Gracepoint Casting News: Anna Gunn And Jacki Weaver Will Join David Tennant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkHW6iJqYgPSXa6iO61Jf4jYSCbYwzgE-Cik8gtdbIfz8y3g6bUf3qp32bhkZbFFSEkGY-2MOu1pu_CaoBlEYTFVvjA0AB4jaysDvS9RLR5sfQrJmsFN8KgJIv-FcjEsYPWTIUPEMDgLFn/s1600/Cast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkHW6iJqYgPSXa6iO61Jf4jYSCbYwzgE-Cik8gtdbIfz8y3g6bUf3qp32bhkZbFFSEkGY-2MOu1pu_CaoBlEYTFVvjA0AB4jaysDvS9RLR5sfQrJmsFN8KgJIv-FcjEsYPWTIUPEMDgLFn/s1600/Cast.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More cast names have been announced to join David Tennant in the in the FOX adaptation of ITV hit drama <i>Broadchurch</i>, which will be produced as <i>Gracepoint </i>in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region>. </span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Hollywood Reporter have announced that Anna Gunn and Jacki Weaver have signed up for the ten-part reimagining that will be part written and executive produced by the show's original creator Chris Chibnall. David Tennant, who starred as DI Alec Hardy in the original <st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place> version, will be returning to the role of the lead investigator into the murder of a young boy in a small coastal town, but his character will now be an American detective named Emmett Carver.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Emmy award winner Anna Gunn (<i>Breaking Bad</i>) will take the role of Detective Ellie Miller. She is a happily married resident of the town with a young family. To her annoyance, her expected promotion at work goes to Emmett Carver, a new arrival in the small Californian community of Gracepoint, but she must still work alongside him when tragedy strikes the town.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jacki Weaver (<i>Silver Linings Playbook</i>) will play Susan Wright, an unpleasant individual, also new to the town, who lives in the RV park and works various odd jobs. Susan Wright has a secret which she fiercely guards.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">James Strong, one of the directors of the original series in the <st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place>, has also signed on to direct multiple episodes.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Gracepoint</i> goes into production in January, for broadcast during the 2014-2015 season. It is being produced in partnership with Shine <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region> in association with Kudos and Imaginary Friends. Shine International is distributing internationally. Dan Futterman and Anya Epstein (<i>In Treatment</i>) join Chris Chibnall as executive producers along with Shine <st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place>’s Carolyn Bernstein (<i>The Bridge</i>) and Kudos’ Jane Featherstone (<i>The Hour</i>).</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://tennantnews.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/gracepoint-audition-tapes-reveal-david.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Click here for more hints to character names and details for Gracepoint</span></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/anna-gunn-jacki-weaver-cast-656795">The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div>

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More cast names have been announced to join David Tennant in the in the FOX adaptation of ITV hit drama Broadchurch, which will be produced as Gracepoint in the USA. The Hollywood Reporter have announced that Anna Gunn and Jacki Weaver have signed up…

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Olivia Colman Confirms She Won't Be Joining David Tennant For US Broadchurch

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgpwktdcckP9NaifTjIJkOCqFvFKNU6KQpCBNMI40nVdPOrQOtDBojEOgPdMellMRW02fzXQ__iIcPGVD2h7bWf97IjIvuzAn40qdadQWMhwyhWINxvCWNot7HhjEVVrgmGRZwZZbFTU/s1600/BroadchurchE6-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgpwktdcckP9NaifTjIJkOCqFvFKNU6KQpCBNMI40nVdPOrQOtDBojEOgPdMellMRW02fzXQ__iIcPGVD2h7bWf97IjIvuzAn40qdadQWMhwyhWINxvCWNot7HhjEVVrgmGRZwZZbFTU/s1600/BroadchurchE6-02.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Olivia Colman has congratulated her <i>Broadchurch</i> co-star David Tennant for landing the lead role in the US remake of the show for Fox. However, she has confirmed that she won't be joining him in the States to reprise her role as DS Ellie Miller.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Olivia said, "'I heard yesterday that he is doing it and thought 'He never told me about that' and then 'they never asked me!' I phoned him up and we were talking about how exciting it is, but I don't think I'd go there to do what I thought we did ever so beautifully here – but then I've never been asked so I've never had to think about it!"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant will be playing a role very similar to that of troubled detective Alec Hardy in the original ITV series and the storyline will once again follow the investigation into the murder of a young boy whose body is found below cliffs near a small town. This time round, David's character will be American.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chris Chibnall, the creator of the original show that has had audiences gripped worldwide, will be on board as executive producer for the US version and will be joined by Dan Futterman (<i>In Treatment, Capote</i>) and Anya Epstein (In <i>Treatment, Homicide</i>), Shine <st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place>'s Carolyn Bernstein (<i>The Bridge</i>) and Jane Featherstone (<i>The Hour</i>) from drama producer Kudos. Chris has also written the first episode. The series starts shooting in January 2014 and is expected to air during the 2014-15 season.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chris Chibnall is also writing a second series of <i>Broadchurch</i> for ITV which is believed to go into production in late spring 2014. No casting has been confirmed for the sequel yet.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bestdaily.co.uk/showbiz/news/a521049/olivia-colman-reveals-shes-not-been-asked-to-take-part-in-american-broadchurch.html">Source</a> </span><br /><br />

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Olivia Colman has congratulated her Broadchurch co-star David Tennant for landing the lead role in the US remake of the show for Fox. However, she has confirmed that she won't be joining him in the States to reprise her role as DS Ellie Miller.Olivia…

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David Tennant Will Star In The US Adaptation Of Broadchurch

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EVK12thguFduaPvmhRMI-A6B_-fYlRUV5jzUuYZor9GKuirmqScFMzrJbCruYXBT2DrMJBbICFWqgdaRgXXV-thC7-OAVgJKGO0UslgGuIwjhf9EMD1kBkNvsaB0gsP2qQJ6qcWH5do/s1600/DT+Broadchurch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EVK12thguFduaPvmhRMI-A6B_-fYlRUV5jzUuYZor9GKuirmqScFMzrJbCruYXBT2DrMJBbICFWqgdaRgXXV-thC7-OAVgJKGO0UslgGuIwjhf9EMD1kBkNvsaB0gsP2qQJ6qcWH5do/s1600/DT+Broadchurch.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">TV Guide Magazine in America have posted that David Tennant will star in the US adaptation of <i>Broadchurch </i>for Fox.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David will be playing a role similar to that of Alec Hardy in the original ITV series. He will be leading the investigation into the murder of a child found below a cliff face in a coastal town. However, this time round his character will be American.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The new adaptation will be executive produced by the UK series creator Chris Chibnall, who has also confirmed that he has written the first episode. Dan Futterman (<i>In Treatment, Capote</i>) and Anya Epstein (<i>In Treatment, Homicide</i>) have joined the drama as executive producers and showrunners. The show will also be executive produced by Shine <st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place>'s Carolyn Bernstein (<i>The Bridge</i>) and Jane Featherstone (<i>The Hour</i>) from drama producer Kudos.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>UPDATED: </b>Chris Chibnall has now confirmed via Twitter that David Tennant will be joining the cast:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">@ChrisChibnall: Classy showrunning duo (Oscar nominee Dan Futterman & Homicide/In Treatment ace Anya Epstein) & DT join the team: <a href="http://t.co/oJFTO40k59" target="_blank" title="http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/10/02/broadchurch-david-tennant-fox-remake/">http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/10/02/broadchurch-david-tennant-fox-remake/ …</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The American version starts shooting in January 2014.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chris Chibnall is also currently writing a second series of <i>Broadchurch </i> for ITV in the UK. Olivia Colman, Arthur Darvill and Simone McAullay have all said that they have been asked back, but David Tennant has not given any hint that he will be returning. Talking to Mark Lawson on BBC Radio 4's <i>Front Row</i> he said,</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"You’d need to ask Chris Chibnall. He’s writing it as we speak..I will see what I can do. The first series I very much enjoyed so I’d like to be involved in series two”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recently Chris Chibnall told Entertainment Weekly that the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region> version will be as good as, if not better than the <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region>version</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> “I’m very, very fascinated to see this story in a different landscape with an acting ensemble that’s just as strong but taken from really great American actors,” he said. “The DNA of the original is absolutely intact and filtered through a new prism, so it should still feel just as vibrant, and interesting, and strange, and unique, and beautiful, but just in a different setting — and then it’s exploring the dramatic opportunities that that offers up. We’re not gonna do the terrible version. We’re gonna do a great version.”</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/David-Tennant-Broadchurch-1071529.aspx">TV Guide</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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TV Guide Magazine in America have posted that David Tennant will star in the US adaptation of Broadchurch for Fox.David will be playing a role similar to that of Alec Hardy in the original ITV series. He will be leading the investigation into the mur…

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