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Doctor Who

Fourth series of Torchwood to begin work in January?
New pictures from The Waters of Mars

Film

Marti Noxon to write new version of Fright Night
Harvey Keitel joins Little Fockers

Theatre

La Cage Aux Folles to close

British TV

Tuesday night ratings
It’s the BBC2 winter and spring press pack
BBC2 acquires Nurse Jackie

US TV

Ray Bradbury working on mini-series based on short stories
Dollhouse and Hank both get cancelled
Tuesday night ratings, with V dropping off
SyFy commissions comedy Outer Space Astronauts

Friday’s “unconvincing Vinnie Jones quote” news

18 September 2009 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

The Sarah Jane Adventures to air twice-weekly from October 15th
Girl Number 9 to star Tracy-Ann Oberman and Gareth David-Lloyd

Film

Christopher Plummer, Brad Dourif, and Madchen Amick join Priest
Paul Giamatti and James Purefoy to star in medieval Magnificent Seven, Ironclad
Matt Damon and Clint Eastwood team up for Hereafter
X-Men: First Class to start filming next year?
Trailer for Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Scott Glenn joins Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch
Noel Clarke starts shooting 4.3.2.1
Trailer for Jonathan Rhys Meyers’/John Travolta’s From Paris With Love

British TV

STV planning its own 6pm news
Beeb cuts My Family budget, orders two new series
C4 looking for more NI programming
Season three of Gossip Girl to start on ITV2 next month

US TV

The Tudors to be succeeded by The Borgias?
John McNamara to take over as showrunner on In Plain Sight
Penn and Teller to star as ‘Penn and Teller’: magician-detectives for ABC
Vinnie Jones to guest star on Chuck, star in comic book series (not convinced Vinnie came up with the quote in the article…)
Heroes websides and TV show to crossover

Holiday meme of the week: Whose death made you cry the most?

12 August 2009 Rob Buckley 10 Comments

Okay. We can talk about this without worrying about spoilers now. Obviously, in a very recent Torchwood, Ianto Jones popped his clogs, adding to the show’s already high body count. I imagine the effect on teenage girls must have been greater than with adults, but you never know. However, we all remember our first, so the question of the week is:

Whose death on TV was the first to upset you?

It can be a real person or a fictional person – it’s up to you. Personally, Soolin getting shot at the end of Blake’s 7 was my first TV trauma; and Peri’s getting shot in Doctor Who had me upset for quite some time. But how about you?

As always, leave a comment with your answer or a link to your answer on your own blog.

Monday’s post Comic-con news

27 July 2009 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

Guinness says Doctor Who most successful sci-fi show ever
Torchwood‘s back for another series
BBC officially confirms return of another character [spoilers]
New trailer for Water of Mars
John Barrowman and David Tennant kiss (not really news but…)

Film

Asimov’s Foundation adaptation has a writer
Trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine
A King Kong prequel?
Batman 3 to shoot in 2010
High-res Tron Legacy trailer
David Cronenberg to direct Cosmopolis
Teaser trailer for Dorian Gray

British TV

Revamped The Bill gets 4.5m viewers
Virgin picks up Chuck for two more series
ITV unveils Autumn schedule

Canadian TV

British shows added to iTunes

US TV

Moon Bloodgood to star opposite Noah Wyle in Spielberg’s alien invasion series
Alexis Denisof and Summer Glau to get roles on Dollhouse, Amy Acker confirmed for three episodes
New, cooler Stargate Universe trailer
Eureka gets a fourth season
Dominic Monaghan confirmed for FlashForward
Dexter season four footage [US only]
Clips from Spartacus
Clip from 24 season 8
Charisma Carpenter joins Legend of the Seeker
Nine minute preview of The Prisoner
A fight scene from Heroes: Redemption (with Ray Park), plus full, full extended trailer

Friday’s prequels news

24 July 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Rusty recommends people watch Supernatural if they’re upset by Torchwood

Film

Tim Burton confirms Dark Shadows remake is his next project
Trailer for Denzel’s Book of Eli
Trailer for Ninja Assassin
Pics of Tron Legacy‘s light cycle
Hanif Kureishi to adapt The White Tiger
Wanted 2 to start shooting soon
Pirates… to start shooting in Spring
Sequel to The Strangers planned

British TV

Five picks up Flash Forward
ITV2 picks up The Vampire Diaries
C4 and Five still in talks
Supernatural to move to Living and Virgin 1 from ITV2
BBC2 to make its own Moonlighting with Toby Stephens and Lucy Punch
BBC3 commissions puppet comedy

US TV

Superman to get a costume in Smallville – but no cape
Virtuality to become an international co-production?
More teams up with Candace Bushnell for web series
Bruce Campbell Burn Notice prequel movie?
Dexter to get a cartoon prequel

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