GUGU MBATHA RAW IS FACED WITH UNNATURAL FORCES IN SKY'S JAMAICA SET MINI TV SERIES POSSESSION TEASER WITH JONNY LEE MILLER

   POSSESSION SERIES   

FIRST TRAILER WITH GUGU MBATHA RAW

Sky has released first trailer with Gugu Mbatha Raw in five part mini series POSSESSION previously known as Inheritance. She plays Claudia, an ambitious young bi‑racial lawyer who travels to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim made by a local man, Cudjoe East (Sheldon Shepherd), against Oliver Connaught (Jonny Lee Miller), a wealthy white aristocrat. But the case takes an unsettling turn when Claudia discovers that the disputed estate is the very place that has haunted her nightmares: Hope Hill, the Connaught family’s former plantation. As Claudia and Oliver dig deeper, they uncover a disturbing link between the plantation’s brutal past and the injustices still shaping the present. It will air soon! 

 

CHANNEL 4 OFFICIALLY RENEWS A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE HIT TV SERIES AND REVEALS PLOT OF THE SECOND SEASON WITH BRENDA BLETHYN

   A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE  

SECOND SEASON ANNOUNCED OFFICIALLY

It has become Channel 4's most watched new series in half a decade and you already know that the second season will be shooting later this year after it airs in USA as well this Wednesday on BritBox, but

Second season will shoot in Yorkshire this year

 now we have a plot as well for the second run. Brenda Blethyn and Jessica Reynolds will again play the older and younger Emma Harte who rises from poverty to billions. In new eight episode season, she emerges from World War One and strides into the glittering, fast changing world of the 1920s. Her ambition for the Harte name is unrelenting, as is her determination to make the Fairley family pay. But she has passion to contend with, in the form of the infuriatingly charismatic Paul McGill, and she'll also endure devastating loss and face unexpected betrayals from those she holds most dear. Meanwhile in the 1970s, she battles to win back her life’s work from Jim Fairley who not only married her heiress but also will have a kid with her. Emma will have a Fairley grandchild! Oh, noes!

SEE THE VOLCANO ERUPT WITH TOM HIDDLESTON IN NEW POMPEII: OUT OF TIME SERIES ARRIVING THIS JULY

   TOM HIDDLESTON IN  

POMPEII: OUT OF TIME DOCUSERIES

New docudrama starts next month

We are opening a new week with our hunkster Tom Hiddleston who is the host of National Geographic's new docudrama POMPEII: OUT OF TIME which arrives July 22nd and will be available also on Disney Plus and Hulu day later July 23rd! 

 

The three part documentary series is a fusion of cinematic scripted drama and investigative documentary storytelling that transports audiences to ancient Rome in the hours before and during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Guided by a team of archaeologists, historians, geologists and disaster experts, Tom Hiddleston uncovers remarkable evidence, and the stories of real people that challenge long-held assumptions about Pompeii and its final hours, not least revealing that many of those caught up in the disaster had the chance to survive. Following a teenage apprentice, a powerful businesswoman and a mysterious Praetorian Guard, he pieces together how each confronted impossible choices as disaster loomed. As the volcano awakens and the countdown to catastrophe begins, the evidence converges in a gripping race against time to uncover who survived, who perished, and what determined their fate.

 

NEW SUMMER 2026 AUSTRALIAN TV SERIES: TREASURE & DIRT WITH MICHAEL DORMAN, THE KILLINGS AT PARRISH STATION WITH MIA WASIKOWSKA

  NEW AUSTRALIAN SHOWS  

TREASURE & DIRT AT ABC

New six part series starts this July

I have two new Australian shows to present to you today, spylings, beginning with TREASURE & DIRT which arrives to their national broadcaster ABC July 19th with our dear Michael Dorman, whom you watched in Territory series, in the lead role. The story of the six part crime thriller is set in the scorched, dust choked opal mining town of Nulla, where the brutal beheading of local miner pulls big-city detective Ivan Lucic (Dorman) into a labyrinthine case with no easy answers. Assigned to him is ambitious rookie detective Nell Buchanan (Liv Hewson) who knows Nulla’s lawless, corrupt underbelly far better than he does. Together, they’re drawn into a strange, surreal underworld of secrets, greed, and old sins that won’t stay buried. Dean O'Gorman and Eamon Farren also star.

 

 

THE KILLINGS AT PARRISH STATION

New six part series hits Stan next week

Arriving even sooner, next week actually - June 24th to Australian streamer Stan is six episode mystery crime drama THE KILLINGS AT PARRISH STATION. In 1987, detectives Georgia Cooke (Mia Wasikowska) and Michael Thorne (Xavier Samuel) are called to investigate the bizarre and brutal killings of four scientists at the remote Parrish Research Station. They uncover a complex case involving mania, ritual, and the occult, and Georgia's obsessive truth-seeking spirals, threatening her family, career, and sanity. Thirty seven years later, a chilling new spree of murders pull Georgia (Heather Mitchell) back into this nightmare as she confronts the possibility that the horrors at Parrish Station were never fully buried.

 

SEE ACTION PACKED FULL TRAILER FOR THE FOURTH SEASON OF STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS SF SERIES

  STRANGE NEW WORLDS  

STAR TREK SERIES RETURNS THIS JULY

The fourth season begins next month

Back in April we had the first teaser for the fourth and the penultimate season of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS and now we have a full trailer for the series that returns July 23rd with new episodes streaming weekly on Paramount Plus. The streamer has also released a poster for the new season featuring Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck and others who have already shot both final seasons earlier last winter. The final season will have only six episodes, while the fourth one will have the usual ten this summer. It is not impossible that the series might birth a spin off in which Paul Wesley takes over Enterprise as Captain Kirk after guest starring in this series. You can see him in one of the season four images today together with Dan Jeannotte who plays his brother Sam Kirk, a regular crew member of Enterprise. We also know that Thomas Jane will join the last season next year as Doctor Bones and Kai Murakami as Sulu.

 IN THE FOURTH SEASON 

the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise – led by Captain Christopher Pike – embark on a series of thrilling and emotional adventures across the stars. As they journey to strange new worlds, they will battle inner demons and external threats, encounter colorful new characters, reunite with familiar faces and confront terrifying aliens. Through it all, they strive to embrace a bright, hopeful future. Check out the season four trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

BBC REVEALS FIRST IMAGES FROM SALLY PHILLIPS COSY VILLAGE CRIME TV SERIES HAIRDRESSER MYSTERIES OUT THIS JULY

  HAIRDRESSER MYSTERIES  

FIRST IMAGES FROM BBC TV SERIES

BBC has sent us first images from their new mini TV series THE HAIRDRESSER MYSTERIES with Sally Phillips leading the six part drama out this July. Infused with an upbeat 1970s spirit, the nostalgic crime drama sees her play a hairdresser, Lily Petal who opts out of the competitive city scene to buy a small village hairdressing salon at the top of a cobbled street. Charlotte Jordan plays Clary Coombs, Lily’s bright and analytical assistant and the Watson to her Shear-lock Holmes. Ben Castle-Gibb plays PC Adam Watson, an eager young copper in the local village who falls head-over-heels for salon assistant Clary. Sunetra Sarker plays Wincey Evans, the village’s local chit-chatter with a reputation as a known gossip. Clive Rowe plays Lonnie, the flamboyant manager of the local charity shop and Guy Henry plays Race Runard, the local village’s eccentric antiques dealer with a penchant for priceless teacup and saucer sets. An array of guest stars will also appear through the series including Wendi Peters who plays Gloria Crudd, another newcomer to the village hoping to make a fresh start with her ice cream parlour but soon finds her old life catching up with her. Everyone tells their hairdresser everything and soon she becomes the hub of her new village’s secrets and revelations. Using her own brand of uncannily developed hairdressing intuitive, empathy and understanding, Lily begins to solve the mysteries of the village.

SEE NICK ROBINSON IN THE TRAILER FOR NEW NETFLIX ROMCOM VOICEMAILS FOR ISABELLE OUT THIS WEEKEND

  VOICEMAILS FOR ISABELLE 

ROMANTIC MOVIE TRAILER IS HERE

The film is out on Netflix this Friday

I announced this one originally back in May last year, but now we have a trailer for romantic movie VOICEMAILS FOR ISABELLE as it is about to stream over at Netflix this Friday June 19th with our dear Nick Robinson in the lead role alongside Zoey Dutch. The film was both written and directed by Leah McKendrick. 

 

 THE STORY OF THE FILM 

follows Jill (Dutch) as she copes with her sister’s death by leaving her voicemails about her chaotic life in San Francisco. When the number is reassigned without her knowledge, an elusive Austin, Texas, real estate agent (Robinson) begins receiving the hilariously confessional messages. Gil Bellows, Nick Offerman, Lukas Gage also star in this romantic comedy. 

 

MAESTA FILM ON MARIA JOSE OF SAVOY WHO WAS THE QUEEN OF ITALY FOR JUST 27 DAYS IN THE WORKS

    MAESTA MOVIE   

ON QUEEN MARIA JOSE OF SAVOY

According to Variety, the story of Maria José of Savoy, who served as queen of Italy after World War II for only 27 days before Italians voted to abolish the monarchy, will be shown in new historical film

Maria of Savoy was queen of Italy for 27 days

 MAESTA (“Majesty”), directed by Ginevra Elkann. The daughter of Albert I, the King of Belgium, Maria José married Italy’s Prince Umberto II, whose father, King Vittorio Emanuele III, cooperated with fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. She became known as “the May Queen” because she and her husband reigned for just 27 days in 1946, from May 9, when Victor Emanuel III abdicated in favor of his son, hoping to save the throne for the House of Savoy during the turmoil after Mussolini’s fall, until June 2, when Italians voted to abolish the monarchy and the Savoys went into exile. Known to be a rebellious royal and a surreptitious anti-fascist, Maria José then moved to Portugal and soon left her husband.

JONATHAN BAILEY, GREG KINNEAR, DAVID DUCHOVNY, LAURA DERN TO LEAD NETFLIX MONSANTO COURTROOM DRAMA MOVIE

    JONATHAN BAILEY  

TO LEAD NETFLIX MONSANTO MOVIE

It does not yet have a title but John Lee Hancock's Netflix movie on Monsanto has a strong cast. Joining Jonathan Bailey and Laura Dern are Greg Kinnear and David Duchovny. The courtroom drama is based on the true story of Brent Wisner (Jonathan Bailey), a young, untried attorney who takes on a seemingly insurmountable case against Monsanto on behalf of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson. Wisner’s client alleged that he developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma as a result of his exposure to Monsanto’s best-known product, the weed and grass pesticide killer Roundup, through his job as a high school groundskeeper.

KARI SKOGLAND TO DIRECT A HISTORICAL MOVIE ADAPTATION OF LADY MACBETH NOVEL BY AVA REID

     LADY MACBETH   

TO GET A BIG SCREEN MOVIE ADAPTATION

The Handmaid's Tale director will helm it

According to Deadline, Kari Skogland is developing a movie adaptation of Ava Reid's historical novel LADY MACBETH a gothic retelling of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth centered on the character of Lady Macbeth. The 2024 novel reimagines one of literature’s most enduring figures through a dark, intimate lens, following a young noblewoman thrust into a politically arranged marriage in a brutal medieval world. As she navigates survival, power, and identity within a system designed to constrain her, her transformation unfolds into a portrait of ambition, resilience, and consequence.