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More good news today, Natalie has signed onto yet another new project! The BBC press office announced today that she has been cast in a new legal drama called Silk! The drama will consist of six (presumably hour long) episodes and stars filming this month!

Maxine Peake (Criminal Justice), Rupert Penry-Jones (Spooks), Natalie Dormer (The Tudors), Tom Hughes (Sex, Drugs And Rock And Roll) and Neil Stuke (Reggie Perrin) star in Silk, a thrilling new drama series for BBC One about the lives, loves and hard cases facing barristers on the front line of criminal law, written by Bafta award-winning writer Peter Moffat (Criminal Justice, North Square).
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The Telegraph is reporting today that Natalie has been cast as Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother in Madonna’s new film about the Edward VIII abdication crisis!

Much missed since her death in 2002, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother is to be subjected to a radical new portrayal by Madonna. Mandrake can disclose that the American singer has cast an actress who appeared as Anne Boleyn in the television series The Tudors to perform the role of Queen Elizabeth in a film that she is making about the Edward VIII abdication crisis.

“This country tends to remember the Queen Mother as a rather wrinkly 97 year-old, but I am playing her when she was quite an enchanting, engaging twenty and thirtysomething,” Natalie Dormer told me. “She was quite a savage and savvy game player.”
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Empire have announced today that Natalie has signed onto a new project! According to a few sources Natalie will star in an adaptation of horror/fantasy novel Shadowland. The film will be shot in 3D and she will star opposite Bill Nighy! Nothing has been released about who Natalie will play, but hopefully that will come soon, you can read a very brief overview of the novel below.

Shock ‘Till You Drop brings word that PFG Entertainment is gearing up a film based on the book, which finds a pair of university students charmed into a world of magic and danger by an older man (played, we assume, by Nighy, since he’s got the charismatic chops to make the role work). The two leads are initially seduced by the powerful spells they’re exposed to, but soon must face a devastating choice between the forces of evil and saving their lives.

Natalie Dormer, last seen having her noggin sliced off as Anne Boleyn in TV series The Tudors, has also signed on for a role.

I’m not a huge fan of horror, but this sounds like a classy kind of horror :p And how good will it be to see Natalie up on the big screen and in 3D! Very exciting!

Some more good news for City of Life! After its successful debut at the Dubai Film Festival it has now been selected to open the Gulf Film Festival!

City of Life starring Bollywood actor Sonu Sood will open the the third edition of the Gulf Film Festival, to be held here.
The movie directed by filmmaker Ali Mostafa sees Sood, acting alongside British actress Natalie Dormer and UAE`s Saoud Al Kaabi.

The festival which will be held from April 8 to 14 in Dubai will roll out the red carpet with the opening night screening of the film on the first day – Source

According to this article Natalie will indeed reprise her role as Anne Boleyn in The Tudors for a dream sequence at the end of Season 4! I hope this does turn out to be true, and I wonder if Natalie will change the color of her hair again or just wear a wig? I cannot wait to see our beloved Anne on screen again!

Each of King Henry’s wives had their own style, hence there was never a question of over-lapping of costumes, and as all his wives were going to appear in a dream scene near the end of the series, even though some of the actresses had not worked on the show for a couple of years, their costumes were kept in.

The Gala line-up for Dubai International Film Festival 2009 has been revealed and according this website, The City of Life will screen on December 11th! No word on if Natalie herself will be attending but we can always hope!

Hopefully the screening will mean that we will get some more pictures and even a trailer for this film. I’d really love to see what Natalie’s part is like!