Friday, March 8, 2013

TOBY REGBO IS PRINCE FRANCIS IN EPIC SHOW "REIGN"! RYAN MCPARTLIN IN "DO IT YOURSELF" SITCOM! MATT LANTER & AIMEE TEEGARDEN IN SF SHOW "OXYGEN"! BEN CHAPLIN IN BBC WW1 FILM "THE WIPERS TIMES"

It's that period of the year when networks are hiring actors for their upcoming shows and pilots and CW's new historical show REIGN has
new cast members. Described as GAME OF THRONES meets MARIE ANTOINETTE, and directed by Brad Silberling (LEMONY SNICKET), the new epic show will see Adelaide Kane playing Mary Queen of Scots at the time when she arrived to France as the future wife of Prince Francis. Beside depicting her stay at the court with her three ladies in waiting amidst terrifying foes, mysterious forces, and a world of sexual intrigue, REIGN will also show Mary as a "warrior queen" with a "girl posse" who fought to gain the throne of Scotland after spending her childhood at the French court!  The new info is that young Toby Regbo will play prince Francis, while Megan Follows (WORLD WITHOUT END) will play Queen Catherine, the Queen Consort of France, who is willing to do anything to mantain her own standing and power at Court, as well as that of her children. The show has also added yet another Australian star Caitlin Stasey to the cast. NEIGHBOURS actress will play Kenna, a free spirit who serves as one of Mary's ladies-in-waiting together with Celina Sinden who will play Greer.

  "AGATHA" MOVIE & "DO IT YOURSELF" SITCOM 
For all of you who like Agatha Christie, "Deadline" reports that Will Gluck will direct AGATHA, a film which will try to solve the mystery about what happened during those legendary 11 days when the famous novelist disappeared back
in December 1926. After a massive search for the beloved author, she was found at a hotel in Yorkshire registered as Mrs. Teresa Neele from Cape Town, South Africa. The author never explained her unusual disappearance. This action adventure will be a mix of Sherlock Holmes and "Romancing the Stone", using the event as a backdrop. The same site also reports that our beloved Ryan McPartlin from LIVING WITH FRAN and CHUCK will star in new sitcom DO IT YOURSELF at TBS which follows a 20-something laid-off math teacher (Ben Rappaport) who finds himself thrust into the blue collar world when he gets a job at that most American of retail institutions: the big box home supply store. McPartlin will play will play Tyler, a handsome Home Time employee who works in the paint department where he gives several paint demonstrations a week. The John Barrymore of paint, Tyler considers himself an actor and an artist, and really throws himself into his “shows”.

  "OXYGEN" SF SHOW AND "WIPER TIMES" MOVIE
In TV news today,  another of CW's sf shows OXYGEN has found its lead stars in Matt Lanter (BH 90210) and Aimee Teegarden (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS) who will play Emery, a human girl and Roman, an alien boy who is, together with eight others of his kind, integrated into a suburban high school 10 years after they and hundreds of others landed on Earth and were immediately consigned to an internment camp where they’ve been imprisoned ever since. Meanwhile, over at BBC they have a new project THE WIPERS TIMES according to "Deadline"! Based on the true story of the creation of a satirical magazine that was published in the trenches during World War I, the film stars Ben Chaplin as Captain Fred Roberts who discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916 and began publishing the blackly comic Wipers Times for troops on the Western Front. The cast also includes Michael Palin and Emilia Fox!

26 comments:

  1. OK, I realize I'm an old hag, but has Toby even hit puberty yet????? As far as Ryan and Matt, nom, nom, nom!!!!!

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    1. I did choose an older pic of him :) he is a bitsy older :) but Prince Francis really was a teenager in this period from the show.

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  2. HI, Dezzy,

    LOVE the sound of the AGATHA movie. SO cool. A great time in history.

    Nice chest and abs on Ryan. If only we can turn back the clock to that age again.....

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    1. I do adore Ryan, he's totally flawless and ever so nice and kind.
      AGATHA should be cool especially with some big star in the lead role!

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  3. Yay for Canadian actress Megan Follows!

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  4. captain awesome... i miss the series "chuck"... boo and hiss how they ended it.

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    1. never watched it, my Zombie Master, but I know lots of people lurved it!

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  5. I'm going with the theory that Agatha Christie was locked up in a room with someone resembling that Ryan fellow. A writer can dream... :D

    Actually, I'd never heard that story about Agatha Christie before. What a great mystery.

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    1. a wonderful dream, where can we end up locked up with him too? :)

      You have never? It is one of the most famous stories about her and a very intriguing one.

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  6. I love Agatha Christie. I didn't know about her disappearance until now. What an intriguing story.

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    1. OOH, then it seems my post was very informative to most of people :)

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  7. I'm all on board for the Wipers Times. What a terrific sounding film. Agatha sounds excellent, too.

    I'm sorry, but Toby look 8 years old. I so cannot take him seriously as a prince. Epic fail on casting for that one.

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    1. what epic fail, Melsy? The prince was a teen and don't forget that French men usually look prettier than French ladies :)

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  8. I'm kind of meh for all of these. Maybe I should get around to reading an Agatha Christy novel?

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    1. I'm trying to recall which one to recommend.... I've read them when I was a kid.... Maybe ORIENT EXPRESS since it is set in Serbia too :)

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  9. Toby looks so pretty I thought he was a girl as my browser loaded ever so slowly.

    I loved Ryan in Chuck. He and his wife Danielle are great together.

    It sucks that CW canceled 90210. Now Matt is out of a job, but if it's anything like his days playing the lead in cheesy spoof movies of hit films, I'm sure he'll bounce back. No worries.

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    1. yep, he has very tender and lovely features, just like a true French prince :)

      We do adore Ryan, ever so nice and lovely!

      Yep, 90210 end this season. I've never seen it, though....

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  10. I am impressed that CW is going with a historical show, good for them.

    Not sure what to think about the new Do It Yourself show though. Something tells me it ain't gonna succeed.

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    1. Historical genre is very trendy these days. I just hope that all of the new and upcoming historical shows don't turn into crap like CAMELOT was :(

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  11. I love the CW's formula for everything they do. If you're hot...you're in. If you're not, you're out.

    It shows that they understand America.

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  12. I love Agatha C's books and am thrilled to read on this project ~

    Happy weekend ~

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