Well we are being rather spoilt this week! Jonathan gave another interview to the Irish Sun in which he talks about Dracula, which version he is basing his interpretation on, how he plans on playing him and why he’s not allowed to play music with his brothers

There’s something about me physically which makes me look just a little bit dangerous…

Everyone working on the set of the upcoming NBC/Sky series of the same name, which airs later this year, says the Cork native was born to play the role.

Everyone talks of how calm and focused he is on Dracula and how much he brings to the part.

I have added the article to our archive and you can read it here

At the photocall at the Four Seasons Hotel in Budapest a few weeks ago Jonathan gave an interview to the Irish Daily Mail in which he talked about playing Dracula, what it’s like to be on set playing the most famous Vampire in history and why he thinks he is perfectly suited for the role

Yet more going back to the past in the interview *rolls eyes*. It’s a shame journalists can’t move on but I know Jonny has and so have we :]

‘Dracula is the ultimate monster,’ the actor says, speaking in the Four Seasons Hotel in Budapest, where the series is filming until July.

‘Can I be scary? I’m not quite sure I’m the person to answer that,’ he laughs. ‘I think I could be. I try to be as charming as possible, but everybody’s got their off days.’

I have added it to our press archive so you can read the rest here

“Fox International has started production in Spain on Panda Eyes. Directed by Isabel Coixet (My Life Without Me, The Secret Life Of Words), the film stars Game Of Thrones‘ Sophie Turner, who is making her feature film debut. She’s surrounded by Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rhys Ifans, Claire Forlani, Gregg Sulkin, Leonor Watling, Ivana Baquero, and Geraldine Chaplin. The film is a psychological thriller with Turner playing a woman haunted by a secret past. It is based on the Cathy MacPhail novel Another Me, and Coixet wrote the script. 20th Century Fox will distribute the Fox International film, a UK/Spain co-production that has Rebekah Gilbertson and Nicole Carmen-Davis producing for UK-based Rainy Day Films and Mariela Besuievsky producing for Spain-based Tornasol Films. Film Agency for Wales, Fox International Productions, the British Film Co. and DSK Ventures are financing the film“

Source: Deadline

Thankyou so much again to gamescope.ru we have been given the opportunity to watch the premiere that was held in Moscow on the 15th. Jonathan is absolutely on top form in this I so enjoyed watching it and seeing him bouncing around the red carpet and smiling. He appears at about 7:40 and is in the majority of the video until the end. Enjoy it!

Thanks to gamescope.ru we are now able to watch the full 34 minute press conference that Jonathan attended on the 15th November.

11 new pictures of Jonathan attending the BDS Press Conference have been added to the gallery

Belle Du Seigneur Press Conference – November 14th

Cassandra Clare, the author of Mortal Instruments has OFFICIALLY confirmed that Jonathan has joined the cast as Valentine Morgenstern.

I’ve liked JRM since he was in Velvet Goldmine and I have to admit that image was what sprang immediately to mind when the producer called me and said “…Jonathan Rhys Meyers?”
I was like, “Velvet Goldmine!”
I should probably also mention that he was great in Match Point and Bend it Like Beckham and lots of my other favorite movies. So, in sum: Ireland, we have cleaned you out of  your hot men. Sorry about that. You can have them back in three months when they’re done filming. 

You can find the official announcement from Cassandra here and the website for the film has been updated and Jonathans picture added. Filming is due to take place between August 20th and November 6th.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers has joined the cast of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, says a story at The Hollywood Reporter.

The “The Tudors” star is in talks to play the part of the main villain, Valentine Morgenstern, a “powerful but insane” Shadowhunter who’s known to have extremist views. That’s about as vague as the description gets without delving into spoiler-territory. Should things work out with negotiations, the Irish actor joins Lily Collins as Clary Fray, Jamie Campbell Bower as Jace Wayland, Robert Sheehan as Simon Lewis, Jemima West as Isabelle Lightwood, Kevin Durand as Emil Pangborn, Robert Maillet as Samuel Blackwell, Lena Headey as Jocelyn Fray, Jared Harris as Hodge Starkweather and Godfrey Gao as Magnus Bane  who are among the cast of the film

“The Mortal Instruments” is a series of six young adult fantasy books written by Cassandra Clare and published by Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry Books. In the series’ first book, the #1 New York Times bestseller “City of Bones,” set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray, discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother, Clary must join forces with a group of Shadowhunters, who introduce her to a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld, filled with demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other deadly creatures.

There’s a dark sort of broodiness in Jonathan Rhys Meyers that I expect will lend itself nicely to a role like this. The same could definitely be said for the Dracula series he’s set to star in for NBC. Assuming this becomes official, it’s another great bit of casting for the film.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is targeting an August 23, 2013 release

Source; Cinemablend.com & Comingsoon.net

Production will commence for the show in late 2012 and it has been confirmed that 10 episodes have been commissioned. NBC bosses said Dracula – set in the Victorian era – will stay true to the classic story’s time period, but with a “look to the future”.

“According to the Hollywood Reporter, it will be set in London in the 1890s, and see Dracula lead a double life as an American businessman interested in bringing modern science to Victorian society. However, his plan to exact revenge on those who ruined his life centuries earlier is derailed when he falls in love. Based on a script by Cole Haddon, it will be co-produced by Gareth Neame who was responsible for ITV1′s hit period drama Downton Abbey. It is not yet known when Dracula will air on US television, but NBC said production will begin later this year. Entertainment chairman at NBC, Bob Greenblatt, who was involved in casting Rhys Meyers as King Henry VIII in the historical drama, The Tudors, said the new series would bring a Tudors sensibility to a piece of classic literature.”

Michael Edelstein, President, NBCUniversal International Television Production, said: “We are delighted that Jonathan Rhys Meyers has chosen this project to return to television and have built an amazing team of producers behind the camera to deliver this extraordinary show. Since 1897, the story of Dracula has captivated readers and viewers alike and this sexy, updated twist on the classic also promises not to disappoint.”
According to The Clicker additional castings and production details will be announced at a later date.

I cannot literally wait!!