James joins the cast of NBC pilot 'The Cape'

According to numerous sources, James has been cast as the villain in this new NBC development:

THE CAPE (NBC) - James Frain ("The Tudors") has joined the cast of the drama pilot, about Vince Faraday (David Lyons), a disgraced former cop who, inspired by his son's favorite comic book, becomes a masked hero named "The Cape" to clear his name. He'll play Peter Fleming, the Chairman and CEO of the Blackwater-esque Lynx Corporation, who moonlights as "Chess," a murderous villain. Chess is described as wearing a tight black mask in which only his freakish eyes - contact lenses bearing a rook and knight emblem - are visible. Dorian Missick also stars as Marty Voyt, a friend of Vince's who tries to recruit him to join Lynx's security forces. Tom Wheeler is behind the Universal Media Studios-based hour, which Simon West is directing.

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=8567

Sounds VERY interesting!

Tron Legacy trailer

Check out James in some nifty headgear at around the 1:37 mark:

Review of Tron trailer

The theatrical trailer for Tron Legacy will be released soon (it's supposed to be online next Friday), but for now, a blogger's reaction to seeing the trailer, in which he briefly mentions James:

http://dorkshelf.com/2010/02/27/tron-legacy-trailer-description-and-reaction/

'Dark Relic' air date

According to a press release from the SyFy Network, "Dark Relic" (originally titled "Crusades") starring James Frain as Sir Gregory will air at 9:00 PM on March 27. Hopefully for those of us in the UK (me included!), a DVD release will also be following soon!

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20100226syfy01

UNCONFIRMED GOSSIP: James Frain in Nikita?

Some very exciting (but completely unconfirmed) speculation from KSiteTV , concerning James's possible role in the pilot of Nikita, which is itself a remake of the 1997 Canadian production La Femme Nikita:

Here’s some as-yet-unconfirmed gossip (so please view it as such).

The @Blabznews Twitter feed posted this tidbit tonight regarding actor James Frain (The Tudors):

#JamesFrain is talking about his involvement in “#Nikita”, a 1 hour pilot produced by #McG, Peter Johnson, and Craig Silverstein for the CW

Could he be the first actor cast for The CW’s Nikita – “Michael” perhaps? Stay tuned… as the pilot is soon to shoot casting announcements should be coming soon.

Frain will be seen next in Season 3 of True Blood.

http://www.ksitetv.com/unconfirmed-gossip-james-frain-in-nikita/

Fingers crossed that this is true, and if so, that James's role is a good one!

Vigo on DVD!

This is definitely exciting news. One of James's earliest films, Vigo, about the turbulent life of French film maker Jean Vigo, has previously only been available on VHS (and pretty difficult to track down too!). But now, it's being released on DVD, on the 19 April. So far, it's only being released in the UK and Europe, and I don't know yet whether a US release is also planned, but I'll post it here if I find out!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vigo-Passion-Life-Romane-Bohringer/dp/B0038AL7BA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1266521118&sr=1-4

Everybody's Fine US DVD and UK cinema release dates

If you want to catch James's small appearance in Everybody's Fine, it hits cinemas in the UK on the 19 February and is out on DVD in the US on the 23 February.