Welcome to The Helen Mirren Archives, your premiere web resource on the British actress. Best known for her performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, "Prime
Suspect" and her Oscar-winning role in "The Queen", Helen Mirren is one of the world's most eminent actors today. This unofficial fansite provides you with all latest
news, photos and videos on her past and present projects. Enjoy your stay.
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Screencaptures from the second, third and fourth episodes of “1923” have been added to the photo gallery. The next episode airs on February 05, 2023. Many thanks to KissThemGoodbye for posting them in the first place.
Jacob and the Yellowstone cowboys save one of their own before deciding their next move. Teonna continues to endure at the hands of Sister Mary. Cara and Emma discuss Elizabeth and Jack. Alexandra makes a bold decision. The Duttons realize the feud with the sheepherders is far from over. In the wake of the attack, Cara and the Duttons carefully plan heir next move. Spencer and Alexandra enjoy the pleasure of Zanzibar, unaware of what has happened back home. Banner Creighton seeks a powerful ally.
Photo Gallery – Television Films & Series – 1923 – Screencaptures – Episode 4: War & the Turquoise Tide
Photo Gallery – Television Films & Series – 1923 – Screencaptures – Episode 3: The War Has Come Home
Photo Gallery – Television Films & Series – 1923 – Screencaptures – Episode 2: Nature’s Empty Throne
For those of us wondering what happened to “White Bird: A Wonder Story” after its initial September 22 release never happened and the film vanished without a trace, Lionsgate has now announced that the film will be released in limited engagements on August 18, 2023, and will enter wide release on Friday, August 25, 2023. “White Bird: A Wonder Story” follows on the release of “Wonder”, the film adaptation of R. J. Palacio’s previous book, which was a global hit in 2017, taking in $305 million in worldwide box office. R.J. Palacio’s books have sold more than 16 million copies with editions published in 47 languages. Lionsgate and Participant are collaborating with USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education to build educational programming around the film.
From the best-selling author of Wonder, the book that sparked a movement to “choose kind,” comes the inspirational next chapter. In White Bird: A Wonder Story, we follow Julian (Bryce Gheisar), who has struggled to belong ever since he was expelled from his former school for his treatment of Auggie Pullman. To transform his life, Julian’s grandmother (Helen Mirren) finally reveals to Julian her own story of courage – during her youth in Nazi-occupied France, a boy shelters her from mortal danger. They find first love in a stunning, magical world of their own creation, while the boy’s mother (Gillian Anderson) risks everything to keep her safe. The film also stars Ariella Glaser and Orlando Schwerdt.
According to Deadline, the Berlin Film Festival today announced eight titles that have been added to its Berlinale Special program. The new crop of films includes Golda, starring Helen Mirren, Camille Cottin, and Liev Schreiber. Directed by Guy Nattiv from a screenplay by Nicholas Martin, the pic follows the intensely dramatic and high-stakes responsibilities and decisions that Golda Meir, former Israeli prime minister, faced during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Mirren stars as Meir. Jane Hooks and Michael Kuhn are producers on the pic. Embankment is handling sales.
Happy New Year, everybody! A big batch of additional promotional material for “1923” have been added to both the photo gallery and video archive, including new production stills, featurettes and clips from the series. A complete list of all added media can be found below.
Photo Gallery – Television Films & Series – 1923 – Production Stills
Photo Gallery – Television Films & Series – 1923 – Screencaptures – Featurettes
Photo Gallery – Television Films & Series – 1923 – Posters & Key-Art
Video Archive – Career Videos – 1923 – Must-See Moments (Episodes 1-3)
Video Archive – Career Videos – 1923 – Clip 01
Video Archive – Career Videos – 1923 – Featurettes
Video Archive – Career Videos – 1923 – Television Spots
Ok, one last update before the Holidays. Screencaptures from the first episode of “1923”, titled aptly “1923” have been added to the photo gallery, with many thanks to KissThemGoodbye for posting them in the first place. Once again, Happy Holidays everybody 🙂
Jacob Dutton (Harrison Ford) quashes a dispute between cattle ranchers and sheep herders. Cara (Helen Mirren) informs Liz (Michelle Randolph) of the sacrifices of marrying into the Dutton family, while another Dutton finds himself far from home.
Photo Gallery – Television Films & Series – 1923 – Screencaptures – Episode 1: 1923
A last update for the Helen Mirren Archives before the Holidays hit us with full force. It has felt like such a short year, so it’s time to celebrate, reflect – and look back: Four of Helen Mirren’s previous performances screencaptures have been replaced with high definition versions. The standout is the 1968 adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. If you have only seen the grainy DVD version that was published years ago, it’s a revelation to see the restored version which was made ready for streaming services. Screencaptures from “Where Angels Fear to Tread”, “Gosford Park” and the magnificent “The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone” – still one of Miss Mirren’s best performances – have been added as well. Enjoy the screencaptures and your Holidays with your loved ones. See you in 2023.
Photo Gallery – Television Films & Series – The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone – Screencaptures
Photo Gallery – Feature Films – Gosford Park – Screencaptures
Photo Gallery – Feature Films – Where Angels Fear to Tread – Screencaptures
Photo Gallery – Feature Films – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Screencaptures
Lots of additional press material for Sunday’s premiere of “1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story” have been added to the photo gallery, including production stills, many new promos with Helen and Harrison Ford and new posters. Also, this Wednesday saw the release of many press junket interviews with Helen that were conducted during the promotional stay in Las Vegas. You can watch them all in the video archive.
Photo Gallery – Television Films & Series – 1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story – Production Stills
Photo Gallery – Television Films & Series – 1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story – Promotional Stills
Photo Gallery – Television Films & Series – 1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story – Posters & Key-Art
On a Friday full of surprises, Helen Mirren not only made her music video debut in Kendrick Lamar’s “Count Me Out”, she’s also narrating the teaser trailer for Greta Gerwig’s upcoming “Barbie” film. For the latter, it is not known yet if Mirren also narrates the film, which will star Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and will premiere next Summer. In the former video, a visual for the “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers” album cut, Helen is featured as Lamar’s therapist, with the two in session. She asks him about an interaction he had with a woman in a parking lot, where the woman accused Lamar of stealing her parking spot. Kendrick makes a joke and the two have a laugh about the incident before the therapist digs deeper, asking him why he texted her “I feel like I’m fallen” at 2 a.m. The Dave Free and Lamar-directed “Count Me Out” video then cuts to different scenes as he attempts to answer her question. Kendrick is seen in various settings: the desert, among a herd of goats, in the car, having drinks with friends—one of whom is Jack Dorsey—and more.
Photo Gallery – Television & Online Appearances – Kendrick Lamar – Count Me Out (December 16, 2022)
While all eyes are on 1923’s December 18 premiere, let’s not forget next Spring’s theatrical release of “Shazam: Fury of the Gods”. In a recent interview with Total Film, director David F. Sandberg teased Mirren’s compelling new DCU villain in Shazam! Fury of the Gods. After Billy Batson (Asher Angel) is imbued with special powers by the last remaining member of the Council of Wizards in the previous film, the 14-year-old boy is transformed into Shazam (Zachary Levi). To defeat Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Mark Strong), an evil scientist who was denied the chance to become Shazam’s champion, Batson shares his power with his foster family to create a superhero team. Shazam! Fury of the Gods picks up two years after the events of its predecessor and sees Batson and his family take on the Daughters of Atlas. The director recalled his surprise that he was able to hire Mirren – an actor with a long esteemed career in film – to portray his chief antagonist, Hespera. Read Sandberg’s full quote below:
You need great villains for a great superhero movie. It was interesting that we landed on these mythological characters. It felt like something new for fans. We said from the start we should aim really high. We said, ‘We should get someone on the level of, like, Helen Mirren.’ And then we tried reaching out to her and she said ‘yes’ straight away. It was like, ‘Holy sh*t! We actually got Helen Mirren.’ Then we went to Lucy Liu and she said ‘yes.’ They bring so much to the parts. (David F. Sandberg, Total Film, December 2022)
Yes, that’s a real thing! 2022 marks the first standalone expansion of the Emmy Award competition and establishes a dedicated ceremony separate from the Daytime Emmy Awards, which had been home to children’s and family programming categories. And in its inaugural year, Helen Mirren has been awarded in the category Best Host for Cartoon Network’s “Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses” (which, again, was a real thing). For her work on television, Mirren has received a whopping 11 nominations since 1992’s “Prime Suspect 2”, winning 4 times, for “Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness”, “The Passion of Ayn Rand”, “Elizabeth I.” and “Prime Suspect: The Last Act”. So, thanks to the Harry Potter Tournament, Helen Mirren is now a five-time Emmy Award winner. 🙂