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Four clips from the Christmas special
Bill Pullman (!) joins Torchwood

Film

Trailer for Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life
Trailer for Water for Elephants with Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz
Katee Sackhoff to play Sexy Evil Genius
Trailer for Take Me Home Tonight with Topher Grace
Syfy Films launched
Sarah Jessica Parker joins New Year’s Eve

Books

Gene Hunt books to reveal what happens between Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes

British TV

ITV1+1 to launch in January [subscription required]
ITV plans Primeval webisodes
Pompeii doc gets 3m viewers

US TV

AMC picks up Hell on Wheels
Marc Cherry working on Hallelujah
CBS and Jessica Alba to turn Twitter feed into half-hour sitcom The Mother of All Something

Wednesday “Running Wilde runs out” news

15 December 2010 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Doctor Who

Matt Smith and Katherine Jenkins talk about the Christmas special

Film

Jon Favreau won’t direct Iron Man 3
Nic Cage joins Simon West’s Medallion

British TV

Bob Mortimer launching BBC comedy hunt [subscription required]
BBC3 and BBC4 at risk
Why Iona Jones was sacked by S4C
Matthew Mcnulty and Maxine Peake to star in BBC4’s Room At The Top

French TV

Jonathan Ross to host programmes for Cinémoi [subscription required]

US TV

Casting on Homeland and True Blood
A&E greenlights Big Mike and Longmire pilots
Carrie-Anne Moss to star in Lifetime pilot
Virginia Madsen joins The Event
Fox pulls Running Wilde

Tuesday’s “bye bye Blair” news

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Doctor Who

Mekhi Phifer to star in Torchwood

Film

Kelly MacDonald to appear in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Lee Daniels to direct Anna in the Tropics
No Pepper Potts in The Avengers
Angus MacFadyen joins We Bought a Zoo
Robert de Niro and Martin Scorsese reunited for The Irishman
Zoolander 2 is happening

British TV

ITV and Sky to have right to comment on how well BBC meeting targets
Sky working on alternate HD EPG
ITV Player, 4oD coming to PS3

US TV

Don Cheadle to star in House of Lies pilot
Dexter finale gets 2.5m viewers
Leighton Meester leaving Gossip Girl… in two years
NBC, ABC to develop comedies Change of Plans and My Son Gomez
Adult Swim greenlights Jack Black/Jason Lee pilot Shredd: The Jon Johnsonsen Story
Ethan Hawke to star in Fox’s Exit Strategy?
Eric Mabius joins Bird Dog pilot
Gwyneth Paltrow to return to Glee

Monday’s “talking to girls at parties” news

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Doctor Who

PC Andy to make a return on Torchwood?

Film

Trailer for Thor
Neil Gaiman’s How To Talk To Girls At Parties to be adapted

US TV

Burn Notice hits fall season high…
…Mentalist hits season low…
…while Good Guys ends poorly
The Closer to end this season
Transporter TV series to start filming next year, Taken series in the works
Parminder Nagra, Robert Forster and Sam Neill join Alcatraz
Dane Cook to play Danno’s brother on Hawaii Five-0
Anthony Michael Hall to guest on No Ordinary Family
NBC developing 1960s Playboy Club drama
ABC updating The Count of Monte Cristo
CBS developing Two Broke Girls by Whitney Cummings and Michael Patrick King

The BBC’s 2010 Christmas clips reels

6 December 2010 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Want to know what the Beeb is showing over Christmas? Here you go then – lots of lovely vids for your delight, starting with the showreel and more after the jump. What are you looking forward to? Doctor Who? Τοp Gear? Whistle and I’ll Come To You?

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