Good news! “Elvis” is finally coming out in the U.S. on DVD! You can pre-order your copy on Amazon.com for the August 14th release date. Thanks to Megan for the news alert on this. And if you missed it the first time, Jonathan’s appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show will be repeating this Monday, June 11. Check your local listings for times.
Added a new article from Variety where Jonathan talks about his role as Henry VIII in “The Tudors”. Thanks to Sheila.
According to Broadcast Industry News, the second season of “The Tudors” is now filming in Ireland: Second Series Of ‘The Tudors’ Filming Underway 06 June 2007 The second season of the major TV series ‘The Tudors’, starring Irish Golden Globe winner Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (Match Point), John Kavanagh (The Tiger’s Tail), Nick Dunning (Alexander) and Maria Doyle Kennedy (Tara Road) has started shooting in Ardmore studios. ‘The Tudors’ focuses on the turbulent early years of King Henry VIII’s reign as King of England, and will shoot for approx 20 weeks...
From Variety comes exciting casting news for the second season of “The Tudors” and some storyline details. O’Toole takes on ‘Tudors’ role Showtime show anoints a pope By JOSEF ADALIAN Peter O’Toole will follow his Oscar-nommed turn in “Venus” by playing Pope Paul III on Showtime’s “The Tudors.” Thesp has booked a seven-episode arc on the second season of the cabler’s frosh success story. He’ll lense his segs later this year for broadcast next spring. The season two storyline promises to pit O’Toole’s pontiff against Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ Henry...
From an article on Malcolm McDowell, during his Cannes Film Festival press interviews, comes speculation about a possible new project in the works for Jonny: McDowell has spent decades as a journeyman actor in U.S. television with the occasional opportunity for something original such as Mike Hodges’ excellent “ll Sleep When I’m Dead.” He is planning to work with Hodges again on a screen treatment of the Thomas Mann novella “Mario and the Magician” costarring with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Kaplan, who is raising the money for it, says they...
