Archive for September 23rd, 2007
Billie Piper has hinted that a return to hit BBC sci-fi show Doctor Who could be a future possibility.
During an interview on ITV chat show Parkinson, the former pop star said ‘I don’t think it will happen any time soon but the door is slightly ajar.’ adding ‘It’s such a lovely part but I tried to do it the other day and I couldn’t do it - I can’t do Rose any more!‘
Rose Tyler is a fictional character in the long-running British who becomes a companion of the ninth (Christopher Ecclestone) and tenth (David Tennant) incarnations of the Doctor. She was last seen trapped in a parallel Earth in the 2006 episode Doomsday.
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Entertainment Weekly have been speaking to Beowulf co-writer Roger Avary about his inspiration for the title character and the rumoured R rated version.
‘When I wrote it, I envisaged the character of Den in the Heavy Metal comic,’ said Avary when asked if he was initially concerned about the film’s rating. ‘Den was a character by Richard Corben, who was easily one of my favorite artists. [Den] was this muscular guy with a gigantic schlong. He would always go into battle and beat the hell out of people, totally in the buff. He never wore clothes. That kind of stuck with me. I love it when somebody takes something like a fight — or really any event — and twists it to the point where you’re naked doing it. Also, there was a proud tradition of berserkers going into battle naked. It just shows how fearless you are. I don’t know about you, but if someone came at me, like, ”Aaaaargh!” naked, I’d be, ”Whoa!’ Had we done it [like] Richard Corben’s Den, the MPAA would have had huge, huge problems.’
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TV Guide reports that Hurley’s sweetheart Libby from hit ABC TV show Lost will return for multiple episodes in the next season of the show.
No doubt thankful for the flashback format that allows her character to return from the grave, Cynthia Watros will be back to fill in the missing pieces of her story.
A gap in the Emmy-winning actresses schedule, created when her fall pilot, The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud, wasn’t picked up, allowed the Emmy winner to reprise the role.
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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Superman Returns co-writer Michael Dougherty and Hostel writer-director Eli Roth have been recruited to write an episode each for the upcoming Heroes: Origins spinoff show.
Roth will also direct his episode of the anthology, which introduces new characters as they discover their extraordinary powers. Roth and Dougherty, join another big supporter of the show, Kevin Smith, who was previously set to write and direct an episode of the Universal Media Studios-produced show.
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Resident Evil: Extinction got off to a good start at the weekend, easily beating out Lionsgate’s Dane Cook-Jessica Alba starrer Good Luck Chuck with an estimated gross of $24 million from 2,828 runs says Variety.
The post-apocalyptic science fiction movie is a sequel to the 2004 film Resident Evil: Apocalypse and the third installment in a series of film adaptations based on the popular Capcom survival horror game series Resident Evil.
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Imagi Animation Studios have revealed that writer Paul Dini (Lost) has been invited to collaborate on the screenplay for the upcoming CG-animated motion picture, Gatchaman.
‘We are excited to have Paul on our talented Gatchaman team,‘ said Francis Kao, Co-CEO & Chief Creative Officer. ‘His extensive background in animation and superhero comics will contribute greatly to this ambitious action movie. The original series was one of the classics of early anime, and the film will be very true to the Japanese source material,’ he added. ‘As a studio, Imagi is constantly breaking the boundaries of animated adventure. Not only are their action sequences amazing, but their characters are driven, complex and play for life-or-death stakes. It’s a great environment for a writer with a rather dark take on animation.’
Gatchaman is a 5-member superhero team which comprises the main characters in several anime originally produced in Japan by Tatsunoko Productions and later adapted into several English-language versions known in the west as G-Force and Battle of the Planets.
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I prefer Obama to McCain. Now, McCain’s better than average for a Republican. And though his ads are intellectually offensive, he’s just bowing to his campaign masters and would calm down and be more sane once in office and not campaigning. But I have a few concerns with McCain on foreign policy. He’s not a full-fledged Neocon. That’s good. He opposed Reagan on Lebanon. Good. He was critical of Bush’s initial strategy in Iraq. That’s good. But there’s a problem. He thinks the Vietnam war was winnable and that the US shouldn’t have withdrawn. He’s also eager to spread democracy with force. This just isn’t a good set of beliefs for inheriting Iraq.