The hit BBC rom-com drama, Gavin & Stacey, has been commissioned for a US remake, the Sun newspaper reports.

The British viewing public fell in love with the simple characters, playing out the simple story of girl meets boy when it first aired back in 2007.
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British comedy writing genius, James Corden, has revealed he finds hosting the prestigious Brit Awards a “nightmare” because nobody pays him any attention!

Corden, who is one half of the hugely popular writing team that brought us Gavin & Stacey, believes that whoever provides the narrative on award night is redundant as no one listens, but insists he would never turn down to opportunity to host the event, as he plans on working as much as possible before people start getting bored of him!
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Following the BBC’s announcement last month that they have commissioned Gavin & Stacey star and creator, James Corden’s new drama, The Wrong Mans, it has now been revealed that Dougray Scott will be joining the already all-star cast.

The Wrong Mans, written by and starring James Corden and Mathew Baynton, follows the story hopeless pals Phil Bourne & Sam Pinkett (played by James Corden and Matthew Baynton) whose pointless lives are turned upside-down by a chance phone call and a case of mistaken identity.
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BBC have announced the new cast for their latest drama commission The Wrong Mans.

The show has been penned by and stars James Corden & Mathew Baynton, who take on the roles of hapless duo Phil Bourne & Sam Pinkett, whose menial existence is turned upside-down by a chance phonecall and a case of mistaken identity.

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It’s been revealed today that Gavin & Stacey star James Corden – he of course co-wrote the show with Ruth Jones as well as playing the part of Smithy – has landed a role in new British comedy film, School For Santas.

According to The Sun, James will play the role of a down-on-his luck dad who finds his “inner Santa” in a bid to reconcile with his estranged kids. The movie, which is described as “big-budget” will begin filming next year.

Of the role, James told me, “All my life I’ve wanted to make a big family Christmas movie.

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Fans of hugely popular but now defunct sitcom Gavin & Stacey have of course been hoping that the show’s writers, Ruth Jones and James Corden, would pen at least a new Christmas special if not a full series…

And the Hollywood Reporter claims they are about to do just that – or at least, they’ll be involved in the production – but sadly, it’s for a US remake of the show, and not for UK audiences.

Ruth and James will be executive producers for the remake, but the script is set to be written by David Rosen for the Fox network.

However, Ruth and James, who of course played the roles of Nessa and Smithy, will not appear on-screen in the US version… Read more & comment »

Gavin And Stacey writer and actor, James Corden, is set to make a return to the small screen in a new comedy thriller, The Wrong Man!

The Wrong Man, which is due to be filmed early next year, will star Corden alongside Matthew Baynton as a pair of police officers who find themselves caught up in a crime ring conspiracy after answering a ringing phone at the scene of a car crash.
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Mrs Biggs star, Sheridan Smith, has gone public with her new boyfriend, Reg Traviss, for the first time.

Sheridan, who famously dated her Gavin and Stacey on-screen brother, James Corden, began seeing Reg, who famously dated tragic Amy Winehouse before and up until her death, for a short time, but a string of photos of them together suggest that they are now officially an item, despite Reg awaiting trial for rape!
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Gavin & Stacey fans! Let joy be unconfined because James Corden – who of course co-wrote and starred in the show with Ruth Jones who has subsquently gone on to write and star in Sky sitcom Stella – has announced that the hit comedy WILL be back!

Speaking to TV Biz, James said, “It would be a crime not to [bring Gavin & Stacey back]; it’s a great show.”

He added, “Writing with Ruth is a gift, I definitely plan on doing some more.”

James of course played Smithy in the award-winning BBC series, which ended in 2010.
As fans of the show will of course recall, in the final episode, Smithy appeared to have finally got together with Nessa, who was played by Ruth.

And we also learned that Gavin and Stacey — who were played by Mathew Horne and Joanna Page respectively — were expecting a baby… Read more & comment »

It’s been reported today that bookies reckon former Gavin and Stacey star James Corden – who of course also co-wrote the hit series with Ruth Jones – is hot favourite to play the role of former Britain’s Got Talent winner Paul Potts.

The film, which is said to be a comedy and entitled ‘One Chance’ will chronicle Paul’s meteoric rise to fame from being a mobile phone salesman to international star following his BGT victory.

However, according to the Daily Star, Paul is “sworn to secrecy” over the identity of the actor who’ll play him in the film.

He went on to say, “What I can say is that I’m happy with their choice. I’ve read the script and I’m really pleased with it.

“The last thing I wanted was for it to be a 90-minute sob story and it’s far from that…” Read more & comment »

Gavin and Stacey star Rob Brydon – who oplayed Uncle Bryn in the hit sitcom – reckons that the chances of any new episodes of the show have been scuppered since its two leading actors have lost so much weight.

He is of course referring to the co-writers and stars of the show, Ruth Jones who played Nessa, and James Corden who played Smithy, both of whom look completely different now they’ve slimmed down.

Ruth has gone from being a hefty 17 stones to just over 9, while James has dropped from 21 stones to 16.

Speaking to the Sun about Ruth and James’ transformations, Rob said, “It’ll be tricky now, as a lot of what worked about Nessa was her weight… Read more & comment »

When Gavin and Stacey first aired, I somehow managed to miss every episode, but of late, I’ve been watching it from start to finish on Gold, and have fallen in love with it…

So I was horrified when I realized that there were only ever three series of the show, the finale of which featured a heavily pregnant Stacey (Joanna Page) and Ness on the verge of falling for Smithy.

Ness and Smithy were of course played by Ruth Jones and James Corden, who also wrote the show.

So it was a case of joy to the world when I read this morning that Ruth has promised to pen a Christmas special of the show in time for next year’s festive season.

I would be, quite literally, cock-a-hoop, if I only had a hoop and a…. yeah, well, never mind.

Anyway, while speaking to the Daily Star about the possibility of more Gavin and Stacey, Ruth revealed that she and James had originally planned to write a festive special for this year, but due to their various work commitments, they ran out of time.

She said, “We will definitely be doing another Gavin and Stacey. There was just too much occurring!

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Writer and star of Gavin and Stacey James Corden talks to Piers Morgan about his meteoric rise to fame as one of Britain’s brightest young talents and how his over-inflated ego sent him into meltdown.

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James Corden has revealed that he and comedy partner Matthew Horne, who were once inseparable, drifted apart after their sketch show failed drastically.

James and Matthew were of course among the stars of hit comedy Gavin and Stacey, but after that ended, they went on to pen and feature in Horne and Corden, which was slated by viewers and critics.

Speaking to the Daily Star, James discussed the rift that the pair experienced after the show flopped.

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Comedian James Corden has let a rather embarrassing cat out of the bag after revealing that he was not only a Take That “super-fan”, he was also in a boy band himself.

James – who of course co-wrote and starred in Gavin and Stacey – was in a band called ‘Insatiable’, and of it, he told the Daily Star, “I did form a boy band called Insatiable when I was young. I was so into it.”

He added, ““If I was not doing acting I would 100% be with the kids trying for The X Factor or Britain’s Got Talent.

“I tried to use my band to pull the ladies but I soon realised if you’re going to be in a boyband you don’t want to be the least attractive one.

“The first boyband I formed was Full Frontal and then we did Insatiable.”

And of being such a big fan of Take That, James said, “My love of Take That got me into trouble. I got bullied more for that at school than for being big… Read more & comment »