Heroes

News

Normal service resumes on Monday – barring accidents or faulty alarm clocks

Film

The Long Good Friday to be remade in Miami
Elijah Wood as Iggy Pop? Okay…
Production offices for The Watchmen are opening
Life on Mars‘ stars reunite for a heist

Music

Ozzy Osbourne is going to be the first star on Birmingham’s Walk of Stars

Radio

XFM is axing its daytime DJs. Does that include weekends? No more Jimmy Carr… [free registration required]

British TV

BBC1 has picked up two more series of The Apprentice [free registration required]
ITV’s still struggling

US TV

The CW has picked up Reaper
But it hasn’t renewed Veronica Mars
How will Katee Sackhoff manage to appear in both BSG and The Bionic Woman?
Jericho got the chop because of ratings
Clips from the finale of Heroes. I’m not watching. I’m fed up of spoiling myself

She’s watched Heroes!

14 May 2007 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Ha ha! My wife’s started watching Heroes and loves it. My cunning plan was to not ask her to watch it, but instead to leave all 21 episodes sitting around on the Apple TV for her. In my absence, she chose to idle her time away watching them. Hooray!

She’s now up to episode 12 and is worrying that Sylar has too many powers, making him too dangerous. I think she’d be watching the rest of them this evening, but Canada’s Next Top Model has just started and Project Catwalk‘s on soon, too.

So there you go: Heroes is loved by just about everyone who watches it, it seems. Let those of you who haven’t started yet see that as a testimony to its quality.

Friday’s pre-pilgrimage news

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I’ll tell you about it later

Film

Eddie Murphy’s going to star in a remake of Fantasy Island
Bruce Willis likes to stay up late and leave messages on movie discussion forums
Hammer movies get sold again
Johnny Depp talks merchandising

UK TV

Five Life is going to start showing old episodes of Home and Away

US TV

The next season of Battlestar Galactica will be its last
NBC’s launching a behind-the-scenes series about Heroes on the web
Not too many comedies picked up for next season
Friday Night Lights gets a second season

Thursday’s lovely, lovely news

10 May 2007 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Bit luvvie, that.

Film

Two made-for-TV Star Wars movies to come?
May the biggest wuss win: Tim Roth will face off against Edward Norton in The Incredible Hulk
Looks like there are more Terminator things on the way
The Rock as Captain Marvel?

Music

New Order have broken up

British TV

ITV wants Moira Stuart

US TV

At least one character will survive the finale of Heroes [spoilers]
Assuming it lasts that long, given its ratings are falling
ABC Family has commissioned 10 more episodes of Kyle XY
Supernatural‘s chances of renewal are improving
Tom Selleck has signed up for Las Vegas

Tuesday’s post-bank holiday news

8 May 2007 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

The Lazarus Experiment got 6.7 million viewers
An interview (or two) with Mark Gatiss
John Barrowman talks about everything Who
David Tennant is to sing at his best friend’s wedding
Sweet FA nearly gave up acting

Film

New Spinal Tap movie available for free online
Three more Spiderman sequels planned?
Mike Myers is planning an Evil movie
Puss in Boots: the movie?
Michael Douglas is back for a sequel to Wall Street
Buffy/Angel alumna Julie Benz joins the cast of Rambo 4

British TV

Film24 is taking over the Bonanza channel [free registration required]
‘Unprecedented’ coverage of the Hay Festival due
The Beeb has indeed dropped out the Neighbours bidding war

US TV

Medium gets renewed for a fourth season
HBO’s chairman ends up in jail in Las Vegas
Donald Bellisario is leaving NCIS
Janel Moloney from The West Wing joins Brotherhood
The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard is sold for $10 million
Lost will end in 2010 after three short seasons
US farmers need wives via remakes of UK reality TV shows, apparently
Eric Roberts now has fans under the age of 15, thanks to Heroes
Some things to look forward to (allegedly) in season four of BSG
Studio 60‘s sets are being dismantled
Scrubs will end on a cliffhanger

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