Jamie Sives Fans! Pre-Order Game of Thrones DVD

Season two on HBO's acclaimed hit series Game of Thrones begins filming today in Northern Ireland, featuring a number of Scottish cast. Some familiar names to be see in S2 (based on the Clash of Kings book by George RR Martin) include frequent Sigma star James Cosmo (Old Bear) and Kate Dickie (Lysa Arryn) Also returning of note will be Richie Madden as Robb Stark (who will have an EXCELLENT season trust me if you've not yet read the book, its a good one for Robb), along with an excellent Iain Glen as Ser Jorah, Ron Donachie, Rory McCann (so creepy great as the Hound) and I believe Natalia Tena (You Instead) is definitely doing more on her great turn as Osha-rock! Missing of course will be our beloved Jamie Sives as Jory -boooo. We loved you so much, such a great job as Jory!
Fear not however, as we will be able to relive that incredible first season as pre-orders for Game of Thrones DVD Season One are now available in the US via Amazon: DVD ($45.00 USD) Blu-Ray (55 USD)
UK pre-order can be found at the HBO shop, with more retailers to follow in short order. No release date is yet given (that will change soon to be certain). I also believe HBO is set to release their 2012 calendar which will feature many scenes from the series; will update this post once that becomes available online.
While I will greatly miss Jamie in this series, posts here on the show WILL CONTINUE given the great interest in the Scottish actors, including in those actors near and dear to Sigma film fans, stay tuned!
Game of Thrones will air next spring in the US on HBO and in the UK on Sky Atlantic

DVD Roundup

With the dreary winter days and nights still ahead here, now is the perfect time to burrow on the sofa and catch up on some great dvds. Here's a few suggestions and reminders ;)

MONSTER MUTT w/Sigma's own Alastair Mackenzie. Now available in the US and Canada, you can get this family friendly film from Todd Tucker (with Al in a funny role) at Walmart, Amazon and more. Enjoy!

OUTCAST w/the fabulous Kate Dickie, James Cosmo and James Nesbitt. Filmed in Scotland, the DVD is now set to be released in the UK shortly on 17 January; pre-orders now available from Amazonuk and Play.

Shellshock (known as Triage in US/most of world) Danis Tanovic's story of war photographers featuring excellent turns from star Colin Farrell and our beloved Jamie Sives, this is due on DVD 28 February, with pre-orders here at Amazon uk and Play.

HALLAM FOE- great deals on this excellent film from Sigma and David Mackenzie can be found at Amazon uk, Amazon us
David's other films:
Asylum
Last Great Wilderness (w/Alastair )
Young Adam
Spread

Al Plays Guitar

Al, he plays guitar....


Last August, we were treated to brief footage of Sigma's own Alastair Mackenzie in his new role as Monty in Todd Tucker's family 'horror' film Monster Mutt. As noted here several times (most recently last month) the film is coming out on DVD on January 4, and the company has released a new music video to help in this endeavor. In the new video, at around the 1:33 mark, we see a familar face, in his spiffy wig and robe and all, enjoying a late night rock band session, where Al plays guitar :D wheee! I LOVE YOU AL! Enjoy!

Now Available: Pre-Orders for "Monster Mutt" DVD with Alastair Mackenzie

As reported here many times previously, Sigma's own Alastair Mackenzie is a featured actor in the family film "Monster Mutt" from director Todd Tucker. That film, which screened recently at the London Children's Film Festival, is as we already know, being released on DVD in the US on January 4, 2011. Pre-orders for what seems to be a Walmart exclusive DVD can now be found at this link! Rated PG, this is a fun "horror" film about a dog, an experiment gone awry, and a cranky fussy neighbor played by our own Al (who sports some hilarious hair and white flip flops to boot lol) Go Al Go! :)

Jamie Sives: "Triage" Renamed "Shell Shock" for UK DVD Release

Good news for UK Jamie Sives fans! While there appears to be no theatrical release imminent, the UK will be seeing Danis Tanovic's "Triage" in the near future. Now renamed "Shell Shock" (with an 18 rating) the film will be released in the UK on DVD February 28, 2011 with pre-orders now available at Play.com and Amazon.co.uk.

If you've not yet had the chance (or ordered the DVD from the UK or elsewhere -its out now in many countries, recently France and in Germany next year too), I do recommend it, esp for the bonus INTERVIEW with Jamie (which I'd upload but know sure as shooting it'd get removed. HES SOOO gracious tho about his co-stars, esp Colin, and a bit funny too. Plus he looks so very handsome in his sunglasses (and makes a funny comment too but I dont want to spoil it for yall)

"Monster Mutt" w/Alastair Mackenzie Due on DVD Jan 4

Monster Mutt, the family friendly 'horror' film featuring Sigma's own Alastair Mackenzie, will be heading to DVD shortly. After screening recently at the London Children's Film Festival over the weekend, there is news now the film will be released on DVD January 4th and is apparently a Walmart exclusive item. Updates to follow once this becomes available for pre-order etc.

Jamie Sives Update: Triage DVD Cover Art and He's Staying Alive!

June means a Jamie Sives update is here :) Today, we can see the official artwork for the "Triage" DVD starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Sives. Smaller versions are now online at Amazon.com, but thanks indeed to a kind soul on my flickr, we can see this high res scan of the sell sheet which includes not only better look at the cover, but also CONFIRMS INTERVIEWS, DELETED SCENES and a Behind-the-scenes feature on the film. Excellent news! As reported here earlier, the Triage DVD will be released in the US on August 10th.
We can hope to see ads for this in EW, TV Guide, US Weekly, FX on TNT and TBS and USANetwork, FB more. Stay tuned. Finally, be sure to read a bit of the press material from Jamie Sives --------------->

Speaking of Jamie, I know I have been well remiss in posting this, but I LOVE this cute promo for "It's a Wonderful Afterlife" where Jamie is just cracking up :) No word yet on that DVD release but note that the Clash of the Titans DVD w/Jamie and Mads Mikkelsen is out July 26 in UK, July 27 US as well.

"Triage" DVD with Jamie Sives and Colin Farrell Due this August in US

Danis Tanovic's "Triage" starring Colin Farrell and Scotland's own Jamie Sives will be released on DVD in the US. According to Amazon.com, this film, which never saw a release in the UK or US alas, will be made available on DVD and Bluray AUGUST 10th of this year, with pre-orders now available at this link. (Blu-ray here)No word yet on a UK DVD; more when I get it!

David Mackenzie's "Spread" Now Available on DVD in UK

As promised, the UK can now purchase David Mackenzie's "Spread" starring Ashton Kutcher released today on DVD and Blu-Ray. You can also download the film on UK iTunes as well. I do not believe there is a director's commentary alas, so instead we David fans can enjoy some b-roll of the man at work here.





Also out today on Blu-Ray and DVD in the UK is "Valhalla Rising," featuring Jamie Sives. As noted here, "The extras are slightly more than a commentary, by the way - there is also a 23-minute making of, which is a press-kit interview with Refn intercut with an on-set video diary by a slightly irritating director's assistant." Personally, I quite enjoyed the entire making of feature from Digital Guerillas, and you can watch all 20 something vlogs of the film at this link for free.

Valhalla Rising UK Screening List and DVD News Update

This is NOT a Sigma production, but for those long time readers who are looking for news on Valhalla Rising starring Mads and Jamie Sives, here is a quick update. As per Scottish Screen and producer Karen Smyths website you can now see the list of theatres that will be screening Valhalla Rising when it opens tomorrow. Notable:
London Apollo Piccadilly starting tomorrow for a week
Edinburgh, Cameo, tickets here
Glasgow (May 11 at 8:30 pm and May 12 8:30pm, tickets GFT)
Entire List below:


30/04/2010 - Apollo Piccadilly Circus, London
30/04/2010 - Ritzy Brixton, London
30/04/2010 - Cameo, Edinburgh
07/05/2010 - Watershed, Bristol
07/05/2010 - Showroom, Sheffield
07/05/2010 - Tyneside, Newcastle
10/05/2010 - Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow
14/05/2010 - Hippodrome, Bo'ness
14/05/2010 - Phoenix, Leicester
15/05/2010 - Rio, Dalston
28/05/2010 - Contemporary Arts, Dundee
07/06/2010 - Forum, Northampton
07/06/2010 - Cinema 3, Canterbury
11/06/2010 - Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth
TBC - Genesis, London

As a follow to what I reported here a few week ago, the VH DVD will be out on May 17 in the UK, with an official press release just going out today formally confirming that but also containing a large size image of that AWFUL LAME cover. Im sorry but thats just a joke, please a kill bill rip off w/bravehart's sword, there is NO swarm of 300 type gladiators in this kill gah. embarrassing. Anyway, it would seem we are only getting "insightful audio commentary with director Nicolas Winding Refn and journalist Alan Jones" which is good of course, but woe no deleted scenes or cast interviews; will try and verify that if possible.

David Mackenzie's "Spread" to see UK DVD Release

David Mackenzie's "Spread" will finally be released on DVD for those in the UK. Following a very limited theatrical run in the UK last month, pre-orders for the UK edition of the standard DVD and Blu-ray are now available, with retailers Play and HMV showing a May 17th, 2010 release (note Amazon UK has it listed for April 26; will try and pin down the exact date as soon as I can)

Readers will recall of course the film starring Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche was out on DVD in the US last November.

Pre-Orders for Murdoch Mysteries with Alastair Mackenzie

I received several mails of late regarding Sigma's co-founder and notable actor Alastair Mackenzie. First, I want to extend my appreciation to the lovely note sent regarding coverage Al and in his recent UK stage appearance in The Priory. Thrilled the play did as well as it has with all the many nominations and all; most of all very glad people were able to see him -jealous I am too!

Others have asked about what he is doing next. Unfortunately, I don't have much to report on for the moment save heads up gorgous photo has been released on his IMDB page and pre-orders are available (US Amazon here, UK Amazon here) for Murdoch Mysteries Season Two DVD. According to this recent report this will be out May 4 in the US, but the UK one says next week (lucky if true!)Quotage: "Acorn also filled us in on some further details about this 4-disc set. It will contain 13 episodes running 598 minutes, which are presented in anamorphic widescreen video. Sound will be in English stereo, and it will be accompanied by English subtitles as well. Bonus material consists of a Behind-the-Scenes Featurette on the first disc, and on the fourth disc you'll find Character Bios, Cast Filmographies, and a Photo Gallery. We already passed along that the list price will be $59.99 SRP in the USA, but Acorn also informs us that the cost in Canada will be CA$74.99 SRP (for fans north of the border)" As a reminder too, the Mentalist will be released on DVD in the UK next month (already available here in the US); a clip of Al starring in the episode 'Russet Potatoes' can be seen here.

No word yet on what is happening with Monster Mutt, and we all remain hopeful that the Last Word will be sold and eventually shown in theatres for us in the UK/US.

Richard Jobson, New Town Killers Nominated for Scottish BAFTA!

Big news today as director Richard Jobson and NEW TOWN KILLERS starring Dougray Scott and Sigma's own Alastair Mackenzie was nominated at the Scottish BAFTAs! Richard Jobson was nominated for Best Director, for his movie which was also recognised as a contender for "Best Picture" Also recognised was James Anthony Pearson for his performance as Sean Macdonald in the best acting category. WOW! The Scottish BAFTAs will be presented in a few weeks in Glasgow on Sunday, November 8th, 2009.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE CAST & CREW OF NEW TOWN KILLERS!!!!

This is very cool news on top of the fact the film is now officially released today on DVD. You can see the entire cover art below-thx dvdcovers- with the DVD (already long available for rent ) also available for download via ITunes for UK residents only (no word if we will ever see it here in US, but the DVD will play on my mac, so Im ordering the DVD as soon as I get some extra cash, cant wait for that making of feature! :))

Pre-Orders Available for David Mackenzie's "Spread" with Ashton Kutcher

Pre-orders for David Mackenzie's Spread, starring Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche are now available from many retailers in the US, including powerhouse Amazon.com: Standard DVD here ($19.99); Blu-Ray ($25.99) which comes with digital download of the film, available at this link.
Again:THIS WILL BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 10TH, 2009

As a reminder, here (and here) are the extras on the discs:
Blu-Ray Special Features

• Audio Commentary with Actor/Producer Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche and Margarita Levieva
• Picture-In-Picture – “Urban Sprawl: Los Angeles in Spread”
• “Living The Dream – The Making of Spread”
• Behind the Scenes With Ashton Kutcher
• The World According to Nikki
• Theatrical trailer

DVD Special Features

• Audio Commentary with Actor/Producer Ashton Kutcher and Actors Anne Heche and Margarita Levieva
• “Living The Dream – The Making of Spread”
• Behind the Scenes With Ashton Kutcher
• Deleted Scenes
• The World According to Nikki
• Theatrical Trailer

Finally be sure to click here for a special Amazon video feature on Spread consisting of interview clips of the stars including Ashton taken from the premiere.

New Details on "Spread" DVD with Ashton Kutcher Due November 10th

As first reported here several times now, David Mackenzie's "Spread" starring Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche will be released on November 10th. As a follow to the international cover art post here, Anchor Bay has now released the US cover art and new details about the discs. Thanks to those at Cinemablend we now know the following (no commentary of course from David as I noted previously but not sure if he will be on the feature/making of)

Blu-Ray Special Features

• Audio Commentary with Actor/Producer Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche and Margarita Levieva
• Picture-In-Picture – “Urban Sprawl: Los Angeles in Spread”
• “Living The Dream – The Making of Spread”
• Behind the Scenes With Ashton Kutcher
• The World According to Nikki
• Theatrical trailer

DVD Special Features

• Audio Commentary with Actor/Producer Ashton Kutcher and Actors Anne Heche and Margarita Levieva
• “Living The Dream – The Making of Spread”
• Behind the Scenes With Ashton Kutcher
• Deleted Scenes
• The World According to Nikki
• Theatrical Trailer

Be sure to check out the b-roll/making of footage, similar to what we will get on the DVD.

Mentalist DVD Released: Alastair Mackenzie's Guest Appearance Now Available

Tuesday, September 22nd will see the release of The Mentalist on DVD, including the guest star appearance of Sigma's own Alastair Mackenzie. The episode Russet Potatoes is included (disc 5 to be exact, review here) with the disc now available at retailers such as Amazon and more (not out until Jan next year in UK, but most us will play on your laptops in the uk anymore). Al is particularly hypnotizing in this role ;) xoxo

International Cover Art for Ashton Kutcher's "Spread" DVD Due November 10th

As posted here before, David Mackenzie's "Spread" starring Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche is due out on DVD this November. VideoETA now has a firm date of November 10, 2009. You can now see the International cover art for the DVD and Blu-ray disc here ------->


Box Office Mojo reports this film has indeed closed here in us (ie not screening anymore) and earned $4,983,443 worldwide.
While there was earlier reports the movie was to open in the UK in late Nov, that remains very much unconfirmed unless someone can tell me differently. Will post pre-order links to the DVD when I can, stay tuned!
RELATED! For those who have been asking, Im truly sorry I do NOT know the name of the song played in the dance scene; here is the only track listing of songs I have used in the film SORRY!

Followup: More on New Town Killers DVD Due October 19th

A few weeks ago I posted this news regarding the October 19th DVD release date set for Richard Jobson's New Town Killers, which of course stars Dougray Scott, and Sigmas own Alastair Mackenzie. You could also pre-order from Play.com
DVD Times has more now on the DVD this week, confirming there will indeed be a directors commentary, as well as "Behind the Scenes: ‘New Town Killers – the story’ " You can also pre-order the standard edition and the Blu-Ray from Amazon.co.uk (which I do all the time, shipping is not too bad to the states), as well as from Borders, with fans in Australia also able to pre-order here. The Amazon descript reads as follows:

Product Description
Cat & mouse thriller tells the story of two bankers who offer Sean the chance to clear his sister s debt on the condition that he can hide from them for 12 hours on the streets of Edinburgh. Sean accepts the offer and soon realises it s a tragic game of life and death that the bankers will stop at nothing to win.

Synopsis
With a premise that suggests an early 21st century variation on David Fincher's paranoia classic THE GAME (1997), NEW TOWN KILLERS stars Dougray Scott as Alistair, a slimy, icewater-veined financier who gets his kicks and thrills by targeting human prey. His modus operandi involves bringing in an innocent young candidate for a new job, Jamie Stewart (Alastair Mackenzie) and demanding as a prerequisite that the two play a mysterious game together. They must find a down-and-outer and challenge him to escape from their clutches over the course of one long and fateful night. The "prey" on this occasion is Sean McDonald (James Anthony Pearson), an inner-city teen with a serious problem on his hands: his pregnant sister risks being killed by the thugs to whom she owes gambling money. Alistair informs the young man that if he manages to evade them in their chase, he will receive enough money to clear off the towering gambling debts of his pregnant sister; if he loses, he will be killed. Out of concern for his sister, Sean agrees to the contest, though victory seems impossible for two major reasons: first, the crafty Alistair has closed all major exit routes from the city without informing Sean of this, and second, Alistair secretly plants a tracking device on Sean that the young man isn't aware of.

New: Mister Foe DVD Back and Front Cover, Disc photos

As we know Mister (Hallam) Foe is coming out on DVD here in the US, just weeks after its limited theatrical release (and still continues to play in theaters for the remainder of the month plus one engagement next year.) Tonight, Huge Thanks going to CDcovers who originally posted this, we can now see the entire front and back cover art for Mister Foe, plus the disc. Woot! I can not wait to get mine Tuesday! :)))

Mister Foe is a Sigma Films Production, and is directed by David Mackenzie. The film stars Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, Ciaran Hinds, Claire Forlani, Jamie Sives, Ewan Bremner. You can read more about the filming and journey of Hallam Foe via the original GetYourPeople blog written by Colin Kennedy and co. Check it out!

IGN Mentions Mister (Hallam) Foe DVD

IGN, one of the big game/movie/dvd sites out there (and one of the most reliable) has a small mention of the upcoming Mister Foe DVD that is due to be released finally here in the US on November 11. The uber brief mention just summarizes the plot and notes the DVD "will contain bonus materials and extra features, such as deleted scenes and feature commentary."

Hopefully it will contain director David Mackenzie's commentary, but I remain dubious any of the features/extras will be anything new ie not hopeful there will be new interviews conducted for the disc, but I do remain hopeful that there will be some of the fantastic stuff that 4C Slater/All things uploaded via their Youtube channel.

Most of all, I had really really wanted a hard copy of Colin Kennedy's fantastic documentary/behind the scenes features he worked on. I know that many are looking for info new clips here in the US and if you have not yet had the chance, or just want to watch again and dont have them on your iPod or MP3 player anymore, please go to iTunes and watch the Hallam Foe podcasts HERE. You can see-FOR FREE-many behind the scenes glimpses especially of Jamie and Sophia. I know many of their fansites also (and hte Ciaran Hinds folks do as well) have these uploaded as well as screencaps, so please go check them out! You can read more about the filming of Mister Hallam Foe via the well done GET YOUR PEOPLE BLOG here.

It should be noted that on the Magnolia Website it reads DVD release date Nov 4, but maybe that is the NetFlix date or who the heck knows. I pre-ordered mine from Amazon and Im getting it the 11th of November - a red letter day to say the least! (I think I will call it the Mister Foe Marathon day, when I watch the movie over and over along with all the various clips/interviews I can find!) The film also continues to screen in a very few theaters now and esp thru the entire month of Nov here in the States.

Mister Foe stars Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, Ciaran Hinds, Claire Forlani, Jamie Sives, Ewan Bremner and was directed by David Mackenzie. Mister Hallam Foe is a SIGMA FILMS PRODUCTION