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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/14/idUS301763156320111114
David Yates on Board for Big Screen 'Doctor Who'
| Quote: | Fresh off the monster success of Harry Potter, director David Yates is turning his attention to another British icon, Doctor Who.
Yates is developing a big screen version of the cult science fiction series for BBC Worldwide. He would direct the film.
A BBC Worldwide spokeswoman described the project as being in the "early stages." A script still needs to be written and there's no actors attached.
Jane Tranter, Executive Vice President of the BBC's Programming and Production, and Jane Gardner, who runs BBC's scripted division, will produce the film.
The long-running series centers on a time traveling, humanoid alien named the Doctor. The Doctor has been played by 11 actors over the years, ranging from David Tennant to Christopher Eccleston, and the switch to different doctors is written into the series as part of the character's regeneration.
Matt Smith is the most recent actor to play the part.
Yates got his start directing acclaimed BBC mini-series such as "State of Play" and "Sex Traffic." He went on to direct four of the eight Potter movies, including the two-part finale "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
Variety first reported Yates' involvement. |
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2061496/Doctor-Who-movie-Series-turned-Hollywood-blockbuster.html
| Quote: | From the Tardis to the big screen: Doctor Who to be turned into a Hollywood blockbuster
By Paul Thompson
Last updated at 9:50 PM on 14th November 2011
TV’s Doctor Who is to be turned into a Hollywood blockbuster.
The director of the Harry Potter movies announced he will be making a big screen version of the long-running BBC science fiction series.
David Yates said he has started a search for writers to plot a new chapter for the ageless Time Lord.
Big screen bound: Doctor Who is to be made into a Hollywood movie - but there are no plans to cast Matt Smith, the current Doctor, and his assistant Amy Pond, played by Karen Gillan
It is unlikely Matt Smith, who plays the current Doctor Who, will land the lead role.
Yates said the new film will not follow on from the popular TV series and hinted the Harry Potter scriptwriter Steve Kloves could land the job of writing the new film.
On the hunt: Director David Yates said he has started a search for writers for the big screen version
Yates said: 'The notion of the time-travelling Time Lord is such a strong one, because you can express story and drama in any dimension or time.'
The film will be made in co-operation with the BBC where the TV series ran from 1963-1989 before being re-launched six years ago.
The re-boot of the long-running series by writers Russell T Davies and Steve Moffat has proved a success both in the UK and America where it has a cult following.
Smith is the 11th doctor, taking over from David Tennant who spent four years on the show after it was revived by the BBC in 2005 with Christopher Ecclestone in the role.
Comedy star Catherine Tate had a guest role in the series with Tennant.
Yates said the film would stay loyal to its roots even if an American writes the script.
'We want a British sensibility, but having said that, Steve Kloves wrote the Potter films and captured that British sensibility perfectly, so we are looking at American writers too,' he told the Hollywood trade paper Variety.
The Los Angeles based unit of BBC Worldwide will be involved in the production of the film which is at least three years away from hitting the screens.
Yates said: 'We're looking at writers now. We're going to spend two to three years to get it right,' he said. 'It needs quite a radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena."
Yates directed the final two parts of the Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as well as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
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Anyone else catch Catherine Tate on The Office tonight?
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http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/02/27/will-sherlock-holmes-be-doctor-whos-new-master/
According to the always reliable British press, Benedict Cumberbatch, the current star and title character in BBC’s hit "Sherlock" is “a lock” to play The Master in upcoming episodes of "Doctor Who." This would, according to reports, coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the show in 2013.
So, a little bit of background, for those of you who have no idea what we’re talking about:
- The Master is the opposite of The Doctor, a Timelord, who uses his abilities to try and control time and space, rather than exploring it and being all twee and whatnot.
- He was last played by John Simms during the David Tennant years, and was pretty unequivocally killed and obliterated out of existence forever. Granted, this was after he was resurrected – twice – and we’re also talking about a show based in time travel, so grain of salt and all.
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