News

Monday’s dirty beast news

David TennantDavid Tennant again

Because you need it



Doctor Who

  • Torchwood goes filming in the Rhondda
  • Peter Davison “too tubby” to wear his original costume for Comic Relief
  • Mackenzie Crook willing to take over from David Tennant if asked

Film

Invasive intrusions into people’s personal lives

British TV

US TV

  • Lipstick Jungle recasts: Paul Blackthorne now Brooke Shields’ husband
  • David Simon to make HBO series about musicians in New Orleans
  • Old people ejected from Jericho
  • Al Gough discusses things coming up on Smallville [spoilers]
  • First ep of Women’s Murder Club does well in the ratings
  • George Lucas looking for writers for Star Wars TV series
  • TV Land to stream Andy Griffith, Gunsmoke and Leave It To Beaver
  • Parker Posey’s new show cut from 13 to seven episodes
  • Patrick Swayze to star in A&E pilot, The Beast, about unorthodox FBI vet. No, not that sort
  • Will Smith turning Hitch into a sitcom

Wednesday’s invisible Variety show news

Variety is broken today, so if there’s no link for a story, that’s the reason. Sorry

Doctor Who

Film

  • Changes are afoot at The Dark is Rising. It’s now called The Seeker for one thing
  • Guillermo Del Toro to make Lovecraft’s At The Mountains of Madness?
  • McG in talks to director Terminator 4. Woo hoo
  • Sacha Baron Cohen wants to remake Sellers’ The Party
  • Vin Diesel to return for fourth Fast and the Furious film
  • Blade Runner: The Final Cut in UK cinemas on 23rd November
  • Bradley Cooper to star in Yes Man with Jim Carrey

Radio

Theater

British TV

US TV

  • Fox to remake ITV’s The Jury
  • Dick Wolf to make show based on Johnny Dynamite graphic novel
  • Prison Break star was forced to quit?
  • Jon Stewart prepping a second Daily Show spin-off: Important Things with Demetri Martin
  • He hasn’t even appeared in an episode yet, but Isaiah Washington might get a spin-off show from Bionic Woman
  • Val Kilmer, Karl Urban, Wes Studi et al to appear in Lonesome Dove prequel
  • Jeremy Piven’s Cupid resurrected
  • Dexter gets more than 1 million viewers – a first for a Showtime season-opener
News

Thursday’s “one man can make a difference” news

Knight Rider

Doctor Who

Film

Theatre



British TV

  • GMTV fined £2m over phone line scandal
  • Decided not to watch ITV1? Now you can decide not to watch it again an hour later: Michael Grade is considering ITV1+1
  • Channel 4 ratings at 15-year low

US TV

Wednesday’s fighting news

Brad Pitt and Ed Norton

Doctor Who/Torchwood

Film

Russian TV

  • Married with Children remake is a smash hit

British TV

US TV

Wednesday’s disturbed by Torchwood news

Doctor Who

Film

  • Sacha Baron Cohen to do Bruno and Dinner for Schmucks
  • Pinewood does well from tax credits
  • Ooh. Dé jà vu. Ben Kingsley to star with Mike Myers, Justin Timberlake, Jessica Alba and The Daily Show‘s John Oliver in The Love Guru as?��Ǩ�� an Indian guru
  • Tron pioneer finally sells script

US TV