Film
- Peter Jackson, director of Lord of the Rings, has been blacklisted by New Line.
- Gail Berman has left Paramount.
British TV
- The BBC has been ordered to publish the minutes of the meeting that forced out Greg Dyke. [registration required]
- Ricky Gervais describes the second series of Extras as the funniest thing he's even done.
US TV
- Quantum Leap: The Second aka Journeyman has received a cast-contingent pilot order from NBC.
- Ask Auriello has a spoilertastic interview with Tim Kring, creator of Heroes.
- The Chicago Tribune has an even more spoiling interview with Ronald D Moore and David Eick of Battlestar Galactica.
- There's going to be a live webcast of the table read and run-through of an episode of The Class.
- Chloe is hotter by design this season of 24.
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January 11, 2007 | Reply
Ricky Gervais describes the second series of Extras as the funniest thing he's even done.
That is just... I'm sorry, it's just wrong. Perspective lack thereof.
January 11, 2007 | Reply
Re. Gervais. You should have had this in an addendum to the post entitled 'The Lies of Thursday'. His career is doomed if he truly believes that.
January 11, 2007 | Reply
He describes himself as an "artist" in the rest of the interview. He's lost it.
January 14, 2007 | Reply
HIs delusions though have led to occasionally brilliant television (namely the Garry Shandling interview - where he was somewhat out of his depth). There's a cracking article on Gervais's complacency in today's Independent on Sunday.