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Doctor Who

Christmas episode to be called A Christmas Carol [minor spoilers]

Film

Cameos in Muppets movie to include Alan Arkin, Jack Black, Billy Crystal, Zach Galifianakis and Jean-Claude Van Damme
Carey Mulligan to play Daisy in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby
Katherine Heigl off Adaline
Pic of John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe in The Raven
New film studio opens in Bristol

British TV

Spooks gets the BBC into trouble in China
Jim Broadbent and John Simm to star in Exile by Paul Abbott
ITV3 and ITV4 go HD on Sky

Canadian TV

Lost Girl gets a second season

US TV

NBC unveils massive schedule change, 30 Rock renewal
Medium cancelled
Walking Dead ratings up
CSI: Miami falls to all-time low in ratings
BBC sells 50% stake back to Discovery channel
Guillermo Del Toro and David Eick to create the new Hulk TV series
Amanda Walsh cast in Danni Lowinski pilot for The CW
Jeff Gaspin leaving NBC
Nia Long joins Chase

First Dirk Gently picture released

12 November 2010 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

It started off as a couple of Doctor Who scripts written by Douglas Adams (City of Death, Shada). Then it got heavily altered and became a book (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) that got adapted into a radio series.

Now it’s a one-off BBC4 special starring Stephen Mangan, Helen Baxendale and Darren Boyd (don’t forget to listen to him in the third series of Safety Catch co-starring Joanna Page on Radio 4 at 11.30am today) – and here’s the first picture from Dirk Gently’s Holistic Agency (see how it’s now promoted to bold?). I’ll say one thing: they’ve got the hair right.

Thursday’s “sexy bad girl” news

11 November 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Why Amy? Steven Moffat wanted a sexy bad girl in the TARDIS
New series to explain River Song’s true identity [minor spoilers]

Film

Elizabeth Banks to star in Welcome to People?
Warner Bros to pick up Brad Thor’s female Delta novel The Athena Project
Merlin in the modern day?

British TV

BBC Cymru Wales director Menna Richards to step down

US TV

Tuesday night ratings: Glee matches season low
TV Land orders pilot of Ex Men
Fox to pick up Christian Slater’s Breaking In to replace Running Wilde?
Ronald D Moore and Naren Shankar to remake The Wild Wild West
HBO passes on Miraculous Year

What happens in between Doctor Who episodes?

10 November 2010 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

The new series five Doctor Who box sets are coming soon, and they’re going to include some mini-episodes specially written by Steven Moffat and set in between the TV stories. Here’s two of them – enjoy!

Meanwhile in the TARDIS 1

Meanwhile in the TARDIS 2

Wednesday’s “Theo Huxtable” news

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Doctor Who

Arlene Tur joins Torchwood

Film

Trailer for Jane Eyre
Roland Emmerich’s The Zone is shut down
YA trailer for Tron: Legacy

British TV

Channels 4 and 5 disagree with ITV over CRR
Jo Brand writing drama for the BBC
Romola Garai, Dominic West and Ben Whishaw join The Hour
Jimmy McGovern says all US dramas are over-rated

US TV

Ronald D Moore sells coast guard adventure, The McCulloch, to NBC
The Event and Chase down again in the ratings
Nicole Richie to star in ABC comedy
Steven Weber and DL Hughley join Allan Loeb’s TNT pilot based on The Rabbit Factory
Tim Allen to star in Man Up?
Malcolm-Jamal Warner to guest on Community
Fox working on 80s music industry drama

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