On this particular Thursday, something was moving quietly through the blogosphere…
Doctor Who
- Michelle Collins has been cast in a/the Chris Chibnall episode. No doubt she'll be with evil Ian Beale in his extinct undersea volcano base.
Film
- Some clips of Hannibal Rising.
- Aardman and Dreamworks have ended their five-year deal early.
Music
British TV
- Ricky Gervais might be thinking of doing a one-off Extras special with Mel Gibson.
- The Beeb's iPlayer has been approved by the governors. Yes, you'll be able to watch Doctor Who with it. And thankfully, the board of governors have decreed the Beeb has to make sure the iPlayer works with non-Microsoft systems [registration required].
US TV
- Heroes: This season will end on a cliffhanger of sorts.
- Lost: spoilers aplenty on this weeks's official vidcast. Make sure you get the one marked “LOST: Season 3, Video Podcast 7”
- So much pilot casting: Jordana Brewster is to get the Angelina Jolie role in the Mr and Mrs Smith pilot; Jason O'Mara is probably going to play Philip Marlowe in another pilot, while Ted Danson and Glenn Clone are to appear in an FX legal thriller
- Season three of Airwolf – that's the sh*t one that's not quite as sh*t as the one the Canadians made – is coming to DVD in May. Watch as the war helicopter helps disabled kids!
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February 1, 2007 | Reply
"Losses were reported for their last two films, Flushed Away and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit."
Man, there must have been some seriously creative accounting for the Wallace and Gromit film to make a loss.
February 1, 2007 | Reply
If accountants are going to be creative anywhere, it's going to be Hollywood. I imagine though that the vast amount of money expected from the partnership didn't materialise and only stonkingly large amounts came out of it. That's Hollywood economics for you.
February 2, 2007 | Reply
Yeah, it must have been horribly depressing when their $30m movie (with, say, $30m-$50m of marketing) only returned a near $200m box office and then millions of DVD sales. Poor dears.