Netflix has released a teaser with Eric Bana and Sam Neill as leads in their new mini series UNTAMED which arrives July 17th. Eric Bana
plays Kyle Turner, a special agent for the National Parks Service who
works to enforce human law in nature’s vast wilderness. The
investigation of a brutal death sends Turner on a collisioncourse
with the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past.
Neill will play Paul Souter who has been the chief park ranger in
Yosemite for half his life. He’s a dedicated husband, father,
grandfather, and friend to Turner. He’s comfortable in all facets of his
job, whether it’s dealing with crime inside the park or with the
bureaucracy around it. Rosemarie DeWitt will play Turner's ex wife, with Wilson Bethel as Shane Maguire, a former army ranger, who now uses his skills as the park’s Wildlife Management Officer. Maguire’s a loner, preferring to live by himself in the wilderness where it’s easier to follow his own rules.
We have exciting and epic first trailer for Oscar winner Alejandro Amenabar's THE CAPTIVE with Julio Peña as “Don Quixote” author Miguel de Cervantes, a prisoner of Ottoman corsairs, and Alessandro Borghi as his captor. Out in Spain September 12th, the film has been sold around Europe as well.
THE FILM IS SET IN ALGIERS
in 1575 when Cervantes, a wounded 28-year-old Spanish Navy soldier, is held prisoner by Ottoman corsairs. A cruel death awaits him should his fellow countrymen fail to pay his ransom soon; but within
the confines of his cell, Cervantes discovers a surprising refuge — the
art of storytelling. Crafted from resilience and hope, his stories
capture the attention of Hasan, the
enigmatic and feared Bey of Algiers, igniting a secret affinity
between captor and captive. Suspicions rise amidst growing tensions in
the city, and Cervantes, driven by an unwavering sense of optimism,
devises a daring plan for freedom.
Here is something that is available for you as of this week June 12th over at SyFy channel and also CTV Sci Fi Channel in Canada and Foxtel streamer
Revival started June 12th on SyFy
in Australia: REVIVAL a supernatural horror noir television series based on the American comic book series of the same name by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton. The eight episode series will also stream on Peacock and Crave.
THE STORY
In
a rural Wisconsin town, the sudden resurrection of the recently
deceased becomes known as "Revival Day". The newly revived maintain
their appearance, memories, and personalities from their previous lives.
While the town's residents grapple with the miraculous event, local
police officer Dana Cypress investigates a murder mystery where
everyone, including both the living and the undead, are suspects.
WHO STARS IN THE SERIES?
Melanie Scrofano plays Dana Cypress who is constantly having to prove her worth to a stubborn sheriff, who just so happens to be her father. And just when she is about to leave her small town for good, the events of Revival Day change that, instead sending her into her most important case to date. Romy Weltman is her sister Martha "Em" Cypress who, having led a very sheltered life due to a recurring illness, is still figuring out her place in the world. A world that, for her in particular, is now turned upside down. David James Elliott is Wayne Cypress the longtime Wausau sheriff who is determined to keep his town and family as normal and safe as possible — a tall order when the dead return to life in the small town he's sworn to protect. Andy McQueen is Ibrahim Ramin is a scientist from the Center for Disease Control who has been stationed in Wausau to study the bizarre phenomenon that brought people back to life.
BBC and PBS are set to do a follow up series to their Miss Austen titled MISS AUSTEN RETURNS based on Gill Hornby's The Elopement novel. Keeley Hawes will probably return as Cassandra, Jane's sister in the true story that happens later on from Miss Austen, around the 1820s, and within a wing of the family that involves Cassandra, as Deadline writes. But the past-tense years that the series will focus on will be ones that were highly creative for Jane when her novels were actually being published. Cassandra is carrying the flame in the present-tense part, and rather than burning letters and looking after Jane’s privacy as in the first series, this will be about an interpretation of Jane’s meaning and value.
If over in September you find yourself in a mood for something that will remind you of your summer vacation HOTEL COSTIERA TV series is hitting Prime Video September 24th with Jesse Williams in the lead role of the six episode drama set at the heavenly Amalfi coast.
WHAT IS THE STORY
With a gripping storyline, fast-paced action, and comedy, Hotel Costiera follows Daniel De Luca (Jesse Williams),
a half-Italian former U.S. Marine. Daniel returns to Italy, the land of
his childhood, as a fixer in one of the world’s most luxurious hotels,
located on the spectacular coastline of Positano.
In addition to dealing with the wealthy guests’ problems, Daniel is also
on the trail of Alice, one of the owner’s daughters, who disappeared a
month earlier. Daniel must do everything he can to bring her home, but
facing those who kidnapped the girl will be more challenging than any
problem Daniel has ever faced.
Netflix has released a trailer for another of their German originals, this time for really great looking BRICK tense mystery thriller which will stream
They will be walled off from July 10th
from July 10th directed by Philip Koch and starring Matthias Schweighöfer, Frederick Lau, Alexander Beyer and out dear Murathan Muslu! The movie tells the story of Tim (Matthias Schweighofer) and Olivia (Ruby O. Fee) as they awake trapped in their apartment behind a mysterious, impenetrable and futuristic wall which has materialized overnight…and they are not alone. The entire building and its residents seem to be enclosed. What happened? Who built that wall and why? Without any chance of outside help, the residents must band together to find a way out. Can they solve the mystery of the wall in time – and survive?
With filming on from February over in UK, Prime Video has revealed some of the new cast members for season three of RINGS OF POWER epic TV series. Adam Young, Andrew Richardson, Zubin Varla have joined the cast that also added Jamie Campbell Bower (as a high born knight) and Eddie Marsan (probably Durin's brother)earlier this year. Richardson
Adam Young and Andrew Richardson have joined the cast
and Bower will be regulars. Jumping forward several years from the events of season two, season three takes 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. More than 170 million viewers have seen the first two seasons so far.
Although the first season is yet to air in 2026. PBS Masterpiece is already shooting the second season of THE FORSYTES costume drama based on The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy and they have added Richard Rankin to the cast. Over in UK Channel 5 will air the first season of six episodes later this year following the lives of the wealthy Forsyte family in 1880s London. In this next chapter that is now shooting in Britain, the proud dynasty faces a new era of scandal, ambition, and shifting loyalties. As love, legacy and reputation collide, the cracks in the family’s polished façade grow ever deeper. The regular cast includes Francesca Annis, Jack Davenport and Stephen Moyer. See image from 1st season here.
Netflix has decided to produce another movie about the famous Hunchback of Notre Dame and has set French superstar Vincent Cassel to lead it. Titled QUASIMODO and directed by Jean-Francois Richet, it will be set in Paris on the eve of the July Revolution (1830), and will try to reimagine the life of the man said to have inspired Victor Hugo’s iconic character, Quasimodo. As the cholera epidemic spreads through the city, he’s caught between political turmoil and an impossible love. The shooting will start this summer.
Channel 5 has turned Parnell Hall's twenty book series The Puzzle Lady Mysteries into MURDER MOST PUZZLING cosy mystery TV series with Downton Abbey's Phyllis Logan as the lead and June 19th start date. The story will begin with a strange murder that shakes
the sleepy market town of Bakerbury. The local police are baffled by a
crossword puzzle left on the body. With their case goingnowhere, they turn reluctantly to Cora Felton [Logan], a recent arrival
in Bakerbury who has a certain level of "fame" as the so-called "Puzzle
Lady", which gives hope to the detectives that she might be able to crack the first ever murder to take place in their quiet hometown. But the eccentric Cora isn’t who she claims to be, and as she throws herself
into a murder case that has the town’s residents baffled, she starts to
gather allies and enemies in equal measure. Check out the trailer below: