Some casting news for you today coming from Ray Mendoza's western movie BLOOD ON THE PROMONTORY which has added Sam Worthington, Jai Courtney, Jack Quaid to the cast together withJaeden Martell and LaMonica Garrett. Written by Evan Cooper, the film will follow five convicts trying to escape through the mountains following a violent train robbery, while shackled together by foot.
If you are in the mood for something hilarious this summer, check out the trailer for crazy comedy SPA WEEKEND which will hit cinemas August 21st directed and written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. The cast is led by Leslie Mann, Anna Faris and Michelle Buteau who play three friends who decide to take a break from their husbands and families and go on a spa weekend that descends into chaos when their trainwreck friend, played by Isla Fisher, joins, leading to hilarious consequences. The hunk factor is also present in the form of Adam Demos who plays a love interest to Leslie Mann's character. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.
Channel 4has released first trailer a few weeks ago featuring David Morrissey and Alan Cumming as leads in their new five part drama TIP TOE from Russell T. Davies but back then we did not have the air date. Today I can finally tell you that the series will start airing in UK this Sunday May 31st and that it will also stream down in Australia on their Binge streamer and Foxtel from June 2nd.
IN THIS BRAND NEW TV SERIES
They will play Leo and Clive, who have lived next door to each other
in Manchester for almost 15 years. But just as life should be settling down, the world around them
is growing more tense. Words become weapons, opinions become
radicalized, and gradually, two neighbors become deadly enemies in a tense, suburban thriller which challenges everything we consider to be
safe. Pooky Quesnel, Jackson Connor, Joseph Evans, Paul Rhys, Charlie Condou will also star.
In their latest exclusive reel of what to expect in the second part of the year, HBO Max has unveiled, among others, first look at the fourth season of their popular costume drama THE GILDED AGE which arrives sometime this year and the trailer below shows Bertha dancing with her husband smiling which might mean the troubles in their marital paradise are over? After Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) changed society at a cost, her family must reckon with the consequences while Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) seizes in the new season an opportunity to regain her position. Meanwhile, Marian (Louisa Jacobson) forges a new path for herself, and Peggy (Denée Benton) works to be accepted by her future in-laws. There will also be a whole line of new characters in the fourth season.
THE WAR SERIES WITH DOMINIC WEST
HBO has also shared glimpses at their new six part thriller TV series WAR with Dominic West as tech titan Morgan Henderson and Sienna Miller
as his estranged wife in a series that follows two of London’s most
prestigious rival firms, Cathcarts and Taylor & Byrne, as they go
head-to-head in the divorce case of the century. Each side is certain
they’ll win. But as the case spirals
and loyalties fracture, reputations are on the line, and everyone’s playing to win. This is just the beginning as the series has been
ordered for two seasons - season one’s explosive case is the first in an
anthology of headline-making legal battles. Sky will air the series in UK. You can see other series coming up to HBO this year in the video below:
A couple of brand new book adaptations for you to launch the new week starting with the studio war over at Cannes over the rights on THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY fantasy movie based on a book by Matt Haig which has been translated into 56 languages so far and sold in 15 million copies. Florence Pugh will star in Garth Davis directed movie as Nora Seed, who finds herself in a library between life and death with the chance to experience all the potential lives she could have lived.
THE MAP OF LONGING TV SERIES
New series will stream from July 17th
Netflix
has, meanwhile, issued the first trailer for their TV series adaptation
of THE MAP OF LONGING based on the novel by Alice Kellen, about Greta, a
young woman who has always believed that her reason for existing was to
help her sister Lucy, who suffers from leukemia, through her stem
cells. However, everything falls apart when Lucy dies, leaving her with a
deep sense of emptiness and unsure of what to do with her life. Before
passing away, Lucy leaves behind a game that pushes Greta to confront
her pain and rethink who she really is. Along the way, Greta meets Will,
an enigmatic boy with a troubled past. Can you love someone if you
haven’t first learned to love yourself? The series arrives July 17th.
Channel 5 has released a trailer for 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? The series will hit the small screens Tuesday June 2nd which is in less than two weeks! 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 of before.
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.
Beside the information that one of our dearest Russian actors Danila Kozlovsky and legendary Russian movie maker and director Fyodor Bondarchuk are preparing an epic movie adaptation of famous fairy tale 12 MONTHS about a young girl who is forced by her greedy stepmother and stepsister to fetch spring violets, summer strawberries, and autumn apples during the absolute dead of winter, what I'm also bringing to you from my visit to Russia today is a trailer and images from new eight part fantasy series ENCHANTED (Очарованные) which will air on their streamer Kinopoisk sometime later this year.
THE STORY IS SET IN
the quiet town of Iskra, where people are unaware of the presence of
otherworldly forces, and where two sorceress sisters live. They are twins, but very different. Zlata, an excellent student, is destined to inherit her
mother's role as guardian of the boundary between the human and shadow
worlds. But Marya doesn't know what to become. She doesn't just want to
memorize spells; she dreams of living a human life full of connection.
But everything changes dramatically when Marya opens a portal to the
Shadow World on Kalinov Bridge, hoping to win a bet with the arrogant
Sonya, the town mayor's adopted daughter. Zlata dies in an attempt to
fix the situation, and Marya now has nine days to find the Water of Life
and save her sister. Check out the rather rich, breathtaking and fantasy filled first trailer below and tell us what you think, would you watch this brand new series if you had the chance?
One of the most popular writers among the fantasy fans Brandon Sanders will have his SKYWARD book turned into a TV series by Tomorrow Studios with him penning the scripts together with Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen! In the book humanity is trapped on a harsh planet and constantly under attack by mysterious alien forces. The story follows Spensa Nightshade, a determined pilot who dreams of joining the fighter corps to defend humanity and redeem her disgraced father’s legacy. Blending high-stakes aerial combat, advanced technology, and themes of courage, identity, and discovery, the series explores both the secrets of the galaxy and Spensa’s growth from an outsider into a key figure in humanity’s fight for survival.
Experience one soldier's journey while the fate of the world hangs in balance in new World War II action movie LUCKY STRIKE for
Lucky Strike arrives June 26th
which we have just received first trailer. Inspired by true events, the movie tells the story of one soldier trapped behind enemy lines during the last major German offensive during WWII, what will become known as The Battle of the Bulge of 1944 in Belgium. Armed only with his Motorola SCR-300 radio, a new technology only battle-ready near the end of the war, he must use his wits and spy craft to thwart the advancing Nazi Panzer army and find his way back home. The film reunites Scott Eastwood with director Rod Lurie after their film The Outpost. The movie hits theatres June 26th. Check out the trailer below:
BBC One has released first image from their new feature length drama ONWARD AND SIDEWAYS which stars Laura Linney and Rhys Ifans in a touching story about two people with lots in common - a great sense of humour, a love of dance, and Parkinson’s. Joining Laura and Rhys are Monica Dolan, Rory Kinnear and Paul Mayhew-Archer. Rhys plays Tony Evans, the deputy head of a local primary school. Laura stars as Emma Dretzin, a pianist, composer and single mother of two daughters. Neither knows the other until a startling encounter changes the course of their lives: on the same morning, they are both confronted with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s.
Jaeden Martell and LaMonica Garrett. Written by Evan Cooper, the film will follow five convicts trying to escape through the mountains following a violent train robbery, while shackled together by foot.
Jaeden Martell and LaMonica Garrett. Written by Evan Cooper, the film will follow five convicts trying to escape through the mountains following a violent train robbery, while shackled together by foot.
