Richard Armitage tangentially related

[with apologies for the delay; there’s a bit of ICYMI in here. I’m really hoping things look up this summer. Also, there are a few tweets I didn’t include here because I still want to write something about them.]

Current projects:

• (The Stranger): Pics from filming in Victoria Square, Bolton. And someone finally caught a glimpse of him on set. The show makes a list of forthcoming British drama.
• (Castlevania): Someone’s unearthed previous plans for an animated version of the game. The show makes a list of recommendations for those suffering from post-GOT hangover. Tony Amendola will appear at ThunderCon.  Forbes likes the new anniversary games release. And you will be able to buy the Trevor Belmont action figure individually.
• (The Lodge): Anglophenia (the BBCA blog) finally gets the news. Lots of continued positive reaction to the trailer in the Internet horror platforms, all of which is pretty similar and which I will not link. The film has a Benelux distributor. A German blog likes it.

Past projects:

• (Berlin Station): Discussion of the current configurations (and possible coalitions) of German political parties in the wake of AfD. That said, I’m guessing that the turn to climate change denial is going to be hard on AfD, albeit not on Euroskeptic parties generally. And then there’s Austria, which suffered a major scandal within the ranks of the FPÖ this week.
• (The Hobbit): More from Dome Karukoski on his new Tolkien biopic. On queer subtext in the film. And supposedly Thorin’s wig was made of human hair (is this true?).
• (Ocean’s 8): On insurance considerations at the Met Gala; locations of jail filming in the film.
• (Sparkhouse): Armitage congratulates Nicola Shindler.

Collateral attractions:

• David Hewson (Macbeth; Romeo & Juliet) will be in New York in July.

Things Richard Armitage has said:

• Armitage thanks for fan attention to the LOROS hospice website and for remembering his mother.
• Review of Gentleman Jack, which Armitage was looking forward to. He was also looking forward to Years and Years.
• The May 23 EU elections in the UK are being read as a referendum on Brexit: who’s angriest?

Fandom:

• Update on #FreeBritney.
• What it was like to run a Backstreet Boys superfan site (some time ago).
• Influencers are attracting their own gossip accounts.

Things we’ve talked about:

• Journals and posterity.
• The word on the street is that Robert Pattinson has been cast as the Batman, but there will be villains and Geek Tyrant is still pushing Armitage.
• Valerie Plame is running for elective office so expect lots of discussion of the other Richard Armitage on Twitter.
• Don’t worry about your stack of unread books; they make you smarter.

Just interesting:

• Does anyone watch This Old House? A retrospective.

~ by Servetus on May 21, 2019.