Sex and the City

Tracy Morgan and Martin Lawrence among those joining Death at a Funeral
Julia Roberts to produce Jesus Henry Christ
Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss to star opposite SJP and Hugh Grant in Did Your Hear About The Morgans?
Nick Nolte and Jennifer Morrison to star in mixed martial arts film Warrior

Theatre

Ghost: The musical
Cynthia Nixon says no to Sex and the City Broadway adaptation
Carrie’s War to become a West End play

British TV

World Productions in danger of closing
Lark Rise to Candleford gets a third series
Playwrights get a BBC sitcom
No third series of Extras ever
Red Riding gets 2.6m viewers
Sky about to upgrade Sky+HD EPG

US TV

More casting on Gossip Girl spin-off
Spooks‘ Rupert Penry-Jones to star in Jerry Bruckheimer pilot, Firefly‘s Morena Baccarin to star in V and other casting, including No Heroics
Burn Notice now hottest cable show
ABC gives pilot order to adaptation of BBC3’s Pulling
Nate Corddry and Molly Parker join Sarah Michelle Gellar pilot
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz joins Melrose Place
CSI to get BSG visitation

Friday’s “not very impressive Torchwood trailer” news

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Doctor Who

Trailer for Torchwood: Children of Earth

Film

Tom Wilkinson and Ciaran Hinds join The Debt
Timothy Hutton joins Roman Polanski’s The Ghost
All four stars sign up for Sex and the City 2
Sally Hawkins to star in We Want Sex (Equality)

Theatre

Michael Bogdanov’s theatre company to fold after staging Thorn Birds musical
Les Dennis to star in Priestley comedy

British TV

ITV Wales dropping signing on Wales Tonight
Good ratings for Minder
Ian Hart to star in Virgin 1 web drama
Amy Nuttall signs up for Hotel Babylon
BBC Four doing a Japan season in March
Kim Thomson joining Emmerdale
ITV and Shine form a partnership. More series like Demons anyone?

US TV

Hayden (sort of) denies she wants out from Heroes
Life on Mars‘ ratings plummet in new slot
Caprica to premiere on DVD
Joss Whedon’s future plans
The CW picks up Vampire Diaries and Body Politic; CBS picks up The Big D
Eli Stone‘s Loretta Devine joins Legally Mad
Burn Notice‘s Jeffrey Donovan gets a raise
Networks looking for new crime dramas and procedurals like The Mentalist
Krysten Ritter joins Gossip Girl spin-off
How LA is made to look like DC for 24
Cupid now down to seven episodes
Cliffhanger planned for Terminator: TSCC

Friday’s “not very impressive Torchwood trailer” news

6 February 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Trailer for Torchwood: Children of Earth

Film

Tom Wilkinson and Ciaran Hinds join The Debt
Timothy Hutton joins Roman Polanski’s The Ghost
All four stars sign up for Sex and the City 2
Sally Hawkins to star in We Want Sex (Equality)

Theatre

Michael Bogdanov’s theatre company to fold after staging Thorn Birds musical
Les Dennis to star in Priestley comedy

British TV

ITV Wales dropping signing on Wales Tonight
Good ratings for Minder
Ian Hart to star in Virgin 1 web drama
Amy Nuttall signs up for Hotel Babylon
BBC Four doing a Japan season in March
Kim Thomson joining Emmerdale
ITV and Shine form a partnership. More series like Demons anyone?

US TV

Hayden (sort of) denies she wants out from Heroes
Life on Mars‘ ratings plummet in new slot
Caprica to premiere on DVD
Joss Whedon’s future plans
The CW picks up Vampire Diaries and Body Politic; CBS picks up The Big D
Eli Stone‘s Loretta Devine joins Legally Mad
Burn Notice‘s Jeffrey Donovan gets a raise
Networks looking for new crime dramas and procedurals like The Mentalist
Krysten Ritter joins Gossip Girl spin-off
How LA is made to look like DC for 24
Cupid now down to seven episodes
Cliffhanger planned for Terminator: TSCC

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