BBC Doesn’t Take Paul Cornell’s ‘Pulse’
Written by Wayne Hall on September 1, 2010 – 11:34 am -
Even though popular scribe Paul Cornell’s star is on the rise as the writer of Lex Luthor’s Action Comics, the BBC has announced that they will not commission Paul Cornell’s Pulse as a television series, according to digitalspy.com.
The pilot episode for Pulse, described as a “hospital sci-fi horror,” apparently didn’t win over the BBC execs, so they passed on the show.
“The decision about which series to commission was not determined solely by audience numbers. BBC Three looks hard at Appreciation Index responses, how good they thought a series might be,” said BBC Three controller Danny Cohen. ”Pulse got an okay AI. There’s a range of reasons. It’s about which one you think creatively – instinctively–has the most mileage.”
Tags: Action Comics, BBC, lex luthor, Paul Cornell, Pulse
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New ‘Doctor Who’ Series To Be Split In Half – Matt Smith Staying Until 2013?
Written by Ian Cullen on August 30, 2010 – 10:15 am -
It seems that what we all thought would have happened this year to make way for the World Cup will indeed be happening for the 2011 season of Doctor Who.
In a recent interview at the Edinburgh TV Festival, which took place over weekend, Steven Moffat revealed that the sixth season will start in the Spring take a break, and return in the autumn.
A statement from the BBC explained: “The split transmission is the result of a request from Steven Moffat to write a new Doctor Who story arc which involves a big plot twist in the middle of the series. By splitting the series Moffat plans to give viewers one of the most exciting Doctor Who cliffhangers and plot twists ever, leaving them waiting, on the edge of their seats, until the autumn to find out what happens.”
Tags: BBC, Doctor Who, Matt Smith, Steven Moffat
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‘Sherlock’ Returning For Second Season
Written by Ian Cullen on August 11, 2010 – 10:34 am -
Fans who were left gasping by the cliffhanger to last weekend’s Sherlock can breathe easy and rejoice in the fact that the new show, which is a modern version of Sherlock Holmes will be returning for a new season.
In a recent interview for BBC Breakfast, producer Sue Virtue confirmed that a second series is in the works, and it’s just a matter of bringing everyone together.
Tags: BBC, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Sherlock
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