I’ve scanned the German DVD cover and booklet of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, and there’s a gorgeous new pic with Gemma and James McAvoy from last year’s Empire Awards.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Tess of the D’Urbervilles (2008): DVD
- Photoshoots: Empire (2008)

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Planeta Disney has released a new international poster for Disney’s big 2010 release — Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. The poster is definitely stylistic graphically and is trying to push the film’s style across visually while trying to hint that the story is epic. It is also obvious from the poster’s style that the same team that did the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy are in full force.

In other news, I’ve added a beautiful new still from Tess.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010): Posters & Covers
- Tess of the D’Urbervilles (2008): Production Stills

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Tess Of The D’Urbervilles is up for Best Drama and Gemma Arterton is up for Best Drama Performance in the National TV Awards! Vote now and spread the word!

It seems like only David Tennant filmed St Trinian’s II today. There was no Gemma to be seen!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Photoshoots: Evening Standard Magazine (2008)
- Tess of the D’Urbervilles (2008): Production Stills
- Events: “The Boat That Rocked” World Premiere
- St Trinian’s II (2009): Daily Star Sunday (UK) – July 12, 2009 (These clippings don’t feature Gemma, but they show on-set pics of Sarah Harding, Tamsin Egerton and David Tennant)

I’ve updated this site’s sidebar and also Gemma’s filmography with absolutely all her past and upcoming projects, including a brand new page for Wuthering Heights.

I’ve also added new stills from Tess.

GALLERY LINK:
- Tess of the D’Urbervilles (2008): Production Stills

Lost in Austen and Tess of the D’Urbervilles are up for Best Drama and Gemma for Best Actress at the TV Choice and TV Quick Awards 2009 – go vote here!
(It’s a quick poll, you can skip categories if you don’t want to vote in them.)

Gemma revealed her demanding role in Tess of the d’Urbervilles ‘unlocked’ her acting passion.

She explained: “I went to drama school for three years and I kind of tried all these different methods and never really felt like I was getting anywhere.

“And then it was actually Tess that unlocked something in me. I became like a crying wreck – I couldn’t stop crying all the time. And then on the next film I did, Prince of Persia (with Jake Gyllenhaal), they kept saying to me, ‘Why are you crying all the time?’ I couldn’t get rid of Tess!”

Source: Mirror

GALLERY LINKS:
- Tess of the D’Urbervilles: Episode 2, capped by mrbnatural
- Tess of the D’Urbervilles: Episode 3, capped by mrbnatural
- Quantum of Solace: Promotional Photoshoot

Tess of the D’Urbervilles will air on Belgian TV channel EEN tonight, March 17 from 8:40 pm to 9:35 pm. Read more about it here.

Thanks to Hans Matheson Online for the news.

In the Best Actress category, Gemma Arterton is nonimated for Tess of the D’Urbervilles. She’ll compete with Andrea Riseborough (who is nominated for lead roles in two productions – Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley and The Devil’s Whore), Ruth Jones (Gavin & Stacey, Little Dorrit and Tess) and Julie Walters (for Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story).

The winners will be announced at the BPG Awards lunch at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on Friday March 27, 2009.

Winners will be informed in advance and places at the lunch are by invitation only.

The Broadcasting Press Guild was founded in 1974 and has more than a hundred members – all journalists who specialise in writing and broadcasting about television, radio and the media in general. They include media correspondents, reviewers, previewers and feature writers from national newspapers, broadcasters and leading trade journals and websites. Details of previous BPG Awards winners can be found at http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/awards.

Gemma Arterton is up best UK TV actress in Tess Of The D’Urbervilles!

Click here to vote for her!

Don’t you worry if you missed the first half of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, PBS.org is streaming it so you can get up to speed before Sunday, Jan. 11 at 9pm. You can also select your favorite chapters instead of watching the full episode.

Episode One is available for online viewing from January 5 to January 19, 2009.

Episode Two (which means the third and fourth episodes that aired in the UK combined) airs next Sunday.

PBS.org now has a website of sorts up for Tess as well.

While you’re at it, why not take the time to visit Hans Matheson Online (Alec D’Urberville) and Eddie Redmayne Online (Angel Clare), two wonderful fansites dedicated to Gemma’s co-stars in the series?

Last but not least, attention UK visitors: St Trinian’s will be showing on Sky Movies Premiere on Satuday, Jan. 10 at 8pm.

Hardy heroine faces injustice with head high in ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’

TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES. Sunday night at 9, WNET/Ch.13

PBS’ “Masterpiece Theater” kicked off 2008 with a Jane Austen festival.

It kicks off 2009 with a new two-night, four-hour miniseries of Thomas Hardy’s “Tess of the d’Urbervilles,” which visually seems eerily similar to Austen. Yet it pokes into a far darker, more debilitating side of life for even the most buoyant and resilient of women in the 19th century.

What makes Tess Durbeyfield’s life difficult, happily, makes the drama rich for “Masterpiece” fans. The fact many will be familiar with the story makes this latest interpretation no less engrossing.

Gemma Arterton, most recently seen with a far different attitude as the latest Bond Girl, plays Tess traditionally and well.

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Region 1 DVD of Tess Of The D’Urbervilles now available for pre-orders from the PBS shop.

Release approx 13th January 2009

Price $34.98 – cheaper for members

Masterpiece Classic website

Promo videoclip fpr Masterpiece Theater on YouTube.

I’ve started adding DVD caps from the making of Tess to our gallery today. I’m not even close to be finished, so please be patient!

I’ve got great news to our American visitors! Tess Of The D’Urbervilles will come to US audiencess on PBS Masterpiece Theatre on Sunday January 4th and 10th, 2009.

In the meantime please visit Hans Matheson Online, a fabulous fansite dedicated to Gemma’s co-star in Tess.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Tess of the D’Urbervilles: DVD Screencaptures – Angels And Demons: The Making of Tess

Gemma Arterton graduated from St Trinian’s to star as Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Now she’s playing opposite Daniel Craig in the new Bond film. Is this the start of global domination for the girl from Gravesend?

The moment Gemma Arterton heard she’d be the new Bond girl is ingrained on her mind for ever. She was on a boat, just off the coast of Gibraltar, filming the comedy Three and Out with Mackenzie Crook. Dressed in full scuba-diving gear – what else would a prospective Bond girl be wearing? – Arterton answered her mobile phone to her agent, who immediately began humming the James Bond theme down the line; the role of Agent Fields in the 22nd 007 film, Quantum of Solace, was hers. So moved was Crook, he shed a tear for his co-star and uttered, “This is such a big moment in your life.”

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Tess ended a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve added 8 new stills from it as well as a photo from the set to our gallery. We now have incredible 60 stills from the TV Series!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Tess of the D’Urbevilles (2008): Production Stills
- Tess of the D’Urbevilles (2008): On The Set – Unknown Date

Feel free to discuss the heart breaking finale of Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Gemma’s tour de force performance here.

The Sun recently posted a video preview from the next installment of Tess of the D’Urbervilles where Angel confesses a secret to Tess. The video contains spoilers for the next episode. You can catch Tess on Sunday at 9pm on BBC1.

Thanks to Mari of Eddie Redmayne Online for uploading it on YouTube!

They’re probably the last ones we’ll be seeing.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Tess of the D’Urbervilles: Production Stills