E! Online shares the first 8 minutes of the next episode which contains a lot of Robert time. Enjoy!

Taking the opportunity to wish all the visitors of Rain Dog: Robert Carlyle a Happy New Year!
Let’s hope 2012 will be an even better year for you!

My internet has been down so I haven’t been able to update and my Christmas wishes are a bit late. But I hope you had a wonderful Christmas with lots of happiness and gifts!

Some great news:

ABC’s new fantasy series Once Upon A Time is off for the holidays, but has turned in a strong premiere and another half-dozen episodes. The series co-stars Robert Carlyle (SGU‘s Dr. Nicholas Rush) as Rumplestiltskin and the enigmatic Mr. Gold.

After debuting in October to 12.93 million viewers, the show has averaged 10.96 million over its first seven episodes. The trend is downwards, however, with last week’s new episode attracting 8.92 million.

Once is first among entertainment programs on Sunday nights among women 18 to 34 and women 18 to 49, according to the network. TVbytheNumbers.com currently has it listed as a “Likely Renewal” for ABC, noting that it’s gained 21 percent on what the network had in the same time slot a year ago.

The show will return January 8, 2012, with an episode focusing on Carlyle’s two characters — one in the fairy tale world, the other a powerful businessman in the real world town of Storybrooke, Maine. In the episode titled “Desperate Souls,” “Regina engages in dirty politics with Mr. Gold while Rumpelstiltskin’s backstory is revealed along with his attempt to help his son avoid a war,” according to Zap2It’s TV guide.

Frequent Stargate SG-1 guest star Tony Amendola (Bra’tac) also has a recurring role on the series, as Gepetto.

Once Upon A Time has been picked up for a full, 22-episode first season, and airs Sunday nights at 8/7c on ABC in the United States.

Source: Gate World

Three new HQ production stills from California Solo!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Movie Productions: California Solo

“California Solo” will be one of 15 films premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

Fifteen world-premiere titles from filmmakers including Stephen Frears, Julie Delpy and Spike Lee are set to screen next month in Sundance’s Premieres section, which, for the first time in recent memory, will feature not a single pic with distribution already in place.

Source: Variety

A short post about me re-opening my Vera Farmiga fansite! You might know her from films such as Up In The Air, Orphan, The Departed and Down to the Bone.

Visit the site at vera-farmiga.com and get to know more about Vera and I hope you will like the site!

And here is episode stills and on the set photos from season 2 of Stargate Universe!

GALLERY LINKS:
- TV Series: Stargate Universe

A short video of Robert on the set of Once Upon a Time:

A very nice article about Robert and the film Summer in which he starred in, in 2008. Comes with two videos with Robert:

Sometimes, as an entertainment journalist with a bit of a readership, you just feel the urge to advocate for a particular project. You want everyone possible to see a gem of a film, read a book, or listen to that CD that’s never had much of a distribution network to speak of, even if that hidden jewel has been out for a few years.

Actor Robert Carlyle (currently starring in Once Upon a Time as Rumpelstiltskin) has a long history of making little, low-budget, but incredibly well-made films. (The Full Monty, featuring Carlyle’s breakout performance as Gaz began as one of those little films).

Lamenting a couple of years ago about the state of independent film in the U.K., Carlyle noted the difficulty of finance and distribution for the well-made, low-budget fare that has been always been his passion. Case in point is the understated 2008 British film Summer, a wonderful, gorgeously shot and flawlessly-acted character study, that, as Carlyle has noted, has only been seen by a handful of people. Not even available on DVD in the North America, it is a terrible shame that the movie has been seen by so few.
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