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Film

Casting on Justice League?
Next Bond villain Mathieu Amalric?

British TV

ITV’s 2008 comedy line-up

US TV

Talks to end the strike begin
SNL staff cut because of strike
Dirty Sexy Money gets a full season
Lost‘s Carlton Cuse crosses the picket line

Friday’s dolphin-rescuing news

16 November 2007 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Film

Jeff Bridges might be in the Tron sequel
YouTube footage of Jet Li and Jackie Chan’s The Forbidden Kingdom
Pinewood to double in size

British TV

How Not To Live Your Life gets full series – and format pick-up by ABC
Jonathan Ross sues The Sunday Times over Ricky Gervais joke
Warren Clarke, Anthony Head and Jenny Agutter to star in comedy drama Desperados for the Beeb

US TV

Bionic Woman and Battlestar Galactica stop production because of the strike
Posters for The Sarah Connor Chronicles
BSG‘s Michael Trucco gets lead in Man of Your Dreams
30 Rock and SNL to give live performances this weekend
Japan wants to arrest Hayden Panettiere for interfering with a dolphin (hunt)

Thursday’s slow news day

15 November 2007 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Who knew there’d be so little news during a strike?

Film

Sam Raimi won’t direct Spiderman 4

British TV

Jerry Springer going to Auschwitz for Who Do You Think You Are?
Channel 4 to expand its Cutting Edge strand

US TV

ABC plans male Supernanny spin-off. Yes, it’s Supermanny
An interview with Michael C Hall about Dexter (audio)
Sydney Poitier (no, not Sidney Poitier – his daughter) to appear in Knight Rider
Family Guy feud brewing as Fox plans to complete episodes itself
New promos for The Wire
No more Kill Point for Spike

Questions about Monday’s Heroes

14 November 2007 Rob Buckley 9 Comments

Look away if you haven’t watched it yet: there be spoilers ahead

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Wednesday’s “meet David Tennant” news

14 November 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

Win a set-trip visit to meet David Tennant – and Catherine Tate

Film

Ridley Scott to direct Stonehenge-based supernatural movie, Stones
Dragonball to be adapted by Stephen Chow
Kate Bush doing a song for The Golden Compass
Matt Frewer to play Moloch in Watchmen
Poltergeist to be remade

British TV

Beeb pledges to ‘consider’ disabled actors for all roles

US TV

Andromeda Strain remake not going to be faithful. Much

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The Medium is Not Enough

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Monday’s ever-so-brief news

Friday’s dolphin-rescuing news

Thursday’s slow news day

Questions about Monday’s Heroes

Wednesday’s “meet David Tennant” news

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

Please watch I Walk Through Moscow – and I’m quoted!

Ms Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Old Man

Life and Beth and Night Sky

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Essex Serpent