ITALO CALVINO'S PERIOD SET CLASSIC THE BARON IN THE TREES TO GET A MOVIE ADAPTATION

  THE BARON IN THE TREES  

TO BE TURNED INTO A BIG SCREEN MOVIE

The casting for the movie is underway

The latest book to get a big screen adaptation is Italo Calvino's 1957 novel THE BARON IN THE TREES which tells the adventures of a boy who climbs up a tree to spend the rest of his life inhabiting an arboreal kingdom. Italian director Alice Rohrwacher is set to helm according to Variety. The novel brings the story of a young baron, Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò, firstborn of a noble family sadly behind the times. The main story begins with a dispute on June 15, 1767 in the villa of Ombrosa, between an adolescent Cosimo and his father, after which Cosimo, who had quarreled with his father because he had refused to eat a snail soup, climbs the trees of the home garden and promises never to come down again in his entire life.

FIRST LOOK AT MEGHANN FAHY AND ROSE BYRNE IN THE GOOD DAUGHTER THRILLER TV SERIES

    THE GOOD DAUGHTER   

FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW TV SERIES

Peacock has set stream date and first look at their new six episode thriller THE GOOD DAUGHTER which will start November 12th and will also stream on Stan in Australia. Based on the novel by Karin Slaughter, the drama centers on sisters Charlotte (Meghann Fahy) and Samantha (Rose Byrne), who have spent the last 20 years trying to piece together the lives that were fractured by a single night of violence. When another attack splinters the small town of Pikeville, Charlotte, a lawyer like her father, is the first witness on the scene. As the case unfolds and twists through painful memories and buried secrets, what emerges is not just a story of survival, but of enduring ties between a father, his daughters and the complex bond between sisters. Brendan Gleeson, Jake McDorman and Olivia Williams also star.

SAM WORTHINGTON, JAI COURTNEY, JACK QUAID TO BE SHACKLED TOGETHER IN BLOOD ON THE PROMONTORY WESTERN MOVIE

    CASTING NEWS  

BLOOD ON THE PROMONTORY WESTERN

Some casting news for you today coming from Ray Mendoza's western movie BLOOD ON THE PROMONTORY which has added Sam Worthington, Jai Courtney, Jack Quaid to the cast together with Jaeden Martell and LaMonica Garrett. Written by Evan Cooper, the film will follow five convicts trying to escape through the mountains following a violent train robbery, while shackled together by foot.

SEE LESLIE MANN, ANNA FARIS, ISLA FISHER ESCAPE THEIR FAMILIES FOR A SPA WEEKEND IN HILARIOUS COMEDY MOVIE TRAILER

    SPA WEEKEND TRAILER  

FRIENDSHIP IS A REAL TRIP

Spa Weekend is booked for August 21st

If you are in the mood for something hilarious this summer, check out the trailer for crazy comedy SPA WEEKEND which will hit cinemas August 21st directed and written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. The cast is led by Leslie Mann, Anna Faris and Michelle Buteau who play three friends who decide to take a break from their husbands and families and go on a spa weekend that descends into chaos when their trainwreck friend, played by Isla Fisher, joins, leading to hilarious consequences. The hunk factor is also present in the form of Adam Demos who plays a love interest to Leslie Mann's character. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think. 

 

DAVID MORRISSEY AND ALAN CUMMING WILL ENGAGE IN WAR IN CHANNEL 4 NEW THRILLER TV SERIES TIP TOE THIS SUNDAY

   TIP TOE SERIES  

 STARTS THIS WEEK AT CHANNEL 4 

Channel 4 has released first trailer a few weeks ago featuring David Morrissey and Alan Cumming as leads in their new five part drama TIP TOE from Russell T. Davies but back then we did not have the air date. Today I can finally tell you that the series will start airing in UK this Sunday May 31st and that it will also stream down in Australia on their Binge streamer and Foxtel from June 2nd. 

 

IN THIS BRAND NEW TV SERIES

They will play Leo and Clive, who have lived next door to each other in Manchester for almost 15 years. But just as life should be settling down, the world around them is growing more tense. Words become weapons, opinions become radicalized, and gradually, two neighbors become deadly enemies in a tense, suburban thriller which challenges everything we consider to be safe. Pooky Quesnel, Jackson Connor, Joseph Evans, Paul Rhys, Charlie Condou will also star. 

 

HBO GIVES FIRST GLIMPSES AT THE GILDED AGE SERIES SEASON 4 AND THE WAR SERIES WITH DOMINIC WEST AND SIENNA MILLER

    FIRST LOOK AT   

THE GILDED AGE SERIES SEASON 4 

In their latest exclusive reel of what to expect in the second part of the year, HBO Max has unveiled, among others, first look at the fourth season of their popular costume drama THE GILDED AGE which arrives sometime this year and the trailer below shows Bertha dancing with her husband smiling which might mean the troubles in their marital paradise are over?  After Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) changed society at a cost, her family must reckon with the consequences while Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) seizes in the new season an opportunity to regain her position. Meanwhile, Marian (Louisa Jacobson) forges a new path for herself, and Peggy (Denée Benton) works to be accepted by her future in-laws. There will also be a whole line of new characters in the fourth season.

 

THE WAR SERIES WITH DOMINIC WEST

HBO has also shared glimpses at their new six part thriller TV series WAR with Dominic West as tech titan Morgan Henderson and Sienna Miller as his estranged wife in a series that follows two of London’s most prestigious rival firms, Cathcarts and Taylor & Byrne, as they go head-to-head in the divorce case of the century. Each side is certain they’ll win. But as the case spirals and loyalties fracture, reputations are on the line, and everyone’s  playing to win. This is just the beginning as the series has been ordered for two seasons - season one’s explosive case is the first in an anthology of headline-making legal battles. Sky will air the series in UK. You can see other series coming up to HBO this year in the video below:

  

NEW BOOK ADAPTATIONS: FLORENCE PUGH TO LEAD THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY MOVIE VERSION, THE MAP OF LONGING NETFLIX TV SERIES ADAPTATION TRAILER

   NEW BOOK ADAPTATIONS  

FLORENCE PUGH'S MIDNIGHT LIBRARY

A couple of brand new book adaptations for you to launch the new week starting with the studio war over at Cannes over the rights on THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY fantasy movie based on a book by Matt Haig which has been translated into 56 languages so far and sold in 15 million copies. Florence Pugh will star in Garth Davis directed movie as Nora Seed, who finds herself in a library between life and death with the chance to experience all the potential lives she could have lived. 

 

THE MAP OF LONGING TV SERIES 

New series will stream from July 17th

Netflix has, meanwhile, issued the first trailer for their TV series adaptation of THE MAP OF LONGING based on the novel by Alice Kellen, about Greta, a young woman who has always believed that her reason for existing was to help her sister Lucy, who suffers from leukemia, through her stem cells. However, everything falls apart when Lucy dies, leaving her with a deep sense of emptiness and unsure of what to do with her life. Before passing away, Lucy leaves behind a game that pushes Greta to confront her pain and rethink who she really is. Along the way, Greta meets Will, an enigmatic boy with a troubled past. Can you love someone if you haven’t first learned to love yourself? The series arrives July 17th.

  

SPOTLIGHT ON CHANNEL 5 MYSTERY SERIES THE FORTUNE WITH ELEANOR TOMLINSON, MATTHEW LEWIS, CALLUM WOODHOUSE

   THE FORTUNE  

TRAILER FOR  CHANNEL 5 MINI TV SERIES

The four parter will start this June

Channel 5 has released a trailer for their new four part mystery series THE FORTUNE (previously known as The Family Secret) that asks: what if your past isn’t what you think it is? The series will hit the small screens Tuesday June 2nd which is in less than two weeks! Eleanor Tomlinson stars as Amanda Blakefield, whose life is a happy one with her husband, Jimmy(Matthew Lewis), and their son Luke. Amanda has her world shattered after she is left an enormous inheritance by a man she has neither met nor heard of before. Her life starts to disintegrate as she becomes embroiled in the world of The Worrall Family. The patriarch Martin Worrall (Denis Lawson), is head of a family which is bound in past secrets. As Amanda’s story leads her further and further into the Northumbrian countryside, she begins to unravel the past. And all of their lives are turned upside down. Rebecca Front stars as Martin’s wife Fiona, with Callum Woodhouse as his son Anthony, Stephen Tompkinson as farm worker Boots Maddison, Paula Wilcox as Amanda’s mother Linda, Danielle Waltersas Amanda’s best friend Sandy, and Nina Wadia as solicitor Laura. 

 

DARK FORCES COME TO TOWN IN STUNNING RUSSIAN FANTASY TV SERIES ENCHANTED TRAILER

    ENCHANTED TRAILER  

The series will stream on Kinopoisk this year

FOR NEW RUSSIAN FANTASY DRAMA

Beside the information that one of our dearest Russian actors Danila Kozlovsky and legendary Russian movie maker and director Fyodor Bondarchuk are preparing an epic movie adaptation of famous fairy tale 12 MONTHS about a young girl who is forced by her greedy stepmother and stepsister to fetch spring violets, summer strawberries, and autumn apples during the absolute dead of winter, what I'm also bringing to you from my visit to Russia today is a trailer and images from new eight part fantasy series ENCHANTED (Очарованные) which will air on their streamer Kinopoisk sometime later this year.

 THE STORY IS SET IN

 the quiet town of Iskra, where people are unaware of the presence of otherworldly forces, and where two sorceress sisters live. They are twins, but  very different. Zlata, an excellent student, is destined to inherit her mother's role as guardian of the boundary between the human and shadow worlds. But Marya doesn't know what to become. She doesn't just want to memorize spells; she dreams of living a human life full of connection. But everything changes dramatically when Marya opens a portal to the Shadow World on Kalinov Bridge, hoping to win a bet with the arrogant Sonya, the town mayor's adopted daughter. Zlata dies in an attempt to fix the situation, and Marya now has nine days to find the Water of Life and save her sister. Check out the rather rich, breathtaking and fantasy filled first trailer below and tell us what you think, would you watch this brand new series if you had the chance?

  

BRANDON SANDERSON'S POPULAR SF SAGA SKYWARD TO BE TURNED INTO A TV SERIES

  BRANDON SANDERSON'S 

SKYWARD TO BE TURNED INTO TV SERIES

Sanderson will pen the scripts himself

One of the most popular writers among the fantasy fans Brandon Sanders will have his SKYWARD book turned into a TV series by Tomorrow Studios with him penning the scripts together with Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen! In the book humanity is trapped on a harsh planet and constantly under attack by mysterious alien forces. The story follows Spensa Nightshade, a determined pilot who dreams of joining the fighter corps to defend humanity and redeem her disgraced father’s legacy. Blending high-stakes aerial combat, advanced technology, and themes of courage, identity, and discovery, the series explores both the secrets of the galaxy and Spensa’s growth from an outsider into a key figure in humanity’s fight for survival.