A few set photos from the Irish set of Starz’s Camelot have hit the internet. You can view hi-res candids of the lovely Eva Green as Morgana at EvaGreenWeb.com. There is also a small picture of Jamie Campbell-Bower (Arthur), Joseph Fiennes (Merlin), and Peter Mooney (Kay) at this website. The new series is expected to air in the first half of 2011. The article also lists the new actors involved, including Philip Winchester and James Purefoy.
The cast also includes Philip Winchester (“Crusoe”) as Leontes, Sebastian Koch (The Lives of Others) as King Uther and James Purefoy (“Rome”) as King Lot.
Check out these two websites (here and here) for set photos from the upcoming Red Riding Hood film starring Amanda Seyfried. Judging by the photos, it looks like they are going for a more fairytale rather than historical atmosphere. Here is the synopsis from IMDb: “Set in a medieval village that is haunted by a werewolf, a young girl falls for an orphaned woodcutter, much to her family’s displeasure.” The movie is being filmed in Vancouver and is directed by Twilight‘s Catherine Hardwicke.
Sorry about the lack of updates! I’m sure this is old news by now, but Angelina Jolie, according to Wikeez, is to play Cleopatra. I admit that I didn’t like this casting choice at first, but I think it could work. What do you think?
The Oscar winner actress Angelina Jolie is set to play Cleopatra in an upcoming movie based on Cleopatra’s biography by Stacy Schiff.
According to the producer Scott Rudin, Angelina Jolie is the only actress in mind to portray the Egyptian queen, as he said that “she has the perfect look and that the movie is being developed for and with Jolie.”
The role of Cleopatra has most famously been played by Elizabeth Taylor in the 1963 movie of the same name.
9 June, 2010 » Pillars of the Earth Trailer Screen Captures
HQ screen captures from the upcoming Starz miniseries, The Pillars of the Earth, have been added to the gallery. The miniseries will begin airing in July.
4 June, 2010 » The Borgias Behind-the-Scenes Trailer
For those awaiting The Borgias, Showtime has released a behind-the-scenes trailer. It looks like footage that will be used for the opening credits to me (if they are doing something similar to The Tudors) as I haven’t heard news of any people than four or five people being cast and I don’t think filming has actually begun yet, but I could be wrong. Showtime released a shorter trailer on The Tudors season 3 DVDs. While I am looking forward to it, I hope the show will be different than The Tudors. The Borgias are a different family in a different country (and the events took place before The Tudors), but I hope they stray from the formula a little!
I am working on television DVD screen captures this week and have started adding Crusoe captures to the gallery. While the series wasn’t my favorite, it was a shame it was not continued.
EvaGreenWeb reports that Eva Green (Kingdom of Heaven) has been cast as the sorceress Morgana in the new series, Camelot. Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love) might also join as Merlin. I highly respect these actors and their involvement makes me believe it will be a quality show. Ireland is also such a beautiful place to film historical shows!
Camelot was never this raunchy! King Arthur’s a swordsman par excellence — with the ladies, that is — in the new ten-part TV series Camelot.
The show, from the makers of The Tudors, starts shooting next month on location in Ireland, with Eva Green as sorceress Morgana la Fay, Jamie Campbell Bower as King Arthur and Tamsin Egerton as Guinevere.
Joseph Fiennes is in the early stages of negotiations to play Merlin.
The producers claim that the drama is based on Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur.
