'COLOSSEUM' EPIC SERIES
FROM 'SPARTACUS' PRODUCER
If you miss the gladiators from Spartacus series, don't despair, its writer David Franzoni (Gladiator) is preparing another similar series COLOSSEUM set in the world of the Roman 
Empire’s gladiatorial games! Franzoni will executive produce the series with Dirk Hoogstra (Vikings) next year at New Zealand. As 'Deadline' reports, using the gladiator arena and its deadly games as the backdrop, COLOSSEUM will be a multi layered drama that deals with the lives of the gladiators and the powerful men and women who attempt to use them as political pawns. It will introduce us with the workers, interns, slaves, creatures and geniuses – the shadow community that truly ruled Rome!
Empire’s gladiatorial games! Franzoni will executive produce the series with Dirk Hoogstra (Vikings) next year at New Zealand. As 'Deadline' reports, using the gladiator arena and its deadly games as the backdrop, COLOSSEUM will be a multi layered drama that deals with the lives of the gladiators and the powerful men and women who attempt to use them as political pawns. It will introduce us with the workers, interns, slaves, creatures and geniuses – the shadow community that truly ruled Rome!
NEW AGATHA CHRISTIE SERIES
BBC has, meanwhile, ordered a two hours mini series on Agatha Christie's THE WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION about a 1920's brutal murder of a rich heiress.
BBC has, meanwhile, ordered a two hours mini series on Agatha Christie's THE WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION about a 1920's brutal murder of a rich heiress.
'WESTWORLD' SERIES TRAILER
WITH STELLAR ENSEMBLE CAST
Sticking to the telly world, here's the first trailer for HBO's upcoming new fantasy series WESTWORLD which is set in a futuristic theme park in which androids can make all your fantasies come true. The
ensemble cast includes Rodrigo Santoro, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Ben Barnes...
ensemble cast includes Rodrigo Santoro, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Ben Barnes... 
Colosseum sounds quite good!
ReplyDeleteshould be uber epic with good casting!
DeleteI'm up for Westworld. That sounds different.
ReplyDeletecould be fun, although I've never had much fate in HBO, most of their stuff is pompous trash
DeleteAgatha series sounds the most interesting to me- but I could be surprised by the others. :)
ReplyDelete~Jess
we can't wait to hear about the BBC casting!
DeleteDid you say gladiators? Yes you did and I say nom, nom, nom.
ReplyDeleteWestworld looks intriguing. Lots of philosophical questions to play with and knowing Abrams a real mind bender.
Just imagine the casting fun for COLOSSEUM!
DeleteAll sounds good to me.....Gladiators and Westworld!!!
ReplyDeleteTwas a rather epic Monday
DeleteWestworld looks too scary for me; I'll take Gladiators for ten!
ReplyDeletewhere will you put them?
DeleteWhat did she say about ten gladiators?
DeleteI'm still waiting to hear where she will put them all
DeleteWell, I finally watched Westworld and, yes, it's fairly scary but there's ZERO fun. I got the same feeling watching those new Superman movies.
DeleteIma gonna watch the first episode tonight, I expect I might not like it either, I think HBO is for primitive viewers in USA with its glorification of violence and hidden support to fascism and torture porn
DeleteI tried to get into Sparticus but it was too much blood and sex without enough juice to back it up. Gladiator will hopefully have a little more drama to suck me in.
ReplyDeletewhat is wrong with too much sex? :) I thought it had the most amazing writing, very intelligent twists and turns and brilliant actors, it became a source of so many young stars later on
DeleteI tried to get into Sparticus but it was too much blood and sex without enough juice to back it up. Gladiator will hopefully have a little more drama to suck me in.
ReplyDeletewhat is wrong with too much sex? :) I thought it had the most amazing writing, very intelligent twists and turns and brilliant actors, it became a source of so many young stars later on
DeleteLol maybe I was too busy staring at the sex to notice.. hahaha
Deletethey didn't have as much of sex in it as they had naked willies :)
DeleteI'd watch all three!
ReplyDeleteme too!
DeleteI need to catch up on Spartacus first, though I believe I'll be adding COLOSSEUM to my watch list.
ReplyDeleteI could watch SPARTACUS again, it was that good! Oh, how the cast of that series lurved me... some of them are still using my posts and interviews with them as references in their CVs :) Sweetest angels...
DeleteThat is so neat, Dezzy! I'll wait until the girls head back to school so I can watch it uninterrupted.
Deleteit is ever so neat! Some of them went on to become big TV stars in Australia and they still remember their sweet Dezzy :) I'm ever so proud of them.
DeleteThandie....
ReplyDeleteplays a madame in it....
DeleteNew Agatha Christie from BBC? That sounds good!
ReplyDeleteGreetings
Peter
yep, after the success of AND THERE WERE NONE they will probably do a Christie project every year :)
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