David Tennant - A Look At What's Ahead For 2021
2021 looks set to be another exciting year for fans of David Tennant with several new projects in the works. This month alone will see the launch of the second series of Staged. Also coming up is the epic Around The World In 80 Days and a return to the theatre is scheduled for Spring when David is set to star in Good at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
Check out more details on his biggest projects for the year ahead below:
Staged
The new series follows David Tennant and Michael Sheen as they attempt to navigate their ‘new normal’ at home with their increasingly exasperated families whilst simultaneously trying to tackle the world of ‘virtual Hollywood’ and their ever more fragile egos.
Also returning for the new series are Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg and Lucy Eaton alongside Nina Sosanya and Simon Evans with new addition to the regular cast Primetime Emmy-winner Ben Schwartz, playing the assistant to Michael and David’s American agent.
The first episode, Saddle Up Sheen, premieres on Monday 4th January at 9.45pm on BBC One and sees Michael and David pained to discover that someone they respect is not a fan of their work. David’s plans to go to work and Michael’s plans to visit a friend abroad are both scuppered by last-minute travel rule changes, and some news regarding a work opportunity for the pair turns sour.
Watch a preview clip below:
Good
With theatres currently still closed in London due to the ongoing pandemic, it's anyone's guess whether Good will go ahead as scheduled, but if all goes to plan it is booked in for a 12 week season from 21 April to 17 July 2021 at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
The play was first seen at the Donmar Warehouse in 1981. Set in 1930s Germany, it follows a professor who attempts to rationalise the actions and anti-semitism of the Nazi party.
Good has direction by Dominic Cooke, with the cast which is led by David Tennant also includes Fenella Woolgar and Elliot Levey. The creative team includes designer Vicki Mortimer, lighting designer Paule Constable, sound designer Paul Arditti and musical director Nigel Lilley.The show was originally meant to begin previews at the Playhouse Theatre on 6 October 2020 and run for ten weeks, but has been forced to move dates given the ongoing pandemic.
Around The World In 80 Days
Filming will continue on the epic adaptation of Around The World In 80 Days, which was severely delayed throughout 2020 due to the pandemic.
The classic adventure saga has already been confirmed for BBC One in the UK, France Télévisions, ZDF in Germany, RAI in Italy, RTS in Switzerland and Seven West Media in Australia.
And there's good news for fans in the USA as the show was recently picked up for broadcast by Masterpiece. In addition Peu Communications are backing the series in South Africa, alongside Be-FILMS and RTBF in Belgium.
David Tennant stars as Phileus Fogg in the eight-part adaptation of the beloved novel by Jules Vernes with rising French star Ibrahim Koma as Fogg's valet Passepartout and The Crown's Leonie Benesch as journalist Abigail Fix.
One newly announced cast regular is Jason Watkins, recently seen opposite David Tennant in the ITV series Des, who will play Bernard Fortescue, newspaper magnate and father to Abigail Fix. Also joining them will be Peter Sullivan (Poldark), who will play Fogg's friend Nyle Bellamy, with whom he makes the wager that he can circumnavigate the world in eighty days.
Other guest actors just announced include Lindsay Duncan, Dolly Wells, Richard Wilson, Faical Elkihel, Anthony Flanagan, Gary Beadle and Giovanni Scifoni.
Around The World In 80 Days is expected to reach TV screens in late 2021.
DuckTales
Whilst fans of Disney's DuckTales have been left heartbroken at the news that Season 3 will be it's last, 2021 will see an epic finale to the show.
“The talented creative team, led by Matt Youngberg and Francisco Angones, have delivered exceptional storytelling with uniquely reimagined characters for three seasons of 75 episodes and more than 15 shorts,” a Disney XD spokesperson said in a statement. “While physical production is wrapping, DuckTales continues to be available daily on Disney Channels and Disney+ around the world and fans will get an epic season finale in 2021.”
David Tennant stars as adventuring billionaire Scrooge McDuck in the reboot of the classic 1980s animated series. Co-starring Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Bobby Moynihan as mischievous triplets Huey, Dewey and Louie, Kate Micucci as their fearless friend Webby, Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck, Toks Olagundoye as faithful housekeeper Mrs Beakley and Beck Bennett as inept pilot Launchpad McQuack, the series sees the Duck family embarking on globe-trotting adventures and treasure hunts, and uncovering family secrets along the way.
Final Space
2021 will see the return of animated sci-fi series Final Space for a third season along with key cast members including Olan Rogers, Tika Sumpter, Coty Galloway and Steven Yuen. David Tennant will also be back as the evil Lord Commander, who makes a brief appearance at the climax of a new teaser trailer that can be seen below:
ARK: Survival Evolved
David Tennant will provide the voice of the villainous Sir Edmund Rockwell in ARK: Genesis Part 2, the next Expansion Pack for the open-world multi-platform game, ARK: Survival Evolved which will available from March 2021.
He will also voice Rockwell in ARK: The Animated Series coming in 2022.
Watch a trailer below:
The Wizards Of Once: Never And Forever
David Tennant will narrate the audiobook for the next chapter in the exciting The Wizards Of Once series by Cressida Cowell. The fantasy novels follow the adventures of a young Wizard and his Warrior friend in a time full of magic, giants and sprites.
David has worked with Cressida many times before and narrated all twelve volumes of the How To Train Your Dragon book series, creating unique, memorable and above all, hilarious voices for the myriad of characters inhabiting the adventures. In Never And Forever, the fourth book in the spellbinding The Wizards Of Once series, Cressida Cowell brings her trademark wit, along with the stunning artwork and heartfelt adventure that has made her beloved around the world, weaving a story that is sure to transport readers to a world that will enchant and bewitch them.
The Wizards Of Once: Never And Forever read by David Tennant will be released on 27th May 2021.
USA Fans: Click here to pre-order from Amazon.com
Doctor Who: Dalek Universe
From April 2021, David Tennant will return as the Tenth Doctor for a monumental new full-cast Doctor Who audio drama series from Big Finish Productions, in association with BBC Studios.
Dalek Universe comprises nine hour-long episodes which will see the Doctor pulled out of time and sent back to the era before the last great Time War. Here he finds himself battling for survival in a universe full of Daleks, Mechonoids, Movellans... and Davros!
Each of the three volumes in Dalek Universe will be released as a four-disc collector’s edition box set or download containing three brand-new full cast audio adventures, plus a selection of behind-the-scenes extras.
Doctor Who fans worldwide can now pre-order all three volumes of Dalek Universe, which are available in three formats – collector’s edition CD, digital download or limited edition gatefold triple LP vinyl – exclusively from the Big Finish website (www.bigfinish.com), from just £19.99.
Listen to a trailer below:
Doctor Who: Out Of Time 2 - The Gates Of Hell
The second part of Big Finish's Out Of Time collection features David Tennant and Peter Davison as the Tenth and Fifth Doctors and is released in June 2021.
The Tenth Doctor joins forces with the Fifth Doctor to fight the Cybermen in the Catacombs of Paris.
There will no doubt be more projects confirmed for David throughout the year.
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