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The Emmy Award–winning Pillars of the Earth returns to Reelz this Friday, April 20, at 11pm ET / 8pm PT. The nine-part miniseries features stellar performances from Ian McShane (Deadwood, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides), Rufus Sewell (The Illusionist, A Knightâs Tale), and Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games, The Italian Job) among others.
Based on Ken Follett's best-selling novel of the same name, Pillars is an epic tale of good and evil set against a backdrop of war, religious strife, and power struggles in 12th-Century England. The miniseries plays out over the next nine weeks, with new episodes airing Fridays through June 15th and encore showings on Saturdays. ReelzChannel is Dish 299, DirecTV 238, and available on your cable system.
Get the Pillars of the Earth enhanced-viewing app >> Posted 04.17.12 by Chris -
The Emmy–winning epic miniseries The Pillars of the Earth debuts on Reelz this Sunday, and we have a free app available that will enhance your viewing experience. Along with allowing you to delve deeper in the the story and 12th-century English history, the app helps you keep straight the large cast of characters in the sweeping historical saga based on Ken Follett's best-selling novel.
The app features Follett's personal notes about the adaptation, including his comments about the key characters, crucial scenes, and even his own cameo. It also offers a Timeline of Events, giving historical context to the depicted events, and is loaded with tidbits about how actors prepared for their roles and what changed from the book to the miniseries. There is also an opportunity for fans to join the conversation through Facebook Connect and Twitter.
The Pillars of the Earth makes its Reelz premiere on Sunday, December 4 at 8pm ET and 8pm PT, with a two-hour presentation of episodes 1 and 2 airing back to back. All nine episodes will play out over the week, with the final two episodes airing December 11. Check out the full schedule. ReelzChannel is Dish 299, DirecTV 238, and available on your cable system.
Posted 12.01.11 by reelz -
This December, premiering on ReelzChannel is the Emmy-nominated miniseries The Pillars of the Earth. The nine-part epic production based on Ken Follett's best-selling novel will start December 4th at 8pm E and 8pm P.
Pillars stars Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, and Donald Sutherland, and follows the storied construction of a gothic cathedral in 12th Century England, set against a backdrop of war, religious strife, and power struggles.
Pillars is getting the old-school miniseries treatment, with episodes airing on consecutive days during numerous time slots. ReelzChannel is Dish 299, DirecTV 238, and available on your cable system.
See showtimes for The Pillars of the Earth Posted 11.17.11 by reelz -
The Kennedys is not waiting for the Emmys to start collecting awards. The epic eight-part movie event, which aired on Reelz, was a big winner at the Gemini Awards, Canada's top TV honors (The Kennedys was shot in the country). Barry Pepper, who played Bobby Kennedy, won for Lead Actor in a Drama or Mini Series and Diana Hardcastle, who played his mother, Rose Kennedy, won for Best Supporting Actress. The Kennedys also won Best Photography in a Drama or Mini Series. Catch it again, starting November 6.
The Pillars of the Earth won Best Movie or Mini Series at the Gemini Awards — exciting news since we'll be airing this sweeping nine-part mini series starting Sunday, December 4. The Pillars of the Earth stars Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, and Donald Sutherland.
Both The Kennedys and The Pillars of the Earth are nominated for several awards each at the upcoming Emmys. For the first time, this year ReelzChannel is broadcasting the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Watch them the night before the Primetime Emmys, Sept. 17, at 8PM ET/PT. ReelzChannel is on DirecTV channel 238, Dish Network channel 299, and available on your cable or satellite system.
Sign up for Kennedys alerts and Pillars of the Earth alerts to get email reminders right before each series airs, with tune-in dates and times.
Posted 09.01.11 by reelz -
The Emmy-nominated The Pillars of the Earth will air on ReelzChannel starting Sunday, December 4. Based on Ken Follet's best selling novel, the nine-part miniseries is a sweeping epic set in 12th-century England that features stellar performances from Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, and Donald Sutherland.
Follet's sensuous story — set against a backdrop of war, religious strife, and power struggles — was an Oprah Book Club selection and has sold nearly 19 million copies worldwide. Three-time DGA award-winner Sergio Mimica-Gezzan directed the miniseries.
watch the trailer and get schedule details >> Posted 08.30.11 by reelz -
Relativity Media recently debuted the first piece of promo art for its upcoming Snow White adaptation, director Tarsem Singh's Untitled Snow White Project (formerly titled The Brothers Grimm: Snow White), in a two-page ad announcing the start of principal photography.
Seemingly in an effort to gain some sort of exposure for its own Snow White adaptation in development, Universal Pictures has announced that the first of Snow White's (Kristen Stewart) seven dwarfs has been cast in Snow White and the Huntsman. According to THR, Ian McShane, who most recently appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Blackbeard, has signed on to play Caesar, the leader of the dwarfs, in director Rupert Sanders' adaptation of the classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.
more about Snow White and the Huntsman >> Posted 06.21.11 by BrentJS -
Funny, we were relatively sure that the whole Pirates of the Caribbean series was supposed to be a trilogy — even when that made little sense. But then plots and common sense were never a big part of Pirates, considering that even Johnny Depp, himself, didn't understand what was going on in the second and third pictures. Still, it's the big release for the week and we'd be remiss if we didn't admit we were still going to see it for the following reasons.
5 Reasons to See On Stranger Tides >>
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Over the course of three movies, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) has faced an assortment of motley villains, from British naval officers to undead pirates and mythological denizens of the deep. However, in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Disney's reluctant hero will face his greatest threat yet — a "biker pirate" played by Ian McShane. Actually, Sparrow's nemesis in the fourth Pirates movie is the notorious pirate Catbeard, er...Blackbeard, who forces Capt. Jack to help him search for the fabled Fountain of Youth. At least that's how McShane described his character in a recent interview with ContactMusic.
It was a pleasure to shoot [On Stranger Tides]. I was only glad it finished so I could get rid of the beard! It was the heaviest thing — it was like having a dead cat around my face! It was made in three or four pieces and held on by magnets and God knows what else. It took an hour and a half to put on every day. It was sort of spectacular. He was a real biker pirate — it's all black leather.
more about On Stranger Tides >> Posted 04.18.11 by BrentJS -
On Stranger Tides, the fourth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is headed to theaters next month with Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, and Ian McShane. Hollywood's Top Ten, the show where fans control the countdowns, wants to know your favorite swashbuckling action on the big screen. Vote now for your favorite pirate movies, then tune in to see if your picks made the cut.
Vote for your top 10 pirate movies >>
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Director Bryan Singer's Jack the Giant Killer will arrive in theaters next summer.
Box Office Mojo reports New Line Pictures has set the movie to open on June 15, 2012, opposite the Adam Sandler comedy I Hate You, Dad.
Written by Christopher McQuarrie, Darren Lemke, and Mark Bonback, Jack the Giant Killer is a retelling of the "Jack and the Beanstalk" fairy tale that sees a young farmer named, appropriately, Jack (Nicholas Hoult) who leads a rescue attempt to save a princess (Eleanor Tomlinson, who won the role over Adelaide Kane earlier this month) that has been kidnapped by a giant. Bill Nighy, and John Kassir play the two-headed leader of the giants, Stanley Tucci plays the king's villainous adviser, and Ewan McGregor was cast last month as the leader of the king's guard. AS for who will play the king, that was also answered this week.
THR reported earlier this week that Ian McShane, fresh from portraying the pirate Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, will play King Brahmwell, who disapproves of his daughter's romance with the young farmer.
Posted 03.25.11 by Ryan