New extended clip of Dougray Scott in 'New Town Killers'

New Town Killers opens in Edinburgh on June 11:



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'Dr. Who' movie in development?

It's amazing the news one misses sometimes:

The BBC has confirmed, in a sentence hidden at the bottom of a story about a David Tennant appearance in CBBC spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures, that “a script is in development” for a Dr. Who movie...[Empire]

Even though a movie will certainly take a long time to get off the ground, it's possible that David Tennent would sign up to play the Doctor one more time.

According to /Film, even though David Tennant will hand over the role to Matt Smith next year, the regeneration could happen off screen. Which means that David Tennant could appear in a feature film without interfering with the television show.

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David Tennant to appear in 'The Sarah Jane Adventures'

David Tennant is set to play a large role in a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures on the CBBC Channel. The third season of The Sarah Jane Adventures will return for12 episodes starting in September. So, instead of waiting until November for new Doctor Who episodes, you should be able to catch David in September or October in the UK.

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British Red Cross promotes Refugee Week with Dougray Scott

Scottish actor Dougray Scott will be working with the British Red Cross to launch a new campaign for Refugee Week:

The charity is asking people to pledge their support to help refugees by collectively 'changing their online status' across their social networks, instant messenger and email during Refugee Week (15-21 June).

This is the first time that a charity has created an online movement to pledge support and tackle discrimination via online profiles.

Refugees arriving in the UK are often labelled as a group, not seen as individuals. To highlight this issue, the British Red Cross asks consumers to sacrifice their online identities to change their status to ‘label'.

The campaign was developed by LBi and kicks off with a teaser film presented by Desperate Housewives star Dougray Scott.

The viral film broadcasts the stories of refugees who have been helped by the British Red Cross. The film will be released on 26 May at www.lookbeyondthelabel.org. This will be run in conjunction with an email marketing campaign calling everyone to 'change your online status'.

People can get involved in the campaign via Facebook, twitter, MSN, Yahoo!, bebo, blogs and email.

The campaign will be the first designed to leverage the online youth supporter programme, Red Recruits, developed earlier this year for the British Red Cross.

The campaign will be supported with a poll of public attitudes towards refugees, seeking to debunk negative connotations around those who seek sanctuary in the UK, to be targeted at print media, and Refugee Week events at Red Cross centres around the country. [Marketing Magazine via Dougray Scott-Unplugged]

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Weekly schedule for Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Mo 5/25: Bob Saget, P.W. Singer
Tu 5/26: Chris Isaak, Moon Bloodgood
We 5/27: Madeleine Albright, Amy Smart (R 4/16/09)
Th 5/28: Michael Caine, Matt Baetz (R 4/15/09)
Fr 5/29: Simon Cowell, Erin McCarley (R 4/20/09)

James McAvoy at the Seattle International Film Festival?

The Seattle International Film Festival opens tonight on Ninth Avenue. James McAvoy might (and that's a might) attend tonight because the film production crew of The Details ordered tickets to the event, and James and his co-star Elisabeth Banks could make an appearance for the opening.

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Seattle production of 'The Details' to start soon

There is a little information about the filming of James McAvoy's latest film, The Details from the Seattlepi:

A posting on a local Northwest production blog shed some light on when filming will begin. A call is out for full-time interns to staff the "Details" set from May 18 to July 31. The posting is also on Craigslist.

So if you spot a crew hanging around somewhere in Seattle, let us know.

Update: Just spoke with James Keblas, director of the Mayor's Office of Film and Music. Locations around the city are still being sorted out, he said, but production should start "relatively soon," he said. We'll keep you posted as we hear more.

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Ewan McGregor on The Tonight Show

Someone on youtube finally uploaded Ewan McGregor's appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno from May 14. Check it out if you missed it:



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John Barrowman to star in 'La Cage aux Folles'

John Barrowman has joined the cast of the revival of La Cage aux Folles, which will start on September 14 and end November 28. Here's some more information from John's official website:

John will don his high heels and step into La Cage Aux Folles at the Playhouse Theatre, London, for a limited run from 14 September to 28 November 2009. He will take the role of Albin, the heart-warming diva drag queen, whose iconic "I am what I am" has become John's own signature song.

To get tickets to the show in London, contact the box office at 0870 060 6631 or visit www.lacagelondon.com.

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Dougray Scott to star in Edgar Allan Poe adaptation

Scottish actor Dougray Scott, his wife Claire Forlani, and Rufus Sewell will star in a contemporary adaptation of Poe's story The Fall of the House of Usher.

The film will be shot in 3-D and will be retitled The Ushers.

The 1839 story takes place in the house of Roderick Usher, a man who has just buried a sister whose presence still haunts his home.

The contemporary story will involve a brother and sister who begin to feel stuck in their Martha's Vineyard home.

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'The Men Who Stare at Goats' the first major sale at Cannes?

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This is really great news:

Overture is the lead company in the race for rights to "The Men Who Stare at Goats," the George Clooney starrer that is one of the hot market projects in the Festival de Cannes.

A second studio is also in the mix, with Overture in the lead position; a deal is expected to close imminently.

CAA packaged and sold the project, which Grant Heslov directed and in which Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges co-star. The movie, based on journalist Jon Ronson's book, centers on a U.S. soldier in Iraq with supposed paranormal powers. It is said to contain both dramatic and comedic elements.

If “Goats” closes, it will represent the first major sale completed at Cannes, where all has been quiet to date on the deal front.  [THR]

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Weekly schedule for Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Mo 5/18: Justin Long, Lawrence Block
Tu 5/19: Kathy Griffin, Nelson George
We 5/20: Guy Pearce, Hattie Hayridge, Hensley
Th 5/21: John Waters, Manda Mosher
Fr 5/22: Mark Ruffalo, Mindy Kaling, the Decemberists

Ewan McGregor on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

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Kevin McKidd to star in BBC hospital drama

Kevin McKidd will star in a BBC medical drama, One Night in Emergency that transplants Homer's epic, The Odyssey to a British hospital.

Kevin will play Peter, who goes on a quest to see his wife in the hospital, but the journey draws him into a surreal parallel universe complete with strange characters, including a one-eyed security guard.

The show will be shot in Glasgow and will air later in the year.

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