Archive for January, 2010

The Damned United is scheduled to appear in more film festivals over the coming months.

In Australia, it will appear as part of the ninth season of the Cape Breton Island Film Series, which kicks off tonight and will run each Thursday night until April 15, with a different independent film being featured each week at Empire Theatres Studio 10 in Sydney.

Films begin each Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Empire Theatres on Prince Street in Sydney. The box office opens at 6 p.m. Tickets are $9, while students get a reduced ticket price of $6. A season pass for all 13 movies is $80.

For more information on the series and featured flicks go to www.cbfilms.ca

It is also scheduled to appear as part of the Guelcher Film Series which resumes at Mercyhurst College on Wednesday in Erie, Pennsylvania. The Damned United is scheduled to be screened on February 12, at 2:15 and 7:15 p.m.

As previously announced, Michael Sheen appeared on BAFTA’s Long List (15 nominations per category) that was released 8th January. Michael received a nomination for Lead Actor for his performance in The Damned United and his co-star, Timothy Spall, also received a nomination for Supporting Actor in the same film. The Damned United itself was on the list under the Adapted Screenplay category.

The second round of voting has now taken place and the Long List has been reduced to 5 nominations per category.  Sadly, Michael did not make the short list.

The Lead Actor category now appears as:

We are all very disappointed that neither Michael Sheen, nor The Damned United made the shortlist.

Michael Sheen has been nominated for a BAFTA in the past.

• Nominated  for a BAFTA Film award as Best Support Actor in The Queen in 2006.
• Nominated for a BAFTA TV award as Best Actor for Fantabulosa! in 2006
• Nominated for BAFTA TV award as Best Actor for Dirty Filthy Love in 2004

The winners will be announced and awards presented on Sunday 21 February, at the Theatre Royal in London.

You can see the full list of nominations here.

Michael-Sheen.co.uk now has a fan page on Facebook for Michael Sheen.

If you want to receive your updates in this way, or just chat with other Michael Sheen fans, then just add yourself as a fan here.

T V Fanatic are reporting that Michael Sheen will be appearing in US comedy 30 Rock.

One of the cast members, Tina Fey, revealed at the Golden Globe awards that Michael Sheen will be in a forthcoming episode in which he plays a character that trys to start a romance with Liz Lemon, the character she plays and protagonist of the series.

If you want to see clips and get information on the show, then see their site here.

The  song list for the soundtrack has been released for the upcoming Tim Burton movie, Alice in Wonderland, featuring Michael Sheen as the voice of the White Rabbit.

The soundtrack, entitled ‘Almost Alice’, features many great artists including Avril Lavigne, Robert Smith (The Cure), and Franz Ferdinand. It has a release date of 2nd March, just prior to the movie release date.

1. ‘Alice (Underground)’ by Avril Lavigne
2. ‘The Poison’ by The All-American Rejects
3. ‘The Technicolor Phase’ by Owl City
4. ‘Her Name Is Alice’ by Shinedown
5. ‘Painting Flowers’ by All Time Low
6. ‘Where’s My Angel’ by Metro Station
7. ‘Strange’ by Tokio Hotel and Kerli
8. ‘Follow Me Down’ by 3OH!3 featuring Neon Hitch
9. ‘Very Good Advice’ by Robert Smith
10. ‘In Transit’ by Mark Hoppus with Pete Wentz
11. ‘Welcome to Mystery’ by Plain White T’s
12. ‘Tea Party’ by Kerli
13. ‘The Lobster Quadrille’ by Franz Ferdinand
14. ‘Running Out of Time’ by Motion City Soundtrack
15. ‘Fell Down a Hole’ by Wolfmother
16. ‘White Rabbit’ by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Also available is an original motion picture soundtrack from award-winning writer and long time collaborator of Tim Burton, Danny Elfman. Links to both have been added to our Amazon Shop and to the project pages.

Amazon.co.uk have the DVD release date of New Moon in the UK as March 22.  It is available on single disc, and also 2 disc Special Edition which contains a lot of extras, and of course BluRay.

Amazon.com dont have a release date yet but we will let you know when they do.

The UK releases have now been added to our Amazon Associates shop and the project pages, where you can pre-order for delivery on release date, or you can click the thumbnails below.