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Posts Tagged ‘Primeval’

September 21st, 2012

Sinbad from the makers of Primeval

Sinbad

Laurie Sparham © 2012 BBC Worldwide/Sky 1

The wizards at Impossible Pictures who brought so many amazing creatures through the Anomaly in Primeval have set their hands and computers to the Sinbad legend. We’ve seen the first two episodes and can attest that the mythical beasts are of the highest caliber. Newcomer Elliot Knight stars as the errant sailor, and Naveen Andrews (Lost, The Buddha of Suburbia) is his nemesis, Lord Akbari, whose magical powers have a long reach. The constant wandering by Sinbad and his crew allows for some juicy guest appearances along the way from Sophie Okonedo (Oliver Twist [2007]), Timothy Spall (A Room with a View [2008] and Dougray Scott (My Week with Marilyn). SyFy has announced its plans to air Sinbad in April 2013, while in Canada the series is coming to the end of its first season on Space. Sinbad will be available on both DVD and Blu-ray.

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July 6th, 2012

Bigger, badder dinosaurs in Planet Dinosaur

Planet Dinosaur

Photo credit: © BBC 2011

Twelve years after the wondrous Walking With Dinosaurs, the BBC has launched a fresh new voyage into the prehistoric era. There have been so many advances in CGI since 1999 that we are amazed to remember how largely Walking With Dinosaurs had relied on puppetry to bring dinosaur natural history into our homes. In a few short years, new breakthroughs in CGI made it possible for Primeval to deliver a different extinct species, sometimes several, in each episode. The field of paleontology has also enjoyed a wealth of new discoveries in the past decade, and Planet Dinosaur brings it all together in an immersive visual experience with jaw-dropping action and charismatic monsters like this Spinosaurus, which, according to recent findings, may have been the largest carnivore ever to walk the earth. Coming soon to the Discovery Channel, Planet Dinosaur will be available on DVD August 21st.  The DVD also includes the behind-the-scenes program How to Build a Dinosaur.

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November 4th, 2011

Primeval – now ready for Blu-ray

Primeval

This is the year when Primeval not only came back from extinction, but finally entered the hi-def age. That means that Primeval: Volume 3 (which combines Seasons 4 and 5) will be available on Blu-ray as well as standard DVD. Since Season 4 ended last February, we have been eagerly awaiting Season 5, which premieres next Saturday, November 12th on BBC America. In Canada the premiere is Thursday, November 10th on Space.

Primeval: Volume 3 offers thirteen episodes packed with creatures plucked out of their comfort zones, plus New Dawn (a two-part “Making of” feature) and the five prequel webisodes which you may have caught on BBCAmerica.com. Our favorite prequel includes tantalizing cell phone footage of a stocky dinosaur rampaging through the Members Bar of the House of Commons. We’re glad it’s a keeper now.

As we have seen in previous seasons, the business of working with monsters and unstable geniuses creates a steady turnover at the ARC, second only to that of teachers of the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. This year’s new faces include: Ciaran McMenamin (David Copperfield-1999) as the enigmatic newly recruited field leader; Ruth Kearney as the perky team coordinator; and Alexander Siddig (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) as a charming, rich and famous genius we can’t quite trust. Primeval Volume 3 will crash through an anomaly near you on January 10, 2012.

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October 28th, 2011

Spine-tingling stuff in the works

With a whole weekend ahead of us to get in the mood for Halloween, we have monsters on the mind. BBC America is getting in on the act by running a marathon of Ghoul Britannia films starting Sunday at noon ET with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein with Kenneth Branagh. It’s worth a revisit if you were lucky enough to catch one of the National Theatre Live feeds last spring with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating as Doctor Frankenstein and the Monster.

Online, BBC America will be counting votes until 11:59PM ET on Sunday, October 30th in its costume contest. Vote here for your favorite finalists in five different categories. Looks like this is Doctor Who’s year, and if you’re wracking your mind for something completely different in festivities, BBC America is brimming with ideas on how to throw a Doctor Who party.

In the coming weeks, DVDs of Bedlam: Season 1, Whitechapel: The Ripper Returns and, of course, Doctor Who are guaranteed to extend the chills of the season. Looking forward to next year, the next volume of Primeval is on its way, and if you like your monsters prehistoric, Planet Dinosaur will breathe life into the latest discoveries.

On the film front, we have been following a little Hammer production of The Woman in Black, currently scheduled for February 3, 2012. The modest two-character play based on the 1983 Susan Hill novel has been packing London houses for more than a decade, and we’re told that it’s still the scariest show on the boards. The film, which promises to be more elaborate, stars Daniel Radcliffe with Janet McTeer and Ciaran Hinds. We’ll keep an eye out for that DVD as well.

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December 22nd, 2010

Here’s to 2011!

I don’t know how you are feeling by this time of the year but we’re beat! 2010 was a busy year, filled with successful new launches like Sherlock, Luther, and Life, but we certainly felt like we were all working twice as hard just to stay in place. As it quiets down I thought I’d take a look at the slate we’ve put together next year and share just a few of the things we’re looking forward to sharing with you in the upcoming year:

(1)    Human Planet.  For the first time our Natural History Unit has turned its world class cameramen and story tellers on the most successful animal on the planet—Humans.  What I’ve seen so far looks great!

(2)    More Sherlock!  ‘Nuff said.

(3)    Hamlet at Elsinore.  This much requested version stars Christopher Plummer in the title role.  Sir Michael Caine mentioned at a recent screening we attended that this was the best Hamlet he ever saw (he was also in it) and he wished it would come to DVD.  Your wish, Sir Michael, is our command.  There is also a new Macbeth starring Patrick Stewart, which is airing now in the UK.

(4)    More Primeval!  More MI-5!  More Being Human!  I’m getting a bit overexcited here, aren’t I?

(5)   And finally, our first BD releases of Top Gear (Series 14 and 15).

I don’t want to spoil all our surprises—we’ll have over a 100 new titles next year—but since we’re taking the next week off, we wanted to give you this exciting dose of DVD news to start off what we hope will be a great New Year!

Happy Holidays!

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