NEW BOOK ADAPTATIONS: EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT, THE BODYGUARD OR GUARDING STARS, IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER, YOU DESERVE EACH OTHER

   NEW BOOK ADAPTATIONS  

EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL & NOTHING HURT

Ben Reeves' book will become a movie

A bunch of new book adaptations today for you, starting with Marc Turletaub who will helm movie adaptation of Ben Reeves novel EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT which tells the story of Travis, who lives with his cat in a small, gray town. His job is to offer people comfort in their final hours of life, which he does without complaint or judgment. But when Travis meets Dalia, a midwife, and her boisterous eight-year-old daughter Layla, who live across the hall, he begins to understand what it means to be truly alive and what might be irrevocably lost in death. No news on the possible stars yet, but stay tuned, we will continue following the project.

 

THE BODYGUARD OR GUARDING STARS

 Netflix is already making a festive feature film based on Katherine Center's THE BODYGUARD. Titled GUARDING STARS it will see Leighton Meester play executive

The Bodyguard will become Guarding Stars film

 protection agent Hannah Brooks whose security firm assigns her to guard Hollywood’s most famous heartthrob, Jack Stapleton (Jared Padalecki). Once the world’s favorite action star, Jack has retreated to his family’s Montana ranch after a scandal and a tragedy left him wary of the public eye. He doesn’t want his ailing mother (Andie MacDowell) to know about a stalker threatening him, so he insists Hannah pose as his girlfriend rather than his bodyguard. Thrust into close quarters, Hannah must juggle her professional instincts with the warmth of Jack’s family and the disarming kindness of the man she’s meant to protect. As the danger escalates and secrets surface, Hannah must decide whether to keep her heart locked down or risk it all for a man who might be far more than a client. 

 

 

IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER

Nina Dobrev will lead the movie version

Peter Hutchings is set to direct Nina Dobrev, Tyler Hoechlin and Virginia Gardner in  the big screen adaptation of IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER major bestseller from Tessa Bailey. Dobrev plays Piper Bellinger a glamorous LA It Girl whose glittering world comes crashing down after a viral mishap gets her cancelled overnight. Cut off from her wealthy family’s safety net, she’s exiled to a rugged fishing town with one ultimatum: fix up her late father’s dive bar – or lose everything. There, she butts heads with Brendan, a gruff sea captain who has zero patience for influencers. He’s the last person she expected – and exactly what she needs.

 

YOU DESERVE EACH OTHER

Prime Video is preparing a romantic comedy movie out of Sarah Hogle's massive hit YOU DESERVE EACH OTHER which will see our

Meghann Fahy and Penn Badgley will st ar

 lovely Meghann Fahy play Naomi Westfield who has the perfect fiancé: Nicholas Rose (Penn Badgley) who holds doors open for her, remembers her restaurant orders, and comes from the kind of upstanding society family any bride would love to be a part of. They never fight. They’re preparing for their lavish wedding that’s three months away. And she is miserably and utterly sick of him. Naomi wants out, but there’s a catch: whoever ends the engagement will have to foot the nonrefundable wedding bill. When Naomi discovers that Nicholas, too, has been feigning contentment, the two of them go head-to-head in a battle of pranks, sabotage, and all-out emotional warfare. Justin Long, Kyle MacLahlan will also star.

 

SEE DOMINIC WEST, ALEXANDER DREYMON, ED SPELEERS, DAVID KROSS IN WIND OF CHANGE SCORPIONS BIOPIC TEASER TRAILER

    WIND OF CHANGE   

SCORPIONS BIOPIC TEASER TRAILER

Their timeless hit has over one billion views on You Tube and now Scorpions are getting a biopic WIND OF CHANGE with Alexander Dreymon as guitarist Rudolf Schenker, Ludwig Trepte as Klaus Meine, Ed Speleers as Matthias Jab and Luke Brandon Field as the drummer Herman Rarebell. Dominic West plays their manager, Doc McGhee, an David Kross stars as Andrej, the band’s imprisoned friend on the other side of the Berlin wall. At the heart of the film is their iconic anthem “Wind of Change,” which became the soundtrack to the end of the Cold War, symbolizing hope, peace and unity. Through their music, with hits ranging from “Rock You Like a Hurricane” to “Still Loving You,” the Scorpions helped bridge the divide between East and West. See the teaser below for a film which still does not have a release date. It was their 60th bandaversary last year.

 

GAYLE FORMAN'S BESTSELLING JUST ONE DAY NOVELS TO BE TURNED INTO A TV SERIES WITH KATHRYN NEWTON

     JUST ONE DAY    

TO BE TURNED INTO A TV SERIES

Hulu is set to make a TV series out of Gayle Forman's popular YA novel JUST ONE DAY with Kathryn Newton in the lead role. The story follows Allyson Healey (Newton) whose life is exactly like her suitcase — packed, planned, ordered. Then on the last day of her three-week post-graduation European tour, she meets Willem. A free-spirited, roving actor, Willem is everything she’s not, and when he invites her to abandon her plans and come to Paris with him, Allyson says yes. This uncharacteristic decision leads to a day of risk and romance, liberation and intimacy: 24 hours that will transform Allyson’s life.

FIRST LOOK AT RICHARD ARMITAGE IN ITV AND MASTERPIECE NEW TV SERIES WINTER

    WINTER TV SERIES   

FIRST IMAGE WITH RICHARD ARMITAGE

ITV has released first image from their new six part mini TV series WINTER which, set in Bristol, follows Dr Ethan Winter (Richard Armitage), one of the most gifted pathologists of his generation, whose analytical ability and instinct for reading victims make him an invaluable asset to murder investigations. His unorthodox, rule-breaking methods bring him into partnership with DI Lauren Bell (Annabel Scholey), a meticulous and driven detective. Together, they form a formidable team, combining forensic insight with sharp investigative work to solve complex cases, while a deeper serial narrative unfolds: Winter is haunted by the unsolved murder of someone close to him and is conducting his own unofficial investigation — a dangerous pursuit that threatens to consume him.The series will air on Masterpiece in USA.

THE DALLERGUT DREAM DEPARTMENT STORE BESTSELLING FANTASY BOOK TO BE TURNED INTO A MOVIE AT DISNEY

   MOVIE ADAPTATION  

OF DALLERGUT DREAM DEPARTMENT STORE

The book has been sold in over 2 million copies

It has been sold in more than two million copies so far in over 20 different countries around the world and now it will get a movie adaptation over at Disney! Famous YA writer Patrick Ness is set to pen the script for DALLERGUT DREAM DEPART- MENT STORE movie version of Miye Lee's hit book. It follows Penny, who has just landed her dream job — selling dreams to customers at the legendary Dallergut Dream Department Store. But when strange, dangerous things begin to happen to the sleeping clientele, Penny must uncover the mystery before the nightmare spreads beyond the store.

DOMINIC COOPER TO PLAY FAMOUS FRAUDSTER IN WHO THE HELL IS HAMISH? TV SERIES WITH JOEL JACKSON AND CLAIRE VAN DER BOOM

  WHO THE HELL IS HAMISH? 

NEW TV SERIES WITH DOMINIC COOPER

As TV Tonight reports, shooting has wrapped on new eight part series WHO THE HELL IS HAMISH? which will air later this year on Paramount +. The series is inspired by an industrious fraudster, and the group of victims who eventually decided they had had enough of him. The charming and cultured Hamish (Dominic Cooper) sets his sights on Bec (Claire van der Boom), a recently divorced single mother with three sons and access to a significant family trust. When Bec notices gaps in his story and some odd behaviour, what starts as private unease widens into something far larger: a pattern of deception spanning continents and suspected of leaving more than $70 million in its wake. Our dearest Joel Jackson also stars next to Simone Kessell.

TRAILER AND AIR DATE FOR KIT HARINGTON AND FRANCOIS CIVIL A TALE OF TWO CITIES DICKENSIAN TV SERIES ADAPTATION FROM BBC AND MGM+

  A TALE OF TWO CITIES 

KIT HARINGTON AND FRANCOIS CIVIL TRAILER

New series starts September 6th

BBC One and MGM + have issued first trailer for their TV series adaptation of Charles Dickens' A TALE OF TWO CITIES. The four parter will be set in London, 1782. Tensions run high in the war between France andBritain. A young woman, Lucie Manette (Mirren Mack) has her life upended when she receives a message from Paris - her father, assumed dead for almost 20 years, may be alive. The messenger, idealistic French emigré, Charles Darnay (François Civil), is arrested and charged with treason. Lucie enlists the help of a brilliant but erratic young lawyer, Sydney Carton (Kit Harington), to free Darnay in the hope he will lead her to Paris to track down her father. Lucie’s collision with Darnay and Carton unleashes a powerful and complex love triangle. Both men fight to be worthy of her love, and Lucie is torn over which one to choose. Yet neither man - physically so alike, spiritually poles apart - can escape the other. Instead, they find themselves bound together in life and death, through triumphs, tragedies, marriage, and murder. The series will arrive September 6th on MGM+.

 

BEN STILLER, NICHOLAS GALITZINE, TOBY JONES, ANNE REID, BELLA MACLEAN TO STAR IN NETFLIX FANTASY FESTIVE ROMANTIC COMEDY A MATTER OF TIME

   A MATTER OF TIME  

NETFLIX MOVIE WITH A STELLAR CAST

Netflix is currently shooting a new fantasy festive romantic comedy A MATTER OF TIME which has quite a stellar cast including Ben Stiller, Toby Jones, Anne Reid, Nicholas Galitzine and Rivals star Bella Maclean. The plot: An unlikely angel is sent from heaven to convince a reclusive man to give up his life for the greater good. The man agrees, only for his impending death to trigger a new lease on life, and a romance that threatens to change the course of history.

NEW IMAGES FROM ITV'S TV SERIES THE PARTY WITH LUKE EVANS, TOM CULLEN, JOANNA SCANLAN, LINDSAY DUNCAN, LYDIA LEONARD

  NEW THE PARTY SERIES 

IMAGES WITH LUKE EVANS AND TOM CULLEN

ITV has released some new images from their upcoming new six part thriller TV series THE PARTY which boasts quite a stellar leading duo with Luke Evans and Tom Cullen! Evans plays Martin Gilmour, a journalist shaped by his lifelong friendship with the wealthy and charismatic politician Ben Fitzmaurice (Cullen). Raised alone by his working-class mum, Sylvia (Joanna Scanlan), Martin wins a scholarship to an elite boarding school, where he first meets Ben. They forge an unbreakable bond, as Ben and theFitzmaurices give Martin the sense of belonging he has always craved. In turn, Martin remains unflinchingly loyal to Ben through even the greatest crises. Three decades on, Martin is invited to Ben’s lavish birthday party atthe Fitzmaurices' country pile. The news of the Conservative leader’s resignation threatens to derail Ben’s party, as he considers announcing his  intention to stand. Martin fears the publicity that Ben’s bid would bring, dredging up the secrets of their past with tragic consequences. The drama moves between the shocking events of the party and the police  investigation that follows, with flashbacks to Martin and Ben’s lives at school, university and London party  days. Sarah Solemani stars as Martin’s pregnant wife, Lucy. Lydia Leonard is Serena, Ben’s formidable wife, whilst Lindsay Duncan and Douglas Hodge play Ben’s parents, Lady Katherine and Lord George Fitzmaurice. It will air this Autumn!

 

SEE BILL NIGHY, IMELDA STAUNTON, DOMINIC WEST, GEORGE MACKAY, JOHNNY FLYNN IN & SONS MOVIE TRAILER

   BILL NIGHY'S & SONS  

STAR STUDDED MOVIE GETS A TRAILER

Feels like I have been announcing this one for years, but now we finally have a trailer for Bill Nighy's movie adaptation of David Gilbert's 

The film is out in cinemas next week

novel & SONS which also stars Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Johnny Flynn, Noah Jupe and George MacKay and is out August 21st. Nighy plays Andrew, or A.N. Dyer, as he is known to the world — a famous novelist whose first novel became an instant classic and created a cult following around its elusiveauthor. One morning, Dyer wakes up convinced he must mend the broken relationships in his life and summons his sons (Flynn, Jupe and MacKay) to be with him. It has been nearly 20 years since an incident tore apart the family. When the sons arrive, each burdened with their own struggles, Andrew reveals something so astonishing it couldn’t possibly be true — or could it?