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Jessica Biel says no to being Wonder Woman
Young Bond movies may be coming
Animal-centric movie of Noah’s Ark
Francis Ford Coppola’s last movie has been stolen
Karate Kid remake with Will Smith’s son planned?
Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas have a caper together
Highlander future uncertain. Unsurprisingly

British TV

Virgin 1 will have more British TV later

US TV

Lost spoilers. Sort of
NBC to make 13-part Robinson Crusoe adaptation
Elisabeth Rohm joins Big Shots, plus more cast for Bionic Woman and Journeyman

Review: Heroes 2×1

26 September 2007 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

In the US: Mondays, 9/8c, NBC

In the UK: BBC2, very soon

Characters re-cast: 0

Major characters gotten rid of: Some are MIA, some are KIA

Major new characters: Three so far

Format change percentage: 20%

Number of odd faces in mirrors: 1

If humans were to live the dream while evolving through the eye of a needle into the rainbow blue sunset of Thomas Hardy’s pleasure dome… Sorry, I’ve been listening to the Heroes voiceover again.

Yes, it’s back. The breakout series of last year, a tale of everyday folk becoming superheroic and not being sure, necessarily, that they like it, is back again to frustrate, tease, annoy and excite, four months on. Or should that be 400 years off?

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Friday’s Dave – sorry, news (I rebranded)

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Film

John Cusack’s Stopping Power is back on track
Brett Ratner and Christ Tucker take on Frank Sinatra – and his valet
Katherine Heigl picks up the rights to Lost & Found, so she can make it with her mum
Isla Fisher to star in Confessions of a Shopaholic adaptation
Ryan Phillippe and Eva Green join futuristic London-set thriller Franklyn
Brad Pitt to star opposite Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter
Wild Geese to be remade
Resident Evil 4 to focus on Ali Larter?
Warner not best pleased with JJ Abrams

Australian TV

First look at Matt Lucas in Kath & Kim

British TV

It sounds like a joke, but UKTV G2 is taking over UKTV Bright Ideas’ slot on Freeview and renaming itself – as Dave. Yes, Dave
Win a walk-on part in Shameless
Five to get a Spring refresh?
Living unveils its 2008 line-up, including Army Wives, Lipstick Jungle and Viva Laughlin
Blue Peter‘s cat-naming poll was fixed

US TV

Brit actors Gina McKee and Sienna Guillory join the cast of The Oaks
FX making a modern day Parallax View called Paranoid, from the screenwriter of Fight Club
The Wire‘s writers come up with a spoof final scene
Fall series might have to drop their budgets
A Lost character rises from the dead (spoiler)

Thursday’s “it’s a good job everyone’s on holiday or else they’d be bored with the lack of news today?” news

30 August 2007 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

David Bowie to guest star?? Not according to Bowie

Film

Another Dune on the way?
Angelina Jolie to join Pierce Brosnan in The Topkapi Affair?
Paul Verhoeven to adapt The Paperboy?
Billy Bob and Kim Basinger to appear in The Informers, based on Bret Easton Ellis short stories

British TV

Peter Doherty to play a zombie in Ripper?
Virgin 1 unveils its branding [free registration required]
Life on Mars creators turn to archaeology for excitement

US TV

Jeremy Davies to join Lost as a recurring character
Reiko Aylesworth to join ER

Tuesday’s Scottish news

28 August 2007 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

There’s just so much happening in Edinburgh.

Doctor Who

David Tennant was in awe of Paul McGann
Doctor Who wins programme of the year at Edinburgh
Bernard Cribbins to cameo in series four

Film

Keanu Reeves to star in Day The Earth Stood Still remake
Nicolas Cage as Magnum PI?
Russell Crowe to appear in the next Batman movie?

Comics

Dan Dare to return for comics and a possible movie

British TV

ITV confesses to making ‘similar’ shows to other channels
No remake of The Prisoner after all
Alan Davies would love to do more Jonathan Creek
Shooting style made Peep Show less successful
No Celebrity Big Brother next year
Five to reduce US content
And so is Channel 4
More4 to do less drama

US TV

Tim Minear sells Miracle Man to ABC
Kevin Smith to direct an episode of Battlestar Galactica
An interview with James Marsters (no Torchwood talk, though)
Eliza Dushku signs development deal with Fox
Donal Logue gets another comedy pilot
Jeff Fahey joins Lost
Lynda LaPlante writing Mafia Wives
Dexter writer initially worried by Michael C Hall casting

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Review: Heroes 2×1

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Tuesday’s Scottish news

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