Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Showtime has given “The Tudors” a third-season pickup, just a few weeks after the drama series’ sophomore bow.

Production will begin June 16 in Dublin, Ireland, with series star Jonathan Rhys Meyers set to return as King Henry VIII. The number of episodes has yet to be determined for Season 3, which will follow the king as he weds third queen Jane Seymour (Anita Briem) and then Anne of Cleves (still to be cast).

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Source: Los Angeles Times

‘The Tudors” Emmy strategy: The episodes

UPDATED 4/22 — Showtime has made a few changes in episode selection since we received the info below. Jonathan Rhys Myers has ditched episode 203 and now plans to choose either 209 or 210, which recently finished shooting. No plot details are yet known. Whatever goes on in 210 must make it a doozy because we hear that Natalie Dormer (as Anne Boleyn) has picked that one as her Emmy entry. No doubt it’s the one where she gets a new shoulder-cut do, rather unvoluntarily and rather bloody. Henry Cavill (as Henry’s chum Charles Brandon) has declared his eppy: 205.

If Emmy contenders make the final runoff after a popular vote of 14,000 members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, they must submit a sample episode to a judging panel that will determine the five final nominees. Final episode declarations aren’t due until the end of May, but here is what “The Tudors” plans as of now:

Best Drama Series (205 “Anne’s Family’s Power is Jeopardized” airs April 27)
Lead Actor: Jonathan Rhys Meyers (203 “Henry Marries Anne in Secret” or 210)
Supporting Actor: Henry Cavill (203 or 210)
Supporting Actor: Jeremy Northam (205 “Anne’s Family’s Power Is Jeopardized”)
Supporting Actor: Nick Dunning (208)
Supporting Actor: James Frain (TBD)
Supporting Actress: Maria Doyle Kennedy (207)
Supporting Actress: Natalie Dormer (TBD)
Guest Actor: Peter O’Toole (208)

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Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Henry Cavill has joined the cast of Woody Allen’s untitled romantic comedy, which has started production in Queens.

Cavill, known for his role as Charles Brandon, the Duke of Suffolk, on Showtime’s “The Tudors,” plays a man who is set up with Evan Rachel Wood’s character by her mother. Larry David also stars as Wood’s love interest.

The script, penned by Allen, is being kept under wraps. Allen also is co-starring and directing the Wild Bunch-funded film. His sister, Letty Aronson, and Stephen Tenenbaum are producing.

Cavill’s film credits include “Stardust,” “Tristan & Isolde” and “The Count of Monte Cristo.”

The second season of “Tudors” begins March 30 on Showtime.

He is repped by WMA in the U.S. and United Agents in the U.K

Source: DFNIonline.com

The World Duty Free (WDF) stores at London Heathrow airport terminal five will be the only travel-retail outlets where customers will be able to buy the new Dunhill London fragrance from P&G Prestige Products. To mark its launch, actor Henry Cavill, who stars in the fragrance’s promotional campaign, will visit the main WDF store at T5 on March 27, when the terminal opens to the public.

WDF head of beauty and luxury goods Debbie Ansell said: “Fragrance is such a key part of the WDF offering—20% of the prestige fragrances in the are sold through our stores. We are therefore delighted to add another travel-retail exclusive to our T5 stores. Dunhill London is an exciting brand and we are looking forward to welcoming Henry Cavill to our launch day.”

Source: Selfridges

As if in homage to the great city from which the new dunhill LONDON fragrance takes its name; the fragrance will be launching its worldwide exclusive at Selfridges London (also available at Selfridges Birmingham and Manchester) from 10 January 2008.

This is a scent for any gentleman that embraces his surroundings, exudes his personality, and embodies the city in which he lives. This scent links the historical craft of perfumery with the modern innovation of the dunhill brand.

Come to Selfridges to meet and greet Henry Cavill, star of “The Tudors” and face of the new dunhill LONDON fragrance. Selfridges Oxford Street, 16 January at 12.30.