It’s supposed to be from the Lost season 1 finale, but, well, watch it and see. You even get to find out the smoke monster’s real name.
US TV
Lost
Monday’s Chuck vs Luke news
Film
- Stargate‘s Christopher Judge joins The Dark Knight Rises
- Rhys Ifans denies Bond appearance
- Trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire
- Guy Pearce and Amy Ryan to star in Drake Doremus movie
Theatre
- Thandie Newton to star in Death and the Maiden
British TV
- Merlin gets a fifth series
- Two Pints of Lager cancelled
- National Theatre and Channel 4 to work together on joint projects
- STV to finally air Downtown Abbey [subscription required]
- BSkyB growth slowing
- Anna Higgs to head Film4.0
US TV
- Heroes‘ Jack Coleman joins Vampire Diaries
- Another Hart of Dixie preview
- Lily Tomlin to guest on NCIS
- Pierce Brosnan to star in Stephen King’s Bag of Bones
- The Wire‘s Michael Kenneth Williams joins Community
- New trailer for The Walking Dead [spoilers]
- Lost‘s John Terry joins Charlie’s Angels
- USA’s Eden doesn’t get the go-ahead
- Sanctuary to have a musical episode
- Mark Hamill joins Chuck
- Castle to have Ghostbusters and superhero-themed episodes
News
Tuesday’s “low quality Avengers” news
Film
- Teaser trailer for The Dark Knight Rises
- Howard Gordon and James Wong developing 2084
- Kevin Costner joins Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained
- Emma Watson for Beauty & the Beast?
- A new Conan teaser trailer
- Rhys Ifans and Javier Bardem confirmed for new Bond movie
- Trailer/end scene for The Avengers – catch it quick!
British TV
- Channel 4 and E4 acquire Homeland, Apartment 23 and New Girl
US TV
- Love Bites‘ Constance Zimmer joins Royal Pains
- Lost‘s Titus Welliver joins Powers
- Breaking Bad gets best ever ratings
- The Dark Tower movies and TV show cancelled
- FX picks up Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story
- Breaking Bad‘s Giancarlo Esposito to recur on Once Upon A Time
- Single Ladies gets a second season
- Acorn TV to stream British shows online
- Ricky Gervais teams with Clyde Phillips for Afterlife
- Dexter‘s David Ramsey to recur on Blue Bloods
- Friday Night Lights finishes with 3.5m viewers
Now here comes an awesome documentary: Showrunners
Now how much am I looking forward to this – Showrunners, a documentary about the creator/exec producer/writers who now mastermind US and even some UK TV shows. It features interviews with Damon Lindelof, David Eick and David Shore among others. It has a Facebook page and also a trailer. Roll on 2012!
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Wednesday’s Vikings news
British TV
- S4C/BBC negotiations to resume
- Early footage of Sir Ian McKellen in an episode of The Tomb of His Ancestors discovered
- BBC Alba to be available on Freeview from 8 June
Canadian TV
- CBC orders pilot of police procedural Cracked
- The Tudors/Camelot‘s Michael Hirst working on Vikings
US TV
- Edward James Olmos joins Dexter
- Kevin Costner to star in History mini-series
- Christopher Meloni leaves L&O:SVU after 12 years
- Prison Break‘s Rockmond Dunbar to recur on Sons of Anarchy
- Fernanda Andrade to recur on Sons of Anarchy
- Lost producers look back, one year on
- Danny Glover to guest on Psych
- Curb Your Enthusiasm season 8 trailer
- Andrea Parker joins Pretty Little Liars