US TV

News

Doctor Who

Next Doctor promo [UK only]

Film

House‘s Olivia Wilde to star in Tr2n
Sequel to Phantom planned
Wolverine trailer
Yes, Kenneth Branagh is directing Thor
James L Brooks to star with Reese Witherspoon in untitled comedy
J Lo goes with Plan B
Clips and a featurette from Tom Cruise’s Valkyrie

British TV

Second series of Merlin ordered
Channel 4 closes comedy web site
Primeval series three trailer [via]

US TV

Season five Lost trailer
Brittany Robertson to star in CW pilot Light Years; Russell Hornsby to be a regular in In Treatment
Fox orders 13 episodes of Glee
BBC America acquires Ashes to Ashes
Jack Black to guest star on The Office

Monday’s Scottish Stargate news

15 December 2008 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Doctor Who

Screw David Morrissey and Paterson Joseph – it’s Matthew Horne! [unrelated spoiler]

Film

Golden Compass director to direct Twilight sequel
Nightmare on Elm Street remake to shoot in spring
The Crow to be remade
Fifth Terminator movie in the works

British TV

Little Dorrit ends with 4.2m viewers
Naomie Harris to lead cast of Nigeria-set Sweet Delta
New characters for The Royle Family
Coming soon: the Being Human production blog

US TV

Danny Comden to write temp agency comedy for ABC…
…and Dave Hemingson to write legal dramedy for ABC
Robert Carlyle to star in the new Stargate series
Mark Schwahn to write new Melrose Place
Virtuality in trouble
Heroes and Fringe top recorded TV shows
What to expect in True Blood season two [spoilers]

Friday’s streaming news

12 December 2008 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

David Morrissey boosted David Tennant’s spirits

Film

David Goyer trying to turn The Invisible Man into a franchise

Theatre

First two Oliver! performances cancelled for more rehearsals
Producers may boycott Edinburgh Fringe
Lost‘s Daniel Dae Kim to join Maria Friedman in The King and I

British TV

BBC, ITV and BT planning a broadband Freeview service
Channel 4 not impressed by Beeb’s “share the iPlayer” plans
Fourth terrestrial HD channel in 2010. Maybe
ITV catch-up service viewers up 600% in a year

US TV

Lauren Graham returning to primetime
Fox likely to pick up Boldly Going Nowhere and Glee
Gossip Girl spin-off not happening after all
Joss Whedon admits to mistakes with Dollhouse
No Full House remake

Thursday’s “how to fix Heroes” news

11 December 2008 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Doctor Who

Torchwood won’t be watered down for BBC1 [minor spoilers]
Spoilers for the Christmas (and following) specials

Film

Casting begins on M Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender
Trailers for Dragon Ball Evolution
New Robocop movie to go hardcore
Ben Stiller replacing Mark Ruffalo on Greenburg

British TV

BBC Switch to show modern versions of Greek myths
The Comedy Unit to make OAP sitcom for BBC1

US TV

Desperate Housewives to get four more seasons?
Bryan Fuller’s plans to fix Heroes
A relative for Sylar (spoiler alert)
Sarah Chalke to star in adaptation of Maneater

Thought for the day

10 December 2008 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

Ali Larter should be encouraged to wear this dress more often. That’s my thought for the day.

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