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Iain De Caestecker as Arthur Pendragon and Nathaniel Martello-White as Merlin
ITVX has finally revealed a first look at The Winter King, the new series based on Bernard Cornwell‘s Warlord Chronicles, “a bold and revisionist take on well-loved Arthurian legends” which is set to be released later this year on the new British streaming service.
Deadline further announced that MGM+ has boarded the 10-part adaptation and will launch the series on Sunday, 20 August 2023 in the USA. MGM+ Head Michael Wright described The Winter King as a “cinematic and imaginative reinterpretation of the Arthurian legend.”
Jordan Alexandra as Guinevere, Emily John as Ceinwyn, Iain De Caestecker as Arthur Pendragon
The Winter King is set in the fifth century, long before Britain was united, in a brutal land of warring factions and tribes, where lives were often fleeting. The series follows Arthur Pendragon as he evolves from outcast to legendary warrior and leader.
More than a decade after a comet strike has inflicted an “impact winter” and blacked out the sun, vampires have emerged in the darkness to take over what remains of the world. Humans have fled underground, clinging to an existence that feels increasingly doomed. One vampire hunter, a young woman named Darcy, is lured from her bunker beneath an ancient castle by a powerful vampire overlord and thrust into a fight for her people’s future.
Less than two months before the premiere of the penultimate Outlander season, fans are in for a special treat as two stars of the time-travelling hit series are teaming up for a special event.
Andrew Gower, who famously played Bonnie Prince Charlie, talked to Express.co.uk about his upcoming London gig with his band Gustaffson.
The whole evening, we’re excited about, it’s not just a gig, it’s also a variety of things we really believe in as artists.
Andrew Gower will be joined on stage by Caitlin O’Ryan, who plays Lizzie Wemyss on Outlander.
[Caitlin] is an amazing spoken word artist and from a neighbouring northern town from Oldham, I’m from Liverpool. She’s opening the event and she’ll be performing some spoken word. […] It’s absolutely incredible. […] Similar to [Laoghaire MacKenzie actress] Nell Hudson, they both went to the same drama school as me. So we all went to The Oxford School of Drama.
Gustaffson will further be supported on stafe by singer/songwriter Martha Goddard and Gaia Ahuja from Girls Don’t Sync.
At the event funds will be raised for the Al-Khidmat Foundation in Pakistan, which helps orphans and widows as well as giving students access to education.
I went back to do the season before last as the Bonnie Prince – and it’s really nice that some of the people I met at the premiere last year, I was never on set with them but we all just seemed to be a nice Outlander community, which is fantastic.
Even the likes of [composer] Bear McCreary from Outlander is responding to our work, so it’s been a really, really nice surprise for us.
Like all the Outlander family, as we say, every time we bring out a single, he reaches out and congratulates us and asks if we need any advice.
If Bear McCreary picks up the phone and asks me to do anything, I’ll be there. We’re trying to get him over to our London gig at some point.
Andrew Gower added the following about what’s in store for Gustaffson in the future:
We’ve got some plans to be up north in Liverpool and Manchester but this is our first London gig. I’m so excited. It feels about time.
We’re ready as a band to show them what we’ve got.
We’re ready to make an album but it’s in the works, but as an unsigned band, we’ve got the people ready to collaborate with, we’re just keeping our fingers crossed that somebody out there gives us the means to make it.
As the Netflix hit series The Last Kingdom has come to a final conclusion with the release of the film Seven Kings Must Die, it is time for the cast to pass on the torch to the next adaptation. The Winter King is a 10-part returning series based on the best-selling Warlord Chronicles, a re-telling of the Arthurian legend, by The Last Kingdom author Bernard Cornwell.
In a recent interview with Radio Times Alexander Dreymon, who played The Last Kingdom‘s lead character Uhtred of Bebbanburg, gave some advice to the actors following in his footsteps:
I would say, if there’s any chance for him to meet with and hang out with Bernard Cornwell, I would jump on that chance. First of all, he’s such a wonderful man and great fun to hang out with, but he’s [also] such a wealth of resources. And to build your character, it is such a luxury to have him in your corner.
Twitter user @todbristol shared this first look at Andrew Gower who plays Sansum the Priest, a character who Andrew described as “the Bill Gates of Christianity. He starts out as a nobody with just a seedling of an idea and, I think to a lot of people’s surprise, he becomes a somebody.” (Book of Man Interview)
@AndrewGowerF4ns here is a still from a video of Andrew gower as priest sansun in The winter king.he is in white with the fir neck garment.. thought you might like it.. pic.twitter.com/u1S3kT6IjD
Andrew Gower joined 360 Yourself host Jamie Neale to talk all things Gustaffson as well as discussing rituals and habitual patterns in personal and work life. “We ask questions about how to become more aware of one self and the world around us, how do we become 360 with ourselves?”
Another radio interview for our Andrew Gower! This time he talked to Joe McGrath on BBC Radio Manchester about Gustaffson‘s upcoming new single “Northern Baby” and music video directed by Corey Rid, as well as the magic of recording at the iconic Blueprint Studios with Elbow and Craig Potter.
Cel Spellman will be back for Gustaffson’s first London gig at The Lexington. He previously interviewed Andrew Gower live on Instagram and hosted the official EP launch party in Liverpool last summer.
Known for her recurring role in Outlander she began performing her poetry a year ago and has since gone on to headline several of London’s biggest spoken word nights. Her poetry is vulnerable, confronting and extremely relatable.
Gustaffson’s London gig at The Lexington will also feature an exclusive screening of short film F.O.G.
F.O.G. (Fear, Obligation, Guilt) is the 3rd short film from up-and-coming writer/director Malinda Kaur and is a nuanced portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship. Drawing upon a mother’s expectations of a dutiful daughter, the film explores familial obligation and associated guilt and reflects the emotional strains of being a Sikh woman in modern British society.
Gustaffson will also be joined by fellow Scouser Martha Goddard.
Martha Goddard has spent the past 5 years as joint singer and songwriter of the band Hushtones who have been touring around the country and recording music. Hushtones continue to create as a collaborative project alongside Martha’s more vulnerable, solo endeavour. Drawing inspiration from touchstone artists Kate Bush, Caroline Polachek and Sharon Van Etten, Martha has already received airplay from BBC Radio Merseyside and BBC 6 Music with her debut singles. Martha has been hard at work in the studio working on a more ambitious project which is set for release at the end of 2023.
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