Film
- Guy Ritchie to direct Sherlock Holmes
- I Spit On Your Grave to be remade
- Matt Damon to join Morgan Freeman in Clint Eastwood rugby movie
Awards
- Winners of the Glamour awards, including Joanna Page as comedy actress of the year
- Mad Men and The Wire top nominations at the Television Critics Association Awards
Commercials
- Privilege ads ‘unfair’ to the upper classes
British TV
- Production starts on BBC3’s PAs
- More4 head leaves to set up his own indie [free registration required]
- Al Murray to create new characters for ITV1
- Simon Nye working on ITV comedy about a teenager’s video diary
US TV
- Discovery launches first ‘green’ channel
- More casting, including Andre Braugher on Ray Romano’s Men of a Certain Age
- Green Arrow back for Smallville‘s eighth season
- Showrunners for Lost, Mad Men, House and Pushing Daisies discuss ratings
