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Whatsonstage.com have announced today that Natalie will return to the stage in Patrick Marber’s After Miss Julie! The production, will runs from 21 March to 14 April 2012 (previews from 15 March), find out more here and book tickets here.

England, July 1945. The Labour Party’s landslide election triumph. Victory in the class struggle. Celebrations in every street.

Miss Julie descends into the servants’ kitchen of her father’s country mansion in search of the chauffeur John. Over one long midsummer’s night, Miss Julie’s world is turned head over heels.

This passionate tragedy was adapted by Patrick Marber from Strindberg’s Miss Julie. Marber is best known for his string of acclaimed plays including Dealer’s Choice, Don Juan in Soho and Closer, and his BAFTA-winning films Notes on a Scandal and Closer.

News on the Natalie front is very quiet at the moment as I think she may be filming, or getting ready to film her scenes in Game of Thrones! A little bit more information on The Fades for you today though! The executive producer of The Fades has spoken briefly about the show to Digital Spy.

The supernatural drama, written by Skins scribe Jack Thorne, will focus on Paul (Iain De Caestecker), a young man who can see spirits of the dead known as ‘the Fades’.

Skinner told SFX: “The thing I found so exciting about working with Jack on developing the mythology of the show is that they’re Fades, and you’ve not seen Fades before. They’re not ghosts, they’re not werewolves [and] they’re not vampires.”

She continued: “I think a lot of fantasy shows draw on people’s received ideas of monsters and how those things work, [but] actually this is completely new.”
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It has just been announced that Natalie has joined the cast of Game of Thrones! She is set to play the relatively small part of Margery Tyrell. I don’t know about you all but I couldn’t be more excited. Game of Thrones is a brilliant series, one of my favorites, and I’m sure Natalie will make a fantastic addition to the cast.

Natalie Dormer, who memorably played the seductive and doomed Anne Boleyn on Showtime’s The Tudors, has been added to the fantasy drama’s regular cast.

Dormer will play Margaery Tyrell, a (minor spoiler alert) beautiful and shrewd young woman from the influential House Tyrell. She’s pledged to marry the late King Robert’s brother, Renly Baratheon, as part of House Tyrell’s support for his bid to seize the Iron Throne from King Joffrey.

It looks like you guys in America might actually get to see W.E. in some theatres soon!

The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights to W.E., Madonna’s directorial debut of a feature film. W.E. is a romantic drama co-written by Madonna and Alek Keshishian, produced by Madonna and Kris Thykier and executive produced by Scott Franklin (Black Swan). It stars Abbie Cornish (Limitless), Oscar Isaac (Drive), James D’Arcy (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World), Andrea Riseborough (Never Let Me Go), Natalie Dormer (“The Tudors”), Richard Coyle (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time), James Fox (Sherlock Holmes) and Laurence Fox (“Inspector Lewis”). The announcement was made by TWC Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein and President of Production Donna Gigliotti.
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Unfortunately the period crime drama Poe was not picked up by ABC :[

BBC America – Natalie Dormer in Poe (ABC)
NOT PICKED UP: The period crime drama Poe initially looked like one of this season’s sure things, but it did not make ABC’s final schedule. But you need not stray too far from BBC America to get your Dormer fix: The Tudors star will appear in the network’s new supernatural series, The Fades.

Yesterday the BBC Press Office announced that Natalie has been cast in a new show called The Fades. Check out the information below, it sounds very exciting! I will catch up on Silk this weekend, just busy babysitting today :p.

Natalie Dormer (The Tudors, Silk, W.E.) is confirmed today for Jack Thorne’s (This Is England ‘86, Skins, The Scouting Book For Boys, Cast Offs) new supernatural horror, The Fades currently in production for transmission later this year on BBC Three.

Natalie Dormer says: “I am so excited to be joining an amazing cast and working on such a fantastic script!”

Natalie plays Sarah whose extraordinary ability to see the future puts her in grave danger of attack from The Fades. When she suddenly disappears and is feared dead, suspicion falls on ex-husband, Mark played by Tom Ellis.

Kate Harwood, BBC Controller Drama Series and Serials adds: “Following the success of Silk it’s great to have such a wonderful young actress back at the BBC playing such a different and challenging role.”