Cast and crew of The Decoy Bride enjoying the Isle of Man as a film location

Former Dr Who David Tennant has been filming his new project on the Isle of Man this week.

The Decoy Bride is a movie based in the outer Hebrides, with filming taking place across the Island from Fleshwick To Ballaugh.

It’s a British Romantic Comedy set for a cinema release next summer.

He’s joined in the cast by Kelly MacDonald from No Country For Old men and Sex And The City 2 star Alice Eve.

Filming started on Sunday the 27th June and has been out doors. The Scotsman says the Manx changeable weather has been perfect!

David Tennant and the producer Paul Ritchie spoke exclusively to 3FM on the film set.

Paul Ritchie, who has produced 4 movies on the Isle of Man before, said the cast and crew are loving the Island and it’s beauty and said that the film is going to be the next big thing. He said British RomCom will be as good and popular as Bridget Jones.

Listen above to hear Tennant talking about taking on a new role, what he thinks of the Island as a film location and the Manx weather!

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Psychological thriller will star Thandie Newton, Jason Isaacs and David Tennant.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has taken UK rights to Retreat, a Magnet Films project set to star Thandie Newton, Jason Isaacs and David Tennant.

Carl Tibbetts will make his feature directorial debut; Magnet’s Gary Sinyor produces.

Executive producers are David Frost & Michael Rosenberg.

The film is scheduled to shoot this summer in North Wales. The plot follows a couple who go to a remote island cottage to try to rebuild their marriage. Instead a stranger arrives on their doorstep with frightening news.

Dave G Bishop, Head of Acquisitions, Northern Europe, SPHE, said, “We’re excited to be working with Magnet Films on this fantastic project. Carl Tibbets has written a thrilling script that keeps you guessing to the very end and with such great British acting talent attached, we’re confident the film will be both a critical and commercial success.”

Gary Sinyor, Managing Director, Magnet Films, added, “Retreat has the potential to be not just a crowd pleaser, but also a critical success based on the intelligent page-turner of a script and the marquee cast.”

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Shakespeare’s immortal “To be, or not to be” takes on a whole new meaning (and medium) as classical stage and screen actors David Tennant and (recently-knighted) Sir Patrick Stewart reprise their roles for a modern-dress, film-for-television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) 2008 stage production ofHamlet. The production will be presented on PBS by the Great Performances series on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at 8 p.m. EST (check local listings). Immediately following the broadcast, the film will be available online in its entirety here on the Great Performances Web site.

To see a preview of the film and more information, visit the website here.

More than 10 million viewers watched David Tennant regenerate into Matt Smith in Doctor Who on New Year’s Day.

Part two of Tennant’s swansong, The End of Time, averaged 10.4 million viewers, a 36% share of the audience between 6.40pm and 7.55pm. It peaked with marginally more – 10.6 million – between 7.30pm and 7.45pm, according to unofficial overnight figures.

Doctor Who predictably had the better of an ITV1 lineup that included the ITV News, with 5.8 million viewers and a 21% share between 6.40pm and 7pm, and Emmerdale, which brought in 7.3 million viewers and a 25% share between 7pm and 7.30pm.

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