Doctor Who
- Doctor Who and Star Trek merchandise signing ban at the RSC
- Freema hacks off Rusty by quitting Torchwood for ITV
- Lots of Moffat interviews from Comic-Con
- John Barrowman to play Captain America??
Film
- MTV to remake The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Hairspray 2 planned
- In Treatment's Mia Wasikowska to play Alice in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland
- Leonardo DiCaprio looking for old Twilight Zone episodes to adapt
- David Self to write the new RoboCop movie
- Footage from Tron 2 with Jeff Bridges shown at Comic-Con
- Red Sonja gets the green light
- Harold and Kumar 3 on the way
British TV
- Gordon Ramsay creates his own production company
- ITV to remake Bouquet of Barbed Wire
- ITV commits to comedy
Russian TV
- Russia gets its own The Office
US TV
- And the new Gene Hunt is… Harvey Keitel!!
- The Hoff might appear in Knight Rider again
- Wizard's First Rule changes name to Legend of the Seeker
- FX making cop show Crossroads with McG
- Little Britain USA characters unveiled
- Patricia Heaton to star in second The Middle pilot
- Jon Heder to star in online series Woke Up Dead
July 25, 2008 | Reply
Forget Bad Wolf... Bad Freema!
At least she had something lined up, so it doesn't sound like career seppiku a la Shelley Long or Maclean Stevenson. If she's lucky, "L&O: UK" will have legs; more like the parent series and not like "Trial By Jury" or "Conviction".
RTD seems like he could be a very spiteful guy. I won't be surprised if they toss of a few lines (maybe even insert some unused footage) to come up with a death for Martha.
July 25, 2008 | Reply
I think she made the right decision. Torchwood is rubbish, and Freema's had loads of criticism for her portrayal of Martha. If she really can act, she needs to get out of that role pronto and show what she can do.
As for keitel, that bodes well for them befing up Gene's character, so maybe they've actualy learnt from the pilot.
July 25, 2008 | Reply
In the battle of loyalties - RTD v Chris Chibnall - it seems CC won out. I'm not surprised. She does need to branch out and her Torchwood scripts weren't exactly showcases for her. However, ITV? Oops. They'll kill it in minutes if it doesn't do well.
As for Harvey, it's like Miami Vice and Edward James Olmos: if you've got a hard lead, you need someone harder as the boss, and they don't come harder than ex-Marine Harvey Keitel. You can already fill in the back story for the new Gene - ex-military who fought in WWII/Korea who doesn't like the 'limp-wristed', hippy infested world of 1972. Could be very good. Let's see who they get as Annie, though.
July 25, 2008 | Reply
"RTD seems like a spiteful guy"? Based on what? The Sun? Even in that rag, they're being careful, saying he is "believed to be annoyed". I wouldn't be surprised if he knew about this weeks ago.
July 27, 2008 | Reply
Living over in America, I don't read the Sun. But even I know not to trust them for veracity. (If I need crap news, I'll stick with the American version, the NY Post.) But news stories have come over here about his attitude towards fans and that story about him lashing out at a wedding guest. Now, whether or not that all came from the Sun as a source, I don't know.
July 28, 2008 | Reply
The Sun has the knack of occasionally getting stories exactly right, despite all appearances to the contrary. Having said that...
"Scriptwriters spent months writing gripping storylines for Freema"
Erm... this is Torchwood they're talking about. Shurely shome mishtake?