BERGERAC SERIES RENEWED FOR THIRD SEASON, JASON FLEMYNG, LEE INGLEBY JOIN DAMIEN MOLONY IN THE CAST

   BERGERAC TV SERIES  

RENEWED FOR A THIRD SEASON

Free streamer U has ordered a third season of their popular detective series BERGERAC which will return next year with Damien Molony in the lead and Jason Flemyng, Tessa Peake Jones, Lee Ingleby and Georgia Tennant joining the cast. Bergerac embarks upon his most shocking case yet, when his only significant lead in a suspicious death is a DNA match to Jersey's most notorious unsolved case - the Devil's Hole murder. To solve the case in the present, Bergerac must dig deep into the past as he uncovers evidence of a satanic cabal that goes right to the heart of Jersey society. Meanwhile, with daughter Kim away at college, could Jim have finally met his perfect match when he meets down-to-earth physiotherapist, Laura (Tennant), whilst Charlie's life falls apart when she confronts a home intruder with devastating consequences. In USA season one will hit PBS August 16th.

WATCH GUGU MBATHA RAW IN THE SCORCHING HOT JAMAICA IN SKY'S MINI TV SERIES POSSESSION WITH JONNY LEE MILLER WHICH STARTS THIS WEEK

   POSSESSION SERIES   

YOU CANNOT OUTRUN YOUR ROOTS

Sky is ready to show us Gugu Mbatha Raw in their scorching hot, tropical five part mini series POSSESSION previously known as Inheritance. It will hit the small screens August 6th! 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. Bel Powley stars in the period set scenes in the series will go into the past.

 

SEE FIRST IMAGES FROM THE EPIC TV SERIES ADAPTATION OF PUSHKIN'S LEGENDARY NOVEL THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER

  THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER  

FIRST EPIC TV SERIES IMAGES ARE HERE

Most of you know that I pretty much raised myself as a child reading famous classics, and Russian ones were among my favourites, especially Pushkin! His legendary and only completed novel THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER (Капитанская дочка) is being adapted into an eight part series and today I have the first images from the sets for you! The series will stream on Russian streamer Kion and will have its linear TV premiere on their national broadcaster Rossiya 1!

 WHAT IS THE STORY?

By the decision of his father, the sixteen-year-old nobleman Peter Grinev (Oleg Savostyuk) instead in the capital's guard goes to serve in theBelogorsk fortress. On the way during a fierce blizzard, he meets an unfamiliar Cossack - Emelian Pugachev (Evgeny Tkachuk) Not knowing who it is, Grinev, touched by pity and simplicity of the heart, shares with him his oath to elope. Arriving in the fortress, Peter falls in love with the daughter of commandant Masha (Evgenia Leonov) His feeling turns out to be mutual. However, Petya has a rival – Alexey Schwabrin (Yegor Koreshkov), a lieutenant, decorated and exiled to the Belogorsk because of a duel. From jealousy, Schwabrin tries to harm Grinev with all his might. Meanwhile, Pugachev declares himself Emperor Peter the Third, miraculously saved from death, and gathers a motley army. The Pugachev uprising is rapidly gaining strength, the rebels take one fortress after another. The capture of the Belogorsk fortress by the army of Pugachev will turn the fate of Grinev and Masha. They must chose between honor or life, bitter adulthood and sacrifice for the sake love. Our dear Sergey Bezrukov plays the role of Grinev's father.

 

NETFLIX PLANNING AN EPIC MOVIE ON ANTARCTIC EXPLORER ERNEST SHACKLETON AND HIS SHIP STRANDED IN ICE

    NETFLIX MOVIE   

ON ERNEST SHACKLETON EXPLORER

Phil Barantini will direct the movie

According to Deadline, Netflix and director Phil Barantini are looking to make an epic movie on Antarctic explorer ERNEST SHACKLETON. The Irish explorer Shackleton was well known for his death defying attempts to sail farthest to the South Pole. That led to the 1914 Trans Antarctic Expedition aboard The Endurance, and the harrowing lifeboat journey to bring rescue to a crew that was stranded when the ship was crushed by ice. Waiting and hoping was a crew that abandoned the ship and was forced to survive for months on ice floes. Shackleton managed to get the crew home in entirety, not suffering a single fatality.

PARAMOUNT + TRAILER AND STREAM DATE FOR DALLIANCE TV DRAMA ABOUT 60-SOMETHINGS IN LOVE WITH HUGO WEAVING AND DAVID WENHAM

  DALLIANCE TV SERIES 

PARAMOUNT PLUS SERIES TRAILER

Paramount + Australia has sent us the trailer for their new six part series DALLIANCE about 60-somethings who refuse to be defined

Dalliance starts August 27th

 by their age out August 27th. When charismatic ex-cameraman Billy (Hugo Weaving) meets restaurateur Dani (Heather Mitchell) on a Sydney Harbour ferry, their worlds collide. The attraction is undeniable, and sparks might fly… if Billy wasn’t happily married to Rose (Georgie Parker), his wife of 40 years. Billy brings Dani home to meet Rose, triggering a series of life-changing events which have far reaching consequences. Their closest friends and family are impacted; intimate relationships are formed, and others shattered. Lies are told, memories are unreliable, and absolute truths are never known. David Wenham also stars in the series about a group of friends who have history encompassing love, rivalries, jealousy and passion, but most of all connection!

LEANNE'S FRESH START IS JUST GETTING STARTED IN THE TRAILER FOR THE SECOND SEASON OF NETFLIX POPULAR SITCOM

    LEANNE SITCOM   

SEASON TWO TRAILER IS HERE

Netflix has announced the return of their multicamera sitcom LEANNE for August 27th with Leanne Morgan returning as Leanne whose 

Leanne returns August 27th with new episodes

world is turned upside down when her husband of 33 years unexpectedly leaves her for another woman. Below you can check out the trailer for the second season of the comedy series. Supported by her family, including her ride-or-die sister Carol (Kristen Johnston), Leanne learns to embrace the chaos and finds strength, laughter and hope in the most unexpected places. This heartfelt comedy proves that it's never too late to rewrite your story.Lainey Wilson, Jaime Pressley and Billy Gardel are guest stars in the new season.Check out the trailer and tell us what you think, did you watch the first season?

 

AIR DATE AND TRAILER WITH HUGO WEAVING AS THE LEAD STAR OF NEW SBS AND NETFLIX MINI TV SERIES THE AIRPORT CHAPLAIN

   THE AIRPORT CHAPLAIN  

SERIES TRAILER WITH HUGO WEAVING

The series will also stream on Netflix

Australian SBS has released a trailer with Hugo Weaving as the lead in their eight part series THE AIRPORT CHAPLAIN which was shot down in Melbourne capturing the high-stakes world of a bustling international airport. He plays Tobias Wallace a fast-moving fixer with a constantly ringing phone, pockets full of cash and an unorthodox approach to the daily crises unfolding inside the terminal. Convinced the airport couldn’t run without him, Tobias has never encountered a problem he couldn’t solve. Until he meets his formidable new boss Mira (Shabana Azeez), who deems him a walking liability. Their clash sparks a power struggle that reverberates through the terminal, affecting the cleaners, baggage handlers, and passengers, who are all navigating their own hopes and challenges amid the constant chaos of life in the airport. The series will stream both on SBS and Netflix around the world from August 26th in eight half hour episodes.

 

SEE DRUMMER BOY TRAILER FOR NEW HISTORICAL MUSICAL EPIC MOVIE FROM ANGEL STUDIOS

  DRUMMER BOY TRAILER  

FOR NEW EPIC HISTORICAL MUSICAL

Angel Studios has released first trailer for their historical musical epic movie DRUMMER BOY which took eight years in the 

Drummer Boy is out in cinemas this November

making and should hit cinemas November 6th! With Iain Glen in the cast and directed by Ben Smallbone and Joel David Smallbone, the story of the brand new historical film revolves around two brothers who are driven onto opposite sides of the American Revolutionary War, and as love, loyalty, and family are caught in the crossfire, their fight for freedom becomes a deeply personal battle for forgiveness. Four time Grammy winning Christian pop group For King and Country is behind the film. Check out the teaser below and tell us what you think.

 

CASTING NEWS: JULIAN MORRIS TO LEAD AMERICAN FEVER DREAM, SEAN O'PRY, JAKE WEARY TO LEAD ROSE HILL SERIES, SERCAN BADUR AND DAVID BECK LIMBO USA GAY ROMANCE

   CASTING NEWSREEL  

JULIAN MORRIS IN AMERICAN FEVER DREAM

Some casting news for you today, starting with our dearest Julian Morris who will lead AMERICAN FEVER DREAM movie drama with Alexandra Daddario, Christopher Convery and Spenser Granese. It spans nearly two decades and follows a hopeful middle-class family as they slowly descend into poverty, revealing the devastating collapse of the American Dream. Morris stars as Bo and Daddario as his wife Carrie, who are struggling to hold their family together as their circumstances steadily deteriorate. Convery plays their son James.

 

 LIMBO USA CASTS SERCAN BADUR

Turkish star Sercan Badur and David Beck will lead gay romantic movie LIMBO USA. It follows a celebrated Turkish television star who immigrates to New York, where he falls in love with a male kindergarten teacher, forcing him to choose between the family and career he thought he left behind and the future he’s finally brave enough to pursue. Reed Birney also stars as John Russell, the father of Adam (Beck), whose quiet compassion and hard-earned wisdom become an unexpected source of hope for Mehmet (Badur) as he struggles to reconcile love, family, faith, and identity. 

 

 

SEAN O'PRY TO LEAD ROSE HILL SERIES

Prime Video has set cast for their new series based on Elsie Silver's ROSE HILL novels. It follows best friends and neighbors West Belmont (Jake Weary), a rancher with commitment issues, and brooding record label owner Ford Grant (Sean O’Pry), aka Forbes’ “World’s Hottest Billionaire,” who’s long carried a torch for West’s sister, Rosie (Hannah Galway). And when country-pop star Skylar Stone (Sadie Dickerson) breezes into their rugged mountain town, the heat gets turned way up in this romantic family drama.

NEW IMAGES OF MICHELLE KEEGAN AND DOUGLAS BOOTH IN NEW ITV CRIME TV SERIES THE BLAME

   THE BLAME ITV SERIES  

MICHELLE KEEGAN & DOUGLAS BOOTH IMAGES

ITV and ITVX have released some new images from their new TV series THE BLAME a six episode drama that dives into secrets, suspicion and systemic corruption - all under the surface of this seemingly quiet town. The series begins when the body of teenage figure skater Sophie Madsen is discovered, sending shockwaves through the town of Wakestead. As DI Crane(Michelle Keegan) and DI Radley (Douglas Booth) dig deeper, what starts as a tragic death, spirals into a tangled web of lies, institutional cover-ups, andmoral compromise. As the clock ticks and trust fractures, Crane must navigate both a murder investigation and the treacherous politics inside her own team. Joe Armstrong and Ian Hart also star. It will air sometime this Autumn in UK. You can also check out the first teaser that was released last month.