Torchwood, 24 The Movie, Heroes

Russell T. Davies has revealed that Torchwood’s third season will be entitled ‘Children Of Earth’.

The mini season will run over five consecutive nights on BBC1 in Spring 2009 and be directed by Euros Lyn.

Davies exclusively told Torchwood Magazine: “More than ever before, this series of Torchwood will be director-led, and it will look absolutely amazing.”

Filming will begin in Cardiff on August 18 and details of casting are due to be released shortly. Freema Agyeman was expected to join the Torchwood team as Martha Jones, but her recent decision to join the cast of ITV1’s Law And Order has put her appearance in doubt.

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Kiefer Sutherland has confirmed that a 24 movie is likely to go ahead once the show is over.

The actor admitted that producers do not want his character Jack Bauer to hit the big screen until the programme itself has been cancelled.

“It’s certainly on the table,” Sutherland told Extra. “We would certainly be thrilled to make it, but we’re going to wait until the series is finished.”

Speaking in a separate interview, he added: “It’s always been a desire but we’ve always known that for the writers, it’s so hard for them to actually get through the series every year that we put the film on the back burner, that we would do it after the series was over, and that might be as soon as next year.”

In the meantime, a 24 TV movie, titled Exile, will air later this year. It will act as a prequel for the forthcoming seventh season, which premieres in January.

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Seth Green & Brekin Meyer are close to agreeing on a deal to star in the 3rd series of Heroes. The pair who write and star in Robot Chicken, will appear in a multi-episode arc in the forthcoming third series. The will portray Atlanta based comic book geeks who cross paths with and act as advisors to one of the shows lead superheroes.

Season 3 of Heroes is due back on UK screens in September on both BBC 2 and BBC 3, a few days after its premiere on the NBC channel in the USA.