CASTING NEWS: PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER, LUCAS HEDGES IN OLD FRIENDS NEW FRIENDS COMEDY MOVIE, DIANNE WIEST AND CIARAN HINDS IN THIS OLD LOVE OF MINE COMEDY DRAMA

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OLD FRIENDS, NEW FRIENDS COMEDY

A couple of casting news for you today, starting with Mike Birbiglia's new comedy movie OLD FRIENDS, NEW FRIENDS which will have Patrick Schwarzenegger and Lucas Hedges in the cast. When a tight-knit group of college friends travels to a summer camp for their old friend’s wedding, they discover he’s built a new life — with new friends — forcing them to confront what they’ve lost, who they’ve become, and whether growing up means growing apart. 

 

THIS OLD LOVE OF MINE COMEDY DRAMA

Another comedy drama movie will come from director Terry Loane who has cast Dianne Wiest and Ciaran Hinds in THIS OLD LOVE OF MINE. They play Harry and Margo Bannon whose happy retirement in a quiet country town is upended when Harry discovers a letter revealing that Margo had an affair early in their marriage. Without discussion, he files for divorce and summons their three grown children home, igniting old resentments, fresh turmoil and local gossip. As a DNA test threatens to shatter everything they thought they knew, the Bannons are forced to confront what truly makes a family: blood, loyalty, or a lifetime of messy, enduring love.

 

SEE LEGENDARY CRIME WRITERS UNITE IN SOLVING MURDER CASES IN FIRST THE DETECTION CLUB BBC AND BRITBOX TV SERIES IMAGE

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CAST REVEALED FOR NEW BBC SERIES

BBC One has sent us first image revealing the lead cast of their and BritBox new ten part series THE DETECTION CLUB with Miles Jupp, Bryony Hannah and Cara Theobold in the leads. Set against a backdrop of literary glamour, social change and deadly intrigue, it follows the mysterious society formed by three of Britain's most celebrated crime writers Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and G.K. Chesterton, as they are drawn into a series of real-life murder investigations. In 1930s London, these legendary crime writers hone their craft within the hallowed walls of a secret London location. After receiving an invitation that leads them to their first real murder case, our famous trio work together to solve a series of exciting mysteries. Their amateur sleuthing brings them into the path of D.I. Greenway (Viraj Juneja), an out-of-his-depth young police detective whose determination to prove himself is both helped and hindered by our writers’ extraordinary instincts.

EMILY WATSON AND TOBY JONES TO BUILD A SPACECRAFT IN MARS EXPRESS TRUE LIFE MOVIE STORY

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JOINS MARS EXPRESS TRUE STORY FILM

According to Screen Daily, Emily Watson has joined the cast of MARS EXPRESS movie which is a directorial debut of actor Mackenzie Crook. She and Toby Jones will play Colin and Judith Pillinger in the film that follows their mission to find life on Mars back in the late 1990s. With no prior experience of building a spacecraft, the English farmers pulled together a team of misfits who took on NASA and almost won. As you know, we will watch Emily also in Dune: Prophecy sf series second season later this year over at HBO.

BOOKISH PERIOD SET SERIES 2ND SEASON TO START NEXT WEEK WITH MIRANDA RICHARDSON, RUPERT GRAVES, JASON WATKINS, CONNOR FINCH, MARK GATTIS AND POLLY WALKER

  BOOKISH SEASON 2  

ALL READY TO START NEXT WEEK

After a successful run over at U&Alibi channel cosy crime period set series BOOKISH will from August 26th start airing second season which will see Mark Gatiss return to the role of 1946. London book keeper turned investigator with Polly Walker as his wife and gorgeous Connor Finch as his right hand and below you can also see teaser from the second season which is scheduled to arrive later next week. Joining them in new season are Miranda Richardson,Jason Watkins, Rupert Graves to name just some of the more famous names. Returning cast also includes Elliot Levey as Inspector Bliss, Blake Harrison as Sergeant Morris and Buket Kömür as Nora. The series also sees the return of Rosie Cavaliero as Ada Dredge, Gerard Horan as Mr Baseheart, Nadia Albina as Dr Calder and Jonas Nay as Felix. The series has also been renewed for season 3 and will also have a two part Christmas special these holidays and you can see below the first image from it.

IN THE SECOND SEASON OF THE SERIES

Book investigates the world of spiritualism when he’s asked to help solve the mysterious case involving medium, Harold Sneed (Watkins). Off Savile Row, Bliss asks Book to help in a puzzling murder at a gentleman’s outfitters - the elderly tailor Maxie Kleinmann is keen to confess to the murder, but the evidence doesn’t quite stack up and points to something much more complex and sinister. And Book and Jack are sent to the seemingly charming German village of Würl by the mysterious ‘E’ to thwart a thieving Duchess (Richardson) at Christmas time. However, festivities take a deadly turn when Book and Jack uncover secrets of their own, past and present, in an ominous castle brimming with plausible murder suspects. Book’s close association to the police continues to be not without its personal dangers and his lavender marriage with childhood best friend Trottie, is threatened by debonair Colonel Winters (Graves). Marrying post-war nostalgia with the reckless and life affirming atmosphere of the times, Bookish is a stylish period detective drama with a difference

 

DANNY DYER, DAVID MORRISEY, GWILYM LEE, ALEX JENNINGS, MARK BONNAR, SEAN PERTWEE TO LEAD THE SIEGE IRANIAN EMBASSY SET SERIES AT CHANNEL 4

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CHANNEL 4 UNVEILS A STELLAR CAST 

Beside Complicit which I presented you yesterday, there is another new drama coming to Channel 4 with a stellar cast led by Danny Dyer and David Morrissey! New six-part series THE SIEGE based on Ben Macintyre’s bestselling book will take us back to April 1980, when six armed

Gwilym Lee, Danny Dyer, David Morrisey will star

 Iranian separatists entered the Iranian Embassy in London and took 26 people hostage, beginning a six-day siege watched around the world. The ensemble cast will also include Kevin Doyle, Alex Jennings and Omid

Sean Pertwee, Mark Bonnar, Alex Jennings will also star

 Djalili, Sean Pertwee, Mark Bonnar and our dearest Gwilym Lee. New series will explore what happened inside the embassy as well as the police response and the plans being made by the SAS, giving us a closer look at the people caught up in those extraordinary six days. 

SEE FIRST IMAGES WITH MICHAEL SOCHA AND EDWARD HOLCROFT IN BBC'S THE WITCH FARM NEW GHOST STORY TV SERIES

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1ST IMAGES FROM MICHAEL SOCHA SERIES

Straight from Wales come first images from BBC's new spooky series THE WITCH FARM a ghost story and mystery set in the Welsh countryside based on real events and starring Gabrielle Creevy, Michael Socha and our dearest Edward Holcroft. The series will arrive soon to BBC One. 

THE STORY IS SET IN

 South Wales, 1989. Bill (Socha), Liz (Creevy) and their teenage son Jonathan (Lewin Lloyd) leave London for Heol Fanog, a remote modern farmhouse in the foothills of the Brecon Beacons, determined to make a fresh start. At first, the isolation feels like freedom. But when frightening, inexplicable things begin to happen around the house and a strange figure begins to appear, the family starts to feel increasingly scared. What follows is a steady escalation ofthe chillingly uncanny - unexplained disturbances and an unsettling sense that they are not alone. As Bill and Liz begin to investigate, the house draws them deeper into a history that refuses to stay buried. And as the land yields its secrets, so too does their marriage - testing the limits of trust, belief, and what they’re willing to deny in order to survive.

 

CHANNEL 4 ANNOUNCES NEW MURDER MYSTERY MINI TV SERIES COMPLICIT WITH CLAIRE GOOSE AND JASON O'MARA

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A NEW CHANNEL 4 MINI TV SERIES

Channel 4 has announced a compelling new six-part murder mystery COMPLICIT with Claire Goose leading the cast as Jen Molloy, alongside Moe Dunford who plays Jen’s lover, Damian Barr, and Jason O’Mara as her husband, Chris Molloy.When Jen Molloy slips back home after a night of passion with a man who isn’t her husband, she has no idea how devastating the consequences will be. When a death follows, one split-second lie threatens to destroy everything she holds dear. If protecting your family meant allowing a killer to walk free… what choice would you make? Complicit explores the terrifying ripples of a single untruth and the contradictions of how far we will go to protect everything we love whilst fighting an insatiable pull towards something more dangerous. Secrets are only secrets if they stay hidden…

UPLIFTING SUMMER BESTSELLER DOLLY ALL THE TIME BY ANNABEL MONAGHAN TO BE ADAPTED INTO A MOVIE

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GETTING A MOVIE ADAPTATION

According to Deadline a current summer bestseller will be turned into a movie as Sony has got rights on DOLLY ALL THE TIME by

The book  was published this summer

 Annabel Monaghan. Dolly Brick has never met a problem she couldn’t solve. Not when her mom left when she was 12, and not at 39 when she moves with her son back to Whitfield, RI for the summer to keep her dad and brother from losing the family home. So when she comes across Stewart Whitfield — annoyingly handsome scion of the Whitfield family — with a flat tire and at the wrong end of a very public breakup, it’s in her nature to help. She comes away with an offer he suggests, which has her posing as his girlfriend. It ends up being more than either of them bargained for, because as public dinners and high society benefits turn into sunset boat rides and kisses, real sparks commence.

SEE THE FINAL YEARS OF RUSSIAN IMPERIAL FAMILY IN THE ROMANOVS: LOYALTY AND BETRAYAL GLORIOUS MOVIE TRAILER

   THE ROMANOVS TRAILER  

LOYALTY AND BETRAYAL EPIC MOVIE

The final years of the life of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, his family, and loved ones are described in new movie THE ROMANOVS: 

The movie is out this September in Russia

LOYALTY AND BETRAYAL which will hit Russian cinemas September 24th and today you can check out the glorious trailer for it. The cast is led by Vitaly Kishchenko, Ksenia Kutepova, Denis Propalov, Maria Maslova, Daria Pokhilo! 

 

THE STORY

 of the final years of the last Russian Emperor, Nicholas II; his loving wife, Empress Alexandra; his son, Tsarevich Alexei; his daughters — Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia; and his brother, Mikhail Alexandrovich. The love and devotion of his loved ones sustained Nicholas through his most grueling trials, yet they could not shield him from betrayal. The treachery and cowardice of his Romanov relatives, politicians of every stripe, and generals who had sworn allegiance to the throne led to the collapse of the empire.

 

BLOODAXE PRIME VIDEO'S NEW VIKING EPIC TV SERIES ADS NEW CAST MEMBERS FOR SEASON TWO INCLUDING KIERAN BEW AND GEORGE BURGESS

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ADS NEW CAST FOR SECOND SEASON

Even though the first season is yet to air in early 2027, Prime Video is already gathering cast for the second season of BLOODAXE historical series which started production over in Ireland. Coming from Tudors and Vikings creator Michael Hirst and his son Horatio it follows the rise of Norse raider

George Burgess, Kieran Bew and Gard Lokke join the cast

 Erik Bloodaxe (Xavier Molyneux) and his wife, Gunnhild (Jessica Madsen), the Mother of Kings. Gard Løkke will be new series regular, while Melina Åkerman, our dearest Kieran Bew, Sebastian Bull and George Burgess will appear in recurring roles.