Film

• Sam Rockwell and Mickey Rourke to play the baddies in Iron Man 2?
• But what will the story theme be?
• Darko acquires rights to Fade
• New Regency acquiring rights to Beat the Reaper for diCaprio
• Teresa Palmer to play female lead in The Sorcerer's Apprentice
• Lena Headey to direct Kill Drug
• DJ Caruso to direct Jack the Giant Killer

British TV

• 3.4m watch Oz and James
• Series four of Robin Hood to be complete revamp, better than series three [spoilers]?

US TV

• The first 90s of BSG's fifth season
• Weeds creator developing Ronna and Beverly for Showtime
• TNT picks up Time Heals and The Line for 10 episodes each
• Season 9 of Smallville could still happen
• Balthazar Getty leaving Brothers and Sisters early

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Doctor Who

• John Barrowman apologises

Film

• Tr2n renamed TRZ, + plus plot synopsis

British TV

• BBC Resources to axe 210 jobs
• ITV poaches Strictly Come Dancing exec Elaine Bedell

US TV

• FunnyOrDie.com to show Flight of the Conchords' second season premiere on December 17
• Jack Davenport and Courtney B Vance cast in Flash Forward pilot
• Caprica given a green light to go to series
• CBS buys five more episodes of Eleventh Hour
• Zach Braff definitely quitting Scrubs
• Preview clips from Damages and 24

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Doctor Who

• Pics from BBC Christmas specials, including Doctor Who

Film

• Peter Segal to helm Captain Marvel
• Vera Farmiga to star in Up in the Air with George Clooney
• Clint Eastwood to retire from acting
• More cast members for Jackie Chan's The Spy Next Door
• Incredible Hulk 2 to feature The Leader

British TV

• Apparitions's ratings drop to 2.9m
• BBC Trust rejects local video proposal
  
• ITV's winter/spring season [via]

US TV

• Trailer for next season of BSG
• Tim Kring apologises for slagging off fans
• Tricia Helfer joining Chuck for at least one episode

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Doctor Who

• Doctor Who meets Torchwood for Children in Need

Film

• Jon Favreau's plans for Iron Man 2
• Ray WInstone to replace Robert De Niro in Edge of Darkness
• Adam Arkin joins the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man
• Relativity Media picks up rights to I, Claudius
• Steven Soderbergh wants Michael Douglas and Matt Damon for Liberace biopic
• Trailer for Clint Eastwood's Changeling
• Trailer for The International with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts
• Sex and the City sequel in negotiation

British TV

• Disney to adapt Welsh radio sitcom
• T4 most likely to be cut by Channel 4 in budget round
• David Starkey to profile Henry VIII
• Press pack for BBC2 comedy Beautiful People
• Trailer for Charlie Brooker's “BB meets zombies” drama Dead Set
• Channel 4 commissions full series of School of Comedy

US TV

• Golfer enters witness protection for HBO pilot
• Two more seasons for Kitchen Nightmares and Hell's Kitchen
• Canadian trailer for third season of Heroes
• More money for Hugh Laurie…
• …and a preview of this season on House and what went wrong last season [spoilers]
• Katee Sackhoff to star in Dick Wolf's Lost and Found
• Cybill Shepherd to guest on Samantha Who?
• Shannen Doherty leaving 90210

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Doctor Who

• RTD wants Catherine Zeta for a film version of Doctor Who
• DW does well in TVQuick and TVChoice awards

Film

• Jeff Daniels, Ryan Reynolds and Lisa Kudrow to star in Paper Man
• The Thirteenth Hour acquired by New Line
• Alan Alda, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker and Paul Rudd cast in Howl
• Julie Andrews joins Tooth Fairy
• Harold Perrineau joins Killing Jar
• Michael Caine blurts Batman casting?

Commercials

• Paddington returns for more Marmite

Theatre

• Rent to close on Broadway
• Spamalot tour cancelled

British TV

• S4C unveils its autumn schedule
• Who's in Law & Order: UK?
• RentaGhost and Worzel Gummidge to return
• Scotland needs its own digital channel
• ITV to leave FTSE100

US TV

• Fox orders pilot for Kevin Falls' gender swap telenovela
• Cylons board the BSG movie
• Malcolm in the Middle creator working on pilot
• Greatest American Hero movie in the works
• Cavemen showrunners to exec-produce We Need Girlfriends
• NBC stars not allowed to appear in Scrubs finale
• Breckin Meyer to guest on House
• Pics, videos and spoilers from the Heroes premiere
• Seal to appear on Eli Stone

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Film

• Guillermo del Toro booked until 2017
• Ashley Judd to star with the Rock in Tooth Fairy
• Trailer for Gus Van Sant's Milk
• Forest Whitaker and Renee Zellweger to star in My Own Love Song
• Stephen Sommers to direct Tarzan
• Matt Lucas to voice Tweedles Dum and Dee for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland?

British TV

• Sarah Lancashire and Neil Pearson to star in BBC1 choir drama
• ITV3 acquires CTV/CBS's Flashpoint

US TV

• Leisha Hailey to star in L Word spin-off
• 90210 gets CW's best ever ratings
• ABC orders pilot of US version of Dragons' Den
• TNT working on spin-off from The Closer
• A&E commissions drama The Lost Son
• Oprah Winfrey in final talks to guest on 30 Rock
• Who's going to be in the BSG movie
• David Arquette to guest star on My Name is Earl
• Raising the Bar gets record cable ratings
• Kim Bauer to return to 24
• Gossip Girl casting

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Doctor Who

• Photos from Torchwood filming

Film

• Ben Affleck to star in Mike Judge's Extract?
• Alex Proyas to adapt Heinlein's The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag

French TV

• Babies banned from watching TV

British TV

• NBC acquires Carnival, may buy more indies
• Sky launching seven new HD channels
• BBC to adapt The 39 Steps
• QI moving to BBC1
• Secret Millionaire gets best ever ratings
• Irvine Welsh to direct one-off comedy drama for ITV4
• BBC1 to combine natural history and entertainment

US TV

• New brother sought for Brothers and Sisters
• Stargate: Atlantis cancelled, will go into movies
• More DC villains sought for Smallville
• Mad Men ratings down 1m from premiere
• More webisodes planned for BSG

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Doctor Who

• What's happening in various Sarah Jane Adventures, including a DT cameo? [minor spoilers]
• Steven Moffat turned down Tin Tin 2 for Who

Film

• Trailer for How To Lose Friends and Influence People
• Djimon Hounsou to play Conan villain Thulsa Doom
• 10 to be remade
• Zack Snyder talks Watchmen

Comics

• Alan Moore already disowning Watchmen but loves The Wire

British TV

• BSG's Jamie Bamber to star in Law & Order: UK - with Bradley Walsh
• Channel 4 censured over climate change film
• Julie Walters to appear in euthanasia drama
• Top Gear co-stars get their pay rises

US TV

• James Purefoy to play NBC's Philanthropist after The Saint collapses?
• Megalyn Echikunwoke joins CSI: Miami
• Jaime Murray to be Valentine in Valentine
• Showtime picking up Nurse Jackie starring Eddie Falco
• In Plain Sight renewed and three new pilots commissioned by USA
• New CSI in CSI not normal
• ABC orders secret genius pilot
• The CW might start its 2009-10 season in summer
• SciFi announces its development slate
• Caprica might go straight to series

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Film

• Proper Quantum of Solace teaser trailer
• Seven clips from Hellboy 2
• Christopher Guest to appear in Night at the Museum sequel
• Gillian Anderson to star in and produce biopic of Martha Gellhorn
• Phillip Noyce to direct Tom Cruise in Edwin A Salt

British TV

• Full details of the remake of The Prisoner
• BBC America cuts investment in BBC comedies
• Kangaroo VoD service referred to competition commission
• ITV1 gets its second worse rated day ever [free registration required]
• Ha ha! BSkyB suggests BBC and Channel 4 shouldn't be able to buy imports

US TV

• Tim Roth to star in Fox's Lie To Me
• BSG TV movie a go - but no one's in it?
• Hughes Brothers making Gentlemen of Leisure for HBO

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Film

• Spielberg acquires screen rights to The 39 Clues
• PIerce Brosnan and Nicolas Cage to star in Roman Polanski's The Ghost

British TV

• BBC calls off sale of BBC Resources' post-production arm [free registration required]
• Fremantle launches three web shows [free registration required]
• ITV3 and ITV4 to be used to test programmes for ITV1
• Performance Channel to close after 23 years

US TV

• Tricia Helfer joins Inseparable; Michaela McManus joins L&O:SVU
• Yes, there will be a US Stig (and more) on Top Gear
• Three more years of Steve Carell on The Office
• Mary-Kate Olsen to appear on Samantha Who?

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