Premiering this week, The Pillars of the Earth, the epic tale of passion and greed begins when a mysterious secret disrupts the succession to the English crown and an unlikely member of King Henry's family takes the throne. Based on the best selling novel by Ken Follett, now an 8-part mini series with Pride & Prejudice actors Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland co-starring along with a huge ensemble cast on Starz. It premieres this Friday, July 23rd with a 2 hour-premiere at 10pm e/p on Starz.Marketing and Promotions of Pillars are now everywhere, on Starz' Youtube channel, Oprah.com's Spotlight on The Pillars of the Earth, imdb, and the recent issue of TV Guide Magazine (my copy of it has a spread of Pillars promo and article, but I'm too lazy to scan them right now...my scanner's pretty slow to scan too, lol)
Starz will air hours 1 & 2 July 23rd and hours 3 - 6 each Friday thereafter. The finale (hours 7 & 8) will air Aug 27th. All at 10pm et/pt.
Watch the making of The Pillars of the Earth
[source: Starz]
Pillars of the Earth Related links of interest
Update 7/21/10Great news for those of us who don't have Starz, DirectTV, or Netflix....we can watch the first two episodes online!!!
Go to Starz' The Pillars of The Earth Screening Room to watch the first two episodes now before it officially premieres on Friday (July 23rd)!!!
or Watch Episode 101 - Anarchy and Episode 102 - Master Builder
Enjoy! :)
