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October 14, 2009 → Percy Jackson teaser poster
October 12, 2009 → UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE, all for the sake of the WOODLAND TRUST
[...] The Woodland Trust organised a stunning evening with Clive Anderson wittily keeping the whole thing alive, whilst Robert Bathurst created fun by asking us to thump the table in time to Shakespeare’s “Under the Greenwood Tree”. And lets not forget the brooding glamour of Sean Bean, voted the third sexiest man in England two [...]
September 14, 2009 → The Lord of the Films
A unique scene-by-scene breakdown of all of the Lord of the Rings movies, this guide provides in-depth analysis of the live-action trilogy and other related films, alongside games, puzzles, and interviews with the filmmakers. Each scene is explored in four different ways: a closer look at the plot and the action, a look behind the [...]
May 19, 2009 → Empire Portrait Exhibition
Empire is holding its first-ever photographic exhibition featuring all the portraits specially commissioned for the 20th Birthday issue by guest editor Steven Spielberg.
The exhibition takes place on Thursday May 21 at the Century Club in London’s West End.
Visitors will be able to peruse the portraits and read about how the shots came about, before the [...]
→ TV awards nominations announced
Red Riding leads the nominations for this year’s TV Quick and TV Choice Awards.
The three-part Channel 4 series picked up five nominations, with Sean Bean, Andrew Garfield, David Morrissey and Maxine Peake all up for acting awards and the series itself nominated in the best new drama category.
Peake will compete for the best actress crown [...]
May 15, 2009 → Red Riding Trilogy to be released theatrically
source: variety
IFC nabs ‘Red Riding Trilogy’
IFC Films snapped up three British films inspired by the Yorkshire Ripper investigations called “The Red Riding Trilogy.”
Each pic is helmed by a different director: Julian Jarrold’s “1974,” James Marsh’s “1980″ and Anand Tucker’s “1983″ are self-contained crime thrillers with plot threads that link the three films.
Cast includes Mark Addy, [...]
May 13, 2009 → Wild Bunch taking 'Black Death' to Germany
source: THR.com
French indie distributor branching into new territory
CANNES — French indie giant Wild Bunch is kicking off its German distribution operation with the Middle Ages mystery thriller “Black Death” starring Sean Bean.
Wild Bunch will bow the Christopher Smith-directed feature in Germany next year.
The 14th century drama, which also stars Carice van Houten and Eddie Radmayne, [...]
March 8, 2009 → Red Riding brings 2.6m to C4
BroadcastNow
Channel 4’s big winter drama Red Riding grabbed a strong total audience of 2.6m viewers (12.9% share) over two hours last night at 9pm.
The three-part drama, adapted from four novels by David Peace, managed 2.5m (12.4%) on the main channel with another 116,000 watching an hour later on C4+1. The drama was up by 39% [...]
March 2, 2009 → TV Scoop: Ten Things You Must Watch This Week
TV Scoop
1. Red Riding 1974 (Channel 4, Thursday 5 March, 9pm)
This year’s Devil’s Whore. What I mean by that is I can’t remember when I looked forward to something as much as this since The Devil’s Whore. It’s unremittingly dark and filthy, is hard to the point of granite and tells the story of murder [...]
February 24, 2009 → Sean Bean on playing the bad guy
metro.co.uk
Sean Bean is back on screen playing another bad guy – because he says he’s drawn to villainous parts.
The Sharpe actor plays a corrupt businessman in new Channel 4 film trilogy Red Riding – a character who Sean says is bad but three-dimensional.
“I find playing the bad guys very interesting. But it depends how it’s [...]
