Martin Freeman News

BBC Worldwide announces that all episodes of The Office are now available to download and purchase in the US for the first time on iTunes (www.itunes.com).

THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS is coming to theaters on March 30, 2012 from Sony Pictures. The animated adventure family film is directed by Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt and stars the voices of Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson, Salma Hayek, and Jeremy Piven

Swinging With The Finkels is the story of what happens after the honeymoon ends and couples get bored with married life.

SWINGING WITH THE FINKELS, starring Martin Freeman, Mandy Moore, Jonathan Silverman, Melissa George, Angus Deayton, Paul Chowdhry, Daisy Beaumont and Jerry Stiller will be released on August 26, 2011 in Palm Springs, CA and Miami, FL. The film featuring a screenplay and direction by Jonathan Newman, is rated R.

Swinging With The Finkels is the story of what happens after the honeymoon ends and couples get bored with married life.

The 2011 BAFTA Awwards nominees have just been announced, and this year, GLEE, MA MEN, BOARDWALK EMPIRE, and THE KILLIANG are in the runnning for best International show. Winners will be announced at the May 22 ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel May 22.

The 2011 BAFTA Awwards nominees have just been announced, and this year, GLEE, MA MEN, BOARDWALK EMPIRE, and THE KILLIANG are in the runnning for best International show. Winners will be announced at the May 22 ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel May 22.

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre. Sponsored by the Evening Standard newspaper, the 2010 Awards will be presented at the Savory on November 28, 2010. The short list of the 2010 nominees will be released one week prior to the ceremony.

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Martin Freeman ('The Office'), Lorna Brown, Sarah Goldberg, Lucian Msamati, Steffan Rhodri, Sam Spruell and Sophie Thompson will star in Bruce Norris's CLYBOURNE PARK at London's Royal Court Theatre, whatsonstage.com reports. The play, which premiered at New York's Playwrights Horizons earlier this year, will begin previews on August 26 and will open on September 2. The production will run until October 2.

Martin Freeman ('The Office'), Lorna Brown, Sarah Goldberg, Lucian Msamati, Steffan Rhodri, Sam Spruell and Sophie Thompson will star in Bruce Norris's CLYBOURNE PARK at London's Royal Court Theatre, whatsonstage.com reports. The play, which premiered at New York's Playwrights Horizons earlier this year, will begin previews on August 26 and will open on September 2. The production will run until October 2.

For the role of prolific nonfiction writer James Reston, Jr., the author of 13 books, including 'The Conviction of Richard Nixon: The Untold Story of the Frost/Nixon Interviews' (which recounts the author's time spent as the prime Watergate researcher on the Frost interview team), Howard would turn to Sam Rockwell.

News service WENN reports that Kevin Spacey has enlisted fellow film actor Josh Hartnett to perform at London's 24 Hour Plays Gala. Spacey has assembled an all-star cast to take part in the annual event, which has celebrities tackle the task of rehearsing and performing six new plays in just 24 hours.