THE TITANIC STORY OF EVELYN AUSTRALIAN BESTSELLER TO BE TURNED INTO A PERIOD SET TV SERIES

 THE TITANIC STORY OF EVELYN 

TO BE TURNED INTO A TV SERIES

The Set Up production house from Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Alison Hurbert-Burns will turn Lisa Wilkinson Australian

The book was released this April

 bestseller THE TITANIC STORY OF EVELYN into a TV series. It tells the true story of Evelyn Marsden, the only Australian-born survivor of the Titanic. Evelyn started working as a stewardess on ocean liners before meeting and falling in love with a handsome ship’s doctor, William Abel James. Fate separated the couple when Evelyn boarded the RMS Titanic alone for its maiden voyage. As events unfolded, she helped save the lives of many passengers in the face of one of the greatest maritime tragedies the world has ever known. Evelyn and William’s love endures many of the 20th century’s most momentous events, through World War One and the Great Depression, before they settle by the sea at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

PRIME VIDEO RELEASES GLORIOUS FIRST IMAGES FROM BLOODAXE EPIC TV SERIES FROM THE CREATOR OF TUDORS, VIKINGS AND VALHALLA MICHAEL HIRST

  BLOODAXE EPIC SERIES  

FIRST IMAGES FROM PRIME VIDEO

The series will likely begin in January

Prime Video has released exclusive and rather stunning and rich first images from their  new epic series from Michael Hirst, the creator of Vikings and Tudors. BLOOD AXE will chronicle the rise of one of history’s most famous Viking warriors, Erik Bloodaxe, and his formidable wife, Gunnhild, Mother of Kings. As they fight for the throne of Norway, the land is torn apart by fierce rivals, shifting loyalties, and bloody betrayals. With war looming and chaos consuming the kingdom, drawing in the ruthless Kings of other Scandinavian countries, and even a powerful English ruler, the stage is set for a thundering, cataclysmic, compelling and utterly magical new Viking Saga. It is not connected in any way with Vikings Valhalla but will be set decades before its story. Michael's son Horatio Hirst, who starred in Valhalla, has written the new series with him. The series does not have an official airing date yet but it is expected to arrive early next year, probably January. The eight episode series already got an order for the second season which is shooting over in Ireland as we speak.

   

WHO IS IN THE CAST?

The cast of the new series will be led byXavier Molyneux in the role of Erik Bloodaxe while Jessica Madsen plays his wife, Gunnhild, the Mother of Kings. Mads Reuther has been added as Sigurd, the Jarl of Hladir, a scheming Norwegian chieftan and ally of Haakon (Levi Miller), the younger half-brother of Erik Bloodaxe. Saku Taittonen will be Knut, one of the brothers of Gunnhild, a warrior struggling with conflicting loyalties to his sister and their father, King Gorm of Denmark (Rune Temte). Marc Rissmann will play Greycloak, the eldest brother of Erik Bloodaxe! Gard Løkke will be a series regular together with Alina Tomnikov, Sisse Marie, Rod Hallett and Jesper Christensen as king Harald Fairhair, while Melina Åkerman, our dearest Kieran Bew, Sebastian Bull and George Burgess will appear in recurring roles.

 

SEE JAMES NESBITT IN FIRST IMAGE FROM NEW BBC OLD CASTLE SET COMEDY SERIES HOPLEY HALL

 FIRST HOPLEY HALL IMAGE 

WITH NEW BBC JAMES NESBITT COMEDY

BBC has issued first image from their new six part half hour comedy series HOPLEY HALL which is now shooting with James Nesbitt and Jamie Lee O'Donnell. At Hopley Hall, the heating rarely works, the

The comedy will have six episodes

 history is questionable and the gift shop sells mostly tea towels. The Grade A listed masterpiece, located in a fictional town on the Coast of County Antrim, is held together by damp, optimism, and a deep-seated resentment for the tourist attraction down the road. We follow the team of eccentric, dysfunctional volunteers and staff including a freshly-appointed community engagement officer who struggles dealing with actual human beings, an over-enthusiastic guide with no sense of irony and a disgruntled gardener. HOPLEY HALL is a workplace comedy about people who have absolutely nothing in common, except the desperate, daily struggle to keep the roof on and the public out of the private toilets.

FIRST EMMETT SCANLAN IMAGES FROM NEW CHANNEL 5 SERIES AN IMPOSSIBLE WAY TO DIE

  AN IMPOSSIBLE WAY TO DIE 

EMMETT SCANLAN TV SERIES IMAGES

Channel 5 has released first images with our dear Emmett Scanlan as the lead of their new six episode series AN IMPOSSIBLE WAY TO DIE with Sharon Rooney playing DS Katie Salter who is happily solving everyday crimes until fate drags her into an impossible murder mystery. Four people sat around a table seemingly set for a dinner party – except they are all dead. The only clue is a scorpion crawling out of one of the victim’s mouth. Salter is not your stereotypical damaged and tormented tv detective. Smart, diligent and committed to her family, tensions quickly surface when Salter is partnered with DI Niall Conway (Emmett J. Scanlan), lead investigator on the case. Salter’s measured, grounded approach clashes with Conway’s all-consuming dedication to the job. As the case grows increasingly impossible, secrets are unearthed and conspiracies emerge, lives are put at risk as the detectives race against time to connect seemingly disparate cases and unmask a killer before it’s too late. The series will arrive early next year.

CAST SET FOR NEW EPIC TV SERIES LOST IN HEL ABOUT A SHIPWRECKED VIKING CLAN

     LOST IN HEL   

NEW VIKING EPIC TV SERIES

According to Deadline, new production house Forge Films Company has announced work on their first project epic TV series LOST IN HEL to be set after a Viking clan is shipwrecked on an unmapped island, with the story that follows Jarl Alvar and a Christian queen forced into an alliance as they attempt to unite sworn enemies against an ancient force. Directed by Nik Kacevski (Mad Max: Fury Road), the series will star Jessica Ferguson, Troy Honeysett, Masa Yamaguchi and newcomer Grace Durrant. Antoine Disle, Orso Vesperini and Olivier Compere are behind the Forge Films!

MARTIN FREEMAN, JIM BROADBENT, JOE ARMSTRONG TO LEAD THIS YEAR'S GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS - THE BRIDE'S CHAMBER FROM DICKENS

  THE BRIDE'S CHAMBER 

NEW GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS

BBC has announced this year's Ghost Story for Christmas, a series of short dramas in which every year Mark Gatiss adapts one of classic ghost stories for festive days of December. This year it will be THE BRIDE'S CHAMBER a Charles Dickens chilling tale set in 1858. An inn with no name, an eccentric landlord and a lone traveller with a strangely familiar appearance. As he settles into his room for the night, the traveller is visited by an uncanny man in black, with a story to tell. Jim Broadbent, Martin Freeman, Adrian Scarborough and Joe Armstrong will star in the tale of a spurned and vengeful suitor who manipulates a young woman and marries her to claim her fortune. But his murderous plans create his own purgatory.

SEE CHARACTER POSTERS WITH VINCENT LINDON AND TAHAR RAHIM IN NEW FRENCH MOVIE ADAPTATION OF VICTOR HUGO'S LES MISERABLES

    LES MISERABLES   

New Les Miserables arrive this October

NEW MOVIE ADAPTATION  POSTERS

After the Musketeers and Count Monte Cristo another big screen novel adaptation in France will be LES MISE-  RABLES done this time by Studio canal and Fred Cavaye and we have brand new character posters for you today as the movie will be released in French theatres this month. Set against the backdrop of revolutionary uprisings in France, it follows the character of Jean Valjean, a peasant sentenced to five years’ hard labour for stealing a loaf of bread whose story spans several years as he is released from prison and reintegrated into society, yet pursued by a police inspector on his trail. Vincent Lindon plays Jean Valjean, with Tahar Rahim as his nemesis Inspector Javert. Benjamin Lavernhe and Camille Cottin are evil innkeepers Thénardier and Madame Thénardier. Noemie Merlant plays the tragic figure of Fantine, whose daughter, Cosette, Valjean takes in as his own.The movie is scheduled to arrive to the cinemas on October 14th 2026. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think, would you watch it?

 

NEW LARGE SCALE HISTORICAL SERIES BASED ON LEGENDARY BEN HUR IS READY TO START NEXT WEEK

    BEN HUR   

NEW HISTORICAL SERIES ARRIVES NEXT WEEK

I am taking you on a far away trip again, this Sunday all the way over to Brazil as they are preparing to launch new historical small screen 

The series starts next week

adaptation of famous BEN HUR which will arrive to their streamer Univer Video next week October 9th in a new more spiritual version with mammoth number of fifty episodes! Vinicius Redd takes the lead role of a Jewish prince caught between Roman power and a friendship under strain. Biblical setting and large-scale production frame a tense story of faith, identity and survival.

  

THE SERIES FOLLOWS

Judá Ben-Hur, a privileged Jewish prince whose world is unsettled by imperial pressure and the fragile bond he shares with Messala (Romulo Weber), a close friend whose allegiance is increasingly uncertain. Based on Lew Wallace's classic story, the series frames power, faith, romance and survival through an atmosphere of political danger and personal strain.Judá begins from a

Ben Hur will have fifty episodes

 position of wealth and status, but his identity is inseparable from the divided land around him. Roman authority presses into private life, while family loyalty, cultural belonging and political danger pull him in different directions. What can protect a sheltered heir when ordinary people are already living with the consequences of occupation? Messala is Judá's longtime friend, but his connection to Roman power places affection and duty on opposite sides of the same political world. His uncertain allegiance gives the story its emotional pressure, leaving Judá caught between personal trust and public danger. The cast also includes Bia Arantes as Ester, Felipe Cardoso as Baltazar, Juliano Laham as Barrabas... Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

ENJOY SOME MEDIEVAL ROMANCE TONIGHT IN HALLMARK'S A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER MOVIE WITH JAMES TREVENA

   A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER  

HITS HALLMARK SCREENS TONIGHT

Here is something cute and Autumn inspired to entertain you tonight: Hallmark is premiering this evening their new romantic movie

The film airs tonight on Hallmark

 A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER! When practical museum conservator Emily Porter (Julie Gonzalo) restores a centuries  old statue of legendary knight Sir Griffin de Beauford (James Trevena), one unexpected kiss brings him magically back to life and turns her carefully ordered world upside down. As Emily helps the chivalrous time traveler navigate modern Chicago, pumpkin spice lattes, a Halloween Medieval Fayre, and an FBI investigation led by her ex-husband, she begins to rediscover the wonder and romance she thought she had left behind. But with a rare celestial conjunction approaching and Griffin's fate hanging in the balance, Emily must decide  whether the safest heart is one kept guarded or one brave enough to believe in a love written in the stars. Check out the teaser below and tell us what you think:

Sneak Peek of A Knight To Remember starring Julie Gonzalo and James Trevena. Premiering Saturday October 3rd on Hallmark Channel🏰🗡⚔️ 🍁🍂🍃 #FallIntoLove #AKnightToRemember

This movie is based on the book by Bryn Donovan called Her Knight At The Museum

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— Hallmark Enthusiast🍁🎃 (@PinkSunsetxo) October 2, 2026

SEE COLIN MORGAN IN THE TRAILER FOR PERIOD SET DRAMA LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT WITH ED HARRIS, BEN FOSTER, JESSICA LANGE

   COLIN MORGAN IN  

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT TRAILER

A trailer has been released for a movie based on a Pulitzer prize winning play from Eugene O'Neil LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 

The film is now out in US cinemas

from director Jonathan Kent. The ensemble cast includes our dear Colin Morgan alongside Ed Harris, Ben Foster and Jessica Lange.  

 

SET ON 

one single day in August 1912 at the family's Connecticut seaside home, the story follows the Tyrone family as it faces the looming dual spectres of Edmund's potentially fatal consumption diagnosis alongside his mother Mary's increasingly fragile and anxious state of mind. The family knows that the situation threatens to return her to the severe morphine addiction that was only recently overcome. The film currently has a limited release in US cinemas.