PHILIPPA NORTHEAST, MICHELLE DOCKERY, GENEVIEVE O'REILLY TO END UP ON A TROPICAL ISLAND IN NEW NETFLIX ADVENTURE THRILLER SERIES FERAL

    FERAL TV SERIES   

TO SHOOT FOR NETFLIX IN AUSTRALIA

Netflix has ordered their new Australian original series FERAL based on the book Savages by Shirley Conran. This thrilling, darkly funny story of adventure and survival will star Michelle Dockery, Jessica Gunning, Genevieve O’Reilly and Philippa Northeast. Four very different women accompany their mining executive husbands on a corporate holiday to a beautiful but lethal tropical island. When the men’s shady deals land them all in danger, the women must learn to survive the jungle – and each other. Can they put aside their differences, self-doubts and vanities to stay alive?

TRAILER AND AIR DATE FOR COLD WAR TV SERIES HONEY FROM BBC AND ZDF WITH JANNIS NIEWOHNER AND RORY KINNEAR

   FIRST HONEY TRAILER  

FROM NEW BBC COLD WAR DRAMA

BBC and German ZDF have teamed up on a new dark comedy six part  drama HONEY which will star our dearest Jannis Niewohner alongside Ann Skelly, Nate Mann and Rory Kinnear. The tender and flirty, slick and dangerous series goes deep undercover in 1980s East Berlin to explore a shadowy world of counter espionage and risky but irresistible relations. East Berlin, 1982. Martha, 24, is a deep cover agent for MI6. Surrounded by enemies and constantly under threat of her cover being blown, she tries her hardest to avoid detection by Friedrich, the new Stasi Head of Counterespionage against British Targets, Berlin Office. Finding herself caught between Friedrich and the reckless, arrogant (and incredibly attractive…) CIA operative Aaron Neeland (posing as Kurt Fischer), she is blind-sided by desire in this Cold War menage-a-trois. The risk of being garrotted or incarcerated is nothing compared to the horrifying ordeal of falling in love. Allowing yourself to be vulnerable and bearing your heart and soul? She'd rather have her fingernails pulled out. Check out the trailer below for the drama which starts November 14th!

 

PARAMOUNT PLUS ORDERS ZERO HOUR APOCALYPTIC SCIENCE FICTION THRILLER TV SERIES

  ZERO HOUR SF SERIES  

ORDERED OVER AT PARAMOUNT PLUS

Paramount + has ordered new sf thriller series from Matthew Michael Carnahan based on a short story by Harrison Query. In ZERO HOUR, when mysterious ovals appear in the sky, the world changes forever. In the minutes that follow, a wife fights to keep her ailing husband alive, a doomsday prepper races to get his family to safety, teenage runaways are caught in the middle of a bank robbery, and a brilliant young presidential aide scrambles to make sense of it all. What begins as a pulse-pounding survival story slowly unravels into a sweeping mystery, as the truth about who these visitors are, and why they have come, upends everything humanity thought it knew about first contact.

DAISY RIDLEY TO LEAD PARAMOUNT + ADVENTURE SERIES THE VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

   DAISY RIDLEY TO LEAD  

VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA SERIES

Daisy Ridley will lead the series

As Deadline reports, Paramount + has set Daisy Ridley as lead of their new small screen adaptation of  THE VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA set to be produced by Akiva Goldsman and Matt Shakman. The modern reimagination will follow brilliant ocean scientist Lee Crane (Ridley), who is pulled into a classified government program after a catastrophic Arctic expedition claims the life of her twin sister. At the center of the program is the USS Seaview, a retro-futuristic submarine found entombed in the ice, marked with symbols from a history that shouldn’t exist, and it powers up only when Lee steps aboard. Thrust into command of a pressure-cooker crew and an uneasy alliance with government power brokers, Lee leads Seaview on daring undersea missions to contain mysterious forces leaking into our world, all while uncovering a hidden truth about the oceans, an erased chapter of human history, and the once-thought mythical city of Atlantis.

WATCH THE BATTLE FILLED TRAILER FOR THE THIRD SEASON OF THE RINGS OF POWER EPIC TV SERIES

    THE RINGS OF POWER   

EPIC SERIES SEASON 3 TRAILER UNLEASHED

Rings of Power returns November 11th

Prime Video has released a magnificent battle filled trailer for the third season of THE RINGS OF POWER epic series which will jump forward several years from the events of season 2 with the story taking place at the height of the War of the Elves and Sauron (Charlie Wickers), as the Dark Lord seeks to craft the One Ring that will give him the edge he needs to win the war and conquer all Middle-earth at last. Acclaimed directors Charlotte Brändström, Sanaa Hamri, and Stefan Schwartz have helmed the new season which will open with four episodes on November 11th, followed by

New season will have eight episodes

 episodes 5 and 6 on November 18th and episodes 7 and 8 on November 26th. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think!

 

IN THE THIRD SEASON 

All the peoples of Middle-Earth are engaged in the heroic struggle against Sauron and his army of Orcs. His terrifying Ring-servants, the Nazgnagôl, roam Middle-Earth clad in black armor as tensions rise among the Elves trying desperately to hold the front lines; familial ties are strained among the Dwarves in Khazad-dûm; political factions push the island kingdom of

You can stream the series on Prime Video

 Númenor to the brink of civil war; and in the eastern lands of Rhûn, Gandalf enlists his full powers of magic and persuasion as he fights to turn the tide of impending darkness.

 

 WHO IS IN THE CAST?

  Andrew Richardson joins the cast as Anarion a king of Gondor, Zubin Varla as a Ringwraith named Khamûl the Easterling, Jamie Campbell Bower as Celeborn Galadriel's (Morfyd Clark) love interest, and Eddie Marsan as Durin's brother, with Adam Young as an original character named Marnûkh. Morfydd

The Stranger is now wizard Gandalf

 Clark returns as Elwen warrior Galadriel, Robert Aramayo as Elrond, Ismael Cruz Cordóva as Arondir, Owain Arthur as Dwarf Prince Durin, Sophia Nomvete as Princess Disa, Lloyd Owen as Elendil, Benjamin Walker as Elwen king Gil-galad, Markella Kavenagh as Nori Brandyfoot, and Maxim Baldry as Isildur. Daniel Weyman who played the mysterious Stranger is now Gandalf! For the first time on screen, audiences will witness the foundational moment that shaped Middle-earth and became a cornerstone of popular culture: the forging of the One Ring!

 

SEE IDRIS ELBA TRAPPED IN THE OCEAN IN ABOVE THE BELOW SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE THRILLER TRAILER

 ABOVE THE BELOW TRAILER 

 IDRIS ELBA HAS TO RISE TO SURVIVE

Above the Below arrives this December

We have a trailer for an upcoming British survival thriller film co-directed by Idris Elba and Martin Owen ABOVE THE BELOW which will arrive into theatres December 4th bringing a story about three astronauts trapped in their capsule as it sinks in the ocean. Idris Elba stars as Jackson, Caitlin FitzGerald as Brooks, Hero Fiennes Tiffin as Rhodes. They are the three astronauts who are returning to Earth when their vessel is forced off course during re-entry. They struggle to survive after being cut off from contact as their capsule sinks into the ocean. It is interesting that the film was shot almost three years ago. See the trailer below. 

 

VISIT THE 13TH CENTURY RUSSIA IN THE FIRST IMAGES FROM DANIIL OF MOSCOW HISTORICAL TV SERIES

    DANIIL OF MOSCOW   

FIRST IMAGES FROM NEW HISTORICAL SERIES

Straight from Russia today we have the first images from their new historical series DANIIL OF MOSCOW (Даниил Московский) which is being produced for their national broadcaster and for streamer Smotrim. While the role of Daniil Alexandrovich will be potrayed by Yuri Nasonov, the cast will also include Alexander Gorbatov, Sergey Bezrukov, Alexander Ustyugov, Angelina Poplavskaya, Anastasia Krasovskaya, Sergey Makhovikov, Yevgeny Romantsov and others. Daniil was the younger son of Alexander Nevsky and he was a peacekeeper who laid the foundations of Moscow and was the forefather of all their princes. The series continues Rossiya 1's lineup of their unforgettable historical sagas that included Sofia, Godunov, Grozniy and Prince Andrei.

  THE STORY IS SET IN YEAR 1280 

For forty years, the Russian lands have been under the yoke of the Golden Horde. Following the death of Alexander Nevsky, his domains were divided among his three sons: the eldest, Dimitri, rules in Vladimir; the middle son, Andrei, in Gorodets; and the youngest, Daniil, receives a modest patrimony along the banks of the Moskva River. The young Prince of Moscow strives to develop and fortify his territory, but he soon finds himself entangled in the dangerous intrigues of the Golden Horde and the power struggles between his own brothers. Daniel must endure a profound love and devastating losses, navigate through wars and conspiracies, and ultimately not only preserve his land but transform Moscow into the most powerful principality, destined to become the heart of Rus'.

 

ROBSON GREEN WILL START SOLVING CRIMES THIS WEEK IN THE NORTHUMBRIA MYSTERIES BBC ONE NEW TV SERIES

  NORTHUMBRIA MYSTERIES 

NEW DETECTIVE SERIES STARTS THIS WEEK

The series starts this Friday

Ready to start this week, Friday October 23rd on BBC One is eight episode series THE NORTHUMBRIA MYSTERIES  which, set against the sweeping Northumberland coastline and its surrounding market towns, follows an unlikely crime-solving duo. 

 

  IN THE NEW SERIES 

Robson Green stars as Joe Ruby: an ex con whose life has been shaped by mistakes, regrets and missed opportunities, alongside Oxford-educated DI Rose O’Connell (Liz White), a rarefied intellectual, a deep thinker with a brilliant mind and an ice-cool disposition. In a classic odd-couple pairing, Joe and Rose combine their talents as they frustrate, confound and ultimately surprise one another while unravelling a series of compelling crime mysteries. Simon Callow stars as Father David, the local priory leader, with Gurjeet Singh as DS Raj Singh.

LOVE IS DESTRUCTIVE IN THE GREAT CHIMERA NEW PERIOD SET TV SERIES COMING FROM GREECE

  THE GREAT CHIMERA 

NEW GREEK PERIOD SET TV SERIES

The series will stream on Walter Presents

We are flying off down to Greece today because I want to present you their new period set series THE GREAT CHIMERA which will be available for streaming for US viewers on Walter Presents channel at Prime Video and was also bought by SBS streamer in Australia. The series is a small screen adaptation of a popular Greek novel from M. Karagatsis and the six part saga has broken viewing records on Greek national broadcaster earlier this year. Their most expensive series ever is set in the 1930s. You can see English language trailer below the post.

 

THE SERIES FOLLOWS 

Marina, a woman driven by overwhelming passion and an obsessive pursuit of happiness, a force that gradually consumes both her and those around her. She falls in love, marries, and follows her husband to Syros, settling into his ancestral home in Episkopi, where she lives under the oppressive and judgmental presence of her mother in law. As Marina ties her emotional world to her husband's shipping ventures, her inner turmoil begins to echo through their shared life, blurring the line between personal desire and external fate. When financial collapse arrives alongside her psychological decline, love, ambition, and loss become tightly entwined, drawing everyone into a destructive cycle where intense emotion shapes destiny.

 

FRANCIS LAWRENCE TO HELM MOVIE ADAPTATION OF LEGENDARY 'RED RISING' SF NOVEL BY PIERCE BROWN FOR PARAMOUNT

    RED RISING   

MOVIE ADAPTATION FINDS A DIRECTOR

The whole saga has six books

More than ten years ago our favourite sf saga was supposed to be directed by  Mark Forster but that did not happen and now it has been announced that Francis Lawrence will helm the movie adaptation of Pierce Brown's novel RED RISING for Paramount! The sf tale takes place on desolate Mars, where the protagonist Darrow is caught in a class system that thrives on oppression and secrecy. He is a Red, the lowest member of society, born to toil in the bowels of the planet in service to the sovereign Golds. When he suffers a devastating loss and betrayal he becomes a revolutionary, out to bring about social justice. Questions of fate, duality, and loyalty, evolve in a cruel test of war between the sons and daughters of the ruling elite. Justin Rhodes is penning the script according to the Hollywood Reporter.