The latest news, plus a few things that happened while I was on holiday last week. Apologies if I left anything important out!
Doctor Who
- John Barrowman says Ecclescake was grumpy
- A picture from the Christmas special [spoilers]
Film
- Script review of Day The Earth Stood Still remake
- Warner to offer DVDs and VoD of movies on the same day in UK
- Natalie Portman to star in Wuthering Heights
- Thandie Newton to star as Condie Rice and Ioan Gruffudd as Tony Blair in Oliver Stone George Bush biopic
British TV
- Mitchell and Webb get a third series
- Lindsay Duncan to play Margaret Thatcher
- £15m remake of Ben Hur planned [free registration required]
- Wombles to save kids TV? [free registration required]
- Marc Warren, Alexander Armstrong and Keeley Hawes in comedy drama
US TV
- Fox picks up Ronald D Moore's Virtuality movie pilot
- Tricia Helfer has secret Fox drama planned?
- Lost exec to be showrunner on JJ Abrams' Fringe
- Scrubs' Sarah Chalke might be back for another HIMYM
- Two of Patricia Cornwell's novels to be adapted for Lifetime
- Oprah to be Tina Fey's best friend on 30 Rock?
- George Clooney returning for final ER?
- Lost and Grey's Anatomy to have extra hour for finales
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April 14, 2008 | Reply
Whether she's the mother or not, I'll welcome Sarah Chalke back to the HIMYM cast. She always shows great comic chops and I thought she worked well with those cast members with whom she got to interact. (And for all that hype about Britney stealing the spotlight, Chalke's character of Stella stole it right back and made Britney just a minor player.)
It's almost a shame that 'Scrubs' looks to be going to ABC next season - Chalke would have made a fine addtion to the cast on a permanent basis.
April 14, 2008 | Reply
I think she's great. But then she reminds me of my wife (at least in Scrubs)...