Showing posts with label Camelot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Camelot. Show all posts
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CBC-TV fantasy 'Camelot' seeks Canadian audience after being cancelled in US
CBC-TV says it's confident its upcoming fantasy drama "Camelot" can conjure up a Canadian following despite an inauspicious debut in the United States that effectively killed the series. 
The sprawling Canada-Ireland co-production debuted south of the border in March, where it garnered mixed reviews and respectable ratings. Nevertheless, specialty channel Starz said in June it would not order more episodes.
The U.S. network attributed the move to production challenges, including scheduling conflicts with members of the cast.
The big-budget Arthurian spectacle had been promoted as a prospective ongoing series in the vein of "The Tudors," but a CBC executive says the 10 completed episodes work just fine on their own.
"We're really excited to present it as a limited series," said Tom Hastings, CBC's creative head of drama. "It's a self-contained, very satisfying season."
Based on the fantasy-rich legends of King Arthur and his realm, "Camelot" traces his rise to power from his days as a young man unaware of his royal lineage.
Jamie Campbell Bower (of "The Prisoner," and the upcoming "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn") stars as Arthur, an illegitimate son of King Uther who is raised by commoners until he is plucked from obscurity by the wizard Merlin, played by Joseph Fiennes ("FlashForward," "Shakespeare in Love").
Former Bond girl Eva Green ("Casino Royale") is Arthur's magical half-sister Morgan, who believes she is the rightful heir to the throne and wages a supernatural battle for the crown.
"Camelot"'s U.S. run garnered reviews ranging from "surprisingly satisfying" (Miami Herald) to possessing "a fatal lack of lyricism" (USA Today). But none of that should have an impact on the show's prospects north of the border, said Hastings.
"Canadian audiences are different," he said, pointing to the success of CBC miniseries "Pillars of the Earth" and drama "The Tudors."
Read More at Winnipeg Free Press
The sprawling Canada-Ireland co-production debuted south of the border in March, where it garnered mixed reviews and respectable ratings. Nevertheless, specialty channel Starz said in June it would not order more episodes.The U.S. network attributed the move to production challenges, including scheduling conflicts with members of the cast.
The big-budget Arthurian spectacle had been promoted as a prospective ongoing series in the vein of "The Tudors," but a CBC executive says the 10 completed episodes work just fine on their own.
"We're really excited to present it as a limited series," said Tom Hastings, CBC's creative head of drama. "It's a self-contained, very satisfying season."
Based on the fantasy-rich legends of King Arthur and his realm, "Camelot" traces his rise to power from his days as a young man unaware of his royal lineage.
Jamie Campbell Bower (of "The Prisoner," and the upcoming "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn") stars as Arthur, an illegitimate son of King Uther who is raised by commoners until he is plucked from obscurity by the wizard Merlin, played by Joseph Fiennes ("FlashForward," "Shakespeare in Love").
Former Bond girl Eva Green ("Casino Royale") is Arthur's magical half-sister Morgan, who believes she is the rightful heir to the throne and wages a supernatural battle for the crown.
"Camelot"'s U.S. run garnered reviews ranging from "surprisingly satisfying" (Miami Herald) to possessing "a fatal lack of lyricism" (USA Today). But none of that should have an impact on the show's prospects north of the border, said Hastings.
"Canadian audiences are different," he said, pointing to the success of CBC miniseries "Pillars of the Earth" and drama "The Tudors."
Read More at Winnipeg Free Press
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New Camelot Interview with Jamie [w/ new Cast pic]
JAMIE CAMPBELL BOWER as Arthur
Rougishly handsome 23-year-old Bower made his film debut opposite Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street and was last seen on the big screen in Twilight: New Moon as Caius, leader of the Volturi Vampires. The Brit returns to the cinemas as Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (he is engaged to Bonnie Wright, who plays Ginny Weasly), but for now, in his first leading television role, the former model is finding that uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
How does it feel heading up a production as lavish as this? As a self-professed geek, is it hard to cut a kingly figure?
I remember calling my mum about a week into it and saying, "Mum, I don't know if I can do this. I just don't feel like I can be the leading man." I was like, "Send me home. They've made a mistake. They're joking." I'm not very cool. I'm quite clumsy; shunned from the cool crowd at school.
There were a lot of days spent in front of the mirror trying to look big and macho. And then at the back of your mind there's always this, "What are you doing? Idiot. Stop that. We know what you're like." You have to put those demons to rest and absorb yourself in this role. And now, I feel like I fit the character.
What's been the coolest moment during the shoot so far?
I got to climb a waterfall. I never got to do any wire-work before this - there was a flip involved. And on camera it looks amazing but you can't really see that it's me. But I know it's me. And my mates know it's me because I've told them!
What's working with Joseph Fiennes like?
He's one of the finest actors that I think I've ever had the pleasure to work with. Don't tell him, because he doesn't know, but I do watch him very, very closely and go, "That was good. Maybe I can do that later".
The relationship between Arthur and Merlin, it's sort of an Obi-Wan-Luke-Skywalker kind of thing. And, yes, at the beginning there's a lot of tension, but as the series progresses, Merlin and Arthur come to understand one another. And by the end of the show, there's a real appreciation for each of their strengths and weaknesses. But that hasn't happened in (real life) - I don't think Joe has any weaknesses.
If you became king tomorrow, what's the first thing you would do?
Free cheese. For everyone!
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