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First of all, a HUGE thank you to Carol at Facebook Fans of James Frain for the information about this latest development!!! Also to Teri who told Carol! And thanks to who ever told Teri!

Update on film screen date - from December 31, 2009, this soon-to-be-renamed project is now planning for a screen date of 20 October 2010 (USA). To keep up to date on any changes, please see the IMDb for "Crusades." - or "Insert New Film Name Here."

The previously mentioned film - "Crusades" written by Andy Briggs is evidently going to have a name change! The SyFy channel may think that the public can come up with something a bit more unique perhaps? Seems fair. The storyline is certainly unique as told to us at AJF by the author Mr. Briggs:

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...

As for the contest, eligibility requires you being a legal U.S. citizen residing in the U.S. over the age of eighteen. One may enter up to 10 times only. The contest time frame is from January 16, 2010 � February 14, 2010. Winners will receive on-air recognition and an "amateur filmmaking kit" including a camera, computer and film editing software. According to the official rules, the judging criteria is as follows:

Originality (33%), Relevance to Movie Synopsis and Still Photography (33%), and Creativity (34%). The winner will be announced on or around March 13th, which happens to be the day before James Frain's birthday. What fun.

To link to the contest, please click on the poster above or here at "Name That SyFy Movie." Best of luck all you who enter!

Well, it's happened again. The wonderfully busy Mr. Frain has chosen a role on a US television program which I swore I would never watch, definitely in the "never watched it, never will" category. Hospital soap opera sex romps just aren't your webmaster's cuppa. I really don't want to think that that much distraction is going on in a place where I'd rather believe the staff is completely focused on their jobs. However, you can't say no to a juicy part, and there's that mortgage, so I salute you dear Mister Frain. ((((sigh)))) I acquiesce and will be watching Grey's Anatomy on Thursday, October 1 at 9:00 PM (EST). He's playing a paranoid/schitzophrenic by the name of Tom.

Update on Release date of TRON Legacy

from Coming Soon .com :

Tron: Legacy is Coming Dec. 17, 2010

Source:Walt Disney Pictures
September 3, 2009

Walt Disney Pictures has set a December 17, 2010 release date for Tron Legacy. The move puts the highly-anticipated film up against Sony's The Green Hornet and The Smurfs, as well as Warner Bros.' Yogi Bear (We assume at least "Smurfs" will move, since that's two Sony releases on the same date.)
Tron Legacy is directed by Joseph Kosinski and stars Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, James Frain, Beau Garrett and Michael Sheen.
In the 3D adventure, Sam Flynn (Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Bridges), looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant (Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.

Thanks to Carol for the update, and as she says -- Over a year away. That's quite a wait! With James Frain's involvement, it should be worth it.

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This Wonderful trailer of the TRON sequel was discovered online by Carol at Canadian site "Scout Magazine." We have learned nothing new about James Frain's specific role, however, the sequel seems to have a new title - " TRON: LEGACY " instead of the before mentioned T2ON . I rather liked " T2ON ," but nevermind. The trailer looks awesome. We wonder what other news may come out of this weekend's Comic Con International held in San Diego? Thanks Carol you sleuth you!
July 27, 2009
Your webmaster has it on good authority that major filming for TRON: LEGACY has now wrapped in Vancouver. According to my Vancouver source -- "They just wrapped the filming for Tron Legacy - now they have a year of CGI to do! Jeff Bridges is all over town bragging about it." I'm sure he has a lot to brag about! And as our main Frain fan girl Teri says, This is the first time [James Frain] has ever been in a movie with tons of special effects...which probably means doing a lot of acting in front of blue screens, which has to be a challenge. A year to do the CGI--this thing is gonna be loaded with special stuff!
We look forward to seeing the results, which of course will require a good deal of patience on our part, seeing how it may be better than a year away from the projected release date of 2010 or 2011, depending on where you read. The IMDb page for TRON: LEGACY will be a good space to watch for updates, as well as AJF - of course!

THIS JUST IN!

We have been remiss in posting this sooner (bad webmaster!!,) but the lovely James Frain is appearing on USA Network's "In Plain Sight" in the US tonight, Sunday, August 2, 10:00 PM in the episode titled "Once A Ponzi Time." If you miss it then, or just want to see it more than once, here's the full schedule of airings for the week--
TV schedule for "In Plain Sight" Once a Ponzi Time (2009)
* Sun. Aug. 2 10:00 PM USA Once a Ponzi Time #2.14
* Mon. Aug. 3 1:00 AM USA Once a Ponzi Time #2.14
* Wed. Aug. 5 12:00 AM USA Once a Ponzi Time #2.14
* Thur. Aug. 6 11:00 PM USA Once a Ponzi Time #2.14
* Sat. Aug. 8 5:00 PM USA Once a Ponzi Time #2.14
* Sun. Aug. 9 9:00 AM USA Once a Ponzi Time #2.14
Then of course, for the real slackers, or wonderful crazed fanatics, you can watch Full Episodes Online ! Programs become available a week after they first air on the network. James gets to play with US Marshall Mary and US Marshall Marshall on the USA network in the U.S. of A! Fun fun fun!

New TV Film Role For James Frain

UPDATE

Your webmaster took the liberty of writing to Crusades writer Andy Briggs asking for a synopsis of the film, it's intended audience (since he writes children's material,) and (of course) what James Frain's role is and I received a lovely reply. Here is the plotline from Mr. Briggs:
CRUSADES is a Sci-Fi Channel (or now, SyFy Channel) movie, intended for a saturday night audience. Although there will be scary and "gruesome" elements, it is intended to entertain older family members - but is not "18" rated horror.
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...

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Well, we are thrilled that this seems to be a starring role for James, and a fun one at that!

A HUGE thank you to Andy Briggs for satisfying our Sy-Fy curiosity!!
This is Mr. Briggs third film for the SyFy Channel, the first two being "Rise of the Gargoyles" and "Ghost Town." He has a 4th film for the Sy-Fy Channel underway, as well as a Disney TV show in the works and more serious material. We welcome you to take a look at his agents resume for him - ANDY BRIGGS for an idea of the great range of work that he's done.
For those of you with kids who are into fantasy and superheroes, Andy has a wonderful parallel series of books published under the headings of either Hero.com or Villian.net. There are some very good reviews you can find online and they can be found for sale on with synopses and reader reviews. There are six books out now with two more coming in 2010.
Andy sounds as busy as James!

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Earlier post:

We have gotten the news that James has just completed filming in a project called " Crusades ." The listing at his IMDb says that his role is " Gregory " and that the project is for television. It is written by Andy Briggs and directed by Lorenzo Senatore. The genre is listed as being Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi. What fun! The IMDb site for the project is here - " Crusades ." The project status was updated on July 6, 2009 and the USA release date is planned for December 31, 2009. An interesting choice for a New Year's Eve.
It seems to be a film and not a mini-series as it's listed runtime is 88 minutes. The director seems to be a first time director, however Mr. Senatore has dozens of films to his credit dating back to 1998 as both a cameraman and a cinematographer. Writer Andy Briggs has worked on projects with brother and fellow writer Peter Briggs, such as "Judge Dredd" and "Freddy vs Jason" and "Foreverman" for Spiderman creator Stan Lee and legendary producer Robert Evans. Many of his books and comics have been for a young reader audience, but we don't know if that is the intended audience for this "Crusades" project. Which makes this "old" reader pleased that this is a TV film. Your webmaster won't need to rope some young relative into a trip to the theater! If James Frain is in it, we'll be watching.
We will keep you informed as details present themselves.

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....
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