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Monday morning day-off news

Comic Doctor

You’d never guess I wasn’t supposed to be working today, would you? Must. Work. Harder…

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Films

  • Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse will be two separate movies in the UK. The first part will be out on September 21st
  • Iron Man will have both the original grey and the more famous red and gold suits
  • Frost-Nixon is being made into a movie with Frank Langella as Nixon. Will Michael Sheen get to be Frost again?
  • Ridley Scott to direct revisionist Robin Hood film Nottingham, with Russell Crowe as the brave and good Sheriff
  • Daniel Craig doesn’t like having his bottom snapped, allegedly
  • Darren Aronofsky wants to make a film about Noah
  • Gordon Ramsay: the movie?
  • Old Clive Owen mini-series Second Sight to be adapted

Technology

British TV

  • Freesat’s been given the all-clear by the BBC Trust. Good news: it’ll be futureproof
  • Richard Herring talks about his new sitcom

US TV

  • New characters for Adult Swim
  • Conan O’Brien blames NBC for the demise of Andy Barker, PI
  • Studio 60‘s coming back on May 24 in the current ER slot
  • Whatever happened to Masters of Science Fiction?
  • The UK’s Man Stroke Woman to be remade by and with Sean Hayes

“Eek. I’m late” news

Bloody alarm clocks

Doctor Who

  • Interview with sweet FA
  • The Mirror says David Tennant has confirmed he’ll star in all of the fourth series
  • Lots of (alleged) spoilers about Captain Jack’s appearance this season

Film

Media Journalism

  • Charlie Brooker discovers what the rest of us journalists have to go through every single time we deal with a PR firm

US TV

  • Homeland Security is testing drones named after Chloe from 24
  • Watch Shatnerisation as it happens: Billy boy is to appear alongside himself in Boston Legal using footage from 1957
  • Goodie. Another Stargate series is on the way. It’ll deal with the ninth chevron. Wow.
  • Pilot casting
News

News from over the weekend

Freema Agyeman

Let the third series publicity machine grind into action.

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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

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Wednesday’s fun-filled news

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