Updates Nov 24: S3 nominated in Broadcast Awards, Merlin tweets, WhatsOnStage Awards, and more
Merlin
♦ Merlin Series 3 is on the shortlist of nominees for Best International Programme Sales in Broadcast Awards 2012 by the magazine of the same name. Other nominees in the category are FremantleMedia's Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals; BBC Worldwide's Doctor Who Series 6, The Week The Women Went, and Torchwood: Miracle Day; and Zodiak Rights' Big Fat Gypsy Weddings. The Awards will take place on 2 February 2012.
♦ Spoilers at the following links: Two more characters have been added to S4 Villains on the official site (one is from the upcoming episode), and wallpaper downloads of promo photo images are now available for Episode 4.09.
♦ Merlin was mentioned in The Guardian's Readers' Room section in a comment complaining about race-lifting (changing a character's race in a derivative work) in the show. Read the comment and rebuttal at this link (found at the end of the article).
♦ Merlin is #2 on TheTVaddict.com's "10 TV Shows to be Thankful For".
Merlin tweets
♦ sarajhamill: @mojsan73 yes I am Producing Merlin V - we have started working on it...
♦ MerlinOfficial: Quote of the morning #Julian "we're mythological magpies,we steal ideas from myth" #Johnny "I'd prefer to say 'inspired' rather than steal!"
WhatsonStage Awards: There is less than a week left to nominate your choices for the awards. Colin is eligible for Best Actor in a Play (Our Private Life), and Rupert for Best Actor in a Musical (Company). Click here to nominate; nominations close on November 30th.
Nathaniel Parker: From Barnsley House and Spa on Twitter: "Bit excitable. We can 'reveal' that Nathaniel Parker & Fiona Fullerton are reading at our Christmas Concert... http://twitpic.com/7igttj"
Eoin Macken was apparently at a recent Arsenal match, according to him on Twitter: "Only woke up when Walcott finally had a chance...so yeah, I fell asleep AT the Arsenal match....boring boring....welcome to the library..."
John Hurt
♦ Mickey Rourke said in an interview that he wants to bring on John in his upcoming movie about rugby, and that John is one of his favourite actors. (Read the full interview on Movie Hole.)
♦ BBC revealed the full cast in their upcoming Shakespeare adaptations to be aired next year. John Hurt will play The Chorus in Henry V.
Anthony Head
♦ Reviews for The Iron Lady
Hollywood Reporter: "And Streep’s magnificent fury is electrifying opposite the shocked humiliation of Deputy Prime Minister Geoffrey Howe (an excellent Anthony Head) during a sharp rebuke in a cabinet meeting that led to his resignation and precipitated her downfall."
Variety (Leslie Felperin): "Morgan's dialogue makes all kinds of unnatural contortions to allow Thatcher to call her cabinet members by their first names, so auds can work out that "Geoffrey" is meant to be onetime chancellor, then foreign secretary Geoffrey Howe (Anthony Head) and "Michael" is defense secretary Michael Heseltine (Richard E. Grant) -- both of whom register as little more than one-dimensional cameos with good wigs and latex prosthetics courtesy of hair and makeup designer Marese Langan."
♦ 3Geese New 3 geese tv show out very soon with Anthony Head playing acoustic guitar and his gorgeous wife Sarah Fisher full of wit and humour.
Alcatraz has been picked up by UK broadcaster UKTV, though there is no word yet on a premiere date. (via Digital Spy)
Asa Butterfield: Interview article by ShockYa
♦ Merlin Series 3 is on the shortlist of nominees for Best International Programme Sales in Broadcast Awards 2012 by the magazine of the same name. Other nominees in the category are FremantleMedia's Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals; BBC Worldwide's Doctor Who Series 6, The Week The Women Went, and Torchwood: Miracle Day; and Zodiak Rights' Big Fat Gypsy Weddings. The Awards will take place on 2 February 2012.
♦ Spoilers at the following links: Two more characters have been added to S4 Villains on the official site (one is from the upcoming episode), and wallpaper downloads of promo photo images are now available for Episode 4.09.
♦ Merlin was mentioned in The Guardian's Readers' Room section in a comment complaining about race-lifting (changing a character's race in a derivative work) in the show. Read the comment and rebuttal at this link (found at the end of the article).
♦ Merlin is #2 on TheTVaddict.com's "10 TV Shows to be Thankful For".
Merlin tweets
♦ sarajhamill: @mojsan73 yes I am Producing Merlin V - we have started working on it...
♦ MerlinOfficial: Quote of the morning #Julian "we're mythological magpies,we steal ideas from myth" #Johnny "I'd prefer to say 'inspired' rather than steal!"
WhatsonStage Awards: There is less than a week left to nominate your choices for the awards. Colin is eligible for Best Actor in a Play (Our Private Life), and Rupert for Best Actor in a Musical (Company). Click here to nominate; nominations close on November 30th.
Nathaniel Parker: From Barnsley House and Spa on Twitter: "Bit excitable. We can 'reveal' that Nathaniel Parker & Fiona Fullerton are reading at our Christmas Concert... http://twitpic.com/7igttj"
Eoin Macken was apparently at a recent Arsenal match, according to him on Twitter: "Only woke up when Walcott finally had a chance...so yeah, I fell asleep AT the Arsenal match....boring boring....welcome to the library..."
John Hurt
♦ Mickey Rourke said in an interview that he wants to bring on John in his upcoming movie about rugby, and that John is one of his favourite actors. (Read the full interview on Movie Hole.)
♦ BBC revealed the full cast in their upcoming Shakespeare adaptations to be aired next year. John Hurt will play The Chorus in Henry V.
Anthony Head
♦ Reviews for The Iron Lady
Hollywood Reporter: "And Streep’s magnificent fury is electrifying opposite the shocked humiliation of Deputy Prime Minister Geoffrey Howe (an excellent Anthony Head) during a sharp rebuke in a cabinet meeting that led to his resignation and precipitated her downfall."
Variety (Leslie Felperin): "Morgan's dialogue makes all kinds of unnatural contortions to allow Thatcher to call her cabinet members by their first names, so auds can work out that "Geoffrey" is meant to be onetime chancellor, then foreign secretary Geoffrey Howe (Anthony Head) and "Michael" is defense secretary Michael Heseltine (Richard E. Grant) -- both of whom register as little more than one-dimensional cameos with good wigs and latex prosthetics courtesy of hair and makeup designer Marese Langan."
♦ 3Geese New 3 geese tv show out very soon with Anthony Head playing acoustic guitar and his gorgeous wife Sarah Fisher full of wit and humour.
Alcatraz has been picked up by UK broadcaster UKTV, though there is no word yet on a premiere date. (via Digital Spy)
Asa Butterfield: Interview article by ShockYa