Fans of The Musketeers - meet your new villain.
Rupert Everett is set to follow in the footsteps of Peter Capaldi and Marc Warren by playing an antagonist in the BBC drama's third series.
Everett has been cast as Philippe Achille, Marquis de Feron - illegitimate brother to Louis Xiii (Ryan Gage) and the corrupt Governor of Paris.
Jamaica Inn actor Matthew McNulty will also join the show as Lucien Grimaud, a money lender and vicious criminal who goes up against the Musketeers.
The pair will join returning cast members Luke Pasqualino, Tom Burke, Howard Charles, Santiago Cabrera, Hugo Speer, Ryan Gage, Alexandra Dowling and Tamla Kari.
The Musketeers creator Adrian Hodges will not return as showrunner for the third series, with Simon Ashford and Simon Allen serving as lead writers and Matthew Bird (Fortitude, Death in Paradise) joining as producer.
New episodes have been shooting in Prague since April.
Rupert Everett is set to follow in the footsteps of Peter Capaldi and Marc Warren by playing an antagonist in the BBC drama's third series.
Everett has been cast as Philippe Achille, Marquis de Feron - illegitimate brother to Louis Xiii (Ryan Gage) and the corrupt Governor of Paris.
Jamaica Inn actor Matthew McNulty will also join the show as Lucien Grimaud, a money lender and vicious criminal who goes up against the Musketeers.
The pair will join returning cast members Luke Pasqualino, Tom Burke, Howard Charles, Santiago Cabrera, Hugo Speer, Ryan Gage, Alexandra Dowling and Tamla Kari.
The Musketeers creator Adrian Hodges will not return as showrunner for the third series, with Simon Ashford and Simon Allen serving as lead writers and Matthew Bird (Fortitude, Death in Paradise) joining as producer.
New episodes have been shooting in Prague since April.
- 5/13/2015
- Digital Spy
Pixie Lott is to make her TV acting debut in BBC One's Inspector George Gently.
The '60s detective drama - starring Martin Shaw - will start shooting a new television film next month.
'Mama Do' singer Lott will play Megan, an entertainer at the Blue Bird Holiday Camp in 1969.
The popstar previously made her feature film debut in 2010, appearing in big-screen comedy Fred: The Movie.
"I love the fact that Inspector George Gently is a period drama set in the '60s and I can't wait to play the role of Megan," said Lott.
"It will be great to be filming in the North East, and getting to play a role that gives me a real feel for the period."
Series producer Matthew Bird added that the cast and crew were "delighted" to welcome Lott onto the show.
"Pixie was very excited about joining the cast and we are...
The '60s detective drama - starring Martin Shaw - will start shooting a new television film next month.
'Mama Do' singer Lott will play Megan, an entertainer at the Blue Bird Holiday Camp in 1969.
The popstar previously made her feature film debut in 2010, appearing in big-screen comedy Fred: The Movie.
"I love the fact that Inspector George Gently is a period drama set in the '60s and I can't wait to play the role of Megan," said Lott.
"It will be great to be filming in the North East, and getting to play a role that gives me a real feel for the period."
Series producer Matthew Bird added that the cast and crew were "delighted" to welcome Lott onto the show.
"Pixie was very excited about joining the cast and we are...
- 3/27/2013
- Digital Spy
To promote the upcoming new Muppet movie, there's a new record called The Green Album featuring alt recording artists like Ok Go, Weezer, Matthew Bird and Alkaline Trio doing classic songs from The Muppet Show. The first track to spin off of the album is the "Muppet Show Theme Song" as performed by the Ok Go guys.
I don't know if I'm really that into this kind of version of the show's tune, but it shows that Disney is courting the Gen Y audience in a big way to get them to go see The Muppets when it comes out this November. It's been 11 years since the last Muppet movie, Muppets in Space, and Jim Henson's creations need a big time revamp of their marketing muscle. Getting a band like Ok Go to do a cover of the show (which really had its heyday back in the 80s) seems...
I don't know if I'm really that into this kind of version of the show's tune, but it shows that Disney is courting the Gen Y audience in a big way to get them to go see The Muppets when it comes out this November. It's been 11 years since the last Muppet movie, Muppets in Space, and Jim Henson's creations need a big time revamp of their marketing muscle. Getting a band like Ok Go to do a cover of the show (which really had its heyday back in the 80s) seems...
- 8/25/2011
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
LONDON -- U.K. independent production company Box Film has sealed a multiterritory deal across Germany, Benelux and Switzerland with Dutch theatrical distributor Moonlight Films for Boudica, the company said Tuesday. The British-based production company is handling sales in-house for the project, which is shooting in Eastern Europe. U.K. television rights to the movie already have been secured by U.K. commercial terrestrial broadcaster ITV Network. The $8 million-budgeted movie details the story of Britain's first warrior queen, who, in the first century A.D., defeated the Roman garrisons in Colchester and London, sacking both cities and coming within a hair's breadth of bringing Nero's Rome to its knees. The film marks the feature directorial debut for Bill Anderson. Starring Alex Kingston (television's ER) in the title role, Hugo Speer (The Full Monty) and Jack Shepherd (Charlotte Gray), Boudica is produced by Matthew Bird, with Box Film chief Gub Neal taking an executive producer credit. Box Film, launched earlier this year by independent TV production company Box TV, was founded by producer Neal and former FilmFour senior business affairs executive Justin Thomson-Glover.
- 10/30/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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