Updates 11 Feb: Promo Pics, Photos-Eoin & Rupert's Projects, Bradley Sighting, Angel Not on Twitter
Merlin's Keep has updated their site again and added 9 more photos from series 4.
They are photos 10-15 from 'Lancelot du Lac' and photos 1-3 from 'A Herald of The New Age'.
Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy provided an update on the status of series 5.
"Speaking at the 2012 SFX Weekender, the duo confirmed the show will be back on the BBC in Autumn.
“We’re currently in full scale pre-production for season 5, which will be with you in the Autumn,” said Capps. “We’re locked in a room with with all writers working out how we’re going to do the next 13 episodes. We’ve got some great ideas and some great twists and turns.”
Johnny Capps made the following comments in the article, "Merlin: The Harry Potter Connection", via 'From Inside the Box'. The full article plus 4 promo photos from 'A Servant of Two Masters' can be found here.
"One thing this show has always done well is to take a slow road towards darker themes, while keeping the humor and fun well balanced. "That was always what we had in our minds," said Capps: "to let the series grow darker, but never lose sight of its warmth and humor. Our strategy for the show has always been to create an action-adventure show that appeals to and entertains the entire family," Capps says. "The other important thing about Merlin is that each season we refresh it and, as the characters get older and the stakes get higher, then the series gets darker, just like in the "Harry Potter" films."
Episodes 1 - 5 of season 4 are available for purchase from itunes.
'Merlin' is listed in 'My TV Obsessions' poll, 'What is the best Sci-fi/Fantasy show on television?'. Voting closes at 8pm EST (US) on Monday 13 February.
Bradley James
Screen Daily reports that A "Fast Girls" promo is going to be shown at the Berlinale 2012 Film Market. The full article provides a few more details about the movie, although there is no particular mention of Bradley other than in the movie credits.
"Will Machin of Ealing Metro is gearing up to show footage to potential buyers. “It looks fantastic and has all the energy and excitement we were hoping for. We responded to the high concept commercial premise of the film and immediately thought that there could be a global teen audience for it. This coupled with the world looking towards Britain and the Olympics this summer makes it feel current, cool and timely.”
Bradley was spotted on the tube in London on 10 February.
@unfamiliarsound just got the tube with bradley james, it was great he's so great
@unfamiliarsound @bradleyjames hey bradley, i met you on the tube today at london bridge. thanks for being such a nice chap, it made my day :) - catherine
Colin Morgan
Colin was listed amongst the guest list at the 2012 NIFTAs, to be held on 11 February.
Angel Coulby
Angel's agency has confirmed that she is NOT on twitter, so any accounts claiming to be her are fakes.
"Thank you for your concern. We can confirm that Angel Coulby is not on Twitter and we are taking steps to have this fake account removed".
Tom Hopper and Adetomiwa Edun
Tom and Ade will appear at the MCM Midlands Comic Con, as per this earlier merlin_network post.
Eoin Macken
@eoincmacken my mate Emma Buckley did stills on the video I shot for Shannon-video&song will be out 28th feb- check out Emma's blog
More photos of Eoin BTS on the music video shoot can be found here
Rupert Young
The Without A Paddle theatre group has added 7 photos of Rupert in his recent play 'That Dark Place' to its official facebook page.
Crew Tweets
@dalemccready I'll be shooting eps 1,2 & 3 at this stage. Not sure what to expect yet as I haven't read any scripts :) (in response to: @dalemccready: so exited about merlin season 5!!! How about you).
@AliceMerlin now seems like as good a time as any to say I'M COMING BACK TO MERLIN woohooo i can't wait
@adrianbell1 Merlin Season 5 filming is within touching distance now...General