Tuesday, July 15, 2014

BEN KINGSLEY LEADS THE CAST IN KING 'TUT' ANCIENT EGYPT TV SERIES! FIRST 'TESTAMENT OF YOUTH' WW1 DRAMA PICTURES WITH ALICIA VIKANDER, COLIN MORGAN, KIT HARINGTON!

BEN KINGSLEY IN
'TUT' ANCIENT EGYPT TV SERIES
We're remaining in epic waters, people, with the news coming from Spike TV's KING TUT epic series which is, after the tragic cancellation of HIEROGLYPH at Fox, now the only Ancient Egypt set show to look forward to! According to 'Deadline' Ben Kingsley will lead the cast playing Ay, the Grand Vizier to King Tutankhamun, who wields tremendous power and influence as the top advisor to the young Egyptian ruler! The six hour mini series revolves around Tutankhamun, aka King TUT (who reigned c. 1333 to 1323 BC), the youngest Pharaoh to rule Ancient Egypt, whose famous golden sarcophagus has become one of the symbols of the ancient civilization. This will be the biggest and the most ambitious project in Spike TV's history! 

WW1 'TESTAMENT OF YOUTH'
FIRST IMAGES WITH ALICIA VIKANDER, COLIN MORGAN AND KIT HARINGTON
Check out what I have for you: the first pictures from epic World War One drama TESTAMENT OF YOUTH giving us the first look of leading stars Alicia Vikander, Colin Morgan and Kit Harington  in their period costumes! This BBC Films production follows Vera Brittain (Alicia Vikander), irrepressible, intelligent and free-minded, who overcomes the prejudices of her family and hometown to win a scholarship to Oxford. With everything to live for, she falls in love with her brother’s close friend Roland Leighton (Kit Harington) as they go to university to pursue their literary dreams. But the First World War is looming and as the boys leave for the front Vera realises she cannot sit idly by as her peers fight for their country, so volunteers as a nurse. She works tirelessly, experiencing all the grief of war, as one by one her  closest friends are all killed and the pillars of her world shattered. But, an indefatigable spirit, Vera endures, rediscovers love and returns to Oxford, irrevocably changed, yet determined to create a world in which such a war can never take place again. Based on the book by Vera Brittain herself, the movie will also star Dominic West, Emily Watson, Hayley Atwell and Miranda Richardson.

35 comments:

  1. Ben Kingsley is always a delight to watch.

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    1. and if me remembers correctly he already played a Vizier in PRINCE OF PERSIA SANDS OF TIME :)

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    2. So does that make him evil as this Vizier?

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    3. I bet it does.... he was a gandi only once.... :)

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    1. epic all the way. It could've happened in my country too, we lost about million people in WW1 which was like every other or third person....

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  3. Looking forward to "Testament of Youth." I enjoyed the original series made from the book which aired probably 30-ish years ago.

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    1. yes, I've heard of the original series. This will be a movie, hope it revives the book as well

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  4. king tut... is anything sacred anymore? pun intended!

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    1. You think Tut wouldn't love a show about him?

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  5. I will watch Testament of Youth, though I have a feeling it will make me cry. Incidentally, my grandmother was a WWI nurse who fell in love with one of her patients and married after the war. :)

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    1. now there I smell a story for you to write :)

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  6. I shall live in hope that KING TUT makes it to the screen ... especially as Ben Kingsley is in it. What a mighty fine actor he is!

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    1. I think it will make it to the small screens since it is their most ambitious project ever, one that could even put them on the map

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    2. What map? Dezzy's map? Oh THE map. I see.

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    3. you know, when everybody will actually know what SpikeTv is....

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  7. "King Tut." I'm hearing the Steve Martin song in my head...

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  8. Dezzy! I love this serie and love Ben Kingsley:))
    Hugs Dezzy!

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    1. hope it will be good when it comes out, Gloria!

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  9. Hey Dezzy. Hope you had a killer day. I baked a bunch and soon to close shoppe for the day.

    Cheers and boogie boogie.

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  10. I'm so glad there's still going to be an Egyptian show. Tut sounds great.

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  11. Testament of Youth sounds sad, but I am sure the main character will be an inspiration.

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    1. I'm currently watching THE CRIMSON FIELDS WW1 TV series and that period is always so great on TV

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  12. Great actor Ben Kingsley , I'm 'enjoy to see this serie !

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    1. can't wait to see the first pictures from the series

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  13. So looking forward to Tut. Love Kinglsey and the possibilities for gorgeous sets and costumes is quite high.

    Testament of Youth has tremendous promise as it will show how bad war is and how the human spirit can triumph in the face of such horrors.

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    1. yes, dear, especially in these recent days when it seems that the whole freaking world is in war.....

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