First official Sherlock convention:

Things are moving forward for this event, we have had to try to work around the guests filming work and as everyone is very busy its been very hard for us to get a date and a venue and get the guests we would like to be able to attend BUT things are now coming together :-)

At this point its looking very good and we should have some great news for you all very soon :-)

One thing we will say we think at this time that the event will be this year and it will come up quite quick and we are looking at the event taking place in the next 3 months so we know which guests are available to attend the con.

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Oh god, please be not before early August, because I don't have time! And I hope it won't be announce at such short notice that I won't be able to get everything booked.


Keeley Hawes about The Casual Vacancy:

I read the book, The Casual Vacancy, on holiday, and I absolutely loved it… you read a book, and you always imagine the people you know as the characters. Well, I do. There’s always someone you have in your imagination, and it was amazing to read it with me in it!

I read the script, and then I read the book because I knew I’d have time when I was away, and it was so exciting to be reading a book and be reading about me and put myself into that situation!

MuggleNet

There's also a video of the interview, but so far it's not playing for me, so I don't know if there's more than the quote.


Heroes Reborn: Good news, Jack Coleman will be back as Noah Bennet! My source for this is in German.

BAFTA Award-winning actor Michael Gambon (Quirke, The Singing Detective) is set to play Howard Mollison, owner of the Pagford delicatessen, with Julia McKenzie (Notes On A Scandal, Shirley Valentine) playing his wife Shirley. Howard’s son Miles is being played by Rufus Jones (Bill, W1A) with his wife Samantha Mollison being played by Keeley Hawes (Line Of Duty, Ashes To Ashes). Rory Kinnear (Skyfall, Penny Dreadful), who recently won the Olivier Award for Best Actor for his role as Iago in Nicholas Hytner’s production of Othello at the National Theatre, is to play Barry Fairbrother, Keeley Forsyth (Coronation Street, Emmerdale) is playing Terri Weedon with newcomer Abigail Lawrie cast as her daughter Krystal Weedon.

Monica Dolan (Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Sightseers), who won a BAFTA Award for her portrayal of Rose West in Julian Jarrold’s Appropriate Adult, will play Tess Wall with Simon McBurney (Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy, Last King Of Scotland) playing her husband Colin Wall. Richard Glover (A Field In England, Sightseers) has been cast to play Simon Price alongside Marie Critchley (In The Flesh, Emmerdale) playing his wife Ruth Price. Michelle Austin (Secrets & Lies, Another Year) will play Kay Bawden.

MuggleNet

I don't like Michael Gambon, which is only because his Dumbledore was unlikeable. But this Michael Gambon/unlikeability association that I now have makes his perfect for the role of Howard.

Keeley Hawes! \o/

I've pictured Avigail Tlalim as Krystal, so I'm slightly disappointed that she won't play the character, but at the same time I'm amused that Krystal will be played by an Abigail.

Julia McKenzie, ha! What's funny about this is that I've seen her in the same show as Avigail (The Town, because Andrew Scott). Bit sad that she'll play an unlikeable character now.

Only 4 months until the sequel to The Cuckoo's Calling will be released! The Silkworm - huh, there seems to be an animal naming theme. And Jo is already writing the third book of the series. Time to rename my The Cuckoo's Calling tag.

It's probably just because of my hopes for Robin, but that Jo has mapped out a series of up to 7 novels looks like we'll get some development for Robin (yeah, I know, the mapping out could just refer to the crime plots). I just desperately want her to become a real detective too.

Oh, good, the article also mentions the planned The Casual Vacancy miniseries. Can't remember if the info about 3 episodes is new or if my bad memory just forgot about it. Also, "later this year" - does that refer to filming or to transmission?

Oh, I just refreshed the Mugglenet article and it says

"Richard Brooks has written this without foundation and there aren’t seven books planned in the series.”

Heh, I love newspapers. Fairytales. As a Sherlock fan I'm very, very amused by the fact that the guy who wrote things that aren't true is only 1 letter away from having the name Richard Brook.

There'll be a movie version of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (I'd like to see it, but I probably won't be bothered to go into the movie theater for this). Meanwhile I'm wondering what happened to the TV version of The Casual Vacancy. Haven't heard anything since the initial announcement.

Turns out the book is better when I feel better. It was also better as soon as I knew what it's all about.
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...which mean I can finally start reading The Casual Vacancy. \o/

I've also finished CoS on Pottermore. My god, the Moment where we had to brew that stupid Polyjuice Potion! The first time I had tried it wasn't there the next day. Then for several days I was busy with Christmas stuff and couldn't afford to leave the computer running overnight (because the humming disturbs my sleep). Then when I had the computer running overnight anyway, I think, I tried to brew it again and finally it worked and I could continue.

I haven't even had the time to read the book yet, but I'm excited anyway that The Casual Vacancy will be made into a TV show - something I hope will happen to Harry Potter one day (I really want a version that's more faithful to the books. And as a series it can happen more real time, 7 seasons, hee). And this thought occurred to me surprisingly late: maybe there'll be actors in it that I've seen already. I'm feeling all flaily.

Good: It's the release day of Jo Rowling's new book, The Casual Vacancy.

Bad: I haven't ordered it yet - after that expensive concert I shouldn't spend any money.

Good: My birthday apporaching and I always get a book from my penpal - I know what book I I'll ask her for this year!

Bad: I'll have to wait for the book until my birthday.

1. Hey, I love Photoshop, but there are some things that just shouldn't be done with it. Like retouching pictures in a ridiculous way. Does Bilbo look weird to you in this picture? Yeah, they did something to his face :o/. I don't get why people do this if it doesn't look good.



2. The cover for Jo Rowling's The Casual Vacancy is out! It's okay, a bit boring maybe. You know how one little detail can turn your whole opinion around? I'm so very bothered by the i dot. The whole name in in upper case and then a lower-case i butts in. /pet peeve



3. And since I'm already ranting: I don't get why people go to the trouble of making shiny, retouched gifs, but then don't get rid of the station logo! Hey, if it's on an important part of the picture that can't be cropped out or the background is too difficult to recreate, I understand. But there are otherwise shiny gifs that could have been so goddamn easily delogo'd!