FRA FREE JOINS LUKE EVANS' GASTON EPIC TV SERIES AT DISNEY PLUS! SANDITON SEASON 2 TEASER IS HERE WITH TOM WESTON JONES, BEN LLOYD HUGHES! SEE RYAN KWANTEN, HUGO WEAVING IN EXPIRED SF MOVIE!

 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 

GASTON TV SERIES CASTS FRA FREE AS A PRINCE

Eight episode musical mini TV series based on Beauty and the Beast's character GASTON has just added Fra Free over at Disney Plus. Set in the iconic kingdom years before the Beast and Belle’s romance, the series will follow Gaston (Luke Evans) and LeFou (Josh Gad) as they set off with LeFou’s step-sister, Tilly (Brianna Middleton), after a surprising revelation

Luke Evans and Fra Free will lead the cast of Gaston

from her past comes to light, sending the unlikely trio off on an unexpected journey filled with romance, comedy, and adventure. While the mysteries of the past are uncovered and the dangers of the present grow, old friends and new enemies reveal that this familiar kingdom harbors many secrets. Fra Fee will play Prince Benoit Berlioz, a childhood friend of Tilly’s who has grown into a handsome, charismatic, confident prince.

 EXPIRED SF TRAILER SENDS 

RYAN KWANTEN, HUGO WEAVING TO A FUTURISTIC MEGACITY

Expired arrives next Month!

Previously known as Loveland, Australian sf movie EXPIRED is arriving February 10th with Ryan Kwanten and Hugo Weaving. In a futuristic Hong Kong, assassin Jack (Ryan Kwanten), crosses paths with a nightclub singer, April (Jillian Nguyen). As Jack becomes increasingly drawn to April his body mysteriously deteriorates. Jack tracks down reclusive life extension scientist Doctor Bergman (Hugo Weaving), in a search for answers. Doctor Bergman unearths Jack's long buried secret and is forced to confront his own murky past. As the net that connects them tightens, Jack and April struggle for love as they face their past in a loveless world that is on the cusp of immortality and extinction.

 

  SANDITON SEASON 2  

FIRST TEASER IS HERE!

Well, PBS has surprised us today with the first teaser for SANDITON season two which arrives March 20th! The six new episodes of ITV and Masterpiece

Season two arrives next March!

PBS drama pick up nine months after the events of Season 1, as Charlotte returns to the beautiful seaside resort and soon attracts the attention of not one, but two new men. Tom Weston Jones will be Colonel Francis Lennox, the leader of the military regiment taking up residence in Sanditon, who soon shows that first impressions aren’t everything, and next to him are Captain Declan Fraser (Frank Blake) and Captain William Carter (Maxim Ays), who both strike up an acquaintance with Charlotte’s younger sister Alison. Ben Lloyd Hughes will play Alexander Colbourne, a man of wealth who is thoughtful, cerebral, and antisocial to the

Tom Weston Jones will be the new hunkster in town!

point of reclusiveness! Meanwhile, Alexander Vlahos will play enigmatic and worldly Charles Lockhart, a Byronic artist, lover, critic, and explorer in equal measures!

 

BREAKING NEWS: SEE TEASER ANNOUNCING AMAZON'S THE RINGS OF POWER EPIC TV SERIES, PREQUEL TO TOLKIEN'S SAGA!

  THE RINGS OF POWER 

TEASER FOR AMAZON'S LORD OF THE RINGS SERIES

Amazon has revealed today first teaser announcing that the title of their LORD OF THE RINGS epic TV series will be THE RINGS OF POWER. Not overly creative, right? The most expensive series ever will start in

First season will stream September 2nd

September starring Benjamin Walker, Augustus Prew, Morfyd Clark, Peter Mullan, Maxim Baldry, Simon Merrells, Joseph Mawle, Lloyd Owen. This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness. Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to

It will be the most expensive series ever with $500 million first season

Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone. 

SEE VIKINGS DESTROY LONDON BRIDGE IN CRAZY DYNAMIC NEW TRAILER FOR VIKINGS: VALHALLA EPIC TV SERIES WITH LEO SUTER, DAVID OAKES, SAM CORLETT

 

  VIKINGS: VALHALLA SERIES  

NEW TRAILER IS HERE!

As the February 25th airing date is nearing, the excitement for the premiere of VIKINGS: VALHALLA epic TV series is also spreading and Netflix has

The series will stream from February 25th!

just pumped it all up with a new trailer for the eight episode historical series starring Leo Suter, David Oakes and Sam Corlett.

 

  VAL HALLA, a follow up to Vikings, begins in the early 11th century and chronicles the legendary adventures of some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived – the legendary explorer Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett), his fiery and headstrong sister Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson), the ambitious Nordic prince Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter), Harald’s half brother Olaf (Haukur

Leo Suter and Sam Corlett lead the cast of Valhalla

Jóhannesson), Kattegat Jarl Haakon (Caroline Henderson), and Danish King Canute (Bradley Freegard) and the Norman King William the Conqueror. As tensions between the Vikings and the English royals reach a

New trailer sees Vikings attacking 11th century London Bridge!

bloody breaking point and as the Vikings themselves clash over their conflicting Christian and pagan beliefs, these three Vikings begin an epic

David Oakes (on the right) plays Earl Godwin in the new series

journey that will take them across oceans and through battlefields, from Kattegat to England and beyond, as they fight for survival and glory.

 

SECOND SEASON ALREADY SHOT

Other faces that you can see in the trailer below include King Aethelred's son, Prince Edmund (Louis Davison), and also Emma of Normandy (Laura Berlin)! It is interesting that the second season already finished filming back

The series comes from Tudors and Vikings' Michael Hirst

in November, months before the premiere of the first one and it is already known that the third season is on the horizon as well as the whole show has been ordered for 24 episodes in total!  

NEW FRENCH HIGH CONCEPT FANTASY MYSTERY MINI TV SERIES LA CORDE, THE ROPE, IS ARRIVING THIS MONTH WITH JEAN MARC BARR

  LA CORDE TV SERIES  

THE ROPE FROM NOWHERE

While Hollywood is sleeping, the spy is here to remind you of a French show I mentioned before but it is now arriving to French Arte January 27th: THE ROPE or LA CORDE is a three episode fantasy mystery coming from

La Corde will air from January 27th on Arte

Eric Forestier and Dominique Rocher while the cast of the series brings together a roster of talented actors of different nationalities: Suzanne Clément, Jeanne Balibar, Christa Théret, Richard Sammel, Jakob Cedergren, Tom Mercier and famous Jean-Marc Barr. In the series, an international research team at an astronomical observatory in Norway has been given the green light to continue its work. But then the scientists discover a rope that snakes endlessly between the trees in the forest and seems to have no end. A small group sets out to solve the mystery of the rope. But in the contact with the rope itself many of them will reveal their inner torments. Bathed in a bewitching soundscape, the

French, English and Norwegian can be heard in the series

observation station and the immense forest that surrounds it provide a padded setting for the human dramas that unfold there. The series took part in London Film Festival last Autumn.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON THE BIGGEST SF TV SHOWS COMING TO THE SMALL SCREENS IN 2022: FROM STAR WARS TO STAR TREK SPINOFFS

 NEW 2022 SF TV SERIES 

OBI WAN KENOBI 

Disney + will finally fulfill Ewan McGregor's wish to return to the role he played in Star Wars movies in this six episode series. We must mention that Hayden Christensen will also return as Darth Vader. Set ten years after the events of Star Wars Episode III, the story centers on Obi-Wan's time on Tatooine, watching over the young Luke Skywalker. Joel Edgerton will also return as Luke's uncle with Rupert Friend, Simone Kessell and Indira Varma also starring.

 

 

HALO TV ADAPTATION

Paramount + is bringing us a highly anticipated ten episode video game adaptation HALO This sprawling series will be set in the game universe, but will also explore new stories that follow the epic 26th-century conflict between humanity's United Nations Space Command and an alien threat known as the Covenant. The series stars Pablo Schreiber and Natascha McElhone, with Steven Spielberg producing through his Amblin TV.

 

 

ROGUE ONE'S ANDOR

Beside Obi Wan, Disney Plus  is also bringing us ANDOR, a prequel series to Star Wars: Rogue One. Centered around Diego Luna as freedom fighter Cassian Andor, this 12 episode series traces the origins of the Rebellion. Tony Gilroy will be the show runner, and you will also see Adria Arjona, Stellan Skarsgard, Robert Emms, Fiona Shaw and Poldark's Kyle Soller in the cast.

 

 

NEW STAR TREK SERIES: STRANGE NEW WORLDS

Paramount + is bringing us a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series with the story taking the crew to a new planet every week like we had in the good old Star Trek series with the episodic approach. It will follow Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) at the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise which he was in charge of before Kirk! He has the help of his first officer Number One (Rebecca Romijn) and Science Officer Spock (Ethan Peck)! The series arrives May 2nd!

 

AMAZON'S THE PERIPHERAL

Beside Lord of the Rings, Amazon is also preparing sf series THE PERIPHERAL based on a book by William Gibson. Starring Jack Reynor, JJ Feild and Chloe Moretz it has the story set in the future when technology has subtly altered society, and follows a woman who discovers a secret connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own. Since it comes from Westworld producers, you can expect it to be visually ambitious.

SF WEEKEND: SEE ANDROIDS CREATING CHAOS IN RIDLEY SCOTT'S RAISED BY WOLVES SEASON 2 TRAILER ARRIVING TO HBO MAX THIS FEBRUARY

   RAISED BY WOLVES  

SEASON TWO TRAILER IS HERE

We're launching a sf weekend today with a full trailer for the second season of Ridley Scott's sf series RAISED BY WOLVES which returns to HBO Max with new episodes February 3rd and don't forget to tune back

Season two arrives February 3rd

tomorrow as I will bring you a spotlight on sf shows to expect this year. The series centers on two androids ( Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim) tasked with raising human children on a mysterious virgin planet. As the burgeoning colony of humans threatens to be torn apart by religious differences, the androids learn that controlling the beliefs of humans is a treacherous and difficult task.

In season two, Android partners Mother and Father, along with their brood of six human children, join a newly formed atheistic colony in Kepler 22 b’s mysterious tropical zone. But navigating this strange new society is only the start of their troubles as Mother’s “natural child” threatens to drive what little remains of the human race to extinction!

Travis Fimmel is also returning in season two which, judging by the trailer below, might be even more disturbing than the first one. Will you watch it, or was season one too weird and bizarre for you?

BREAKING NEWS: SEE TRAILER FOR NETFLIX' AGAINST THE ICE WITH NIKOLAJ COSTER WALDAU, CHARLES DANCE, AND BRITBOX' MYSTERY SERIES MAGPIE MURDERS WITH LESLEY MANVILLE! TIM ALLEN TO LEAD SANTA CLAUS TV SERIES

  AGAINST THE ICE TRAILER   

FOR NEW NETFLIX MOVIE

Against the Ice will stream March 2nd!

Coming this March to Netflix is new polar adventure thriller AGAINST THE ICE starring Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Charles Dance, Ed Speleers and Joe Cole. In 1909, Denmark's Alabama Expedition led by Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen was attempting to disprove the United States' claim to North Eastern Greenland, a claim that was rooted in the idea that Greenland was broken up into two different pieces of land. Leaving their crew behind with the ship, Mikkelsen sleds across the ice with his inexperienced crew member, Iver Iversen. The two men succeed in finding the proof that Greenland is one island, but returning to the ship takes

Against the Ice is Netflix' first original from Iceland

longer and is much harder than expected. Battling extreme hunger, fatigue and a polar bear attack, they finally arrive to find their ship crushed in the ice and the camp abandoned.

 

 SANTA CLAUS MINI SERIES 

WITH TIM ALLEN AT DISNEY +

The film series had three movies

Great news coming from Disney + today is that Tim Allen will star in a mini series, a sequel to his famous THE SANTA CLAUS with Last Man Standing's Jack Burditt as the showrunner. Here is the logline: Scott Calvin is on the brink of his 65th birthday and realizing that he can’t be Santa forever. He’s starting to lose a step in his Santa duties, and more importantly, he’s got a family who could benefit from a life in the normal world, especially his two kids who have grown up at the Pole. With a lot of elves, children, and family to please, Scott sets out to find a suitable replacement Santa while preparing his family for a new adventure in a life south of the pole.

 MAGPIE MURDERS TRAILER 

FOR NEW BRITBOX SERIES

Speaking of trailers, check out the first one for Britbox original series MAGPIE MURDERS which will stream its six episodes February 10th on the British streamer! Based on Anthony Horowitz’s novel it stars Lesley

Magpie Murders will stream on Britbox from February

Manville as Susan Ryeland, editor to best-selling writer Alan Conway (Conleth Hill). But, when the infamous mystery writer hands over his latest manuscript, the last chapter is missing. Before Susan can get her hands on the

The murder mystery within murder mystery will have six episodes

missing chapter, Conway is murdered. Naturally, she sets off on a quest to figure whodunnit. In his last novel he turned everyone he knew into the characters of this murder mystery within the murder mystery.

PATRICK GIBSON, LEWIS TAN JOIN SHADOW AND BONE FANTASY SERIES SEASON 2! SEE TIMOTHY SPALL IN THE LAST BUS MOVIE TRAILER

 SHADOW AND BONE SEASON 2 

Patrick Gibson will be prince Nikolai

ADS NEW CAST MEMBERS

With the official start of production, season two of Netflix fantasy series SHADOW AND BONE has added some new members to the cast: Patrick Gibson will appear in the new season as Nikolai Lantsov, the son of Ravkan king Alexander III with his own private fleet and Jack Wolfe as Wylan Hendriks, one of the Six of Crows. Anna Leong Brophy will be Tamar Kir-Bataar, a Heartrender and close friend of Alina’s, while Lewis Tan will be her twin brother Tolya Yul-Bataar, also a Heartrender. Meanwhile, Daisy Head has been promoted to series regular as Genya Safin, the tailor for the Queen who conspired with Kirigan to spy on Alina and poison the King. New regulars are also fan favourites Nina and Mattias (Danielle Galligan and Calahan Skogman), a

Into the Badlands' Lewis Tan will be a new Heartrender in town

Heartrender and Drüskelle who fell in love even though they are enemies. Godawful Jessie Mi Lei and charismatic Ben Barnes are returning as leads. 

  THE LAST BUS TRAILER  

SENDS TIMOTHY SPALL ON A TRIP

The Last Bus is out this February

And a delightful trailer arrives for the film that arrives February 18th: THE LAST BUS! Life is a journey and The Last Bus takes our old soldier, 90-year-old Tom Harper (Timothy Spall) on an epic trip from his home of fifty years - a remote village in the most northerly point of Scotland - back to the place he was born – close to England’s most southerly point. Battling against time, age and fate, desperate to keep a promise to his beloved wife Mary (Phyllis Logan), our intrepid hero Tom embarks on an odyssey, revisiting his past, connecting with the modern world and a diverse, multi-cultural Britain he has never experienced. The Last Bus is a road movie;

The Last Bus will air both in cinemas and on video on demand

a film about love, loss and the human spirit. A film that reminds us we are not alone - and that we're all on this ride together... 

GAL GADOT TO LEAD TO CATCH A THIEF MOVIE REMAKE! SEE LEO SUTER, CONNIE NIELSEN, STELLAN SKARSGARD IN I'LL FIND YOU WW2 ROMANCE MOVIE

   GAL GADOT TO STAR  

IN TO CATCH A THIEF REBOOT

While we are waiting for her Death on the Nile and Cleopatra, Gal Gadot has been set to star in the movie remake of TO CATCH A THIEF which was originally directed by Hitchcock with Grace Kelly and Cary

Beside starring, Gal will also executive produce the remake

Grant leading the story about a former thief who must prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation. Eileen Jones is penning the script, Gadot is also producing.

 

  I'LL FIND YOU TRAILER  

A WW2 ROMANCE MOVIE

This one was shot back in 2019 and since then it visited many movie festivals, but WW2 big screen drama I'LL FIND YOU will finally arrive to USA

The film is out this February in USA

February 25th in selected theatres and video on demand. Inspired by stories of Polish musicians from the 30-40's, the film's an uncommon love story; romantic, but with the love of music which draws the characters together. A young couple - Robert (our dearest sweetest Leo Suter), a catholic opera singer and Rachel (Adelaide Clemens), a Jewish violinist, dream of one day performing together at Carnegie Hall. When they're torn apart by the German invasion of Poland, Robert vows to find Rachel, no matter what. His search takes him on a journey through the heart of Nazi

Our favourite boo Leo Suter plays the lead male role in the film

Germany, to a reckoning - that Rachel may be lost to him forever. Connie Nielsen and Stellan Skarsgard and Stephen Dorff also star in this stellar ensemble.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON LAVISHLY OPULENT HISTORICAL COSTUME TV DRAMA COFFEE WITH CARDAMOM SET IN THE 19TH CENTURY UKRAINE

  COFFEE WITH CARDAMOM  

PERIOD SET TELENOVELLA

The series started December 20th in Ukraine

Here is something very pretty on the eye for you today: COFFEE WITH CARDAMOM, a ten episode historical drama from the Ukrainian national broadcaster STB, the events of which unfold in the city of Lviv, the biggest one in the West on Ukraine, in the XIX century. The script is based on the best selling novel by Ukrainian writer Natalia Gurnytska "Coffee Melody in Cardamom Tone". 

 

COFFEE WITH CARDAMOM 

 is a dramatic story of the forbidden love of a Ukrainian woman and a Polish nobleman, which takes place in Lviv in the middle of the XIX century, during

Olena Lavreniuk takes the lead female role in the series

the "Spring of Nations", the revolution of 1848-1849. The series, which started in Ukraine a few days before Christmas last December, tells the story of a

The series is filled with wildly opulent costumes and gowns

young girl, the daughter of a priest, who ties her life with a much older married nobleman. Their relationship - an unprecedented act for the XIX century - gained notoriety, so the protagonists faced condemnation.

WHO IS DRINKING THE COFFEE?

 The main female role is played by actress Olena Lavreniuk, and her partner in the series is famous Polish heartthrob, actor Pavel Delong. The

Adam with his richly dressed true wife in the series

authors of the script did not spare the main character, and she will have to go through a lot: condemnation, betrayal, love and hate! The series was done on a

The budget of the ten episode series was around $2 million

$2 million budget in a co production with neighboring Poland. One of Ukraine's most famous singers Zlata Ognevich was in charge of the beautiful

The series is based on a popular novel by Natalia Gurnytska

soundtrack! Check out the lavish trailer for the series below and tell us what you think, do you like it?