For reasons beyondeth our comprehensioneth, NIKITA is a huge hit with TVWriter™ visitors. We’ve even carried duplicate reviews of at least one episode because the guys really, really, really wanted to write about it. Which means you’d damn well better enjoy this:
Highlights of the discussion, courtesy of ClickClaque.Com:
Russell Davies never would’ve gotten away with this:
‘Doctor Who’ exec producer Steven Moffat talks Time Lord film rumors: ‘That was all some weird fantasy’ – by Clark Collis
Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat has told EW that, contrary to rumors, are no current plans to turn the British sci-fi show into a movie. According to Moffat, “That was all some weird fantasy.” You’ll find a full transcript of Moffat’s thoughts on the subject below.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What’s the word with the Doctor Who film?
STEVEN MOFFAT: There isn’t a film. That was all some weird fantasy going on somewhere. Look, we hopefully will do a Doctor Who film someday. It will be absolutely run by the Doctor Who production office in Cardiff. It will feature the same Doctor as on television. It will not be a rebooted continuity. All of that would be insane. So that whole proposal was not true, did not happen. I can say that with authority because, as far as the BBC is concerned, I’m the voice of Doctor Who. So if I say it, it’s true. The BBC own Doctor Who and, for the moment, I run it for them. So I can assure you definitively that was all nonsense — not the idea of making a film, we’d love to make a film, but the idea of a rebooted continuity, a different Doctor. That’s writing the book on how to destroy a franchise. You don’t behave like that with it. Not ever.
There’s funny, and there’s not funny. Guess what’s not funny:
This is a joke, right?
Wait, let’s put it another way: This better be a joke.
…And we’d love to be able to buy it. (Or maybe a Porsche.)
Henson’s early sketches of The Muppets up for auction – by Piya Sinha-Roy
A handwritten pitch and drawings for the television pilot episode of “The Muppet Show” by creator Jim Henson are among items being sold at an upcoming sale of Hollywood memorabilia, auction house Nate D. Sanders said on Monday.
The collection of illustrations, which includes an original Polaroid of Miss Piggy and Henson’s handwritten pitch of story ideas, marks the early stages of development for the lovable characters including Kermit the Frog that have become an American pop culture staple.
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So if you ever get the chance to work with him, well, you’ll be very glad you did.
Among Doug’s many fascinating ventures is a video column at Funny Or Die.Com. And The 12 Worst Things You Can Say In a Pitch Meeting is one of his best: