Life on Mars star John Simm, who was Whatsonstage.com and Olivier nominated for his West End debut in Elling two years ago, will return to the stage this autumn to star in the West End premiere of the 1996 emotional thriller Speaking in Tongues, written by Australian playwright Andrew Bovell, whose latest play When the Rain Stops Falling was just mounted at the Almeida Theatre.

Speaking in Tongues—which was made into the 2001 film Lantana starring Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush and Barbara Hershey—will open at the Duke of York’s Theatre on 28 September 2009 (previews from 18 September), co-starring Ian Hart and Kerry Fox and directed by Toby Frow.

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However, that’s as far as it goes, there’s no official confirmation by BBC yet (although IMDB lists two new Doctor Who specials already in Mr Simm’s page). So I’m going to hold listing it as a project for a little longer until more information surfaces.

Also, spoilers policy goes as follows. Since this site is dedicated to informing about and promoting John Simm’s career, any news about an upcoming appearance in the series will be announced at the front page, regardless of it being casting spoilers. Plot details when posted, however, will be labelled as spoilers and hidden (with a text cut) and/or included in the project’s page (when it’s up).

Hope this makes sense! Thank you.

Skellig is now out on DVD in the UK! The film is presented in one single disc and contains extras such as interviews with lead cast (including John Simm), director and writer David Almond, and behind the scenes featurettes (make-up and special FX).

Go get your copy at your local DVD shop if you live in the UK, or order it through amazon.co.uk, play or your choice online shop.

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Hope all of you who already watched Skellig enjoyed it (I know I did—massively)! You can check out Locate TV for repeats of the programme on Sky.

I’ve been on a brief vacation this past week, but updates will resume as usual starting tomorrow.

[…] today saw the return of another familiar face, John Simm. The actor, who played The Master in three episodes of Series 3 of the hit sci-fi show, was seen sporting a newly dyed blonde hairstyle on the grounds of Tredegar House.

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Sky has just uploaded a bunch of new videos to the Skellig Official Website. You can watch a new trailer, plus some great interviews with Bill Milner, Tim Roth, John Simm, Kelly Macdonald, Annabel Jankel (director) and David Almond (writer), plus a Making of which combines bits and pieces from said interviews. Check all those over there (they’ve got loads of spoilers, just so you know).

• Interviews with lead cast (Bill Millner, John Simm, Tim Roth, Kelly Macdonald), director AJ Jankel and writer David Almond.
• Behind the scenes—Special FX: Tour of the wings workshop with demonstrations
• Make Up: Tim Roth’s prosthetic application in high speed

I re-uploaded the interview with John Simm from the Skellig Press Pack, since I was requested to hold on to it until the film’s broadcast was closer. If you haven’t seen it before, it’s a very good read.

You can see a complete list of winners here. The awards will be presented at lunch today in London.

• Interviews with the lead cast, director Annabel Jankel and David Almond, author of the book.
• Behind the scenes content, such as FX making of.
  

The awards will be given out on Sunday 26th April. (thanks to L for the heads-up!)

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Remember that you can order your own copy of the mini series through Amazon, Play or buy it at your local DVD store if you live in the UK.

Billie [Piper], 26, will again play Rose Tyler and teams up with other sidekicks Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) and Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman). The trio will join forces to take on the Doctor’s revived arch-enemy The Master, played again by John Simm.

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Of course we all know The Sun, so take this with a pinch of salt. I had previously refused to report any speculation about Mr Simm replacing Tennant as the Doctor because it was completely ridiculous, but since this is at least plausible I thought I’d pass on the “news”.

Congratulations to the cast and crew! John Simm didn’t attend the ceremony, but you can read about it at the Guardian website or Broadcastnow, among others.