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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

NEW PHOTOS FROM 'WARCRAFT' EPIC FANTASY SHOW ORC OGRIM! ITV TO SHOOT QUEEN 'VICTORIA' EPIC TV SERIES, BBC 'TO WALK INVISIBLE: THE BRONTE SISTERS'! 'FORBIDDEN EMPIRE' EPIC TRAILER WITH CHARLES DANCE, JASON FLEMYNG

ITV TO SHOOT EPIC TV SERIES
ON INFAMOUS QUEEN 'VICTORIA'
New historical series to arrive to the small screens will be British ITV's eight episode epic drama VICTORIA following Britain's longest reigning monarch as she leaves childhood behind and ascends to the throne at the age of just 18. The series on the infamous tyrant who shamelessly enslaved half of the world and then exploited it will be done by the same team which did recent hit POLDARK. We should hear casting news soon since it shoots this September.
BBC TO MAKE 'BRONTE SISTERS' FILM
Meanwhile, BBC One is planning a TV movie on Bronte sisters. TO WALK INVISIBLE: THE BRONTE SISTERS will explore the relationship the three sisters had with each other and their self educated father.

'WARCRAFT' MOVIE REVEALS
ORC WARCHIEF OGRIM PHOTOS
After the first posters from last winter, new photos have been released for the highly anticipated epic fantasy WARCRAFT showing orc warchief Ogrim played by Robert Kazinsky. To dominate summer 2016 in cinemas, it is the big screen adaptation of the popular video game with rich fantasy setting that revolves around the epic conflict between the opposing forces of the Horde and the Alliance. Dominic Cooper, Travis Fimmell, Toby Kebbell and Ben Foster also star!

'FORBIDDEN EMPIRE' TRAILER
JASON FLEMYNG AND CHARLES DANCE IN A FANTASY FOREST
Speaking of epic, check out gorgeous first trailer for European epic fantasy movie FORBIDDEN  EMPIRE from Russian director Oleg Stepchenko. Years ago the film was started as VIY, but was then reshoot and given tones of special effects ready to be released this weekend on VOD and in select theatres. It follows an 18th century English cartographer, Jonathan Green, who sets out on a journey to map the uncharted lands of Transylvania, only to discover the dark secrets and dangerous creatures hidden in a cursed, fantastical Ukrainian forest. Jason Flemyng and Charles Dance lead the cast!
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52 comments:

  1. Lux G.May 18, 2015 at 8:35 PM

    Ooh. All these are exciting and impressive. Looking forward for this!

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    1. DEZMONDMay 18, 2015 at 8:40 PM

      glad to hear, VICTORIA will sure be LUXurious :)

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  2. Cherie ReichMay 18, 2015 at 9:02 PM

    Forbidden Empire's trailer was really good. It makes me want to see the movie.

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  3. Jay NoelMay 18, 2015 at 9:24 PM

    Oh wow, Forbidden Empire looks pretty amazing. Hopefully we get it in the US too.

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    1. DEZMONDMay 18, 2015 at 10:35 PM

      it's out this weekend on VOD and in selected theatres

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  4. AdamMay 18, 2015 at 10:52 PM

    Was there ever a leader in the Western World you did like?

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    1. DEZMONDMay 18, 2015 at 11:30 PM

      Wait, are you saying that someone who enslaved half of the world and forced them to toil for her is someone to be liked? The only reason she doesn't have the status like Hitler is because she's British queen.

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    2. UnknownMay 19, 2015 at 4:21 AM

      Darling, history is taught selectively in some places in the world. Even the villain is the hero in his own story.

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    3. DEZMONDMay 19, 2015 at 11:55 AM

      that is my point too, dear. I mean the official number of people who died in foreign countries under USA invasions during Obama's rule is now over 5 million and still their media do not deem him a tyrant. Or when USA and UK bombed our national TV here in Serbia back in 1999, and killed more than 20 innocent journalists and people in the building that was not reported as terrorist act in Western media, but when those horrid people attacked the office of that offensive French paper a few months ago and killed some people it was considered an act of terrorism. And millions went to the streets to mourn the dead, which is OK, but then again, nobody in the West went to the street when hundreds or thousands of kids and men and women would get killed by their soldiers in Iraq, Iran..... Everything is so darn selective in the media and in people's minds too

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    4. UnknownMay 19, 2015 at 4:10 PM

      Darling, they are not interested in knowing the histories in other countries, so it is easy for them to hate. The idea of their superiority has been drummed into their heads from when they were children. The US and UK call all those men, women and children "collateral damage", which dehumanizes those victims. They might as well be honest and say "Oh, those 5 million? They were just dogs. And sometimes dogs die in wars."

      If it were their own women and children, they'd feel differently.

      Darling, the lies they were told about what was happening in your country are shocking. And as you know, they reinforce those lies with their Hollywood movies.

      For them morality is relative. And it's relative to their own point of view and their own interests.

      I have to live with these people and they are so poorly educated that one simply cannot converse with them. I have asked many Americans what they know of my own country and they freely admit to knowing nothing and to not being interested. Yet these same people expect me to know everything about them. My mind just can't comprehend that. Why aren't they interested in knowing other peoples history, music, food, traditions. These things should be of interest to them.

      Also, both our countries history and civilization is so much older and more sophisticated than theirs. Yet we must endure being looked down upon by them.

      How do I make it through a single day without slapping one of them? The fear of prison.

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    5. DEZMONDMay 19, 2015 at 4:36 PM

      You hit the nail right on the head, dear with that first passage on collateral damage! Over the years, I've found that even peaceful people over there who don't generally support wars of their governments would accept collateral damage if it feeds their irrational and delusional idea of the protection of their own imaginary freedoms and rights....

      You got that right... when only one of their buildings was destroyed they turned the world upside down and they've built a whole history around it... but when they destroy whole countries... who cares... right?

      Darling, did you hear what happened last weekend in Macedonia? 80 Albanian terrorists have taken over and hijacked a town down there with guns wanting to start a war or something. During the siege they killed more than 20 policemen. It was a direct attack on the state, people and government. Did any of the Western channels or papers report about it? Was it the news of the week? Nope... but if only one policeman got killed by a Muslim terrorist somewhere in the West they would blow it out of the proportions. But Albanians down here are their allies... so.... that explains it....

      It's funny how they don't know anything about world history and the history of certain places, traditions, culture, politics... but yet they'd gladly destroy them, bomb them in matters of seconds... They support attacks on countries they wouldn't even know how to find on maps.

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    6. UnknownMay 20, 2015 at 3:32 AM

      I'm stuck in the States darling, so of course I've not heard about Macedonia. The only way they would talk about Macedonia is if they decided to bomb them.

      They just aren't taught world history. They only know WWI and WWII after they got into the war. And that was late in the game, after everyone else had done all the hard work and made the big sacrifices. They literally do say about WWII "We won the war" There's no point in trying to explain it to them as they've no idea of what happened before Pearl Harbor.

      And try to get them to talk about music outside of America. It's infuriating and it's insulting. We are all expected to know everything about their music, but ask one of them about ours and they are clueless. They've no idea how hurtful such a thing is. It's like saying "No, you and your stupid little country aren't worth my time and attention." Building that privacy fence is the best thing I've ever done since coming here. At least I don't have to look at these idiots when I'm out of doors.

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    7. DEZMONDMay 20, 2015 at 4:02 PM

      I have a feeling they will let Albanians invade and take over Macedonia as they did with Kosovo... and then they might also take southern Serbia and raise hell in Bosnia too... mark my words....

      Yep, they won the war by arriving to the beach :) Not that we don't appreciate their help... I remember a beautiful story from Southern Serbia where a whole village hid and saved a bunch of US pilots during WW2 risking their own lives. But Brits also bombed us as our allies at the beginning of the war... so go figure... that is when all the animals from Belgrade ZOO went running around the city like in some film....

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  5. Just Keepin It Real, Folks!May 18, 2015 at 11:20 PM

    Warcraft looks like it will sweep the makeup awards!

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    1. DEZMONDMay 18, 2015 at 11:31 PM

      they say it will have the most realistic looking CGI ever

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  6. dolorahMay 19, 2015 at 12:32 AM

    Uck, another series/movie about the British monarchy. What is the draw? In colonial days I think I would have been a rebel, regardless of whether they were good or nefarious rulers.

    I have never played Warcraft, but I have loved all the denizens and the story lines. Fantasy is and always will be my first love. Hey, maybe they could give Victoria evil magic and make it interesting, lol.

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    1. DEZMONDMay 19, 2015 at 11:56 AM

      I would have joined you as a rebel, Donnzie! :)

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  7. Debra She Who SeeksMay 19, 2015 at 2:42 AM

    I'll have to let my sister know about this Victoria mini-series. She is nuts for anything Victorian.

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    1. DEZMONDMay 19, 2015 at 11:58 AM

      could be interesting to watch if they find a great actress.... they will depict her early days before she became an opportunistic world/domination tyrant

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  8. UnknownMay 19, 2015 at 4:27 AM

    I would so like to see Forbidden Empire. But you know these kinds of movies give me nightmares. However this one might be worth the risk.

    My home is a Victorian and it was built by a German. My God, I'm practically Royalty!

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    1. DEZMONDMay 19, 2015 at 11:59 AM

      Dahlink, it is possible you can find EMPIRE on Netflix or Hulu... since they say it will be out on VOD this weekend.

      Dahlink, you is such a traitor living in a Victorian house as an Irish lass :) Do you have Victorian ghosts up there too, dear?

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    2. UnknownMay 19, 2015 at 4:12 PM

      Oh yes, we do have Victorian ghosts here. Mostly they say "Why oh why did we have to eat such bland food."

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    3. DEZMONDMay 19, 2015 at 4:28 PM

      poor, ghosts....

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    4. UnknownMay 20, 2015 at 3:34 AM

      This comment has been removed by the author.

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    5. UnknownMay 20, 2015 at 3:38 AM

      I had to delete that comment as it was so out of character with my usually delightful self.

      Hey, do you need more teas? Maybe something besides Lipton?

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    6. DEZMONDMay 20, 2015 at 3:59 PM

      Did you say something wonderfully naughty, dear :)
      I'd love to, dear, but I'm in no situation to return the generous favour currently :(

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  9. Dixie@dcreliefMay 19, 2015 at 4:31 AM

    Forbidden Empire looks yummy. Thanks.

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  10. Theresa MahoneyMay 19, 2015 at 5:02 AM

    Add me to the list of those looking forward to Forbidden Empire. It looks like it has just the right amount of weirdness that I like in a film.

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    1. DEZMONDMay 19, 2015 at 12:01 PM

      we do like European weirdness in films :) When it is not too over the top :)

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    2. Theresa MahoneyMay 19, 2015 at 10:22 PM

      Over the top loses me pretty quickly! What was that one film with Heath Ledger? Imagination of Dr. Pernassis or something like that. I really wanted to like that one, but it ventured into over the top territory pretty quickly, I lost interest.

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    3. DEZMONDMay 20, 2015 at 3:58 PM

      All of Ledger's films are shallowly over the top.. including Brothers Grimm and that horrid dark superhero.

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  11. Blue GrumpsterMay 19, 2015 at 12:57 PM

    Make me the director of that Bronte sister show, and I'll give you a reboot you will never forget. That's right.

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    1. DEZMONDMay 19, 2015 at 1:24 PM

      'tis not a show, silly Blue, it will be a TV movie :)

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  12. Stephanie FarisMay 19, 2015 at 1:53 PM

    I don't get the British royalty craze, but someone must be watching all of it!

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    1. DEZMONDMay 19, 2015 at 2:28 PM

      I can deal with the series if they're not biased, but the craze with them in the papers recently... just too much...

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  13. cleemckenzieMay 19, 2015 at 5:02 PM

    They sure glammed old Victoria up in that painting. I've seen more jowly versions previously.

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    1. DEZMONDMay 20, 2015 at 3:57 PM

      this is her younger painting :) I think she has moustaches in her older pics....

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  14. PhilMay 19, 2015 at 5:03 PM

    ORC Warchief seems so cute...but I prefer the Queen Victoria...

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    1. DEZMONDMay 20, 2015 at 3:56 PM

      WARCRAFT will be filled with adorable orcs :)

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  15. JaclynMay 19, 2015 at 7:19 PM

    Queen Victoria actually sounds reallyyyy good!

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    1. DEZMONDMay 20, 2015 at 3:56 PM

      could be interesting to watch if they find the right actress

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  16. Sandra CoxMay 20, 2015 at 2:18 AM

    Sounds like Victoria would make a great subject for one of your history posts.......hint hint wink wink.

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    1. DEZMONDMay 20, 2015 at 3:56 PM

      not sure everybody would like it since I'd trash the tyrant :)

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  17. UnknownMay 20, 2015 at 3:24 PM

    Where are you darling? Shouldn't you have a new post up by now?

    Hope all is well.

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    1. DEZMONDMay 20, 2015 at 3:55 PM

      Darling, I have problems with the power in some parts of the house including the attick where my internet anthena is so I haven't had web for a whole day and it might fall down again tonight or later today :(

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    2. DEZMONDMay 20, 2015 at 4:06 PM

      I'm not sure I will be able to write a post today either, because I can't find an electrician in this damn city who will come without delay.

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    3. UnknownMay 20, 2015 at 7:01 PM

      That's dreadful. I'm glad you were able to get on long enough to let me know. Moi would have been extremely worried elsewise.

      Hope you get back up and running soon!

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    4. DEZMONDMay 20, 2015 at 8:38 PM

      I know dear... I know when I go missing people think me is dead :) because that is how it will happen one day... I will just stop posting because there will be noone to inform the crowds...
      The power is back. methinks...

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  18. Sherry EllisMay 20, 2015 at 7:24 PM

    My husband will definitely want to see Warcraft.

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