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July 4 -
It's pretty quiet in
Rufus-land these days. Shooting for
Eleventh Hour
will soon begin and we should have more news then but until that time,
GE2
tells us that the directors cut of
Dark City
will be released in R2 on 4 August. If you click on the picture to the
left you can see the new cover full-sized.
June 27 -
Rai also tells us that
Eleventh Hour
has got an official start date of 9 October, premiering right
after CSI. Let's keep our fingers crossed that the actors don't
go out on strike and kill the Fall television season in the US. You
can read more
here. Rufus has been out and about and we've added a few new
pictures to the last page of our Photo Gallery. Be sure to
check them out.
June 25 -
We've got a new photo of
Rufus from
Eleventh Hour.
You can view it in the Television section under the link for
the show. And here's an interesting little tidbit uncovered by
rai
on the re-release of
Dark City:
From an interview with director Alex Proyas:
BLAKE: What is the biggest difference between it and the original?
ALEX PROYAS: The general pace of the movie is quite different. The
director’s cut more or less is the version I had originally sent out
when I was first testing the movie. We had problems in testing and
it’s why the studio had us add in the voice overs, which I thought was
rubbish really! My instinct then was when something wasn’t playing
right to speed it up and I’ve never been happy with that, so this
version is back to a more leisurely and thoughtful pace it was meant
to be. The voice over from the beginning is gone of course. There is
also a few scenes added back that were ditched that I think are
perfectly good scenes and I have no idea why we dropped them then.
I’m really happy with it! You’re allowed into the world more and you
have more time with its characters. Literally almost every scene has
another line of dialogue or stuff at the beginning or end. Some people
may not notice a difference, but I think you should still feel a
difference. I like it a lot more than the theatrical cut.
You can read the rest of the
interview
here.
June 22 - Great news for Rufus fans Downunder. Nine will be carrying Eleventh Hour in the new Season. You can read more here.
June 21 -
A big thank you goes out to
Renata for all of her hard work translating Fabriz du Welz
Vinyan
blog. The new opening date is set for 1 October. She also passes along
this:
The trailer for
Vinyan will be available exclusively on the French Premiere site as of
next Friday, 27 June (http://www.premiere.fr/).
Vinyan will be released on 1 October ("it's official")... though he
doesn't say where, presumably in France. Du Welz also says he watched
the first 35 mm copy of the film on Tuesday and cried.
June 19 - We've added several new pictures to the last page of the photo gallery. Be sure to check them out.
June 17 - We've added a few more pictures of Tony night to the last page of the photo gallery. You can also watch a red carpet video here.
June 15 - Well the Tony's are over and it was a stressful night. Though Rock 'n' Roll and the cast were shut out, we got some terrific shots of Rufus. You can find them on the last page of the photo section. Keep checking back over the next few days. We'll put them up as they come in.
June 14 - Don't
forget the Tony Awards are tomorrow on the US network CBS.
And we'll be biting our nails right along with you. Meantime here is a
bit of article In the Boston Globe by someone else who would
like to see Rufus and Sinead win. You can read it
here.
June 11 - An interesting Tony article about why it could be difficult to win if your show has closed by the nominations. You can read it here. And another about the release of John Adams on R1 today. You can read it here. Don't forget Dark City is being released in R1 with a new directors cut on 30 July. TVsquad did a nice little review of a preview of Eleventh Hour. You can read it here.
June 10 - We're going to take a break from the Clip of the Month for a while and revise our format. If you have a suggestion for a new format you can share them here.
June 9 - Not much Rufus joy in the news these days but we pass along what we get. There is a small mention of Rufus on TimesOnLine.com. You can read it here. It shouldn't be too long before we start getting shots of Rufus working on Eleventh Hour. Keep your eyes open, you never know when you might catch him somewhere near you.
June 7 - It's been a Rufus drought for the last few days but we finally have a small article from Playbill.com about Rufus and the Tony's. You can read it here. And we have a new/old photo in the gallery sleuthed out by the incomparable GE2.
May 30 - If you missed Rock 'n' Roll on the West End or Broadway you can catch a bit of here at Broadway.com's fantastic Tony Award site.
May 29 - Playbill.com has a nice article about the best actor Tony Award nominees. You can read it here. We've also added a few new pics to the last page of the Photo Gallery courtesy of the sleuthing powers of GE2. Don't forget to check them out.
May 27 -
a little Rufus whimsy
today from the Village Voice:
I got to schmooze up the
people who were British and/or exceptional enough to make the cut.
Rock 'n' Roll's
superb Rufus Sewell (who's an autumn) told me how he found out he
scored: "Just as I got an e-mail saying 'Congratulations,' " he
related, "an armed guard at Immigration shouted, 'Put that phone
down!' " We know it's been told before but we like it
because like all brilliant actors Rufus puts a new spin on the story
with each telling.
May 23 - We've got a couple of new things for you today: First a new promo for Eleventh Hour that you can watch here. We want to remind you about Fabrice du Welz's Vinyan blog that Renata is laboriously translating into English for us here. And we've added a new photo to the Fan fun from Rock 'n' Roll section found here. And last but not least you find interviews with the Tony nominee's here.
May 22 - Playbill.com has a nice little article about Rufus and what he's been up to. You can read it here.
May 21 -
We have a few items today.
First the good news:
Vinyan
has found a
distributor. You can read about it
here. We also have an early review of the first episode of
Eleventh Hour
that suggests Rufus' costar is being recast. You can read it
here.
May 20 - The blubs and kudos for Eleventh Hour have been too numerous to mention but we'll give the TV Guy a little boost because he seems to think almost as much of Rufus as we do. You can read his comments here.
May 18 - You can find a small article on the Drama Desk Awards for which Rufus has been nominated here. The winners will be announced tomorrow. We've also added a couple of new photos to the last the page of the gallery. You can find them here.
May 17 -
You can view the latest new
promo for Eleventh
Hour
here
and it looks terrific.
May 16 - We've got boatloads of new pics for you on the last page of the Photo Gallery. special thanks to GE2 for her tireless effort in collecting them~
May 15 - Rufus appeared on the CBS Early Show today. You can watch it here. There is a small article from Australia that compares Rufus and Patrick Stewart's Tony Nods with their work on Eleventh Hour. You can read it here. There is also a bit of an article in the Independent that talks about Rufus' Tony Nomination. You can read it here. And one more quote from Rufus from Broadway.com on his nomination. special thanks to rai, GE2 and shaman for their sleuthing skills~
May 14 - We finally have a trailer from Eleventh Hour. You can watch it here. And we don't normally relay blog posts but this one is too good to pass up. Read how Rufus found out about his Tony nod here. One last bit of news, both Vinyan and Downloading Nancy will be looking for distributors at the Cannes Film Festival. You can read about them here and here. We'll be adding a few new pictures to the gallery so check back soon. special thanks to rai and GE2~
May 13 -
CONGRATULATIONS TO RUFUS, SINEAD CUSACK
AND TOM STOPPARD ON THEIR TONY NODS for Rock 'n' Roll !!!!!!
You can read the entire
list of nominees
here. The Tony Awards will be aired on 15 June on CBS in
the US.
May 12 - CBS has officially picked up Eleventh Hour for it's fall line-up. You can read about it here. Tomorrow is the day for the Tony Nominations and we'll have them up as soon as they are in. If you'd like to know more about the Antoinette Perry Awards, you can read here.
May 11 - Rufus is off having some well-earned rest so things have been a bit quiet around here lately. But the new Clip of the Month is up and you can view here.
May 4 - We've add a bunch of new photos to the gallery from Rufus visit to Ebertfest. You can see them here.
April 29 -
Here is a small
piece on the new release of the directors cut of
Dark City
including the cover artwork with will be available 29 July. And
here is the AP press release for The Drama Desk Awards for
which Rufus has been nominated Best Actor for
Rock 'n' Roll.
April 28 - Rufus has been nomintated for Best Actor for his performance in Rock 'n' Roll for The Drama Desk Awards. You can read about it here.
April 27 - We've been out of town the last few days and Rufus has been a busy boy, so we have plenty of updates for you. Let's start off with a bit from Roger Ebert's blog that has a few nice words about Rufus in Dark City. Then we'll follow it with a Q&A from Ebertfest where Rufus went to discuss independent film. And from another article worth reading from a blog in the Daily Ilini: From actor Rufus Sewell as he stated, “If I read a great script I pray that the movie is not picked up by a big studio, because the big studios will take over the film and ultimately try to change the filmmakers’ vision.” And one more with a few nice photos. Speaking of photos we'll have some new ones up tomorrow. Check back soon.
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