P&P NewsBits...

A quick news round up of various film news including casting calls, a film synopsis, trailers, release dates, festival news, etc. of the following P&P actors, all in one post!

First of...

'sLondon Boulevard film with Colin Farrell gets a limited U.S. theatrical release November 11th (via The Playlist).

The IFC Films calendar which reveals that screenwriter William Monahan‘s directorial debut “London Boulevard” starring Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, Ray Winstone, David Thewlis, Eddie Marsan, Anna Friel and Stephen Graham will hit theaters (probably in limited release) on November 11th. 

Check out and read this article from the UK's The Guardian, The film that changed my life: Matthew Macfadyen and New Intenational Poster For 'The Three Musketeers' and Another 'Three Musketeers' Poster!



News of 's upcoming film, The Sea with Rufus Sewell and Ciaran Hinds...

The news of a BBC series comes as it was revealed that Banville's Man Booker prize-winning novel, The Sea will begin filming in Wexford next March. Rosslare is a likely location for the five-week shoot with a budget will be around €2.5m.

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The film is being produced by Luc Roeg's Independent Films, the group behind We Need To Talk About Kevin.  The Irish Film Board provided funding to the project which is due for release in 2013. Lead character Max Morden will be played by Ciaran Hinds while Sinead Cusack will take up the role of his wife, and Rosamund Pike will play his childhood crush. [Herald.ie]

Claudie Blakley, Tamzin Outhwaite, Nicola Walker Set for Di and Viv and Rose

, Tamzin Outhwaite, and Nicola Walker will star in the world premiere of Amelia Bullmore's Di and Viv and Rose, presented by Hampstead Downstairs at the Hampstead Theatre in London, September 14-October 15. Anna Mackmin will direct.

The play is a hilarious and thoughtful exploration of friendship's impact on life and life's impact on friendship. It will be designed by Paul Wills with lighting by Jason Taylor and sound design by Simon Baker. [Theater Mania]

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel starring  and gets a release date of March 9, 2012 (from The Playlist). See updated Must-See Films starring P&P Actors here.

Fox Searchlight is preparing “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” for a spring date. Based on a British best-seller from “Tulip Fever” author and “Pride & Prejudice” screenwriter Deborah Moggach, the film boasts a lineup of veteran actors including Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson and, representing the younger generation, “Slumdog Millionaire” star Dev Patel. Directed by John Madden, the story centers around a entrepreneurial Indian executive who decides to start up a first-rate home for elderly British retirees. The arthouse shingle will surely be looking to replicate the success of other spring releases in the past like “Win Win” and “The Namesake” by pegging the film with a March 9th release date.[The Playlist and BoxOfficeMojo]

Also, another new Judi Dench film, My Week with Marilyn with Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, and Eddie Redmayne gets a poster, The film will premiere at the New York Film Festival before hitting theaters on November 4th. [Moviefone]   

Carey Mulligan To Perform ‘New York, New York’ In Steve McQueen’s ‘Shame’ with Michael Fassbender.

The film will premiere at the Venice Film Festival in just over a week’s time before moving onto the Toronto and, of course, New York Film Festivals. No U.S. release date has been set but the film will hit theaters on January 13th in the U.K.[The Playlist]

In other  film news, she will start filming The Great Gatsby with Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Isla Fisher (to name a few of her co-stars) in Australia sometime next week.

Firth for role in My Fair Lady?
Colin Firth is rumored to be co-starring with Carey Mulligan in a new remake adaptation of My Fair Lady, which Keira Knightley was formerly attached to, but had to drop out due to film taking so long to get into production...it's still not in production. So, the CF casting news is just, well, a rumor for now...

Film District has released an international trailer for Carey Mulligan'sDrive film, which will be in wide U.S. theater release of Sept. 16th! It’s almost the same as the previous one released, though there are a few new scenes including Carey that haven’t been released yet.

Check it out! 

Watch the international trailer for Drive below

 (source: mserpico88)

And last, but not least, watch a New Clip from DRIVE [via Collider]

There you have it...that's a wrap, until next time!

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Frequent co-stars of P&P (2005) Actors

 

What do all of these familiar faces and famous Hollywood/International/A-list actors all have in common? Well, other than them being rich, famous, and talented actors, of course. They all have co-starred with our favorite P&P (2005) actors in some of their TV/films and stage play projects either more than once (and or with more than a few P&P actors) or multiple times with the same or different P&P actor(s). If you've seen the following movies (some I've recommended here for you to check out and watch!) they've done with our P&P actors either they were co-starring, appearing with a small (but still important roles) and or making a cameo appearances...then, you probably noticed (or perhaps not until now) that they were all in those movies (whether they were made for Television or Feature films) and stage plays frequently co-starring with P&P 05 actors. I thought I'd compiled and list them here as I've been noticing them in all these movies I've seen and it's very interesting that all have co-starred with them not just once, but twice or even a few times or more with some of our favorite P&P actors listed here...kind of like a six degrees of P&P 05 actors game, where each of these famous actors have a connection with just about everyone of them.

Check out below the familiar names and faces (images included) with a list of films they co-starred/appeared more than once with our P&P (2005) actors...


The following P&P (2005) actors featured here (with their frequent co-stars as well as being directed by Joe Wright in his films such as Atonement, The Soloist, Hanna, and the upcoming Anna Karenina) are: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan, Talulah Riley, Rupert Friend, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Judi Dench, Tom Hollander, Simon Woods, Kelly Reilly, , , and Claudie Blakley

In random order

Colin Firth - The Importance of Being Ernest and Shakespeare In Love with Judi Dench, Love Actually with Keira Knightley, The Last Legion with Rupert Friend, When Did You Last See Your Father? with Carey Mulligan, St. Trinians 1 and 2 with Talulah Riley, Steve (short) with Keira Knightley and Rupert Friend (director)
Emma Thompson - Maybe Baby with Matthew Macfadyen, Tom Hollander, and Kelly Reilly, Love Actually with Keira Knightley, An Education with Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike
Johnny Depp - Pirates 1-3 with Keira Knightley, Pirates 2-3 with Tom Hollander, The Libertine with Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Rupert Friend, and Kelly Reilly
Ryan Gosling - The United States of Leland with Jena Malone, Fracture with Rosamund Pike, Drive with Carey Mulligan
Sam Worthington - Last Night with Keira Knightley, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike
Liam Neeson - Love Actually with Keira Knightley, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike
Rupert Everett - The Importance of Being Ernest with Judi Dench, St. Trinians 1 and 2 with Talulah Riley
Leonardo DiCaprio - Inception with Talulah Riley, J.Edgar with Judi Dench, The Great Gatsby with Carey Mulligan
Maggie Smith - Ladies in Lavender and A Room with a View with Judi Dench (as well as Stage and other films with JD), Downton Abbey (season 1 and 2) with Penelope Wilton, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley
Pierce Brosnan - Bond movies with Judi Dench, Die Another Day with Judi Dench and Rosamund Pike, The Greatest with Carey Mulligan
Daniel Craig - The Jacket with Keira Knightley, Casino Royale/Quantum of Solace/Bond 23 (Bond movies) with Judi Dench
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Bend it Like Beckham with Keira Knightley, Match Point with Penelope Wilton, The Tudors (season 3 and 4) with Tamzin Merchant
Hayley Atwell - The Duchess with Keira Knightley, The Pillars of the Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, Any Human Heart with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Sam Clafin - The Pillars of the Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, Any Human Heart with Mathew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander, Pirates 4 with Judi Dench
Rufus Sewell - The Last King with Simon Woods and directed by Joe Wright, The Pillars of the Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, The Sea with Rosamund Pike
Gillian Anderson - Bleak House with Carey Mulligan, Any Human Heart with Tom Hollander and Matthew Macfadyen, Johnny English Reborn with Rosamund Pike
Rowan Atkinson - Love Actually with Keira Knightley, Johnny English Reborn with Rosamund Pike
Ralph Fiennes - Land of The Blind with Donald Sutherland and Tom Hollander, The Duchess with Keira Knightley, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike
Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare In Love with Judi Dench, The Very Thought of You with Tom Hollander
Ray Stevenson - Rome (series) with Simon Woods, The Three Musketeers 3D with Matthew Macfadyen
Helena Bonham Carter - A Room With The View with Judi Dench, Enid with Matthew Macfadyen
Romola Garai - Angel with Simon Woods, Atonement with Keira Knightley and Brenda Blethyn
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement with Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn and director Joe Wright, Hanna with Tom Hollander and Joe Wright(director)
Michael Fassbender - Eden Lake with Kelly Reilly, Angel with Simon Woods, Jane Eyre with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant, A Dangerous Method with Keira Knightley, Shame with Carey Mulligan
Ciaran Hinds - Calendar Girls with Penelope Wilton, Rome (TV series) with Simon Woods, Above Suspicion (TV series) with Kelly Reilly, The Sea with Rosamund Pike
Sally Hawkins - An Education with Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike, Never Let Me Go with Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike, Jane Eyre with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant
Miranda Richardson - The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend, Puffball with Kelly Reilly and Donald Sutherland, Made in Dagenham with Rosamund Pike
Robert Downey Jr. - The Soloist with Tom Hollander, Jena Malone and directed by Joe Wright, Sherlock Holmes 1 and 2 with Kelly Reilly
Jude Law - Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherland, Sherlock Holmes 1 and 2 with Kelly Reilly, Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and director Joe Wright
Dan Stevens - Downton Abbey (TV miniseries) seasons 1-2 with Penelope Wilton
Keeley Hawes - Spooks/MI-5 with Matthew Macfadyen, Wives and Daughters with Rosamund Pike and Tom Hollander, Death at a Funeral with Matthew Macfadyen, Ashes to Ashes with Matthew Macfadyen
Andrea Riseborough - Never Let Me Go with Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike, Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and director Joe Wright
Michael Gambon - Wives and Daughters with Rosamund Pike and Tom Hollander, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Perfect Strangers/Almost Strangers with Matthew Macfadyen, The Lost Prince with Tom Hollander, Joe's Palace with Kelly Reilly, Cranford with Judi Dench and Simon Woods
Bill Nighy - Lawless Heart with Tom Hollander, Love Actually with Keira knightley, Pirates 2-3 with Keira Knightley and Tom Hollander, Valkyrie with Tom Hollander, The Boat That Rocked/Pirate Radio with Talulah Riely, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with Judi Dench and Penelope Wilton, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike, This Beautiful Fantastic with Rupert Friend
Albert Finney - A Rather English Marriage with Rosamund Pike, A Good Year with Tom Hollander
Alfred Molina - Undertaking Betty/Plot with a View with Brenda Blethyn, Silk with Keira Knightley, An Education with Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike
Bob Hoskins - The Sleeping Dictionary with Brenda Blethyn, Mrs. Henderson Presents with Judi Dench and Kellly Reilly, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike
Charlotte Rampling - The Duchess with Keira Knightley, Never Let Me Go with Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, The Sea with Rosamund Pike
Dominic Cooper - The Duchess with Keira Knightley, An Education with Rosamund Pike and Carey Mulligan
Marion Cottilard - A Good Year with Tom Hollander, Inception with Talulah Riley, Nine with Judi Dench
Susan Sarandon - StepMom with Jena Malone, The Greatest with Carey Mulligan, Wallstreet: Money Never Sleeps with Carey Mulligan
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon with Matthew Macfadyen, Wallstreet: Money Never Sleeps with Carey Mulligan
Eddie Redmayne - Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, The Pillars of The Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, My Week with Marilyn with Judi Dench
Kim Catrall - My Boy Jack with Carey Mulligan, Private Lives (stage play) with Matthew Macfadyen, Any Human Heart with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Orlando Bloom - Pirates 1-3 with Keira Knightley, Pirates 2-3 with Tom Hollander, The Three Musketeers with Matthew Macfadyen
Gemma Arterton - St. Trinian's 1 and 2 and Pirate Radio with Talulah Riley, Quantum of Solace (Bond film) with Judi Dench, The Little Dog Laughed (stage play) with Rupert Friend
Jim Broadbent - Little Voice with Brenda Blethyn, Iris with Judi Dench, When Did You Last See Your Father? with Carey Mulligan, The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend, Any Human Heart with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Rupert-Penry Jones - Cambridge Spies with Tom Hollander, Match Point with Penelope Wilton, Agatha Christie's Poirot (Sad Cypress) and Joe's Palace with Kelly Reilly
Kate Winslet - Iris with Judi Dench, Enigma with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Hugh Dancy - King Arthur with Keira Knightley, The Sleeping Dictionary with Brenda Blethyn
Jeremy Northam - Enigma with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Possession with Tom Hollander
Helen Mirren - Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Caludie Blakley, Calendar Girls with Penelope Wilton
Clive Owen - King Arthur with Keira Knightley, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Elizabeth: The Golden Agewith Tom Hollander
Kelly Macdonald - Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and director Joe Wright
Eileen Atkins - Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Robin Hood with Matthew Macfadyen, Cranford and Return to Cranford with Judi Dench, Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherland, Ask The Dust with Donald Sutherland
Rupert Graves - The Last King (TV miniseries) with Simon Woods and Joe Wright (director), Death at a Funeral and Miss Marple: Pocket Full of Rye with Matthew Macfadyen, A Room with the View with Judi Dench, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike
Daniel Day-Lewis - The Ballad of Jack and Rose with Jena Malone, A Room with the View and Nine with Judi Dench
Jason Statham - The Italian Job and The Mechanic with Donald Sutherland
Nicole Kidman - Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherland and Jena Malone, Nine with Judi Dench
Tobey Maguire - Brothers and The Great Gatsby with Carey Mulligan
Natalie Portman - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace with Keira Knightley, Brothers with Carey Mulligan, Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherlandand Jena Malone
Jake Gyleenhaal - Dannie Darko with Jena Malone, Brothers with Carey Mulligan
Celia Imrie - Love In A Cold Climate with Rosamund Pike, Calendar Girls with Penelope Wilton, Doctor Zhivago with Keira Knightley, Cranford with Judi Dench, St. Trinians 1 and 2 with Talulah Riley, The Best Exotic Marigold with Judi Dench and Penelope Wilton
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal with Judi Dench, Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, Robin Hood with Matthew Macfadyen, Hanna with Tom Hollander and director Joe Wright (director)
Rhys Ifans - Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, Pirate Radio with Talulah Riley, This Beautiful Fantastic with Rupert Friend, Bond 23 with Judi Dench
Abbie Cornish - Elizabeth: The Golden Age and A Good Year with Tom Hollander, Bright Star with Caludie Blakley, Sucker Punch with Jena Malone
Samantha Morton - The Libertine with Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Kelly Reilly, and Rupert Friend, Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, The Messenger with Jena Malone
Geoffrey Rush - Shakespeare In Love with Judi Dench, Pirates 1-3 with Keira Knightley, Pirates 2-3 and Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander
Collin Farrell - Ask The Dust with Donald Sutherland, Triage with Kelly Reilly, London Boulevard with Keira Knightley, Horrible Bosses with Donald Sutherland

Also...
Jennifer Ehle - Bedroom and Hallways with Tom Hollander, Possession with Tom Hollander, The Greatest with Carey Mulligan
Francess O'Connor - The Importance of Being Ernest with Judi Dench, Piccadilly Jim with Brenda Blethyn and Tom Hollander
Hugh Bonneville - Iris with Judi Dench, Tomorrow Never Dies (Bond films) with Judi Dench, Downtown Abbey (TV miniseries; Season 1 and 2) with Penelope Wilton, Rev. (TV series), Legally Mad (TV Movie), and Freezing (TV series) with Tom Hollander, Piccadilly Jim with Brenda Blethyn and Tom Hollander, Doctor Zhivago with Keira Knightley
Sam Neill - Doctor Zhivago with Keira Knightley,
Cilian Murphy - The Way We Live Now with Matthew Macfadyen, The Edge of Love with Keira Knightley, Inception with Talulah Riley
James McAvoy - Penelope with Simon Woods, Atonement with Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, and director Joe Wright, Filth with Rupert Friend
Jamie Bell - The Eagle with Donald Sutherland, Jane Eyre with Tamzin Merchant and Judi Dench, Stainless Steel with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant, Filth with Rupert Friend
Emily Barclay - In My Father's Den with Matthew Macfadyen, Stainless Steel with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant
Brendan Coyle - The Jacket with Keira Knightley, Tomorrow Never Dies (Bond film) with Judi Dench, Larkrise to Candleford (TV series) with Claudie Blakley, Downtown Abbey (TV miniseries, season 1 and 2) with Penelope Wilton
Christina Ricci - Bastard Out of Carolina and Cheaters with Jena Malone, Penelope with Simon Woods
Jennifer Lawrence - Devil You Know with Rosamund Pike, Hunger Games with Donald Sutherland
Aaron Johnson - The Greatest with Carey Mulligan, Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and Joe Wright (director)
Paul Dano - The Ballad of Jack and Rose and For Ellen with Jena Malone
Jemima Rooper - Wives and Daughters with Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, and Penelope Wilton, Love In A Cold Climate with Rosamund Pike
Catherine Keener - Lovely & Amazing with Brenda Blethyn, The Ballad of Jack and Rose and Into The Wild with Jena Malone, The Soloist with Tom Hollander, Jena Malone, and Joe Wright (director)
Emile Hirsch - The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys and Into The Wild with Jena Malone
Kristin Scott Thomas - The Seagull (stage play) with Carey Mulligan, Life As A House with Jena Malone, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley
Juliet Stevenson - Bend It Like Beckham with Keira Knightley, When Did You Last See Your Father? with Carey Mulligan, Triage with Kelly Reilly
Emily Mortimer - Coming Home with Keira Knightley,  Lovely & Amazing and The Sleeping Dictionary with Brenda Blethyn, Match Point with Penelope Wilton
Claire Foy - Little Dorrit with Matthew Macfadyen, Night Watch (TV movie) with Claudie Blakley
JJ Feild - Northanger Abbey with Carey Mulligan, Night Watch (TV movie) with Claudie Blakley
Felicity Jones - Northanger Abbey with Carey Mulligan, This Beautiful Fantastic with Rupert Friend
Tom Mison - The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard (TV series) with Carey Mulligan,The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers (short film) with Rupert Friend and Keira Knightley, Steve with Keira Knightley and Rupert Friend (director)
Anna Maxwell Martin - Bleak House (TV miniseries) with Carey Mulligan, South Riding (TV Miniseries) with Penelope Wilton, Night Watch (TV movie) with Claudie Blakley
Jodie Foster - Contact and The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys with Jena Malone
Audrey Tautou - L'Auberge Spagnole (The Spanish Apartment) and Russian Dolls with Kelly Reilly
Michelle Williams - The United States of Leland with Jena Malone, Incendiary with Matthew Macfadyen, My Week with Marilyn with Judi Dench
Ewan McGregor - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace with Keira Knightley, Little Voice with Brenda Blethyn, Incendiary with Matthew Macfadyen
Kristen Stewart - Fierce People with Donald Sutherland, Into The Wild with Jena Malone
Rachelle LeFevre - Fugitive Pieces and Barney's Version with Rosamund Pike
Chris Evans - Saved! with Jena Malone, Fierce People with Donald Sutherland
Mark Strong - The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend, Sherlock Holmes with Kelly Reilly, The Eagle with Donald Sutherland
Paul Bethany - Coming Home (TV movie) with Keira Knightley, The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend
Russell Crowe - A Good Year with Tom Hollander, Robin Hood with Matthew Macfadyen
Tom Cruise - Valkyrie with Tom Hollander, One Shot with Rosamund Pike


And there you have it (boredom lead me to this, haha!)...I've attempted a long list here all in one post...phew! Did I miss anyone? I'm sure there's a movie or an actor I forgot to list here, but will add here if I see/noticed more films with familiar/famous actors co-starring with our P&P actors (at least twice or a few times) as soon as I spot them, lol...

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Then & Now: More Pride & Prejudice Actresses

The beautiful Bennet girls are not the only ones whose careers soared and have continued to be busy after their P&P film. Here are the rest of the best Pride & Prejudice supporting cast who are all wonderful, versatile, and amazingly talented group of actresses (from a few season veterans to breakout newcomers) and what they're up to now... 

 
Pride & Prejudice Cast
Where are they now?

Brenda Blethyn (Mrs. Bennet)
Best known for role(s): Mrs. Bennet (Pride & Prejudice, which she was nominated for a BAFTA film award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role), Cynthia Rose Purley (Secrets & Lies, which she was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role), Mari Hoff (Little Voice, which she was, again, nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role)     
Last seen in: London River -as Elizabeth, The Calling - as Sister Ignatious,  Dead Man Running - as Mother  
Will be seen next in: Vera (TV series) (completed) (2011) as DCI Vera Stanhope   

Judi Dench (Lady Catherine de Bourgh)
Best known for role(s): M (James Bond Movies), Lady Catherine de Bourg (Pride & Prejudice), Queen Elizabeth (Shakespeare in Love, which she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress with interestingly, an only a cameo appearance!),  Jean / Jean Pargetter ( As Time Goes By (TV series) ), and many, many more...
Last seen in: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (a cameo as Society Lady), Jane Eyre as Mrs. Fairfax with P&P co-star .
Just Completed: Stainless Steel (completed) as Ms Begley with, once again, P&P/Jane Eyre co-star  
Upcoming Films: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (post-production) with P&P co-star Penelope Wilton,  My Week with Marilyn (post-production) as Dame Sybil Thorndike,  J. Edgar (post-production) as Anne Marie Hoover, as Bond 23 (pre-production) as M,  The Curse of The Buxom Strumpet (pre-production) as Mrs. Halfpint, Better Living Through Chemistry (pre-production)
   
Penelope Wilton (Mrs. Gardiner)
Best known for role(s): Isobel Crawley (Downton Abbey (TV series) ), Mrs. Gardiner (Pride & Prejudice), Ruth (Calendar Girls)
Last seen in: South Riding (TV mini-series) as Mrs. Beddows, Downton Abbey (TV series) as  Isobel Crawley
Currently filming: Season 2 of  Downton Abbey (TV series) as  Isobel Crawley  
Upcoming film(s): The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (post-production) with P&P/Iris co-star Judi Dench,  Hotel Caledonia (announced) as Linda Tickle (rumored)

Kelly Reilly (Caroline Bingley)
Best known for role(s): Caroline Bingley (Pride & Prejudice, which she won an Empire Award for a Best Newcomer), DC Anna Travis (Above Suspicion movie and TV series), Mary Morstan (Sherlock Holmes movies) 
Last seen in: Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent (TV series)
Currently filming: Season 4 of her Above Suspicion TV series titled: Silent Scream. 
Upcoming film(s):  Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (post-production) reprises her role as Mary Morstan with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in theaters December 16, 2011, Edwin Boyd (post-production) as Doreen Boyd  

Claudie Blakley (Charlotte Lucas) 
Best known role(s): Emma Timmins (Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series) ),  Charlotte Lucas (Pride & Prejudice),  Mabel Nesbitt (Gosford Park)
Last seen in: Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series) Emma Timmins, The Nativity (TV mini-series) as Anna
Currently seen in: The Cherry Orchard  (stage play). The play started its previews May 10th, with an official opening May 17th and runs through July. See Photos: Claudie Blakley in Chekhov's 'The Cherry Orchard'
Upcoming TV/film(s): The Night Watch (TV movie) (2011) as Nancy

Tamzin Merchant (Georgiana Darcy)
Best known role(s): Georgiana Darcy (Pride & Prejudice), Catherine Howard (The Tudors (TV series)),  Mary Rivers (Jane Eyre) 
Last seen recently in: Syfy's original movie Red Faction: Origins (TV movie) as Lyra
Currently seen:  Jane Eyre as Mary Rivers with P&P co-star Judi Dench.
Upcoming film(s):  Stainless Steel (completed) as Tammy Watts with Jane Eyre co-stars Judi Dench, Mia Wasikowska, and Jamie Bell.       

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Photos: Claudie Blakley in Chekhov's 'The Cherry Orchard'

Claudie Blakley (aka P&P 05's Charlotte Lucas) currently co-stars in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard at London's National Theatre. The play started its previews May 10th, with an official opening May 17th and runs through July.

Read the Playbill.com story

Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, presented in a version by Andrew Upton and starring the previously announced Zoë Wanamaker, who returns to the National to play Ranyevskaya, will open this year's Travelex £12 season in the Olivier Theatre, beginning performances May 10, prior to an official opening May 17. The cast also includes Claudie Blakley (as Varya), Mark Bonnar (Trofimov), Pip Carter (Yepihodov), Kenneth Cranham (Firs), Paul Dodds, Craige Els, Mark Fleischmann, Colin Haigh, Conleth Hill (Lopakhin), Gerald Kyd (Yasha), James Laurenson (Gaev), Tim McMullan (Simyonov-Pischik), Jessica Regan, Tim Samuels, Emily Taaffe (Dunyasha), Stephanie Thomas, Joseph Thompson, Rosie Thomson, Ellie Turner, Charity Wakefield (Anya) and Sarah Woodward (Charlotta). The production is directed by Howard Davies, with designs by Bunny Christie; they last collaborated on The White Guard at the National, for which Christie won the 2010 Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Designer. Lighting is by Neil Austin, with music by Dominic Muldowney and sound by Paul Groothuis.

Check out the production shots of Claudie Blakley below (via Playbill)...

The Cherry Orchard Production stills
featuring Claudie Blaklely

 (source: Photos by Catherine Ashmore | Playbill.com)

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Speaking of The Cherry Orchard...
FYI: The much younger Dame Judi Dench appeared in a 1962 black and white version of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard", directed by Michel Saint-Denis. She played the role: Anya.  Watch videos of Judi Dench in The Cherry Orchard here! (scroll down the YT page to the right side bar to see more vids of JD!)

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On TV Tonight: Watch Claudie Blakley on 'Lennon Naked' on PBS' Masterpiece Contemporary

On TV tonight, our very own Claudie Blakley (P&P's Charlotte Lucas) co-stars  as Cynthia Lennon with Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who) in a new movie, Lennon Naked showing on PBS' Masterpiece Contemporary tonight at 9 PM ET. Check local listings for air times in your area.

 Watch the trailer here or below as well as read synopsis about it (after the cut)...

Watch a preview trailer below...

(source: wvpt)

Lennon Naked (via PBS' Masterpiece Contemporary website)

Behind the genius, outspokenness, and mischievous antics of the much-loved "smart Beatle," John Lennon (Christopher Eccleston, Doctor Who), is an artist whose struggle with childhood abandonment by his father shapes and nearly undermines his every relationship. Between 1967 and 1971, the tumultuous and wildly creative "studio years" for the Beatles, John Lennon is mired in an unhappy domestic life with his wife, Cynthia (Claudie Blakley, Return to Cranford), and his young son, Julian, the objects of his cruel indifference. Trying to reconcile the sudden death of Beatles manager Brian Epstein and the reintroduction of his long-estranged father, Freddie Lennon (Christopher Fairbank, Tess of the D'Urbervilles), into his life, John sees himself at once as a martyr and a gadfly. Far from being the gentle icon of world peace that he would later become, John embodies his credo that an artist has to destroy as well as create. It's only when he falls in love with avant-garde artist Yoko Ono (Naoko Mori, Torchwood) that John finds the inspiration to enact change in his and Yoko's own unique way, from a cloud of white balloons to the publicity-generating "Bed Peace." Ultimately, their partnership breaks him from the Beatles and Britain itself. Together, they leave country and family behind for New York City, starting over. Lennon Naked also stars Andrew Scott (Sherlock) and Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park).

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Lennon Naked is available for online viewing
November 22 - December 21, 2010  

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Movie Casting News: Judi Dench joins 'My Week with Marilyn' and 'Marigold Hotel'

Judi Dench has two new movies she reportedly signed on, My Week with Marilyn and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

Collider.com has the following info for both of these new films...

Judi Dench has signed on to star opposite Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh in My Week With Marilyn, one of two Marilyn Monroe biopics in development.  This one takes place on the contentious set of 1957’s The Prince and the Showgirl, in which Monroe (Williams) sought respectability by working with lauded actor/director Laurence Olivier (Branagh); unfortunately Olivier came to loathe the blonde bombshell and treat her like “a naughty schoolgirl.” Dench will play fellow dame Sybil Thorndike, one of the stars of Prince.

According to The Daily Mail, Dench will start shooting her scenes on September 20th, two weeks prior to the primary filming schedule.  The accommodation resulted from Dench’s commitment to James Madden’s adaptation of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Read more here...

Speaking of Judi Dench...I just noticed tonight on the live telecast of The 62nd Emmy Awards (hosted by Jimmy Fallon) that her recent miniseries that aired earlier this year (last January) on PBS' Masterpiece, Return to Cranford with former P&P co-star Claudie Blakley (Charlotte Lucas) is nominated with 7 (including an Outstanding Lead Actress nomination for Judi Dench, but she lost to Claire Danes for Temple Grandin) Emmy Awards (winning 2 out of 7). Check out the list of categories that Return to Cranford was nominated for (after the cut)...


Return to Cranford's 2010 Emmy Nominations

• Outstanding Miniseries
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie - Judi Dench
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie - Jonathan Pryce
• *Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie - Ben Smithard (*won at the Creative Emmy Awards held last Week!)
• Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Movie - Karen Hartley
• Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie - Donal Woods (production designer)
  Mark Kebby (art director)
  Trisha Edwards (set decorator)  
• *Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special - Jenny Beavan (costume designer)
  Alison Beard (costume supervisor) (*won at the Creative Emmy Awards held last Week!) 

In 2008, Judi Dench and Cranford Miniseries grab 8 Emmy Award Nomination. Judi Dench lost here too. Cranford two Emmys also for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Eileen Atkins and Outstanding Hairstyling - Alison Elliot.

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On TV Tonight: Watch Claudie Blakley in Miss Marple's 'The Blue Geranium'

Series V: The Blue Geranium, a new Miss Marple episode with Claudie Blakley (Charlotte Lucas) as Phillippa Pritchard. This episode will premieres tonight (June 27th) on PBS' Masterpiece Mystery! Check your local listings for air times in your area.

The Blue Geranium

• Synopsis
• Cast and Credits

Read the spoilerish full synopsis here.

Watch the lil' preview of The Blue Geranium 

featuring Claudie Blakley below...

[source: LPBTV]

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Watch Claudie Blakley in "Lark Rise to Candleford" series (Seasons 1-3)

Why haven't I seen Lark Rise to Candleford till now? I love period dramas (most of my favorite drama in TV and films are period ones such as P&P, North & South, Wives and Daughters, Little Dorrit, and Love In a Cold Climate to name some) and this is one of those really good period drama/TV serial that I rarely noticed or heard about, but when I do...it surprises me how it was really good. I can't believe I haven't noticed this series till recently. There can be only 3 reasons why I just discovered this series (better late than never, hehe)... a) It wasn't aired here in the U.S. when it premiered...if it was, I would've heard of it. b) It wasn't shown on PBS' Masterpiece Theatre or Masterpiece Mystery!...so that was why I've never heard of this. And c) not only that it was a BBC production, but it also aired on UK's BBC1 channel...you know what that means, I don't live in the UK and we don't have BBC1 channel here in the U.S. (except for BBC America, but they don't air these really good series anymore), so that was why I've never seen this show before... lol.

What's very interesting and unexpected was that this series stars our very own P&P 05's Claudie Blakley (Charlotte Lucas), who plays Emma Timmins and P&P '95's Julia Sawalha (Lydia Bennet), who plays Dorcas Lane (interestingly, she's so much better in this role than she was in P&P 95's Lydia Bennet...at least for me. I like her in this role a lot) for three seasons! Get this, their characters are cousins too! Not too mention, Claudie Blakley (she's very good here....lovin' her character) plays a wife and mother with about 5-6 children! Her eldest daughter Laura Timmins, the lead character and narrator is played by Olivia Hallinan. Also, familiar actors I've seen in North & South, Mansfield Park, and Emma were in this series too. Great casting!!!


The best thing of all, is that I don't have to look or buy the season DVDs (I know I should, but they're expensive and hard to find...lol) 'cause they are available to view for free on YouTube! Yes, you read it right...all episodes from Seasons 1-3 can be viewed on YT! I was only looking for a trailer to include in this post as I write about this here, but I found two YT channels that showed the entire series...and I just started watching Season 1. So far, I'm only on Ep 8 part 1. I have a long way to go to catch up to Season 3, lol...but thank goodness, they are all available to view whenever I want to watch the next episodes (hopefully, YT won't remove them...they better not! I intend to watch them all...) They are pretty good so far, lovin' the Laura/Phillip pairing (thus far...they're so cute and adorable together)...and I'm hooked on watching this series, haha...!  I have the links bookmarked as well as included  here to share with you all who may be interested in watching this...and to easily find the two YT channels to view this series.

But first, check out the synopsis, episode listing, and a few promo/episode stills featuring Claudie Blakley and Julia Sawalha below...
 

Lark Rise to Candleford

1 | 2 | 3 Full episode list » (via IMDB)

Brief Synopsis

An adaptation of Flora Thompson's autobiographical novel "Lark Rise To Candleford", set in 19 century Oxfordshire, in which a young girl moves to the local market town to begin an apprenticeship as a postmistress.

Promo Stills featuring Claudie Blakley
and Julia Sawalha...

[source: BBC1]

Watch Season 1 Episode 1 below...

[source: xlarkrisecandlefordx]   

View more here!

 xlarkrisecandlefordx (<--- click on the link) has the complete Season 1 Episodes on YouTube!!! 

Also, this Youtube channel: LarkRiseToCandlefor1 has the complete Seasons 2 and 3 all uploaded on YouTube, for all of us who do not live in the UK and don't have BBC1 channel to see these series. How AWESOME is that?!?! So, yeah, check them out and see if you like this series. I know I already do. :)

Watch the complete YT videos of...

Lark Rise to Candleford Season 2

Lark Rise to Candleford Season 3

Enjoy! :) If you have seen this series though or even just started like I do... what do you think? Feel free to post your thoughts about this series. I'd love to know what you think of LRtoC.

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An Encore Presentation of Matthew Macfadyen on 'Miss Marple's A Pocket Full of Rye' airs on PBS this Sunday, June 6th

PBS' Masterpiece Mystery! will air an encore presentation of one of the episodes of Miss Marple: Series IV, a A Pocket Full of Rye, which Matthew Macfadyen appeared on the episode as Inspector Neele. 
 

June 6, 2010 at 9pm
A Pocket Full of Rye
A killer who seems obsessed with a nursery rhyme commits a string of murders. Miss Marple and a local detective (Matthew Macfadyen) join forces to investigate.

A new face takes on the role of Agatha Christie's familiar spinster sleuth in series IV of Miss Marple. Julia McKenzie, best known to Masterpiece audiences for her portrayal of Mrs. Forrester in the acclaimed series Cranford, brings her distinctive style to the role. "I think Julia is a very different character than the other actresses who played Miss Marple recently, and more different than people who played her a long time ago," says Christie's grandson Mathew Prichard. "...I think audiences will love her." A killer cast joins in to celebrate McKenzie's inaugural season, including Matthew Macfadyen (Little Dorrit), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Last Enemy), Rupert Graves (The Forsyte Saga), Russell Tovey (Little Dorrit) and Joan Collins.

• Synopsis
• Cast and Credits

Besides Matthew, three of his P&P co-stars also appeared in the Miss Marple series on PBS' Masterpiece Mystery! previous series (in both Series II: The Sittaford Mystery, which Carey Mulligan (Kitty Bennet) appeared on as Violet. It aired back on PBS, July 23rd, 2006. The other was The Moving Finger with Talulah Riley (Mary Bennet) as Megan and one of the new episodes of the new Series V: The Blue Geranium with Claudie Blakley (Charlotte Lucas) as Phillippa Pritchard. This episode will premiere later this month, June 27th on PBS. Read the spoilerish full synopsis here.

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