COMEDY SUNDAY: NEW PICS FROM 'WILL & GRACE' RETURN, NEW SITCOMS 'FUTURE MAN' WITH JOSH HUTCHERSON AT HULU, 'THE GUEST BOOK' AT TBS

  'WILL & GRACE' NEW PHOTOS

FOR THE SEPTEMBER RETURN

While we're waiting for the return of the popular sitcom WILL AND GRACE at NBC from Thursday September 28th with  with 12 and possibly even more new episodes, you can enjoy a new cast photo and also character pictures featuring  Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Eric McCormack and Sean Hayes, who are all returning to their original roles of Grace, Karen, Will and Jack.

  ROSEANNE ALSO COMING BACK  
After the return of Fuller House two years ago, and now the 16 time Emmy Award winning Will And Grace, over at ABC they're also preparing a return of Roseanne sitcom which was popular in the United States in early 90s. The original showrunners and directors are also back for Will and Grace. If the rumours are true, new Will and Grace will turn a blind eye to the previous series finale in which both Will and Grace had kids with their partners. In the return season they will be single again as if nothing happened in the finale.

  'FUTURE MAN' SITCOM

WITH JOSH HUTCHERSON

Hulu is, meanwhile, ready to launch their own new comedy series FUTURE MAN from November 14th! Josh Hutcherson plays Josh Futterman, a janitor at an STD research laboratory who spends lonely nights in his parents’ house earning high scores in his favourite video game, Cybergeddon! Fate beckons him to unlikely heroism. When he achieves high honours in one Cybergeddon, he’s identified as the world saving messiah by badass future warriors Tiger and Wolf (Eliza Coupe and Derek Wilson), who travel back to our time looking for a Messiah to prevent their apocalyptic future!

  'THE GUEST BOOK'

NEW COMEDY SERIES AT TBS

Ready to premier as soon as next week, this Thursday, August 3rd over at TBS is THE GUEST BOOK comedy series with an eleven episode first season.  The story is set in a tiny cottage in a tiny town, but although small, this place sure is going to see a lot of baggage. Each episode, new guests will bring their own special brand of crazy to this new TBS comedy from My Name Is Earl creator Greg Garcia.Carly Jibson. Jaime Presley, Garret Dillahunt and Stockard Channing star. 

PERIOD SET SERIES SATURDAY: NEW PHOTOS FROM 'HOWARDS END' SERIES WITH MATTHEW MCFADYEN, HAYLEY ATWELL, 'PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK' WITH NATALIE DORMER

  'HOWARDS END' NEW PHOTOS

FROM BBC & STARZ MINI SERIES

With the news from the world of period set series that Hulu has ordered the second season of Harlots and that TNT is probably going to

Matthew Macfadyen plays a conservative businessman

cancel their Will series, there's also something new from Starz: they've released new photos from next year's mini series HOWARDS END an adaptation of E. M. Forster's novel.

The series is based on E.M. Forsters' classic novel

MATTHEW MACFADYEN AND HAYLEY ATWELL LEAD THE CAST   
A coproduction between BBC and Starz it will tell the story of two couples caught in a swirling landscape of social and class divisions in turn of the century England! The four part series focuses on Margaret

The series will air next year both on BBC and Starz

Schlegel (Hayley Atwell), an idealistic, woman who is courted by the older Henry Wilcox (Matthew Macfadyen), a conservative businessman, after his wife Ruth Wilcox (Julia Ormond) dies

Joseph Quinn, Tracey Ulman and Alex Lawther in their costumes

unexpectedly. Meanwhile, Margaret’s passionate and capricious younger sister Helen Schlegel (Philippa Coulthard) takes up the cause of Leonard Bast (Joseph Quinn), a young bank clerk who falls on hard times at work and at home with his partner Jacky (Rosalind

Hayley Atwell plays Margaret Schlegel

Eleazar). In the absence of their parents, who have died, the sisters’ loving but interfering Aunt Juley (Tracey Ullman) tries to keep the young ladies and their brother Tibby (Alex Lawther) on the straight and narrow.

  'PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK'

NATALIE DORMER TV SERIES

Amazon has, meanwhile, picked up another period set series coming from Australia PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK with Natalie Dormer as the lead star.  Based on a Joan Lindsay’s classic novel, the six part

Natalie Dormer leads the cast of the new period set series

series sees her playing English headmistress Mrs Hester Appleyard, a woman whose dead husband instructs her daily life and whose peculiarities are surely hiding dark skeletons! PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK chronicles the mysterious disappearances of three schoolgirls

The series will first air Down Under on Foxtel before moving to Amazon

and one teacher on Valentine’s Day 1900. The complex, interwoven narrative follows the subsequent investigation and the event’s far reaching impact on the students, families and staff of Appleyard College, and on the nearby township.

AARON JOHNSON IS SCOTTISH LEGEND JAMES DOUGLAS NEXT TO CHRIS PINE'S ROBERT THE BRUCE IN 'OUTLAW KING' EPIC MOVIE! 'CALL ME BY YOUR NAME' SEXY CLIP AND POSTER WITH ARMIE HAMMER

  AARON TAYLOR JOHNSON JOINS

CHRIS PINE IN EPIC  'OUTLAW KING'

Great epic news today, people! Earlier this year I've informed you that Chris Pine will play Robert the Bruce, the hero of Scottish war for

Aaron won Golden Globe this year for Nocturnal Animals

independ- ence, and now Aaron Taylor Johnson has been cast as his right hand man, another 14th century Scottish legend James Douglas in Netflix's movie OUTLAW KING

  As 'Deadline' reports, as the son of the first noble to support William Wallace when he fomented the first movement toward independ- ence from the English, Douglas saw his father’s lands given away, and after being denied them by the English king, he joined Robert the Bruce as an outcast properly motivated to avenge his loss. Together, they learned guerilla fighting tactics that led to years of surprise attacks, sacked castles and, finally, independence. David Mackenzie is directing.

  'CALL ME BY YOUR NAME'

IN WHICH ARMIE HAMMER SHOWS HIS  SEDUCTIVE CHARMS

It is an adaptation of Andre Aciman's novel

You can also check out the first poster for Armie Hammer sexy new drama CALL ME BY YOUR NAME which is out this October in cinemas, following the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy (Timothee Chalamet) and a summer guest (Armie Hammer) at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. During the restless summer weeks, unrelenting but buried currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion as they test the charged ground between them and verge toward the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. 

SF THURSDAY: TRAILERS FOR 'MARJORIE PRIME' WITH JON HAMM, GEENA DAVIS, TIM ROBINS, 'FLATLINERS' REMAKE WITH JAMES NORTON, DIEGO LUNA, NINA DOBREV

  'MARJORIE PRIME' TRAILER

FOR NEW SF DRAMA MOVIE

Two science fiction trailers for you at the end of the week. Playing this summer at movie festivals around the world is MARJORIE PRIME

Lois Smith plays the title role

directed by Michael Almereyda and starring Jon Hamm and Geena Davis with Tim Robins and Lois Smith.

  In the near future, a time of artificial intelligence: 86 year old Marjorie - a jumble of disparate, fading memories - has a handsome new companion who looks like her deceased husband and is programmed to feed the story of her life back to her. What would we remember, and what would we forget, if given the chance? MARJORIE PRIME is based on Jordan Harrison's Pulitzer nominated play, exploring memory and identity, love and loss!

  'FLATLINERS' TRAILER

SF REMAKE WITH JAMES NORTON

Out this September in cinemas is the unnecessary remake of sf classic FLATLINERS  in  which James Norton, Nina Dobrev and Diego

Flatliners are out in cinemas this September

Luna play medical students who experiment on "near death" experiences that involve past tragedies until the dark consequences begin to jeopardize their lives.

NICHOLAS HOULT TO PLAY YOUNG JRR TOLKIEN IN A BIOPIC? SONY'S 'STAR' FIRST CHRISTMAS ANIMATED MOVIE TEASER IS HERE!

  'TOLKIEN' BIOPIC

NICHOLAS HOULT TO PLAY THE FATHER OF MIDDLE EARTH?

A piece of movie news that stormed the net yesterday, about Finnish movie maker Dome Karukoski directing a movie about famous

Hoult is also Nikola Tesla in The Current War

JRR TOLKIEN, the author of mankind's most beloved epic fantasy tale Lord of the Rings, is today getting a new angle, as the speculations that young Nicholas Hoult might be playing him, have started spreading around the web. 'The Hollywood Reporter' says that he is already negotiating with Fox Searchlight and Chernin Entertain- ment who are producing. This is interesting since Hoult is already playing another writer in his youth - J.D. Salinger in upcoming biopic Rebel in the Rye! TOLKIEN will take place at the outset of WWI following the orphaned author as he befriends a group of outsiders at school just in time for the war to threaten to tear them apart. As you know, the man who invented the Middle Earth was the author of The Hobbit, Silmarilion and Lord of the Rings sagas which became Hollywood blockbusters. 

   'STAR' ANIMATED TRAILER

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS EVER

Meanwhile, in the animated movie department, Sony has finally released the first teaser trailer for their Christmas 2017 animated

Zachary Levi lends his voice to Joseph

movie STAR and maybe they shouldn't have - it looks shockingly cheap, like some straight to DVD flick for kids. The story of first Christmas should arrive into cinemas this November, just in the right time for the holiday season! The voice cast includes Zachary Levi, Christopher Plummer and Oprah Winfrey as a camel. 

THE STAR follows a small but brave donkey named Bo who yearns for a life beyond his daily grind at the village mill. One day he finds the courage to break free, and finally goes on the

The Star will shine this Holiday Season!

adventure of his dreams. On his journey, he teams up with Ruth, a lovable sheep who has lost her flock, and Dave, a dove with lofty

Mariah Carey will sing the title song for the movie

aspirations. Along with three wisecracking camels and some eccentric stable animals, Bo and his new friends follow THE STAR and become unlikely heroes in the greatest story ever told – the first Christmas.

TERRY LYNN JOHNSON'S NEW BOOK 'FALCON WILD' IS A THRILLINGLY DYNAMIC ADVENTURE WITH AN EDUCATIONAL MESSAGE

  REVIEW OF 'FALCON WILD'

FROM TERRY LYNN JOHNSON!

Similarly to her book Ice Dogs, Terry Lynn Johnson's new novel FALCON WILD, out this September in book stores, reads as fast as falcons fly. Grittier than her previous reads, this thrillingly dynamic adventure teaches readers, both young and old, that they can find help,
support and even self esteem in nature if they learn to listen to it and respect it. Drawing up a very convincing lead character Johnson again

Falcon Wild is out this September

  manages to bring us a thoroughly appealing and educational story while wrapping up danger and frights in a lovely layer of humour and positivity and thus making it a perfectly suitable read for teenagers and young adults.

FALCON WILD  
13 yearold Karma is lost in the back country of Montana with her falcon, Stark, and a troubled runaway boy named Cooper. She's desperate to find help for her dad and brother after they find themselves in a terrible accident on a back road. Karma wouldn't be in this predicament if her parents hadn't insisted on returning Stark to the bird's original owner. Karma's dreams

Terry Lynn Johnson also wrote Ice Dogs bestseller!

of becoming an apprentice falconer will never be the same when she has to give Stark back. Lost in the wild, her bond with the tamed falcon only grows stronger. All the while, Cooper gets his own lessons on how to trust in newfound friendship. Both Karma's and Cooper's mettle is tested

Terry Lynn, who is also a Game Warden, and a real life Stark!

by mountain terrain, wild animals, severe weather, injury, and her own waning hope as this edge-of-your-seat wilderness adventure story vividly portrays the special bonds that can form between humans and animals.

TERRY LYNN JOHNSON - CHARLESBRIDGE - GOODREADS
 

SARAH GADON WOULD RATHER BE A MURDERESS THAN A MURDERER IN 'ALIAS GRACE' 19TH CENTURY SET MINI SERIES FROM MARGARET ATWOOD

'ALIAS GRACE' TRAILER FOR

SARAH GADON MINI SERIES

While some of you are enjoying the new television version of The Handmaid's Tale, another of Margaret Atwood's small screen adaptations ALIAS GRACE has just got a brand new trailer

The series will first air in Canada in September and after that on Netflix

for the mini series that will launch September 25th at CBC in Canada and then on Netflix November 3rd.

A 19TH CENTURY MYSTERY
The six part mini series follows Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon) a poor, young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who, along with stable hand James McDermott (Kerr Logan), was convicted

Sarah Gadon played Luke Evans' wife in Dracula movie

of the brutal murders of their employer and his housekeeper in 1843. James was hanged while Grace was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1843. Grace claimed to have had no memory of the murder yet the

Zachary Levi also stars in the 19th century set series

facts were irrefutable. A decade after, Dr. Simon Jordan tried to help Grace recall her past. Grace was one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of her time for her supposed role in the sensational

Edward Holcroft plays the doctor in the series

double murder, but was eventually exonerated after 30 years in jail. Her conviction was controversial and sparked much debate about whether Grace was actually involved in the murder or merely an

Sarah Polley both directed and wrote the series

unwitting accessory. Zachary Levi is also in the cast alongside Reign's Michael Therriault and Edward Holcroft as the doctor! Atwood has a cameo in the series!

THRILLING TV SERIES TRAILERS FOR EPIC ADVENTURE 'KNIGHTFALL' WITH TOM CULLEN AND 'WESTWORLD' SEASON 2 WITH THANDIE NEWTON, EVAN RACHEL WOOD, JAMES MARSDEN AND NEW CAST ADDITIONS

  'KNIGHTFALL' TRAILER

FOR HISTORY'S NEW TV SERIES

The new series will air on History and A&E

Two epic TV series trailers for you, starting with a new one for History Channel's KNIGHTFALL historical adventure series which will launch its ten episode run sometime this Autumn  following the legendary Knights Templar who were the most powerful, wealthy and mysterious military order of the Middle Ages, entrusted with protecting Christianity’s most prized relic—the Holy Grail, and harbouring secrets capable of great destruction. Tom Cullen leads the cast which also

Most of the series was shot last summer on Croatia's Dalmatian coast

includes Simon Merrells as knight Tancrede, Padraic Delaney as knight Gawain, Julian Ovenden, Bobby Schofield as Parcival, with

Tom Cullen is brave knight Landry

Home Fires' Ed Stoppard as King Philip IV, Olivia Ross as Queen Joan and Downton Abbey's Jim Carter as Pope Boniface VIII.

Ed Stoppard is King Phlip

THE CLOSER THEY ARE TO THE GRAIL,THE FURTHER THEY ARE FROM GOD
KNIGHTFALL, set in the 14th century, goes deep into the clandestine world of this legendary brotherhood of warrior monks. From their

Simon Merrells plays knight Tancrede

battles in the Holy Land, to their complex relationship with the King of France, to the betrayal that would ultimately lead to their tragic

Tom Cullen will lead the cast and Knight Templars

dissolution, the story of the Knights Templar has never been fully told until now. Check out the gorgeous new trailer below:

  'WESTWORLD' SEASON 2

UNSETTLING FIRST TRAILER

Comic Con also brought us the first, super exciting and also very gritty, trailer for the second season of last year's smash hit WESTWORLD which won't arrive to the small screens any time soon since it is set for 2018 airing. The new trailer shows the bloody

Westworld had 22 Emmy nominations last year

aftermath of the rebellion of the androids that played hosts in the Western themed park for the rich and bored, after they realised they might be more powerful than those who invented and made them.

  NEW CAST MEMBERS!

Neil Jackson joins the cast in the 2nd season

Returning to the cast will be Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, Ben Barnes, James Marsden, Rodrigo Santoro with new additions in Neil Jackson (a charming, resourceful man who finds himself in uncharted territory) and Jonathan Tucker (a commanding military officer) and also Katja Herbers (as a seasoned guest whose latest visit comes at the park’s darkest hour) while Talulah Riley who played the host at the entrance of Westworld has become series regular now. It is not known whether Anthony Hopkins is coming back or not!

MINDBLOWING NEW TRAILERS FOR 'THOR RAGNAROK' WITH CATE BLANCHETT, CHRIS HEMSWORTH, TOM HIDDLESTON, ANTHONY HOPKINS, KARL URBAN, 'JUSTICE LEAGUE' WITH GAL GADOT, JASON MOMOA, BEN AFFLECK

  NEW 'JUSTICE LEAGUE' TRAILER

THEY SAID THE AGE OF SUPERHEROES WOULD NEVER

Zack Snyder is again directing the visual splendour

COME AGAIN

Superhero infos from Comic Con today, starting with a brand new trailer for JUSTICE LEAGUE which puts a spotlight on all the DC squad and also on the villain Steppenwolf played by Ciaran Hinds. To be released this November it will see Wonder Woman (GaL Gadot), Batman (Ben Affleck), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), The Flash (Ezra Miller) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) teaming up in order to save the planet from evil Steppenwolf. DC's most popular hero Superman isn't present because the movie is set in the aftermath of his death (or is it?). DC has

There's a rumour in town that Superman might not be dead after all

also officially announced that Wonder Woman will get a sequel movie with the story this time set in the Cold War era and that Joss Whedon really is doing a Batgirl film. I hear they're casting some teensy star in it. Vomits. Check out the crazy new trailer below, it's all kinds of amazing.

 NEW 'THOR RAGNAROK' TRAILER

 RULED BY CATE BLANCHETT

Meanwhile, rival Marvel is also present at the Comic Con where they have released a new trailer for THOR: RAGNAROK which, to our

The third Thor solo movie is out November

delight, mostly focuses on its magnetic villainess Hela played by magnificent Cate Blanchett! They've also released a bunch of ugly posters for the movie in psychedelic colours and I must admit those are some of the ugliest posters the spy has seen in his life but I'm guessing they're following the funnier tone of the new film which is out this November worldwide. We do adore what might be the strongest cast ever, though, which again includes  Chris Hemsworth as the lead hero, Tom Hiddleston as his naughty brother Loki,  Karl Urban as Skurge,

This time Thor has to fight without his trusted hammer Mjolnir!

Idris Elba as Heimdall, Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Mark Ruffalo as
Hulk, Ray Stevenson, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Tadanobu Asano...

  HELA IS HELLUVA ANGRY

Marvel also confirmed Michelle Pfeiffer for Antman and Wasp

After Goddess of Death Hela destroys his world of Asgard, Thor is sent to compete in gladiator arena on the other side of universe. Imprison- ed, the mighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiator- ial contest against the Hulk, his former ally. Thor must fight for survival and race against time to prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home and the Asgardian civilization.

Two of our most favourite Down Under stars Urban and Blanchett

But first he has to survive the lethal gladiator games in which he is put against the Incredible Hulk.

UNIVERSAL WANTS CHANNING TATUM FOR 'VAN HELSING' REBOOT? TARAJI P. HENSON IS DANGEROUS HIT WOMAN IN 'PROUD MARY' TRAILER! SPIELBERG'S 'READY PLAYER ONE' TRAILER

  CHANNING TATUM WANTED

FOR 'VAN HELSING' REBOOT?

Channing Tatum is wanted for a vampire slayer

Nobody thought beloved adventure classic The Mummy needed reboot and they still made it with Tom Cruise and the movie ended up being a major flop for Universal, but it seems they are still continuing with their Dark Universe franchise of monster movies since the latest rumours from 'Hollywood Reporter' say they want Channing Tatum as the famous vampire killer in the reboot of VAN HELSING, which, you will agree, also does not need a remake since Hugh Jackman was a perfect vampire slayer. They've already attached Johnny Depp for The Invisible Man and Javier Bardem for Frankenstein, and they apparently also want Angelina Jolie for Bride of Frankenstein which should be directed by Bill Condon.

'PROUD MARY' TRAILER

TARAJI P. HENSON IS KILLING FOR THE MAN EVERY NIGHT AND DAY

New season of Taraji's Empire starts September

I'm a bit late with this one, but better late than never! First, rather dynamic and explosive, trailer has been released for action drama movie PROUD MARY in which Oscar winner Taraji P. Henson plays a professional hit woman Mary who does killings for for an organised crime family in Boston, but her life gets completely turned around when, during an assassination that goes bad, she meets a young boy  who sparks a maternal instinct in her. The movie is supposed to hit theatres around the world next January and February!

'READY PLAYER ONE'

 GETS FIRST MOVIE TRAILER

First trailer has also been released for Steven Spielberg's READY PLAYER ONE which hits cinemas next March. When the creator of an MMO called the Oasis dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all

Tye Sheridan plays the lead role in the movie

Oasis users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune. Wade Watts finds the first clue and starts a race for the Egg. 

EXCITING COMIC CON TRAILERS FOR SF SERIES 'KRYPTON' ON SUPERMAN'S GRANDFATHER AND MARVEL'S 'INHUMANS' WITH ANSON MOUNT! NEW MOVIES FOR ANNE HATHAWAY AND SANDRA BULLOCK

 'KRYPTON' SF TEASER

ABOUT SUPERMAN'S GRANDPA

Comic Con is on, people, and first trailers have started coming! I've shown you a trailer for SyFy's KRYPTON sf series earlier, but now there's a new teaser! To air next year, it will have Superman's

Cameron Cuffe plays Superman's young grandfather

grandfather Seyg-El (Cameron Cuffe) as the lead hero some 200 years before the story of Man of Steel after his house of El was ostracised and shamed on the planet of KRYPTON, and he fights to redeem his family’s honour and save his beloved world from chaos.

 'INHUMANS' NEW TRAILER

FOR ABC'S MARVEL SERIES

Marvel has, meanwhile, released a new trailer for their new sf series INHUMANS which will air its first two episodes in IMAX cinemas followed by a TV premiere on ABC on September 29th!

BLACK BOLT AND QUEEN MEDUSA
In the centre of the story is  Black Bolt (Anson Mount), the enigmatic, commanding King of the INHUMANS, with a voice so powerful that the slightest whisper from him can destroy a city. After the Royal Family of

Black Bolt, with his deadly voice, apparently won't talk at all in the series

Inhumans is splintered by a military coup (lead by the king's own treacherous brother Maximus played by Iwan Rheon) in their own

Serinda Swan is Queen Medusa with a powerful hair

world, they barely escape to Hawaii. They must find a way to reunite with each other and return to their home before their way of life is destroyed forever. Serinda Swan plays his queen Medusa whose hair

Iwan Rheon plays evil King's brother Maximus who has no powers

has special powers as you can see in the trailer below, Eme Ikwuakor is Gorgon, Isabelle Cornish is Crystal, Ken Leung is Karnak, Sonya Balmores appears as Auran and Mike Moh as Triton.

 NEW MOVIE PROJECTS

TO BE  LED BY ANNE HATHAWAY AND SANDRA BULLOCK

In other sf news: Anne Hathaway will star in sf movie O2 as a woman who wakes up inside a cryogenic chamber, with no memory of how she got there. She must escape the chamber before her air runs out.

Sandy and Anne will both be confined in their new movies

Meanwhile, Sandra Bullock will take the lead in post apocalyptic thriller BIRD BOX in which  a woman and a pair of children are blindfolded and make their way through a post-apocalyptic setting along a river.