Sometimes it's a little unwieldy to blog about everything that catches my eye in the week, so I thought I'd just throw it all together on Friday. Hopefully there's some news here you didn't already know about...Phoo Action; yep, the awful BBC Three pilot, based on a comic strip, has been picked up for a 6-episode series by the newly re-branded digital station...
Ashes To Ashes star Philip Glenister is currently filming a modern-day vampire series for ITV (working title The Last Van Helsing), as an American who trains his godson to fight undead creatures…
Plans are afoot for Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding to write and star in a movie version of their Mighty Boosh TV series…
The beleaguered Bionic Woman has been cancelled in the US after 9 episodes, while Chuck and Heroes have had new seasons ordered…
Hit reality series Dragons' Den is being remade in the US (for the second time, after a failed attempt years ago), where it will be known as Shark Tank…
The Star Trek prequel movie has been pushed back to summer 2009 from its intended Christmas 2008 release, with speculation that director J. J Abrams pushed for the delay so he can improve the script now the writers' strike has finished in the US…
Screen legend Al Pacino is rumoured to have a cameo in the new Bond film Quantum Of Solace, as the head of a villainous organization…
Five are planning to remake classic ITV series Minder, with Shane Richie rumoured to be a contender for the Arthur Daley role made famous by George Cole…
Joel Surnow, the co-creator of 24, has quit the top-rated thriller. The seventh season has filmed 8 episodes, but was a major casualty of the WGA strike, so won't be able to return until early-2009…
Lost producer Carlton Cuse confirmed that the production will try to produce 5 more episodes of the show's fourth season, bringing the total up to a strike-shortened 13 of the intended 16. However, there will probably be a month's break in transmission between episodes 8 and 9.
The Knight Rider pilot airs Sunday (17 Feb) in the US, with Val Kilmer replacing Will Arnett as the voice of supercar KITT, after Arnett had to leave the project because General Motors (who he provides voice-overs for in their adverts) weren't happy with the fact KITT is a Ford Mustang in the new series.
