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.

A Bunch of Cool Sundry Items

There are a few items I found on the Internet that I think are cool, and I decided to lump them all into one post.

Another Doctor Who alum is joining the cast of Arrow. Alex Kingston, who played the popular River Song on Doctor Who, will be playing Dinah Lance, Laurel's mother.

Speaking of Doctor Who... For all of you fans out there, here is the link to the BBC's official Doctor Who 50th Anniversary website. Enjoy!

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (The Tudors, Bend It Like Beckham) will play the title character in Dracula, a new NBC series. Jessica De Gouw  (Huntress in Arrow) will play Mina Harker, and Katie McGrath (Morgana in BBC's Merlin). I like Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. He could make a very interesting vampire. I didn't particular like Jessica De Gouw in Arrow, but that could just be her character, so we'll see about her. And I have mixed feeling about Katie. I liked her in the first couple of seasons of Merlin, but not as much after she turned evil.

A friend made me aware of an artist who has drawn some the Disney animated characters as they might look if they were real people. This page doesn't include all of them he's done. He's also done Ariel and Ursula. So, surf through his blog to see them, and his other work. You'll be impressed by his talent.

And just because: