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David Tennant in The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists 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. The movie is called The Pirates! Band Of Misfits in the US and was released on 27th April. See here for a list of opening dates across the world. 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 will be released on DVD in Europe on 24th September and will have some extras which David has made a recording for. For posts related to The Pirates on Blogger.com click here . 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
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. Updated 19/3 The first website reviews of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists have been posted online. As there will be loads of reviews of the movie over the next few weeks click here to read the first three reviews and our policy about tweeting reviews. Updated 19/3 Filmoria has a review of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie and give a special credit to David Tennant. Updated 18/3 Several new David Tennant Diary Dates have been announced: Tuesday 20th March at 11.35pm Film 2012 with Claudia Winkleman on BBC One will review The Pirates! On Sunday 25th March at the Odeon at The Point Village in Dublin there will be a special charity screening of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists with all proceeds going to The Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation. Thursday 29th March at 5.45pm on CBBC Blue Peter has a The Pirates! feature. Friday 30th March at 7.05am on Channel 4 Freshly Squeezed (the celebrity interview show) says that it will have "interviews with the actors providing the voices for Aardman's new animated movie The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists including Hugh Grant and David Tennant." The BBC have announced that Series Two of Twenty Twelve will start transmission on Friday 30th March at 10am but it is most likely that they actually mean 10pm. There will also be a special episode of Twenty Twelve during Sport Relief on Friday 23rd at 10pm on BBC Two but it is not known whether or not David Tennant will be providing the voice-over. On Sunday 1st April at 8.30pm BBC Radio Three will repeat Kafka The Musical. Updated 17/3 Today the Guardian has an offer for a free copy of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists book. Updated 17/3 Peter Lord will be on Loose Ends on BBC Radio Four at 6.15pm today to talk about The Pirates! movie. Updated 17/3 David Tennant will be a guest on the show on Kermode & Mayo’s Film Review Show on Friday 23rd at 2pm on Radio 5 Live. This is to promote The Pirates! movie. The show can be heard and watched worldwide online. Updated 16/3 Click here for ticket details for the Bristol charity screening of The Pirates! movie on Tuesday 27th March. Updated 16/3 Today Hugh Grant is on The Graham Norton Show on BBC One at 10.35pm to talk about The Pirates! movie (which co-stars David Tennant) so a clip will probably be shown. Updated 16/3 Peter Lord of Aardman Productions will be making an appearance at the Apple Store in Regent Street, London at 5pm on Tuesday 20th March. Peter will be talking about The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie. Updated 14/3 TotalFilm have posted the manpanzee clip (which was shown on The One Show) from The Pirates! movie which features David Tennant voicing Darwin. Updated 13/3 On Saturday 24th March Channel 4 will be broadcasting a T4 Movie Special about The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientist movie at 9.25am. This half hour programme looks at the making of the movie so may include clips of David Tennant voicing the young Charles Darwin. Updated 12/3 The London Premiere of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists will be on Thursday 22nd March. The cinema where this will be taking place has not been confirmed yet but it is almost certain to be in Leicester Square. Whether stars such as David Tennant and Hugh Grant will attend will be due to their filming commitments and most likely will not be announced in advance. Updated 12/3 More promotion for The Pirates! movie as Hugh Grant will be on The Graham Norton Show on BBC One on Friday 16th at 10.35pm. Updated 11/3 Peter Lord (of Aardman Productions) will be on Loose Ends on BBC Radio Four at 6.15pm on Saturday to talk about The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie. Updated 11/3 During Kermode and Mayo's Film Review show on Radio 5 Live yesterday they said that David Tennant will be a guest in the next few weeks, probably to promote The Pirates! movie. Updated 10/3 FlicksAndBits have transcribed David Tennant's recent video interview about The Pirates! movie. Updated 9/3 BlogtorWho have added videos of David Tennant's appearance on The One Show tonight here and here. The videos capture all of the sections where David was speaking. Updated 9/3 The iPlayer link for David Tennant's appearance on The One Show. The link is valid for 7 days but currently it seems that it may only stream and not be available for download (possibly because it has movie clips in it). Updated 9/3 During David Tennant's hour long appearance on The One Show tonight he only spoke about his The Pirates! movie & his trailers for Sport Relief. The Decoy Bride was not mentioned. Updated 9/3 There will be an advance screening of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie in Bristol on 27th March followed by a Q&A with Bristol-based Aardman Productions co-owner and prodcer Peter Lord. Updated 8/3 TrailerAddict.com have another clip of David Tennant voicing Charles Darwin in The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie. This clip shows David looking at the model of Darwin plus the producer giving him some direction regarding how to express the lines. Updated 7/3 UpcomingMovies.com has a fascinating video of David Tennant recording some of his lines for The Pirates! movie beside his animated character. Updated 6/3 MSN have added several new clips of The Pirates! movie in the past 24 hours. Updated 6/3 TrailerAddict.com has a video interview with David Tennant about The Pirates! movie. Updated 6/3 There's a new interactive website for The Pirates! movie. Updated 2/3
February 2012 Press reactions to the multimedia screening last night of David Tennant's movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists. Updated 23/2 Today David Tennant's movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists will be screened in front of what Aardman Animations co-owner Peter Lord described yesterday as "a big, big audience." The screening will take place at the Empire Odeon in Leicester Square, London tonight. Updated 22/2 Sony Pictures UK have posted a new behind-the-scenes video about The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie. It includes a very brief interview with David Tennant at 2 minutes and 25 seconds. Updated 16/2 Sony Pictures UK posted a new trailer for the David Tennant movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists. (After we tweeted that Peter Lord, head of Aardman Productions, retweeted our tweet and indicated that he had not seen that trailer yet!) Updated 14/2 ScotlandLass has added a review of her second screening of The Pirates! movie. Updated 9/2 Celebrity-Gossip has a short article about David Tennant's The Pirates! movie which includes a new US poster which shows its revised release date of 27th April. Updated 8/2
January 2012 The release date of the movie The Pirates! Band of Misfits has been delayed in the US from the original date of 30th March to 27th April. (This is the movie which is called The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists in the UK.) See here for more details and the opening dates of the movie all around the world. Updated 27/1 This afternoon @Peter Lord of Aardman Animations tweeted that in The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie there is "a great sound effect for David Tennant's character being hit in the face by a seagull!" Updated 26/1 The Metro reports that David Tennant's movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists will be slightly changed out of respect for leprosy sufferers. Updated 25/1 Yesterday David Tennant completed recording his part of the movie The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists. Click here for details of this and about a screening he attended. Updated 24/1 Today was a media day for The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists as lots of reporters interviewed Peter Lord and visited the Aardman Productions studio in Bristol to see some of the sets used in the making of the animation. Updated 22/1 The Huffington Post looks behind the scenes at the making of David Tennnat's movie The Pirates! In An Advenuture With Scientists. Updated 7/1 Peter Aardman has posted a photo of the 95 piece orchestra playing the music for The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists. Updated 6/1 Newsbeat on Radio One says that David Tennant's The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists is a Top Five movie to lookout for in 2012. Updated 2/1
November 2011 BleedingCool have a new article about the making of Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (with a new photo of Charles Darwin, the character voiced by David Tennant). Updated 30/11 HeyUGuys.co.uk have a new American trailer for The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists (the UK title) in which David Tennant voices Charles Darwin. Updated 16/11
October 2011 EmpireOnline has a new trailer for David Tennant's forthcoming movie Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists. Updated 25/10
September 2011 Tiffany McQuay has posted a review of the preview screening (with only 80% of the movie confirmed) of David Tennant's forthcoming movie The Pirates! Band of Misfits. Updated 20/9 David Tennant's forthcoming movie The Pirates! has it's first public test screening today. Updated 18/9
July 2011 The Guardian reports that the Pirates! movie received a good reception at ComicCon yesterday. Updated 22/7 Excerpts of David Tennant's forthcoming movie The Pirates! will be previewed today at ComicCon in San Diego. Updated 21/7 TotalFilm have a new interview with David Tennant where he talks about Fright Night, Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, Doctor Who and a new secret project. Updated 19/7 Click here to watch a trailer for the movie The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists. David Tennant voices one of the main characters. Updated 14/7
June 2011 Peter Lord (co-Owner and Creative Director of Aardman Animations) tweeted that David Tennant recorded his final session of The Pirates! yesterday. Updated 30/6 Peter Lord, director of The Pirates!, today tweeted "Working every day with the wonderful voice of Mr Tennant. The animators are having SUCH a great time." Updated 3/6
May 2011 David Tennant will be the voice of the young Charles Darwin in a new Aardman animated film called The Pirates! See here for more details. Updated 5/5