• Damian Lewis will be taking part in a celebrity poetry reading for the Josephine Hart Poetry Hour on May 17th! Tickets (£2.50 – £3.50) are now available here at the National Theatre site. Many thanks to Ann for the headsup!





• New release date: Universal Pictures has moved the release date of Your Highness from October 1st to April 8, 2011! Read more about it here.








• In an interview with ComicBookMovie.com, Daredevil co-writer Antony Johnston mentions Damian as an actor cabable of portraying “the heroism and vulnerability” of the Marvel Comics character. Damian Lewis has been the object of fan discussion at CBM on who should be cast in a potential Daredevil film.

The Baker, the Connecticut Film Festival’s 2009 Audience Favorite Award winner, will screen at this year’s festival on May 6th as part of the Bethel Library Building Fund Fundraiser. Cick here at the festival website for more information.

• New project: According to IMDb, Damian Lewis has been cast as “Gareth” in the film Will. According to the film’s IMDB page, it is being directed by Ellen Perry who is also listed as co-writer along with Zack Anderson. The film also lists actors Kristian Kiehling and Perry Eggelton in the cast and is in pre-production. Click here for the film’s IMDb page.






• Soccer Aid Reminder/ Update: Legendary French player Zinedine Zidane has signed on to play on the Rest Of The World team against England. More info here.

  Tickets for the match at Old Trafford on June 6th are now available. Call 0844 576 2010 or visit the official Soccer Aid site for tickets. All money raised from the event will go to Unicef.





• The Baker will be renamed Assassin in Love when it’s released on DVD in the US by Screen Media Films at the end of the year. More info here at Home Media Magazine.

  The film is already available in North America in Region 1 format. Click here for links.






• Click here at the Tim Gray Media website to learn more about the Richard Winters Leadership Monument and Film project which has full approval of the Winters family. Thanks to Linda in Belgium for the headsup.