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Seven Arts Pictures PLC (SAPXF.OB) is a UK-based independent producer and distributor of quality feature films. The company has distinguished itself as a source for both high-quality films (such as those shown at the Cannes Film Festival) and marketable, big-budget feature films that appeal to a worldwide audience. Seven Arts is making a specific effort to acquire and distribute films with substantial DVD and home video potential, even if there is limited theatrical release. Such “made for DVD” films are particularly popular in the “horror” and “family entertainment” genres which Seven Arts is pursuing aggressively. One strategy that Seven Arts is pursuing is to assist in the actual production of several films each year to provide additional product for its distribution system. The company hopes to increase its library of approximately 21 films to more than 75 films within the next 5 years. Seven Arts is currently involved with the Arthurian historical epic adventure, “Mortal Armor: The Legend of Galahad”. This film, which is in pre-production, follows the journey of young Galahad in his quest for the Holy Grail, which a dying King Arthur believed might save his war-ravaged kingdom from destruction. As the story unfolds, Galahad finds his first love, meets his long-lost father, Lancelot, and seeks to prove himself a worthy knight. The company has secured the worldwide rights to the film.

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Synopsis With his dying breath, King Arthur asks the young Galahad to seek out the Holy Grail. His last hope? That the Grail’s discovery might save the war-ravaged Kingdom from destruction. But as Galahad’s epic journey unfolds, the quest for this holy and mysterious object leads him down unexpected new paths, as he finds his first love, his long-lost father Lancelot, and seeks to prove himself as a knight. Mortal Armour on 7Arts

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Felix in his wonderful Gaming Blog, tells us that straight after the final episode of Doctor Who the BBC ran a (very) short trailer which basically consisted of the following screen. He also found two Guardian news artciles that reveal some interesting facts.

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For the first time on the handheld platform, fans of Disney Fairies and beloved Tinker Bell can explore the delightful world of Pixie Hollow and play as the popular Fairy herself. Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell allows girls to interact with dozens of enchanting Disney Fairies, including Silvermist, Iridessa and Fawn, and explore Pixie Hollow through time-based activities and mini-quests. Craig Relyea, senior vice president of global marketing, Disney Interactive Studios said: Disney Fairies has become a phenomenon all around the world. Bringing the game to DS allows fans to play as Tinker Bell and take the Fairies world everywhere they go, while having fun learning about the importance of creativity, teamwork and responsibility.

Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell is a color-rich, deep and detailed game that mirrors the beautiful Fairies world that girls have come to love and cherish. In the game, Tinker Bell invites players to discover her mystical world, embark on adventures, explore their fashion tastes and complete fun quests to prepare for the coming seasons. Fans of the franchise will see even more of Pixie Hollow on Oct. 28 with the DVD release of the first Disney Fairies film, also entitled “Tinker Bell.” [Source] Continue Reading »

Just when you think that the 60s TV archives have been completely plundered, Network finds another lost gem - The Owl Service - which is getting a release on 28th April 2008.The Owl Service was the first programme made in colour by Granada and it’’s still intact - all eight episodes will be available complete and uncut in this two-disc set. Shot in the Welsh valleys in the summer of 1969, The Owl Service is a teen drama, mixing history, myth, mystery and adventure, as well as the supernatural and class division. To quote the press release:

Alison (Gillian Williams) and her brother Roger (Francis Williams) spend the family summer holiday in a remote cottage in the Welsh countryside. After hearing a scratching noise in the attic, Alison discovers some old dinner plates which have a strange floral pattern on them. When she traces the design onto paper, the flowers turn into owls. What is the connection between the plates, the gardener, the angry housekeeper and the legend of a village magician? Discover the weird power of the valley as the legend begins to unfold…

Extras include an image gallery, an introduction written by KimNewman with additional contributions from Chris Lynch and an archiveinterview with Alan Garner from Celebration. Hopefully we”ll have areview before release date.

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The Owl Service is a novel by Alan Garner first published in 1967. It is a contemporary interpretation, which Garner described as an “expression of the myth“, of the story of the mythical Welsh figure of Blodeuwedd, whose story is told in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi.The legend concerns a woman created from flowers by a Welsh wizard. She betrays her husband, Lleu, in favour of another, Gronw or Goronwy, and is turned into an owl as punishment for inducing Gronw to kill Lleu.

Various kinds of discrimination and prejudice pervade the plot. There is the condescending English view of the Welsh and its corollary in the Welsh resentment of English money. There is the class divide,not only between a working class boy and richer children, but between aland-owning family and a businessman’s family. There is the divide between urban Welsh and the Welsh-speaking country people. The boy Gwyn speaks Welsh to the locals to practise for his examinations at school, but his mother does not want him “speaking like a labourer”. Speaking English, Gwyn’s Welsh accent marks him as inferior in English eyes as well. These innate conflicts are part of the author’s device to create a conflict, not out of malice on anyone’s part, but out of the bringing together of mismatched outlooks.

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The Film The Water Horse that premiered last week in the USA , is a tale about a little boy who takes home an enchanted egg and suddenly finds himself face to face with the mythical Nessie, the famous monster of Scotland’’s Loch Ness. It seems that sea and lake monsters appear with regularity in myths and legends of the Celtic Countries.Ireland has two lake monsters of note, a recent discovery in Muckross Lake in Killarney, Co. Kerry. and one in Lough Ree on the River Shannon in the County of Westmeath.

The monster in Lough Ree has been there for a while. A passage from the life of St. Mochua of Balla tells of a hunting party refusing to pursue a stag that had fled to an island on account of “a horrible monster that infested the lake, and was accustomed to destroy swimmers.” One hunter decided to chance a swim and arrived on the island without incident, but “as he was returning the beast devoured him.!!

Cornwall has in the ancient language of Cornwall, the name MORGAWR, meaning ”Sea Giant”, describes an enormous marine monster which lives in the waters of Falmouth Bay. A lake monster from Welsh mythology, the Afanc can also be traced through references in British and Celtic folklore .Sometimes described as taking the form of a crocodile, giant beaver or dwarf, it is also said to be a demonic creature. The Afanc was said to attack and devour anyone who entered its waters.The Afanc has been variously known as the Addanc, Adanc, Addane, Avanc, Abhac and Abac. Several sites in Wales lay claim to its domain, among them Llyn Llion, Llyn Barfog ad Llyn-yr-Afanc (the Afanc Pool), a lake in Bews-y-Coed. I was unable to find any Lake or Sea monsters in Brittany, So if you know of any please let us know.