Tag: The Tudors
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Post your questions for Jonathan Rhys Meyers
What’s it like to play Dracula? And Henry VIII and Elvis? And play tennis for Woody Allen? Only one man can say, and he’s waiting to tell all about his versatile careerJonathan Rhys Meyers has played everyone from Elvis (in 2005 miniseries Elvis) to Dracula (in 2013 TV series Dracula) and Henry VIII in The…
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‘Becoming Elizabeth’ Review: It’s ‘Succession’ for Royals
After the breakout hit of Showtime’s “The Tudors” in 2007 many period dramas tried to follow suit by dropping the bell sleeves and upping the sex and nudity. Sometimes, if a show really wanted to be daring, it would insert modern music or find some way to remind audiences, “These Tudos were just like you!”Creator…
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Roy Scheider’s Last Film ‘Beautiful Blue Eyes’ Sets Release Date, Reveals Teaser
“Beautiful Blue Eyes,” the last film starring Roy Scheider, will release worldwide on June 10, following a charity premiere in London on June 6.The two-time Oscar nominee died in 2008 while “Beautiful Blue Eyes” was being filmed. Completion of the film was put on hold until AI and CG technology was advanced enough to overcome…
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‘Downton Abbey’ Movie Adds ‘The Royals’ Max Brown
Exclusive: Max Brown of The Royals and The Tudors is joining Focus Features’ Downton Abbey theatrical feature in an undisclosed role. The pic, which opens on Sept. 20 next year, is currently in production.Brown most recently starred as John Hurt’s estranged son in the dramatic feature That Good Night and played King Robert on E!’s…
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers: ‘I am sober 95% of the time and fall down 5% of the time’
The actor on alcohol, Aldous Huxley and his six car accidentsBorn in Dublin, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, 41, was spotted by a casting agent as a teenager. In 2006, he won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Elvis in a CBS mini-series, and from 2007 to 2010 he starred as Henry VIII in The Tudors.…
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Ireland’s Ardmore Studios finds buyer
Investment company Olcott purchases 100% of studio facility.Ireland’s Ardmore Studios, located in Bray, County Wicklow, has found a buyer in the form of Olcott Entertainment Limited.Olcott has purchased 100% of the shares of the Ardmore facility by striking deals with Ardmore Studios International Ltd (which owned 68%) and Enterprise Ireland, which also owned a stake.…
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Berlin: Jonathan Rhys Meyers Boards Mystery Thriller ‘Wake Up’ (Exclusive)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors, Stonewall) has been cast in the lead role for Wake Up, the directorial debut of Fedor Lyass, the cinematographer who helped bring 2015’s first-person perspective actioner Hardcore Henry to life.Lyass will co-direct with Aleksander Chernyaev (The Soldier).The new project was unveiled Friday by Vmi Worldwide president Andre Relis.Wake Up –…