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More Hollywood stars will head Down Under this year with production of HBO series The Leftovers moving to Victoria.

The acclaimed U.S. TV drama will film its third and final season at Warner Bros studios in Melbourne's Docklands over the next three months.

Airing in Australia on Showcase, it stars Justin Theroux, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler and Janel Moloney, all of whom will be based in Australia for the duration.

More Hollywood stars will head Down Under this year with production of HBO series The Leftovers moving to Victoria.

The acclaimed U.S. TV drama will film its third and final season at Warner Bros studios in Melbourne's Docklands over the next three months.

Airing in Australia on Showcase, it stars Justin Theroux, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler and Janel Moloney, all of whom will be based in Australia for the duration.

Victorian Premier David Andrews called the plan a 'Hollywood coup' and claimed it would pour $20 million into the local economy and create 250 jobs.

The show explores a world in shock when 140 million people inexplicably vanish in a 'rapture-like event', and is the third-highest rating U.S. cable TV show with six million an episode.

Melbourne will not double as an American city as the show's plot will move to Australia after Theroux's character's father left for Perth in season 2.

The Leftovers' cast is just the latest batch of screen celebrities making an appearance in 2016, with filming of Thor: Ragnarok, starring Chris Hemsworth, about to start on the Gold Coast.

Others include the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean earlier this year, and upcoming Alien and King Kong sequels that will start in coming months.

They are expected to inject more than $300 million into the Australian economy and create more than 3,000 jobs.

The Leftovers is not the only international TV series either, with BBC drama Top of the Lake mid-way though filming its second season in Sydney.

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Christopher Eccleston and Aardman Animations team up to battle dementia

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The makers of Wallace and Gromit have produced a short film to address people's misconceptions about dementia.
The makers of Wallace and Gromit have produced a short film to address people's misconceptions about dementia. The online video from Aardman Animations features former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston, whose father Ronnie died following a 14-year battle with the illness. The 90-second film for Alzheimer's Research UK uses stop motion techniques to show an orange being stripped away to demonstrate how diseases that cause dementia physically attack the brain. The brain of an Alzheimer's sufferer can weigh around 140 grams less than a healthy brain - about the weight of an orange. Eccleston, 51, said he hoped the film would "fight the misunderstanding and fatalism that surrounds dementia in our society". He said: "We have to think differently about dementia. We have to stop believing dementia is an inevitability - something that simply happens to us all as we grow older. If we don't, we're never going to truly fight it. "Dementia is caused by diseases and diseases can be beaten. We've tamed diseases like cancer and heart disease and a diagnosis of either is no longer a certain death sentence. "People with dementia deserve this same hope. This film aims to show that dementia is caused by physical processes that scientists can put a stop to." Hilary Evans, chief executive of Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "Major breakthroughs have been made in the battle against Aids and cancer, and research will bring these same life-changing advancements in the field of dementia. "To get there, we must stop fearing dementia as something that just happens as we age, and focus on fighting the diseases, most commonly Alzheimer's, that are the root cause of it. "There are still no treatments that can slow or stop the disease processes in the brain, but with the support of a nation, Alzheimer's Research UK will win the fight against dementia." Aardman, the Oscar-winning animation studio based in Bristol, developed the film with Alzheimer's Research UK and creative agency ais London. Alzheimer's Research UK has asked people the share the video on social media by using the hashtag #sharetheorange.

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Actor Christopher Eccleston granted quickie divorce.

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Actor Christopher Eccleston has been granted a quickie divorce from his wife Mischka in a hearing that lasted just two minutes.

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The former Doctor Who star was given a decree nisi on the grounds that the marriage had broken down due to her "unreasonable behaviour".

Neither the 51-year-old actor nor Mischka, 31, was present at the Central Family Court in London when District Judge Richard Robinson pronounced decrees for 21 couples. They were seventh on the list.

The couple, who lived in north London, were married in November 2011 and have two children, a son aged three and a two-year-old daughter.

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Christopher Eccleston and Paterson Joseph front arts access campaign

Actors Christopher Eccleston, Samantha Morton and Paterson Joseph are backing a campaign aimed at highlighting the difficulties of securing a career in the arts today.

The performers are lending their support to a visual campaign designed to "exemplify the current climate in the arts" that is being created by graphic designer Peter Saville.

It forms part of Create's Panic! What Happened to Social Mobility in the Arts? initiative, which will investigate "the state of the cultural sector in the UK" through debates, music and art later this year.

Saville's photos show performers including Eccleston, Morton and Joseph with tags revealing "the occupation of their bread-winning parent". The campaign asks whether these "important cultural players" could find success today.

Others taking part in the photo campaign include Jo Brand and Ken Loach.

Through its programme of debates, film and art, running from November 26 to December 4, Panic! will investigate the effects of housing costs, benefit changes and low salaries on access to arts jobs. It will also look at the rising costs of higher education fees and unpaid internships in the sector.

Panic has also commissioned a survey, delivered by Goldsmiths, that aim

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BBC drama The A Word starring Christopher Eccleston to tackle autism.

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Former Doctor Who star says he is ‘proud’ to star in the six-part series looking at a family struggling to cope when the youngest son is diagnosed with autism.

Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston has said he is “proud” to star in The A Word, a new six-part BBC1 drama with autism at its heart.

Revolving around the Hughes family, The A Word depicts their struggle to come to terms with life when the youngest son is diagnosed with autism.

Described as “a funny and thought-provoking series about parenthood and childhood”, it will tell the story of how the Hugheses learn to communicate properly with each other in order to communicate with their autistic family member.

Talking about the project, Eccleston said: “I’m very proud to be reunited with writer Peter Bowker on The A Word. This is a special job for us all. We hope the audience take us to their hearts.”

Rounding out the cast of The A Word is Our Zoo’s Lee Ingleby, Grantchester’s Morven Christie and Fresh Meat’s Greg McHugh.

The original series, Pilpelim Tsehubim, was broadcast in Israel in 2010. It was written and created by Keren Margalit, who will be an executive producer on the UK version.

In addition to writing duties, Bafta winner Bowker, who won for BB2 drama Marvellous, will also executive produce.

Twice Academy award-nominated Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty, Rev) will direct.

Bowker said: “We have the opportunity here to make something funny, tough, realistic and inventive about contemporary family life and autism. In a society where imperfection increasingly comes with blame attached, it seems timely to look at how autism is regarded both within a family and the wider community - and to give some insight into how that experience might be for the child on the autism spectrum.”

He added: “It’s a drama full of ideas – about parenthood, about disability, about communication, about community – and will emphatically engage an audience whatever their experience of the subject.”

The A Word will be shot on location in The Lake District and also at Manchester’s Space Project.

‘Leftovers’ Christopher Eccleston on ‘Dr Who’ Set: Talks ‘Thor 3’ Return? [SPOILERS]

Christopher Eccleston 2015 Critics' Choice Television. (Photo : Getty Images / Jason Merritt)

Whovians, if you have ever wondered if the Ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston, was a die-hard Doctor Who fan you can now put your questions to rest. The Leftovers star recently opened up about his viewing habits and how he will always be the Doctor at heart and on the set in spirit, even though he doesn't watch the show. Eccleston also talked about going back to Asgard as Malekith in a potential Thor 3 return.  

Eccleston revealed that he has not watched much of the classic series or even the newer revived version of the show, including the season in which he won viewers hearts as the Ninth Doctor. He confirmed via the Radio Times: "I never watched Doctor Who when I was a child, I never watched MYSELF as Doctor Who!"

In fact, considering he passed on the opportunity to reprise his role on the popular BBC series, this revelation will probably not come as much of a shock.

It is not all doom and gloom though, he may not have been an avid fan of the series but he pointed out that he will always be an integral part of the show: "I'm still there: I was in David Tennant, I was in Matt Smith, I was in Peter Capaldi. I'm always there in spirit." 

Doctor Who isn't the only gig that Eccleston is happy to have left behind. Last year, the Malekith actor spoke with MTV about not returning to Asgard for Thor 3 (via HitFix): "I don't think I'd like to revisit six hours of makeup every day. And I think Malekith has served his time. The way of the Marvel films, the Thor films, they have a new villain every time." 

Being that Eccleston's character Malekith the Accursed was crushed and killed in Thor: The Dark World it makes a lot of sense that a reprisal would be unlikely. However, as we know, with the Marvel cinematic universe anything is possible.

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Stage door shut to poor children, says Christopher Eccleston.

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Stage door shut to poor children, says Christopher Eccleston

Former Doctor Who actor slams ‘bland culture’ of white, middle-class males filling classical roles

Acting was an escape for Christopher Eccleston, and he bemoans the lack of opportunities for working-class children. Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian

Actor Christopher Eccleston, known for his portrayal of Doctor Who, has criticised the lack of opportunities for working-class children trying to become actors.

“Acting was a huge escape for me,” he said in an interview with Reader’s Digest.

Eccleston, 51, was born into a working-class family in Salford, Lancashire and attended a local comprehensive school.

“Nowadays, if you’re from my background, the door is almost shut,” he said.

“All the classical roles in London’s West End go to white, middle-class males and we get a culture that is resultantly bland. To be honest, I find it very disturbing.”

He also spoke about Legend, the forthcoming biopic about 1960s gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray, starring Tom Hardy as both twins.

Eccleston plays DCI Leonard “Nipper” Read, the man who arrested the brothers. The actor criticised the past glamorisation of the Krays, calling them “vile criminals”.

Why Chris left DW part 2.

The actor, who only lasted one series playing the Time Lord in 2005, says he left after he 'clashed with bosses'.

Christopher Eccleston

In an interview with Radio 4's Loose Ends, he explained: "I don't think it's important that I left - I think it's important that I did it in the first place. 

"I'm still there - I was in David Tennant, I was in Matt Smith, I was in Peter Capaldi. I'm always there in spirit."

"Myself and three individuals at the very top of the pyramid clashed so off I went.

"But they're not here to say their side of it so I'm not going into detail."

The 'Safe House' actor went on to say he believed he had made mistakes in how he played the role.

"I think I over-pitched the comedy," he explained. "If I had my time again, I would do the comedy very different - but I think where I did possibly succeed was in the tortured stuff - surprise surprise!"

Since leaving 'Doctor Who', Christopher has gone on to bag himself other TV and film roles including 'The Shadow Line', 'Blackout', 'Fortitude' and 'Thor: The Dark World'.

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Bad Wolf Chris fansite updated.

Three interviews have been uploaded to my Chris related website, these are:
What turns me On - Christopher Eccleston.
Call of the Wild. - Interview for Safe House.
Interview for Thor: Dark World.