This week, Common chats about Season 3 with The Canadian Press, while Duncan Ollerenshaw can be seen on the stage in a production of Uncle Vanya. Plus, the first-run broadcast rights in the U.K. to Season 3 have been purchased. Read on for more Hell on Wheels news:

• Common tells The Canadian Press, "You can expect a lot of dramatic turns and twists and fun this season... It's not all drama."

• For the Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre's production of Uncle Vanya, Duncan Ollerenshaw (Mr. Toole) tells the Times (Victoria, B.C.) Colonist that the key to playing the titular role is "finding the lightness for what is a very dark journey."

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This week, Anson Mount is considered by Variety to be worthy of an Emmy nod for best actor in a drama. Plus, details on the Season 2 Blu-ray are available from High-Def Digest. Read on for more Hell on Wheels news:

• Variety deems Anson Mount an Emmy contender, describing him as "grittily winning as the show's lead."

• High-Def Digest provides details of the Season 2 Blu-ray, available July 16.

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This week, USA Today spotlights the Aug. 3 return of Hell on Wheels, while the Edmonton Journal announces the show's six Rosie Award wins. Plus, there are more Season 2 DVD/Blu-ray details. Read on for more Hell on Wheels news:

• USA Today spotlights the return of Hell on Wheels in its summer TV preview.

• The Edmonton Journal reports that Hell on Wheels won six Alberta Film & Television Awards, including best dramatic series.

• TVShowsonDVD.com has more details on the Season 2 DVD and Blu-ray, including a list of extras.

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This week, Hell on Wheels is one of the Las Vegas Review-Journal's summer TV suggestions. Plus, the show's main title theme composer discusses his latest project with Den of Geek. Read on for more Hell on Wheels news:

• The Las Vegas Review-Journal suggests beating the summer heat by watching Hell on Wheels.

• Gustavo Santaolalla, the composer who created the Hell on Wheels main title theme, talks to Den of Geek about the music for the upcoming video game, The Last of Us.

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This week, TV Shows on DVD reports that the Hell on Wheels Season 2 DVD and Blu-ray will go on sale in July, while Common is honored with a BET Award nod. Plus, New York's feature on how to write a TV drama uses Hell on Wheels as an example. Read on for more Hell on Wheels news:

• TV Shows on DVD reports that the Hell on Wheels Season 2 DVD/Blu-ray will be available on July 16.

• The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette notes his role in Hell on Wheels in its report on Common's nomination for a best actor BET Award.

• New York's primer on how to write a TV drama cites Hell on Wheels' Reconstruction-era West setting as an example for Rule 3: "Set your show at the end of an era."

• C21 Media reports that Red Bull Media House has bought the exclusive free TV rights to Hell on Wheels, with plans to air all three seasons in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

• Ireland's Independent reports that Hell on Wheels will be shown this summer on RTE.

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This week, Variety reports on the international future of a film with Anson Mount, while CultureMap raves about Mount's performance in an independent movie. ead on for more Hell on Wheels news:

• Variety reports that The Exchange will be including Supremacy, a film featuring Anson Mount, as part of their Cannes film slate.

• CultureMap reviews 2009's Cook County, which stars a "mesmerizing" Anson Mount as an East Texas meth dealer.

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This week, Jennifer Ferrin joins the Hell on Wheels cast as a series regular for Season 3, while The Fresno Bee reports on the series' Aug. 3 season premiere. Read on for more Hell on Wheels news:

• TVLine reports that Jennifer Ferrin has joined the Hell on Wheels Season 3 cast as a New York Sun reporter.

• The Fresno Bee notes the return of Hell on Wheels on Aug. 3.

• Wes Studi (Chief Many Horses) releases a golden eagle that was injured and then rehabilitated back into the wild, according to The Taos News. Studi tells the Albuquerque Journal that eagles "have been a large part of the Cherokee people's world for ages."

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This week, Hell on Wheels is recognized by the Alberta Film and Television Awards with eight nominations, while Oklahoma City's National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum honors Wes Studi. Read on for more Hell on Wheels news:

• Hell on Wheels has been honored with eight Alberta Film and Television Award nominations, including best drama, best actor for Duncan Ollerenshaw (Mr. Toole) and best actress for Sydney Bell (Ginny), according to the Calgary Herald.

• NewsOK covers Wes Studi's (Chief Many Horses) induction into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. Studi spoke with the Santa Fe New Mexican about being just the second Native American inducted into the hall.

• Bloody Disgusting showcases the poster for Where the Devil Hides, which stars Colm Meaney.

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This week, The New York Times and other major media outlets report on Hell on Wheels' new Saturday time slot, while Dohn Norwood gets upped to a series regular. Read on for more Hell on Wheels news:

• The New York Times covers AMC's announcement that Hell on Wheels will premiere on Sat., Aug. 3.

• The Hollywood Reporter calls the move to Saturdays a play "to capitalize on the success" AMC has had on Saturdays with reruns of classic Western movies. Entertainment Weekly asks if Saturday night is the new Sunday.

• In more casting news, Dohn Norwood (Psalms) has been promoted to a series regular for Hell on Wheels Season 3, according to Deadline.

• Catch a glimpse of Common in the trailer for Now You See Me (courtesy of Screen Rant), which opens May 31.

• Bloody Disgusting reports that a film starring Colm Meaney has undergone another name change, to Where the Devil Hides from The Devil's Rapture (from The Occult).

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AMC announced today that the network is adding a third night of original programming with the Season 3 premiere of Hell on Wheels debuting Sat., Aug. 3 at 9/8c. Executive produced by showrunner John Wirth (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Falling Skies, The Cape), Mark Richard and Jeremy Gold, Head of Creative Affairs and Endemol Studios starring Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, and Common, Season 3 of Hell on Wheels lands in the year 1867, the third year of the building of the transcontinental railroad. Cullen Bohannon leaves his vengeance-seeking behind and invests in the new American landscape...the beginnings of big business, big religion, and the new role of Wall Street in the White House. Bohannon must contend with racism, greed and murder as he single-mindedly leads the Union Pacific in its race across the country against the Central Pacific Railroad. The high stakes corporate race, the environmental costs and degradation of the native peoples' way of life are themes that resonate deeply in today's America.

For over a decade of Saturdays, AMC has celebrated the American Western genre through a mix of series and movies. Today, AMC adds to its inventory a selection of classic films from Paramount Pictures to super-serve the Western fan including El Dorado (1967), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), The Shootist (1976) and The Sons of Katie Elder (1965). The network will also celebrate the anniversaries of several renowned Westerns including the 60th anniversary of Hondo (1953) and the 50th anniversary of McLintock! (1963), both starring John Wayne, as well as the 45th anniversary of Hang 'em High (1968) and the 40th anniversary of High Plains Drifter (1973), both starring Clint Eastwood. These films will join the classics including Chisum (1970), The Cowboys (1972), Rio Bravo (1959), The Alamo (1960), The Undefeated (1969), Joe Kidd (1972), A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966), which are already licensed by AMC. Moreover, the network has also acquired the television series, Rawhide, starring Clint Eastwood, which joins Rifleman beginning Sat., Apr. 20. Additionally the network will air the miniseries Lonesome Dove and, for the very first time on AMC, its sequel, Return to Lonesome Dove.

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