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Doctor Who

Alice Cooper being sought for an appearance?
Kylie’s for life, not just for Christmas?
Captain Jack back for series four
John Simm to take over from David Tennant in 2010? BBC says no

Film

Paul Verhoeven to direct the Thomas Crowne sequel
Kirk’s dad cast, plus Jennifer Morrison not Janice Rand but Carol Marcus?
Frank Darabont ready to go with Fahrenheit 451
Mickey Rourke replaced Nicholas Cage on The Wrestler

Theatre

Millennium Centre saved by Welsh government

British TV

Beeb to remake Bewitched?

US TV

French Stewart joins ABC Family’s Happy Campers pilot
Henry Thomas to star in A&E’s witness protection pilot Under
Scrubs finale postponed
Internet’s Quarterlife to be acquired by NBC?

Friday’s Trekkie-tastic news

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Film

Winona Ryder to play Spock’s mum on Star Trek XI. Jennifer Morrison to play Janice Rand?
First trailer for Tom Cruise’s Valkyrie
Mark Wahlberg to play Max Payne

British TV

ITV commissions Mr Eleven, after research suggests that “a number of British women settle down with their 11th partner”
Lily Allen to front BBC3 social networking show
BBC challenges us to find the science in new series of Horizon
Tom Hardy writing a sitcom
Five dropping comedy?

US TV

Dexter gets a third season [spoilers]
Bionic Woman‘s audience has fallen 50% but Miguel Ferrer reckons the show’s just finding its voice
The behind-the-scenes story behind BSG‘s third season webisodes
Paul Feig to direct Kath & Kim pilot
Bernie Mac getting a Fox sitcom?

Thursday’s Champions-tastic news!

8 November 2007 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Doctor Who

John Barrowman’s on tour and helping with an anti-bullying campaign
David Tennant talks to The Stage about the stage

Film

Guillermo del Toro to write, direct and produce remake of The Champions!
Roman Polanski to direct Robert Harris’s The Ghost
Mike Newell to direct Prince of Persia?
Josh Lucas to star in Tell-Tale?
Bruce Greenwood is Captain Christopher Pike in Star Trek XI

Web TV

4oD to carry 20th Century Fox movies

US TV

24 postponed until strike resolved
More shows shutting down, including Pushing Daisies
Tim Kring admits season two mistakes with Heroes [spoilers]
Gina Torres cast in Dirty Sexy Money (subject to strikes)
Madchen Amick to star in Lifetime pilot

Tuesday’s “strike, strike, strike” news

6 November 2007 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

Simon Pegg’s head would explode if asked to play the Doctor

Film

Jennifer Connelly to star opposite Keanu Reeves in The Day The Earth Stood Still
Rachel Nichols up for a role in Star Trek XI?
International Iron Man trailer up
Heath Ledger talks about playing the Joker (and more)

British TV

ABC to launch a 24 hour news channel
Paramount Comedy 2+1 launches

Theater

Aaron Sorkin explains why he wrote a play about the inventor of the electronic television

US TV

Rob Lowe likes being a man on Brothers and Sisters
I knew it! The Big Bang Theory has a physicist on staff to get the science right. Shame about the comedy
NBC adapting advertising novel e for summer comedy
Strike forces ABC to put Cashmere Mafia on hold

Monday’s news in a new home

29 October 2007 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Film

Teresa Palmer as JLA‘s Wonder Woman?
Josh Lucas as Captain Pike in Star Trek XI?

Theater

Harvey Keitel to play Jerry Springer

British TV

Call for more English programmes on S4C
Value of Scots Gaelic channel questioned
BBC Worldwide to launch 30 international channels
FX strikes deal with 4oD. The Wire‘s not there yet, though
Patsy Palmer returning to EastEnders
Joanna Lumley quits Jam and Jerusalem
Louise Lombard and Danny Dyer to star in BBC’s Blood Rush

US TV

Battlestar Galactica: Razor to get theater showings
Zoe Bell joins Lost
Jerry Seinfeld gets a Fox talk show – for one evening
The CW hires a director for a Green Lantern pilot
William Petersen and Anthony LaPaglia discuss the CSI/Without A Trace crossover
AMC to make David Selzer‘s Cube-esque 99 Stories

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