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Pushing Daisies Coming Out On DVD (and other random news)

I am working on a big blog of announcements and news related to the show, but this is too important to wait:

A release date has been announced for a DVD and Blu-Ray: They will both come out September 16. The DVDs include an interactive featurette and has, among other languages, Thai subtitles. The discs are little pies. How cute!

In other news, yes the show will return in the fall, also roughly around the 16th. At the Paley festival this spring, it was announced that next season will be Harder and More Aggressive (Read the article at your peril. Spoilers abound). Unfortunately, Fox's House is moving to Wednesday at 8 pm, so there's going to be stiffer competition this time out.

In other news, thepiemaker.com (an excellent site for all things Pushing Daisies) gives you the exclusive chance to get your questions answered by the show's writers!

Lee Pace (Ned) in the movies: Lee was in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. I am tracking down the article for you, my faithful and forgiving readers, but apparently (don't quote me on this until I find the article) he learned to play piano specifically for the role.

He is also currently appearing in The Fall. It opened May 9, but very limited. There was a review for it in the local newspaper here last week, but the movie doesn't seem to be in town. The reviews I've seen have not been terrific, but man, does this thing look gorgeous. It was filmed in 2006, before we knew who Lee was, and so the director convinced his crew that Lee was (like his character) quadriplegic. There's a former crewmember in a wheelchair who still won't speak to said director.

He is/was also in the May issue of Vogue.

In the UK, the network carrying Pushing Daisies, ITV, dropped the second episode to fit into the schedule before some football (soccer) championship. They claimed it would air "at some point." Unfortunately, it looks like ITV is thinking of dropping the show due to dipping ratings. But I have to think that skipping an episode didn't help. Especially when "Dummy" (the missing episode) was so cute!

Also in the UK, Anna Friel (Chuck) was voted TV's sexiest woman (This page is formatted badly, but it lists the top 10 of both sexes). Her male counterpart is Dr. Who's David Tennant, who is adorable.

Gold Derby, a feature at the LA Times, is handicapping Pushing Daisies to be nominated for an Emmy.

More news to follow soon, but these are the things you have to know now. Now now now!


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