Updates Jan 11: Shine Group's fan request, Merlin S4 ratings in Canada, article snippet, and more
Merlin news
♦ Earlier Merlin Official Facebook asked for Merlin fans' opinions and stories, and as it turns out a similar request was put out to fans of Spooks, elaborating that it was for a "short internal film to be viewed by staff [...] at The Shine Group [...] to showcase the values and impact of global Shine output through audience experience and connection [...]." The full letter is available on Spooks Fan Blog.
♦ Last Saturday's S4 premiere on Canada's SPACE channel was up 10% from S3 premiere; it was also the top non-sports specialty program on Saturday. More details from the Bell Media press release at this link.
♦ S4 premiere review by MediaBlvd.com
♦ Game show host Matt Allwright named Merlin as one of his favourite shows on TV: "In our household, Merlin on BBC1 is an absolute must-not-miss as well. My son is obsessed with it and I love it, too. It’s perfect Saturday night television. The lead, Colin Morgan, has a nice comic touch about him and there is a bit of bromance between him and King Arthur going on. And there is lots of sloshing around in floaty dresses for dad, so yeah, we never miss it."
Angel Coulby: From Janet Montgomery's Twitter (@janetmonty): "If you haven't heard Angel's laugh then you haven't lived."
Labyrinth was mentioned briefly in a Hollywood Reporter article about France's Studiocanal taking a majority stake in Tandem Communications, which has produced the miniseries. According to the article, the "acquisition marks stage two of [Studiocanal's] plans to set up a European version of the Hollywood major studio."
John Hurt
♦ Jayne Mansfield’s Car, a 1960 period drama starring Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Duvall, John Hurt and Kevin Bacon, will have its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb. 9-19). (via The Hollywood Reporter)
♦ Article from Los Angeles Times on Love at First Sight, one of two short films featuring John Hurt on the Oscars' short list this year, with a video clip.
♦ John is also nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Melancholia at the Danish Bodil Awards which will be held on March 2nd. (via Cineuropa)
♦ Gary Oldman said he fulfilled one of his career ambitions by working with John Hurt: "“First of all, it was six degrees of ‘Harry Potter,' except for Tom Hardy. I realized one of my career ambitions by working with John Hurt. I was a bit of a fanboy, always going on about ‘do you remember...'” (via MyDesert.com)
Mod note: Thank you for bearing with us and the comm's brief suspension of activity. We'll be posting central catch-up posts over the weekend for the news that we missed posting, for archiving purposes. :)
♦ Earlier Merlin Official Facebook asked for Merlin fans' opinions and stories, and as it turns out a similar request was put out to fans of Spooks, elaborating that it was for a "short internal film to be viewed by staff [...] at The Shine Group [...] to showcase the values and impact of global Shine output through audience experience and connection [...]." The full letter is available on Spooks Fan Blog.
♦ Last Saturday's S4 premiere on Canada's SPACE channel was up 10% from S3 premiere; it was also the top non-sports specialty program on Saturday. More details from the Bell Media press release at this link.
♦ S4 premiere review by MediaBlvd.com
♦ Game show host Matt Allwright named Merlin as one of his favourite shows on TV: "In our household, Merlin on BBC1 is an absolute must-not-miss as well. My son is obsessed with it and I love it, too. It’s perfect Saturday night television. The lead, Colin Morgan, has a nice comic touch about him and there is a bit of bromance between him and King Arthur going on. And there is lots of sloshing around in floaty dresses for dad, so yeah, we never miss it."
Angel Coulby: From Janet Montgomery's Twitter (@janetmonty): "If you haven't heard Angel's laugh then you haven't lived."
Labyrinth was mentioned briefly in a Hollywood Reporter article about France's Studiocanal taking a majority stake in Tandem Communications, which has produced the miniseries. According to the article, the "acquisition marks stage two of [Studiocanal's] plans to set up a European version of the Hollywood major studio."
John Hurt
♦ Jayne Mansfield’s Car, a 1960 period drama starring Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Duvall, John Hurt and Kevin Bacon, will have its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb. 9-19). (via The Hollywood Reporter)
♦ Article from Los Angeles Times on Love at First Sight, one of two short films featuring John Hurt on the Oscars' short list this year, with a video clip.
♦ John is also nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Melancholia at the Danish Bodil Awards which will be held on March 2nd. (via Cineuropa)
♦ Gary Oldman said he fulfilled one of his career ambitions by working with John Hurt: "“First of all, it was six degrees of ‘Harry Potter,' except for Tom Hardy. I realized one of my career ambitions by working with John Hurt. I was a bit of a fanboy, always going on about ‘do you remember...'” (via MyDesert.com)
Mod note: Thank you for bearing with us and the comm's brief suspension of activity. We'll be posting central catch-up posts over the weekend for the news that we missed posting, for archiving purposes. :)