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UPDATE: Hugh Grant rumored to lead new “Marvel-style” Doctor Who with Russell T. Davies

March 21, 2022 by EJ Moreno

Could Doctor Who and its signature TARDIS get a fresh coat of paint? If rumors are accurate, we could see the long-running BBC series entering a whole new era.

According to The Mirror, Doctor Who will look to revamp its 14th series. An insider close to the production notes that “the vision is that the show can be a Marvel-like product, building franchises around the Doctor and other key characters in his many lives.”

As part of this Doctor Who rebuilding, Russell T. Davies is already returning to the series for its 60th anniversary year in 2023. Davies is responsible for rebooting the series in 2005 before leaving in 2009, with Steven Moffat and then Chris Chibnall succeeding him as showrunner.

In the most shocking part of the story, the insiders note that BBC and Davies want to bring in Hugh Grant to Doctor Who. Grant would reportedly star as the legendary Time Lord, following Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor. The reports say that the production feels like Grant could “bring a fresh feel” to the role. They added: “He offers many attributes – great actor, British, award-winning, Hollywood A-lister and excellent at comedy. Conversations are in progress.”

Grant played a version of the Twelfth Doctor for a 1999 Comic Relief special written by Steven Moffat. The report says that Davies offered him the lead role five years later prior to Christopher Eccleston’s casting as the Ninth Doctor, and Grant would admit in 2007 that he regretted not accepting.

UPDATE: It seems that The Mirror’s report may be inaccurate, with Grant taking to Twitter to dismiss the rumour:

SEE ALSO: The Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors join Big Chief Studios’ Doctor Who Definitive Series

Nothing against Dr W but I’m not. No idea where the story came from. https://t.co/g1PG4VsqYN

— Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) March 21, 2022

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Filed Under: EJ Moreno, News, Television Tagged With: Doctor Who, Hugh Grant, Russell T. Davies

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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