'HIS DARK MATERIALS'
EPIC FANTASY NOVELS TO BECOME BBC MINI SERIES
TV news today, starting with the super exciting ones coming from BBC who will turn Philip Pullman's epic fantasy novels HIS DARK MATERIALS into TV series. The story, already adapted into GOLDEN COMPASS movie eight years ago, follows two children, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they travel through various parallel universes and meet a host of fantastical creatures including witches and armoured polar bears.
'VAN HELSING' SYFY SERIES
Meanwhile, after closing down DOMINION and DEFIANCE, SyFy will fill the empty space with new VAN HELSING series! Coming from Neil LaBute, the story will, unlike the brilliant movie with Hugh Jackman, have a female hero! It will be told from the point of view of Dr Abraham Van Helsing's daughter Vanessa Helsing, who is resurrected five years into the future after a long sleep in the world that has been overrun by vampires, leaving Vanessa Helsing as the last hope for humanity's survival. The 13 episodes will be filmed in Canada to air Fall 2016!
'KOSEM SULTANA'
STUNNING NEW ENGLISH TRAILER
After showing you a number of Turkish language teasers for Star TV and Tims Production's incredibly lavish epic series MAGNIFICENT 
CENTURY: KOSEM I finally have for you an exciting new trailer for it with English subtitles! Check it out below together with some new 
photos depicting some of the characters that will appear in the ambitious historical saga following the life of Sultana Kosem, one of
the key figures in the so called Sultanate of Women, a period in Ottoman history during which ladies were ruling the empire. Great 
excitement and anticipation surrounds the airing of the first episode which is scheduled for Thursday next week, November 12th after a very long wait!
CENTURY: KOSEM I finally have for you an exciting new trailer for it with English subtitles! Check it out below together with some new photos depicting some of the characters that will appear in the ambitious historical saga following the life of Sultana Kosem, one of
the key figures in the so called Sultanate of Women, a period in Ottoman history during which ladies were ruling the empire. Great excitement and anticipation surrounds the airing of the first episode which is scheduled for Thursday next week, November 12th after a very long wait!
SULTANATE OF WOMEN
Just like the previous mega successful series on Sultana Hurrem, KOSEM will be set four generations after Suleyman's rule in Istanbul's
Topkapi palace following the rise to the throne of Sultan Ahmet (Ekin
Koc) with the help of his grandmother Sultana Safiye (Hulya Avsar) and
his wife Sultana Kosem ( Beren Saat and Anastasia
Tsilimpiou) one of the most influential woman in Ottoman history, who served as wife, mother and grandmother to four Ottoman sultans!
Just like the previous mega successful series on Sultana Hurrem, KOSEM will be set four generations after Suleyman's rule in Istanbul's
Topkapi palace following the rise to the throne of Sultan Ahmet (Ekin
Koc) with the help of his grandmother Sultana Safiye (Hulya Avsar) and
his wife Sultana Kosem ( Beren Saat and Anastasia
Tsilimpiou) one of the most influential woman in Ottoman history, who served as wife, mother and grandmother to four Ottoman sultans! 
Van Helsing photo is very Steam Punk looking. If the show is Steam Punkish, I may give it a try.
ReplyDeleteit is from the comic book of which Vanessa is the lead hero I don't know if the series will be connected with it or not
DeleteI've really got to get around to reading "His Dark Materials." So many good books, so little time!
ReplyDeleteI liked the movie too unlike some other people... bad casting with Kidman and Craig and godawful Eva Green, but good film especially how it spits on the church and pope :)
DeleteI like all these!
ReplyDeletejoin the club!
DeleteWhat....no James Bond?
ReplyDeletewho is that?
DeleteI know now Sam Smith is, thank you very much. Man, does that song of his suck big time. I fell asleep and the movie hadn't started yet.
Deleteit doesn't suck as much as Madonna's song did, but it still sucks to heavens and back.... Wait, who is Bond?
DeleteTrue, but it sucks in a boring way. Daniel Craig is no James Bond.
DeleteNever was never will be, he's James BLond! Wait, who is Bond?
DeleteBond is someone Daniel will never be.
Deletehe is just BLond.... the next one will be even worse something tells me...
DeleteI wish Bond were a girl. Someone with a British accent. How about Emma Stone?
DeleteI'm off to puke.....
DeleteBut... but.... WHY?
DeleteWow. They all sound good.
ReplyDeletedon't they just?
DeleteWell...
Deleteswell
DeleteI'll try the Van Helsing series, but that might be it from this group. Thanks so much for the info though...
ReplyDeletebe welcome, Pat!
DeleteVan Helsing does sound good but.........
ReplyDeletedepends on the casting!
DeleteWell...the Van Helsing photo looks fun. Probably not my type of thing...vampire stuff is usually too violent!
ReplyDeleteespecially on SyFy! I'm guessing the lead in the series won't be this sexy.. SyFy prefers manly ladies :) either lesbian looking or the lil' girl types
DeleteVery interesting, not too sure about Van Helsing though?? One question....Why??
ReplyDelete'tis a question we could ask for most of SyFy's series, Ray :)
DeleteOh, that show does look lovely! Those ladies make a pet lion look very classy. :)
ReplyDeleteisn't that kitten cute? :)
DeleteMeow!
Deleteroar
DeleteWow. Those Kosem costumes looks so rich. I'll bet they loved wearing them.
ReplyDeletethey're so lavish that they have workshops around the world making them... not to mention all the tiaras, crowns and jewellery that the sultanas wear
DeleteWhat a lineup. I loved Van Helsing. Looking forward to all of these shows!!
ReplyDeleteI adored VAN HELSING too, I love Stephen Sommers' films, pity he isn't working often :(
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