Tudors images added

20 stills from “The Tudors” were added to the Gallery, including a brand-new still from Season Three:

• The Tudors - Season Two - Stills (+19)
• The Tudors - Season Three - Stills (+1)

Anne of Cleves cast

From the Hollywood Reporter comes some casting news about season 3 of “The Tudors”:

Joss Stone is joining ‘The Tudors’
British soul singer to play Anne of Cleves
By Nellie Andreeva
Aug 5, 2008, 12:00 AM ET

In her first major acting gig, British soul and R&B singer Joss Stone is joining the cast of Showtime’s drama “The Tudors” for its upcoming third season.

Stone will play Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of Henry VIII (Rhys Meyers).

A daughter of a German nobleman, Anne was betrothed to Henry in a marriage treaty between the Cleves Court and the king’s chancellor after Henry was shown a portrait of her.

Upon Anne’s arrival to England, Henry was disappointed in her looks and soon found a legal way to have the marriage annulled.

According to Showtime, the upcoming season of the racy royal drama will follow the king as he weds third queen Jane Seymour (Anita Briem) and then Anne of Cleves.

more Tudors sneak peeks

Added 5 more images from the set of season three of “The Tudors”. These are of Jonathan while on a break from the set at Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin the other day.

Also added a new article from the BBC to the Press archive. Season two of “The Tudors” begins airing on BBC Two in the UK tonight.

first look

From the Daily Mail comes our first glimpse of Jonathan as Henry VIII in season three of “The Tudors”. The two new images show Jonathan arriving on set in costume to film a scene at Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin.

Tudors season 4?

From the Vancouver Sun comes details about the future of “The Tudors”. Robert Greenblatt, entertainment president of Showtime says the series will likely last 4 seasons total. Currently, “The Tudors” is filming it’s 3rd season in Dublin. This would leave one final season to film next summer.

More details and possible spoilers after the jump.
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early Emmy news

For the first time, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the top 10 finalists for Best Drama and Best Comedy series. In previous years, lists would leak based on insider information and speculation. This year, the Academy has officially released the list.

“The Tudors” has made it to the top 10 list for Best Drama series for the first time. It was widely known that it did not make the top 10 list last year. This weekend, the top 10 list will be whittled down to just 5 nominees after each episode is viewed by special judges (their rankings are combined with the popular votes already received).

The full list of Emmy nominations will be announced the morning of July 17. Here’s the list of 10 finalists:

TOP 10 DRAMA SERIES FINALISTS
“Boston Legal” (”The Court Supreme”)
“Damages” (Pilot)
“Dexter” (”The Dark Defender”)
“Friday Night Lights” (”Leave No One Behind”)
“Grey’s Anatomy” (”Freedom, Parts 1 and 2″)
“House” (”Frozen”)
“Lost” (”The Constant”)
“Mad Men” (Pilot, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”)
“The Tudors” (#205)
“The Wire” (Series finale, “30″)

Sources: Gold Derby, RTÉ

Golden Award for Jonathan!

Jonathan won and accepted a Best Drama Actor Golden Nymph Award yesterday in Monte Carlo for his work on “The Tudors.” The annual Golden Nymph awards ceremony was held last night and was part of the 48th Monte Carlo Television Festival. The event’s president, Prince Albert of Monaco, was in attendance.

He was also recently seen attending the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation Party in London on June 7. Filming for the 3rd season of “The Tudors” is expected to begin in the coming week. Production will again be based in Dublin.

Photos from both events will be added soon!

Tudors renewed for 3rd season

From The Hollywood Reporter:

Showtime taps ‘Tudors’ for 3rd season
By Kimberly Nordyke
April 22, 2008

Just a few weeks after its sophomore bow, Showtime’s “The Tudors” has gotten a third-season pickup.

Production will begin June 16 in Dublin, Ireland, with series star Jonathan Rhys Meyers set to return as King Henry VIII. The number of episodes has yet to be determined for Season 3, which will follow the king as he weds Jane Seymour (Anita Briem) and Anne of Cleves, but it’s scheduled for a 2009 premiere.

The news comes after Showtime recently reiterated its commitment to original programming. Following the news that the network would not be renewing its output deals with Viacom-owned Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM — which now will be launching a premium TV channel and VOD service in fall 2009 — Showtime is expected to invest some of the money earmarked for output deals into more original series. Along with “Tudors,” Showtime’s originals include “Dexter” and “Weeds.”

Showtime said Tuesday that “Tudors” is one of CBS Home Entertainment’s top-selling titles. Both the series and Rhys Meyers earned Golden Globe nominations this year.

” ‘The Tudors’ is now a fixture for us at Showtime, and we’re on our way to completing the entire saga of all six wives of Henry VIII,” Showtime president of entertainment Robert Greenblatt said.

“Tudors,” an Ireland-Canada co-production presented in association with Peach Arch Entertainment, is written by creator Michael Hirst, who also executive produces with Morgan O’Sullivan for Octagon Films, Benjamin Silverman and Teri Weinberg for Reveille Prods., Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan for Working Title Films and Sheila Hockin.

Gallery & Site Update

Small gallery update - added 10 stills from season two of “The Tudors”.

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Tudors renewed in the UK

Tudor reign continues on BBC Two
BBC News, 17 October 2007

The second series of popular historical TV drama The Tudors will be shown next year, the BBC has confirmed.

Created by Michael Hirst, writer of the film Elizabeth, the series was shot in Ireland over the summer with Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the young Henry VIII.

Hirst promises “old and new conflicts, both at court and outside it”.

Launched earlier this month, The Tudors has been a ratings success for BBC Two with an average audience of 3.2 million viewers tuning in each week.

The series also features Sam Neill as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Jeremy Northam as Sir Thomas More and Maria Doyle Kennedy as Catherine of Aragon, Henry’s first wife.

‘Compulsory viewing’

The second season sees veteran actor Peter O’Toole join the cast as Pope Paul III.

“We are extremely pleased with our viewers’ positive reactions to The Tudors,” said George McGhee, controller of programme acquisitions.

“Henry VIII and his six wives are still compulsory viewing in the 21st century as portrayed by this young and excellent cast.”

Executive producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner also produced Elizabeth and its forthcoming sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

More on the good ratings for series one of “The Tudors” in the UK and Canada:

It delivered BBC2’s best Friday peak share for 13 weeks when it launched earlier this month, pulling in 3.2 million viewers and a 15% share - over a million more than the slot average.

The CBC notched impressive numbers for Showtime’s “The Tudors,” a Canadian-Irish co-production it pre-licensed. The miniseries about the early days of Henry VIII drew 957,000 viewers out of the gate, according to BBM/Nielsen Media Research, just short of the 1 million-viewer benchmark considered success in Canadian primetime.

Sources: BBC News, Guardian Unlimited, Hollywood Reporter