The second installment, The Sandman: Act II, is set to premiere on Audible on September 22; Michael Sheen returns as Lucifer. Read more below:
Ler maisJames McAvoy is coming back as Morpheus in Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman: Act II” audio drama — set to premiere exclusively on Audible this fall.
The audio series will continue Audible’s adaptation the best-selling graphic novel series written by Gaiman and published by DC. “The Sandman: Act II” will debut Sept. 22, 2021, on Audible at this link. Amazon-owned Audible announced its order for seasons 2 and 3 of “The Sandman” earlier this year, after launching the first installment a year ago.
Ahead of the part 2 premiere, Audible will make the first installment of “The Sandman” available for free starting today. Previously, the series was available only via Audible Premium Plus ($14.95/month) or as an a la carte purchase for $34.95.
In an article published on the New Statesman page, Michael Sheen tells about the importance of giving under-represented backgrounds a voice, the aim of the project “A Writing Chance”:
Ler maisUnpaid internships and an increasingly London-centric industry are preventing people from lower-income backgrounds from entering the arts. I want to change that.
As I heard it, Beryl Reid was visiting a friend performing at the National Theatre. The visit over, she said her goodbyes, picked up her shopping bags and headed for the stage-door exit. A few turns down similar-looking backstage corridors later, she found herself standing in the middle of a crowd scene in Julius Caesar. Like something out of a terrible dream, there she was, shopping in hand, a full house across the footlights and Brutus in full flow before her! Rather than recoiling or freezing in horror, the late and truly great Beryl Reid set her shopping down and confidently took her place among the toga-clad Roman crowd. When Brutus was finished, she picked up her bags, left the stage with the rest of the crowd and continued out of the theatre to get her bus.
Michael Sheen and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation have joined forces to create a new project called A Writing Chance to help “new and aspiring storytellers from under-represented backgrounds.”
We sought fresh perspectives and great stories from people whose voices have historically not been heard in publishing and the media.
The 11 writers selected for A Writing Chance will receive £1,500 bursaries, one-to-one mentoring with industry leaders, publication or broadcast of their work and more.
This UK-wide project is co-funded by Michael Sheen and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and supported by media partners New Statesman and Daily Mirror. The project is delivered by New Writing North and literature organisations nationally, with research from Northumbria University.
Click here to learn more about the project.
He talked to the Mirror about it:
Ler maisIt’s official! Good Omens is returning to Amazon for a new batch of six episodes, with shooting beginning in Scotland in September. Michael Sheen is reprising his role as the angel Aziraphale. The first poster has been released and you can check it out on our photo gallery:
More below:
Ler maisMichael Sheen will join Good Omens composer David Arnold on stage during his concert A Circle of Sound in celebration of the Royal Albert Hall 150th anniversary on July 19 at 7:30pm. It will be its first full-capacity event since it was closed due to the pandemic on March 2020. Read more on the concert:
David Arnold (James Bond films, Independence Day, Sherlock) turns his compositional genius to create a musical snapshot of the Hall’s unique history. Let this new ten-movement work, titled A Circle of Sound, take you on a sonic journey through our first 150 years.
Special guests including Melanie C, Michael Sheen, Nicola Adams, Brian Cox, Sanjeev Bhaskar, LionHeart and Helen Pankhurst will join David on stage.
Creative agency People – who produced the show and visuals for the 2019 Special Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies – and film production house White Stone Media will bring to show to life on the big screen.
Local choirs, schools, and other community groups worked with David for over a year to compose this new piece. They will also take to the stage to show the importance of our community after this year of turmoil, supported by our very own Albert’s Orchestra and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain.
We can’t wait to welcome you back for this special anniversary event celebrating our history this summer.
Tickets are available here.
Bad news for the Prodigies: Fox has decided not to renew Prodigal Son for a third season, which means the episode to be aired on Tuesday May 18 will be the last one on the American network.
According to Variety:
An insider with knowledge of the situation characterized the move to cancel the series as a difficult one, but went on to say that the show’s ratings did not justify a third season.
This could be the end of line for Martin “The Surgeon” Whitly, Malcolm Bright and co. on Fox, but the show can always be saved by another network. As reported by Deadline:
It is unclear yet whether producer Warner Bros. TV would be shopping the series elsewhere. Sibling streamer HBO Max, which has previous seasons of Prodigal Son, would be a logical destination for the serialized serial killer drama.
Here’s hoping Prodigal Son finds itself a new home soon!
Michael Sheen will be joining “Thank You Day” on July 4, an event to urge the people to say thank you to those who have helped them go through the pandemic. The campaign is being backed up by other big British names like Dame Judi Dench, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Andy Serkis.
In the promo video below, Michael thanked his daughter Lyra for keeping him and his partner Anna Lundberg “busy, entertained and sleep deprived” during lockdown.
Watch his full thank you video:
Visit the campaign website for further info.
The wait is almost over! The fourth season of There’s Something About Movies is set to premiere next Thursday, May 13, at 9pm GMT on Sky One. Michael Sheen and Jennifer Saunders will once again be facing each other as team captains, while Alan Carr hosts the show and Tom Allen joins Team Saunders. Guests are yet to be announced.
Check out the poster for the new TSAM season:
The nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards have been announced today (April 28). Michael Sheen recieved his third nomination in the BAFTA TV as the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? host Chris Tarrant in Quiz. The three-part series also got a nod in the editing category. Check out the nominees below:
Supporting Actor
Kunal Nayyar – Criminal: UK – Idiotlamp Productions/Netflix
Malachi Kirby – Small Axe – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One – WINNER
Michael Sheen – Quiz – Left Bank Pictures/ITV
Micheal Ward – Small Axe – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
Rupert Everett – Adult Material – Fifty Fathoms Productions/Channel 4
Tobias Menzies – The Crown – Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television/NetflixEditing – Fiction
Chris Dickens, Steve McQueen – Small Axe – Turbine Studios, Lammas Park/BBC One
Editing Team – I May Destroy You – Various Artists, FALKNA/BBC One – WINNERS
Nathan Nugent – Normal People (episode 5) – Element Pictures/BBC Three
Pia Di Ciaula – Quiz – Left Bank Pictures/ITV
The winners of the Television Craft Awards and the Virgin Media BAFTAs will be announced on Monday May 24 and Sunday June 6, respectively. This post will be updated once the winners are out.
Good luck to Michael Sheen and team Quiz!
The bursary named after him will help Welsh students go to Oxford University. Read more below:
Ler maisJesus College is pleased to announce the creation of a new bursary scheme that will provide much-needed financial support for Welsh undergraduate students. The Michael Sheen Bursary has been developed in collaboration with, and is generously supported by, eminent Welsh actor and activist Michael Sheen, and will support students from across Wales.
Recipients of the Michael Sheen Bursary will be means-tested, based primarily on household income criteria. Economic inequity is a known barrier to Welsh school students pursuing courses in leading universities, and a barrier that Jesus College, and the University more broadly, is working hard to overcome.
The Michael Sheen Bursary is an exciting, positive step forward for the College, which already delivers a wide range of access and outreach activities for young people in Wales. In 2020, the College (in partnership with St Catherine’s College and New College) took responsibility for delivering Access and Outreach programmes for the whole of Wales on behalf of the University of Oxford; a consortium called Oxford Cymru. The consortium has been working closely with the Welsh Government to expand its reach – especially in the largely rural and coastal communities of mid and North Wales which experience the greatest disparities in educational attainment.