Richard Armitage tangentially related

The Stranger:

• Will begin filming March 5.
• Imogen Heap is on his playlist; she was interviewed recently on WNYC.

Wolverine: The Lost Trail:

• ICYMI: A new trailer; season 2 drops March 25.

The Lodge:

• Makes Den of Geek’s future anticipated list.
• Review at Visually Stunning Movie Podcast (I have not listened).
• Very positive blurb at 48 Hills.
• Executive producer gets a promotion.
• The film was also chased by (troubled) distributor Annapurna.
• Directors Franz and Fiala will be included in an upcoming film on the horror genre.

Castlevania:

• Pictures (not drawings) of the Diamond Select Toy.
• Adi Shankar has announced a new Belmont brother.

RDC5:

• A con report with a link to a huge file of photos.
• Kate on her trip there.
• Pic at Angepretend.

Past projects:

• More Berlin-centered TV while we aren’t waiting for Berlin Station 4.
• (Berlin Station): A fan volunteers to improve the Estonia accuracy in any future episodes.
• From Fatima: An interview with Grace Grant (Armitage’s co-narrator in Wanderlust).
• Audies 2019: Tan France will host.
• (Ocean’s 8): Kelly Kapoor would have loved the film.
• (Wolverine: The Long Night): Very positive review in the major Munich paper. Richard Armitage plays a superhero so beautifully that “he sounds as audacious as if he had washed down a sack of sawdust with whiskey.”
• (The Taking of Annie Thorne): Interview with author CJ Tudor at 2:45:59. I have not listened.
• Check out this Czech site (ouch, I’m sorry), which has some pictures of Armitage I hadn’t seen before.
• A previously unseen photo from Sundance 2019.
• (North & South): What Mr. Thornton moment makes you swoon the most?

Collateral attractions:

• Yaël Farber (The Crucible)’s revival of Athol Fugard’s Boesman and Lena is in previews and will run for a few more weeks at New York’s Signature Theatre (Off-Broadway). (All of the characters in this play are Black or multi-racial, so probably not an option for Armitage.)
• Interview with Keeley Hawes (Vicar of Dibley).
• Jon Bernthal (Pilgrimage)’s series The Punisher has been canceled.
• A new trailer for Rocketman is out. Do you see Mark Atkin (The Hobbit) in it anywhere?

Things Armitage has said:

• (interest in Richard III): Leicester Cathedral will be doing a renovation (via King Richard Armitage).

Fandom:

• A John Thornton Funko pop. Seriously, these need to be mass produced.
• More Batman gossip. And even more.

Things we’ve talked about:

• Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn, and British (class) stereotypes through American eyes.
• A Star is Born: self-critical or repetitive?
• Women are bigger consumers of sex aids than men.

~ by Servetus on February 23, 2019.