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The Tudors Third Season Confirmed
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SHOWTIME's THE TUDORS GETS 3RD SEASON PICK-UP
LOS ANGELES, CA - (April 23, 200
- As episode five of THE TUDORS' second season debuts this coming Sunday on SHOWTIME, the network is ramping up for a third season of palace intrigue and royal drama, premiering in 2009. Production is slated to begin on June 16th in Dublin, Ireland with series star Jonathan Rhys Meyers set to return.
THE TUDORS took SHOWTIME subscribers and the media by storm when it premiered in April 2006, generating record viewership and critical acclaim. Last year, both the series and Rhys Meyers earned Golden GlobeŽ nominations. And, season one of THE TUDORS is currently one of CBS Home Entertainment's top-selling titles.
"THE TUDORS is now a fixture for us at SHOWTIME and we're on our way to completing the entire saga of all six wives of Henry VIII," says SHOWTIME President of Entertainment Robert Greenblatt. "We are enormously proud of this show, the extraordinary cast, and the production team that recreates the grandeur of the Renaissance year in and year out. There is nothing like this anywhere on American television."
Viewers and critics alike have been enthralled watching the storied exploits of the sexy, hard-bodied King Henry VIII (Rhys Meyers) as he weds Anne Boleyn (Natalie Dormer) while working to declare his marriage invalid to Queen Katherine (Maria Doyle Kennedy). This prompts Pope Paul III (Peter O'Toole) to have him excommunicated -- a fall-out that changed the course of history. Anne's failure to deliver a male heir sets the wheels in motion for her beheading, and sends Henry straight into the arms of yet another prospect - Jane Seymour (Anita Briem), who dies from an infection after finally giving him his coveted male heir.
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Digg thisThe Tudors Season Two starts Sunday 30 March 2008
Season Two of Showtime's Golden Globe nominated series The Tudors will premiere on Sunday, March 30th 2008.
The Tudors to start on BBC 2 (UK) in week 40
The Henry VIII that history forgot
The Tudors
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Henry VIII as never seen before - young, sexy, intriguing, romantic and complex - is at the heart of The Tudors, a compelling drama starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jeremy Northam and Sam Neill and written by Michael Hirst
Peter O'Toole Joins Second Season Tudor Cast
The veteran actor has signed on to play Pope Paul III in the second season of Showtime's The Tudors. His character will face off against Jonathan Rhys Meyers' Henry VIII in a retelling of the religious showdown that led to the king's excommunication in 1538.
"Peter O'Toole is the holy grail for The Tudors," Showtime Entertainment President Robert Greenblatt told Daily Variety. "We needed someone of enormous stature to play Pope Paul III, who faced off against Henry VIII in his bid to get his divorce from Katherine of Aragon. Henry's defiance of the pope and his break with the Roman Catholic Church is one of the great turning points in the history of the world."
Though O'Toole has appeared in television miniseries before, earning an Emmy for 1999's Joan of Arc, the seven-episode Tudors run will mark his first recurring role. The 74-year-old thesp is slated to film his episodes later this year for broadcast next spring.
O'Toole has been nominated for eight Academy Awards, but has yet to win for Best Actor, though he was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2003. He earned his most recent nomination for last year's Venus.
The Tudors debuted on Showtime in April, drawing an impressive 870,000 viewers for its premiere episode.
The first season concludes Sunday, as sexual tension builds between the doomed Anne Boleyn (Natalie Dormer) and Henry VIII, the man over whom she will eventually lose her head.
The second season is currently in production in Dublin
Production on season two will begin next month in Dublin,
As for "The Tudors," the production is the most expensive series in Showtime's history, though a big chunk of the skein's production costs are offset by the sale of international rights. Net will produce 10 episodes for next season, with creator Michael Hirst once again penning all segs.
Greenblatt said the skein "is right on brand for Showtime."
"Michael Hirst has done a masterful job turning history into relevant and entertaining drama," he added, calling the next chapter of the saga "even more compelling" than the current season.
Production on season two will begin next month in Dublin, with Peace Arch and Ben Silverman's Reveille producing.
Second season will document the marriage of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, the birth of daughter Elizabeth, the Reformation and
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers will return as star of the skein.
Source: variety.com
