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**LATEST UPDATES**

 

SEPTEMBER, 2011

20th September, 2011

Spook 7 will begin airing on the New York PBS station, WLIW, beginning Wednesday, 21st September at 9pm.

The narration from Fraud Squad episodes 1 and 2, narrated by Richard, have been added to our Media -Narration page.

18th September, 2011

Art Challenge 158 results - Elvis - now in the Gallery.

14th September, 2011

In an interview with Ian Wylie, new Spooks star Lara Pulver talks about how Richard sent her an email on the first day of shooting Spooks 10.

13th September, 2011

The documentary, 'Leopards of Dead Tree Island,' narrated by Richard, will be airing again in the US on the National Geographic Wild channel on Friday, September 23 at 7pm. (LocateTV)

12th September, 2011

Richard comes in second as Wizard Jeans Britain's Second Best Looking Bloke.

11th September, 2011

Darkroom Challenge 46 - Textures - results now in the Gallery.

9th September, 2011

Captain America: The First Avenger dvds & blu-ray now availablefor pre-order on Amazon and Amazon.ca.

8th September, 2011

A replay of the National Geographic program, "Leopards of Dead Tree Island", narrated by Richard and which aired in the US on 25th August, will be shown on the National Geographic UK's Television Channel some time in October. "A dramatic, real-life tale of three leopards plays out in Botswana's Okavango Delta. What unfolds is an in-depth look into their lives; following the tension, drama and, in the end, heart-wrenching tragedy, as all three seek a common goal - to dominate one of the Okavango's most prized leopard territories." You can see a clip from the program, 'A leopard cub's last breath', HERE. We will update with schedule details when they are released. (Thanks to Sapphire and RANet)

7th September, 2011

"Star Wars: the Complete Saga" will be released on blu-ray, 12th September. It will include "The Phantom Menace", Richard's first, 'blink and you'll miss me', film role.

3rd September, 2011

According to the Courier Mail, Channel 7 in Oz will be airing Strike Back 2 in 2012. (Thanks Byng)

Metacafe.com added an interview with Richard by David Stephenson of the Sunday Express about Spooks 9 to its website on 28th August, 2011. From the content the interview took place while Richard was filming episode 1 and talks a bit about that episode as well as a little bit about episode 2 and Spooks in general. We have now added the transcripts to our Library. It's a 3-page transcript and you can navigate through it using the Library's thumbnails.

1st September, 2011

Richard is included in the contents for issue 9 (presumably the next issue) for Recognise Magazine, which has posted on its Facebook page that it has been moving during the last 2 months.

Richard has received a nice mention in this month's Naxos blog. Referring to his role as Heinz Kruger in Captain America, Nicolas Soames writes:

"There was Richard Armitage – but in a ‘baddy’ role – a far cry from the actor we know and admire for his presentation of pastiche Regency romances. There was Richard shooting people and driving a car wildly through the streets trying to mow down the hero. But we know him as a man who quietly, and generally on a Saturday, slopes in to read a Georgette Heyer and entertain thousands of his followers around the world." (Thanks to Monetsmum and AnnetteG)

AUGUST, 2011

31st August, 2011

The British TV Podcast #99 (produced in the US) features a review of Richard's career. Richard's section starts at about 22.04. The first 20 minutes of the podcast are taken up with talking about an icecream that can be found in the UK, then moves on to Japanese Kit Kats. They talk a bit about a visit one of them is making to London and the plays she wants to see there. Then they review their most recent epi of Dr Who and Dr Who Confidential, then they recap the forthcoming week's British television schedule. THEN, they get to Richard and that's about 20 minutes. What's great is they use audio clips from Sparkhouse (describing John Standring as the local veterinarian), Vicar of Dibley, Robin Hood, Spooks and the Hobbit press conference.

27th August, 2011

With thanks to Richard Armitage Online we have added Richard's latest message to our Messages page.

18th August, 2011

A spokesman for Peter Jackson has confirmed that filming on second block of The Hobbit began last week and will finish in December.

Richard will be narrating a new 2-part series entitled, Fraud Squad. It will air on ITV on Friday, 26th August at 9pm. The investigation into one of Britain's biggest share frauds, following detectives hoping to recover £20million stolen from victims as they hunt for the Nigerian ringleader, 30-year-old George Abrue. Over the course of 18 months, officers discover Abrue has numerous false identities, launders his cash with the help of corrupt bankers and has criminals working for him across Europe to fuel his lavish lifestyle. (Thanks to Richardarmitagenet.com)

14th August 2011

We have added downloadable RA Character Postcards (made by members of the RAC Forum) to our Gallery HERE! They make wonderful gifts/card inserts too. Easily printable onto postcards or photopaper.

Art Challenge 157 results for RA Character Icon Postcards now in the Gallery.

13th August, 2011

Screencaps from Strike Back 2 episode 1 can be found in our RAC gallery HERE.

7th August, 2011

Cinemax has put up the first six minutes of the first episode of Strike Back 2 on youtube. It begins airing on Friday, August 12 at 10pm on Cinemax in the US and on HBO in Canada.

Recognise Magazine posted today on Facebook that issue 9 with the photoshoot of Richard will be published near the end of the month. So it appears they have worked through the dissolution problems.

5th August, 2011

It appears that Recognise Magazine, which had scheduled its Richard Armitage photoshoot for publication in its august issue, has dissolved. (Thanks to Monetsmum)

4th August, 2011

New clip from Strike Back 2, featuring Richard Armitage as John Porter. View it on our Youtube channel HERE.

3rd August, 2011

Sky has announced that Strike Back 2 will begin airing on Sunday, 21 August. In the US & Canada, it begins on Friday, 12 August on Cinemax.

There's a nice little 'nod' to Richard as Heinz Kruger in ComicBookMovie's very extensive and favourable review of Captain America. Read, or scroll, down to the paragraph beginning, "The HYDRA soldiers ... ".

JULY, 2011

31st July, 2011

Two recently-found press room photos of Richard at the 2009 BAFTAs have been added to the Gallery.

We have added photos taken at the NYC opening of Captain America to our Gallery.

30th July, 2011

BBCA is running a poll for Anglo Fan Favourites - Richard Armitage vs Matthew Macfadyen. You can vot efor Richard HERE.

29th July, 2011

Dave from Star Wars Autograph Collecting of let-the-wookie-win.com has uploaded a lovely early picture of Richard from his Star Wars Episode 1: Phantom Menace publicity. You can find information on his appearance in Phantom Menace at our Early Career page.

27th July, 2011

Sky has released its UK trailer for Strike Back 2 and Cultbox.co.uk has uploaded it to its website. It's pretty much the same as the US one.

26th July, 2011

Empire Magazine has published 'The Men Behind the Makeup: The Dwarves of the Hobbit,' which compares the Hobbit actors to their Dwarf counterparts. The article says of Thorin, "Next to Bilbo, he's probably the most complex and interesting character in the entire book." (Thanks to Khandy at C19)

24th July, 2011

The Scotsman has printed a new interview with Richard where he talks about The Hobbit, his time off during the hiatus, and on being cast as a 'bad guy.'

23rd July, 2011

We've added a transcript of Richard's bits of the third Hobbit video blog to our Library.

22nd July, 2011

Anglophenia has a very favourable review of Captain America with a brief mention of "handsome Richard Armitage" (scroll down towards the end of the article).

Jasper Reeves of the Telegraph talks to Richard about Captain America, "I'm a bit mean. I haven't got a nice guy's face". The 3-page article has been uploaded to our Library. Just click on the thumbnails to expand the page and move through the article.

We've added some select high res caps from the Hobbit blog #3 to our Gallery Salon.

We have extracted about 1.34 seconds of Richard bits from the most recent Hobbit vid blog and uploaded them to our YT channel. The editing's a bit lumpy in places. We're expecting lots of practice :)

21st July, 2011

Peter Jackson has released the first official full-length photo of Thorin, together with the other dwarves. You can see it at TheOneRing.net and in our gallery here!

WireImage has uploaded some lovely pictures of Richard at the Visa Captain America screening. You will need to register to get passed the thumbnails.

Peter Jackson has uploaded a third Hobbit video blog. We have the caps in the Gallery.

We have uploaded our transcripts of Richard's Captain America Red Carpet interviews to our Library. The first, the Marvel interview is HERE. It is a 3-page interview, click on the thumbnails to move through it. And the second, Associated Press interview is HERE. It is a 2-page interview.

Danielsredluna has uploaded the inteviews to Youtube. The Marvel interview is HERE. And the Associated Press interview is HERE.

Currently, Richard is somewhere in IMDb's top 5000 actors! (Thanks to Suwaida for this little tidbit.)

20th July, 2011

There's a snippet with Richard talking about The Hobbit in What's On TV, "I'm the King of the Dwarves!". We've added it to our Library. It's a single page. Click on it to expand it.

Richard appeared on the Red Carpet and was interviewed by Marvel and Associated Press.

18th July, 2011

Richard is included in the list of the cast attending Hollywood's Red Carpet opening for Captain America. The event will be streamed live on Marvel.com on Tuesday July 19, from 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET. There will be a special charity premiere of the movie at the Odeon One in Liverpool on July 27. The Liverpool Echo is offering ONE PAIR OF FREE TICKETS. There is no information yet as to whether Richard will be there. Tickets for the special screening went on sale for £20 on July 15 - you never know, there may still be some left. (Thanks to Biscuit for alerting us to the Liverpool event.)

There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment of Richard as Heinz Kruger in this Captain America behind-the-scenes snippet. Scroll to 1.54.

17th July, 2011

Thorin Oakenshield has been revealed at last at Theonering.net! You can also see him, together with all the dwarf characters in their costumes, in our image gallery HERE.

The new Optimus 3D TV advertisement is voiced by Richard and is on YT. (Thanks to Monetsmum)

Art Challenge 156 results for Ever After Icon and Signature Challenge now in the Gallery.

Darkroom Challenge - Lead-in Lines - results now in the Gallery.

16th July, 2011

Trailer Addict has uploaded a short video interview with Richard. It is available on Befuddled Musings. And, we have uploaded caps to our Gallery. We have also now uploaded the interview transcript to the Library. (Thanks to Calexora and Beachbaby)

15th July, 2011

An iPad only magazine, Project Magazine, as a feature article on Richard. If you're lucky enough to have an iPad you can find it HERE. We've added the article to our library (3 pages, click the next arrow) and the pics to our Gallery. (Thanks to Cantuono)

The One Ring's Hobbit in 5 videos feature a character study on Richard's character, Thorin Oakenshield. You can find the vid on Youtube.

14th July, 2011

The Dominion Post reviews Strike Back which begins airing in New Zealand on Thursday at 8:30 on Prime TV. The reviewer says she's "prepared to hang in for it to redeem itself before dumping, but it's only out of respect for Armitage's performance in Spooks." Warning: major spoiler about Spooks 9. The article also includes a new picture of Richard from the Hobbit press conference from February, 2011.

13th July, 2011

Comingsoon.net has released 3 new HD promo pictures of Richard as Heinz Kruger in Captain America. We have also added them to our RAC Gallery.

The August issue (9) of Recognise Magazine will contain some pictures from a recent photoshoot featuring Richard. The magazine will be adding a pre-order button to its website very soon.

12th July, 2011

Turns out Richard is not narrating the newest series of New Homes from Hell on ITV.

10th July, 2011

Art Challenge 155 results for Guy In One Icons now in the Gallery

According to Peter Jackson's video blog #2, filming on the second block of The Hobbit begins on 5th September.

The 8 part Series 3 of Homes from Hell, narrated by Richard Armitage, begins on ITV1 and ITV1 HD on Tuesday, 12th July at 9.00 pm.

9th July, 2011

There's a new video blog from Peter Jackson with a little bit of Richard at about 3 minutes. We've uploaded the caps to our Gallery.

We have uploaded caps from the Captain America featurette to the Gallery and the Richard Armitage interview transcription to the Library.

6th July, 2011

A Captain America featurette about costume and set design features a quick interview with Richard. His part starts at 1:10. (Thanks to @izabelanna on twitter)

5th July, 2011

The interview with Richard Armitage about The Hobbit from the print issue of Total Film has been added to our library. (Thanks to @Maria_lovelock on twitter)

Not entirely sure, but this might be the first Captain America ad on Oz television!

4th July, 2011

Geek, Actually has released the Australian promotional vid for Captain America.

3rd July, 2011

The first interview with Richard Armitage about The Hobbit has been published in Total Film. We have also uploaded it to the RAC Library. There will be more of Richard in the issue which hits the stands on July 7th.

The April - June 2011 updates page has been archived here.

Art Challenge 154 results for Disney's Robin Hood Icons now in the Gallery