THERE IS TROUBLE AT THE IMPERIAL COURT IN THE TRAILER FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL SEASON OF THE EMPRESS HISTORICAL SERIES ARRIVING TO NETFLIX THIS NOVEMBER

   THE EMPRESS SERIES  

FULL TRAILER FOR THE FINAL SEASON

The series ends this November

Netflix has released first images last month and now we also have the trailer for the third and final season of their historical series THE EMPRESS about Austro Hungarian empress Sisi which will stream from November 12th with  Devrim Lingnau back as kaiserin Elisabeth and Philip Froissant as kaiser Franz. After the romantic wedding of free-spirited Bavarian countess Elisabeth and Emperor Franz Joseph, life at court quickly became a golden cage for Elisabeth. The third season depicts the slow downfall of their marriage and their characters. 

 

  WHAT IS THE STORY OF THE NEW SEASON? 

After the devastating Sardinian War, Emperor Franz (Philip Froissant) returns a traumatized man. The guilt of having lost thousands of young men on the battlefield weighs heavily on him. Elisabeth (Devrim Lingnau Islamoğlu) tries to stand by him — she fights passionately for her marriage while at the same time advocating for what would now be right for the empire — yet in vain. While Franz’s infidelity further shakes the marriage, resistance at court and her own health force Elisabeth to leave Vienna and set off to a distant island to recover. By chance, the Empress meets the leader of the Hungarian revolution, Count Andrássy (Dejan Bućin), on her journey. Their encounter is immediately marked by strong intellectual and physical attraction. Almost simultaneously, Franz’s brother Maximilian (JohannesNussbaum) sets off on a great adventure with his wife Marie (Josephine Thiesen): he is to ascend the imperial throne in far-off Mexico. In the end, Elisabeth must decide: follow her heart unconditionally, or be a sincere empress to her people. Watch the trailer below and tell us what you think:

 

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE FOR LOVE FOR IAN MCKELLEN AND ROB BRYDON IN FRANK AND PERCY MOVIE TRAILER WITH HUGH SKINNER, STEPHEN FRY, JOANNA LUMLEY, DEREK JACOBI

    FRANK AND PERCY   

FIRST TRAILER FOR IAN MCKELLEN MOVIE

Frank And Percy movie is out next week

And it is such a massively stellar ensemble movie: Sir Ian McKellen's movie FRANK AND PERCY which also stars Roger Allam will also have Hugh Skinner, Sir Stephen Fry, Dame Joanna Lumley, Sir DerekJacobi, Rob Brydonand Dame Sian Phillips in the cast. The story follows two older men who meet while walking their dogs on Hampstead Heath. What begins as a casual conversation about the weather and aching hips gradually deepens into an unexpected friendship – and perhaps something more. The movie will be released next week, October 13th in the UK. Watch the trailer below:

 

SEE BROTHERS DIVIDED BY OATH IN THE TRAILER FOR BLOODAXE EPIC TV VIKING SERIES

  BLOODAXE EPIC SERIES  

FIRST IMAGES FROM PRIME VIDEO

Prime Video has released a trailer for their  new epic series from Michael Hirst, the creator of Vikings and Tudors. BLOOD AXE will chronicle the rise of one of history’s most famous Viking warriors, Erik Bloodaxe

Bloodaxe arrives January 20th to Prime Video

 (Xavier Molyneux), and his formidable wife, Gunnhild, Mother of Kings (Jessica Madsen). As they fight for the throne of Norway, the land is torn apart by fierce rivals, shifting loyalties, and bloody betrayals. With war looming and chaos consuming the kingdom, drawing in the ruthless Kings of other Scandinavian countries, and even a powerful English ruler, the stage is set for a thundering, cataclysmic, compelling and utterly magical new Viking Saga. The series series has January 20th set as the start date. The eight episode series already got an order for the second season which is shooting over in Ireland as we speak. You can see glorious first images from the series in our previous post. Check out the action packed first trailer below and tell us what you think:

 

NIAMH ALGAR, OLIVER CHRIS, FANNY ARDANT TO LEAD HARMONIA TV SERIES ABOUT AI CONTROLLED LUXURY RESORT

 HARMONIA TV SERIES 

WITH NIAMH ALGAR AND OLIVER CHRIS

A UK Greek co production has been announced in the form of AI controlled high end luxury resort TV series HARMONIA in which Niamh Algar will play the AI’s creator, Shona Casey, while Fanny Ardant plays the resort’s former owner. In the resort and wellness facility, technology meets escapism and every guest’s desire can be fulfilled. It reflects things we all aspire to, but also fear. It’s a modern-day Frankenstein story of a scientist who would be God, and their extraordinary creation, where it becomes increasingly unclear whether the AI is the monster, or whether the humans are. Oliver Chris will also star next to Chloe Lea, Goran Bogdan and a number of Greek actors.

FIRST LOOK AT TOBY REGBO, BEN HARDY AND JOANNA SCANLAN IN 1860S SET TV SERIES THE CADBURYS ON THE FOUNDERS OF THE FAMOUS CHOCOLATE EMPIRE

     THE CADBURYS    

1ST TOBY REGBO PERIOD SET DRAMA IMAGES

And yes, it is about the chocolate empire! New U&Original period set drama THE CADBURYS will be a six episode warm hearted family drama following the visionary Cadbury family, the underdogs of the cocoa world, on their journey towards creating the world famous Cadbury’s chocolate bar and we have the first images from this lovely new series for you. The series will air next year on U and will also stream on BritBox for the viewers in North America.

 

  WHAT IS THE STORY OF THE SERIES? 

In 1860s Birmingham, when chocolate as we know it doesn’t yet exist, two very different brothers, Richard (Toby Regbo) and George Cadbury (Harry Gilby), find themselves in charge of their family’s failing cocoa business. Together, they have the radical genius and burning ambition to turn Cadbury into one of the world’s most beloved confectioners – if they can only learn to trust and rely on each other. Their sister Maria (Jessica Barden) is navigating her own role within the family and the business, but things become even more complicated when she falls in love with Cadbury’s biggest rival, Francis Fry (Ben Hardy) and is forced to question where her true loyaltiesreally lie. Infused with historical delights and magical invention, The Cadburys is about how we build, break and rebuild the bonds of family - and how the sweetest things in life are rarely simple. Pearce Quigley stars as their father, John Cadbury. Poppy Gilbert as Richard's eventual wife, Elizabeth Adlington with Joanna Scanlan as her mother, Dorothy Adlington. Mathew Baynton will appear as fellow British chocolatier Joseph Rowntree.

 

FIRST LOOK AT BBC NEW LEGAL DRAMA COUNSELS FOLLOWING YOUNG LAWYERS IN GLASGOW

    COUNSELS   

BBC ANNOUNCES NEW LEGAL SERIES

BBC has announced new eight part legal TV series COUNSELS that will arrive sometime at the beginning of next year. Brandon Grace, Ro Kumar, Eilidh Park and George Prentice will lead the cast alonsgide our dear Laura Haddock and Derek Riddell. The series will follow the lives of a group of twenty-something lawyers in Glasgow in the crucial moment when a few years out of university their careers finally become serious. Workingacross the legal landscape, whether as public prosecutors, slick representatives of glossier commercial interests or the shabby and good-hearted last resort of those with nothing left to lose, each one of them is out to win. They are colleagues jostling for promotion, lovers trying to hold onto one another as ambitions accelerate and pure adversaries professionally and personally. And now’s the time things are going to catch fire.

THE TITANIC STORY OF EVELYN AUSTRALIAN BESTSELLER TO BE TURNED INTO A PERIOD SET TV SERIES

 THE TITANIC STORY OF EVELYN 

TO BE TURNED INTO A TV SERIES

The Set Up production house from Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Alison Hurbert-Burns will turn Lisa Wilkinson Australian

The book was released this April

 bestseller THE TITANIC STORY OF EVELYN into a TV series. It tells the true story of Evelyn Marsden, the only Australian-born survivor of the Titanic. Evelyn started working as a stewardess on ocean liners before meeting and falling in love with a handsome ship’s doctor, William Abel James. Fate separated the couple when Evelyn boarded the RMS Titanic alone for its maiden voyage. As events unfolded, she helped save the lives of many passengers in the face of one of the greatest maritime tragedies the world has ever known. Evelyn and William’s love endures many of the 20th century’s most momentous events, through World War One and the Great Depression, before they settle by the sea at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

PRIME VIDEO RELEASES GLORIOUS FIRST IMAGES FROM BLOODAXE EPIC TV SERIES FROM THE CREATOR OF TUDORS, VIKINGS AND VALHALLA MICHAEL HIRST

  BLOODAXE EPIC SERIES  

FIRST IMAGES FROM PRIME VIDEO

The series will likely begin in January

Prime Video has released exclusive and rather stunning and rich first images from their  new epic series from Michael Hirst, the creator of Vikings and Tudors. BLOOD AXE will chronicle the rise of one of history’s most famous Viking warriors, Erik Bloodaxe, and his formidable wife, Gunnhild, Mother of Kings. As they fight for the throne of Norway, the land is torn apart by fierce rivals, shifting loyalties, and bloody betrayals. With war looming and chaos consuming the kingdom, drawing in the ruthless Kings of other Scandinavian countries, and even a powerful English ruler, the stage is set for a thundering, cataclysmic, compelling and utterly magical new Viking Saga. It is not connected in any way with Vikings Valhalla but will be set decades before its story. Michael's son Horatio Hirst, who starred in Valhalla, has written the new series with him. The series does not have an official airing date yet but it is expected to arrive early next year, probably January. The eight episode series already got an order for the second season which is shooting over in Ireland as we speak.

   

WHO IS IN THE CAST?

The cast of the new series will be led byXavier Molyneux in the role of Erik Bloodaxe while Jessica Madsen plays his wife, Gunnhild, the Mother of Kings. Mads Reuther has been added as Sigurd, the Jarl of Hladir, a scheming Norwegian chieftan and ally of Haakon (Levi Miller), the younger half-brother of Erik Bloodaxe. Saku Taittonen will be Knut, one of the brothers of Gunnhild, a warrior struggling with conflicting loyalties to his sister and their father, King Gorm of Denmark (Rune Temte). Marc Rissmann will play Greycloak, the eldest brother of Erik Bloodaxe! Gard Løkke will be a series regular together with Alina Tomnikov, Sisse Marie, Rod Hallett and Jesper Christensen as king Harald Fairhair, while Melina Åkerman, our dearest Kieran Bew, Sebastian Bull and George Burgess will appear in recurring roles.

 

SEE JAMES NESBITT IN FIRST IMAGE FROM NEW BBC OLD CASTLE SET COMEDY SERIES HOPLEY HALL

 FIRST HOPLEY HALL IMAGE 

WITH NEW BBC JAMES NESBITT COMEDY

BBC has issued first image from their new six part half hour comedy series HOPLEY HALL which is now shooting with James Nesbitt and Jamie Lee O'Donnell. At Hopley Hall, the heating rarely works, the

The comedy will have six episodes

 history is questionable and the gift shop sells mostly tea towels. The Grade A listed masterpiece, located in a fictional town on the Coast of County Antrim, is held together by damp, optimism, and a deep-seated resentment for the tourist attraction down the road. We follow the team of eccentric, dysfunctional volunteers and staff including a freshly-appointed community engagement officer who struggles dealing with actual human beings, an over-enthusiastic guide with no sense of irony and a disgruntled gardener. HOPLEY HALL is a workplace comedy about people who have absolutely nothing in common, except the desperate, daily struggle to keep the roof on and the public out of the private toilets.

FIRST EMMETT SCANLAN IMAGES FROM NEW CHANNEL 5 SERIES AN IMPOSSIBLE WAY TO DIE

  AN IMPOSSIBLE WAY TO DIE 

EMMETT SCANLAN TV SERIES IMAGES

Channel 5 has released first images with our dear Emmett Scanlan as the lead of their new six episode series AN IMPOSSIBLE WAY TO DIE with Sharon Rooney playing DS Katie Salter who is happily solving everyday crimes until fate drags her into an impossible murder mystery. Four people sat around a table seemingly set for a dinner party – except they are all dead. The only clue is a scorpion crawling out of one of the victim’s mouth. Salter is not your stereotypical damaged and tormented tv detective. Smart, diligent and committed to her family, tensions quickly surface when Salter is partnered with DI Niall Conway (Emmett J. Scanlan), lead investigator on the case. Salter’s measured, grounded approach clashes with Conway’s all-consuming dedication to the job. As the case grows increasingly impossible, secrets are unearthed and conspiracies emerge, lives are put at risk as the detectives race against time to connect seemingly disparate cases and unmask a killer before it’s too late. The series will arrive early next year.