Rumpole Of The Bailey creator Sir John Mortimer has passed away, aged 85. The writer, whose daughter is actress Emily Mortimer, died after a long illness, reports the BBC. Mortimer, who began his career as a barrister in the 1940s, was a prolific author and dramatist. His first radio play was in 1957, while his last TV script was for 2001's romantic drama In Love And War. His best-known work was the ITV drama Rumpole Of The Bailey, which starred Leo McKern in the lead role between 1978 and 1992. He also penned the ITV's 1981 11-part serial Brideshead Revisited and drama Paradise Postponed, which featured actor David Threlfall playing obnoxious MP Leslie Titmuss. BBC (more)...
- 1/16/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
The Walt Disney Co. has tapped Dead Like Me's Callum Blue to star opposite Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries 2. Caroline Goodall, Sean O'Bryan and Joel McCrary also have signed to reprise their roles in the sequel to the 2001 hit. Blue will play an English suitor who is set up to marry the young princess in the film, which also stars Julie Andrews and is being directed by Garry Marshall. Goodall will return in the role of Hathaway's mother, O'Bryan will be back as Hathaway's teacher, and McCrary returns as Prime Minister Motaz. Newcomer Chris Pine has also joined the cast in a supporting role. The project is being produced by Debra Martin Chase and is being overseen for the studio by Disney production exec Karen Glass. In addition to starring on the Showtime series Dead Like Me, Blue has appeared in the BBC television series As If and the CBS telefilm In Love and War. Blue is repped by WMA, Untitled Entertainment and PFD in London. Goodall and O'Bryan are both repped by Paradigm Talent and Literary. Goodall is also managed by Seven Summits Pictures and Management. McCrary is repped by Stone Manners.
- 12/11/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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