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The latest about James Frain

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James Frain Lands Role in NBC Pilot

Thursday, March 11, BREAKING NEWS! From our dear friend Carol at Facebook Fans of James Frain:

According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Futon Critic and other online entertainment sources, James Frain has landed a lead role in the NBC drama pilot "The Cape." Congratulations, James Frain!

From the Futon Critic today--
THE CAPE (NBC) - James Frain ("The Tudors") has joined the cast of the drama pilot, about Vince ...Faraday (David Lyons), a disgraced former cop who, inspired by his son's favorite comic book, becomes a masked hero named "The Cape" to clear his name. He'll play Peter Fleming, the Chairman and CEO of the Blackwater-esque Lynx Corporation, who moonlights as "Chess," a murderous villain. Chess is described as wearing a tight black mask in which only his freakish eyes - contact lenses bearing a rook and knight emblem - are visible. Dorian Missick also stars as Marty Voyt, a friend of Vince's who tries to recruit him to join Lynx's security forces. Tom Wheeler is behind the Universal Media Studios-based hour, which Simon West is directing.

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Wowie wow wow wow! Great news and about time too!

NEW TRON Legacy trailer

Thanks to our Carol, we found a new trailer for TRON Legacy at Flynn Lives.com. According to the trailer, the film is opening in selected theaters on December 17, 2010 in 3-D Max. Woo Hoo!
We now have the first albeit blurry peek of James Frain as "Jarvis" - well worth the wait and we want to see more!
To access several version downloads of the trailer, go here - Tron Legacy Trailer.

Click the picture below to see the smaller hi-def version here:

SyFy Channel Film "Crusades" now Renamed "DARK RELIC"

One might expect to see this press release news first at SyFy's Sci-Fi Wire, but we've caught wind of it from our Carol via TV By the Numbers and TV's Futon Critic:

SYFY MARCH SATURDAY ORIGINAL MOVIES FEATURE DINOSHARK, FROM CULT MOVIE LEGEND ROGER CORMAN, AND DARK RELIC, STARRING JAMES FRAIN (THE TUDORS)
New York, NY � February 26, 2010 � Legendary cult movie producer Roger Corman unleashes a nightmarish half dinosaur-half shark onto a resort area and James Frain (The Tudors) portrays a knight battling a murderous demon in Syfy�s March Saturday Original Movies.
Airing Saturday, March 27, at 9PM (ET/PT), Dark Relic stars Frain as a battle-weary warrior leading his men home after years of fighting. But the Holy Relic he�s carrying contains a terrible curse, which frees a bloodthirsty demon. Sir Gregory (Frain) and some unlikely allies confront this scourge from Hell to stop the spread of an unspeakable evil. Dark Relic is a production of Battle Productions, LLC.

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So, great news for Frain fans and those who enjoy the SyFy Channel's film genre, the newly renamed "Dark Relic" will be airing in just a few short weeks! We'll enjoy it! Thank you Carol for the breaking news of the re-naming and release date.
Also a big thank you again to writer Andy Brigg for personally answering our email of last summer (ahh, remember summer?) with the plotline which we will repeat here:
James plays Sir Gregory, a Knight of the First Crusade who is fighting an internal battle over his ebbing faith. We begin the story as the war finishes, and the Knights are searching for a suitable gift from the Holy Land to give to the Holy Father in praise of their victory. Sir Gregory and his Knights discover a piece of the true cross and set off to Rome to present it to the Holy See.
Along their journey, Gregory saves Rebecca, a young serf and an atheist - with whom he grows close to. They befriend a brave Muslim warrior, who joins the Christian Knights on their adventure, and slowly rekindles their faith - especially as their journey is hampered by a serious of terrible "biblical" events, that build in magnitude until they finally realize their "prize" has a darker secret... and something terrible is hunting them down...

Thanks to Carol at Facebook Fans of James Frain, we have this short piece from the UK site "Talk Talk" to share.
James Takes America By Storm
Wednesday 3rd February 2010

British actor James Frain is one of the hottest rising stars in Hollywood at the moment, with roles in FlashForward, Californication and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation boosting his profile.
He's already developed a firm fanbase thanks to his roles in 24 and The Tudors, and interest in him shows little sign of abating.
This summer James can be seen in hit American vampire saga True Blood, and later in the year pops up in small screen fantasy offering Crusades.
However, one of the Leeds-born star's biggest projects is Tron Legacy, a big screen sequel to the cult Disney offering Tron.
Recent Oscar nominee Jeff Bridges will reprise his role as Flynn, a seasoned computer games veteran who seems to have gone over to the dark side. Frain will play a new character called Jarvis in the multi-million dollar epic which is released in 3D this December.

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We always find it amusing how someone who has been a professional in "the business" for many years (nineteen years for Mr. Frain) is about to become an overnight sensation! We do however completely agree that he has a firm fanbase (Hello! Here we are!) and that interest in him can only increase. Fair weather and full speed ahead James!

We discovered this wonderful tribute video in 2007 on YouTube created by elenarosca who has used many pictures from AJF in the effort. We are delighted to be adding this video to our humble site. Well James Frain, I guess you've finally arrived. You've made it to a tribute on You Tube, and before turning forty!! Enjoy.

Updates
(on hiatus - we have all we can do to keep up with the news section!)

   We have added a new link on our Tudors page to a wonderful blog covering oh-so-many royals by author and illustrator Carlyn Beccia. As part of a new weekly feature [WARNING - SPOILERS] entitled Historical vs. Hollywood , she promises to deliver her comments on " Showtime's The Tudors that will cover what parts are Hollywood and what parts are based on real history. " With the authors kind permission, we will be adding this original blog post on the Season Three premiere to our Tudors review page, once the official season has begun on Showtime on April 5th.
We warmly encourage you to go thither if you want to learn the Tudor historical skinny . Ms. Beccia's blog is called The Racous Royals . It's a royal treat!
   We are in the midst of making some updates to our Tudor Portrait gallery , adding some of the lovely and perhaps not so lovely new characters appearing in Season Three of The Tudors. There will be more additions in the next weeks and months.
   We are a bit ahead of ourselves, just couldn't resist, and have made a Cromwell Death Gallery in anticipation of James Frain's well forecast end as Thomas Cromwell. Besides being so very excellent at playing villians, James Frain is so very, very good at death. So, we are looking quite forward to this season! At the moment, we have just a few behind-the-scenes photos taken by an extra, plus promo pictures for Season Three of The Tudors. We expect to eventually add more by way of screencaptures and such.
   We have taken our sweet time getting to a wee tidy up around the place. We have new news in the News section and have done a fair bit of updating to our Tudors page. Next on the list? Look for some new gallery additions. We are getting some done....
Meanwhile, vitamin E and sunscreen'll do you fine! And for our friends down under - you mob take your vitamin C and don't forget those warm socks & mittens!

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