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[02/10/09 - 05:31 AM]
Terry Pratchett's the Color of Magic Set to Make U.S. Television Premiere on Ion Television
Sean Astin, Tim Curry and David Jason all star in the March 22 event, which was rescheduled from November 23.

[10/07/08 - 12:29 PM]
Terry Pratchett's the Color of Magic Set to Make U.S. Debut on Ion Television
Sean Astin, Tim Curry and Sir David Jason star in the four-hour event, airing Sunday, November 23 at 7:00/6:00c.







COLOR OF MAGIC, THE (ION)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
3/22/09
STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series in the can
DESCRIPTION:
(from ION's press release) ION Television, the "Positively Entertaining" general entertainment network available to over 94 million homes, and RHI Entertainment, the leader in the production and distribution of groundbreaking movies, miniseries and series for television, today announced the U.S. television premiere of The Color of Magic, a four-hour production premiering on ION Television on Sunday, March 22 at 7:00 p.m. ET. Based on the first two books in best-selling author Terry Pratchett's hugely popular Discworld series, The Color of Magic stars Oscar nominee Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Toy Soldiers, Rudy), Emmy nominee Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show, Kinsey) and David Jason (RHI's Hogfather). Additionally, Emmy Award-winning actor Brian Cox (Bourne trilogy, Running with Scissors) serves as the narrator and Christopher Lee (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars Episodes II and III) takes on the vocal role of Death.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Brian Cox as Narrator (Voice)
· Christopher Lee as Death (Voice)
· Sean Astin as Twoflower
· Sir David Jason as Rincewind
· Tim Curry as Trymon
CREW INFORMATION:
· ??? as WRTR
· Ian Sharples as PROD
· Robert Halmi Jr. as EP
· Robert Halmi Sr. as EP
· Rod Brown as PROD
· Terry Pratchett as BOOK
· Vadim Jean as DIR
GENRE(S):
· based on a book
· mini-series
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· RHI Entertainment