Doctor Who Film News
The Gallifreyan Newsroom today was informed that the BBC and SONY are keen to produce a film based on Doctor Who. An email chain between the two organisations has been leaked as follows. Our readers may rest assured that The Gallifreyan Newsroom will keep you updated on this story as it develops.
| Email-ID | 116206 |
|---|---|
| Date | 2014-01-24 15:20:59 |
| From | andrea_wong@spe.sony.com |
| To | michael_lynton@spe.sony.com |
RE: Dr WhoSpoke to Danny and he doesn’t think it makes sense right now and actually might hurt our cause. He said that the creative team on the show have been having the movie conversation with BBC Worldwide in recent weeks and are very hot under the collar that their position on it is not being listened to or accepted….
From: Lynton, Michael
Sent: 23 January 2014 17:22
To: Wong, Andrea
Subject: Re: Dr Who
I am coming over on march 10. Should I meet with the show runners.
On Jan 23, 2014, at 9:15 AM, “Wong, Andrea” <Andrea_Wong@spe.sony.com> wrote:
Hi Michael,
Just spoke to Danny Cohen re Dr Who. He said that while there has been tremendous interest (and pressure from BBCWW) to do a Dr Who film, the show runners feel very clear that they don’t want to do one at this moment. That said, over the course of the coming months, the show running team is coming up with an 8 year timeline for the brand – laying out all that will happen with it. He says that a film will certainly be a part of that timeline. So the answer is that a film won’t happen in the next year to 18 months, but it is expected that it will happen after that within the 8 year horizon. He expects the plan to be laid out by the end of the year…