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Doctor Who

Season five to be split in two?

Film

Javier Bardem to star in Eat, Pray, Love with Julia Roberts?
Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway to reunite for Love and Other Drugs
Amanda Seyfried and Vanessa Redgrave to star in Letters to Juliet
Neil Patrick Harris to co-star in Beastly

Theatre

Kevin Spacey to star in Inherit the Wind at the Old Vic

US TV

Clips from Stargate: Universe
Dominic Monaghan to star in unspecified ABC show – not Lost
Another room-mate for Claire in Heroes
Gilles Marini to appear on Brothers and Sisters
Royal Pains and Burn Notice do well in the ratings
William Fichtner among cameos in Entourage

Thursday’s super T-Bag news

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Doctor Who

Matt Smith’s face to appear in new title sequence

Awards

Results of the Glamour Awards, including Joanna Page as theatre actress of the year

Film

Robot Chicken writer to write Short Circuit remake
Sigourney Weaver to star in Paul and You Again
Emilie de Ravin, Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper to star with Robert Pattinson in Remember Me
Javier Bardem joins Wall Street 2
The Arquettes to star in new Scream trilogy?

British TV

UK indies export revenue hits all-time high
Ken Loach’s miners’ strike documentary to get second airing
ITV switching to subscription model for digital channels?
Ricky Gervais planning TV spin-off from Cemetery Junction
BBC to make 18th century legal drama starring Andrew Buchan
New ‘science’ show for BBC1, Bang Goes The Theory

US TV

Jeff Bell to be V‘s show-runner
The Beast cancelled
T-Bag from Prison Break to be new Heroes‘ villain
Terrence Howard developing Pigs and Panthers
Paul Blackthorne to appear on Burn Notice, and a character returns on Lost [spoilers]
Hints at how Lost will end [spoilers]

Friday’s Indian Job news

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Doctor Who

Timothy Dalton to appear in final special? [spoilers]
Interview with Matt Smith in Cannes

Film

Terry Gilliam giving Don Quixote another go
Warners acquires movie rights to Primeval
Jason Statham to star in The Killer Elite
Monica Bellucci to star in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Hindi version of The Italian Job planned
Gemma Arterton and Gossip Girl‘s Ed Westwick to play Cathy and Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights
Mickey Rourke to star in remake of Mona Lisa

Awards

Theater World Awards

Theatre

Bridget Jones – The musical
Anna Friel to star in Breakfast at Tiffany’s

British TV

ITV to cut another £20m from programme budget
Virgin1 to refresh brand and programmes
Una Stubbs joins the cast of Benidorm

US TV

Lost finale does well in the ratings
Big changes planned for Samantha Who?
Richard Schiff‘s Past Life picked up by Fox
Lost and Heroes still high in the ‘power ratings‘
Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke sign up for six episodes of Scrubs – if it returns
Comedy Central’s development slate
Fox to air more ads again
Cary Elwes to guest in Psych; Chuck likely to be back for cheaper, 13-episode run [spoilers]
State of play for the ‘bubble’ shows

Season finale: Lost (season five)

14 May 2009 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Well, you’ve got to give them one thing: they sure know how to write a cliffhanger on Lost.

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Wednesday’s VJJCVD news

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Film

Vinnie Jones and Jean Claude Van Damme to play rival assassins
Kevin Spacey to play Jack Abramoff
Nicole Kidman drops out of Woody Allen pic

British TV

Russell Tovey to star in BBC3 bedroom comedy
Heroes finale gets 1.59m viewers
Channel 4 attacks BBC for buying US shows
The Wire‘s Clarke Peters to appear in Holby City
S4C warned off running ITV news by Welsh Assembly

US TV

Four clips from the Lost finale
Scrubs writers hired to exec produce NBC’s Community
Party Down gets a second season
A&E developing six cop dramas
Fox picks up Human Target, Sons of Tuscan, renews Lie to Me with Shawn Ryan as showrunner
Clips from the Smallville and Supernatural finales

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Season finale: Lost (season five)

Wednesday’s VJJCVD news

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