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8 June 2009 7:27 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

A new mini-series has just landed a trio of new cast members. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rufus Sewell, Ian McShane and Donald Sutherland have joined the cast of Pillars of the Earth.

The mini-series was adapted from the Ken Follett novel by John Pielmeier with Sergio Mimica-Gezzan to direct the eight-hour mini-series. The story is set in 12th Century England and deals with two intertwining love stories set against a backdrop of war and religious conflicts.

Sewell, McShane and Sutherland join the cast that already includes Matthew Macfayden, Sarah Parish, Hayley Atwell, Eddie Redmayne and Gordon Pinsent. The mini-series starts shooting on June 22 in Hungary and Austria, with a premiere set for the later half of 2010.

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10 February 2009 10:09 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (Acct) have announced the nominees for the 29th Annual Genie Awards. Leading the pack for the awards honoring the best in Canadian film was "The Necessities of Life". The movie about an Inuit hunter stranded in a Quebec hospital collected eight gongs, including best picture, best director for Benoit Pilon and best original screenplay for Bernard Emond.

In the category of best pictures, Pilon's film will be up against "Amal", "Normal", "Passchendaele" and "Everything Is Fine". Meanwhile, for the best original screenplay title, it placed Bernard Emond in competition with Deepa Mehta of "Heaven on Earth", Travis McDonald of "Normal", Randall Cole of "Real Time" and Guillaume Vigneault of "Everything Is Fine".

While "The Necessities of Life" took the most nominations, "Fugitive Pieces", the Samuel Goldwyn Films drama based on best-selling novel by Canadian poet Anne Michaels grabbed six nods. Some of the »

- AceShowbiz.com

2 articles from 2009