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Cast Photos – Damages Season 3

23 December 2009 9:31 AM, PST | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

Season 3 of Damages will be premiering on January 25, 2010 and several new cast members will be joining the cast (see when your other favorite shows will be returning in 2010).  FX has released several photos in anticipation of the season 3 premiere.  Damages is a great, dramatic show with solid performances, even if the quality did dip a bit in season 2.  If you don't watch it, you still have time to catch up on seasons 1 and 2, before season 3 premieres.

Check out the cast photos below.  It's all very dark and mysterious.

Campbell Scott and Martin Short Sign On as Series Regulars and Lily Tomlin and Keith Carradine Take on Guest Starring Roles

FX’s award-winning legal thriller Damages is adding four superior actors to its cast with Campbell Scott and Martin Short signing on as series regulars, and Lily Tomlin and Keith Carradine joining as special guest stars for the upcoming season premiering in January. »

- Clarissa

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"Excalibur": Behold The Sword Of Power

22 December 2009 9:05 AM, PST | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »

Director Bryan "Superman Returns" Singer is attached to remake director John Boorman's 1981 fantasy feature "Excalibur" retelling the legend of 'King Arthur'.

The original "Excalibur" screenplay was written by Rospo Pallenberg and Boorman, as an adaptation of Malory's "Morte d'Arthur" (1469-70), with 'Arthur' presented as a 'wounded king', whose realm becomes a wasteland, then reborn thanks to the 'Grail'.

"The film has to do with mythical truth, not historical truth," Boorman said. "The coming of Christian man and the disappearance of the old religions which are represented by 'Merlin'. The forces of superstition and magic are swallowed up into the unconscious."

Several new elements were added to the film's story including 'King Uther' wielding the 'sword of power' before the birth of Arthur and and the concept of the world as 'the dragon'.

Music soundtrack is by Trevor Jones, including works from Carl Orff's "O Fortuna" played during battle sequences. »

- Michael Stevens

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Campbell Scott and Martin Short Join Damages

22 September 2009 11:43 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

FX has announced that both Campbell Scott and Martin Short are joining their popular drama Damages as series regulars. In other casting news, both Lily Tomlin and Keith Carradine will guest star during season three, which is set to premiere in January. Here is the official press release:

FX's award-winning legal thriller Damages is adding four superior actors to its cast with Campbell Scott and Martin Short signing on as series regulars, and Lily Tomlin and Keith Carradine joining as special guest stars for the upcoming season premiering in January. Production of the show's 13-episode third season begins tomorrow in New York.

For the second consecutive year, +Damages received seven Emmy Award nominations and Glenn Close won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

Scott, Short, Tomlin and Carradine join returning stars Close, Rose Byrne and Tate Donovan. Close, who won her second consecutive Emmy for Lead »

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Bryan Singer Developing Excalibur

20 August 2009 11:31 PM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Warner Bros. have clinched the rights to remake the 1981 fantasy film “Excalibur,” with “X-Men” director Bryan Singer signed to produce and develop the picture as a potential developing vehicle. According to Variety, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have been working for months to secure the rights to the film, which Singer will produce with Julie Yorn and “Superman Returns” producer Polly Johnsen (formerly Cohen).

Excalibur was the ultimate fantasy film based on the Arthurian legend of Merlin the wizard, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, it grossed $34,967,437 and was the 18th most successful film of that year. The film was directed by John Boorman and adapted from the Thomas Malory book by Rospo Pallenberg and Boorman. The film broke out some of today’s biggest stars and starred Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Liam Neeson, Patrick Stewart, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi, Nicol Williamson and Robert Addie.

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- Craig Sharp

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'Harry Potter' Stars Brave Rainy World Premiere

8 July 2009 11:35 AM, PDT | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »

Merlin's beard! 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' finally hits theaters July 15, and the film's star trio -- Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint -- braved torrential rains on the U.K. red carpet for the film's world premiere! "It's completely [like] the heavens opened -- it's pouring here!" said Emma beneath her umbrella. "Every year it's like torrential rain; it's like magic." "The last premiere it was pretty rainy," agreed Rupert as he slogged through the soggy red carpet. "It must thunder as well. That sounds pretty horrible." "This is Brit spirit -- we got through two wars like this!" joked Daniel. "For the next time here I'm certainly thinking these shoes might not be so usable after this, but I'm having fun. This is great." In what could be the darkest, scariest and most exciting 'Potter' movie yet, the specter of the evil Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes »

- TheInsider

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A Preview of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' to Air During 'Merlin'

15 June 2009 12:05 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

The theatrical release of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" is getting closer, and with it came the news that another sneak peek into this fantasy adventure movie will be teased on television. According to MuggleNet, NBC have revealed that the brand new preview of "Half-Blood Prince" will be aired during the American debut of the BBC series, "Merlin" on June 21 at 8 P.M. Et.

Aside from this preview report, two television spots for this sixth "Harry Potter" movie have made their rounds. One was a clearer version of the "Jealousy" TV spot aired in Canada during the MTV Movie Awards, while the other one was aired on Cartoon Network (Cn) on Sunday, June 14. The "Jealousy" spot features new scenes between Ron and Lavender as well as Harry and Ginny. The Cn spot, in the meantime, exposes many new Quidditch sequences.

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" features the likes of Daniel Radcliffe, »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Merlin Coming Back to NBC

12 June 2009 11:53 AM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

If you’re anything like me then the words “Merlin” and “NBC” in the same sentence bring back horrifying images of Sam Neill as Merlin in the cheesy made for tv movie that premiered on the peacock network in the late nineties.  So if you haven’t already heard this news, then you might be as suprised as I was to learn that NBC is actually premiering a new series this summer (on June 21) called Merlin.

Now, don’t worry, this Merlin won’t be following in the footsteps of the TV Movie, and I promise you that Sam Neill is not involved (he’s too busy working on new series Happy Town at ABC).  This new Merlin series, actually looks good, and bears at least a small comparison (based solely on the previews) to the recent Harry Potter films.  In fact, it’s quite obvious that this is NBC »

- AstroJones

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