Various Sundry Items

I cannot tell you how much I love this image for the new series, Sleepy Hollow, coming to Fox in the fall. I love the headless horseman. I'm just wondering where his horse is. *wink*

I hope this show lives up to its poster.

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It's been announced that the film adaptation of the musical, Into the Woods, will come to cinemas on Christmas day 2014. It seems so far away. I guess it's because it is. 

So far, the following parts have been cast:

Witch: Meryl Streep

Baker: James Cordon

Baker's Wife: Emily Blunt

Cinderella's Prince: Jake Gyllenhaal

Rapunzel's Prince: Chris Pine

Wolf: Johnny Depp

Jack's Mother: Tracy Ullman

Cinderella's Mother: Christine Baranski (rumored)

The cast sounds good so far. I'm not sure if Emily Blunt can sing. I hope she can, because Stephen Sondheim's music is not easy.

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I was going to try to stay up-to-date on my blog with the rumors flying around about who will play the 12th Doctor on Doctor Who, but I don't want to post rumors. So, I will blog about the new Doctor when the 12th Doctor is officially announced.

Even though I'm not going to post about it yet, it is exciting to read about the actors who people think are front-runners for the part. If you want to keep up with the latest news on the search for the new Doctor, and any other Doctor Who related news, go to my favorite Doctor Who blog, Blogtor Who. 

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Coming soon to BBC is a new crime drama, Death Comes to Pemberley. Yes, it's a crime drama based on Pride and Prejudice. Actually, it's a crime drama based on a book (called Death Comes to Pemberley), which is based on Pride and Prejudice. The three episode series takes place after Elizabeth and Darcy's marriage, and one of the supporting characters is murdered.

There will be familiar British actors in the cast. Anna Maxwell Martin (North and South, Bleak House) will play Elizabeth Bennet Darcy, Matthew Rhys (Brothers and Sisters, The Abduction Club) will play Fitzwilliam Darcy, Jenna-Louise Coleman (Doctor Who) will play Lydia Bennet Wickham, Matthew Good (Leap Year, Chasing Liberty) will play Wickham and James Fleet (Little Dorrit, Sense and Sensibility) will play Mr. Bennet. The best news, however, is that Penelope Keith (Good Neighbors, To the Manor Born) will be playing Lady Catherine de Bourgh. I want to see it just to see Penelope play that part. 

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Auditions for So You Think You Can Dance are over, and the live performances have begun. Yay! And my favorite host of any reality show is back. She is so personable and fun, and just a great host. Nice to see you Cat! This is your year for the Emmy. 

I wanted to insert one of my favorite SYTYCD routines here, a hip hop number by Twitch and Alex, but youtube wouldn't let me embed the video, so you'll have to go to youtube here to see it. It's amazing and so much fun. 

I'm excited for this season, and I hope it holds many memorable routines that I can add to my favorites.

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Did you ever wonder what Star Wars would have sounded like if William Shakespeare had written it instead of George Lucas? Neither had I, but Ian Doescher did. Check out the first few pages of William Shakespeare's Star Wars. It's pretty funny, and pretty impressive.

I wonder how long it took Ian to write this book. If he stayed with iambic pentameter through the whole book, all I can say is - wow! From what I've read so far, Ian keeps pretty close to the iambic pentameter. My favorite lines that follows the pattern is the following:

C-3PO: I'll warrant madness lies within.

R2-D2:                                 -- -- beep beep,

I can't wait to read the entire thing. It would be great if someone produced it someday. I don't know how they would stage it, but it could be very entertaining. *wink*

New Series and TV Casting News

 The BBC has a few new series  in the works that I'm excited to see. Atlantis is based on Greek gods and the mythologies surrounding them. I love mythology, and I hope this is a good show. Jamaica Inn is based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier. I've read the book, and I really liked it. I wonder what part of the book they'll concentrate on to make it an entire series not just a movie or mini-series. The third series is Death Comes to Pemberley, based on the novel by P.D. James, which is based on the novel, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, which is based on... well, Austen's imagination. *wink* I have not read James's book, but now I'm curious to check it out.

Adelaide Kane has been cast as the young Mary Stuart in the CW's fall season series, Reign. I have never heard of her, nor have I seen her in anything, so I don't know what her acting range is. I read that she was on the Power Rangers. I am happy to say that I never watched the Power Rangers. I'll be curious to find out what kind of accent she will have because she's Australian, playing a Scottish princess who was raised in France. Hmm. She definitely has the look for a CW series leading lady. I still have high hopes for this series.

Oliver Jackson-Cohen has been cast as Jonathan Harker in the new series, Dracula. Oliver played Phillip White, Laura's boyfriend in the first season of Lark Rise to Candleford.

And Victoria Smurfit has been cast as Lady Jayne in Dracula. Victoria was in one of my favorite British mini-series, Berkeley Square. She also played Rowena in the BBC's version of Ivanhoe. She was also in the film, About a Boy, which a new series is being based on. Small world, isn't?

I mentioned a new CBS pilot, Super Clyde, in my 2013 Fall Season Preview, Part 2 post. For those of you who are fans of the Harry Potter films, Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley, will play Clyde. I hope the series is good, and that it's successful, especially for Rupert. I like him.