Starz sets 'Camelot' premiere for April
Jamie Campbell Bower, Joseph Fiennes and Eva Green star
Jamie Campbell Bower of 'Camelot'
Credit: Starz
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[That assumes that viewers haven't already been watching Syfy's "Merlin" and thus require transportation *back* to Camelot.]
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The premium cable network announced on Monday (Dec. 20) that "Camelot" will premiere on Friday, April 1 at 10 p.m. ET.Â
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The latest retelling of the Arthurian legend features Jamie Campbell Bower ("Twilight Saga: New Moon") as Arthur, Joseph Fiennes ("FlashForward") as Merlin, Eva Green as Morgan, Tamsin Egerton as Guinevere, Claire Forlani as Igraine and Peter Mooney as Kay.Â
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Starz advises viewers to "Forget everything you think you know... this is the story of Camelot that has never been told before," which is a pretty audacious claim for a story that has been told as a musical, as an animated movie, as grimy history and in more than a dozen different variably magical incarnations.
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An Irish-Canadian co-production from Octagon and Take 5 Productions, "Camelot" was shot on location in Ireland and executive produced along with Ecosse Films and GK-tv.
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Starz's next original production, the prequel miniseries "Spartacus: Gods of the Arena," premieres on January 21, 2011.
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A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.
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December 20, 2010 at 8:23PM EST Reply to CommentDan,
For 2011, will Starz continue the deal with Netflix where they stream their original programming? That's how I was able to watch Spartacus, and I was hoping they'd continue doing it next year for the prequel and Camelot.