Things I’ll be looking out for in the future:

• Screen International reports that Joe Cornish (half of the inestimable Adam & Joe) is set to make his first feature – Attack the Block – about south London hoodies facing an alien invasion. As a long-long-long-time Adam and Joe fan, I can’t wait.
• Attack the Block is a Film4 production and, god bless them, they also seem to be going ahead with Chris Morris’s take on UK teenage jihadists Four Lions. No controversy there!
• Dr Who has a new companion. Karen Gillan. For the record: foxy! In a non-sexist, not treating her like an object, strictly, y’know, just-saying sort of way (especially since I’m officially old enough to be her father…)
• Apart from the fact that it might be directed by Jonathan Blitstein and feature Alan Cummings and that it’s set in some sort of dystopian future, I know almost nothing about Escape to Donegal except that the title’s got me intrigued.
• I think Marvel Studio’s decision to make a Thor movie is going to be the biggest risk in its whole huge Avengers concept – a tougher sell even than Captain America (which could, itself, be a cringeworthy disaster). But at least they seem to be approaching it with the right attitude – talent first. Branagh was a left field choice for direction, but he’s smart and everything he’s said suggests he’s treating the material seriously, while the casting of Tom Hiddleston as Loki is potentially brilliant.
• Last Voyage of the Demeter sounds really interesting – telling the story of fate of the cargo ship that brings Dracula to Whitby. Ships, vampire, fog… could be excellent. Variety reckons Marcus Nispel – who was behind the Friday the 13th remake – might direct.