Little J

Aardman are producing a 52 part cartoon series called Little J in which an animated version of Jamie Oliver as a ten year old meets some anthropomorphic foodstuffs and learns about cooking. Looks like he's got a standard issue Aardman mouth and a chopper bike rather than a magic torch and a fringeful dog but the comparisons are inevitable.

You know, this could be like that Dudley Moore talking piano rubbish... or it could be rather good indeed. Shaun the Sheep was brilliant, Creature Comforts is regularly great and, judging from the clip I saw online, The Presentators are very funny too - so, basically, Aardman have a very good TV series track record and at 11 minutes per epsiode, that's 571 minutes in total and potentially a very good DVD bargain somewhere down the line.

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- JoBlo have a YouTube clip from after the credits of Pirates 3. Clearly, the clip was obtained illegally (not by JoBlo, but the original uploader) but, on the upside, it'll save you sitting through the end credits when really, all you'll want to do is get out of there and restart your circulation.

- MTV are bringing back Unplugged. The new epsiodes will apparently include Mary J. Blige, The Police, Bon Jovi, Kenny Chesney and John Mayer.

- Mark Verheiden has announced that his Teen Titans script will find the kids at 'an interesting (and universal) crossroads in their lives'.

- Twitch were on an absolute role today. They've had pictures from Be Kind, Rewind (Mos Def and Jack Black about to bust some ghosts, it seems); Daybreakers; Eastern Promise; and Doomsday.

- Feed have Mike Maguire's Comcast ad. Download it and watch it 'all big' for the best effect.

- On June 10th, the Prince Charles Cinema will be given over to a reprise of the Hot Fuzztival. Hard Boiled at 11am, The Last Boy Scout at 1.45, Point Break at 4.30 and then (!) at 8pm, Hot Fuzz with a live audio commentary from Edgar and company.

- The Poor Things schedule is being rejigged just so Lindsay Lohan can be in the film. What a waste of effort.

- Broken Lizard's next will probably be The Babymaker.

- Time Magazine's Ocean's 13 interviews are a nice, sparky read.

- IESB loved Hostel 2 too.

- Animation Magazine have some clips from the US version of Creature Comforts.