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The BBC has officially confirmed that Merlin will return for a second series next year.

Volume 2 of the first series will be released on DVD on February 9, 2009 in the UK.

Repo! The Genetic Opera is scheduled for release on DVD and Blu-ray in North America on January 20, 2009 

Anthony Head attended the UK premier of the movie Yes Man on December 9, along with his daughter Emily.

Two briefs interviews with him. In the first one, Tony states that there will definitely be a second series of Merlin, although this has not been officially confirmed by the BBC yet.

Digital Spy (video)
MyParkMagazine

Getty Images
WireImage
WireImage
Rex Features

Anthony Head attended the 2008 British Comedy Awards on December 6.

Clips of him presenting an award with Eva Mendes and being interviewed at the afterparty are available on the Multimedia page.

Getty Images
WireImage
Rex Features

BBC's annual Children in Need event was held on November 14, 2008 and included a specially filmed Merlin scene. This is available on the Multimedia page.

As this was done for a charity event, I do ask that you donate to Children in Need, or to a local children's charity of your choice.

On November 4, 2008, Anthony Head narrated episode 2.04 of a documentary series called Nature Shock, which aired on Channel Five in the UK. The episode was called Mutant Devils and looked at a mutation being spread amongst the Tasmanian Devil population.

A copy of the documentary has been posted on the Multimedia page.

According to an article on Indiantelevision.com, Anthony Stewart Head will be appearing in an upcoming series called Mumbai Calling. The pilot episode aired on ITV1 in the UK in 2007 and a full series has been made. The show will be aired on Saturdays on HBO Asia beginning November 9 and will be aired on ITV1 in the UK at a later date. More details later if they become available.

Please note this is not confirmed by anthonyhead.org at this time.

Articles:

New York Magazine
Sci Fi Weekly
Killer Film
MovieMaker
Firstshowing.net

Reviews:

Village Voice
indieWIRE
MSNBC
The Canadian Press
411mania.com
Macon.com
USA Today
Los Angeles Times
E!
IGN
NJ.com
CanMag
The New York Times
io9
The AV Club
The Austin Chronicle|
The Christian Science Monitor
New York Daily News
Entertainment Weekly
New York Post
Variety
Rolling Stone
DarkTwinCities.com
iFMagazine
Cinematical

Repo! The Genetic Opera is being released in a limited number of U.S. cities on November 7. A list of cities and theatres can be found on the film's official website.

A video interview with Anthony Head and director Darren Bousman is available as part of the JoBlo Movie Show #4 (starts just past the 6 minute mark)

Another video with Tony and Darren is available on the Repo Opera Blog.

Anthony Head was interviewed on GMTV on October 21 and a clip of the interview can be viewed on the show's website. (It is available outside the UK, but is slow to load, so give it some time).

Now that David Tennant has officially announced that he is leaving Doctor Who, media speculation about the next actor to take the role has begun. Anthony Head is being mentioned once again as a possibility, although the odds are not as strongly in his favor as they may have been last time (incoming producer Steven Moffat has said he can't imagine an actor over the age of 40 taking on the strenuous role).

William Hill online betting: 14:1 odds
Paddy Power betting: 10:1 odds

I've had a few inquiries on these so I thought I'd update:

Anthony Head is not appearing in Little Britain USA which recently began airing on HBO. He has confirmed this in several recent interviews.

A new series of Heroes Unmasked began this week, but Anthony Head did not narrate the first episode and thus it is unlikely that he will narrate any episodes of the third series.

In May 2006, Anthony Head participated in a tribute to The Rocky Horror Show at the Royal Court Theatre in London. A DVD of that performance is now being released on DVD. It will be available in the US on October 14, 2008 and in the UK on November 10, 2008.

Preview clip

Repo! The Genetic Opera is scheduled for US release on November 7, in a limited number of theaters. It has been announced that there will be a Repo road tour to take the film to a new city each day between November 10 and November 16. For details on cities, dates and theatres, visit the Repo road tour website

The soundtrack is now available in the US. The CD is available at various outlets. It can also be downloaded at various websites including Topspin.net and iTunes

Episodes 1 and 2 of Merlin are available on the Multimedia page (full episode and clips). Also available are recent interviews on This Morning (thanks to Melissa), The Jo Whiley Show and Steve Wright in the Afternoon.

Volume one of Merlin will be released on DVD on November 24, 2008. If this follows releases of other recent BBC shows, the initial releases in volumes will be a 'vanilla' releases with few or no extras and a full boxset with extras such as commentaries will follow at a later time. (Please also note that episodes will be removed from the multimedia page once they are available for purchase.)

Articles and interviews:

On the Box
What's on TV (video interview)
The Telegraph
The Times
Daily Star
The Sun (video interview)

Reviews:

The Stage
IGN
The Scotsman
The Guardian
News of the World
Den of Geek
TV Scoop

** Updated October 2, 2008 **

The Guardian
Liverpool Echo
The Times
Wokingham Times
Sunday Mirror
This is Surrey (Michelle Ryan interview with Tony mentions)
Manchester Confidential

Some new publicity photos of Repo! The Genetic Opera are available here.

Also, a copy of the film's poster is available here.

Merlin begins airing on BBC1 on September 20 at 7:30 pm (not on September 27 as I was previously informed).

BBC's press releases for episode one and for episode two.

BBC press pack for the series, including an interview with Anthony Head.

Tony is making the publicity rounds leading up to the premier. He appeared on the Jo Whiley Show on BBC Radio 1 on September 12. This can be listened to again here (the interview begins approximately 2 hours and 13 minutes into the show).

According to anthonyhead.com, Tony will be a guest on Steve Wright in the Afternoon on Thursday September 18. This airs from 2:00 pm - 5 pm and can be listened to live and again later on the show's website. UPDATE: the interview begins approximately 2 hours and 33 minutes into the program.

The official website for Repo! The Genetic Opera has added a new feature call "Legal Assassin" which looks at Anthony Head's character Nathan Wallace (aka the Repo Man) and includes clips from Tony's audition.

They also have information on the Calendar of Events section of various film festivals where it is being shown over the next few months.

In this article, Anthony Head confirms that he will be appearing in an upcoming series of Free Agents. The pilot for this aired November 9, 2007. (Tony also mentioned this during an interview on the Jo Whiley radio show.)

The article also confirms that there will not be another series of The Invisibles.

In an article in The Sunday Times, Anthony Head describes the home where he spent much of his childhood.

A trailer for the upcoming series Merlin is available at Guardian.co.uk, along with a brief article. Anthony Head plays King Uther Pendragon in the series, which is scheduled to begin September 20 at 7:30 pm on BBC1. There is also a section for the show on the BBC website (videos cannot be viewed outside the UK)

In 2007 Anthony Head starred in the film Sparkle, costarring Bob Hoskins and Stockard Channing. The film received only a limited release in the UK and several film festivals and has not yet been released on DVD. Sky Movies Premiere will begin showing it on September 13, 2008 at 5:00 pm.

SciFi Now has a list of the Top Ten Mentors in science fiction. Rupert Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer comes in at #6.

Rupert Giles
Franchise: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Mentor to: Buffy Summers

First Patrick Stewart and now Anthony Head – why do British guys make the best mentors? Because we know it all, that’s why. Despite coming from a long line of Watchers, it was never Giles’s dream to enter into the family business, in fact, he admits that he actually wanted to be a fighter pilot or a green grocer, but that wouldn’t be nearly as exciting as watching an adolescent girl kick endless vampire ass. After excepting his calling as a Watcher, Giles dropped out of Oxford University and began to explore dark magic before meeting a certain Buffy Summers, whom he begins training for her future as a Slayer. Never far from Buffy’s side, Giles and Summers swiftly establish a father/daughter relationship with Rupert using his immense knowledge of demonology and Slayer combat to keep her safe. Fluent in several languages and fairly mild mannered, he also has a dark side, exposed when he viciously beat Angelus with a bat and tried to set him on fire. A friend and confident to Buffy, she would have never released her true Slaying potential had Giles never walked in to Sunnydale.

Episodes of Bleak Expectations are available on Radio 4's Listen Again page.

The final 2 (of 4) episodes of Britain's Closest Encounters, which are narrated by Anthony Head, are available on the Multimedia page.

In 2002, when Buffy the Vampire Slayer was ending, there were plans to make an animated series, set in the first season (but including Dawn). Most of the original cast, including Anthony Stewart Head, were going to voice their characters for the animated series. A short presentation was made to try and sell the series to networks. Unfortunately, no one ever picked it up and the project was abandoned. Wikipedia article

However, now a copy of that presentation has finally been made available via YouTube.

Thanks to Fright.com, here are instructions to access 7 songs from Repo! The Genetic Opera: Go to the following page on the film's official website - http://www.repo-opera.com/secretdownload - and enter the password 'geneco'. The songs can be listened to on the page itself or downloaded.

MTV has three clips from the film (which were shown at San Diego Comic Con). Anthony Head appears in the second of the three clips.

It was also confirmed at the film's panel at Comic Con that Tony's audition for the film will be included on the DVD, which is out in January 2009.

Additional reviews of the film

• Variety
• JoBlo (review)
• JoBlo (Darren Lynn Bousman interview)
• Fangoria
• Film Threat

Anthony Head recently presented awards at the 2008 RDA National Championships. A few articles and pictures from the event:

• Los Clothing
• Avon Rising Center Beehive
• Equestrian Plus

The second volume of Bleak Expectations will begin airing on Radio 4 in the UK on August 7 at 6:30 pm.

BBC Press release

Several reviews of Repo! The Genetic Opera's debut at the Fantasia Film Festival have appeared:

Fangoria
zgeek.com
niqueworks

Also, three new publicity photos from the film have been made available here. 

According to the official website for Repo! The Genetic Opera, the film will be released in theaters on November 7, 2008.

A soundtrack will be available on September 30, 2008.

Anthony Head is narrating a four part documentary series called Britain's Closest Encounters. This series examines various UFO sightings and reports throughout the UK.

The first episode aired on July 2 and is available on the Multimedia page.

The second episode airs on July 9 at 8:00 pm on Channel Five. Episode three will then air on July 23.

Repo! The Genetic Opera will be shown at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal Canada on July 18.

A new trailer can be seen here.

The film's director Darren Lynn Bousman, will be attending Comic Con and will be participating in a panel to discuss the movie on July 24. (I'll be attending ComicCon this year - all four days - so if anyone else will be there and wants to meet up, drop me a line.)

Notable upcoming events

DVD

January 20 2009 - Repo! The Genetic Opera (North America)

February 9 - Merlin, series 1, volume 2 (UK)

April 6, 2009 - Manchild  Complete Collection DVD release (UK)

Film

November 7 - Repo! The Genetic Opera  in theaters (scheduled theaters)