• Spoiler warning! Alan Sepinwall of the New Jersey Star Ledger reported on plans for re-launching US sophomore television dramas that were interrupted last year in mid-season due to the writers strike. One of the shows that will be re-introduced is Life starring Damian Lewis:

  “We are re-launching the show,” says “Life” creator Rand Ravich. “Our episode one this season is a sort of pilot. If you have never seen the show before, you can come to this episode one and be thrown into the world and not be left behind and be instantly up to date with everything that’s happening.”

  …Even in a dozen episodes or less, each show established enough of an ongoing storyline that the creators are taking extra care to explain things for newcomers and/or to refresh the memories of people who watched the abbreviated first seasons. Ravich has joked that the first “Previously, on ‘Life’” will take up the entire season premiere.

  …Befitting his main character, Zen koan-spouting LAPD detective Charlie Crews (Damian Lewis), “Life” creator Ravich describes the lessons of season one in philosophical terms. “I found out that you really need to trust the character. You cannot force the character into situations where you think it would play. You cannot force the character into something where you go, ‘Oh, this will be a morality tale or whatever.’ You need to let the character grow. You need to be on Charlie Crews’ side. ‘Oh, I’m just out of prison, I’m unsprung, I’ve got all this money, I can say anything to anyone that I want, I’ve got this ex-wife.’ You need to let those circumstances drive the character and not force him into jerry-rigged circumstances that you or the studio or the network think would be fun. You need to let him drive the show.”

  …Several of the series have undergone cast changes between seasons… Donal Logue joins the cast of “Life” as Crews’ new boss in an attempt to lighten Lewis’ workload (Robin Weigert, who had been playing the boss, will appear from time to time in a new capacity.)

• In “What They Saw” episode 1.04 of Life, actor William Sanderson played Holt Easley, a homeless man befriended by Damian Lewis’s character Charlie Crews; according to the latest issue of TV Guide there are no plans at this time for Sanderson to repeat the role for season 2.

• Click here for a new Life fan video on YouTube that was created by eternalflame92 and titled “I’m Feeling Good – Charlie Crews.”
• Click here for an article about the new episodes ordered for Phineas and Ferb – the animated Disney children’s television show – that will include a guest (voice) appearance by Damian Lewis.

• Amazon Canada is now offering the region 1 (Canada and US) DVD for The Baker starring Damian Lewis at the pre-order price of $20.97 CDN or $20.43 US. The R1 DVD will be released on August 12th.

• The new blu-ray DVD for Band of Brothers will be released in the UK on November 10th and is now available for pre-order.

• The region 2 DVD for The Situation starring Damian Lewis was recently released in Portugal.

• According to Animation Magazine the Disney Channel has ordered new episodes of Phineas and Ferb – the popular children’s program – and Damian Lewis will make a guest (voice) appearance on the show! In the US Phineas and Ferb airs on Saturdays at 8:30 pm (ET) with repeats at varying times during the week.

• Spoiler warning! Click here for the casting call for “Did You Feel That” episode 2.06 of Life.
• Jennifer Siebel, the actress who portrays the ex-wife of Detective Charlie Crews (Damian Lewis) on Life, recently wed San Francisco’s Mayor Gavin Newsom; click here for more information.

• Once again Damian Lewis’s imaginative fans have created new treats to indulge our shared obsession!

  » There is a new Life music video from Shervin titled Your Eyes.

  » Enjoy these fan-made opening credits for Life from nobodysleepsatnight.

  » Click here for a new batch of Charlie Crews icons from Adlervan.

  » Here is a Band of Brothers picspam from Britphile.

  » And this Forsyte Saga picspam is also from Britphile.

• The Escapist with Damian Lewis is currently screening at selected UK cinemas:

  » Independent Lighthouse Wolverhampton: 25th July 7 days

  » Independent Arts Centre King’s Lynn: 31st July 2 days

  » Independent Watermans Brentford: 1st Aug 4 days

  » Independent Eden Court Inverness: 1st August 7 days

  » Independent Ritz Thirsk: 8th August 7 days

  » Independent New Park Chichester: 11th August 3 days

  » Independent Roses Tewkesbury: 12th & 19th August (more information here – page 25 & PDF page 26)

  » Independent South Hill Park Bracknell: 29th Aug 3 days

• Click here to read about a sighting of Damian Lewis at a pub that was published in The Guardian last March:

  “My friend used to be Landlord of the Round Table Pub next door to J Sheekey, that always seemed to be full of celebrities. On one evening I saw Jude Law, Damian Lewis and Ross Kemp.”

• Here’s another report about the recent NBC “Sophomore Dramas Panel” with Damian Lewis and Rand Ravich of Life at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour:

  Damian Lewis, the British actor who stars in NBC’s Life, speaking almost exclusively in his character’s American accent because “speaking to Americans, my British accent sounds fake.”

• The hysterically funny Damian Lewis and Sarah Shahi Life interview with Erin Fox of TV Guide can now be downloaded to your computer here (scroll down) or viewed on YouTube here.

Spoiler warning! This (very funny) video reveals information about season 2 of Life!

• Thanks to Ryanne from The Bakery for finding this hilarious TV Guide video interview with Damian Lewis and Sarah Shahi at the recent NBC All-Star Party discussing their wonderful television series Life (among other things!) The entire interview is really funny and Damian’s slightly-tipsy, mute imitation of an angry football player is not to be missed!

• In an article about the impact of the recent television writers strike Christopher Lawrence of the Las Vegas Review Journal quotes Life’s executive producer Rand Ravich:

  “If you have never seen the show before,” says Rand Ravich, creator of NBC’s quirky detective series “Life,” “you can come to this episode one and be thrown into the world and not be left behind and be instantly up to date with everything that’s happening.”

• A report about the Television Critic Association’s Summer Press Tour from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch says that Valerie Harper will play Charlie Crews’s Mother in season 2 of Life (possibly in flashbacks since Charlie’s Mother is deceased and his Dad is getting remarried!)


• The Baker starring and produced by Damian Lewis will be released in North America on region 1 DVD on August 12th and is now available for preorder from Canada at PlayUSA and ZipCA.


• The Baker will be released in Australia on September 18th on region 4 DVD (Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean) and is now available for preorder. The film is currently available for rent in Australia.


• The Situation starring Damian Lewis is now available for sale or rent on region 4 DVD in Australia.