FIRST IMAGE FROM 14TH CENTURY GHOST STORY MOVIE THE FACE OF HORROR STARRING JONAH HAUER KING, LEO SUTER, ELLIE BAMBER

   THE FACE OF HORROR  

FIRST IMAGE WITH JONAH HAUER KING 

We were very excited when Leo Suter, Jonah Hauer King and Ellie Bamber were cast in THE FACE OF HORROR medieval ghost movie and now we have the first image. Kristine Froseth and Bella Heathcote also star. Loosely inspired by the Japanese ghost story Yotsuya Kaidan, this 14th century set movie will see Hauer-King play a knight called Edward Carnifex who marries his long time love Eleanor (Froseth), only to get bored of her and instead court a wealthy noblewoman (Heathcote). It is only a matter of time before Eleanor will be forced to take a bloody revenge. Bamber plays Eleanor’s sister Beatrice, and Suter plays Edward’s squire and Beatrice’s suitor Richard

TRAILER WITH PAAPA ESSIEDU IN BBC'S HEARBREAKING PREGNANCY LOSS MINI TV SERIES BABIES

   BABIES TV SERIES  

TRAILER FROM BBC WITH PAAPA ESSIEDU 

I have announced this one about a year ago but now we have the first trailer from BBC's six part drama BABIES a gripping, tender and urgent love story that explores the resilience of a couple navigating the heartbreak of pregnancy loss. The series follows Lisa (Siobhan Cullen) and Stephen (PaapaEssiedu), a couple in their 30s whose hope is tested as they endure multiple miscarriages. While confronting unimaginable grief, their bond shines through with humour, warmth, and unwavering love. The series also stars Charlotte Riley and Jack Bannon as Amanda and Dave - a new  couple navigating their own challenges and testing their compatibility. Their complex relationship, set against Lisa and Stephen’s ongoing pregnancy journey, begins to expose cracks in Stephen and Dave’s long-standing friendship. The series starts Monday March 30th on BBC One.

 

SEE OUTCOME MOVIE TRAILER WITH KEANU REEVES, CAMERON DIAZ, MATT BOMER, JONAH HILL, DAVID SPADE, LAVERNE COX

    OUTCOME TRAILER   

WITH KEANU REEVES AND BUNCH OF STARS

Outcome is out on Apple next month

And it really is a super star studded trailer: Keanu Reeves leads the cast of OUTCOME movie which also includes Cameron Diaz, Matt Bomer,  Jonah Hill (who also directs), David Spade, Susan Lucci, Laverne Cox. Out on Apple TV Plus April 10th it sees Keanu playing Reef Hawk, a recently sober movie star who agrees to apologize to those he has wronged. Reef hopes that this will help him discover the identity of the blackmailer who is threatening to release an unflattering video of the actor. See the trailer below and tell us what you think. Will you watch it when it becomes available for streaming next month?

 

FIRST LOOK AT GUGU MBATHA RAW IN SKY'S JAMAICA SET MINI TV SERIES POSSESSION

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FIRST LOOK AT GUGU MBATHA RAW

Sky has released first look at 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.

SEE IMPOSSIBLE LOVE BETWEEN REFUGEES IN WE'LL FIND HAPPINESS MOVING CANADIAN MOVIE DRAMA

  WE'LL FIND HAPPINESS  

LOVE IN THE TIMES OF POLITICAL DIVIDE

The film has found international distribution

Beautiful and moving Canadian movie drama from director Lea Pool WE'LL FIND HAPPINESS (On sera heureux) has, according to Screen Daily, found distribution around the world and will have its release in USA, France, UK, Ireland, Brazil, following two persecuted young men who risk everything for the right to love each other. Mehdi Meskar plays Saad, a young Moroccan exile in Quebec who will do anything to save Reza (Aron Archer), his Iranian refugee lover who faces deportation and likely death. When Saad tries to seduce a high-ranking spokesperson from the ministry of immigration it sets off a fateful chain of events. Alexandre Landry also stars. See the trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

FLY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC IN STAR SAILORS NEW PERIOD SET TV SERIES

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PERIOD SET TV SERIES FROM PORTUGAL

It already aired last year in its home country, but Portuguese period set six part mini TV series STAR SAILORS (A Travessia) will

The series stars Goncalo Waddington

 also get international distribution thanks to Onza Distribution from Spain. The story of the series covers the fearless race of the 1920's Portuguese aviation pioneers to cross the South Atlantic Ocean through aerial navigation, which became an epic story of the modern age argonauts. In order to reach the stars - sailing is necessary - navigandum est. It is about the audacious bid by Portuguese Navy officers Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho to cross the widest stretch of the South Atlantic in the early 20th century, when flight remained experimental, navigation was fragile and the ocean still defined the limits of modern travel. 

 

FIRST TRAILER FOR MADFABULOUS 19TH CENTURY SET MOVIE WITH RUPERT EVERETT, CALLUM SCOTT HOWELLS, PAUL RHYS, TOM RHYS HARRIES

 MADFABULOUS PERIOD SET 

MOVIE RELEASES FIRST TRAILER

MadFabulous is out in cinemas this June

In the trailer for new period set movie directed by Celyn Jones the cast is toplined by wonderfully ripped Callum Scott Howells alongside Rupert Everett, Ruby Stokes, Paul Rhys, Louis Hynes, Louise Brealey, Tom Rhys Harries and today you can also see the first poster together with the trailer. MADFABULOUS which hits UK cinemas June 5th, is a fantastical reimagining set in the late 19th Century inspired by the life of the fifth Marquess of Anglesey. The story follows the outrageous Henry Paget, a flamboyant character, so ahead of his time that he smashes through society’s protocols of elitism and gender. Known for his gregarious theatrical expressions, exuberant sense of fashion (he dressed in outrageously crazy outfits that would make Freddy Mercury proud), and lavish social life, Paget spent a multi-million-pound fortune before his untimely death at age 29. Check out the glitzy trailer and tell us what you think.

 

SERIESMANIA 2026 PERIOD SET SERIES: SUMMER OF '36, UNCHAINED AND ALICE FROM THE 19TH CENTURY SLAVERY AND HOTEL RIVIERA TO CINEMA PIONEERS

  SERIESMANIA 2026 OFFER  

SUMMER OF '36 FROM FRANCE

There is a number of new period set shows that will premiere or be offered to the buyers at this year's Seriesmania at the end of this month and your spy is presenting them to you today, starting with French and Belgian six episode drama SUMMER OF '36 a historical thriller set in Nice, summer of 1936. The elite are stunned as the first working-class vacationers arrive on the French Riviera, thanks to newly granted paid leave. In this clash of worlds, four women from different backgrounds find themselves entangled in a murder at the chic Hotel Riviera. A crime that will shatter their families, their romances, and their lives forever. The series is done for national broadcasters of the two countries, but I hear it will also stream on Netflix.

 

UNCHAINED FROM FRANCE

I already presented you with this one before, but French historical series UNCHAINED will also compete at Seriemania this year. This six episode drama has the story set in Bourbon Island, 1806. A devastating cyclone leaves Charles Bellevue’s plantation in ruins. Bankrupt, he is forced to sell his lands, leaving his slaves in terror of being separated. Among them, Isaac refuses to accept his fate. He has just discovered that Charles Bellevue is not only his master: he is his father. The brand new historical series was done for their national broadcaster France Television. 

 

ALICE FROM FRANCE AND CANADA

A co production between France, Belgium and Canada is six part series ALICE with Berenice Bejo. From France to the U.S., the incredible journey of Alice Guy, a pioneer and the first female fiction filmmaker in cinema history. The series explores the extraordinary life of Alice Guy, a woman who was an artist, entrepreneur, wife and mother. It delves into her struggles, her thwarted loves, and her quest for freedom and recognition.

SEE BATTLE ON ELEPHANTS IN DESERT WARRIOR EPIC MOVIE TRAILER WITH ANTHONY MACKIE AND BEN KINGSLEY

  DESERT WARRIOR TRAILER  

WITH ANTHONY MACKIE AND BEN KINGSLEY

First trailer has been released for Rupert Wyatt’s $150 million epic movie DESERT WARRIOR which will hit cinemas April 24th after a very long wait..Anthony Mackie stars as a seventh century legendary bandit who comes to the rescue of Princess Hind (Aiysha Hart) after she refuses to become a concubine to the ruthless Emperor Kisra (Sir Ben Kingsley) and flees into the desert with her father, where she is hunted by a merciless army. There, rising from fugitive to fearless warrior, the princess unites warring tribes for a final stand in the Battle of Dhi Qar, a clash that will change history forever. Sharlto Copley also stars.

 

SEE FUN NEW TEASER AND POSTER FOR DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 WITH MERYL STREEP, EMILY BLUNT, STANLEY TUCCI, ANNE HATHAWAY, KENNETH BRANAGH

  DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 

THE TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW

With the launch date of May 1st coming closer and closer a fun new teaser and first poster have been released for the hotly anticipated sequel

The Runway crew is back this May

 DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 in which Anne Hathaway returns as Andy who is back at Runway as Miranda (Meryl Streep) navigates a new media landscape and Runway's position within it. They reconnect with another former assistant, Emily (Emily Blunt), who is now the head of a luxury brand that possesses funding which could ensure Runway's survival. Stanley Tucci is back as Nigel, Kenneth Branagh plays Miranda's estranged husband while Justin Theroux plays Emily's husband. Lucy Liu, Donatella Versace and Lady Gaga will cameo as well.