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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

PUNK ROCK TEASER TRAILER FOR TNT'S NEW YOUNG 'WILL' SHAKESPEARE TV SERIES IS HERE WITH LAURIE DAVIDSON!

 NEW 'WILL' TEASER TRAILER
FOR TNT'S EPIC TV SERIES!
Earlier last year I've shown you the first trailer for TNT's witty new costume series WILL and we've been waiting for a really long time for something new, and now it is here: new teaser and some new pics from the series that will portray the frolics of the famous bard to the punk rock music sound track as you can see from the way they're dressed like rock stars. And it isn't even that weird when you come to think of it: actors and play- wrights really were treated like rock stars in Elizabethan London, they had fun, they had wild nights out, they had sex, they had love of the mad crowds, they even had groupies. Deadly adorable Laurie Davidson, who seems more than ready to disarm you with his delightful charms, plays the quill wielding hot stuff in the ten episode series directed by our most beloved Shekhar Kapur who brought us Elizabeth movies and Four Feathers and the fun starts airing this summer as if the season isn't hot enough by itself.

PUNK ROCK WILL  
It will be a wild story, told to a modern soundtrack, of young William Shakespeare’s (Laurie Davidson) arrival onto the punk-rock 16th century London theatre scene where his raw talent faced rioting audiences, religious fanatics and raucous side-shows! Attracted to Will’s naïve genius is Alice Burbage (Olivia DeJonge), the daughter of James Burbage (Colm Meaney), the carpenter with a vision to build the first theatre in London since Roman times. Despite being the daughter of an impresario, Alice is forbidden by society from pursuing a career in the theatre. Her brother Richard Burbage (Mattias Inwood), is innately talented, but too much in love with himself and prone to overact. A chance encounter at the theatre leads him to team up with Will in what would soon become the greatest actor-writer partnership the world has ever seen. Rounding out Will’s cast of characters are playwright, poet and chief Shakespeare rival Christopher Marlowe (Jamie Campbell Bower) and wealthy and notorious law enforcer Richard Topcliffe (Ewen Bremner). Max Bennett will play Robert Southwell, Will’s cousin and the most wanted man in England. Father Southwell’s words are more dangerous than the Spanish Armada. A messianic, charismatic leader bent on fomenting Catholic rebellion, Southwell tries to draw Will into his heady world of espionage and religious fundamentalism.

Monday, January 30, 2017

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON 'TULIP FEVER' COSTUME DRAMA WITH ALICIA VIKANDER, JUDI DENCH, DANE DEHAAN, CHRISTOPH WALTZ, HOLLIDAY GRAINGER, MATTHEW MORRISON, KEVIN MCKIDD

'TULIP FEVER' PHOTOS
ALICIA VIKANDER & CHRISTOPH WALTZ IN STAR STUDDED MOVIE
Although four long years have passed since it has been shot, period set costume drama TULIP FEVER is only now ready to bloom in cinemas: February 24th will mark the start of its theatre life. It is interesting that its main star Alicia Vikander has in the meantime become one of the most wanted actresses in Hollywood even though she was a relative unknown back when she was cast in the movie instead of Kate Winslet who was the original choice together with Jude Law back in 2004 when the movie was first supposed to be made.

LOVE AND TULIPS
The story of the movie is set in Dutch capital city Amsterdam and follows a beautiful young woman (Alicia Vikander) from the 17th century, married to wealthy merchant (Christoph Waltz), who commissions an artist (Dane DeHaan) to paint her portrait. When the artist arrives, she's smitten, and they plan for a future together by putting their money into the highly speculative tulip market, in which certain flower bulbs were worth huge sums.

JUDI DENCH ALSO IN THE CAST
This $25 million historical drama, directed by Justin Chadwick (who already shot one costume movie The Other Boleyn Girl but it was a major flop both among the critics and the audience), is actually a big screen adaptation of beloved worldwide best selling book by Deborah Moggach also known for her book These Foolish Things which was adapted into classic Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movie. The cast also includes Judi Dench who portrays the Abbess of St. Ursula’s, a rescuer of orphan children. Matthew Morrison appears as drunken bohemian artist Mattheus! Jack O’Connell, Holliday Grainger, Kevin McKidd, Tom Hollander round up the stellar cast and Cressida Bonas plays Mrs. Steen, a merchant’s young wife.

DEZZY'S HISTORY LESSON
Tulip mania or tulipomania was a period in the Dutch Golden Age in the 1600s during which contract prices for bulbs of the recently introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly collapsed! At the peak of tulip mania, in March 1637, some single tulip bulbs sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsman. The first tulips came to Europe in 1550s when Ottoman Empire sultan sent first bulbs to Vienna.Tulips were different from any other flower known in Europe at that time.

Sunday, January 29, 2017

DOMINIC WEST IS ALICIA VIKANDER'S FATHER IN 'TOMB RAIDER' LARA CROFT REBOOT! BRANDON SANDERSON'S 'MISTBORN: FINAL EMPIRE' FANTASY SAGA TO BECOME A MOVIE

 'TOMB RAIDER' REBOOT GETS
DOMINIC WEST AS LORD CROFT
He already played her father a few years ago in Testament of Youth War World I movie, and now he will do it again: Dominic West has been cast to play Alicia Vikander's dad in Lara Croft TOMB RAIDER reboot movie! The story itself will see her searching for her long last father Lord Richard Croft! As 'The Hollywood Reporter' writes, the movie will have Lara Croft beginning her first adventure in order to finish her father's research and uncover ancient secrets in order to clear his disgraced name. In the video game, her father is a rich archaeologist! Into The Badlands star Daniel Wu will play Lu Ren, a ship captain who helps Lara Croft throughout her journey to find her father. The movie is set for March next year.

 NEW MOVIE ADAPTATION
'MISTBORN: FINAL EMPIRE'
Earlier last year I informed you that DMG Entertainment is planning to turn Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere fantasy world into a TV series and films, and now it has been revealed that one of the films from that universe will be MISTBORN: THE FINAL EMPIRE to be adapted by F Scott Frazier. The first in the fantasy trilogy has the story set in a medieval dystopian future on the world Scadrial, where supernatural mists cloud every night. Central to the series universe is the presence of magic. A street urchin with a hidden, yet powerful gift, joins the leader of a reckless den of thieves to fight a merciless immortal force as the last hope to bring peace back to The Final Empire.

Saturday, January 28, 2017

EMILIA CLARKE TO LEAD 'THE BEAUTY INSIDE' ROMANTIC MOVIE! 'THE PASSAGE' SF NOVEL SAGA TO BECOME TV SERIES! 'HATTON GARDEN JOB' TRAILER WITH MATTHEW GOODE, STEPHEN MOYER, JOELY RICHARDSON

 EMILIA CLARKE
TO LEAD 'THE BEAUTY INSIDE'
After one of last year's most beautiful movies Me Before You, it looks like Emilia Clarke will stay in the romantic genre since, as 'Deadline' reports, she has just accepted a role in THE BEAUTY INSIDE a remake of a Korean romantic movie. Fox has paid a multimillion price for the movie pitch which will be used for the script (to be written by The Fault in Our Stars scribes) with the story following a man who wakes up in a different body each day and has to stay connected to the woman he loves. As you know, Emilia has also joined Alden Ehrenreich in the new Han Solo Star Wars spinoff movie.

 'THE PASSAGE' SF SAGA
TO BECOME NEW TV SERIES
If you like post apocalyptic shows, here's one for you: Fox has ordered a pilot for a TV series based on Justin Cronin's fantasy saga THE PASSAGE which has three books out so far following a young girl named Amy who must save the human race! The story begins in the near future and details an apocalyptic and, later, post apocalyptic world that is overrun by vampire like beings who are infected by a highly contagious virus. What begins as a project to develop a new immunity boosting drug based on a virus carried by an unnamed species of bat in South America eventually becomes the virus that transforms the world. The novel begins in 2016 and spans more than ninety years, as colonies of humans attempt to live in a world filled with superhuman creatures who are continually on the hunt for fresh blood.

 'HATTON GARDEN JOB' TRAILER
MATTHEW GOODE, STEPHEN MOYER AND JOELY RICHARDSON
You can also check out the first trailer for this April's British action comedy movie THE HATTON GARDEN JOB with Matthew Goode and Stephen Moyer, Joely Richardson in the cast. The story is set in April 2015 when something unusual happened: the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company, an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area, was burgled by 4 elderly men. With the total stolen money possibly close to a value of up to £200 million, the incident has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history." 

Friday, January 27, 2017

TRAILER AND POSTER FOR NETFLIX NEW SERIES '13 REASONS WHY' JAY ASHER ADAPTATION AND 'WALKING OUT' SNOWY THRILLER ADVENTURE WITH MATT BOMER

 '13 REASONS WHY' TRAILER
FOR NEW NETFLIX TV SERIES
Netflix has released the first poster and trailer for their March 31st series 13 REASONS WHY the adaptation of Jay Asher's YA bestseller!
 The series follows teenager Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) as he returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford), his classmate and crush, who tragically committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Will Clay be one of them? If he listens, he’ll find out how he made the list.



 'WALKING OUT' POSTER
 FOR MATT BOMER NEW THRILLER
You can also check out the new poster for mystery action thriller WALKING OUT which is currently showing over at Sundance Film Festival starring Matt Bomer and Bill Pullman.  Based on an American short story, Walking Out, it follows David (Josh Wiggins), an urban teenager's journey to rural Montana to go hunt big game with his estranged, 'off the grid' father, Cal (Matt Bomer). As they ascend deep into the wilderness, father and son struggle to connect on any level. A brutal encountering leaves them both with serious injuries and changes suddenly everything. 

Thursday, January 26, 2017

GORGEOUSLY ATMOSPHERIC 'MY COUSIN RACHEL' GOTHIC THRILLER TRAILER WITH SAM CLAFLIN, RACHEL WEISZ! MANUEL GARCIA RULFO JOINS JUDI DENCH, DEREK JACOBI, KENNETH BRANAGH IN 'MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS'

 'MY COUSIN RACHEL' TRAILER
RACHEL WEISZ PLAYS GOTHIC GAMES WITH SAM CLAFLIN
Here's something we've been waiting for, for a very long time, the first trailer for period set adaptation MY COUSIN RACHEL based on the famous novel by Daphne Du Maurier which opens up in European cinemas this June starring Sam Claflin and Rachel Weisz.
Also starring Iain Glen and Holliday Grainger, the movie will see Sam Claflin in the role of  a young Englishman who, after inheriting a rich Cornish estate, secretly plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, played by Rachel Weisz, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her seductive charms. Notting Hill's Roger Michell is directing! Check out the gorgeously atmospheric trailer with amazing Wicked Games cover from Ursine Vulpine and Annaca! I admit it is my most anticipated movie this year!



 'MURDER ON ORIENT EXPRESS'
MANUEL GARCIA RULFO CAST!
Meanwhile, the latest actor to join the stellar cast of Kenneth Branagh's Agatha Christie movie adaptation MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS is hunky Manuel Garcia Rulfo who will play Marquez in the cast that already includes Branagh as famous detective Hercule Poirot who is investigating a murder of a wealthy American on the luxurious train the Orient Express stuck in the middle of Yugoslavia during blizzard, alongside Judi Dench as Princess Dragomiroff, Derek Jacobi, Johnny Depp, Willem Dafoe, Olivia Colman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tom Bateman, Daisy Ridley, Penelope Cruz, Josh Gad and Leslie Odom Jr!

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

MATTHEW GOODE JOINS 'THE CROWN' SEASON TWO AS LORD SNOWDON! 'THE 100' POST APOCALYPTIC SF SERIES SEASON FOUR POSTER IS HERE!

 MATTHEW GOODE
JOINS 'THE CROWN' SEASON 2
Well, if you watched Netflix' ultra expensive and equally ambitious THE CROWN series, which also picked up a number of awards and nominations since it was aired last December, you will be happy to hear that Matthew Goode will join the cast of the second season of the series that follows the life of reigning British monarch Queen Elizabeth II.
  As 'Radio Times' has found out, Matthew will be playing the society photographer Lord Snowdon who was married to Princess Margaret in the 60s and the 70s. The second season will start from the 1956 Suez Crisis all the way to the mid 1960s. That will also be the last season in which Claire Foy plays the queen and Matt Smith her husband prince Philip, because from season three the whole cast will be changed and replaced with older actors in the later years of the queen's life. Returning in November, season two will focus more on the two men in the queen's life, prince Philip and their son Charles.

  'THE 100' SF SERIES
SEASON 4 POSTER REVEALED
Speaking of the small screens, you can also check out the poster for the fourth season of post apocalyptic series THE 100 which will start its 13 episode run at CW from February 1st following the fate of the 100 delinquents sent down from their mothership to repopulate the Earth devastated after Nuclear disasters. Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos all return for the new season which will see half of the Sky People at Polis and half at Arkadia with the earth about to become 96% uninhabitable due to radiation in just six months which means they won't just have to fight each other but also the black rain and lack of resources. 

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

MINDBLOWING NEW CLIPS AND POSTER FOR 'KONG: SKULL ISLAND' WITH TOM HIDDLESTON! EWAN MCGREGOR TO JOIN LEA SEYDOUX IN 'ZOE' ROMANTIC MOVIE

  EWAN MCGREGOR
JOINS LEA SEYDOUX IN 'ZOE'
Here's a tasty lead star switch: as 'Deadline' reports our favourite Scott Ewan McGregor has taken over what was meant to be Charlie Hunnam's male lead in ZOE romantic movie which already has French star Lea Seydoux in the lead female role.
  To be shot in Montreal this Spring, it will see them playing two colleagues at a revoluti- onary research lab who design technology to improve and perfect romantic relation- ships. As their work progresses, their discoveries become more profound than they could ever have imagined. As you know, you will be watching Ewan next March as Lumiere in Disney's live action Beauty (as if) and the Beast.

  'KONG: SKULL ISLAND
NEW CLIPS AND POSTERS
Kong is King, all hail the king! That is what you will be saying this March when his Apish Majesty enters the cinemas around the world in $190 million KONG: SKULL ISLAND bringing with him fear you've never felt before. Because it is one big, big, really big monkey! And he does not feed on bananas.

 KONG IS THE KING!
Today you check out new posters and super scary and ultra exciting clips for this Spring's biggest movie adventure KONG: SKULL ISLAND which has the story set in the 1970s, when a team of explorers and soldiers are brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean - as beautiful as it is treacherous - unaware that they are crossing into the domain of monsters, as well as the mythic Kong, the "king" of the island. And Kong the King likes to eat them scary monsters for dindins, no kidding.
HIDDLE ME THIS, HIDDLE ME THAT
The essence of our lives Tom Hiddleston plays Captain James Conrad, a former British SAS officer and a hunter tracker suffering from symptoms of shell shock. Samuel L. Jackson appears as Packard, a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army hired to chopper the group of explorers on the expedition. John Goodman is William "Bill" Randa, a government official in charge of the expedition. Brie Larson is Weaver, a war photojournalist and peace activist.  Toby Kebbell is Chapman, a Major in the US Army and right hand man to Packard! John C. Reilly is Ralph, a World War II solider who was stranded on Skull Island who knows the creatures of the islands and is a friend of the natives.

Monday, January 23, 2017

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON 'KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD' EPIC ADVENTURE WITH JUDE LAW, ERIC BANA, CHARLIE HUNNAM

  'KING ARTHUR' NEW PICS
'LEGEND OF THE SWORD'
Now I must say I don't care for revisionism of classic stories and ancient myths, some things should never be messed with, and that counts for this one as well, but it is still an epic extrava- ganza and the spy must spotlight it as expected. Today you can enjoy new photos and a poster for KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD, which should, starring Jude Law and Charlie Hunnam, storm into cinemas this May around the world!

FROM NOTHING COMES A KING 
The story will focus on his rise to becoming King whilst reworking the original tale into a sweeping fantasy action adventure. We're first introduced to a streetwise young Arthur who, raised as a kid by three prostitutes in the 5th century, runs the back alleys of Londonium with his gang, unaware of the life he was born for until he grasps hold of the sword Excalibur - and with it, his future. Instantly challenged by the power of Excalibur, Arthur is forced to make some hard choices. Throwing in with the Resistance and a mysterious young woman named Guinevere (Astrid Berges Frisbey), he must learn to master the sword, face down his demons and unite the people to defeat the tyrant Vortigern (Jude Law), who stole his crown and murdered his father (Eric Bana), and become King.

JUDE LAW AND ERIC BANA
Directed by Guy Ritchie, this $100 million medieval epic will have fantastic elements too including massive snakes, war elephants and a Viking-like monster known as The Nemesis! Jude Law will appear in the movie as the main villain dictator Vortigern, the man who murdered Arthur's parents and stole his crown to become king. The movie, envisioned as the first part of the potential six movies franchise (which is highly unlikely given how many times the movie has been pushed and the lukewarm interest for it), will see Astrid Berges Frisbey playing a shadowy young woman named Guinevere. Eric Bana, who already played another English king Henry VIII, is Arthur's father King Uther Pendragon, Djimon Hounsou is Bedivere, who is Arthur's mentor in battles, Annabelle Wallis has gone from playing one of Henry's queens in Tudors to playing maid Maggie in this one, while Merlin's Katie McGrath is now maid Elsa after playing Lady Morgana in the BBC series. Millie Brady is Princess Katia, with Aidan Gillen also in the cast. David Beckham will have a small role in it too! Annie Symons, who worked on Da Vinci's Demons and Dracula epic TV series, made stunning costumes in this one as well! 

Sunday, January 22, 2017

FAMILY SATURDAY: NBC'S NEW SITCOM 'GREAT NEWS' WITH BRIGA HEELAN, ADAM CAMPBELL! 'BAKERY IN BROOKLYN' ROMANTIC MOVIE WITH AIMEE TEEGARDEN

'GREAT NEWS' TV SITCOM
IT IS TAKE YOUR MOTHER TO WORK DAY!
We're family friendly this Saturday, people, with two new lovely comedies to announce, beginning with a new television sitcom GREAT NEWS which will start airing at NBC April 25th!
Getting along with office colleagues can be rough, but working with your mom? That’s a whole different story, and it’s the headline for Katie Wendelson (Briga Heelan), a smart, ambitious news producer at national cable news show “The Breakdown.” After 30 years of being a stay at home mom, Carol (Andrea Martin) decides that it’s never too late to follow your dreams and lands an internship at her daughter’s news show. This is Katie’s worst nightmare, until she comes to realize that with her biggest cheerleader at her side, she and her mom both might just make it after all. Sitting in the co-anchor chair at “The Breakdown” is Chuck Pierce (John Michael Higgins), the blowhard, difficult to please news desk veteran. Chuck intimidates everyone on staff except for Carol, who uses her polished mom skills to deal with him. Alongside him is Portia (Nicole Richie), the young, very hip co-host who brings a different perspective to old fashioned journalism. Leading the news team is Greg (Adam Campbell), the dashing young executive producer. Katie’s closest friend at the office is Justin (Horatio Sanz), the laid back video editor who has seen it all and is always more than happy to dole out his zenlike advice. Rounding out the newsroom is Beth (Tracey Wigfield), the creepy resident meteorologist who is far from your stereotypical weather girl.



'BAKERY IN BROOKLYN'
ROMANTIC COMEDY TRAILER
Out this weekend in USA cinemas is romantic family comedy BAKERY IN BROOKLYN starring Aimee Teegarden in the story of  Vivien and Chloe, two very different cousins living in Brooklyn who have been inseparable ever since they were children. At least, they were until recently. The sudden passing of their Aunt Isabelle has left them with a challenging inheritance: their aunt's quaint Boulangerie, named Isabelle's. Vivien, who has postponed her dream trip to Europe to help run the shop, wants to keep things traditional, but Chloe, who works as Fernando's assistant, a chef for a popular daytime cooking TV show, feels they should put a modern spin on things. But when the bank reveals that the Boulangerie is in danger of being foreclosed, Vivien and Chloe must put the baking mitts down to preserve their family's legacy. Vivien tries to deceive the bank pretending that Dave, her now widower uncle, lives on the boulangerie after the loss of his home by the debts, being helped by Paul, the agent sent by the bank. The trouble increases when Paul shows a love interest by Vivien, meanwhile Fernando and Chloe ...

Saturday, January 21, 2017

'FEUD' TV SERIES PHOTOS WITH SUSAN SARANDON, JESSICA LANGUE AS BETTE DAVIS & JOAN CRAWFORD! 'COLOSSAL' TRAILER WITH ANNE HATHAWAY, JASON SUDEIKIS, DAN STEVENS

'FEUD' PICS & TEASER
 SUSAN SARANDON, JESSICA LANGUE, CATHERINE ZETA JONES
First photos are here announcing anthology (it will deal with some famous celebrity feud in each season) TV series from FX titled FEUD        which will have first season lead by Jessica Langue and Susan Sarandon portraying the legendary rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford which began early on their careers, climaxed on the set of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and evolved into an Oscar vendetta all set in the patriarchal Hollywood studio system that pitted them against each other. Catherine Zeta Jones stars as Olivia de Havilland, with Alfred Molina, Stanley Tucci and Kathy Bates also in the cast of March 5th series.



'COLOSSAL' TRAILER
 WITH ANNE HATHAWAY, JASON SUDEIKIS AND DAN STEVENS
And a very crazy trailer for you today, it is the first one for Anne Hathaway's COLOSSAL which is out this April with her playing a woman who discovers that severe catastrophic events, in the form of a giant monster attacking the city, are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering. Also starring Jason Sudeikis and Dan Stevens, the movie will first hit Russia in February!