Durham County DVD Edition

* The DVD cover of the Canadian S2 edition (release date July 27, 2010), as it appears on amazon.ca:



* Adrienne Mitchell and Janis Lundman wrote on their facebook site that we'll get "some great behind the scenes interviews".
I compiled for ye'll a little teaser picture, taken from the (meanwhile taken down) extra features videos on the official durhamcounty.ca web site.
I'm in fact clueless about what we might see on the DVD:



Btw, Australia has already released a S2 DVD of Durham County if I'm not mistaken.

* A short overview of S1 DVD editions in other regions: Canada, USA, France (multilanguage English and French), Australia. Germany (multi-language English and German): release date 6. August 2010.

And finally, Amazon customers about the S1 DVD:
* A brilliant piece of storytelling. This is extremely intelligent, bleak, thrilling noir, with a great deal of subtext into dynamics between men and women, and male violence toward women. The writing is exemplary, as is the cinematography and performances. ... The best piece of television storytelling I've seen since The Wire.
* It's a great crime drama that I am really surprised hasn't had any advertising on any other channel. It has great characters with depth, mystery/crime plots, along with some family drama, great sets, slightly creepy, sometimes super creepy, great acting...what can I say, I love the show. I am so thrilled to have a second season coming out...
* A "killer" series!

Update :: DVD releases Season 2:
* Canada: 27 July 2010 (NTSC, amazon.ca)
* Europe: 20 October 2010 (PAL, amazon.fr)
* USA: November 2010 (NTSC, amazon.com)

Michelle Forbes - Durham County - Golden Nymph in Monaco

Tonight at the Monte-Carlo TV festival, Michelle Forbes won the Golden Nymph Award - Outstanding Actress - Drama TV Series, for her performance in Durham County season 2. In absentia.
The annually held Monte-Carlo TV festival honours the best in international TV programming, on a magnificent location, the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, at the French Riviera. And she wasn't (t)here :((



Congratulations to Michelle Forbes and to the creators of Durham County!

More winners:
Outstanding drama series Europe: Forbrydelsen II/ The Killing (woohoo!!)
Oustanding drama series international: Mad Men (AMC)
Outstanding actress mini-series: Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander - Millennium Trilogy



Friday update by Chris&Ekström@airport, list of Golden Nymph winners 2010:

CATÉGORIE FILMS DE TELEVISION
Meilleur Film de télévision : Goldfish (NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation) - Japon
Meilleure Mise en scène : Vera Glagoleva pour One War - Russie
Meilleur Acteur : Pierre Vernier, dans Farewell De Gaulle, Farewell - France
Meilleure Actrice : Julie Walters, pour Mo - Grande-Bretagne

CATÉGORIE MINI-SÉRIES
Meilleure Mini-Série : Once Upon a Time The City of Fools - Italie
Meilleure Actrice : Noomi Rapace, dans Millenium - Suède
Meilleur Acteur : Fabrizio Gifuni, dans Once Upon a Time The City of Fools - Italie

CATÉGORIE SÉRIES DRAMATIQUES
Meilleur Acteur : Michael C. Hall, dans Dexter - Etats-Unis
Meilleure Actrice : Michelle Forbes, dans la saison 2 de Durham County - Canada
Meilleur Producteur International : Lionsgate, pour Mad Men - Etats-Unis
Meilleur Producteur Européen : Danish Broadcasting Corporation, pour The Killing II - Danemark

CATÉGORIE SÉRIES COMIQUES
Meilleur Acteur : Steve Carell, dans The Office - Etats-Unis
Meilleure Actrice : Diana Amft, dans Le Journal de Meg - Allemagne
Meilleur Producteur International : NBC Universal, pour 30 Rock - Etats-Unis
Meilleur Producteur Européen : BBC Productions, pour The Thick of It - Grande-Bretagne

Durham County News

* Durham County season 2 fan video, set to the song "Bitter" by Remy Zero. Focuses on Mike/Pen, contains spoilers for S2. Check it out:



* Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell, two of the DC producers, have a facebook site:
http://www.facebook.com/DurhamCountyTV
.... and a Twitter account:
http://twitter.com/DurhamCountyTV

* Durham County 2 - Behind the scenes with the crew:


Source: Facebook DC

---> "Anchor bay is doing an incredible job of packaging the DVD of season 2. Some great behind the scenes interviews in store for fans." :)

* Reminder: The series Durham County S2 and Michelle Forbes and Hugh Dillon are nominated for the Golden Nymph Award at the upcoming Monte Carlo TV Festival (the winner will be announced June 10th). As far as I know no one of the crew or actors will be attending :(
They don't know the Grimaldi Forum, do they? You'll miss a beautiful location, guys!

* Durham County season 3, without Michelle, but hey, that's the fate when playing the killer:
- "In the heart-stopping third season of Durham, Mike Sweeney’s new task force investigates the brutal murder of two young boys along the 401 highway corridor, while one of their own officers struggles to bury a dangerous secret."
- " Durham County 3 airs on HBO Canada (Movie Central & The Movie Network) this fall!" - "As season 3 is shot in the fall and into the winter, we think its going to work well airing in the fall. Put the fire on, get a glass of red wine, and descend into the wonderful madness of Durham."
* EXCLUSIVE PICTURES** Durham County - Season 3

* Clips from Durham County - Seasons 1 & 2, a compilation by Back Alley Films:



Update ::
The second season of Durham County will come out on DVD July 27th, 2010 in Canada. You can pre-order DC on the Canadian portal of Amazon.

Collectormania Milton Keynes

Collectormania, Milton Keynes (UK). Three days signing & photo shoots.

Today at the Stadium:MK:



Update :: tomorrow, Sunday:



Sunday fan reactions (blogs, forums, twitter):

* No question, Michelle made my day and was the friendliest guest! She was amazing. Just a short conversation but when I said "I'm so glad you came over" she said "I'm so glad you came."
* Oh I loved Michelle, she was so friendly and I got talking to her about her role in True Blood and how much sexy dancing she had to do XD We had a laugh about that.
* i was very happy how close she allowed me in the photo shoot, she is gorgeous, lovely person
* I was keen to meet Michelle Forbes as a big fan of TV show Homicide Life on the Street and she was amused when I told her my friends and I thought she was really hot when we watched it back in the 90's, thankfully I managed to add she still looked great. She semed so friendly and her photoshoot was great ( her hands were so warm it was like a radiator on my shoulder ).
* she looked as always stunning, and she was very friendly and polite, smily, Im even thinking of a repeat visit ;-)
* her laugh is SO amazing. She's just so amazing. She really took time to talk to us. She thought we were CRAZY for coming all the way from Amsterdam just for her. And when we took a picture with her she told us to 'relax! youre not at the dentist!' I'll post a full update (incl pic) when I get back... Right now... Im just.. SO...IN...LOVE
* Woah michelle forbes actually came to me to give me a hug!!!! And then she asked me if I was having a good time and OMG I love her!!!
* Michelle Forbes was lovely! She told me the best things are small a la Audrey Hepburn b/c she towered over me in the photo. Lol!
* Met michelle forbes at collectormania: milton keynes and oh my god. Not only was she stunning but one of the friendliest, nicest people ever
* And Michelle Forbes was gorgeous and sooo tall!!
* Ohmyohmy! Michelle Forbes is one of the nicest, sweetest celebs I've ever met.
* One of the best moments of today. Chaske Spencer walking past Michelle Forbes and fangirling "Omg she's here? She's AWESOME!"
* She is indeed absolutely gorgeous. And so nice and friendly that I can't even hate her for it, dammit. If you get the chance to see her, go do it.
* I'm now a huge fan of Michelle Forbes. She's lovely ! <3
* michelle was lovely, gorgeous, polite and smily

This picture was posted on twitter, with an embed option:


Source: twitpic

* My god, was she amazing!!! Just so friendly and warm.
* Michelle Forbes is one of the nicest, funniest & most intelligent actors I've ever met. Great job doing creepy on TB
* I also thought Michelle was awesome! When I went to get my autograph she noticed that I was wearing short sleeves and said, "You must be freezing" and she rubbed my arms to help me get warm ... Shortly after, during her photoshoot she saw me and said "have you warmed up yet?" ... Definitely my favourite guest of the day.
* Michelle Forbes - gorgeous, very friendly and welcoming in the photo shoot, and still friendly (if frazzled!) when I went to get her autograph (she'd done several hundred by then).

Update :: Monday@MK:
Signing from 10 am - ~ 5 pm, signing zone D - 12
Photo shoots, booth A: 12:05 - 12:35

P.S.: Ekström sends survival kit to Michelle:



* FYI, Michelle Forbes is utterly GORGEOUS in RL! Photos and TV don't do her any justice.
* As for Michelle, she shook my big hairy hand in her two lovely delicate ones and they were like toast! I jst could not resist and after telling her that we really enjoyed her run in TRUE BLOOD, I said that she was totally gorgeous! She thanked me and gave that 'perfect white teeth' smile of hers. What a real lady.
* Michelle Forbes. Well what can I say. Very friendly, very chatty, she shook my hand in both of hers and I suddenly felt vey warm!! Damned sexy woman.
* Michelle really made my day, being so genuinely interested and friendly. Definately the best, loved her in Star Trek and 24 now an even bigger fan.
* I know I've said this elsewhere, but she really was everything you guys have said and more! Lovely, warm, funny and just a wonderful person all round, she loved meeting everyone and was worried about everyone else being cold a pleasure all round.
*Michelle was lovely wasn't she, an amazing lady all round ::Michelle was as you say an amazing lady - looking fantastic (wish I'd look that good at that age) and really nice to talk to and said hello and smiled at us when we saw her in the morning ::Showmasters please bring her back to another show!!!!!

AMC's The Killing - Status Update

* The Killing has got an official »» IMDb page.

* Filming of the pilot started last week in Vancouver.

* The cast known so far:
Michelle Forbes - Mitch Larsen (victim's mother)
Brent Sexton - Stan Larsen (victim's father)
Mireille Enos - Sarah Linden (DCI)
Bill Campbell - Richmond (the politician)
Liam James - Jack Linden (Sarah's boy)
Kristin Lehman - Gwen Eaton (campaign advisor)
Brandon Jay McLaren - Bennet Ahmed (school teacher)
Eric Ladin - Jamie Dempsey (campaign manager)
Chad Willett - Rick Felder (Sarah's boyfriend)
Richard Harmon - Jasper Ames (Rosie's ex-boyfriend)
Gharrett Patrick Paon - Kris Emerson (??)
Seth Isaac Johnson - Denny Larsen (Larsen boy)
Evan Bird - Tom Larsen (Larsen boy)
Jamie Anne Allman - (Mitch's sister)
Joel Kinnaman - Holder (Sarah's co-worker)



Mikkel Bondesen - executive producer
Shana Fischer Huber - associate producer
Veena Cabreros Sud - executive producer
Patty Jenkins - Director

* AMC created a »» twitter account for The Killing.

* No official announcement yet if the series will go into production.