BOOKISH PERIOD SET SERIES 2ND SEASON TEASER IS HERE WITH MIRANDA RICHARDSON, RUPERT GRAVES, JASON WATKINS, CONNOR FINCH, MARK GATTIS AND POLLY WALKER

  BOOKISH SEASON 2  

FIRST TEASER HAS BEEN REVEALED

After a successful run over at U&Alibi channel cosy crime period set series BOOKISH is getting a second season which will see Mark Gatiss return to the role of 1946. London book keeper turned investigator with Polly Walker as his wife and gorgeous Connor Finch as his right hand and todaywe have the first teaser from the second season which is scheduled to arrive later this summer. Joining them in new season are Miranda Richardson,Jason Watkins, Rupert Graves to name just some of the more famous names. Returning cast also includes Elliot Levey as Inspector Bliss, Blake Harrison as Sergeant Morris and Buket Kömür as Nora. The series also sees the return of Rosie Cavaliero as Ada Dredge, Gerard Horan as Mr Baseheart, Nadia Albina as Dr Calder and Jonas Nay as Felix.

 

IN THE SECOND SEASON OF THE SERIES

Book investigates the world of spiritualism when he’s asked to help solve the mysterious case involving medium, Harold Sneed (Watkins). Off Savile Row, Bliss asks Book to help in a puzzling murder at a gentleman’s outfitters - the elderly tailor Maxie Kleinmann is keen to confess to the murder, but the evidence doesn’t quite stack up and points to something much more complex and sinister. And Book and Jack are sent to the seemingly charming German village of Würl by the mysterious ‘E’ to thwart a thieving Duchess (Richardson) at Christmas time. However, festivities take a deadly turn when Book and Jack uncover secrets of their own, past and present, in an ominous castle brimming with plausible murder suspects. Book’s close association to the police continues to be not without its personal dangers and his lavender marriage with childhood best friend Trottie, is threatened by debonair Colonel Winters (Graves). Marrying post-war nostalgia with the reckless and life affirming atmosphere of the times, Bookish is a stylish period detective drama with a difference

 

HULU TO MAKE EVERFLAME TV SERIES OUT OF PENN COLE'S HIT ROMANTASY SAGA THE KINDRED'S CURSE

   EVERFLAME TV SERIES  

BASED ON SPARK OF THE EVERFLAME

Hulu is producing the series

As Deadline reports, Hulu is set to create TV series EVERFLAME out of the first book in Penn Cole's hit romantasy saga The Kindred's Curse. The story is set in a world where mortals live in poverty, subjugated by an elite race known as the Descended. When her mother goes missing, Diem Bellator suspects that the most powerful and most feared Descended in the kingdom – Prince Luther Corbois – may be responsible. As she embarks on a search for answers, she becomes an unexpected force in the mortal rebellion against the Descended, and the center of an even more unexpected love triangle. Heidi McAdams is producing.

JUICY TRAILER FOR DISNEY PLUS AND HULU'S IRREVERENT 80S SET SERIES RIVALS SECOND SEASON WITH AIDAN TURNER AND DAVID TENNANT

    RIVALS SERIES   

SEASON TWO FULL TRAILER IS HERE

Disney Plus and Hulu have released full trailer for their super juicy and irreverent soapy series RIVALS which will arrive May 15th with first six 

Rivals are back this May at Disney and Hulu

episodes, with other six arriving on some later date. It follows David  Tennant as an owner of a British TV station in the 80s and Aidan Turner as a TV host who forms a rival station with politician and sports star played by Alex Hassell. Filled with scandals, treachery, nudity and sex romp, the series was a huge hit. The second season will have even more wit, desire, and jaw-dropping twists. Power struggles intensify, rivalries deepen and ambition pushes loyalties to the brink. Set in the stunning Cotswolds countryside and against the backdrop of the glamorous, high-stakes world of 1980s British television, the second instalment reunites the all-star cast which captivated fans and critics, while introducing some exciting new faces. Following last season’s dramatic cliffhanger with Tony’s fate hanging in the balance, Lord Baddingham is back and out for vengeance ready to stop at nothing to keep Corinium’s empire unrivalled. Hayley Atwell will portray Helen Gordon, the ex-wife of Rupert Campbell-Black and mother to his children Marcus and Tabitha. Rupert Everett will be Malise Gordon, her husband and Campbell-Black’s former show-jumping coach and mentor. Check out the trailer below:

 

STUART MARTIN, IAIN DE CAESTECKER, GUGU MBATHA RAW CAST IN BBC SF THRILLER TV SERIES SUTHERLAND

  SUTHERLAND SF SERIES  

AT BBC CASTS IAIN DE CAESTECKER,  STUART MARTIN AND GUGU MBATHA RAW

BBC One has set cast for their new six part sf thriller series SUTHERLAND set at Sutherland, the far north of Scotland, in the near future. Mirren (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) works at Paravel Space Hub as flight director for the UK's first crewed mission to the stars. Everything is going to plan when, just hours after launch, a series of unexplained events engulf Sutherland in mystery and risks destroying everything Mirren’s been striving for. As a decades old conspiracy begins to resurface, local detective Logan (Stuart Martin) is unexpectedly pulled back into Mirren's orbit. When Logan’s investigation and Mirren’s mission threaten to unravel, the pair join forces to make an extraordinary discovery that will change their lives forever. Iain De Caestecker also stars.

TRAILER WITH SHERIDAN SMITH AND MICHAEL SOCHA AS CASINO ROBBERS IN NEW BBC MINI SERIES THE CAGE

   1ST THE CAGE TRAILER 

WITH SHERIDAN SMITH AND MICHAEL SOCHA

 BBC One has released first trailer for a new six part  crime drama THE CAGE set in the world of a Liverpool Casino with Sheridan Smith and Michael Socha in the lead roles. When Leanne (Smith) and Matty (Socha) discover they are both robbing from the safe at the inner- city casino they work in, their lives are set on a collision course; with each other, the local gangster they’re stealing from, and the police. The show is created by Tony Schumacher. Barry Sloane, Geraldine James will also star. It will air from April 26th Sunday night.

 

PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER AND PHOEBE DYNEVOR TO LEAD BIG SCREEN ROMCOM ADAPTATION OF BEACH READ

  BEACH READ ROMCOM  

PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER TO LEAD

The big screen adaptation of Emily Henry's best selling book BEACH READ has added Patrick Schwarzenegger and Phoebe Dynevor as leads. She plays January Andrews, a successful romance novelist who struggles with grief and writer’s block after her father’s death and the discovery of secrets he’s long kept hidden. While spending the summer in his Michigan beach house to prepare it for sale, she unexpectedly reconnects with Gus Everett, an author who was once her rival in college. Both creatively stuck, they agree to a writing challenge over the summer, swapping literary genres while promising that there will be no romance between them. Of course, you know what they say about the best-laid plans.

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM ADS KATE WINSLET, JAMIE DORNAN, LEO WOODALL, IAN MCKELLEN, LEE PACE, ANDY SERKIS, ELIJAH WOOD

 THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM 

ADS KATE WINSLET AND JAMIE DORNAN

Warner Bros has unveiled lead cast for Andy Serkis directed LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM in which he will also repeat the role of Gollum. Kate Winslet joined previously as Marigol, Smeagol's grandmother, with Lee Pace returning as Elven king Thranduil and Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf. With Elijah Wood back as Frodo, Jamie Dornan joins as Strider aka Aragorn while Leo Woodall will be a character named Halvard. Set between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring, it will follow Aragorn’s perilous quest to capture Gollum before the creature can reveal the Ring’s location to Sauron. The film is out December 17th 2027.

SEE COLOURFUL FIRST TRAILER FOR EPIC MOVIE RUSLAN AND LYUDMILA: MAGICAL JOURNEY BASED ON PUSHKIN'S FAIRY TALE

    RUSLAN AND LYUDMILA    

The movie will arrive spring 2027

FIRST TRAILER FOR THE EPIC FAIRY TALE

Straight from matushka Russia we have a colourful first trailer for their new big screen movie on famous legend of RUSLAN AND LYUDMILA  (Руслан и Людмила. Волшебное путешествие) which  finished production last Autumn with the cast toplined by young Ruzil Minekaev and Alena Dolgolenko in the title roles! Based on Pushkin's great work it is set for release in March 2027.  Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

 BRAVE YOUNG KNIGHT RUSLAN

 stands up to defend Lyudmila and spoils the plans of her father, Prince Vladimir, to marry his daughter to one of the worthy well-wishers - Ragday, Ratmir or Farlaf. Lyudmila falls in love with Ruslan, he is also charmed by her beauty, but then Lyudmila gets kidnapped by a jealous wizard Chernomor, who is eager to take revenge on the prince for his past offences. Now Ruslan and the three rival knights must overcome the difficult path to the sorcerer's castle, obtain the sword that guards the head of the wealthy Svyatogoras, and challenge the treacherous Chernomor to free beautiful Lyudmila.

 

 

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FIRST IMAGE AND CAST REVEALED FOR BBC SERIES THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13¾ BASED ON THE FAMOUS BESTSELLER

  1ST BBC SERIES IMAGE 

SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13¾

Based on Sue Townsend’s book, the nine-part series sees Oliver Savell as the iconic Adrian Mole. Lisa McGrillis plays his mother Pauline and Colin Hoult his father George. Pam Ferris joins the cast as Grandma, Galaxie Clear as Pandora and Alun Armstrong as Bert. Other cast also include Jude Forsey as Nigel, Rory Keenan as Mr Lucas, David Wilmot as Mr Scruton and Karl Collins as Mr Cherry. Set in 1981 it follows Adrian as he starts his uniquely funny diary about family life and being a teenager before the advent of mobile phones and social media.

SEE FINN WITTROCK AND ALEXANDRA DADDARIO IN PERIOD SET HERSHEY CHOCOLATE EMPIRE MOVIE TRAILER

    HERSHEY MOVIE TRAILER    

HISTORY OF THE CHOCOLATE EMPIRE

Finn Wittrock stars in Mark Waters directed movie on famous HERSHEY chocolate with Alexandra Daddario playing his wife. Wittrock is Milton Hershey, who, alongside his wife Kitty, built a candy empire that powered a philanthropic legacy. In 1909, Milton and Kitty founded the Hershey Industrial School, which provided free education and housing to orphans and underprivileged children. Twenty years before his death, Milton transferred the majority of his fortune into the Milton Hershey School Trust, planting the seed for one of the wealthiest educational endowments in the country. In developing a town around their chocolate factory, the Hersheys also built theaters, recreation centers and public transportation for their workers. The movie is out this Thanksgiving.