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Video: This Live Action Version Of Wacky Races Is A Car Commercial, Of Course

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Live action and a little bit of CG bring the Wacky Racers to life – and explosive cartoon death – in order to sell cars.

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Video: Miss Piggy, Oscar The Grouch And Gobo Fraggle Announce The Jim Henson Gallery

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

The Jim Henson Gallery is to house a new, permanent exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. I’ll see you there.

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First Look: The Simpsons Theme Park “World” Coming To Universal Studios

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Brrrrr. I absolutely never want to get within twenty metres of Krusty the Clown.

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Four More Clips From New Arrested Development

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

There’s been some hypemongering talk of a possible fifth series or feature-length special, also funded by Netflix. I’d have paid it more heed if it didn’t seem perfectly timed to get headlines for the show just before the relaunch.

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First UK Trailer For New Zombie-Ish TV Series, The Returned, In The Flesh Commissioned For Second Series

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

I love zombies, so right now, I love TV.

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Now Is The Time To Buy The Whole Run Of The West Wing On DVD

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

While my Aaron Sorkin fever is being stoked by the imminent second series of The Newsroom, I might dip back into The West Wing.

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I Never Read Christos Gage’s Absolution, But His Teleplay Adaptation Has Me Hooked

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Super powers and power aren’t the same thing, and where the pilot script for a TV version of Absolution grabbed me was where the two bang up against one another.

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Microsoft Announce Halo TV Series With Some Help From Steven Spielberg

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Now, we’re calling this a TV series, and it is, I suppose, in just the sense that Netflix and Amazon have been making TV. But, as you’d expect, you’re going to need an X-Box to watch it.

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There’s No Fourth Wall In This New Teaser For The Newsroom Series 2

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

I don’t know if it being a show about show has inspired this pulled-back treatment, or if it’s a desire to remind us of the calibre of talent involved.

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Lucasfilm Announce TV’s Star Wars Rebels With Preview Video

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Lucasfilm released this preview clip today to get us all up to speed on their hitherto secret planning.

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First Trailer For Believe, Written And Directed By Alfonso Cuarón, Produced By JJ Abrams

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Looks captivating, and potentially very exciting and there’s a built-in ticking clock that would ideally get several seasons to just tock away.

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Doctor Who Not-Live Blog: Watching The Name Of The Doctor After The Rest Of The World

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Voyeuristically peer at my viewing experience with the benefit and privilege of already knowing what’s coming when I don’t.

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Script For JJ Abrams And Alfonso Cuaron’s TV Project, Believe, Published Online – UPDATED: Gone

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Thanks to the internets, you can now read the script for the pilot episode of Believe, a new Bad Robot series that NBC will be taking to series this Autumn. The whole thing lives in the window below. This script …

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Doctor Who: The Name Of The Doctor – Saturday Trending Topics

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Mark Seifert

Whoooo are you? Okay, yes, there are spoilers for The Name Of The Doctor. We’re going to be talking about the episode. Probably best not to watch it before you have, whether on TV, iPlayer or on DVD a week ago. …

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Matt Smith And David Tennant Talk About Being The Doctor, And A Certain Someone’s Bemusement

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Steven Moffat tells us; Well, no bad manners here! Two hundred and ten Doctor Who fans kept the secret, and many, many more fans helped. I wish I could send you all flowers, but I don’t know where you live …

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Sony Seems Sure They’ll Get Beverly Hills Cop On Air After All – But Where?

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Show looking attractive to international buyers too.

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Zombieland TV Series “Hated Out Of Existence”

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Screenwriter and Zombieland co-creator Rhett Reese has been apportioning blame on Twitter.

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The Dark Tower Might Become One Russell Crowe Movie…Or Several Movies And TV Episodes

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

There might be a new plan, or a new new plan that’s the same as the old old plan.

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