I know that some of you nasty haters :) did not like it, but I for one thought it was a rather nice movie and it is getting a TV series version! Netflix is
Last Airbender will become a live action series
, apparently, planning to turn AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER into a TV show. Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko who were the creators of the animated series will now also produce the live action version. The Last Airbender is set in an Asiatic world in which some people can manipulate the classical elements (air, water, fire, earth) with psychokinetic variants of the Chinese martial arts known as "bending". This epic adventure followed the protagonist, twelve year old Aang and his friends, who must bring peace and unity to the world by ending the Fire Lord's war with three nations. Speaking of Netflix, they've bought BBC's this season's most intriguing drama Bodyguard and will air it around the world from October 24th!
'THE LAST KINGDOM' SEASON 3
NEW ALEXANDER DREYMON PIC
Meanwhile, a new photo has been released from the set of the third season of our beloved mediaeval action adventure series THE LAST KINGDOM which is currently in production after a very long wait. It shows Alexander
The third season will see Uhtred still fighting for his own piece of land
Dreymon as brave Uhtred of Bebamburgh! The
series set in the 9th century when separate kingdoms were fighting
against invading Danes will also see David Dawson return as King Alfred. Netflix will air the season probably sometime next year based on Bernard Cornwell's novels.
Here's a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious surprise for you this Monday: Disney has released a brand new trailer for MARY POPPINS RETURNS
Mary Poppins Returns this Christmas!
along
with a new poster! Emily Blunt leads the movie set 25 years after the original one based on PL Travers books.
IN THE CHERRY TREE LANE
in Depression era London, a now grown
Jane (Emily Mortimer) and Michael Banks (Ben Whishaw), along with
Michael's three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins
following a personal loss. Through her unique magical skills, and with
the aid of her friend Jack, she helps the family rediscover the joy and
wonder missing in their lives. The
The movie was directed by Chicago's Rob Marshall
cast also includes Julie Walters as
their housekeeper Ellen, Colin Firth as William Weatherall Wilkins from
Fidelity Fiduciary Bank, Dick Van Dyke as
As you can see from the trailer the film will include hand drawn animation
Mr. Dawes Jr, Meryl Streep as
Mary's eccentric cousin Topsy Poppins and Angela Lansbury as Balloon
Lady. The movie hits theatres Christmas this year!
It was definitely one of the greatest victories in the history of television. Two years ago when ABC decided to kill its best watched comedy LAST MAN STANDING after six years of running (during which the sitcom continuously kept winning Friday night ratings each week and each year, even though it received almost no marketing from the network), for rather obvious political reasons, more than half a million of Last Man's most faithful fans have demanded its return in an online petition, and now the sitcom is returning to the small screens: new network, Fox, same time, Friday evenings, starting September 28th! Although people who never watched it like to unjustly call it conservative, LAST MAN
The beloved cast returns September 28th to the small screens!
STANDING is everything but. The most wholesome family show on the television has always put focus on a dialogue between opposing opinions, ages and classes, ending each of its love filled episodes with a message of tolerance and compromise. Message of peace wrapped in decent, always fresh and mature, humour while tackling the current social, political and all other issues. So here's a big hooray for the return of television's most beloved multi camera comedy!
LAST MAN STANDING
stars Tim Allen as Mike Baxter, a happily married
father of three daughters, who finds himself the odd man out as he tries
to maintain his manliness in a home surrounded by women.
Mike tries to escape all the female energy at
Tim Allen and Nancy Travis as Mike and Vanessa Baxter
home in the warm, manly
embrace of his job at the Outdoor Man store, a sporting goods emporium
where he is marketing director. He also revels in his Outdoor Man vlog,
which he uses as a pulpit for his opinions – and which
Christoph Sanders and Molly McCook are Kyle and Mandy
often have
nothing to do with the store’s merchandise. When he’s supposed to be
selling mountain bikes or kayaks, he somehow ends up spouting off about
the environment, health care, international politics or any other topic
occupying his mind.
OLD AND NEW CHARACTERS
The new season also brings back Nancy Travis as Mike’s wife, Vanessa; Amanda Fuller as their oldest daughter, Kristin and Jordan Masterson as Kristin’s delightfully liberal husband, Ryan. Christoph Sanders will
Jonathan Adams and Hector Elizondo are Chuch and Ed
again appear as Mike’s charmingly naïve co-worker, Kyle, who is now also his son in law after marrying Mike's daughter fashion designer Mandy, now played by a new actress Molly McCook (I'm very excited to see her in the sitcom as the producers decided to replace Mandy with a tall, blond actress,
Jet Jurgensmeyer and Kaitlyn Dever are Boyd and Eve
exactly opposite of the old one)! Jonathan Adams will again be Mike’s frenemy/neighbor, Chuck Larabee, and Hector Elizondo the owner of Outdoor Man, Ed Alzate. The youngest Baxter daughter Eve (Kaitlyn Dever) has gone to pilot academy and will be guest starring throughout the season. It
Amanda Fuller and Jordan Masterson are Kristin and Ryan
will be also lovely seeing the warm radiance of little Jet Jurgensmeyer as their grandson Boyd, now a 12 year boy at the brink of puberty. The kid was really adorable and delightful playing Jack's grandson in Will And Grace last season. Krista Marie Yu will play a young scholar from China who is staying at the Baxters' house while she completes her schooling in the States.
Since Hollywood is sleeping this weekend, the spy will entertain you today with the first trailer (coming straight from Toronto International Film Festival) and posters for the latest epic spectacle directed by famous Zhang Yimou, the helmer of House of Flying Daggers, Curse of the Golden Flower, and Hero and international productions such are The Great Wall and The Flowers of War. His new historical adventure SHADOW arrives to Chinese Cinemas September 30th and will get North American release sometime next year. You can check out the unusual visual aspect of his new movie in the trailer below!
THE STORY OF SHADOW
is set in Pei, a kingdom ruled by a
young and unpredictable king, where the military commander faces peril
both inside and outside the palace walls. But he has a secret weapon: a
‘shadow’, a look-alike who can fool both Pei’s
Black and white style follows the style of Chinese ink wash paintings.
enemies and the King
himself. In his obsessive quest for a long-sought victory over a rival
kingdom, the commander must execute an intricate plan involving his
wife, the Shadow, and the kings of both kingdoms, leading up to a major
invasion.
WHO IS IN THE CAST?
Asian stars Chao Deng, Li Sun, Ryan Zheng, Qianuyan Wang and Jingchun Wang, are just some of the actors who will portray the vast gallery
The movie has premiered at Venice and Toronto Film Festivals
of characters which includes: the king, violent and ambitious, of mysterious methods and motives; his general, a visionary who yearns to win the final
Surprisingly for an Asian movie, this one is a bit shorter than two hours
battle but needs to prepare his plans in secret; the women of the palace, who struggle to find redemption in a world where they have no place; and a commoner called "Lord of all the world"!
A cherry on top to conclude the casting process for historical epic movie MEDIEVAL on Czech 14th century hero Jan Zizka! Joining Ben Foster (as
William Moseley is no stranger to epic films
Zizka himself), Michael Caine (as Lord Boresh, the right hand of the Czech King Wenceslaus IV), and Til Schweiger (as Rosenberg, the richest lord in the kingdom) is our dearest, sweetest William Moseley who is set to play Jaroslav, Zizka's brother.
MEDIEVAL
will follow their 14th century national hero Jan Zizka of Trocnov, a
revered military tactician who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and
the Holy Roman Empire. He is known for his innovative strategies and
for quickly training peasants to face skilled and armoured opponents who
usually outnumbered his own troops. The film will also depict his
relationship with king's lover Catherine (to be played by Sophie Lowe)
whom he is sent to save but falls in love with her, and his fight
against a rival king. With the massive budget of about $20 million, the
The $20 million movie starts shooting next Monday in Prague!
new historical movie starts shooting next week around Prague and around
Czech republic.
'STATE OF WONDER' TO BECOME
SERIES PRODUCED BY EMILY MORTIMER, ALESSANDRO NIVOLA
eOne will turn the book into mini TV series
Meanwhile, eOne will develop mini series out of Ann Patchett's bestseller STATE OF WONDER which will be produced by actors Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola. No word whether they will also star in the series which follows Dr Marina Singh who journeys into the depths of the Amazon rain forest in search of her former mentor, veteran scientist Dr Annick Swenson, who has vanished while conducting research into the prolonged fertility of the women of an isolated Amazonian tribe. As Marina embarks upon this uncertain odyssey, she will be forced to surrender herself to the lush but forbidding world that awaits her in the darkest reaches of the rain forest. Ann Patchett's Bel Canto has been turned into a movie already with Julianne Moore.
Earlier this month your spy has informed you that Ben Foster and Michael Caine were cast in epic movie MEDIEVAL about Czech national hero Jan Zizka (to be played by Foster) and now they're joined by German superstar Til Schweiger! While Caine will play Lord Boresh, the right hand of the Czech King Wenceslaus IV, Til will be Rosenberg, the richest lord in the kingdom.
MEDIEVAL
will revolve around their 14th century national hero Jan
Zizka of Trocnov, a revered military tactician who defeated armies of
the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire. He is known for his
innovative strategies and for quickly training peasants to face skilled
and armoured opponents who usually outnumbered his own troops. The film
will also depict his relationship with a local heiress and his fight
against a rival king. With the massive budget of about $20 million, the
The $20 million movie starts shooting next Monday in Prague!
new historical movie starts shooting next week around Prague and around Czech republic.
'KNIGHTFALL' SEASON 2
FINDS PRINCESS OF BURGUNDY
Speaking of epic things, the latest one to join the second season of History's KNIGHTFALL series is Clementine Nicholson. She will play Margaret, Princess of Burgundy, the devoted wife of Prince
Louis of France (Tom
Clementine Nicholson is the future queen of France
Forbes). Upon joining Louis in Paris and eager to
produce an heir to the French throne, Margaret will discover what life
is really like as a member of the royal family and the future Queen of
France.
KNIGHTFALL follows the legendary Knights Templar, the most powerful,
wealthy and mysterious military order of the Middle Ages who were
entrusted with protecting Christianity’s most precious relics. The first
season ended with the death of the queen of France and Navarre, who
gave birth to a baby with the leader of the Templars (Tom Cullen) with
whom she cheated on her husband king of France (Ed Stoppard). Check out
who else is joining the new season here. Clementine was the gorgeous snow vampire princess Lena from the last Underworld movie.
CASTS KATHERINE LANGFORD AS NIMUE, LADY OF THE LAKE
Golden Globe nominee Langdon will lead the cast
Earlier this year the spy has announced that Netflix is preparing fantasy historical serial CURSED based on Arthurian legends and now they've cast 13 Reasons Why's Katherine Langford as famous Lady of the Lake, Nimue! Zetna Fuentes will direct and executive produce the ten part series.
CURSED is, as 'Deadline' reports, a re imagination of the Arthurian
legend, told through the eyes of Nimue (Katherine Langford), a teenage
heroine with a mysterious gift who is destined to become the powerful
(and tragic) Lady of the Lake. After her mother’s death, she finds an
unexpected partner in Arthur, a young mercenary, in a quest to find
Merlin and deliver an ancient sword. Over the course of her journey,
Nimue will become a symbol of courage and rebellion against the
terrifying Red Paladins, and their complicit King Uther. It is a coming
of age story whose themes are familiar to our own time: the
The series will be based on the comic book based on Arthurian legends
obliteration
of the natural world, religious terror, senseless war, and finding the
courage to lead in the face of the impossible.
Two war films for you today! First up Rupert Penry Jones, Jason Flemyng in PEGASUS BRIDGE. In the early hours of the 6th of June 1944 Allied Airborne Forces launched one of most daring assaults in history. 181 men in 6 gliders landed at night to capture two bridges vital to the success of the D-Day landings, one of these would become known as PEGASUS
Rupert Penry Jones will lead the cast of Pegasus Bridge
BRIDGE. The men who captured and held these objectives were led by two very different young leaders. Major John Howard led the Infantry who managed to land their gliders a stone's throw from the bridge and Colonel Geoffrey Pine Coffin (Rupert Penry Jones) led the men of the 7th Parachute Battalion who occupied the surrounding ground and held off the German counter attacks.
'UNION OF SALVATION'
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL GUARD AGAINST NAPOLEON
Meanwhile, December will bring us our dear Russian star Alexander Petrov (from Gogol and T-34) in new historical drama UNION OF
The movie hits Russian cinemas this Christmas
SALVATION or SOYUZ SPASENIYA. The film tells about the imperial guard officers of the Russian army during the Patriotic War of 1812, who defeated Napoleon's army. They were ready to sacrifice everything for the sake of equality and freedom. Russian troops occupied Paris. Russia became the first power in the world. Now everything seems possible. Young winners, imperial guard officers, are sure that equality and freedom will come - here and now. For this they are ready to sacrifice everything - position, wealth, love, life ... and the country itself. Ivan Kolesnikov, Anton Shagin, Maksim Matveyev, Dmitriy Palamarchuk, Kirill Zaitsev, Yuriy Borisov, Aleksandr Metelkin and Sergey Koltakov also star.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN AND WHO ARE THE NEW CAST MEMBERS?
While Americans are waiting to watch the fourth season of epic saga POLDARK at the end of the month at PBS, British BBC has announced how
Season 4 stars on PBSMasterpiece September 30th
the fifth and the final season will look like next year! They have also announced our dearest 300, Royals and White Princess star Vincent Regan, Lily Dodsworth Evans, Kerri McLean, Peter Sullivan, Freddie Wise and Sofia Oxenham as the new cast members who will join Aidan Turner in the series finale which starts filming this week. Although there is a ten year gap between the seventh novel (the last one covered so far on the telly) of Winston Graham's saga on which the series is based, and the eight one, the writer of the show will still cover the lives of the Poldarks, George Warleggan, the Enyses, and the Carnes in this intervening period, which means the actors won't have
Our dear Vincent Regan is joining season 5 in unspecified role
to look so much older. As you know, the series follows captain Ross Poldark after he returns to his father's estate in England from the American War for Independence.
IN POLDARK SEASON FIVE
it is a new century and with it comes
the promise of a hopeful future, but the past casts a long shadow over
Cornwall. Following the death of Elizabeth, Ross Poldark (Aidan Turner)
resolves to put Westminster behind him and spend
Jack Farthing's George Warleggan will again do his best at doing evil
more time with the
people he loves. However, when an old friend emerges with a plea for
help, Ross is compelled to challenge the establishment again. As the
Enyses (Luke Norris and Gabriella Wilde) rally to join the cause,
Gabriella Wilde and Luke Norris will return as the Enyses
Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson) must contend with dangers close to home,
while George (Jack Farthing) courts corrupt powers whose influence spans
the Empire.
After their epic dramas Jamestown and Britannia, British Sky is ready to present us with their new fantasy series A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES which hits small screens Friday September 14th and will air on Sundance
A Discovery of Witches starts next week September 14th
in USA (I think it will also hit HBO cable channels around the world this month). The eight episode adaptation of Deborah Harkness All Souls
The scenes are shoot in the replica of famous Oxford Bodleian Library
trilogy will see Matthew Goode playing a vampire (that goes to church and does not have fangs and is planning to go to Scotland to feed on deer instead of humans) and Teresa Palmer as an unsuspecting witch.
A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES
follows American academic and
reluctant witch Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer), who’s in denial about her
magical heritage until her discovery in
Teresa
Palmer is Diana Bishop who discovers she is a witch when the Ashmole
782 flies into her hand and the magic runs down from it into her body.
Oxford’s Bodleian Library of
Ashmole 782, an ancient mystical manuscript which all the supernatural
beings want to get their hands on. This throws her into the heart of a
dangerous mystery – and into the path of the vampire
Matthew Goode is vampire Clairmont who is trying not to drink human blood which gives him blood rage and makes him go wild.
professor. Despite
an ancient distrust between witches and vampires (who all live around us and look like regular people who go to work), she seeks the help of
Matthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode) who is, in fact, a geneticist trying
Trevor Eve plays evil vampire Gerbert who is based on Sylvester II, who was Pope from the year 999 to his death in 1003 and faced accusations of sorcery!
to uncover why his vampire species is dying out.
Together they face a barrage of supernatural threats as they probe the
book’s secrets, while a forbidden romance blossoms between them.
WHO ELSE IS IN THE CAST?
The cast also includes Alex Kingston as Diana’s witch aunt and guardian Sarah Bishop, while Valarie Pettiford is Sarah’s lesbian partner Emily.
Alex Kingston is a powerful witch, Diana's lesbian aunt
Lindsay Duncan appears as Clairmont’s mother Ysabeau, a vampire who really cannot stand witches, and Trevor Eve is evil 1,000 year old vampire
Lindsay Duncan is a powerful vampire, Clairmont's mother who hates witches
Gerbert d’Aurillac who also happens to be a former pope. Nothing strange there, right? He will try to destroy the relationship between Diana and Clairmont.
