GORGEOUS FIRST IMAGES FROM PUSHKIN'S FAIRY TALE MOVIE THE TALE OF THE SLEEPING PRINCESS AND THE SEVEN KNIGHTS

 1ST EPIC MOVIE IMAGES 

FROM SLEEPING PRINCESS & SEVEN KNIGHTS

Straight from Russia we have gorgeous first images from new fairy tale big screen movie THE TALE OF THE SLEEPING PRINCESS AND THE SEVEN KNIGHTS (Сказка о спящей царевне и семи богатырях) which is now in production and will arrive into cinemas December 2027 in time of holidays. Sarik Andreasyan is directing the film based on Pushkin's tale which will star Anton Khabarov as the Tsar, Liza Moryak as Kalisa, Ilya Masalsky as Prince Elisha, Veronika Zhuravleva as the Princess, while the seven knights will be played by Stanislav Bondarenko, Alexander Metelkin, Anton Pampushny, Leo Kandelaki, Yevgeny Shirikov, Anton Momot, and Anton Zhizhin.

 WHAT IS THE STORY OF THE FILM?

A young princess lives in a palace with her father and a stepmother who hides her wicked nature behind a mask of virtue. When a magic mirror declares the stepdaughter to be the fairest of them all, the envious queen decides to get rid of her rival. Left alone in a dense, dark forest, the girl finds shelter in the home of seven heroic brothers. Meanwhile, Prince Elisha sets out in search of his missing fiancée, unaware of the trials that lie ahead for them both.

SARAH MACLEAN'S BESTSELLING BOOK THESE SUMMER STORMS TO BE TURNED INTO A HULU SERIES

  THESE SUMMER STORMS  

GETTING TV ADAPTATION AT HULU

The book has been a global hit

Erin and Sara Foster are set to executive produce the TV series adaptation of Sarah MacLean's hit book THESE SUMMER STORMS over at Hulu. Already translated in numerous languages around the world the 2025 book follows Alice Storm who hasn’t been welcome at her family’s magnificent private island off the Rhode Island coast in five years — not since she was cast out and built her life beyond the Storm name, influence, and untold billions. But the shocking death of her larger-than-life father changes everything. I can tell you that while reading the book last summer I had a strong feeling that somebody will turn it into a series. It is a good story about a dysfunctional rich family for the small screens. 

THE FORSYTES COSTUME TV SERIES SECOND SEASON IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING AROUND EUROPE

    THE FORSYTES   

COSTUME DRAMA SEASON TWO HAS STARTED

The series will star on PBS next spring

Although the linear television launch date in the UK has not been announced yet and the audiences in North America will have to wait till March 28th to watch in on PBS Masterpiece, just like last year, popular costume drama from Channel 5 THE FORSYTES has already had the world premiere of its second season earlier in September for those in Europe who have Viasat Epic Drama Channel, which is mostly the Balkans and Ex Yugoslavia. It is also available already on Movistar + in Spain and Okko streamer in Russia and the reason for today's spotlight is that it is now also available in UK but so far only for streaming on My5. Joshua Orpin, Francesca Annis, Jack Davenport, Danny Griffin, Stephen Moyer, Millie Gibson, Tuppence Middleton, Eleanor Tomlinson all return with Richard Rankin joining the cast in the second run. You can check out the trailer for the new season below and tell us what you think. 

IN THE NEW CHAPTER

 which was shot last year in Britain, the proud dynasty of 19th century investment bankers 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. With both of the Forsyte younger cousins having problems in their marriages due to their spoilt, immature and treacherous wives, the second season will pick up about six months after the season one finale. Channel 5 and PBS Masterpiece have already shot the third season as well which will be set at the French Riviera and will also have Gregg Sulkin in the cast! The second season will arrive to Channel 5 sometime this Autumn and then later on to PBS as well early next year. 

 

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'.