Brace yourself. Heroes is coming back soon…
Heroes
Tuesday’s slow news
Doctor Who
- Maybe Sylvester McCoy was talking about the Children in Need special…
Film
- Logan’s Run remake back on track
British TV
- Jamie Oliver: the cartoon series
- BBC content going on O2 phones
- Paris Hilton on Celebrity Big Brother?
US TV
- ABC Family orders Samurai Girl pilot
- Kristen Bell talks Heroes
- Janeane Garofalo to appear in 24
News
Monday’s “is it news or not?” news
You might know it, you might not: it’s all new to me
Doctor Who
- Another candidate for the position of the Rani??
- Sylvester McCoy lets slip a spoiler – or is Peter Davison having him on?
- Daleks do panto
Books
- JK Rowling writing a detective book?
Film
- Steven Segal wants an apology from the FBI
- Erk. Legally Blondes
British TV
- Inspector Lynley axed
- E4 plans a drama school show with Gina Bellman and Jimi Mistry
US TV
- CBS might pick up LL Cool J show for mid-season
- More new cast members for Heroes, including Veronica Mars herself and Nichelle Nichols
- NBC to make Fall pilots available on the Internet
- HBO renews Entourage and Flight of the Conchords
- Two more pilots for ABC Family
- Ken Leung gets Lost
- CSI gets a new recurring CSI
- Viva Laughlin! gets a shake-up
Old news
- Colm Meaney as Gene Hunt for US Life on Mars!
News
Monday’s “five more days until I’m on holiday” news
Naughty Heath. Don’t be so mean to Maggie
Doctor Who
- Magical alien, behaviour-altering device will ensure no swearing or sex on Torchwood whenever Martha’s about “because kids will be watching”. Or maybe it’s just her
- Julie Gardner says RTD will be back for more seasons. Just about.
Film
- Clips from the new Blade Runner DVDs
- What’s changed in Southland Tales
- Fanboy Ed Norton’s written the script to The Incredible Hulk!
- Iron Man footage
Books
- Marie Phillips ‘is something of a goddess’
- Beeb adapting Lark Rise To Candleford
Theatre/Comedy
- Amnesty launches Behind The Fringe vodcasts
British TV
- Buffy prequel Ripper almost agreed with Beeb for 2008
- 318,000 watch Studio 60 opener
US TV
- Kevin Smith to write and direct the first Heroes: Origins
- Don’t you love it when a celeb’s quoted word for word? It always looks great. Michelle Ryan sort of explains sort of about the sort of changes you sort of might see during the first sort of episodes of Bionic Woman. Sort of
- Spoilers galore for Smallville
- And spoilers for Bionic Woman, BSG and Heroes
- Lost spoilers and explanations. Plus a new Dharma orientation vid (sort of)
- Sam Jones will be cameoing in Flash Gordon as ‘Krebb’ [no link]
- The dead will walk in season seven of 24? [spoilers]
- The trickiness of making a series as good as a pilot
Friday’s news signifying nothing
Doctor Who
- Enlist Doctor Who to save Welsh, argues Labour Welsh assembly member
Film
- Status Quo: movie stars
- Another villain for The Incredible Hulk
- Johnny Depp to star in a movie based on Dark Shadows
- A clip from Jason Statham and Jet Li’s War
British TV
- Virgin ditches its mobile TV service because of low uptake [free registration required]
- Paul Merton plans an improv show for ITV1 [free registration required]
- More than 4 million people watched the Heroes premiere on BBC2
US TV
- David Greenwalt leaves Moonlight before it’s even begun
- Sarah Connor Chronicles trying to get Robert Patrick and other Terminator movie actors on board
- Val Kilmer to appear in Numb3rs season premiere
- Pilot casting fun plus more pilots on the way, including some from Queer Eye‘s production company
- Interviews with Masi Oka and Jack Coleman from Heroes
- ABC disappointed by quality of Traveler