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All the movie was improvised.
The movie was filmed in Coventry (where the movie is set), The Midlands and Wales.
The working title of the movie was Nativity 2: The Second Coming.
David Tennant plays two roles in the movie as he is playing identical twins!
The movie also stars Marc Wootton, Joanna Page and Pam Ferris and is directed by Debbie Isitt.
The synopsis of the movie is:
Nativity 2 is described as "part action adventure, part musical and has all the comedy, warmth and heart that audiences love" and was released on Friday 23rd November 2012.
The DVD of Nativity 2 Danger in The Manger! was released on Monday 18th November 2013. It can be purchased on Amazon. It will be released in the US on 19th November and in Australia on 20th.
The movie premiere was on Tuesday 13th November at the Empire in Leicester Square, London.
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Nativity 2: Danger In The Manger! has its UK television première on Monday 21st December on BBC Two at 6.15pm. Updated 10/12
Nativity! movies triple collection DVD box-set is released in the UK. Updated 2/11
Nativity! movies triple collection DVD box-set will be released in the UK on Monday 2nd November. Updated 10/8
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2014 The Canadian television premiere of Nativity 2: Danger In The Manger! is on Super Channel 2 at 8pm. Updated 03/12
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December 2013 Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger is one of The Mirror's Best TV Movies. Updated 19/12
The Mirror's Best Christmas 2013 Movies on Netflix, LoveFilm and on TV includes Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! Updated 12/12
Deleted Scenes and bloopers from Nativity 2: Danger In The Manger! has also been posted to YouTube. Updated 6/12
Behind the scenes of Nativity 2: Danger In The Manger! has been posted to YouTube. Updated 6/12
A (new to us!) video of David Tennant talking about Christmas, school memories, improvisation etc at last year's Nativity 2 premiere has been posted to YouTube. Updated 5/12
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November 2013 MP3s of Jo Whiley's interview with David Tennant on BBC Radio Two. David Tennant revealed that he guessed Peter Capaldi would be the next Doctor! David also said that he does not know yet if he will be in Broadchurch Series Two. David also talks about Richard II, The Day Of The Doctor, Gracepoint and Nativity 2. Updated 25/11
Nativity 2 Danger In The Manager DVD is released in Australia today. Updated 20/11
Today Nativity 2 Danger In The Manager DVD is released in the US. Updated 19/11
Nativity! and Nativity 2 - Danger In The Manger combined DVD is also released today in the UK. Updated 18/11
Today DVD of Nativity 2 Danger in The Manger! is released in the UK. Updated 18/11
Female First has an interview with Debbie Isitt about Nativity 2! Danger In The Manger including her being asked about David Tennant filming his scenes. Updated 10/11
Nativity 2: Danger In The Manger! is available to download in the UK from today on iTunes. Updated 5/11
EZYDVD lists Nativity 2 Danger In The Manager DVD available to pre-order in Australia. It will be released there on 20th November. Updated 1/11
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October 2013 Amazon list a Nativity! and Nativity 2 - Danger In The Manger combined DVD to be released on 18th November. Updated 18/10
Amazon lists the release date of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manager! DVD has changed again back to 11th November. Updated 11/10
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September 2013 Amazon are now listing the Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! DVD to have the later release date of 18th November which was the original release date before it was moved to 11th. Updated 25/9
The release of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! on both DVD and Blu-ray has been brought forward a week to 11th November. Updated 5/9
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August 2013 Yahoo Finance reports that Nativity 2 - Danger in the Manger has been picked up by American Inception Media Group for release in the US. Updated 29/8
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February 2013 Last weekend (8th to 10th February) Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! took £641 as it was only shown in 13 cinemas. (It is a Xmas movie!) The total for the 12 weeks since it was released is £9,131,251. Updated 14/2
Last weekend (1st to 3rd February) Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! took £1,275 in 20 cinemas despite it being a Xmas movie. The total for the 11 weeks since it was released is £9,130,584. Updated 7/2
Despite it being the end of January, last weekend the Christmas movie Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! took another £2,143 over 20 cinemas in the UK. It has raised £9,127,075 in the 10 weeks since it was released. Updated 1/2
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January 2013 Slightly late in posting this but for the weekend of 18th to 20th January Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger was unplaced in the UK box office table but took £2,562 from 30 cinemas. This means that it has taken £9,124,266 in total over its 9 week release. Updated 27/1
iPlayer link to download episode 2 of Spies Of Warsaw. The link is valid for 7 days and is UK only. Updated 16/1
Unfortunately Nativity 2 Danger in the Manger! dropped from 12th to 29th place in the UK Box Office this weekend. It took £11,885 and was shown in 85 cinemas. The movie has taken £9,119,219 in total in the UK in the eight weeks since it was released. Updated 16/1
The UK box office figures for the weekend before last (4th to 6th January) report that Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! dropped 3 places to #12. It took £149,703 over 308 screens that weekend and has taken £9,084,150 in total in the seven weeks since it was released. Updated 14/1
Den Of Geek reports that, due to the success of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger!, a Nativity 3 movie is planned. Director Debbie Isitt says she hopes that David Tennant will be in it. The movie will film late in 2013 to be released in late 2014. Updated 14/1
Digital Spy reports that unfortunately Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger dropped five places to number 9 in the UK Box Office this weekend. It took £386,248 this weekend. Updated 2/1
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December 2012 FlickeringMyth.com reports that Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! this week has droped one place at the UK box office to #4 and that it took £1,188,380 in its 5th week since its release. Updated 28/12
The Coventry Telegraph has a sweet story about the child actors going on a school trip to the cinema to watch themselves acting with David Tennant in Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! Updated 28/12
The Daily record lists Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! as one of its Top Five Worst Movies of 2012. Updated 28/12
BoxOfficeMojo have posted that The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists is the 18th highest grossing movie in the UK and Ireland during 2012 and Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! is the 47th highest despite only being released five weeks ago. Updated 28/12
The Guardian has an article titled "Nativity 2 blessed with mass audience goodwill despite critical mauling" and the sub-title "Film about group of schoolchildren in a Christmas carol contest attracts huge crowds at box office despite savage reviews." The article also says that Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! is set to become the biggest British independent film of 2012. Updated 22/12
The article in The Sun about David Tennant in the Absolute Radio nativity play has the title "David Tennant is having a very Mary Christmas." (That article also mentions Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger!) Updated 21/12
The DVD of Nativity 2 Danger in The Manger! will be released on Monday 18th November 2013. It can be pre-ordered on Amazon. Updated 19/12
The Guardian has reported that Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! has gone up two places back to #3 at the UK Box Office. This week it took £938,309 from 508 sites and has taken £5,582,224 in total so far. Updated 19/12
The Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! movie soundtrack is now available on CD. Updated 18/12
There are autism-friendly screenings of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! in cinemas around the country today. Updated 16/12
On page 37 tonight of the Evening Standard in the London area there is a half page advert for Nativity Danger in The Manger! including a photo of David Tennant. Updated 14/12
The Coventry Telegraph has an article about the success of Nativity 2 Danger in The Manger! Updated 14/12
The Guardian reports that in its third week Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! is in fifth place at the UK box office. This week it took £966,400 from 476 sites which brings its total to £4,376,499. Updated 12/12
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Today is the final day for the contest to win a £1,000 shopping spree by booking tickets online at ODEON Cinemas for Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! Updated 10/12
The Hendon and Finchley Times has an interview with Scott Folan who is another child actor who appeared in Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! Updated 6/12
The Guardian reports that Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! is #4 at box office this week and that it took another £1,204,066 from 442 sites in this last week which makes a total of £3,165,716. Updated 6/12
Chad.co.uk have posted a 2 star review of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger which says some nice things about David Tennant pulling the plot together. Updated 5/12
Sunday World gives Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! 3 stars in its review which also has the title "Tennant Is A Treat In Festive Gift." Updated 3/12
Now that the issue is no longer on sale, scans of David Tennant's interview in The Big Issue have been posted onto Tumblr. Updated 3/12
Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger was featured on the Sky One Top Ten Show today as the movie is number 3 at the UK box office. Updated 2/12
The Bromsgrove Advertiser has an article about the Avoncroft Museum which featured in Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! The article includes the quote "Both David Tennant and Marc Wootton visited our Edwardian tea room." Updated 2/12
The first autism-friendly screenings of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! are shown in cinemas around the country today. Updated 2/12
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November 2012 Click the here for all the news about David Tennant attending the premiere of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! in Leicester Square, London on Tuesday 13th November 2012.
The Mumsnet Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! Advent Calendar today has a free download of the song Yes We Can from the movie. Updated 30/11
TheYorker has posted a review of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! Updated 29/11
A David Tennant video interview about Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! from Magic FM. Updated 29/11
Variety.com has a review of Nativity 2 Danger in the Manger! Updated 28/11
The soundtrack of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! now available on iTunes. Updated 27/11
The Guardian (who gave the movie a bad review) has an article titled "A stable start for Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger." It says that the movie was the third most popular movie at UK cinemas during its opening weekend:
MusicRooms.net gives Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! three stars in its review. Updated 27/11
Echo News has an interview with another child actor who has lovely things to say about acting with David Tennant in Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! Updated 27/11
During the opening weekend of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! it grossed £1.6 million which was double the amount the original Nativity movie earned in its first weekend. Updated 26/11
A MP3 of David Tennant's interview on MovieJuice on STV on Friday evening about Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! plus their review of the movie. Updated 25/11
A MP3 of the review on Kermode and Mayo's Film Review Show on BBC Radio Five Live about Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! which was broadcast on Friday. Updated 25/11
A MP3 of David Tennant's interview on T4: Watch and Listen about Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! which was broadcast earlier today. Updated 25/11
A MP3 of David Tennant's interview on the Trevor Nelson Show on BBC 1Xtra about Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! which was broadcast on Friday. Updated 25/11
Marc Wootton has posted some candid photos of himself and David Tennant on the set of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! Updated 25/11
Joanna Page was interviewed on Sunday Brunch today on Channel Four. She mainly spoke about improvising on Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! and a clip from the movie was broadcast. (It showed Joanna in a helicopter and David Tennant hanging off the cliff. Updated 25/11
Some autism-friendly screenings of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! have been added for 2nd December (as well as 16th) in over cinemas around the country. Updated 25/11
North London Today has an article about another child actor who talks about the thrill of working with David Tennant on Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! Updated 25/11
An article on the ThisIsSouthWales website quotes some great things Joanna Page has said about working with David Tennant while they were filming Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! Updated 24/11
The Daily Mail has an interview with Pam Ferris where she says that she did not know when filming started on Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! that David Tennant played two roles. Updated 24/11
David Tennant's interview (and the review of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger!) is now available on the STV Player (UK only). That part starts at about the 12 minutes 45 seconds mark. Updated 23/11
Today David Tennant's interview was shown on Newsround but it was the same clip which was posted online this morning. Updated 23/11
KidzCoolIt.com have seome sweet video reviews by children of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! Updated 23/11
Joanna Page was interviewed on This Morning on ITV today and she spoke about how lovely David Tennant was to work with while filming Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! Two clips from the movie were also shown. Updated 23/11
DigitalSpy have added a new video interview with David Tennant about Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! where he talks about playing both twins in a scene. Updated 23/11
Metro ("Nativity! 2 has a mean streak which is neither festive nor funny") gives Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! only one star in its review. Updated 23/11
Newsround have a video interview with David Tennant about Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! Updated 23/11
The Sun gives Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! two stars in its review. Updated 23/11
Both CityAM ("David Tennant fails to lift a family flop") and The Independent only give Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! one star in their reviews. Updated 23/11
The MumsNet Nativity 2 advent calendar today has a clip from the movie. Updated 23/11
Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! will be reviewed by Grant Lauchlan on the programme MovieJuice on STV in Scotland at 8pm tonight. Updated 23/11
Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! will reviewed on Kermode And Mayo's Film Review Show on Radio Five Live sometime between 2pm and 4pm today. Updated 23/11
Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! is released in the UK and Ireland today. Updated 23/11
Magic have posted their video interview with David Tennant about Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! Updated 22/11
ExpressAndStar has an interview with Ben Wilby about Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! who says some nice things about David Tennant. Updated 22/11
The Telegraph only gives Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! one star in its review. Updated 22/11
HeyUGuys have posted a new interview with Debbie Isitt about Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! David Tennant is mentioned at the 3 minute mark. Updated 22/11
A MP3 of the review of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger and of David Tennant's interview clips from Film 2012 last night. Updated 22/11
FemaleFirst have posted an exclusive clip from Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! where David Tennant is shown playing both twins. Updated 22/11
The Coventry Telegraph has an article about the children in Nativity 2 (with a photo of David Tennant with some of them). Updated 22/11
HeraldScotland has an interview with Joanna Page where she's asked her preference between David Tennant and Mathew Horne (fraom Gavin and Stacey). Updated 22/11
KentOnline gives Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! 5 out of 10 stars in its review. Updated 22/11
It was not a good review of Nativity 2 on Film 2012 tonight. Although they thought everybody in the movie was great, they thought badly of the plot. They said that only children under 10 would enjoy it. However there were some new interview clips of David Tennant talking about the movie. These were filmed on 13th November, on the evening he attended the premiere. Updated 21/11
Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! will be reviewed on the show T4: Watch on the station E4 from 11.10am on Sunday (25th). This link has more details. Updated 21/11
Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! will be reviewed by Grant Lauchlan on the programme MovieJuice on STV in Scotland at 8pm on Friday (23rd). However be warned that, from Grant's tweets, he was not over-impressed with the movie, although the programme will also include a pre-recorded interview with David Tennant. For people outside of Scotland but within the UK, the programme will be available on the STV Player soon after broadcast. This link has more details. Updated 21/11
On Sunday (25th) from 11.45am there will be a pre-recorded interview with David Tennant about Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! on Spin1038.com on their show We Love Movies. The link should play worldwide. Updated 21/11
DimensionsUK have a competition to win tickets to the autism-friendly screening of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! on 16th December. Updated 21/11
Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! will reviewed on Kermode And Mayo's Film Review Show on Radio Five Live on Friday sometime between 2pm and 4pm. Updated 21/11
Odeon Cinemas have a competition to win a £1,000 shopping spree if you book tickets for Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! through their website. Updated 21/11
The Coventry Telegraph have an interview with Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! director Debbie Isitt. Updated 21/11
Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! will be reviewed on Film 2012 tonight on BBC One at 11.25pm in England, 11.55pm in other areas. Updated 21/11 |