BRENDAN FRASER TO FLY TO THE MARS IN STARMAN SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE THRILLER

     BRENDAN FRASER    

Brendan Fraser will take the lead

TO LEAD STARMAN SF MOVIE

Beside finishing the new Mummy movie with Rachel Weisz which will hit the big screens next year, Oscar winner Brendan Fraser will also star as the lead of STARMAN science fiction action movie from director Josh Wakely. He will portray visionary technologist Tom Adams, an architect of the future, who launches a historic expedition to Mars, positioning himself at the forefront of humanity’s next frontier. But when unforeseen events find him millions of miles from Earth, his mission becomes an unexpected and urgent race against time, driven not by survival alone, but by love.

VISIT THE LAVISH BALLS OF 19TH CENTURY MOSCOW IN THE STORY OF HIS MAID NEW PERIOD SET TV SAGA

    THE STORY OF HIS MAID   

The series will premiere this June

FIRST IMAGES FROM PERIOD SET SAGA

We are doing a little spying over in sweet old Matushka Rossiya today with the first images from their ambitious new period set telenovella THE STORY OF HIS MAID (История его служанки) which will premiere on Russian streamers Ivi and Start sometime this June with Matvey Lykov, Milan Bru, Ekaterina Guseva, Viktor Vasilyev, Olga Lomonosova, Ilya Noskov, Vyacheslav Chepurchenko, Mikhail Sotnikov, Veronika Zhuravleva and others in the cast. What is interesting is that the episodes will air while the new ones are still shooting and there is supposed to be 90 episodes in total, so like a daily telenovella. To achieve this, they have more separate crews working simultaneously on different story lines to maintain a continuous production cycle. You can also check out a really gorgeous and lavish teaser trailer below the post.

THE STORY OF THE SERIES IS SET 

in Moscow, 19th century. Lavish balls, glittering estates, and behind-the-scenes intrigue. A young and eligible bachelor, Count Nikolai Sheremetyev, returns to high society from the war. His arrival shakes up society circles: mothers and daughters plot intrigues, dreaming of landing a wealthy groom. But for Nikolai himself, things are more complicated - according to his mother's will, he must marry within a year or lose his inheritance. Meanwhile, the Averyin family is teetering on the brink of ruin due to the head of the family's gambling debts. Their daughter Anna, a stubborn and witty noblewoman, decides to meet the count in person, hoping he will forgive the debt. Sheremetyev, a man of principle, offers a deal instead of leniency - a year of Anna's service at his estate.

  

1ST PICS OF DAMIAN LEWIS, NICHOLAS GALITZINE AND ELLA PURNELL IN THE RETURN OF STANLEY ATWELL PERIOD SET MOVIE MYSTERY

   1ST DAMIAN LEWIS  

PIC FROM THE RETURN OF STANLEY ATWELL

Brian Welsh is directing a movie based on Steven Soderbergh's story. THE RETURN OF STANLEY ATWELL will see Nicholas Galitzine play Stanley Atwell, the presumed dead son and heir to Lord Atwell’s title and fortune, who unexpectedly returns to the family estate having escaped a decade of mysterious captivity. Atwell’s shocking reappearance causes chaos as he finds his sister Beatrice fighting to claim his inheritance, whilst close friend Pamela (Ella Purnell) manipulates his puzzling return, and a dark family secret, in a bid to seize control of the Atwell fortune. Sex, passion, backstabbing and betrayal wreak havoc across the estate as the lies and deception the Atwell name has been built upon start to unravel. How far is each family member willing to go to protect their own wealth and status… and what is really behind the return of Stanley Atwell? Damian Lewis has joined the cast as you can see in the first images today.

SEE 1ST IMAGES OF ELEANOR TOMLINSON, MATTHEW LEWIS, CALLUM WOODHOUSE IN CHANNEL 5 MYSTERY SERIES THE FORTUNE

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1ST IMAGES FROM CHANNEL 5 MINI TV SERIES

Channel 5 has released first images from their new four part mystery series THE FORTUNE   (previously known as The Family Secret) that asks: what if your past isn’t what you think it is? Eleanor Tomlinson stars as Amanda Blakefield, whose life is a happy one with her husband, Jimmy(Matthew Lewis), and their son Luke. Amanda has her world shattered after she is left an enormous inheritance by a man she has neither met nor heard ofbefore. Her life starts to disintegrate as she becomes embroiled in the world of The Worrall Family. The patriarch Martin Worrall (Denis Lawson), is head of a family which is bound in past secrets. As Amanda’s story leads her further and further into the Northumbrian countryside, she begins to unravel the past. And all of their lives are turned upside down. Rebecca Front stars as Martin’s wife Fiona, with Callum Woodhouse as his son Anthony,Stephen Tompkinson as farm worker Boots Maddison, Paula Wilcox as Amanda’s mother Linda, Danielle Waltersas Amanda’s best friend Sandy, and Nina Wadia as solicitor Laura. We do not know the exact air date yet, but it will arrive to the small screens sometime this spring and meanwhile you can catch Eleanor in The Forsytes saga which has been renewed for the second and third season at PBS and Channel 5. Hope we get a trailer soon.

NETFLIX AND TF1 TO TURN KEN FOLLETT'S BOOK JACKDAWS INTO NEW WORLD WAR 2 SET TV SERIES WITH LAETITIA CASTA

     JACKDAWS   

TO BECOME WW2 TV SERIES AT NETFLIX

Netflix is teaming up with French broadcaster TF1 on a six episode TV series adaptation of Ken Follett's war drama JACKDAWS (Le reseau

Jackdaws will have six episodes

 corneille)! Set in May 1944, just days before the D-Day landings, it tells the story of Elisabeth “Betty” Clairet (Laetitia Casta), a widowed mother who is tasked with assembling an unlikely commando of five civilian women to carry out a near-impossible mission: infiltrate an impenetrable château housing a key German communications hub and destroy it before the Normandy landings by the Allies. With only a week to prepare, the women must cross occupied territory, assume false identities and infiltrate the heavily guarded fortress by posing as cleaning staff to sabotage the underground communications network. Mathilde Seigner, Lina El Arabi and Michaël Youn round up the lead cast.

SHARKS ARE BACK IN THE SEINE IN UNDER PARIS 2 NETFLIX MOVIE SEQUEL POSTER

   UNDER PARIS 2  

THE SHARKS ARE BACK IN THE SEINE

Alexandre Aja  directs the movie sequel

After some nasty sharks have infested the waters of the Seine in the first movie two years ago making the capital of France not so romantic, shooting has commenced on the sequel UNDER PARIS 2 (Sous la Seine 2) which is set to hit Netflix sometime in 2027 and we have the stunning first poster to prove it. Berenice Bejo and Guillaume Gouix together with Nassim Lyes return to the cast. The film follows marine scientist Sophia and river police commander Adil who reunite on a high-risk mission to track down Lilith, the original predator, in the shark-infested Seine when central Paris becomes submerged.

RALPH FIENNES AND COLIN FARRELL TO LEAD SATIRE MOVIE ART FROM FERNANDO MEIRELLES

   RALPH FIENNES  

TO LEAD SATIRE MOVIE ART

Ralph Fiennes will take the lead

As Variety reports Ralph Fiennes is set to lead a new satire movie ART from Oscar nominee Fernando Meirelles written by two-time Oscar winner Christopher Hampton. He will be joined in the cast by Colin Farrell and Wagner Moura. Satirising modern art, friendship and intellectual pretension, it follows three friends, Marc, Serge and Yvan, and one ridiculously expensive, plain white painting. It’s procurement by one friend and differing opinions about what constitutes ‘art’ sparks a conflict among the group that uncovers long-held grievances and tension points in their relationships.

PARAMOUNT + ORDERS DALLIANCE TV DRAMA ABOUT 60-SOMETHINGS IN LOVE WITH HUGO WEAVING AND DAVID WENHAM

  DALLIANCE TV SERIES 

FROM AUSTRALIAN PARAMOUNT PLUS

Paramount + Australia has announced new six part series DALLIANCE about 60-somethings who refuse to be defined by their age. When charismatic ex-cameraman Billy (Hugo Weaving) meets restaurateur

First look at the leading four in Dalliance

 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!

CHANNEL 5 PREPARING A NEW HUMOROUS FAMILY TV REIMAGINING OF MONARCH OF THE GLEN SERIES

   MONARCH OF THE GLEN  

TV SERIES RE-IMAGINING AT CHANNEL 5

Beside The Hardacres and All Creatures Great And Small, it seems we are getting another warm new show at Channel 5 as later this year they will start shooting a new TV series re-imagining of classic series MONARCH OF THE GLEN from Jeremy Brock! When high-flying London lawyer Isla Campbell finds herself back at her family's crumbling Highland estate for her estranged father's funeral, she expects to be gone in days. Instead, she discovers she has inherited a million-pound debt, a bank closing in, and a brother who refuses to let go of their ancestral home. Under the same roof for the first time in years, brother and sister will have to find a way to save the struggling estate before time runs out and they lose it for good. The show will transport us to the stunning Scottish Highlands each week while introducing a rich ensemble of unforgettable new characters. This six part family saga promises heart, humour and romance – bound together by breathtaking landscapes, roaring hearths, and the people who call this wild corner of the world home.

GAY ROMANCE GLOBAL HIT NOVEL BOYFRIEND MATERIAL TO BE TURNED INTO A TV SERIES

   BOYFRIEND MATERIAL   

TO BE TURNED INTO A TV SERIES

The book has over 50 global editions

Following the success of Heated Rivalry on two hockey players in love, we might be getting another gay themed drama as BOYFRIEND MATERIAL world wide hit book from Alexis Hall has been bought by A24 UK for a TV series development. The book follows a neurotic and messy twenty something struggling to keep his life on track. When Luc’s world unexpectedly collides with Oliver, an uptight and workaholic criminal barrister, at a low point in his life, what began as an unlikely pairing develops into a heartfelt and humorous enemies-to-lovers romance. The book was originally published back in 2022 and has over 50 global editions.