox is bringing the DVD out too soon.
The Hot Fuzz premiere is on the 13th. You could just go to your local Vue this Monday for a gala screening instead.
More on an Alan Partridge movie.
Brideshead Revisted might be getting the big-screen treatment with the same director as the 1980s ITV series.
Never fear. There will be more Wallace and Gromit.
John Travolta has his own 707.

British TV

Apparently, we needed another The Bill. Details of the long-promised HolbyBlue are emerging. It’s got Zoe Lucker and Tim Piggott-Smith, for one thing. Oh Tim. You were so good in The Chief. Why ruin the memory?

US TV

Five clips from Monday’s episode of Heroes.

Want to know all about series two of Life on Mars? Want to write an entire article about it without having to watch an episode or buy a DVD? Thank goodness for the Life on Mars series two press pack, now available from the BBC web site.

Shall we start a book on how many strangely familiar ‘exclusives’ will be appearing in various outlets soon?

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