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USA 25 December 2009
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Welcome to Hans Matheson Online, an unofficial website dedicated to providing respectful and accurate information for fans of Hans Matheson, and those wanting to find out more about this talented actor.

This site strives to offer the most comprehensive information available about Hans' projects, and "an extensive library of photography".

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Sherlock Holmes
Hans plays Lord Coward, the Foreign Minister and head of the Masonic Lodge in Guy Ritchie's production of "Sherlock Holmes". The film stars Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law.

Don't forget to purchase your copy of The Caledonian Kitchen in support of research into Duchenne disease. I can recommend it.

Updates

Check out the latest improvements to the Still Crazy and Canone Inverso Galleries, once again made possible by the wonderful Brooke.

Welcome to our newest affiliate, Claire Foy Source.

June 22nd, 2009
The I Am Dina and Poldark galleries are the latest to get the makeover treatment, thanks again to Brooke.
Two new Sherlock Holmes posters have been released during the last week. You can check them out in our Sherlock Holmes gallery. Filming on Clash Of The Titans will begin in Dinorwig Quarry, Wales from Monday 29th June for approximately a month. For more information go here or here

June 14th, 2009
The Galleries have been updated with new and improved screen captures for Stella Does Tricks and Mojo. Thanks to Brooke for providing these. Stay around for further upgrades. Also, I fixed the missing links to the gallery for The Bill - Still Waters.
Apparently, Clash Of The Titans has finished filming in th Canary Islands and is once agin filming in the UK. There'll be studio work and locations in Wales amongst others.

May 23rd, 2009
The Sherlock Holmes trailer is now online and is best viewed at the new Official Site. I've updated the Sherlock Holmes page and created a page for Clash Of The Titans. I've also reorganised some of the galleries and updated the DVD covers Gallery.

May 11th, 2009
Please forgive the lack of updates recently. I have been away but have returned to find some goodies in my Inbox. Check out the captures by Brooke from the Behind the Scenes footage on the German 2-Disk special edition of Nero.And here's a picture of Hans as Lord Coward in "Sherlock Holmes"
Clash Of the Titans is now listed at IMDb, ans, as reported earlier, Hans plays the role of Ixas. Filming is presently underway in the Canary Islands and the all-star cast includes Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Mads Mikkelson, Gemma Arterton, Sam Worthngton, Danny Huston and Jason Flemyng. It looks like a March 2010 release.

April 1st, 2009
Big news of the week, and not an April Fools joke, is the news that Hans has been cast as Ixas in the upcoming movie, "Clash of the Titans" with Sam Worthngton and Gemma Arterton, amongst others. Few details are available at the moment but filming apparently starts this month in the Canary Islands.

There is a "new" article from a 1998 Empire Magazine about Still Crazy and a copy of an autographed poster recently available on Ebay to go with it. Thanks to Brooke, who also generously donated a larger version of a Mojo picture from The Face article

March 24th, 2009
Thanks to the generosity of Brooke, we now have a gallery of screen captures from the interview with Hans, which is one of the DVD extras on the German version of Half Light. There is also a transcript of the interview.

Overseas buyers of The Caledonian Kitchen, the charity cookbook to which Hans has contributed a recipe, can now purchase a copy using Google Checkout. Details at their web site.

March 15th, 2009
I've fixed the broken link to the Bathory gallery. Viewers across the Channel and those with satellite TV may be able to catch "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" when it screens on Belgian TV station EEN on Tuesday 17th March.

Hans' fans can support a good cause - finding a cure for Duchenne Disease by purchasing a copy of The Caledonian Kitchen in support of Action Duchenne. Hans is one of many Scottish celebrities who have contributed a recipe towards this book to raise funds to improve the lives of Duchenne sufferers. In keeping with his Isle of Lewis heritage, Hans has contributed a fish dish, though those of us who saw "Half Light" will be hoping it's not the one we saw being prepared there!

You can find all the details at The Caledonian Kitchen website
To order your copy (UK buyers), Click here
For overseas orders, Click here.

Thanks to Kenny Munro for all the information

March 11th, 2009
The last batch of Bathory Screen captures have been uploaded to the site. Check them out here .

March 2nd, 2009
To make up for the long period between updates, we have some great new additions to the galleries. At present there are nearly 150 Bathory screen captures and more to come. And after a long time, The Future lasts A Long Time gallery has some new, bigger and better screen captures, thanks to Laura.
A (very) short clip from "Sherlock Holmes" was shown at the Oscars and it can't be long before trailers and production stills are available. Meanwhile, stay tuned for an exciting way you can use your Hans obsession to help a worthy cause. Details soon.

January 31st, 2009

Welcome to all the many new fans who enjoyed "Tess Of The D'Urbervilles". "Doctor Zhivago" also screened recently on the Ovation station in the USA and many people were able to discover Hans' wonderful performance as Yury Zhivago there.

We have some new larger versions of some of the Nero production stills, thanks to Lynette, and more screen caps of the Bathory "Making of Bathory" videos on Youtube. Here's a peek!

Sherlock Holmes is now in post-production, and it now has its own page on the site - keep checking for updates there.

January 4th, 2009
Here's to a wonderful 2009 for everyone. Thanks for all your support in 2008 and especially to those who have contributed with info, links and graphics. Your contributions are always welcome.
"Tess of the D'Urbervilles" screens tonight and next week on PBS Masterpiece Theater for those in the US (and parts of Canada?). I hope you enjoy the show and Hans' performance as Alec and if you're new to Hans' work, feel free to explore the site.

December 24th, 2008
All here at Hans Matheson Online would like to wish Happy Holiday, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our visitors, supporters and especially to Hans and his family. It's certainly been an eventful year, what with The Tudors, Bathory and Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Things may be all doom and gloom on the economic front but we have Sherlock Holmes to look forward to in 2009, and hopefully there'll be more to come.

Lots of opportunities over the Christmas/New Year break to catch Hans on the small screen. ITV3 will screen encore presentations of Doctor Zhivago and The Story of the Costume Drama and Tubes Tales, Poldark and Still Crazy will also get outings - details on the left of the page.

Then in the New Year, Tess of the D'Urbervilles starts off the new Masterpiece Classic season on PBS stations in the US.

December 6th, 2008
Tess Of The D'Urbervilles comes to US audiencess on PBS Masterpiece Theatre on Sunday January 4th and 10th, 2009. The screen caps from Episode Four are now in the gallery.

We have some captures of Hans' appearance in "The Story of Costume Drama", a documentary about - yes, costume drama which screened on ITV on December 1st. Hans talks about his experiences filming "Doctor Zhivago".

Screen captures by Gg. Thanks to Peaches for the heads up and to Keiraweb for the link to the videoclip.

November 10th, 2008
It seems Bathory will get a screening on 22nd and 23rd November 2008 at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Washington DC. More info here

Meanwhile, I have added 140 screencaps from Episode Two and Three of Tess Of The D'Urbervilles to the galleries.

November 2nd, 2008
The DVD of "Tess of The D'Urbervilles" is now available in the UK and we have some caps from "Angels and Demons- The Making of Tess" now online.

We also have a gallery of pictures from a 2005 photoshoot by Sven Arnstein, without watermarks. Also some of the pictures from the Isifa photoshoot in the Bathory gallery have been replaced with pics without a watermark. Thanks to Mariana from Gemma Arterton Online.

October 24th, 2008
As hinted at earlier, Hans will play the role of Lord Coward, the Foreign Minister and Head of the Masonic Lodge in Guy Ritchie's film, "Sherlock Holmes". This is a big budget production and is garnering a lot of buzz, so keep tuned for more details.

We also have some screen captures of the various TV promotions for "Bathory" were were showing in the Czech Republic recently. Thanks to Lynette and Parker. Also Lynette found a picture of Hans and Keira Knightley taken when the casting of "Doctor Zhivago" was announced late 2001, which I've placed in the Hans Gallery.

October 16th, 2008
New stills have been added to the Tess Gallery thanks Lynette and Mariana. Over five million people watched "Tess Of The D'Urbervilles" in Britain on Sunday nights and visits to the site increased dramatically. I hope a lot of those new fans will now look up some of Hans' other work. The DVD of "The Tudors" second season (Region 2) is now on sale in the UK and "Tess of the D'Urbervilles will be released October 27th. Screen caps to follow.

We hope to have confirmation soon of rumours of an exciting project now in the works.

October 2nd, 2008
This weekend sees the conclusion of both "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" and "The Tudors" on the BBC. The last two episodes of "The Tudors" show Hans at his best as he hears Anne Boleyn's last confession and shows his support at her execution.

Meanwhile, Alec D'Urberville continues to pursue the lovely Tess. View a preview clip.

The End Of The Road For Tess

Seems viewers prefer bad boy Alec to Thomas Cranmer!

More pictures have been uploaded to the Bathory Gallery, thanks once again to Lynette and Parker.

September 28th, 2008
Tune in to BBC1 at 9.00pm tonight for Episode 3 of "Tess of the D'Urbervilles". There should be lots more Alec in this episode.

Newcomers to the world of Hans will also be able to see him in one of his first appearances when "Poldark" is aired this week on True Movies. I assume that's pay TV?

September 21st, 2008
Don't forget the second episode of "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", which will air on BBC1 tonight, though I'm not sure how much, if at all, Hans will in this episode. All the screen captures from Episode One have now been uploaded. Enjoy!

We welcome ur new affiliates, Admiring Natalie Dormer and Keira Knightley Fan

September 18th, 2008

Two new "Tess Of The D'Urbervilles" production stills, thanks to Mariana.

The first batch of screen caps from Episode One are now uploaded, with plenty more still to come. Thanks to Gemma Arterton Online

September 17th, 2008
A warm welcome to all our new visitors. We hope you will explore the site and go on to discover more of Hans' talent.

"Tess of the D'Urbervilles" debuted on Sunday night to strong ratings (audience of over 5 million) and generally good reviews . Negative opinion mostly centred on the predictable comparisons to the Polanski movie version, complaints that it's yet "another BBC costume drama" (that's problem??) and that everything was too pretty and clean. Well, since most of the action in episode one took place on the wealthy D'Urberville estate, that was the case. I doubt things will be so attractive at the dairy.

Thanks to Mariana at Gemma Arterton Online, we have some more scans and coming real soon, some screen caps.

September 14th, 2008
The big news, of course, is the premiere of "Tess Of The D'Urbervilles" on BBC 1 tonight at 9.00 pm. You can read more about the production at the BBC's website and in the following articles

Gemma Of The Adaptations -Press and Journal, September 14, 2008
Tess of the D’Urbervilles: The rock 'n' roll version of a Thomas Hardy masterpiece-The Telegraph, September 13, 2008
That's What I Call A Costume Drama- Mail Online, September 13, 2008
Novel Look at Hardy Old Classic-Daily Record, September 13, 2008
Tess Of The D’Urbervilles: a compulsive vision of hope-Socialist Worker Online, September 9, 2008
Beauty and the Beasts -Belfast Telegraph, September 4, 2008

An interesting video of the filming at Newark Park in Gloucestershire can be viewed here.

Your reviews, scans and other input gratefully received. Why not join us at our forum and share your views with our friendly community?

New banner thanks to Star at Hans Matheson Aprreciation Society

September 11th, 2008
The promised screen captures from BBC's "Newsnight" are now uploaded. Thanks again to Gemma Arterton Online, who've also donated a HQ version of the promotional still of Hans as Archbishop Cranmer in "The Tudors".

Scans from Bathory- The Book and some pictures from a Bathory party have been added to the Bathory Gallery. Thanks Lynette for providing these.