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Sunday, 21 April 2013

David Tennant: project news and updates

Broadchurch

The Broadchurch soundtrack EP by Olafur Arnalds will be available to American fans from 30th April on iTunes. Source: David Tennant on Twitter
The worldwide link to watch episode 7 of Broadchurch has been posted to DailyMotion. Source: David Tennant on Twitter
The finale of Broadchurch (an extended episode) airs on ITV tomorrow (22 April) at 9pm.
All the latest Broadchurch news, reviews, photos, etc., can be found here.

The Politician's Husband

Review of The Politician's Husband in The Lady describes it as 'a reminder of how television should be. It's a big, brainy, sexy political drama with a splendid cast and no compromise made for lightweights.'
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
Amazon now list the DVD of The Politician's Husband to be released one week early - on 13th May!
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
The BBC have released several new hi-res promo photos of David Tennant in The Politician's Husband. Source: David Tennant on Twitter
The Politician's Husband premieres on BBC Two on Thursday (25 April) at 9pm.
All the latest The Politian's Husband news, reviews, photos, etc., can be found here.

Great Scott

RadioDramaReviews has posted a review of The Great Scott: The Fair Maid Of Perth.

Source: David Tennant on Twitter
This afternoon's episode, braodcast on BBC Radio Four at 3pm, was entitled The Great Scott: Rob Roy.
The third episode of The Great Scott (narrated by David Tennant) will be Waverley. It premieres on Sunday 28th April at 3pm on BBC Radio Four and is repeated the following Saturday.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
All the latest Great Scott news, reviews, and MP3 downloads, etc., can be found here.

Spies of Warsaw

On 17th May, the television station ARTE will start broadcasting Spies Of Warsaw in both France and Germany. Source: David Tennant on Twitter
All the latest Spies of Warsaw news, reviews, photos, etc., can be found here.

Doctor Who

David Tennant will reprise his role as the Tenth Doctor (with Billie Piper as Rose) for the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special episode which will air on Saturday 23rd November 2013. He's been filiming recently, and all filming locations, photos, etc., can be found here.

David Tennant spoke to Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2 briefly on Friday morning via telephone from the Doctor Who set. More info (including MP3 of the call) here.
There is a photo of David Tennant (and all the Doctors) on the front of Doctor Who Magazine #460 which is published on Thursday 2nd May. Source: David Tennant on Twitter
The Peter Davison era of Doctor Who retrospective from the Resurrection Of The Daleks DVD (introduced by David Tennant) has been posted to YouTube. Source: David Tennant on Twitter
All the latest Doctor Who news, reviews, photos, etc., can be found here.

Bernard Who?

David Tennant will be one of the stars interviewed about Bernard Cribbins in a two part documentary titled Bernard Who? The first episode premieres on BBC Radio Four at 11.30am on Thursday 25th April.
More info here. Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Double Income No Kids Yet

The Double Income, No Kids Yet Series One audio is available for £2.99 from AudioGO. (The page has a photo of a young David!) Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Virgin Media Shorts

Screen Daily reports that David Tennant will help judge the Virgin Media Shorts Competition.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Much Ado About Nothing

Screen Daily have announced that CinemaLive are to release the David Tennant / Catherine Tate's production of Much Ado About Nothing worldwide in cinemas. Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Tree Fu Tom

TBIVision reports that Tree Fu Tom will be shown on the US station Sprout from 22nd April.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Diary dates

Sun 21 Apr - David Tennant stars in The Great Scott: Rob Roy on BBC Radio Four at 3pm.
Mon 22 Apr - Penguins - Spy In The Huddle released on Blu-ray in the UK.
Mon 22 Apr - Joe Sims (Nige Carter) on Lorraine on ITV at 8.50am and at 12.35pm on Channel 4 on What's Cooking to promote Broadchurch.
Mon 22 Apr - At 7.15pm real life political couple Peter and Virginia Bottomley will discuss The Politician's Husband in Front Row on BBC Radio Four.
Mon 22 Apr - Episode eight of Broadchurch premieres on ITV at 9pm.
Mon 22 Apr - Tree Fu Tom will be shown on the US station Sprout from today.
Tues 23 Apr - Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Collection Tenth Doctor book Beautiful Chaos is published.
Thurs 25 Apr - David Tennant interviewed in Bernard Who? on BBC Radio Four at 11.30am.
Thurs 25 Apr - Episode one of The Politician's Husband is broadcast on BBC Two.
Sun 28 Apr - The first two episodes of Broadchurch will be shown in Paris at Forum des Images.
Sun 28 Apr - BAFTA Television Craft Awards announced. Writer John Morton nominated for Writing: Comedy for Twenty Twelve.
Sun 28 Apr - Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited - The Fourth Doctor will premiere on BBC America with David Tennant interview clips.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

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Dougray Scott: interviews

Dougray Scott takes Netflix subscribers to ‘Hemlock Grove’

MCT/photo source: The Day

Dougray Scott costars in the new Netflix series Hemlock Grove, which begins streaming on April 19.

When he was a little boy, actor Dougray Scott used to stow away in his father's car when his dad left for work as a salesman.
"I used to hide in the back until he drove so far away from the house that he couldn't take me back. I used to be fascinated by his preparation in the morning. And what it taught me - it didn't teach me then because I wasn't sure what I was looking at - but looking back on it, I realize why I had a fascination for it, because what I watched him do was try to form himself in the morning into this character so he could go out into the world and sell fridges and freezers.
"And whatever he was feeling, he had to suppress that in order to present this happy, likable, charismatic character to the people he wanted to buy his wares. And I just loved watching him do that. I was fascinated by it."
Scott is still studying characters who exhibit one thing, but are thinking another. He's bounced from the big screen in films like "Mission Impossible II" and "Ever After: a Cinderella Story" to the small screen in "Desperate Housewives" and the new thriller, "Hemlock Grove," premiering Friday on Netflix.
Scott grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Fife, Scotland. He longed to be a soccer player, but says he wasn't good enough. When he was 14 he discovered the play "Death of a Salesman."

Tony Curran: 'Defiance' news and updates

Tony Curran of "Defiance" attends Syfy 2013 Upfront at Silver Screen Studios
at Chelsea Piers on April 10, 2013 in New York City. Source: Zimbio

From Twitter:
Tony Tellado, host of Sci-Fi Talk, in conversation with Tony Curran of Defiance from SyFy Up Front - here
Tweeted by Tony Curran:

Next weeks gonna get darker and more interesting https://twitter.com/TonyCurran69/status/325775343824822273/photo/1
Scotty Stuart in background keeping an eye on me https://twitter.com/TonyCurran69/status/324023808010887168/photo/1
he gets up to no good next Monday also.. April 22 9pm Syfy https://twitter.com/TonyCurran69/status/324368894242467841/photo/1
A lot of passion and hard work went it to this wonderful journey with an amazing cast and crew Defiance2013 https://twitter.com/TonyCurran69/status/324009799547228161/photo/1
Chilling between shooting Defiance2013 https://twitter.com/TonyCurran69/status/324007286945230848/photo/1
Datak & Sukar hanging together before we shoot, Defiance2013 https://twitter.com/TonyCurran69/status/323996664727756801/photo/1
"Don't mess with these fellas" https://twitter.com/TonyCurran69/status/324405766448611328/photo/1
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Defiance - Syfy Video Featurette: 'VFX Before & After' - Episode 1Take a look at the before & after visual effects from episode 1 here.

Defiance - Syfy Video Featurette: Episode 1 Recapby Antiopodalarapaima

Online Magazine - Guaranteed Post: Defiance Reviewed
by Geeks versus Nerds

Tony Curran's Favorite Scene from the PilotWatch the video at SyFy.com

Tony Curran Reveals What Really Happens in the BathVideo interview at SyFy.com

New Stills and Another Promo for Defiance Episode 1.02 - Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Goat Dread Central

Defiance Actor Tony Curran Talks Defiance TV Series And Video Game
Actor Tony Curran reveals Syfy new TV Series Defiance and his portrayal of Datak Tarr.
Watch the video interview here.

Defiance - Game Hub: Tony Curran Video Interview
Defiance Actor Tony Curran Talks Defiance TV Series And Video Game

Watch the interview here.

Defiance - Syfy Video Featurette: Tony Curran Video Interview
Tony Curran (Datak Tarr) reveals what really happens in the bath with Jaime Murray (Stahma Tarr).
Watch the interview here.

Defiance Trailer: Beast
New Earth, New Rules. The world is your oyster.
Watch the trailer here.

3 Behind the Scenes Featurettes
at SF Series and Movies.

Intro to the AliensVideo at Defiance.com

Get to Know DatakVideo at Defiance.com

Defiance [1x01] "Pilot" Opening Creditscourtesy of YouTube

Actor Tony Curran sneaks off film set to watch the Celtic game still wearing his alien costume
Actor Tony Curran sneaked out of filming his new sci-fi telly show to catch Celtic vs Barcelona - dressed in his full alien costume. The Doctor Who star was given a couple of hours off from filming Defiance to catch the game.But the die hard Celtic fan was warned by producers not to remove his make up or costume.And ex pats watching the game at McVeigh’s Tavern in Toronto were stunned when he walked in dressed as his character in the new show Datak Tarr.

The Celtic-mad actor was in the middle of shooting a new science fiction programme in the Canadian city, and had begged the producers for a few hours off to watch his team play Barcelona in the Champions League.But with a hectic shooting schedule, Tony was told he could only nip out if he agreed to keep his full make up on so he had to head to the pub dressed as alien gangster Datak Tarr from the new series Defiance.

Despite trying to hide his ghostly white face with a bunnet and scarf, he spent the whole night explaining to the members of the Downtown ...
Read much more at Daily Record

Defiance Review: New Sci-fi Drama Premieres Monday
From Cinema Blend:

We've had a long time to anticipate the arrival of Syfy's new drama series Defiance, and in that time, many of us have likely set our expectations high for what will hopefully be a new must-watch original sci-fi drama for the cable channel. The series premiere does not disappoint, bringing us into a story about human and alien characters who are trying to co-exist in a city that was once St. Louis and is now known as Defiance. Developed by Rockne S. O'Bannon, Kevin Murphy and Michael Taylor, Defiance's tone blends western with sci-fi and tells the story of humans and aliens as they attempt to co-exist with one another on what's left of Earth.

The history of the setting is explained throughout the premiere. Aliens showed up decades ago thinking earth was uninhabited, they were wrong, war broke out and after earth was torn apart by the battles and drastically changed by alien technology, humans and Votans (the collective term for the various alien species) eventually laid down their arms and have attempted to share what's left of the planet. There's a bit more to it than that, and we begin to learn the details as the first episode gets going.

Read much more at Cinema Blend

'Defiance' Review: New Syfy Drama Comes Out With Guns BlazingFrom Huffington Post:

"Defiance" (9 p.m. ET Monday, Syfy) is not just a smart, well-crafted TV show with a good cast and an adventurous flavor, it's also indisputably science fiction, which is a relief.

Read much much more at Huffington Post

Defiance: TV Review
by Hollywood Reporter

Meet the Aliens of Defiance
We love horror, which pretty much translates into loving aliens since they are often scary (exceptions include E.T., Stitch, Gleek the Monkey and that alien from Mac and Me that loved Sears). A new alien epic is coming via Syfy's Defiance (Airing Mondays at 9/8c on Syfy), where sheer terror is substituted with pure sci-fi, but that doesn't make these aliens any less tough. In the show, life on Earth is cataclysmically changed by the arrival of the Votanis Collective, a conglomeration of alien races fleeing the destruction of their world. After your standard issue alien war apocalypse, we're left with a world in which humans exist alongside a rash of extraterrestrial races.
Castithans: Of all the Votan races, Castithans are closest to humans. They are characterized physically by their white skin and hair, and culturally by their adherence to a strict caste system.
Irathient: Irathients are a proud, tribal and spiritual race possessed of excellent combat skills. They have broad and flat nasal bridges, reddish skin, and large eyes. They are sometimes seen as feral due to their love of nature and their aggression.
Indogenes: Indogene have bright, white skin laid with hexagonal patterns, and no hair. An intellectual race, they value science above all and upgrade themselves with cybernetic implants.
Gulanee: Gulanee are rarely seen, and are beings of pure energy.
Sensoth: Somewhat simian in appearance, Sensoth tend to be on the larger side, and are the longest-lived of the Votan races. Their size and strength makes them well-suited for use as muscle and manual labor.
Liberata: Short in stature and generally fairly hairy, the Liberata are a servant class with a lower social standing than the other races.
Volge: A frightening, war-like race, the Volge make use of Cold Fire weaponry and pose a threat to both Votans and humans, alike.
Source: Chiller TV

'Defiance': Everything You Need To Know
Huffington Post's very comprehensive guide to everything Defiance is here.

'Defiance': Syfy Attempts To Blend TV Series, Video Game
Earth is recovering from an apocalyptic event, alien races cooperate warily, a wise-cracking outsider suddenly finds himself shouldering new responsibilities.

Yes, the world of "Defiance" features familiar sci-fi touchstones, but it's taken an ambitious approach to how you can experience them: Through both a weekly TV series and an online-only video game.

Five years in the making, the joint project is the most high-profile and big-budget attempt at ongoing "transmedia" entertainment, promising characters and storylines that crisscross between the Syfy network show and Trion Worlds game.

Set in 2046 on a "terraformed" Earth where humans live alongside seven alien species, the series premiering Monday displays a space Western vibe with bar brawls, interspecies politics and love, plus actors familiar to genre fans like Julie Benz and Jaime Murray. The already-released game, a multiplayer third-person shooter, has plenty of guns to upgrade, quests for supplies, and boss battles in which players cooperate to bring down giant monsters.

Though they can be experienced separately, somebody who both plays the game and watches the show will gain an extra layer of insight to each, promises actor Grant Bowler, who appears in both. Bowler said he was impressed and a bit wary of that idea when he signed on to play lead Joshua "Jeb" Nolan, who becomes "lawkeeper" of the city of St. Louis, renamed Defiance by survivors.

Read more at Huffington Post

Popular video game 'Defiance' inspires SyFy TV series examining the uneasy co-existence of aliens and humans
Read more at Daily News

Defiance - Yahoo! TV: Monday's Picks Apr 15 '13 - NEW Series Syfy 9/8CRead more at Antipodalarapaima

Defiance - Syfy Video: "Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go' Episode Trailer - Airs Apr 22 '13
Read more at Antipodalarapaima

Defiance - Syfy: NEW Series - April 2013 ScheduleRead more at Antipodalarapaima

'Defiance' Ratings: Syfy Series Hits High NotesRead more at Huffington Post

Syfy's 'Defiance' travels between media worlds with TV series and online gameRead more at Zap2it

TV Ratings: Syfy's Pricey 'Defiance' Gives Network Best Demo Premiere Since 2006Read more at Hollywood Reporter

Defiance Behind the Scenes: Tony Curran Talks about Castithan Honor

Source: YouTube

Doctor Who - BBC America: Season 5 Marathon Schedule Apr 18 '13

04:00PM Vincent and The Doctor

Visiting a museum, the Doctor (Matt Smith) and Amy (Karen Gillan) are especially excited with the gallery for Vincent van Gogh (Tony Curran). Many of van Gogh pieces are displayed, including "The Church at Auvers (1890)". However there is something irregular discovered on the painting - a small alien image within a window pane. The Doctor quickly takes Amy back to 1890 where they locate the troubled artist that upsets the locals, cannot pay his bills, and is able to see an invisible monster that no one else is able to see.

Guest stars include Defiance's Tony Curran, Nik Howden, Chrissie Cotterill and Sarah Counsell.
Source: Antipodalarapaima

Martin Compston: interviews

Actor Martin Compston makes waves as leading man

Martin Compston. Picture: Graham Jepson. Source: Scotsman

From The Scotsman:

Martin Compston is fast becoming the go-to guy for directors seeking a leading man with an edge. We join him as he does his best Daniel Craig impression in the Irish Sea

We are sheltering from a howling gale in a small, out-of-season seaside resort on the east coast of Ireland. Battered by the fierce wind roaring in off the Irish Sea, a tired-looking fairground appears to be struggling to remain upright. At the fairground – which is in fact a set for a new ITV1 drama The Ice Cream Girls – bored teenagers light up in an apathetic fashion by the waltzer while their friends try in vain to stop their candy floss blowing away in the gale-force winds. Next to them stands another ride, festooned with pictures of young women in bikinis looking inexplicably cheery. Just beyond the fairground, the raging sea is a dark shade of grey. Enormous breakers crash on to the shingle beach with a sound like thunder. It’s not what you would call a good day to go swimming but unfortunately for him – that’s exactly what Martin Compston is about to do.

Joanna Vanderham: new role in 'Marple' series

Miss Marple just got sexy!
Classic mystery gets a raunchy revamp with Joanna Vanderham playing sultry American heiress
From Daily Mail:

She may not be the sexiest of sleuths but there is no fooling Agatha Christie's Miss Marple.
And ITV bosses are obviously hoping the wisened old spinster will still entice audiences - especially with the added glamour factor of gorgeous actress Joanna Vanderham in the mix.
Filming has begun for the latest adaptation of the detective stories written by Christie - although Miss Marple remains as an elderly spinster, her surrounding cast is notably glamorous.

Joanna Vanderham plays a sultry American hostess

Tom Hughes joins Julia McKenzie, who plays Jane Marple, as filming begins for Marple: Endless Night.
Tom and Joanna are reunited to play young lovers alongside Olivier award-winning actress Julia.
Read more (includes more photos, and video) at Daily Mail

Monday, 15 April 2013

David Tennant: project news and updates

photo courtesy of BBC

Broadchurch

Currently the Radio Times website lists the final episode of Broadchurch (on 22nd April) to last an extra 5 minutes so it would run from 9pm to 10.05pm.
The first six episodes of Broadchurch are now available to download from iTunes. Each episode costs £1.89.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
The original soundtrack EP of Broadchurch, featuring music written by Olafur Arnalds, will be available for download on Mercury Classics from Monday 15 April. Clips have been posted to Mercury Classics Sound Cloud.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
The first two episodes of Broadchurch will be shown in Paris on 28th April at Forum des Images.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
All the latest Broadchurch news, reviews, interviews, photos, etc., can be found here.

The Politician's Husband

The BBC have posted the first trailer for The Politician's Husband to YouTube.

Source: David Tennant on Twitter

It has been confirmed that the first episode of The Politician's Husband will premiere on Thursday 25th April at 9pm on BBC Two. This means that the first episode of the three part drama will be broadcast the same week as the final episode of Broadchurch. More information here.
The BBC Media Centre has added a new David Tennant interview (plus photos) about The Politician's Husband. This is to promote the three part drama, and extracts from the interview will be used in various publications over the next few weeks. In the interview, David explains that Paula Milne's writing and the fact that it is a political drama drew him to the project. Read more here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Amazon are now showing both the front and back cover of The Politician's Husband DVD. It will be released on Monday 20th May.
David Tennant in The Politician's Husband

David Tennant in The Politician's Husband

Source: David Tennant on Twitter

All the latest news, etc., is here.

Headway

Headway has published April's newsletter, which includes the new David Tennant signed cards.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Spies of Warsaw

In the US, Spies Of Warsaw is available now on Amazon Instant Video.
DentonRC says that the US version of the Spies Of Warsaw DVD (released on Tuesday) includes "a 10-minute featurette with Tennant discussing the feature." Other websites indicate that the extra features will be the interview clips which are on the BBC America website.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
More information here.

The Great Scott

From Sunday 14th April 2013 at 3pm on BBC Radio Four for three consecutive Sundays, David Tennant will be starring in a series of radio plays written by Walter Scott. The first story is The Fair Maid Of Perth and the second one will be Rob Roy. The final story has not been announced yet.
More information (including MP3 links) here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Richard II

The Richard II performance which was listed in some places for Saturday 7th December has now been removed from both the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Barbican websites. Tickets never went on sale for this performance. This means that now David Tennant will play 84 performances (39 in Stratford-Upon-Avon and 45 in London). Most performances of Richard II on the Royal Shakespeare Company website are sold out but The Barbican Centre website still has availablilty for most dates.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
All the latest news, etc., is here.

Diary dates

Mon 15 Apr - Broadchurch soundtrack EP available for download on Mercury Classics.
Mon 15 Apr - Watch start a new run of repeats of David Tennant's episodes of Doctor Who.
Mon 15 Apr - Episode seven of Broadchurch premieres on ITV at 9pm.
Tues 16 Apr - Spies Of Warsaw DVD is released in the US and Canada.
Thurs 18 Apr - David Tennant's birthday!
Sun 21 Apr - David Tennant stars in The Great Scott: Rob Roy on BBC Radio Four at 3pm.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

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Tony Curran: 'Defiance' updates, photos, interviews, etc

Sci-fi TV series 'Defiance' launches with video game: 'one world, two ways in'

Cast members of the television show "Defiance," (left to right) Tony Curran as Datak Tarr, Jaime Murray as Stahma Tarr, Julie Benz as Amanda Rosewater, Mia Kirshner as Kenya Rosewater, Grant Bowler as Joshua Nolan, Stephanie Leonidas as Irisa Nyira and Graham Greene as Rafe McCawley are shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Shaw Media-Joe Pugliese/Syfy

What will Earth look like in the year 2046? Pretty beat up if a sprawling outdoor backlot for a new sci-fi TV series, tucked out of sight in an industrial section of Toronto's east end, is any indication.
"Defiance" launches simultaneously in Canada and the U.S. April 15 as both a TV series and a video game. Both Showcase and the U.S. cable channel Syfy will premiere it over two hours Monday at 10 p.m.
Earlier this year before TV critics in Los Angeles, Syfy president Dave Howe called it "one world, but with two ways in." Five years in the making, the series was planned all along as a way to unite "high-quality scripted television and online gaming in an unprecedented way."
Read more at Brandon Sun

Tweets (and photos) from Tony Curran: Great night at Syfy up Fronts New York City
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Datak&Stahma having a moment 3 days till launch
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It wouldn't be the Syfy Upfront if it wasn't a star studded event, and the stellar cast of Defiance surely delivers
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Up Fronts NYC
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In MYM Magazine out April 18th in UK
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Defiance Trailer: Datak
Cunning, intelligent, and ambitious, Datak Tarr has a firm grip on Defiance's underworld. How long can they stay on top? Defiance premieres Monday at 9/8c only on Syfy.
Watch the trailer here.

Defiance - Syfy Video Featurette: 'Datak' Promo - NEW Series Apr 15 '13Read more at Antipodalarapaima.

DEFIANCE: Jaime Murray and Tony Curran Plan To Prosper In New Sneak Peeks
Full article at Seriable

Another Trailer for Syfy’s Defiance
The 2-hour premiere arrives April 15th.
Read more at SciFi Cool

Nice Boy of the Week: Tony Curran
The Nice Boy of the Week this week is actor Tony Curran, who is one of the cast members of the upcoming Syfy series Defiance that will debut on Monday, April 15.

Tony Curran was born in Glasgow, Scotland and graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He got his first break on television in 1986 in the British children’s series called Dramarama.

A few years later he had small roles in the box office films Captive that starred Julia Ormond and Tim Roth and Being Human that starred Robin Williams. Over the course of the next four years, he appeared in the British and Scottish TV series Soldier Soldier, Grange Hill, Taggart, The Bill, A Touch of Frost, This Life and Touching Evil.
Read more at Nice Girls TV

NBCU's $100 Million Gamble on Syfy's 'Defiance'
The first TV series and video game to launch in tandem, the multiplatform event marks a critical test for the cable network.
Syfy is welcoming a two-headed baby into the world. The NBCUniversal-owned network in April is launching Defiance, a risky experiment in transmedia that pairs the most expensive series in the cable net's history with an equally pricey massively multiplayer online (MMO) video game. Each can be enjoyed on its own, but NBCU, which has invested close to $100 million in Defiance, needs both sci-fi fans and gamers -- two fickle groups -- to show up in big numbers to justify the expense.
Read more at Hollywood Reporter

Defiance - The Gate Mag: Cast Video Interview - NEW Series Apr 15 '13 on Syfy
The cast of SyFy's series, Defiance, introduce themselves and actor Grant Bowler talks about the inspiration for his character, Chief Lawkeeper Jeb Nolan.

Video includes interviews with Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Jaime Murray, Mia Kirshner, Tony Curran and Graham Greene.

Set on a transformed Earth thirty years in the future, Defiance is the story of courage and survival in a frontier town where feuding factions of humans and aliens must stand together against outside forces that threaten their existence. Defiance premiering Monday April 15 at 9/8c on Syfy.
Watch the interviews at Antipodalarapaima

Defiance - The Gate Mag: Cast Video Interview Part 2
The cast of SyFy's new series, Defiance, talk about the languages of the alien races, the Votan, and how it impacted their performances. David J. Peterson developed the languages for the series.
More here.

Loving The Aliens - Article in TV & Satellite Week
Read a scan of the article here.

Michael Nankin interview: Defiance, latex, TV pilots and more
With the launch of the Defiance series and TV show imminent, we spoke to producer and director Michael Nankin about its making...

The Syfy Channel is about to air what is surely its biggest experiment yet. Called Defiance, it’s a sci-fi series which not only employs some proven industry talent - not least writer Rockne S O’Bannon, of Alien Nation and SeaQuest DSV fame, director and producer Michael Nankin, who previously helmed episodes of Battlestar Galactica and Alphas - but also coincides with the launch of the online shooter of the same name.

In a media first, Defiance the TV series and Defiance the videogame will share characters and storylines, with events in the show replicated in the online experience, too. It’s a concept that has roped in the creative minds from both Syfy and Trion Worlds, cost an undisclosed sum of money, and will, if successful, no doubt pave the way for further ‘transmedia’ collaborations in the future.

Set on a post-apocalyptic Earth where multiple races of aliens live uneasily among humans, Defiance takes place in the ramshackle town of the same name. Roguishly handsome newcomer Nolan (Grant Bowler) provides our way into this grubby community, in which bitter rivalries and cultural chasms constantly threaten its stability. As much a Western as a sci-fi show, Defiance is infused with a lightness of touch and a faintly kitsch sensibility, which is far removed from the brooding, post-911 atmosphere of Battlestar Galactica, whose success Syfy will no doubt be hoping to replicate here.

Ahead of the Defiance pilot’s premiere on the 16th April, we had a chance to talk to Nankin about what we can expect from the show, the pitfalls in developing a TV series and game at the same time, and the perils of directing a show full of alien prosthetics, contact lenses, and brightly-coloured wigs...
Read the full interview at Den of Geek

Tony Curran (Datak Tarr)Actor bio at Showcase

At the Defiance Shoot. Photos (including Tony Curran)
http://www.defiance.com/en/series/photos/at-the-defiance-shoot

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Defiance: the official photos of the cast bonus
http://www.syfy.fr/blogs/defiance-les-photos-officielles-du-cast-bonus
Defiance: the official photos of the cast bonus. Tony Curran
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Dive Into the TV and Game World of DEFIANCE With Featurette, Exclusive Set Visit Pics and More

SciFiMafia.com attended a set tour and press conference a few months ago and we have chosen a sampling from the sheer tonnage of pics taken to share with you, to accompany this first Making Of featurette of the game and series and the newest trailer for the series and TV spot for the game.
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Vampires, Zombies & Werewolves Movie Marathon - Syfy: Schedule Apr 6 '13

Underworld: Evolution
Gory sequel finds the bloodsucking heroine (Kate Beckinsale) tracing the origins of the ancient feud between the tribes of vampires and werewolves.
Cast includes Kate Beckinsale, Defiance's Tony Curran, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen and Sophia Myles.

Blade II
A vampire slayer (Wesley Snipes) teams up with the undead to take down a band of mutant bloodsuckers.
Cast includes Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Leonor Varela, The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus, Luke Goss and Tony Curran.
Source: Antipodalarapaima

John Barrowman: guest star role on 'Scandal'

Scandal
Torchwood fan favourite John Barrowman is set to guest star on ABC's political hit Scandal.
"John Barrowman is here working at @ScandalABC today," showrunner/Torchwood fan Shonda Rhimes tweeted on Tuesday. "Life is good. #torchwood #captainjack #iamanerd."
Read more at E-Online

Also reported by Boomtron, Cinema Blend, Examiner, Hollywood Reporter, Huffington Post and many more

Sunday, 7 April 2013

David Tennant: project news and updates

Broadchurch

A worldwide link to download episode 5 of Broadchurch is here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
All the latest Broadchurch news, reviews, articles, and photos can be found here.

The Politician's Husband

It has not been announced yet by the BBC, but Doctor Who Magazine says that The Politician's Husband will start being broadcast on Monday 29th April. That is the Monday after Broadchurch ends!
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

The Escape Artist

Some photos of David Tennant in The Escape Artist have been posted to the Red Arrow International website. A pdf of the pictures can be downloaded from this link.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Doctor Who

At 8.46pm on Monday night (1 April) the official Doctor Who Twitter account tweeted that the read-though for the Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode had just finished, and they posted a photo of David Tennant and Matt Smith (see top of page).
Source (including photo above): David Tennant on Twitter

The BBC has announced that Joanna Page has joined the cast of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special. (Joanna played the wife of David Tennant's character in Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger!) The BBC have also posted a photo of Joanna with David, Matt and Jenna-Louse at the read-through.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Starting tomorrow (Monday 15th April) the satellite station Watch are starting a new run of repeats of David Tennant's episodes of Doctor Who. More information here.

The link to download The Doctors Revisited: The Third Doctor (with new David Tennant interview clips) has been posted to Tumblr.

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited - The Fourth Doctor will premiere on BBC America on Sunday 28th April with David Tennant interview clips again.
Pre-order the Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited (episodes 1-4) from Amazon, here. It includes David Tennant interviews but is only available in the US and Canada. It is released on 11th June.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

From David Tennant on Twitter:

"Earlier this week Ripple Junction contacted us to request that fans choose which were their favourite T-shirts from a selection so that the company could put them into production. In Ripple Junction's words "the David Tennant design absolutely destroyed all the others!" The 3 winning designs can be seen at this link which means they could be in stores in the US within 2 months. Fans outside the US will be able to order them online."

BBC America: David Tennant Day

On Wednesday (10 April), BBC America will have a David Tennant Day! As well as the American premiere of episode two of Spies Of Warsaw at 9pm (repeated at midnight), the station will be showing David's episodes of Doctor Who. The full schedule is here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Pirates!

There will be a The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists exhibition opening in Birmingham in May for the summer. More information here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Blackpool

Tesco Clubcard TV will include programmes such as Blackpool (starring David Tennant). More information here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Believe It!

Believe It! is being repeated on BBC Radio Four on Sundays at 7.15pm from this coming Sunday (7th). Radio four Extra are also repeating it on Fridays at 7.30am and 10pm (starting Friday 12th), Saturdays at 5.30pm and Sundays at 5.30am. More information here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Interviews

Collider have a new interview with David Tennant about Spies Of Warsaw (plus Doctor Who and Harry Potter!)
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
Huffington Post has a new interview with David Tennant about Spies Of Warsaw (and Doctor Who).
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Diary dates

Mon 8 Apr - Penguins - Spy In The Huddle released on DVD in the UK.
Mon 8 Apr - Episode six of Broadchurch premieres on ITV at 9pm.
Wed 10 Apr - BBC America has a David Tennant Day today.
Wed 10 Apr - Episode two of Spies Of Warsaw premieres on BBC America in the US at 9pm.
Sun 14 Apr - David Tennant stars in The Great Scott: The Fair Maid Of Perth on BBC Radio Four at 3pm.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

For all the latest news on David Tennant, bookmark the most frequently updated website David Tennant on Twitter, and follow them on Twitter and Facebook

Dougray Scott: 'Hemlock Grove' premiere

Bill Skarsgard and Penelope Mitchell hit the red carpet together to premiere their upcoming Netflix original series Hemlock Grove held at the Casa de la Bola on Wednesday (April 3) in Mexico City, Mexico.
The 22-year-old co-stars were joined on the carpet by their cast mates Famke Janssen, Dougray Scott, Landon Liboiron, and executive producer Eli Roth.
Be sure to catch the murder mystery series based on Brian McGreevy‘s book of the same name only on Netflix on April 19!
Read more at Just Jared

Douglas Henshall: 'Shetland' second series commissioned

Shetland crime drama returns for more

Douglas Henshall is returning to lead the cast in the debut of 'Shetland' as detective Jimmy Perez. Photo BBC BBC ONE has commissioned a further six episodes of the murder mystery Shetland based on the crime novels of author Ann Cleeves to be filmed in the isles this year.
Following the huge success of the initial two part debut featuring actor Douglas Henshall as detective Jimmy Perez, the broadcaster has commissioned three more Shetland books by Cleeves for the TV screen.
The initial two part drama Shetland was based on Red Bones, the third book in Cleeves' Shetland Quartet, and was watched by more than 12 million people over two nights last month.

Two of the remaining books in the quartet will now be filmed by ITV Studios as two 60 minute episodes with screenplays from three different writers.
Read more at Shetland News

Also reported by Digital Spy, Red Magazine, and many others, and tweeted by the BBC

Emun Elliott: interview

Q&A with Game of Thrones and Labyrinth star Emun Elliott, 29, who talks cruise ships, John Lennon and comfort food

Tell us about your role in Labyrinth...
I play a 12th-century French chevalier, a sword-wielding, horse-riding knight. It’s more enjoyable when I’m disguised in some way; stepping into someone else’s shoes is part of the reason why I became an actor.
Had you read Kate Mosse’s novel before accepting the role?
I’ve been in a few things based on books but I never read them until I’m offered the job – I think it would be torture to read it and not get the part. But when I got this part I did read Labyrinth and I really enjoyed it – it’s epic and sprawling.
Ever had a career back-up plan?
I had to wait a month to find out if I’d got into drama school, and I started to look into cruise ships. So if they had taken me I would have ended up on some enormous liner singing to bored passengers. I’m glad that acting worked out.
So you’re musical?
I’ve played the violin since I was seven but stopped because there was a stage when it became ‘uncool’. I was listening to Nirvana and wanted to play the guitar, so I ditched the violin. I play guitar to this day – and piano. If there was a way to combine music with acting for a role it would be amazing.
Read more (and watch a Labyrinth trailer) at Daily Mail

Tony Curran: 'Defiance' and 'Labyrinth' news, videos, and interviews

The Votans are coming @DefianceWorld April 15th 9pm syfy UK 16th

Source: Tony Curran (Twitter)

Defiance Trailer: Amanda
A tough-as-nails town like Defiance requires an even tougher leader. Luckily, they have just the woman for the job.
Watch the trailer here

Defiance - Video: 'Theme From Defiance' - NEW Series Premieres Apr 15 '13 on Syfy
Premise: A war between humans and aliens has left Earth forever changed in this futuristic drama, which follows a group of survivors as they struggle to rebuild and live together in peace.
Defiance cast includes Tony Curran, Jaime Murray, Julie Benz, Mia Kirshner, Grant Bowler, Stephanie Leonidas and Graham Greene.
Read more at Antipodalarapaima

Tweet from Tony Curran: "Looking forward to inviting the world in to our home"

Source: Tony Curran (Twitter)

Jaime Murray & Tony Curran, MCM Expo Birmingham 2013
Actors from new SyFy channel show Defiance talk a little about their roles and characters.
See more at Vimeo

Actor Tony Curran reveals new sci-fi and mystical side as he plays roles in Labyrinth and film Defiance
His first taste of acting was at 14 when he was a pupil at Holyrood Secondary in Glasgow and went for auditions for STV kids’ drama Stookie.

If Tony Curran’s recent roles are the stuff of fantasy, real life isn’t far off it either.

The actor, 43, is starring alongside Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay in Labyrinth, Channel 4’s drama based on the multi-million-selling novel by Kate Mosse.

And he will next be seen as an alien gangster in sci-fi drama Defiance.

They are the latest stops on a whirlwind career which has taken in films including Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin, the award-winning Red Road and The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, not to mention roles in the Underworld and Blade franchises.

His TV credits include CSI, 24, Boardwalk Empire, Pillars Of The Earth, Young Herriot and Doctor Who.

Tony, who now lives in Los Angeles with his wife Mai, said: “It’s been an amazing journey. I’ve lived in London, New York and now LA.

“I have been very fortunate to be able to work and get the opportunity to play different roles.

“It’s nice to do big studio pictures and then work in Glasgow on films like Red Road and then dress up as a vampire or an alien. I think that’s why a lot of people are actors – the versatility.

“I’ve been lucky. I don’t for a minute take for granted the good fortune I have had. You don’t like to get ideas above your station, especially a boy from the south side of Glasgow.”

Read more at Daily Record

Defiance - Gamer Hub: Tony Curran Video Interview at Antipodalarapaima

Defiance Trailer: This Place - YouTube

Defiance Preview at SciFi Talk

Defiance Launches Today! Learn More about the Video Game/TV Show Crossover's Challenges, Languages and Cultures, Soundtrack, and Lots More!
Read all about it at Dread Central

Defiance: Game and Show Convergence
Defiance: Watch the Show, Play the Game. Discover how these two properties work together to create a transmedia experience. Learn more here.

SciFi Mafia Talks DEFIANCE With Showrunner and Game Developer - here

Defiance: Behind the Scenes - Tony Curran - Game (here)

Defiance Debuts on SF Australia on April 18
Full article at Capsule Computers

From Geeks of Doom:

Buy The ‘Defiance’ Video Game, Get $20 Towards Instant Video To Watch The TV Series

Last month, we brought you news from SXSW for the Syfy Channel’s new TV series and video game combo Defiance. The television show premieres on Syfy on April 15, 2013 at 9/8c and stars Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Tony Curran, Jaime Murray, Graham Greene and Mia Kirshner, while the video game was released today, April 2.
For the Defiance video game, if your purchase it for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, or PC by April 15, 2013, you’ll get a $20 Amazon Instant Video credit good towards the TV series premiering online on April 16 through Amazon Instant Video streaming service. See the Bonus Offer box on the product page for more details.

Robert Carlyle: 'Once Upon A Time' book, more 'Trainspotting' sequel rumours, 'California Solo' DVD

Once Upon A Time

Titan Books to release insider's guide to "Once Upon a Time"

promo photo for Once Upon a Time: An Insider's Guide

Credits: promotional photo from Amazon.com

Amazon.com released pre-order details yesterday for the "Once Upon a Time" insiders guide, to be published October 1, 2013.
The book will be published by Titan Books, as a companion to the tv show which is nearing the end of its second season. The show already has a tie-in magazine, by Titan publishing and Marvel Comics is working on a graphic novel based on the Fairy Tale Land relationship between Regina Mills and the Huntsman, Graham.
Read more at Examiner

Trainspotting sequel

From Examiner:

Danny Boyle considers bringing back Robert Carlyle for 'Trainspotting' sequel
British director Danny Boyle, writer of "Trainspotting", talks to Irish Independant about his 1996 hit and a possible sequel reuniting the original actors, according to a video segment, released today on the Irish newspaper's website.
As the interviewer discusses Danny's latest film release, "Trance", he mentions his other films, not the least of which is the '90s hit, "Trainspotting" a wild look at the gritty, violent heroin culture. Robert Carlyle portrayed psychotic Begbie, whose hair-trigger temper and misguided judgments for his friends' heroin addictions made for a memorable performance.

John Barrowman: 'All Stars' clip and 'Arrow' highlight reel

All Stars

From Bleeding Cool:

John Barrowman Is The New Fred Astaire – Clip And Character Posters For All Stars
I’m off to see All Stars tomorrow morning and as soon as the embargo lifts, I’ll tell you what I think of it. It’s the first film by Ben Gregor, and he has good enough of a TV and short film comedy back catalogue to make his debut feature a pretty interesting prospect.
As a taster, here’s a rather smooth clip of John Barrowman doing his best Fred Astaire in one of the film’s stylised fantasy sequences. I was on set the day this was shot and saw it in 3D on the monitors, and there’s some good stereo stuff in the scene – maybe not so much in these shots, but elsewhere during the number.

All Stars opens aceoss the UK on May 3rd.
Read more at Bleeding Cool

Original source of the above clip: Digital Spy
Digital Spy's original article is here.

Arrow

Watch The Action-Packed ‘Arrow’ Highlight Reel From WonderCon
“Crime in the Glades is rising,” says Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) in the thrilling new Arrow highlight reel that debuted at WonderCon.
Read more and watch the highlight reel at TV Equals

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