Amy Pond Ventures Across the Pond for New Movie!

From the show's Official Facebook page! 

Today, Cardiff was lucky enough to play host to the first official “Doctor Who” Convention. Matt Smith attended for a special panel along with fellow stars Arthur Darvill and Scottish born Karen Gillan who plays Amy Pond in the series. As well as the panel other highlights of the convention included workshops, autograph signings and memorabilia. Fans were desperate for information on the upcoming series and were informed by The Doctor himself (Matt Smith) that the Weeping Angels were due to make an appearance!

Weeping Angel

However, attention soon drifted to the impending departure of Karen Gillan, The Doctor’s assistant, and her on-screen husband Rory. According to the Daily Record: Steven Moffat (a writer for the Nation’s treasured TV show) described their exit as a “heartbreaking” storyline. Gillan, from Inverness, has had a staring role for the last two series and grew massively popular with fans, although her character has received some criticism for her “sexy demeanour.” It was also reported that she will be replaced by Emmerdale actress: Jenna-Louise Coleman. But no matter how good her replacement turns out to be, the Scottish redhead will be greatly missed after having such a strong impact on the show and their dedicated fan base.

For any “Doctor Who” fans the official twitter page just announced that the latest season’s teaser trailer will go online on Monday! 

Here's a link to the show's twitter page for more information about the "Doctor Who" series and they use hashtag #DoctorWho!

The former model is moving on from the series with her latest role in the TV movie “We’ll Take Manhattan.” The film was broadcast on the BBC on the 15^th of February 2012. Karen plays the role of unknown model Jean Shrimpton, who is sent away with photographer David Bailey (Aneurin Barnard) to do a photo shoot in New York. But of course it isn’t that simple, the movie features a wild week of love affairs, fights and drama. The story revolves around how the pair inadvertently manage to change the world of fashion forever.

A Trio of Treats for Ewan McGregor Fans

Yesterday it was reported that, Scottish born actor and household name Ewan McGregor expressed his anger to cinemas about overpricing and putting people off attending the pictures, as well as his hatred off people chewing noisy food and sweets during films! 

He currently has three projects set to hit our screens both this year and in 2013:

First of all, McGregor has recently finished new movie “The Impossible” which will be released in America later this year. The film is based on the horror of the 2004 tsunami in Thailand where a family become caught up in the mayhem along with thousands of strangers on what was intended to be a winter vacation in the sun. McGregor plays Henry, the husband to Maria (Naomi Watts) with writer Sergio G. Sánchez and director Juan Antonio Bayona.

Next on the agenda is “Jack the Giant Killer” which is a modern day fairy tale about an ancient war which is unwittingly restarted by a young farmhand who accidently unseals a gateway between the world of giants and their own. A battle between the two forces quickly resumes as the giants try to win back land form Earth that they lost centuries before. The character of Jack is forced to fight against creatures, which he thought only existed in legend, to save his fellow people. In this fantasy, adventure film, directed by Bryan Singer, McGregor plays a character called Elmont and it is to be released in 2013.

“Jack the Giant Killer” trailer:

The third and final project is a TV drama about a dysfunctional family with three generations meeting for their last Christmas gathering in the family home. Ewan plays the role of Chip in “The Corrections” (2013) and stars alongside the likes of Anthony Hopkins and Maggie Gyllenhaal in the Midwestern household.