SEE NICOLAS DUVAUCHELLE, GREGORY FITOUSSI, GUILLAUME GOUIX IN THE 16TH CENTURY SET MINI SERIES FORTUNES OF FRANCE BASED ON ROBERT MERLE'S LEGENDARY SAGA

  FORTUNES OF FRANCE  

The series is available on Prime Video

HISTORICAL SERIES FROM FRANCE 

Some two years ago I told you that Robert Merle's 13 books long saga FORTUNES OF FRANCE (Fortune de France) is being turned into a six episode mini series by France2 with our dear Nicolas Duvauchelle starring alongside Gregory Fitoussi and Guillaume Gouix! The historical series, which used more than 750 extras in the production, aired in France last year, but it is now available on Prime Video for streaming. Check out the trailer with English language subtitles below and tell us what you think. 

 THE SERIES IS SET IN

Black Périgord, Château de Mespech, 1557. The religious wars are threatening to spread through France. Behind the ramparts of the castle of Mespech, surrounded by a dangerous, hostile and intolerant world, the Siorac family fights for its survival and its convictions. Jean (Nicolas Duvauchelle), the father, is forced to reconnect with violence to defend his ideals. Isabelle (Lucie Debay), the mother, fights to exist in a world where men make the law. Pierre (Simon Zampieri) and François (Marcel Thompson), the sons, suddenly enter adulthood, torn like their country between the Protestant faith of their father and the Catholic fervor of their mother. There is the life of a community, masters and servants, parents and children, epidemics, adversaries, battles and mourning, science and superstitions and love stories. The series is also known as The Huguenots at some places.

 

SEE LUKE BRACEY AND BRIAN BROWN IN MOVING AND FUNNY MOVIE DRAMA TRAILER THE TRAVELLERS

 THE TRAVELLERS TRAILER 

WITH LUKE BRACEY AND BRIAN BROWN

Coming from Driving Miss Daisy director Bruce Beresford is a new movie which he also wrote himself and today you can check out the

The Travellers are out this October in Australia

 trailer for THE TRAVELLERS movie drama starring Australian stars Brian Brown and Luke Bracey. 

 

 THE FILM FOLLOWS Bracey as Stephen Seary, a charismatic and successful stage designer, who returns to his small hometown in Australia to say goodbye to his dying mother. What was to be a quick trip descends into chaos, drama, and at times downright funny moments as Stephen navigates family responsibilities, a difficult relationship with his father, old friends and past lovers, all while trying to return to Europe for a major opera contract. The film will be released October 9th Down Under.

 

ERUPTION BESTSELLER FROM MICHAEL CRICHTON AND JAMES PATTERSON TO GET A BIG MOVIE ADAPTATION

  CRICHTON'S ERUPTION  

TO GET A BIG MOVIE ADAPTATION

After the latest Jurassic Park movie scored over 300 million bucks around the world just last weekend, another of Michael Crichston's popular

The book will be adapted by Sony

 books will be getting a big screen adaptation. According to Deadline, Sony paid a seven figure sum for ERUPTION which Crichton started writing before he died back in 2008 so the task was then given to James Patterson to complete the novel  which follows a history-making volcano explosion that is about to wipe away the big island of Hawaii. However, a secret held for decades by the U.S. military is far more terrifying than any volcano. Crichton and Patterson have together sold more than 700 million books around the globe to date. Kaz and Ryan Firpo are writing the script. 

SEE TRAILER AND AIR DATE FOR NEW AUSTRALIAN TV SERIES THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR WITH TERESA PALMER, MING ZHU HII AND BELLA HEATHCOTE

  THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR  

NEW AUSTRALIAN TV SERIES THIS AUGUST 

August 10th is bringing us a new Australian TV series. Six part series THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR from their broadcaster ABC stars Teresa Palmer, Bella Heathcote, Philippa Northeast, Ming-Zhu Hii, Bob Morley, Daniel Henshall, and Jane Harber. Propelled by a mystery that disrupts a seemingly harmonious beachside community, the series explores the universal challenges of motherhood, marriage, friendship, and the complexities of identity. 

 

IT'S PEAK HOLIDAY SEASON

 in the popular seaside town of Osprey Point when an enigmatic stranger, Isabelle (Palmer) rents a family home in a quiet cul-de-sac. As Isabelle charms her way into her neighbours’ homes and lives, she quickly discovers that everyone at Pleasant Court has something to hide. How far will her obsessive drive to solve a mystery push her to expose the truth?

 

VISIT 17TH CENTURY RUSSIA IN GOSUDAR HISTORICAL TV SERIES ON TZAR PETER THE GREAT

   GOSUDAR TV SERIES  

ON RUSSIAN TZAR PETER THE GREAT

The series is on from July 2nd

While Europe and Hollywood are mostly sleeping, over in sweet mother Russia we have a new epic television series and it is already airing. Streaming over on Russian streamer Okko as of  this week July 2nd is their sweeping new historical saga THE MASTER (Gosudar - Государь) an eight episode series starring Konstantin Plotnikov as their most famous tzar Peter The Great and today you can check out the trailer for the new series. You can check out the epic trailer for the series below the post and tell us what you think.

  IN THE NEW SERIES

Tsar Peter I sets as the goal of his life to make Russia great and to transform it into a power capable of competing with the leading countries of 

Europe. Sparing neither himself nor others, he paves the way for reforms through his unyielding will, tireless energy, and hard work. Peter not only

 develops science, crafts, trade, and the navy, but also fights against ignorance and prejudice. An outstanding ruler goes through a thorny path to success, 

glory, and recognition, facing rebellions, conspiracies, betrayal, and palace intrigues. But no one and nothing will divert him from the path to his cherished goal.

SEE FIRST IMAGES FROM SENSUALLY PROFOUND MOVIE DRAMA ON THE SEA WITH BARRY WARD, LORNE MACFADYEN AND CELYN JONES

    ON THE SEA   

FIRST IMAGES FROM THE MOVING DRAMA

Well it definitely sounds like a moving and deeply psychological drama. Taking part in the competition of Edinburgh International Film Festival this August is Helen Walsh directed drama ON THE SEA, a profound and moving exploration of masculinity and desire in a remote yet savagely beautiful fishing community starring Barry Ward, Lorne MacFadyen, Liz White, Henry Lawfull, Celyn Jones, Danny Webb. Jack works as a Hand Raker on the mussel beds in North Wales alongside his younger brother,Dyfan, and Dyfan’s three sons. Jack has always assumed that his own boy, Tom, will join the family business on leaving school but Tom’s resistance to follow in his footsteps creates familial tension. Tensions are further inflamed by the arrival of an itinerant deckhand, Daniel, who makes known his feelings for Jack. In this remote, rural community where life revolves around Church and fishery, Jack is faced with an impossible dilemma. ON THE SEA is a beautiful, sensual and at times, tragic exploration of masculinity, place and desire.

SEE FIRST IMAGES FROM BBC FAST PACED THRILLER TV SERIES THE GUEST WITH EVE MYLES

    THE GUEST SERIES   

BBC THRILLER FIRST IMAGES ARE HERE

After we announced the project back in September, BBC has now sent us first images from their new four part thriller series THE GUEST an addictive, fast-paced story that centres on the toxic and beguiling relationship between a successful business owner, Fran (Eve Myles), and her employee, Ria (Gabrielle Creevy) who has never had the opportunity to think about what she might actually want from the world. So, when she starts cleaning for Fran, she’s intoxicated by this confident woman who encourages her to take control of her life and, when Ria flourishes, an intense friendship is forged. However, when Fran’s advice leads to a shocking event, the lives of these two very different women become intertwined by shared secrets and dangerous plots. What follows is a compelling and manipulative game of cat-and-mouse. But just who is playing who? Sion Daniel Young, Emun Elliott, Julian Lewis Jones, Joseph Ollman, Clive Russell and Catherine Ayers also star. The series will air on BBC One sometime this Autumn.

FIRST SANDOKAN EPIC TV SERIES TRAILER AND AIR DATE REVEALED WITH CAN YAMAN, ED WESTWICK AND JOHN HANNAH IN THE CAST

    SANDOKAN SERIES    

TRAILER AND AIR DATE REVEALED

Sandokan arrives this December to RAI

Lux Vide and Italian Broadcaster Rai are ready to premiere their new epic TV adaptation of famous SANDOKAN  this December so we have the first trailer with Turkish heartthrob Can Yaman in the lead role of the famous adventurer. Alanah Bloor, Ed Westwick, Alessandro Preziosi, John Hannah also star beside him.

 

IN NEW SERIES

  Adventure, passion, revolution and love for nature: these are the colors of Sandokan, the event series that gives life to the immortal character created by Emilio Salgari. The series goes to the roots of a myth, exploring the origins of the Malaysian Tiger and telling his trajectory from a simple adventurer to the prince of the pirates. In Borneo, a tropical paradise inhabited by the native tribes of Dayak, but dominated by the ruthless law ofthe colonialist British, Sandokan is a pirate who lives by the day: he fights

Can Yaman takes the lead role

 only for himself and for his crew, including the trusted Yanez. But his life changes when he meets Marianna, the beautiful daughter of Labuan’s British consul during a raid. It is the beginning of an impossible love story between two similar souls: Marianna, of European and noble blood, but with the wild spirit of those who grew up in a tropical paradise, and Sandokan, pirate and adventurer, who without knowing it carries within himself the blood of ancient warrior kings. On their trail will be the legendary pirate hunter Lord James Brooke, who will stop at nothing to capture Sandokan and win Mariana’s heart. The protagonists will fight for themselves and for their love, but soon they will understand that they are part of a much greater story: that of apeople who fight for freedom and for the salvation of unspoiled nature... And this people, the Dayak, seek a leader who can save them. For this reason Sandokan will be called to be much more than a pirate: he will have to become the legendary Tiger of Malaysia.

TOM MISON JOINS ROBIN HOOD EPIC TV SERIES, GRAEME THOMAS KING CAST AS PRINCE JOHN

   ROBIN HOOD SERIES   

CASTS TOM MISON AS ROB'S FATHER

Shooting currently in Serbia, MGM+ new epic TV series ROBIN HOOD has added new names to the cast with Tom Mison set as Rob's father, a proud Saxon called Hugh, Graeme Thomas King as Prince John, younger brother to Richard, son of King Henry, and a dangerous pretender to the throne, and Jelena Gavrilovic cast as Godda, a mythological Saxon

Tom Mison and Graeme Thomas King have joined the cast

 goddess. Following the Norman invasion of England, Rob (Jack Patten), a Saxon forester’s son, and Marian (Lauren McQueen) the daughter of a Norman lord, fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom. As Rob rises as the leader of a band of rebel outlaws, Marian infiltrates the power at court, as both work together to thwart royal corruption and bring peace to the land. Sean Bean plays the Sheriff of Nottingham. 

MINKA KELLY TO LEAD NEW NETFLIX CHRISTMAS ROMANTIC COMEDY CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS SET IN FRANCE

  CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS  

MINKA KELLY TO LEAD CHRISTMAS MOVIE

After scoring a second season order for her series Ransom Canyon, Minka Kelly will also lead a Christmas movie at Netflix. CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS will see her headed to the city of love. In new romantic comedy she plays an ambitious executive who travels to France to secure the

Tom Woznitczka and Minka Kelly will lead the new romcom

 acquisition of a world-renowned champagne brand before Christmas. But her plans are upended when she falls into a whirlwind romance with a charming Parisian  who turns out to be the founder’s son. Mon dieu! Tom Wozniczka, Flula Borg and Xavier Samuel will also star.