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News

Doctor Who

More on the Torchwood radio episode

Film

Jordan to be the new Elvira?
Lost‘s Emilie De Ravin to appear in Michael Mann’s Public Enemies
Trilogy for Iron Man?
Mike Judge to direct Jason Bateman in Extract

Events

Highlights of the Welsh BAFTAs

British TV

ITV Prisoner remake still happening. Any minute now…
Peep Show to run forever?
Richard Hammond’s C4 pilot not picked up
Axe taken to cast of Coronation Street

US TV

Rachael Leigh Cook to appear in Psych
Hilary Duff to star in 90210 spin-off?
NBC staying quiet about Scrubs‘ move to ABC
Angela Bassett to be ER regular next season
Jay Mohr and Jaime King to star in CBS comedy pilot

Tuesday’s fabulous Absolutely news

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Doctor Who

David Morrissey to appear in Christmas special [spoilers]

Film

DS9‘s Nana Visitor to play Jason Vorhees’ mum in Friday the 13th remake?
Guillermo del Toro to direct Saturn and the End of Days
Sex and the City world premiere to be in London

Comics

Ender’s Game comic coming
Frank Miller to direct Hard Boiled adaptation?
Stan Lee to work as writer and editor for Virgin Comics

British TV

Harry Hill to make spoof soap for ITV
Steve Coogan to play gambling addict in BBC1 comedy drama
Work under way on a third series of The Street
Gavin & Stacey moving – to BBC1 or maybe BBC2?
Andrew Marr to front new history show [free registration required]
Another series for Two Pints
Absolutely reunion stage show planned?

US TV

Fontana and Levinson leave NBC’s The Philanthropist before it starts
Caprica to be as gritty as BSG
Family Guy writers sue Fox
Sarah Chalke returning to HIMYM
Terminator second season confirmed
Second season of Moonlight being worked on

Tuesday’s fabulous Absolutely news

22 April 2008 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Doctor Who

David Morrissey to appear in Christmas special [spoilers]

Film

DS9‘s Nana Visitor to play Jason Vorhees’ mum in Friday the 13th remake?
Guillermo del Toro to direct Saturn and the End of Days
Sex and the City world premiere to be in London

Comics

Ender’s Game comic coming
Frank Miller to direct Hard Boiled adaptation?
Stan Lee to work as writer and editor for Virgin Comics

British TV

Harry Hill to make spoof soap for ITV
Steve Coogan to play gambling addict in BBC1 comedy drama
Work under way on a third series of The Street
Gavin & Stacey moving – to BBC1 or maybe BBC2?
Andrew Marr to front new history show [free registration required]
Another series for Two Pints
Absolutely reunion stage show planned?

US TV

Fontana and Levinson leave NBC’s The Philanthropist before it starts
Caprica to be as gritty as BSG
Family Guy writers sue Fox
Sarah Chalke returning to HIMYM
Terminator second season confirmed
Second season of Moonlight being worked on

Monday’s political impersonations news

14 April 2008 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

The latest news, plus a few things that happened while I was on holiday last week. Apologies if I left anything important out!

Doctor Who

John Barrowman says Ecclescake was grumpy
A picture from the Christmas special [spoilers]

Film

Script review of Day The Earth Stood Still remake
Warner to offer DVDs and VoD of movies on the same day in UK
Natalie Portman to star in Wuthering Heights
Thandie Newton to star as Condie Rice and Ioan Gruffudd as Tony Blair in Oliver Stone George Bush biopic

British TV

Mitchell and Webb get a third series
Lindsay Duncan to play Margaret Thatcher
£15m remake of Ben Hur planned [free registration required]
Wombles to save kids TV? [free registration required]
Marc Warren, Alexander Armstrong and Keeley Hawes in comedy drama

US TV

Fox picks up Ronald D Moore’s Virtuality movie pilot
Tricia Helfer has secret Fox drama planned?
Lost exec to be showrunner on JJ Abrams’ Fringe
Scrubs’ Sarah Chalke might be back for another HIMYM
Two of Patricia Cornwell’s novels to be adapted for Lifetime
Oprah to be Tina Fey’s best friend on 30 Rock?
George Clooney returning for final ER?
Lost and Grey’s Anatomy to have extra hour for finales

Thursday’s “All We Hear Is Radio Torchwood” news

27 March 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Torchwood to have a one-off Radio 4 special episode written by Joe Lidster [free registration required]
It’s Saturday 5th April. It’s 6.20pm. It’s time for Doctor Who

Film

Simon Pegg talks about Star Trek and the new Spaced, as well as the Spaced Region 1 DVDs (commentaries with Matt Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith and Diablo Cody)
James Cromwell and Ellen Burstyn to play George W Bush’s parents, Scrubs‘ Elizabeth Banks to play Laura Bush (?) in the forthcoming W
Tobey Maguire to produce comic-book adaptation Afterburn
GI Joe to be an origins piece?
X-Files 2 talk from Chris Carter
Old Twilight Zone episode to be turned into movie

Theatre

Rowan Atkinson to play Fagin in Oliver!

British TV

Living’s bought up Private Practice
Channel 4’s Spring and Summer line-up
Heston Blumenthal takes Gordon Ramsay’s idea and runs with it: let’s fix Little Chef for Channel 4

US TV

Four join the cast of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, including BSG‘s Tahmoh Penikett
The other ending of Jericho
24‘s Elisha Cuthbert to star in the NY-LON remake
Trailer for The Wire‘s creators’ Generation Kill
ABC greenlights some more pilots

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