[Merlin Series 4] Merlin related [news] roundup
News roundup: France Comic Con (news), Colin Morgan (Island/Parked/new pics), Bradley James (PF pics), Richard Wilson (3 interviews/1video), Nathaniel Parker (promo pic/video), Anthony Head (Merlin S4 interview/Free Agents BTS/'The Iron Lady' release date), Katie McGrath (Irish Tatler pics), Eoin Macken (new old pic), Pierrefonds block I (pics), Filming in Wales (tweets + pics), Merlin S4 (Lancelot), Merlin online game (The Knight's Feast), Merlin - The Black Knight's Quest (additional screencaps & info)
WARNING: no S4 spoilers in this post (only links to spoiler-ish content)
France Comic Con
News
[sourcery]
[sourcery - Colin and Bradley won't be alone. They'll be accompanied by Katie McGrath (Morgana) and Julian Jones (one of the creators of Merlin).]
Merlin schedule for July 2nd [sourcery]
13:00 screening episodes 03.01 & 03.02 + Making of | scene Comic Con
16:15 Merlin panel with Colin Morgan, Bradley James, Katie McGrath and Julian Jones | conference room 1
15:00 & 17:30 autograph sessions with Colin Morgan, Bradley James and Katie McGrath | area 1
Book tickets: fnactickets | ticketnet
Fees: 9,-€ 12,-€ 15,-€
Where: Parc des Expositions de Paris-Nord-Villepinte, 93420 Villepinte >> google.maps
How to get there: car/train/plane information | transportation fees
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Colin Morgan
Island
- Director's Notes: DN208: Island - Brek Taylor & Elizabeth Mitchell [Colin's called 'sweet' from ~23min, otherwise mainly a podcast about the making of Island]
- Radio BBC Scotland, The Movie Café: interview with Elizabeth Mitchell [from 30:38]
- Island FB note: Some world screening news….. We have been accepted for the Haifa Film Festival in Israel in October and the Singapore Film Festival in September. We aren’t sure yet who will be going along - as soon as we have more details we will let you know. And there's a new competition: We have two original Orly Orbach sketches up for grabs for the most original answer to the following probing question…hopefully one to get you all thinking! When Island comes out on DVD who will you buy it for (other than yourselves of course!) and why? The most original answers will get these rather special prizes.
Parked
IFTN: Ripple World's 'Parked' Wins in Paris, New Projects in Pipeline
Pics
- Thank you, France Comic Con for the above pretty. WHY IS THAT PIC SO SMALL????
- feilongfan@tumblr: Colin Drama at 60 banner in front of RSAMD, Glasgow
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Nathaniel Parker
Loose Women
Nat was on ITV's Loose Women on June 12th, he mainly talked about Injustice, but briefly mentioned Merlin (no spoilers) and for about 2 seconds they showed a promo pic of him in costume. DebbyHorselover@YT provides the whole interview.
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Richard Wilson
The Pride
- Sheffield Telegraph: Wilson has magic between stage and screen
- The Star (different from interview above!): Pride of place for Wilson’s Crucible return Interesting news from this article ’m very lucky in that I make it clear to Merlin I’m going to direct - two plays in Sheffield this year - and they build my schedule around that,” he adds. “So it’s nice to be back.”
Action on Hearing Loss
actiononhearingloss.org.uk: Richard Wilson's Hearing Matters [video]
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Anthony Head
Merlin
TV.com: (Phone) interview with Tony [maybe slightly spoilerish] On their FB wall they wrote on June 10th (day of the phone interview): Just got off the phone from Anthony (really lovely man - sunning himself on a balcony in France, not that we're jealous or anything!). We ended up finishing the interview with a chat about buttocks. See, that's why we need your help to suggest questions! We'll post the interview early next week so you can find out what we're talking about!
Free Agents
gamutnews.com: short behind the scenes clip, blink and you'll miss Tony at the end.
The Iron Lady
According to Indie Wire, the film'll open on December 16th, 2011. The Iron Lady'll see Tony in the role of Geoffrey Howe, alongside Merryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher and Jim Broadbent as her husband Dennis.
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Katie McGrath
Irish Tatler
poisonsleep@tumblr posted THIS, I'm not overly familiar with Katie's photo shootings but it seems new to me, does anyone know if it's from the recent Irish Tatler photo shooting/article? Thanks to strandsofmagic for linking the post, where caterpillarduck@tumblr posted the pics above! :D
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Eoin Macken
New (old) pic
Likely from an older photo shooting, originally shared by sonnet4444@tumblr (via omgeoinmacken)
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Pierrefonds - block I
Pics
- yavannauk@tumblr: Bradley I | Bradley II *lol*
- latb1990@tumblr: Colin
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Wales filming
June 17th
@AliceMerlin: @jennyhelders we are in france before *
@jennyhelders: @AliceMerlin is there any chance you'll tell me if the filming in Pierrefonds castle will take place before or after Comic Con France? :) *
@stumpy_juk: @DeLessepsViola all good. Busy filming day today in studio *
June 16th
@dalemccready: Tent City http://hpstm.tc/p/kkjg *
@AliceMerlin: In Arthurs chambers all day. Which makes a nice change to rainy forest. Time to get things prepped for France too. *
@dalemccready: *
@fuckbees: @dalemccready hi! I was wondering why don't you use this hall more? it has wonderful lighting i55.tinypic.com/2rmqq6t.jpg * [They filmed a scene from ep 01.12 in said room but never used it for other scenes again, though they took lots of promo pics with Mackenzie Crook/Cornelius Segun for ep 02.01 there]
April 2011
Puzzlewood FB: Nathaniel Parker
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Merlin S4
Santiago Cabrera/Lancelot
MerlinOfficial FB: Lancelot [S3 pic]
The wonderful Santiago Cabrera will return as Lancelot in Series 4... get excited! Wow, who'd've guessed... :P
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Online Games
The Knight's Feast
At SuperRTL's German Merlin site you can play a game called Die große Ritter-Mahlzeit (The Knight's Feast). The Blue Knight, the Red Knight, the Black Knight and the Golden Knight visit Prince Arthur and Merlin's supposed to serve them everything they order [Brot/bread | Hühnchen/chicken | Saft/juice] as quickly as possible.
In order to play click 'Spiel starten' >> 'Los!'
Sadly Arthur and Merlin are nowhere to be seen and I wonder why the knights can see Camelot Castle through the window, did Arthur move out?
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Merlin iPhone app
Merlin - The Black Knight's Quest
Thanks a lot to ypput, who shared additional screencaps and more info about the videos that can be unlocked HERE