Showing posts with label Matthew Macfadyen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Matthew Macfadyen. Show all posts

Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Matthew Macfadyen: Ripper Street Set to Return to Dublin on April 29 16:10 : By GearĂ³id Gilmore (IFTN)



The second series of the Irish co-production ‘Ripper Street’ will begin shooting in Dublin later this month.

The hit TV series, which is aired by the BBC, will return to filming in the Clancy Barracks in Dublin later this month and is set to continue filming until August 31st.

The first series was set in London’s East End in Whitechapel in the year 1889; six months after the infamous Jack the Ripper murders. When more women are murdered on the streets of Whitechapel, Detective Inspector Edmund Reid (played by Matthew Macfadyen), Detective Sergeant Bennett Drake (Jerome Flynn), and US Army Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) begin to investigate the killings. Fears that Jack the Ripper has returned begin to surface in the disadvantaged district.


READ MORE: http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4285936&tpl=archnews&force=1

Matthew Macfadyen, Keira Knightley - Save The Last Dance For Me



Thanks again, Emilia, for finding such a lovely video

Friday, 22 March 2013

Matthew Macfadyen at Focus Clinics (proving I will watch anything that has Matthew Macfadyen in it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JYYy7Dh4aCU

I admit it, I am pathetic.  I am even watching Matthew do features for his Eye clinic.  Give the guy a BAFTA for this, he is simply wonderful...



Thursday, 21 March 2013

Matthew Macfadyen: Buring reunites with Macfadyen



MyAnna Buring has said it was like working with an "old friend" when she reunited with her Ripper Street co-star Matthew Macfadyen for the big screen.

The actress shot Epic, due out next year, with Matthew in Georgia, after filming BBC One drama Ripper Street together.


"It's been great, lovely," she said of working with Matthew on the movie, the story of an English filmmaker who is hired to direct a huge production in the Caucasus region of Europe.

"It's like working with an old mate the second time around so it's fun."

MyAnna, who attended the First Light Awards this week, to celebrate the next generation of British filmmakers, is about to start working on a second series of Ripper Street, which has been recommissioned despite complaints it was too violent.


READ MORE: http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/buring-reunites-macfadyen-114033920.html

Sunday, 10 March 2013

Ripper Street Season 1 Review “What Use Our Work” (TV EQUALS)


On last week’s Ripper Street, Captain Jackson’s former Pinkerton colleague set him up as the murderer of a prostitute. It seemed from the preview that the season finale was going to focus on clearing Jacksons name and quelling public panic over the return of Jack the Ripper. In an interesting twist, neither of these turned out to be the case.

The police station is still grieving at the loss of Hobbs. In an incredibly touching scene, the policemen come together in a bar to mourn their fallen colleague. Drake, a man typically quick to show anger or toughness, is overwhelmed with emotion and stands before them with tears in his eyes. He is angry, though, at Inspector Reid, who he thinks is out of touch with the lives and concerns of his men. For his part, Reid is equally affected by Hobbs’ death, but realizes that he never took the time to get to know Hobbs when he was alive. For example, he didn’t know Hobbs was married.


These shortcomings in Reid’s professional life are eclipsed by the ruins of his personal life. He previously shared a passionate kiss with Mrs. Goren, but goes even further when he shows up at her bedroom. While this is not the best course of action, it is not surprising considering how cold his wife has been towards him. Everything about Emily is stiff and unwelcoming – her manner of speech, hair, clothes, and avoidance of much physical contact. Unfortunately, Reid doesn’t get the solace he’s searching for from Mrs. Goren. In a rather abrupt manner, she shuts down his efforts to tell her about the search for a man who may have information about his daughter. Reid is so broken and alone. It’s tragic.



Thursday, 7 March 2013

RIPPER STREET SEASON FINALE - RETURN OF THE RIPPER!

Watch 'Pride & Prejudice' together to prep for the Jane Austen Festival


By Ann Maloney, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on March 06, 2013 at 11:44 AM, updated March 06, 2013 at 2:25 PM



Novelist Jane Austen's best-known work, "Pride & Prejudice," turned 200 on Jan. 17. This weekend, the Jane Austen Literary Festival will celebrate this literary landmark by focusing on the novel during its sixth annual event in Mandeville.

As a prelude to the festivities, I've decided to settle in at home on Friday night and watch the 2005 film version of the novel -- the one featuring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen.

Why don't you watch along with me?

Here's how: Grab a cup of tea and a biscuit; then, at precisely 7 p.m. on Friday, March 8, hit play on your DVD. If you don't have it, the film is available at Barnes and Noble as well as through various services, such as Hulu.

If you're on Twitter, follow along with me there, noting your favorite scenes, best lines and most touching moment. Fault-finders are welcome as well. Spoiler alert: I have strong feelings about the final scene in this version.

Find me on Twitter @AnnMMaloney. Please use hashtag #JaneAusten.

If you're on Facebook, friend me and follow along there. You can find my page here: https://www.facebook.com/AnnMMaloneyinNola.


(This is not my favorite adaptation. That, of course, is the BBC miniseries starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. I cannot, however, ask you to tackle that with me: It's five lovely hours long. That's just too much of a commitment on such short notice.)

The anniversary has drawn attention to the novel, published just four years before Austen's death in 1817. I first read it at age 14 and then again and again and again.

In honor of the 200th anniversary, scholars and fans have attempted to explain why it endures:


READ MORE: http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2013/03/watch_pride_prejudice_together.html

Sunday, 3 March 2013

RIPPER STREET: Adam Rothenberg finds dream part in 'Ripper Street' (RED EYE)

SHOW PATROL
March 02, 2013|By Curt Wagner, @ShowPatrol | RedEye


Set in London's rough East End in 1890, "Ripper Street" tells the story of H Division, the police precinct charged with keeping order in the aftermath of Jack the Ripper's reign of terror. Rothenberg plays American Homer Jackson, an ex-Army surgeon and ex-Pinkerton detective recruited by Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) to help the police, including Reid's right-hand man, Sgt. Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn), to solve crimes.  

Just as Jackson's the only American working with H Division, Rothenberg was the only American on set during filming.

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/ripper%20street

"I don't want to say [it was] totally life imitating art because I'm not nearly as interesting as Homer," he told me during a phone call from Gramercy, N.Y., where he lives. "But, yeah, there was a lot of that ... and that really helped in the flavor of the show. I actually kind of learned what being an American was all about by being surrounded by people who weren't. And, of course, that's part of what the show explores."

How Jackson, the consummate outsider, fits in with his new British "friends" has been one of the series more interesting aspects. Reid asked, then cajoled and then threatened him to remain at the inspector's beck and call to perform autopsies and use the burgeoning science of forensics to help solve cases. A fan of any vice you can imagine, Jackson's also gambled, gotten drunk (many times), been beaten up and clashed with the more straight-laced Drake, as well as Long Susan Hart (Myanna Buring), with whom he shares a dark secret.



Friday, 1 March 2013

HIT television drama 'Ripper Street' is set to return to film series two in Dublin on April 29 for four months in the Irish capital. (INDEPENDENT)

Laura Butler – 01 March 2013



An industry source told the Irish Independent that the cast and crew of the BBC production will once again shoot the entire series in Dublin and are scheduled to continue filming at Clancy Barracks until August 31.

"The whole team really enjoyed filming in Ireland last year and it worked out very well for the production," the source said.

The first instalment saw Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn and Adam Rothenberg play policemen and a doctor living in Whitechapel in 1880s London, in the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper murders.

- See more at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/hit-tv-series-ripper-street-set-for-second-shoot-in-dublin-29102214.html#sthash.eX5VanYn.dpuf

Thursday, 28 February 2013

Matthew Macfadyen - It's You




RIPPER STREET: 5.2M Tune In To ‘Ripper Street’ Season Finale 28 Feb 2013 : By Eva Hall (IFTN)


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More than five million viewers tuned into the series finale of Irish/UK co-production ‘Ripper Street’ last Sunday night.

5.2 million people watched the eighth and final episode of series one, which saw Detective Reid, played by Matthew Macfadyen, attempt to end a slavery ring in Whitechapel.


The period drama aired on BBC One for eight weeks, starring Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice) and Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones) as policemen, and Adam Rothenberg as a doctor. The trio were shown trying to instill order in the East London town of Whitechapel, during the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper murders.

The series shot entirely in Dublin last summer, and was a co-production between Ireland’s Element Pictures and the UK’s Tiger Aspect Productions and Lookout Point. All post production was also carried out in Dublin, with Egg Post Production working on all picture and sound post-production and Screen Scene looking after VFX.


The series has already been commissioned for a second run by the BBC, however it has not yet been confirmed whether it will return to the Clancy Barracks location of season one. Creator Richard Warlow will return for series two.

READ MORE: http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4285823&tpl=archnews&force=1