Star Trek

Eric Bana as Trek villain. Chris Pine as Kirk? And an interview with a co-writer
Halcyon signs up all Philip K Dick rights for next three years
Armando Ianucci to direct his first movie
Land of the Lost comedy from Will Ferrell greenlit
Terminator series re-booted from 2009
Jerry O’Flaherty to direct Thundercats
UK’s Cineworld cinemas to have 3D projectors installed

British TV

Laura Solon‘s failed BBC3 pilot picked up by ITV2
EastEnders producer admits Dirty Den return was a mistake
Norman Wisdom documentary to feature his last stage appearance
Pictures from Ashes to Ashes
BBC cutting 2,800 jobs

US TV

Gossip Girl first show of the Fall to get a full-season pick-up
Roswell creator now in charge of Bionic Woman
Additional scripts ordered for Chuck, Bionic Woman, Life, Journeyman and Cane
NBC buys Oxygen
Daivd Milch has a 1970s cop drama planned
Chevy Chase to guest on Brothers and Sisters
Fox picks up “man who invents his own religion” comedy pilot Church of Reggie
FX and HBO both develop dramas about biker gangs
Friends‘ Greg Malins developing comedy about famous friends for ABC
HBO to make spy-workplace comedy Intelligence
ABC to make The Middleman based on Lost writer’s graphic novel

Tuesday’s eruptive news

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Doctor Who

David Tennant and Catherine Tate take Peter Capaldi, Tracey Childs and Phil Davis over to Rome for a week’s filming for the new series [spoilers]

Film

Jessica Biel to be the Justice League‘s Wonder Woman?
The Rock to play either hero or villain in Shazam!
Die Hard director John McTiernan sent to prison for four months for lying to the Feds

British TV

To The Manor Born gets a Christmas reunion

US TV

Michael Shanks to guest star in Eureka
Nana Visitor to guest on Battlestar Galactica
James Garner to play David Boreanaz’s granddad on Bones?
A teaser trailer for the new season of The Wire
NBC orders up an anthology horror series
HBO to make drama based on 2000’s Florida recount

Questions and realisations from television last week: Burn Notice

22 September 2007 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

It’s back, but it’s mutated. “Things I learned from watching television last week”/“Things I learned from television last week”/“Things I learnt from last week’s television” (style guide? What style guide?) has returned – but in a different guise (as promised). After a brief experiment last week, it has now emerged from the pupa of my brain into something hopefully more butterfly-like than the original caterpillars.

Here goes: this week’s question(s) – which I throw open to the floor to answer, whether you’ve seen the show or not – and realisation(s) – for which I also invite comment – come from having watched the rather good finale of Burn Notice on Friday.

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Tuesday’s choice selection of news nuggets

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Film

Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal to star in remake of Danish film
Zoe Saldana cast as young Uhura
Evan Handler, Jason Lewis and David Eigenberg re-join Sex and the City. Chris Noth is still working out
Jim Broadbent in the next Harry Potter movie

Comics

Previews of the Angel comic

British TV

Ray Winstone’s daughter to star in BBC3’s Phoo Action
BSkyB to launch a channel for older women

US TV

Lauren Graham signs seven figure development deal with NBC
Annie Potts and Martin Mull join cast of TNT’s William H Macey pilot

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