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David Tennant is the voice of the young Charles Darwin in a new Aardman animated film called The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
The movie is distributed by Columbia Pictures and was released on 28th March 2012 in the UK.
On Wednesday 21st March David Tennant attended the premiere of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie at the Mayfair Hotel in London.
David recorded most of his audio in June 2011 although he has worked on it at various times for the past three years.
It was released on DVD in Europe on 10th September and had some extras which David had made a recording for.
The Pirates! movie has been nominated for the Best Animated Feature Award in the 2013 Oscars and for a MPSE Golden Reel Award.
For posts related to The Pirates on Blogger.com click here.
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The UK television premiere of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists! will be on BBC One on Boxing Day at 4.40pm. Updated 08/12
Unfortunately Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists did not win the Best Long Form award at the British Animation Awards. It was won by Room On A Broom. Updated 7/3
The British Animation Awards 2014 are announced tonight. The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie is a finalist. Updated 7/3
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie is a finalist in the British Animation Awards 2014. Updated 22/1
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2013 The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists exhibition opens in Birmingham today. Producer Peter Aardman will be there today. Updated 23/5
There will be a The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists exhibition opening in Birmingham in May for the summer. Updated 3/4
This Is Bristol reports that The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists won Best Film at the RTS West Awards last night. Updated 25/2Updated 25/2
Unfortunately The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie did not win at the Oscars as Brave won the Best Animated Feature Award. Updated 25/2
The Oscars are announced tonight. The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists is nominated for the Best Animated Feature Oscar. Updated 24/2
The RTS West Of England Awards are announced tonight. The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie has been nominated for the Best Film Award. Updated 24/2
Unfortunately The Pirates! movie did not win a MPSE Golden Reel Award as Wreck It Ralph won the Sound Editing Award for Animated Movies. Updated 18/2
The MPSE Golden Reel Awards are announced today. The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists is nominated for the Best Sound Editing Award. Updated 17/2
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie has been nominated for the Best Film Award in the RTS West Of England Awards. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Bristol Old Vic on Sunday 24th February. Updated 5/2
The movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists has its UK television premiere on Sky today. Updated 25/1
The Pirates! movie has been nominated for a nominated for a MPSE Golden Reel Award. Updated 18/1
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie (known as The Pirates! Band Of Misfits in the US) has been nominated for the Best Animated Feature Award in this year's Oscars. Updated 10/1
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December 2012 The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists has been voted the 6th Best Movie of 2012 by the critics of the Radio Times. Updated 31/12
The ChicagoReader lists The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists as one of its Best Animated Films Of 2012. Updated 17/12
Tonight the European Film Academy Awards were presented in Malta. The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists was nominated for the Animated Feature Film 2012 Award but unfortunately did not win. Updated 1/12
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October 2012 Today BAFTA Pirates day including a screening of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie in Belfast. Updated 12/10
The Guardian reports that The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie has helped boosts Aardmans profits this year. Updated 8/10
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September 2012 Posted at 3pm UK time: The movie The Pirates! Band Of Misfits is released in Australia on DVD and blu-ray today (Wednesday). Updated 25/9
BAFTA are holding a Pirates day including a screening of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie on Friday 12th October in Belfast. Updated 21/9
Peter Lord, producer of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie will make an appearance at Waterstones in Piccadilly, London tonight to talk about the movie and its DVD release. Updated 10/9
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists is released on DVD in the UK and Europe today. Updated 10/9
The featurette movie So You Want To Be A Pirate has its UK non-movie channel premiere today on Sky One at 4pm. Updated 9/9
This morning in Leicester Square there is a press screening of David Tennant's forthcoming movie Nativity 2: Danger In The Manger. Updated 9/9
Today at 5.50pm is the UK premiere broadcast of So You Want To Be A Pirate on Sky Movie Family channel. Updated 8/9
This morning Peter Lord, producer of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie will make an appearance at BFI in London for a screening and a talk about the movie and its DVD release. Updated 8/9
TotalFilm have added a video clip of Hugh Grant and David Tennant talking about voicing their characters in The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie. Updated 7/9
Peter Lord, producer of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, will be making two appearances this weekend. Updated 6/9
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August 2012 Two David Tennant / The Pirates! movies to start being shown on UK television the week after next. Updated 30/8
The The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists is now released on DVD and Blu-ray in the US (under the title The Pirates! Band Of Misfits). Updated 28/8
Peter Lord, producer of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie will be making an appearance at Waterstones in Piccadilly, London to talk about the movie and its DVD release on Monday 10th September. Tickets are £5 and can be purchased on 020 7851 2400. Updated 21/8
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Pirates! movie is released on DVD and blu-ray today in Germany under the title 'Die Piraten - Ein Haufen merkwürdiger Typen.' Updated 16/8
A special short DVD called So You Want To Be A Pirate is being sold by Tesco for only £5. It features David Tennant's voice as the young Charles Darwin. Updated 15/8
The Pirates In An Adventure With Scientists! movie receives its first release on DVD today....in Italy! Updated 7/8
David Tennant's movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists has jumped to from 24th to 8th place in the UK charts this week as the number of cinemas showing it as doubled according to a report by the BBC. Updated 1/8
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July 2012 A MP3 of the interview by Janice Forsyth with David Tennant which was broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland today. David discussed playing Doctor Who, Hamlet, playing live theatre, Twenty Twelve, The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists and True Love. Updated 7/7
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May 2012 The DVD release date for The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists for the UK and Europe has changed from 24th to 10th September. Updated 23/5
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April 2012 The Pirates! Band Of Misfits is released in the US today. Updated 27/4
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists will be released on DVD in Europe on 24th September. It is available to pre-order on Amazon and David has mentioned in some interviews that he has recorded some additional material for the DVD. Updated 25/4
MP3 of a new David Tennant interview for The Pirates! movie (recorded 21st March). As well as discussing The Pirates! movie, David is also asked about Doctor Who and Hamlet. Updated 12/4
The box office figures for the second weekend of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie. Updated 11/4
A new video has been posted online from David Tennant's day of media interviews for The Pirates! movie. Updated 9/4
Bro Radio in the Barry (Wales) area today broadcast a very brief interview with David Tennant from the 21st March The Pirates! media day. A MP3 of David's interview is here. Updated 7/4
The Weekend Magazine from the Daily Mail has an article about Tree Fu Tom and The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists. They obviously haven't interviewed David Tennant and the title is totally misleading as that is not something he has said in any interview. Updated 7/4
Sony have posted an extra video featuring the characters from the movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists which is not in the actual movie. Updated 6/4
An interview with David Tennant about The Pirates! movie is The Big Interview in this week's Children's newspaper First News. Updated 2/4
The movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists was the second most popular movie at the UK Box Office over its opening weekend according to the figures which were released this evening. Updated 2/4
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March 2012 David Tennant appeared on This Morning Saturday on ITV1 today. It was an extended version of his interview from earlier this week. This link shows the David Tennant / The Pirates! part. Updated 31/3
A new (recorded) interview with David Tennant will be shown at 7.05am on Freshly Squeezed on Channel 4 today as part of the promotion for The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie. Updated 30/3
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie is on general release from today in Britain. Updated 30/3
The children's programme Blue Peter has a The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie feature on CBBC at 5.45pm today. Updated 29/3
The Movie Café on BBC Radio Scotland will review The Pirates! movie at 1.15pm today, plus they have an interview with Peter Lord. Updated 29/3
TotalFilm have also added a video interview about The Pirates! movie today. Their video is mainly Hugh Grant and Peter Lord but David Tennant is shown at 2 minutes 40 seconds. Updated 28/3
SFX Magazine has a David Tennant video interview where he speaks The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie. Updated 28/3
MP3s of David Tennant's interview on XFM Radio interview to promote The Pirates! movie. The interview was broadcast today although it was recorded last Wednesday. Updated 27/3
FilmClub have posted a sweet David Tennant video interview about The Pirates! by 10 year old Leo. Updated 27/3
The Movie Café on BBC Radio Scotland will review The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie on Thursday 29th at 1.15pm plus they will have an interview with Peter Lord. Updated 27/3
Entertainment.ie have posted a video interview of David Tennant talking about The Pirates! movie. Updated 27/3
An interview with David Tennant was played on the breakfast show on the radio station XFM this morning. (We will post a MP3 of the interview later.) Updated 27/3
Today there is a special screening of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie and Q&A with director Peter Lord tonight in Bristol. Updated 27/3
MP3 of David Tennant interview on Irish Radio tonight. As well as talking about The Pirates! movie, David discusses his Irish roots, Doctor Who and future projects. Updated 26/3
A recorded interview with David Tennant and Hugh Grant will be on The Green Room Irish Radio tonight (about The Pirates! movie). The show can be heard worldwide. Updated 26/3
DigitalSpy have a video interview of David Tennant talking about The Pirates! movie last Wednesday. Updated 26/3
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie is reviewed tonight on Front Row on BBC Radio Four at 7.15pm. Updated 26/3
There are two charity screenings of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists today. Updated 25/3
Videos of David Tennant on the T4 Movie Special: The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists which was broadcast this morning on Channel Four. Updated 24/3
At 9.25am today on Channel Four there is a T4 Movie Special about The Pirates! movie which includes an interview with David Tennant. Updated 24/3
The David Tennant interview on MovieJuice which was shown on STV earlier tonight. David is in the second part and unfortunately it can only be viewed within the UK. Updated 23/3
Synopsis, video, audio & photos of David Tennant on the Kermode and Mayo's Film Review Show today on Radio 5 Live. David spoke about The Pirates!, Doctor Who and Postman Pat. Updated 23/3
DigitalSpy have added a very brief clip of David Tennant talking about The Pirates! and Doctor Who. Updated 23/3
Fans in the UK can watch an exclusive clip of The Pirates! movie on iTunes. Updated 23/3
A very short interview (about 5 seconds!) with David Tennant was shown on This Morning at 11am from The Pirates! premiere last Wednesday. Updated 23/3
David Tennant spoke briefly about the Postman Pat movie at the premiere on Wednesday evening. Updated 23/3
David Tennant thinks he would be a scrawny pirate. Updated 23/3
There will be a David Tennant interview about The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie on Movie Juice on STV at 8pm. (Part of this may be on the 6pm news too.) Updated 23/3
David Tennant will be a guest on Kermode & Mayo’s Film Review Show on Radio 5 Live at 2pm. Updated 23/3
Zimbio has 257 photos of David Tennant including 59 from yesterday. Updated 22/3
The Telegraph website has a video from the premiere of The Pirates! movie with a brief David Tennant interview. Updated 22/3
FemaleFirst have posted a brief video interview with David Tennant from The Pirates! movie premiere last night. Updated 22/3
David Tennant is mentioned in several newspapers today in regards to his comments on Absolute Radio. Updated 22/3
Following the press junket and then the premiere of The Pirates! movie last night there may be brief clips of David Tennant popping up on all different programmes today. These include This Morning on television and Heart and XFM on the radio. Updated 22/3
Daily Mail has some good photos of David Tennant at the premiere of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie in London tonight. Updated 21/3
The Washington Post has an article and photo of Hugh Grant and David Tennant at the premiere of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie in London tonight. Updated 21/3
GettyImages have photos of David Tennant at the premiere of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie in London tonight. Updated 21/3
Both David Tennant and Hugh Grant attended the premiere of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie in London tonight. Updated 21/3
4 new photos of David Tennant recording The Pirates! movie have been posted online. Updated 21/3
Today was a day of press interviews for David Tennant to promote The Pirates! movie. Updated 21/3
The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund are holding a special 3D pre-release screening of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists on Sunday at 10am in Leicester Square, London. Tickets are only £8. Updated 21/3
It seems that the premiere of The Pirates! movie has been brought forward by a day to tonight. It will be held at the Mayfair Hotel in London. Updated 21/3
It's not confirmed but a reliable source tweeted that David Tennant was being interviewed at around noon today for Movie Juice. The next episode airs on Frday at 8pm on STV. Updated 21/3
David Tennant will be on Breakfast Radio today on both BBC Radio One and Absolute Radio to promote The Pirates! movie. Updated 21/3
Happy Meals at McDonalds from today will have a The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists theme. Updated 21/3
Absolute Radio have posted onto their website that David Tennant's interview tomorrow will be sometime between 7.30am and 8.30am. Updated 20/3
Hugh Grant has been added to the Q&A today at the Apple store in Regent Street, London with Peter Lord to discuss The Pirates! movie. Updated 20/3
The Pirates! movie will be reviewed on Film 2012 on BBC One at 11.35pm tonight. Updated 20/3
Peter Lord will be making an appearance at the Apple Store, Regent Street, London at 5pm today. Updated 20/3
Peter Lord will be on BBC Breakfast to promote The Pirates! movie at about 8.40am today. Updated 20/3
Peter Lord will be on BBC Breakfast tomorrow to promote The Pirates! movie. |