With the hot and heavy casting news recently people are furiously trying to fill in un cast characters with likely candidates. Former Doctor Who star David Tennant is once again being mentioned as possibly playing Thranduil the Elvenking in the forthcoming Hobbit movie.
Tennant just recently announced that he and former costar Catherine Tate are to appear in a production of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, which opens in London’s Wyndham Theatre from 16th May 2011. They will be playing the roles of combative lovers Beatrice and Benedick in the play, being directed by Bush Theatre Artistic Director Josie Rourke. Continue reading “David Tennant joins ‘The Hobbit’?”
Pippin Skywalker sends this link from our pal Garth at DarkHorizons.com. The article claims that David Tennant is (still) being pursued for a role along with two other actors–Michael Fassbender (Centurion) and James Nesbitt (Hyde). More..
Our old pal Carlene sends this in: “The Doctor”, David Tennant, weighs in on those casting rumors about him being in “The Hobbit.” “There’s a new rumour about me every day. I’m playing The Hobbit, apparently. No phone calls about that yet but I don’t know, no idea.” More..
Claire writes: UK residents can see Andy Serkis on TV on Saturday 22nd November, on BBC2. He’s playing Albert Einstein, while David Tennant (the present Doctor Who) plays British scientist Arthur Eddington, in the film ‘Einsten and Eddington’. Details of the schedule are here and the BBC’s press notice is here. For those who miss the broadcast on the 22nd, the film may be available on BBC iPlayer for seven days after that date. And as the film is a co-production with HBO, I would expect it to be shown in the USA, though I can’t see anything about it on the HBO website at the moment.
