Primeval

[Hilary]

Oh....I thought that was their cute way of agreeing to move back in - that the dinos missed each other.

Danny should have left himself a trail of 5ps so he could find his way back to the anomoly  

[Jaina]

HA! Maybe he had no 5ps left. He was reduced to 20ps and didn't want to waste those.

[Hilary]

I do love the rare opportunities when we get things before America - I was reading the Primeval forum on TWoP this morning and they were all up in arms about Cutter dying ("He can't really be dead, am sure he'll come back through an anomoly") and how they didn't see how the team could go on, and Jenny would presumably have to take charge-  and now they've just had the episode where she leaves too!

[Jaina]

HA!

I'll say that again... HA!

I remember when we got the first season of BSG before America and it felt so damn good to see them having to play catch up.

[Rel Fexive]

So.  How was it for everyone?  Good to know the RFS works as required.

[Hilary]

Damn.

http://www.scifinow.co.uk/news/primeval-gets-cancelled/

[Rel Fexive]

Yes indeed.  I suppose it's better to lose it because of cutbacks than low ratings or executive misunderstanding/mismanagement though... at least it'll go on a high.  has gone on a high.  Whatever.

Rubbish!

[Jaina]

Rubbish pretty much sums it up

[Hilary]

On the plus side, one less reason to go to Expo in October!

Will wait for the inevitable American remake (as opposed to the feature film) now.

[Jaina]

I'd prefer the movie version rather than TV incarnation. TV would poo on our TV one. Poo on in a bad way....

[Rel Fexive]

In other news, James Murray (who played Stephen) is currently in Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire as famous swordsman Ralph Longshaft.

[Rel Fexive]

Have you heard the news?



ITV has announced that Primeval will return to UK television screens for two new series from 2011.

The new series will be showrun once again by Adrian Hodges and will feature the return of stars from the previous series, including Hannah Spearritt, Andrew Lee Potts and Jason Flemyng, alongside the acclaimed special effects created by the award-winning team at Framestore CFC.

The premieres of Series 4 and series 5 of Primeval will be split between ITV1 and UKTV’s new entertainment pay TV channel, Watch. ITV1 will be the first to broadcast series 4 (in early 2011), while Watch will premiere series 5 later that year. ITV1 will then broadcast season 5.

Impossible Pictures has worked closely with BBC Worldwide to implement a new funding strategy for the series, in which BBC America, which has acquired previous series for broadcast in the US, joins Germany’s Pro7 as a co-production partner for the new episodes.

Tim Haines, Creative Director of Impossible Pictures Ltd, said: “I am thrilled that ITV has agreed to this new deal which will allow Impossible Pictures to produce another 13 episodes of Primeval. The confidence demonstrated in the programme's continued success here and abroad will help us bring more big screen action and a whole host of new creatures roaring back into people's living rooms.”

Laura Mackie, Director of ITV Drama Commissioning, said: “We’re delighted to have agreed this new deal with Impossible to return Primeval to ITV1. The innovative nature of this partnership will allow the show to maintain its high production values and deliver the fantastic programme that our viewers know and love.”

Paul Moreton, Channel Head of Watch, said: “We are really excited to be part of this truly innovative deal that guarantees the continuation of this fantastically entertaining series.  I know Primeval is going to be a massive hit with Watch viewers and the perfect complement to other popular sci-fi dramas such as Doctor Who and Torchwood.”