Ricky Gervais is working on a new movie based on The Office character David Brent. Life on the Road is currently being developed with BBC Films and will begin filming in the UK in 2015. The press-release reads: “We find out what Brent is doing now and what’s happened in the last 15 years since … >
BBC America’s new conspiracy thriller series Intruders will air in the UK this autumn on BBC Two. Created by The X-Files writer Glen Morgan, the eight-part series stars John Simm (Doctor Who, Life on Mars), Mira Sorvino (Mimic) and James Frain (The White Queen). Intruders tells the story of a secret society devoted to chasing immortality … >
A 25-minute longer cut of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will be released later this year, with more than nine hours of new special features. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition will be available from Monday 3 November as a 5-disc Blu-ray 3D set featuring the Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray versions of … >
Sherlock co-creator has chatted about the gay fanfiction he gets sent by the show’s followers. Gatiss told Australian gay magazine DNA: “Oh my God. I get sent things that would make your hair turn white. It’s not just Sherlock and Watson holding hands on a park bench, I can tell you that.” He joked: “Some … >
Doctor Who fans are invited to take part in a global Doctor Who Cosplayers Day later this month to raise money for Wishing Well House. Organised by The Doctor Who Hub Facebook page and doctorwhohub.tv, fans will be wearing Doctor Who cosplay all day on Saturday 30 August. Wishing Well House (Charity Registration No. 1118663) … >
Alexandra Roach (Utopia), Joanna Scanlan (Getting On) and Elaine Cassidy (The Paradise) will lead the cast of Channel 4’s new police procedural series, No Offence. Created by TV writer Paul Abbott (Shameless, State of Play), the eight-part series has started filming in Manchester and will air on Channel 4 in 2015. No Offence‘s cast also … >
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has promised “even greater jeopardy” in the upcoming second series. Six new episodes will air on BBC Two this autumn, with The Dark Knight Rises star Tom Hardy joining returning cast members Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory and Sam Neill. Knight commented: “It’s getting bigger, it’s getting richer and as a … >
Cult film director John Waters (Pink Flamingos, Hairspray) will perform his latest live stand-up comedy show in London later this year. Carsick: This Filthy World – Volume Two comes to the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday 11 November at 7.30pm. > Buy tickets on the venue’s website. The American author, photographer, actor, and comedian’s … >
John Barrowman will embark on a UK tour next year in support of his new album, ‘You Raise Me Up’. The 16-date tour will be the Torchwood star’s first full UK tour in four years. Barrowman commented: “I’m so excited to be touring again that I’m choreographing songs and arranging stories in my sleep.” He … >
John Cooper Clarke has announced another Manchester date for next January, following the success of his Manchester Palace Theatre show earlier this year. The Salford-born poet will return for a special ‘Christmas with Clarke’ show with special guests at Manchester’s O2 Apollo on Saturday 3 January 2015, which will also be the final date of … >