David Tennant

Richard II
Rumours are circulating following a post this week on the What’s On Stage forum that David Tennant will appear in Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2013, in a production directed by Gregory Doran. The rumour was posted to the forum by the same person (PaulTheatre) who was first to post that David and Catherine Tate would be appearing in Much Ado About Nothing last year. Paul has also been the first to post other theatre news, so this seems quite likely to be true.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
David Tennant voices a droid called Huyang in Star Wars: The Clone Wars starting in the episode which premièred on Saturday 10th November in the US on the Cartoon Network. The episode was called A Test Of Strength. David's character will appear in three episodes on consecutive weeks.
More information (including videos) about David's appearance in Star Wars: The Clone Wars here

Nativity 2 
Cineworld held charity screenings today of Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger in various cinemas around the country to raise money for Children In Need.
More info here
The première will be held in London on Tuesday 13 November. David Tennant is expected to attend.

Heinz Soup
David Tennant and Tom Baker are currently voicing radio ads for Heinz soup.
Find out more here

The Decoy Bride
The Decoy Bride started being shown by Sky movie channels again from Friday 9 Nov in the UK
More details here
The Decoy Bride DVD is available currently from ASDA for only £3 including postage.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
There is currently a special offer from AudioGO on the 007 Reloaded titles including On Her Majesty's Secret Service read by David Tennant. The download is £6.99 (usual price £15) and the CD is £7.05 (usually £15).

Diary dates
Tues 13 Nov - première of Nativity 2: Danger In The Manger at Empire, Leicester Square cinema in London.
Sat 17 Nov - David Tennant voices Huyang in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The episode is called Bound For Rescue and premières on the Cartoon Network at 9.30am in the US.


Source of all David Tennant news, unless otherwise stated: David Tennant on Twitter

David Tennant: appearances and project updates

• Television Critics Association

On Wednesday 1st August, David Tennant appeared at the at Television Critics Association Summer Tour in Beverley Hills to help promote The Spies Of Warsaw.
Although the BBC America panel was only 15 minutes in length it gave about a hundred television journalists the chance to talk to David and the writers and to watch a clip of the drama which wil start being broadcast in the US in November.

Some journalists also interviewed David later too.
More details about David Tennant at the Television Critics Association can be found here. 
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 

• Attack Of The Show

On Thursday 2nd August, an interview with David Tennant was broadcast on the programme Attack On The Show in the US and Canada.
Attack Of The Show is geared towards the male viewers as the description on the G4TV website says "Welcome to TV's only source for all the stuff you care about from the coolest viral videos to the hottest new gadgets, comics and movies. Attack of the Show gets it before it gets out."
Attack Of The Show was broadcast at 7pm ET on G4 in America (repeated at 2am) and at the same time on G4 TechTV in Canada. It was also shown in Australia on the channel Fuel at 4.30pm the following day.
Click here to watch a video of the full interview. 
More information on David Tennant on Attack On The Show can be found here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 

David Tennant Talks Spies Of Warsaw & Doctor Who

David Tennant joins Matt Mira in studio to share the latest on his upcoming miniseries, The Spies of Warsaw, on BBC America and what life is like as the most popular Doctor Who.

Source: G4TV 

Also reported by BBC America 

• Broadchurch

David Tennant will start filming Broadchurch in Somerset and the Bristol area on Monday 13th August 2012 and it will be broadcast on ITV during early 2012.
Inspired by the series The Killing, David's 8 part series is written by Chris Chibnall, directed by James Strong and produced by Richard Stokes for Kudos Productions.
David Tennant will play a gritty detective who investgates crimes which other policeman have been unable to solve.
More information can be found here. 
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 

Town to become star of ITV drama
A new ITV drama starring David Tennant will be filmed in Clevedon from this month with shops, houses and a church to be used as integral locations throughout.
Kudos Film and Television will produce the eight-part drama, entitled Broadchurch, which will centre around a murder investigation in a fictitious Dorset town of the same name.
Hill Road will be used to represent Broadchurch High Street, where a number of exterior scenes will be shot.
The former Seeley’s Newsagent in Hill Road will be adapted, both inside and out, to turn it into the offices of local newspaper, The Broadchurch Echo. The film company is also in talks to use another property in Hill Road as a key location.
A number of scenes will also be shot in the West End area of the town, around Marshall’s Field and Clevedon Pill. Two private houses in St Andrews Drive and Lavington Close will be used to represent the homes of some of the characters and St Andrew’s Church will represent the Broadchurch parish church.
Filming is due to begin on August 13 and will run until the end of November, mostly in North Somerset. Some scenes will also be shot in West Dorset.
David Tennant, a star of film, theatre and TV, will be joined by Olivia Coleman, star of Peep Show and Twenty Twelve, in the lead roles as the police officers heading up the murder investigation. They will be joined by BAFTA-winning actress Vicky McClure.

The story will explore what happens to a small community when it suddenly becomes the focus of a major event and is subjected to the full glare of the media spotlight.
Writer Chris Chibnall said: “Broadchurch focuses on a small British community which finds itself at the eye of a storm. In the wake of one boy’s death, the residents of Broadchurch come under scrutiny and suspicion.”
All eight episodes, to be screened in 2013, will be filmed in order, meaning cast and crew will return to Clevedon a number of times over the coming months. The team will set up a base in the Salthouse Fields car park when filming in Clevedon, consisting of trailers for costume and make-up, a mobile kitchen, toilets and a mobile dining facility.
When filming in Hill Road, vehicles carrying technical equipment will be parked in The Regent car park.
Source: The Weston Mercury 

• The Politician’s Husband

David Tennant has just completed filming The Politician's Husband in and around London.
David attended the read-through and a photo shoot on Saturday 9th June and started filming on Monday 11th June 2012. The final day of filming was Wednesday 25th July.
The drama will air as a series of three one hour programmes during early 2013 on BBC Two.
The Politician's Husband is a drama exploring what happens in a political marriage when the wife becomes more successful than her husband.Emily Watson will play his wife and Ed Stoppard is also in the drama which was written by Paula Milne.
More information can be found here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
 

• Twenty Twelve DVD

On Monday 6 August, the second series of the David Tennant narrated Twenty Twelve will be released on DVD in the UK and Europe. For £2 more you can buy both Series One and Series Two together.Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• On Her Majesty's Secret Service audiobook

The audiobook (on both download and CD) of On Her Majesty's Secret Service is available to pre-order via the AudioGo website. David Tennant reads On Her Majesty's Secret Service and the audio CD also features a bonus interview with David.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter (blog)

AudioGo have a competition to win a David Tennant signed copy of the hardback book of On Her Majesty's Secret Service if you pre-order the CD or download from them.

The CD version of David Tennant reading On Her Majesty's Secret Service is £4.01 cheaper (at £10.99) if you purchase it via the BBC Shop. It is available for pre-order and will be released on 6th September.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

David Tennant - project updates

The Politician’s Wife
The BBC have published their official press release for The Politician’s Wife which started filming last week (the photo above is from a location shoot).
Read the full press release here




On Her Majesty's Secret Service
More information on David Tennant reading On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond) has been released by The Book Bond and Radio Times. 




Shakespeare’s Sonnets
The Independent has a review of the Shakespeare’s Sonnets app (and a revised release date)
- read more here 





Diary dates:
Mon 25 June - True Love is released on DVD in the UK and Europe.
Tues 26 June - The Decoy Bride is released in Region One (the US and Canada) on both DVD and Blu-ray.
Thurs 28 June - Shakespeare Sonnets app for iPads is released.
 

Project updates and diary dates source (updated daily): David Tennant On Twitter



BBC America have a two-part feature on David Tennant's film and TV career beyond Doctor Who, including many video clips. 
Read and watch here: BBC America