It was announced recently that Castle’s fictional character Richard Castle is releasing a real-life book in September but now Rick has joined the social media network Twitter. Twitter allows users to post short messages updating their followers on what they’re currently doing. Rick Castle was introduce to Twitter by his daughter Alexis with the following post: “Hey this is Alexis — just set this account up for my dad — he’s a little unsure about it. Tweet him so he feels welcome!”.

CastleTV.net   has verified that the account is legitimate and now we’re asking you to check it out and encourage others to follow.   Following Richard Castle is going to be a lot of fun.   Actor Nathan Fillion has also posted about the new twitter user: “I know it’s not followfriday, but I’m following the real Richard Castle. This is gonna be fun!”

If you haven’t used Twitter before you’ll need to sign up for an account.   The twitter link for the account is   http://twitter.com/WriteRCastle

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Castle can now be viewed for free on Hulu as an alternative to ABCs Full Episode Viewer.

Hulu has available the last 5 episodes to air which means that the last episode of season one “A Death in the Famly” (from the first run) and the first four episodes of season one (what has aired so far in repeats).   Next week the first 5 episodes of season one will be available to view. Read the rest of this entry »

Who’s Taking Home the Golden Tater?   According to Yahoo! News it’s time to declare the winners.

Los Angeles (E! Online) — It’s time to hand out the esteemed and classy Golden Tater trophy. Yes, after a month of voting, the fans have spoken, and the winners of the 2009 Tater Top Awards are here! Read the rest of this entry »

ABC talks to Jon Huertas about Castle, Esposito’s relationship with Beckett and what’s coming up in Season 2.

You can watch the video here

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Castle is moving into full swing for season 2.   Preparations for filming are well under way, the first chapter of the companion novel “Heat Wave” is due to hit the ABC website a month from today and the writing team has been assembled.   This year some of the writers from season 1 will return and some new creative minds are being added to the pot with a notable inclusion. Read the rest of this entry »

As mentioned on our forums a few weeks ago here at CastleTV.net we’ve been thinking about an artwork competition to help promote season 2 of Castle… This competition is now open!

Rules:

1. All forms of artwork will be accepted (digital or hand drawn/created although the latter will need to be scanned or photographed).
2. Entries are open to all including those outside the USA.
3. Entries close Monday 27th July, 8pm PDT (USA).
4. Entries should be free of offensive language/images (if you are unsure what is acceptable please PM or email us before posting your entry).
5. Entries need to be posted to our forums at
   http://castletv.net/forums/get-creative/castletvnet-artwork-competition-entries you must register to be able to post in this section of the forum.
6. Maximum of 3 entries per person.
7. One entry will win the prize, a Castle cast photograph personally signed by Nathan Fillion.
8. Winning entries will be posted to the CastleTV.net website.   Other prizes may be allocated at the discretion of CastleTV.net.
9. All entries will be posted on our forums at the completion of the competition where people will be free to repost them to forums, blogs etc (remember, the idea of this competition is to promote Castle)

Prize:

8×10 of the original Castle cast signed in person by Nathan Fillion at the Collectormania convention in the UK last month.   Valued at $40.

Note: Sorry about the quality of this photograph of the photo, I will replace it soon, but you get the idea.   The actual photo is clear and not overexposed as this image would have you believe.

Some ideas include banners people can use to post on forums etc.   Videos that can be posted to youtube and linked on forums, blogs etc.   Icons that people can use on facebook, myspace, blogs etc.   Hand drawn artwork, really pretty much anything.   The intent is to draw interest to or directly promote season 2 of Castle.

Things you can include in your entries are:

• Images of the cast or images from series 1
• Premiere date of season 2 September 21, 2009
• Reference to this website ie. castletv.net

For this competition to be worthwhile we need lots of entries so please mention it wherever you go online!

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“Castle” creator/writer/executive producer Andrew Marlowe will participate in a “Writing for Television” panel to be held at the WGF/WGA offices in Los Angeles   on Saturday July 25, 2009 from 10am to 6pm. Read the rest of this entry »

Pre Order Heat Wave

The novel being released by ABC that ties in with the “Castle” TV series is now available for pre-order.

The first half of the novel is being released on the ABC website a chapter per week beginning August 10 and the printed hard cover version of the novel will be released September 28. Heat Wave will be authored by the series’ fictional character Richard Castle, the real author remains unknown at this point.

ABC’s sister company Hyperion will publish the novel.

You can order Heat wave now via these links:

• USA
• Canada
• UK
  
• Germany
• France

Don’t forget you can also pre order on Castle: The Complete First Season on DVD, due out September 22nd.