News

Tuesday’s news

Radio Times covers

Doctor Who

Books/Comics

  • Neil Gaiman’s doing a book-signing at Forbidden Planet on Friday

Film

  • The original Transformers movie gets a re-release in London
  • Michael Biehn might have a part in James Cameron’s Avatar. QFS.

British TV

  • Philip Glenister from Life on Mars slags off British TV [free registration required]

US TV

  • Lots of BSG interviews. Looks like Caprica’s off, though
  • Piper Perabo is going to be House‘s love interest. Maybe.
  • More pilot casting, with The Thick of It getting a lead at last
  • The usual spoilers from Kristen this week, including a forthcoming Lost fatality, Prison Break fatalities, and a Heroes fatality

“Roll on the weekend” Friday news

Doctor Who

  • The Stage has puts its Doctor Who podcast online

Film

  • Artwork for Gatchaman (aka G-Force)

British TV

US TV

  • BSG finale talk from Grace Park. There’ll be a two-hour special episode in the Fall, before the fourth season starts next January.
  • Miguel Ferrer joins the cast of The Bionic Woman and Orlando Jones is to star in Victoria ‘Green Wing‘ Pile’s first US show
  • NBC performs evil experiments on Heroes fans
  • Jamie Kennedy stars opposite the real bionic man, Lee Majors, in pilot Me and Lee?
News

“Why are my feet so cold?” Wednesday news

New Who

Ah, headlines no one but me will understand.

Doctor Who

Film

  • Tom Cruise’s UA has picked up Francis Ford Coppola’s first movie in 10 years. The Man will star in Bryan Singer’s WWII film
  • Sean Connery fancies coming back as Bond’s dad
  • Hellboy 2 begins shooting in May
  • Film rights to old Bruce Lee show The Green Hornet have been picked up again

British TV

  • Alan Sugar complains about how rubbish series two’s apprentices were [free registration required]



US TV

News

News from over the weekend

Freema Agyeman

Let the third series publicity machine grind into action.

Doctor Who

Comics

  • Stan Lee Media sues Marvel. Stan Lee condemns the move. Confused?

Film

  • A sequel to 300?
  • The next Bond movie will be a direct sequel to Casino Royale
  • Erk. Here comes Pirates of the Caribbean 3‘s trailer

British TV

US TV

Wednesday morning news

Doctor Who

Comics

  • Captain America not dead, as predicted?

Film

  • Hayley Atwell is the new Julia Flyte in Brideshead Revisited
  • John Waters is making a kids’ film
  • The inevitable (and partially justified) nitpicks of 300 by historians begins

    There’s going to be a Transporter 3

British TV

US TV

  • Interviews with the Heroes cast by Kristin
  • Bravo has bought Television Without Pity
  • Dr Evil aka Viacom has finally sued YouTube/Google for $1 billion
  • Michael Shanks is guest starring on 24
  • Lost, Scrubs, Smallville and CSI: Miami spoilers on Ask Ausiello