Source: BBC News

Christopher Eccleston has been cast as a drug lord in a new BBC thriller, The Shadow Line.

The actor – who recently played John Lennon in the BBC's Lennon Naked – is joined in the cast by Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sir Antony Sher and Stephen Rea.

The six-part "noir thriller" looks at the impact of an underworld figure on a wide range of characters.

Written, produced and directed by Hugo Blick, the series will be filmed in the Isle of Man and screened next year.

Blick's previous work includes Marion and Geoff, a dark comedy series which starred Rob Brydon.

The cast also includes Rafe Spall (Desperate Romantics), Kierston Wareing (Fish Tank, Five Daughters) and Lesley Sharp (Playing the Field, Clocking Off).

The BBC casting announcement said they play "diverse individuals whose worlds become interwoven after the murder of drug baron Harvey Wratten".

Ben Stephenson, BBC controller for drama commissioning, said: "I am thrilled that we have attracted such world-class talent to Hugo Blick's thrilling scripts.

"Chiwetel and Chris are two of our finest actors and we couldn't be more excited to have them, and the rest of the amazing cast, on board for this original and epic six-hour series."

Filming begins in the Isle of Man this month.

Chris has always played a FANTASTIC villain. He is the Perfect Drug and I would like a taste!

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Hello all my Christopher Eccleston Friends!

I realize I have been away from ChrisEcclseston.com and Little Hulton for awhile, since November to be exact. I have been focusing on many things here at home, the main thing being my sons graduation. He being my only son I wanted to give him 100% of my support during his Senior year and give him guidance when it came to what route he wanted to take for his future. He has finally Graduated High School and has decided to start college in the Summer. He wants to become a Photographer and run his own business. Check out his Graduation Website Nick Class of 2010. Be sure to sign his Guestbook and wish him Congratulations!

All of the above being said I have now started transitioning back into my "Chris World". I have started back posting news from where I left off. I forgot what a thrill I got from working on my site. I am very happy to be back and I hope all the fans of the site start returning for more Videos, Audios and FANTASTIC Screencaps.

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Source:Trailer Addict

Here is a B-Roll behind the scenes making of Amelia. Clip provides a compilation of behind the scenes footage from the film.

Yes there are Chris Sitings! 

Official Amelia 2009 Movie Website                                                     

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Source:Trailer Addict                                                                                         

 Chris plays Fred Noonan, an American Flight Navigator who chose to serve as Amelia Earharts Navigator on her trip around the world. He was last seen in Lae, New Guinea on July 2, 1937, and disappeared with Amelia Earhart somewhere over the western Pacific during their World Flight.

In this Interview Chris talks about being in a film with a woman as the central character, how difficult it was to fly planes in the 30's and how he felt as Swank playing Amelia.

Official Amelia 2009 Movie Website                                                     

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Now New Orleans, Mon Amour is available on iTunes.

I usually wouldn't pay the 14.99 on iTunes but this movie is well worth it. Sure the love story is the main part of the movie but it is the shots of the the Damaged town that makes this film. It was the people working together to repair their community  and the true words written in graffiti that kept me hanging on wanting to see more. Don't get me wrong, having Chris in this film made it even better. He was again, FANTASTIC, and he knows how to do love stories. So if you cant see it anywhere else you can catch it on iTunes. You can pay the 3.99 to watch it once or 14.99 to own it. Seeing Chris in that baseball cap near the end was well worth it. HOT! 

5 OUT OF 5 'ES

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Source:BBC ONE

Chris Narrates the Dramatic Documentary "Wounded". I am adding the two part story to my Television Series Clips section so check it out! 

Documentary following the journey of two injured soldiers: 19-year-old Ranger Andy Allen who, in July 2008, had his right leg blown off and his eyes badly burnt by an improvised explosive device; and 24-year-old Lance Corporal Tom Neathway, who lost three limbs after moving a booby-trapped sandbag.

Unconscious and watched by their families, they fight for their lives, but surviving their injuries is just the beginning.

In July 2008, while on foot patrol in the Helmand province in Afghanistan, 19-year-old Ranger
Andy Allen lost both legs and had his eyes badly burnt by an improvised explosive device.

Lance Corporal Tom Neathway lost both legs and his left arm after moving a booby-trapped
sandbag while serving with 2 Para in Afghanistan in July 2008.

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This month's Doctor Who Magazine features the results of their poll to discover which story, in the programme's 46-year history, is the most popular. The magazine is available with four different covers, featuring the Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Tenth Doctors each in one of their highest-rated stories. The poll also details the most popular series, the highest-rated story for each Doctor and asks which Dalek story is the most admired.

 I am voting on The Empty Child. Not only because Chris is the Doctor BUT The story is actually a two parter(The Doctor Dances) and ends in a happy ending! None of the other stories can offer that for you now can they?

The 9th-  "Just this once, everybody lives!"

GO CHRIS!!!

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Source:Varietys Thompson on Hollywood

More and more, movies that ordinarily would get a theatrical release are taking the direct train to VOD. In this instance, writer-director Michael Almereyda's New Orleans Mon Amour, which was filmed in post-Katrina New Orleans with real folks as well as a few good actors, played the 2008 fest circuit, including SXSW. Now the hurricane recovery drama (which conjures up the post-atomic classic Hiroshima Mon Amour) will make its debut July 15 on Cable VOD via the new channel Cinetic Film Buff, followed by portals iTunes and Amazon VOD.

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New Orleans Mon Amour Official Website

New Clip Thanks to Matt at Cinetic

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Source:Cinematical

After seeing a total of three G.I. Joe Trailers it is refreshing to see a more Chris(Destro). I can't wait to see this movie! I know when I do see it on DVD for the first time there will be a lot of fast forwarding.

The Best of Both Evils… Cobra Commander and Destro.

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Source: The Independent

There's an odd credit in the back of the programme to this powerful revival by young film-maker Kfir Yefet of Ibsen's breakthrough play about a doomed and argumentative marriage starring the luminescent Gillian Anderson of X-Files fame: the historical adviser is none other than Ffion Hague, wife of the former Conservative Party leader and published chronicler of Downing Street marriages. Does that explain why Zinnie Harris has translated her new version from late 19th century Norway to Edwardian London in 1909 and shifted the tale of intrigue, fraud and betrayal from the world of finance to that of politics? …

It's worth noting the superb playing of Eccleston and Tara Fitzgerald (once a fine Nora herself at the Birmingham Rep) as his true love, Mrs Lyle (Mrs Lynde in Ibsen), and Nora's best friend, in the sub-plot recipe for a slightly more ideal marriage. The play still bristles with hurt, relevance and anger, and didn't really need the political patina. Nice job, though.

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