Archived News Jan - Jun 2003
These archived pages are no longer being updated and are just for a nostalgic look at the history of the 10th Kingdom and the fandom. Some links may be broken.June 30, 2003 ~ Kimberly has a new name and a new movie. Her last name of Williams has been changed to Williams-Paisley. She is going to be on an ABC Family channel movie called "Lucky 7."
Amy (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) has strictly been following a timeline her mother (Gail O'Grady) left her for a successful life, without any detours along the way. The timeline included such important life events as running for class president, becoming a lawyer and most importantly, discovering her seventh boyfriend would be the man of her dreams. The problem is Amy met Daniel (Brad Rowe) and fell in love...but he's only number six. Premieres July 20 at 8pm e/p
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John Larroquette will be in a new NBC comedy series called "Happy Family" in which a married couple have raised all their children and are about to be left to themselves except for one reason or another their children move back home. John Larroquette stars as Peter Brennan and Christine Baranski (Cybill) plays his wife Annie Brennan. The series is set to air this Fall in September on Tuesdays at 8:30/7:30 PM.Interesting Note: Wolfmistress commented on the Kissingtown list that when John played Tony on The 10th Kingdom he mentioned that he wasn't going to make enough money to buy the magic mirror back "playing happy family."
June 27, 2003 ~ Chris has a new map on her 11th Kingdom website where fans can put a pin in the map and display their location. Click here if you would like to add your location to the map and see where other fans are located.
June 24, 2003 ~ HELP WANTED! SuzieFox and some other fans of The 10th Kingdom are planning a convention where fans can meet and share their interests in the miniseries and hopefully catch Hallmark's attention for a sequel. If you are interested in participating, contact SuzieFox at this email address: suzie_the_fox@hotmail.com
Take a peek at the new Once Upon A Time T10K Con 2004 website!
June 22, 2003 ~ Lucy Punch who played Sally Peep will be appearing alongside Annette Bening and Jeremy Irons in the movie Being Julia. An independant movie currently in production. Directed by Istvan Szabo, from a script by Robert Harwood (who won a 2002 Oscar for The Pianist). The script is adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's novel "Theatre."
The movie is a tale of "folly and revenge", set in the London theatre world of the 1930s and centers on a famous but aging actress (Annette Bening) who discovers her husband is cheating on her. She begins an indiscreet affair with her son's best friend, only to learn he has unscrupulous purposes of his own. She begins to plot a way to get even!
Filming began on June 16th, with shooting in London and Budapest. For more information visit:
The IMBD: Being Julia Site
The Knock Out: The First Lucy Punch Website
Lucy Punch is also set to play Hattie, one of the step-sisters, in Ella Enchanted, a feature film set for release in the US on August 3rd.
This news courtesy of Reptileboy. Thank You!
June 14, 2003 ~ Dianne Wiest our favorite evil queen will be adding her voice (Mrs. Copperbottom) to a new animated movie that's in production right now called "Robot." The movie is scheduled to be released March 11, 2005. It's being created by the same team that made the computer-animated hit "Ice Age."
Reuters article
USA Today article
Moview.com
May 12, 2003 ~ If you missed the chat with Scott Cohen, Mel created a transcript on her Scott Cohen site.
May 9, 2003 ~ Kissingtown is having a live chat with Scott Cohen (Wolf) on May 10 at 10 p.m. If you would like to ask Scott a question and chat, join the Kissingtown group list and then click on chat. A dialog box will come up that says you need to download the chat software. Just click Yes and you're ready to go. Click here for all the details.
May 7, 2003 ~ A 10th Kingdom newsletter is being planned and there is a fact sheet with details of the project. If you are interested in the newsletter and would like to participate, just click here.
April 26, 2003 ~ The Scott Cohen Fan Club has moved its site to a new server and has a new URL. For more details, go to the Kissingtown Yahoo! Group. It's quite an interesting story. Here's the new URL:
http://www.scottcohenfanclub.info
April 20, 2003 ~ Daniel Lapaine is in the new USA Network miniseries Helen of Troy.
PART 1 PREMIERES SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 8PM/7C
PART 2 PREMIERES MONDAY, APRIL 21, 8PM/7C
April 15, 2003 ~ Yep! It's tax-time again. But who wants to think about that. This sounds like a lot more fun. Liza, a fan of 10K who is planning on getting married, wants to have money for her wedding and has decided to part with some costumes that Kimberly Williams wore in The 10th Kingdom. If you would be interested in buying a piece of the magic, here is the website to see the pictures and contact Liza about purchasing them.
April 14, 2003 ~ Sky One will be re-broadcasting The 10th Kingdom miniseries on Monday, April 21st starting at 11:00 a.m. This news courtesy of Reptileboy. Thank you.
April 13, 2003 ~ New Sequel Info: On February 27, 2003, Mary Elizabeth received a letter from Simon Moore in response to a group letter sent to Hallmark. In it, he wrote that Hallmark approached him about doing a sequel with different actors and with a smaller budget. But Simon Moore didn't want to make a sequel that was less quality than the original.
Another fan (sister_jonny) has posted on Gennie's T10K Forum that she received a letter from Hallmark that said that due to overwhelming fan support, they are still considering a sequel.
On April 18, there will be a new letter-writing campaign to let TPTB know we definately want a sequel and with the original actors. If you are interested in a sequel then please join us and lets bombard them with our letters! :)
Here are some addresses and contact information you can use:
Simon Moore (Screenwriter)
c/o Rochelle Stevens
2, Terretts Place, Upper Street
London N1 1QZ
England
NBC Studios
330 Bob Hope Drive
Burbank, CA 91523
NBC Viewer Comments
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
1-800-NBC-NEWS ext 2333 (or 4444 and ask for programming between 9-5)
NBC
3000 West Alameda Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 91523
Robert Halmi, Sr.,
Chairman of the Board
Hallmark Entertainment Dist. Co.
1325 Avenue of the Americas, FL 21
New York, NY 10019-6026
Peter Von Gal, Vice President
Hallmark Entertainment Dist. Co.
1325 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6026
Email Hallmark Entertainment
http://www.hallmarkent.com/contact_submit.cgi
March 21, 2003 ~ Kimberly Williams and country music performer Brad Paisley got married Saturday, March 15, in a small private ceremony in Malibu in Southern California. Congratulations to the couple.
February 24, 2003 ~ The 10th Kingdom will celebrate its 3rd Anniversary on February 27. Kissingtown is having a Global 10K Marathon in which fans who own the DVD or VHS movie can watch it over three days (Feb 28 to Mar 2) and reminisce with other fans. Click here to join the Kissingtown group and have fun talking with other fans.
February 19, 2003 ~ There is a new website called The 10th Kingdom RPG where you can join and play RPG roles from The 10th Kingdom. If you like RPG's and want to join here is the link.
February 11, 2003 ~ Mary Anne Gruen who wrote The 10th Kingdom fanfic House of Red has now written a sequel called Full Circle. Here's the link below if you would like to read the first two Chapters:
January 29, 2003 ~ Ed O'Neill (Relish the Troll King) is co-starring as Joe Friday on a series remake of "Dragnet." You can watch it on ABC Sunday nights at 10/9c. Click here to visit the official site.
January 13, 2003 ~ Rutger Hauer will guest star on the ABC series Alias. He plays the new director of SD-6.
Dear Sally.org
Alias Boards - Interview with Rutger Hauer
January 12, 2003 ~ Maurice Gibb, one of the Bee Gees, died of cardiac arrest this morning. He was only 53 years old. The Trolls on the 10th Kingdom sang the Bee Gees hit song "Night Fever." Click the links below to read the news article:
ABC News - Bee Gee Maurice Gibb Dies at Age 53
ABC News - Family of Bee Gee Maurice Gibb Questions Treatment
January 1, 2003 ~ First of all I want to wish everyone a belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I hope you all had a safe and blessed time this past year.
Secondly, (I know this is really late!) I wanted to let you know that the Hallmark Channel is having a New Year's Day Miniseries Marathon. They are showing the entire 5-part series of The 10th Kingdom beginning at 12 noon. Check out the Hallmark Channel site.
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