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  • Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan Return To ‘The Fall’ For A Third And Final Season

    The Fall, the Belfast-set psychological thriller starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan, is set to return for a third season. In the show, Anderson plays police detective Stella Gibson while Dornan plays serial killer Paul Spector. The show proved to be a hit not only in the United Kingdom, but also internationally through Netflix. The series, which is created by Alan Cubitt, will be concluding it’s storyline in the third season which will feature five episodes. The second season finale, which ended with a cliffhanger, was watched by 3.6 million consolidated viewers with a 12.7 percent share.

    Cubitt had nothing but kind words for BBC executives Kim Shillinglaw, Ben Stephenson and Stephen Wright. According to the showrunner, season 2’s cliffhanger was made “in the hope of further exploring the characters and the themes that are at the heart of The Fall”. According to Stephenson, it was clear that Cubitt has a plan for The Fall and that greenlighting the show for a third and final season makes perfect sense. “The story is far from over. Allan has known the end game from the beginning — the cat-and-mouse game between Gillian and Jamie has one last act to play out. Who will win?” Stephenson said.

    Jamie Dornan got his start when he was cast in the role of Spector in The Fall. He has since become a huge star because of his role as Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades of Grey adaptation. Dornan famously said that his role as a serial killer in The Fall left him scarred.

    The show has been criticized for its portrayal of violence against women, however, Anderson (who is also one of the show’s producers) said that it’s actually vilifying misogyny. Talking about her character, Anderson said, “She makes it very clear how she feels about violence against women, how these women are represented and how they are perceived. She is a supporter of women and women being treated respectfully and she doesn’t mince words. It’s in her bones. I like that about her.”

  • The Fall Season 3 Is Happening with Jamie Dornan on Board

    The Fall Season 3 Is Happening with Jamie Dornan on Board

    Though we were pretty sure that the BBC show The Fall would get a third series, we didn’t have official confirmation until today. The show, whose second season aired first across the pond and then came exclusively to Netflix, will return.

    The third season will feature five episodes.

    And both Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan are back – meaning we haven’t seen the last of Paul Spector (despite season two’s crazy ending).

    “The story is far from over. Allan has known the end game from the beginning — the cat and mouse game between Gillian and Jamie has one last act to play out. Who will win?” said the BBC’s Ben Stephenson.

    “We’d like to thank the BBC — Kim Shillinglaw, Ben Stephenson and Stephen Wright — for showing such confidence in the drama we have created with Artists Studio. The cliffhanger ending of season two was conceived in the hope of further exploring the characters and the themes that are at the heart of The Fall. We’re grateful to be given this opportunity by the BBC,” said show creator Allan Cubitt.

    Expect it on Netflix a few months after airing on the BBC. Get excited.

  • The Fall Season 2 Is Now Available on Netflix

    The Fall Season 2 Is Now Available on Netflix

    Looks like your weekend plans are set, people. Season two of the The Fall is now available to stream on Netflix.

    In season two, detective Stella Gibson continues her pursuit of serial killer Paul Spector, “a battle that gets personal as they delve into each other’s private life”, according to Netflix. All six episodes of season two are available.

    The Fall stars Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan. It airs originally on the BBC, and Netflix maintains exclusive US distribution rights.

    Netflix users can go here to watch.

    Image via Netflix

  • Gillian Anderson On How Women Are Portrayed In Hollywood

    Gillian Anderson has found success with her show The Fall—a murder mystery set in Belfast that also stars Fifty Shades Of Grey actor Jamie Dornan–but, for some critics, the series is somewhat glamorizing violence against women.

    While Anderson portrays a strong detective on a show that reportedly has a strong feminist thread running throughout it, sites like The Guardian pose the idea that writer Allan Cubitt still hasn’t risen above the misogyny that he’s been accused of in the past.

    “In spite of Cubitt’s recent admission that in the first series the camera may indeed have lingered for too long on “certain things”, it’s crystal clear to anyone who cares to tune in that The Fall is still in the business of glamorising violence against women by equating it not only with sex, but with sexual attractiveness,” wrote Rachel Cooke.

    But Cubitt says that’s just not the case; rather, the show sets out to explore why men turn to violence.

    “It sets out to explore a complex and difficult subject, which always runs the risk of being held up as an example of it rather than a critique of it….My feeling is that people who think that about it probably haven’t given it the closest reading. It might be a knee jerk reaction to something that depicts violence against women,” he said.

    Anderson spoke out against sexism and the way women are viewed–both in Hollywood and in real life–in a recent interview with Red Magazine, saying that it’s “intolerable”.

    “It’s built into our society. It’s easy to miss and it’s easy to get used to it. There are things that are intolerable in today’s world, in terms of the perception of women. Whether they’re vamps or vixens… the expectation is that, if a woman is wearing a short skirt, she’s ‘asking for it,’” she said.

    The actress also noted that when she began “The X-Files” in 1993, the difference between her pay and David Duchovny’s was huge.

    “At the beginning, the pay disparity was massive. But that happens all the time in Hollywood. It’s, ‘Do this for me, I’ll get you a job,’” she said.

    As for The Fall, Cubitt says that it’s not meant to be demeaning to women in any way, but he does want to show the facets of a brutal killer’s personality, which includes how that character feels about the women he kills.

    “If you’re going to have a character like Spector, you’re going to be embracing some very disturbing psychological dimensions to the character, but at the same time, you’re saying no criminal is just their criminality, they have many other aspects as well, but that’s disturbing,” he said.

  • Gillian Anderson: Distracted by Naked Jamie Dornan

    While filming the second season of the BBC drama, The Fall, actress Gillian Anderson admitted that she couldn’t stop picturing co-star Jamie Dornan naked.

    Although Dornan, who will be appearing as Christian Grey in the film adaptation of the best-selling novel Fifty Shades of Grey, said “no” to full-frontal nudity in the erotic/romantic drama film, that didn’t stop Anderson’s imagination.

    “I could only see him naked from the moment he walked in,” she joked to the BBC. “It was really distracting.”

    The Fall follows Anderson as detective Stella Gibson on the hunt for Paul Spector (Dornan), a serial killer. Although the first season the two only had a few scenes together, mainly by phone, Dornan said that he and Anderson’s chemistry was undeniable.

    “I think that it’s so clever. The fact that there is such chemistry and it’s done through any lack of physical contact,” he said. “It’s just down to great writing, very smartly crafted.”

    Given the seriousness of the show, Dornan was appreciative of the lightness of the cast and crew during filming.

    “On a general level it’s a pretty fun set. It’s the same crew as the first series. So we are like a big family,” the 32-year-old said.

    “I’d love to be known as a prankster but no,” he added. “I’m not hiding stuff in Gillian’s trailer or anything like that.”

    Anderson, known for her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on the 1990s television series The X-Files, has played her fair share of powerful women including Hannibal Lecter’s therapist Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier on NBC’s Hannibal, set to return for a third season next year.

    “[Du Maurier} is a very complicated character that we are still learning about what her modus operandi is and where she stands in all of it, but I wouldn’t necessarily use her as an example [of a strong female character],” Anderson said with a laugh.

    As far as Dornan goes, Anderson is unsure of how his role in Grey will turn out, partially nude or not.

    “The movie hasn’t even come out – he might suck,” Anderson joked.

    Fifty Shades of Grey will be released in the U.S. on February 13, 2015.

    The second season of The Fall began Thursday, November 13 on BBC One.

  • Gillian Anderson Talks Nude Jamie Dornan and Possible X-Files Sequel

    Fifty Shades of Grey fans aren’t the only ones who can’t stop thinking about Jamie Dornan naked. His co-stars cannot either.

    Gillian Anderson and Dornan star in The Fall, where they play a detective and a serial killer, respectively. On Thursday, The Fall premiered its second season on BBC2. During The Fall promotional tour, Anderson discussed some of the fans’ most pressing questions and spoke about working with Dornan.

    Season 1 of The Fall had no face-to-face interaction between its leads. Anderson and Dornan’s only scenes together involved phone conversations. The Fall season 2 finally transitions their characters from on the phone conversations to in-person ones. So Anderson shared her thoughts on Dornan’s acting and demeanor.

    “Jamie’s a great guy, really grounded and funny and personable and lovely to everybody and works very hard. He gets an opportunity in the second season to show how good an actor he is. I think that was an effort on (writer-director Allan Cubitt’s) part to create some meatier stuff,” Anderson told the Canadian Press.

    Besides admiring his talents, Anderson did admit his upcoming gig as Christian Grey has tainted her thoughts about the actor. “I could only see him naked from the moment he walked in. It was really distracting,” she jokingly said.

    — BBC Two (@BBCTwo) November 13, 2014

    Dornan won’t be doing a full-frontal nude scene in Fifty Shades of Grey. In his interview with the Guardian, he revealed that it’s in his contract for viewers not to see everything.

    — BBC Two (@BBCTwo) October 28, 2014

    Anderson also recently went on ITV’s This Morning to discuss The Fall. She left fans with a shocker: she still believes that “the truth is out there.”

    Post by The X-Files.
    When asked about whether the X-Files could return either in television or film form, she responded: "Yes, there is a possibility." She gave more explanation by saying, "There is always a possibility, it's always a matter of it actually happening - and there's a lot that needs to happen between the idea and actually turning up on set, and I don't unfortunately have any control over that. But would I do it? I would, yes."
    Post by The X-Files.
    The Fall's second season makes its US debut on January 16 on Netflix.

  • ‘The Fall’ Season 2 Gets Netflix Release Date

    ‘The Fall’ Season 2 Gets Netflix Release Date

    Last year, Netflix acquired U.S. streaming rights to BBC crime drama The Fall, which stars Gillian Anderson of The X Files fame. Now, the second season has a Netflix release date.

    According to Variety, the streaming heavyweight has picked the second season up, and will debut it on January 16, 2015. This comes through a deal with Endemol, and Netflix will have it exclusively in the U.S. and Latin America.

    While The Fall has been on Netflix for over a year, it was only recently branded with the “Netflix Original” banner in the user interface.

    The show description is as follows:

    When the Belfast police are stalled in their investigation of a spate of murders, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson is drafted to investigate.

    Image via Netflix

  • Jamie Dornan Shares Personal and Professional Insecurities

    Next year Jamie Dornan stars in one of the most buzzed about films of 2015. His role as playboy Christian Grey will expose the 32 year old Irish actor to a wider American audience. However, Dornan developed a flock of loyal fans from his short-stint on ABC’s Once Upon a Time and as serial killer Paul Spector on the British crime drama The Fall. Even with Dornan’s recent success, he still finds it difficult to watch himself on screen, and receive praise for his body.

    Recently Dornan spoke to Interview Magazine, where he disclosed some of his acting techniques and troubles. “I find myself approaching it in a slightly less-is-more way. And once you get into something, once you’ve got those first couple of weeks out of the way, really mad or gallant things start to happen” he stated. Dornan also revealed his lack of charisma during auditions. “I never got any better at it. I’m crap at auditions. I know there are people who can walk into those rooms and make those lines sing on the page and get the job immediately. I wasn’t one of them. I’m still not one of them.”

    Dornan fans may know that before acting, he modeled underwear. Despite having to show off his body to the world, he’s still insecure about it. Dornan shared, “I don’t like my physique. Who does? I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid.”

    Right now The Fall began production on season 2, which various cast and crew members have shared pictures from the set.

    Dornan shared with Interview that he finds something to like about all his characters, including Spector, and that he wants to “keep an element of myself in every character I play.”  Dornan also spoke of another inspiration for Spector: Ted Bundy. “It’s fascinating when you think of somebody you know—a friend of yours, a work colleague, or someone who lives next door to you—and on the surface, you have a regular, normal, placid relationship with them. You’re just totally unaware of what else is going on, which I thought was interesting for Spector. Bundy had two jobs in politics, was a law student, had steady girlfriends, and a good social group. When you watch interviews of him, it’s quite chilling how likable he is.”

    Later this year, The Fall premieres season 2; Fifty Shades of Grey hits theaters February 13, 2015.

    Image via Fifty Shades of Grey Movie, Twitter

  • ‘Ryse: Son of Rome’ Live-Action Series Begins

    Last week, Microsoft announced that it had created a live-action web series tied-in to the world and story of Ryse: Son of Rome. Ryse is one of the launch titles for Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox One console.

    Much like last year’s Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, the Ryse series, titled The Fall, is being released episodically through the Machinima Youtube channel. The first episode of The Fall is out now. The series features Marius Titus, the same protagonist from the upcoming game, as his tragic backstory is revealed.

    The production value seen in the first episode of The Fall already seems similar to that of Forward Unto Dawn. And though there is already plenty of violence to be seen in this first short prologue episode, the preview near the end of the video foreshadows a longer tale of bloody revenge.

    New episodes of The Fall will be posted on Machinima each week in the run up to Ryse’s launch on November 22.

  • ‘The Fall,’ Starring Gillian Anderson, Now Available On Netflix

    Things are really starting to heat up with Netflix streaming. In the wake of the successful premieres of House of Cards and Hemlock Grove, Netlix has now debuted the long-anticipated return of Arrested Development, and will soon get the new season of The Killing.

    Netflix has now also made available The Fall, the new crime show featuring Gillian Anderson of The X Files fame.

    The show has done quite well in the UK, appearing on BBC2, and reportedly reaching about 3.5 million viewers a week since debuting earlier this month. The BBC announced that it is being renewed for a second season.

    It’s not exactly a Netflix original, but it’s the latest example of Netflix getting more sought-after content to its streaming service, and quickly.

    Season now available on Netflix in the U.S.