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Christopher Eccleston and Jonathan Jackson have been added to the cast of the action/adventure fantasy, The Dark is Rising for Fox and Walden Media. David L. Cunningham directs the film based on Susan Cooper’s novel about a young man who travels back and forth through time to fight evil, says Variety. The rest of the cast includes Ian McShane, Frances Conroy and Alexander Ludwig.
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The announcement that Christopher Eccleston would soon be appearing in a recurring role on Heroes was very exciting for fans across the world. The veteran of movies, television, and the stage plays an invisible man named Claude, and he will be making his first appearance on Heroes on the January 22 episode, "Godsend."
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One look at the resume of British actor, Christopher Eccleston shows the thespian has spent a lot of time in the realm of science-fiction and fantasy, both on the big and small screen. On the small screen, Eccleston brought the iconic role of the Doctor back to life in the first season of the new “Doctor Who” as well as playing a pivotal role in the first-season of “Heroes.” His movie credits are ... impressive with roles in “28 Days Later” and “eXistence.”
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Christopher Eccleston is full of surprises. The British actor earned his stripes in any number of U.K. film and television productions, including Let Him Have It, Shallow Grave, Cracker, Jude and Elizabeth. Slowly but surely he signed on for more commercial projects, some of which brought him to America, such as A Price Above Rubies and Gone in 60 Seconds. Eccleston ... hooked up with genre projects, among them The Others, Doctor Who and even Heroes. And his current project is The Dark Is Rising, an upcoming major fantasy film based on the Susan Cooper books series of the same name. The film casts him as the Rider, the main villain in an epic fight between good and evil.
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Christopher Eccleston took on one of the most challenging roles on television, becoming the latest incarnation of Dr Who following in the footsteps of William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann. The series was a massive success, with Eccleston and his co-star Billie Piper receiving rave reviews from fans and critics alike. Yet he surprised everyone by announcing that he would not be returning for a second series, fearing he might become typecast.
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Christopher Eccleston was chosen as the ninth Doctor Who in the famous BBC television series. However, after the first episode was shown in March 2005, the BBC announced that Eccleston had decided to quit the show. The BBC issued a press statement wrongly attributing to Eccleston quotes that he feared being typecast and found the filming gruelling.
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