BBC AND HBO REVEAL FULL CAST FOR THEIR PERIOD SET LESBIAN FEMINIST MINI SERIES 'GENTLEMAN JACK' WITH SURRANE JONES, SOPHIE RUNDLE, JOE ARMSTRONG

 BBC'S 'GENTLEMAN JACK'

MINI SERIES REVEALS FULL CAST

Surrane Jones will be the Gentleman Jack!

Something lesbiefriendly today, spylings! BBC has revealed the whole cast for their period set mini series GENTLEMAN JACK (previously known as Shibden Hall) which will celebrate 19th century feminism led by Surrane Jones! Can't say I'm overly optimistic given the fact the eight episode series has been written by Sally Wainwright who gave us the borderline unwatchable and mind numbingly uninspired To Walk Invisible, but we shall give it the benefit of the doubt. The series will air on HBO in USA.

  GENTLEMAN JACK

Sophie Rundle will play Lister's love interest!

will be set in 1832 Halifax, West Yorkshire, revolving around landowner Anne Lister (Surrane Jones) and her determination to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home, Shibden Hall, by reopening the coal mines and marrying well. But  charismatic, single minded, swashbuckling Anne Lister - who dressed head to foot in black and charmed her way into high society - has no intention of marrying a man. True to her own nature, she plans to marry a woman. And not just any woman: the woman Anne Lister marries must be seriously wealthy. Every part of Anne’s story was recorded in her diaries that contain the most intimate details of her life, once hidden in a secret code that is now broken.The story examines Anne’s relationships at home with her family, servants, tenants and industrial rivals and, most importantly, would-be wife.

WHO WILL VISIT SHIBDEN HALL?

Jamestown's  Sophie Rundle will play Ann Walker, the wealthy heiress on whom Anne Lister sets her sights to marry; Gemma Whelan will portray Anne Lister’s sister, Marian! Timothy West is the sisters’ father, Jeremy Lister, and Gemma Jones plays Aunt Anne Lister. Stephanie Cole stars as

Joe Armstrong and Thomas Howes will lead the male part of the cast

Ann Walker’s aunt; Peter Davison as William Priestley, Ann Walker’s cousin; Amelia Bullmore as Eliza Priestley, his wife; Vincent Franklin as Christopher Rawson, businessman and fierce rival to Anne Lister, Shaun Dooley as his  brother and business partner;  with Joe Armstrong, Jodhi May, Rosie Cavaliero, Thomas Howes, Jessica Baglow and newcomers Albane Courtois and Ben Hunter also in the cast!

SAM CLAFLIN, LAURA HADDOCK, SEAN BEAN ,GEMMA ARTERTON TO LEND VOICES IN 'WATCH THE SKIES' ANIMATED ADVENTURE! JUDE LAW TO LIVE IN EERIE MANOR IN 'THE NEST' THRILLER

'WATCH THE SKIES' CASTS

SAM CLAFLIN, LAURA HADDOCK, SEAN BEAN AND OTHERS

Continuing the news on brand new castings, first one up today is our absolutely favourite celebrity couple, Sam Claflin and his wife Laura

Sam Claflin will lend his voice in the movie

Haddock who will work together in lending their voices to new animated feature WATCH THE SKIES! Set for next year premiere it will also have the voices for Sean Bean, Gemma Arterton and Asa Butterfield.

When a small starship crashes to earth, it is not a monster or alien overlord that emerges, but a teenage boy who has run away from home - a home on the far side of the galaxy. He is rescued from capture by the children of the same military leaders who are trying to catch him. Together, the kids must help their new alien

Laura and Sam Claflin are married and have two kids together

friend repair his space ship from parts left behind by other alien explorers and escape before he is caught by the soldiers and studied by the scientists for the rest of his life. On their thrilling chase across the world, the earth kids learn about themselves through the eyes of their new alien friend, and come to understand that friendship and family are universal.

JUDE LAW 

TO MAKE 'THE NEST' IN AN EERIE VICTORIAN MANOR

Jude Law will play a businessman

Family is also the topic of Jude Law's new movie project. He will pair up with Carrie Coon in THE NEST a psychological thriller from director Sean Durkin. Jude Law will play a man called Rory, a businessman who brings his American wife (Carrie Coon) and children home to 80s Britain to pursue new business ventures. The family’s unaffordable life in an English manor threatens to destroy them, and the “eerie isolation” of the house divides them even further – leaving the clan unsure if their relationships will survive the life-changing move. The movie will shoot this Autumn in Canada and United Kingdom.

RALPH FIENNES TO PLAY COMPOSER HANDEL IN HILARIOUS 18TH CENTURY COMEDY 'HALLELUJAH'! JULIE WALTERS, COLIN FIRTH TO LEAD 'SECRET GARDEN' PERIOD SET ADAPTATION!

'THE SECRET GARDEN' 

JULIE WALTERS AND COLIN FIRTH TO LEAD NEW FILM ADAPTATION

Colin Firth will be Archibald Craven

Only a month or two ago I informed you that our favourite Studiocanal is planning a new big screen adaptation of THE SECRET GARDEN and now they have stars too, massive thespians! Julie Walters and Colin Firth will lead the cast in the story moved from the Edwardian era to 1947, on the eve of Partition in India, and in the aftermath of WW2 in Britain.

Set in England and based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 book, THE SECRET GARDEN tells the story of Mary Lennox (Dixie Egerickx), a prickly and unloved 10 year old girl, born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her.

Julie Walters will play the headhousekeeper

When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven (Colin Firth), on his remote country estate deep in the Yorkshire moors. There, she begins to uncover many family secrets, particularly when she meets her sickly cousin Colin (Edan Hayhurst), shut away in a wing of the house. Together, the two damaged, slightly misfit children heal each other, partly through their exposure to a wondrous secret garden, lost in the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor. Julie Walters will play Mrs Medlock, the head housekeeper at Misselthwaite. Amir Wilson and Isis Davis will also star.

RALPH FIENNES 

IS HANDEL IN 'HALLELUJAH'

Fiennes will be famous composer Handel

In another period set movie, Ralph Fiennes and director Chris Addison will work together on comedy drama HALLELUJAH a period set movie on famous composer George Frederick Handel and the chaotic, spectacular first performance of his Messiah.

Set in a riotous 18th century London and Dublin, the farce follows drunk and cantankerous Handel who is a forgotten man to all but his whip smart valet. Worse still, he has lost his inspiration to compose. However, when he overhears the singing of famous actress Susannah Cibber, the composer is moved to write once again and King George II tasks him to create an oratorio to celebrate the new Irish Viceroy in Dublin. Yet, when Handel approaches Susannah with the news, he is shocked to learn that not only does she have a fear of singing in public, she’s also on the run from her vengeful husband. The motley crew travels to Dublin only to realize that London’s gin-soaked alleys are no match for the competing, sectarian politics of Dublin’s choirs, the stupidity of English overlords, and the hypocritical morals of the day. Confronted with these odds, Handel has no choice but to defy his critics and keep going. Show must go on.

AMY ADAMS TO LEAD 'WOMAN IN THE WINDOW' MOVIE ADAPTATION! 'HEATHEN' FEMALE VIKING EPIC ADVENTURE MOVIE! OMAR SY TO LEAD MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS FAMILY FANTASY 'LOST PRINCE'

AMY ADAMS IS  

'THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW'

Amy will lead Woman in the Window movie

While she is preparing to cross over to the small screens in HBO's Sharp Objects, Amy Adams has just scored a lead in the movie adaptation of A.J. Finn’s best selling novel THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW which has been translated so far into almost 40 languages!

She will be Anna Fox, an agoraphobic child psychologist who lives alone in a New York suburb. Afraid to leave home, she spends her days watching movie classics and her interaction is mostly online. She spies on her neighbours like they do in the movies she loves. When she sees a crime take place in the house across the park, should she call the cops? She’s also got a problem with prescription drugs and wine consumption.

'HEATHEN'  

 FEMALE VIKING ADVENTURE

The first edition has been sold out quickly

Here's something epic for you while we're nearing the end of the week: as 'Deadline' reports today, Constantin Film and Prime Universe will turn Natasha Alterici's female Viking comic book HEATHEN into a movie. The second volume of the graphic novel should be out in July. It tells the story of a young Viking warrior named Aydis. An outcast and self proclaimed HEATHEN Aydis is a woman born into a time of warfare, suffering, and subjugation of women. She takes on a quest to end the oppressive reign of the god-king Odin, and break the shackles imposed on the women around her. Oh, and she's lesbian!

'THE LOST PRINCE'  

FAMILY FANTASY FROM OSCAR WINNING MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS

Omar Sy leads the Studiocanal, Pate movie

In a more family oriented genre, Oscar winning director Michel Hazanavicius will helm fantasy family film THE LOST PRINCE starring Omar Sy, Berenice Bejo and Francois Damiens.

It is a story of Djibi whose life revolves around his beloved 7 year old daughter Sofia. The devoted single father never misses their cherished ritual of bedtime stories. Every night as she falls asleep, he takes her into “Storyland,” a fantasy film studio where their extraordinary fairy tale adventures come to life with Djibi in the lead role as the heroic Prince Charming. Five years later and nearly a teenager, Sofia starts to grow out of her father’s stories and instead makes up tales of her own with Djibi no longer the heroic lead. As his roles in both the real world and in “Storyland” begin to change, Djibi must find a way to forever remain the hero of his daughter’s life, imagination and stories.

ANIMATED WEDNESDAY: CRAZY TRAILERS FOR ANIMATED ADVENTURES 'SMALLFOOT' AND 'HERE COMES THE GRUMP'! SOFIA VERGARA TO PRODUCE 'KOATI' SOUTH AMERICAN JUNGLE ANIMATED MOVIE

SOFIA VERGARA  

TO PRODUCE 'KOATI' ADVENTURE

Koati will be presented for sales at Cannes!

Animation all the way today, starting with the news from Sofia Vergara who will produce and voice animated movie KOATI directed by Rodrigo Perez Castro who worked on Ferdinand and Ice Age movies. The movie will revolve around three unlikely heroes: a free spirited coati (a raccoon-like animal found mainly in Central and South America), a fearless monarch butterfly, and a hyperactive glass frog as they embark on an adventure to stop a wicked coral snake (Vergara) from destroying their homeland and friends.The coming of age story, filled with kind-hearted spirit and positivity, will present us with Latin American jungles, the Amazonian rainforest, and all the fun and cute exotic creatures that call them ‘home’. The movie will try to find distributors at this year's Cannes Film Festival open for foreign sales.

'HERE COMES THE GRUMP'  

TURN UR FROWN UPSIDE DOWN

Grump arrives next month around Europe

Speaking of Ice Age, the writer of its Meltdown sequel Jim Hecht is penning another crazy new animated adventure HERE COMES THE GRUMP now known as A WIZARD'S TALE which should hit European cinemas this May! The voice cast includes Lily Collins, Ian McShane and Toby Kebbell! 

Balloon kingdoms, dopey police dragons and happy wizards are exactly how Terry remembered his Grandmother's whacky fairy tales. Except they are real and it's definitely not as 'cheerful'.

'SMALLFOOT'  

GETS A BIG NEW TRAILER!

SmallFoot arrives this September!

New trailer and poster have been released for animated adventure directed by Karey Kirkpatrick (he directed Over the Hedge and wrote children's classics Charlotte's Web, Chicken Run, James and the Giant Peach, The Spiderwick Chronicles), SMALLFOOT It has the story revolving around a Yeti called Migo (with the voice from Channing Tatum) who is convinced that the elusive creatures known as "humans" really do exist. Beside Channing Tatum as Migo, the voice cast also includes James Corden as Percy, a human, Common as Stonekeeper, LeBron James as Gwangi, Gina Rodriguez as Kolka, Danny DeVito as Dorgle, who are all yetis!

WATER EVERYWHERE: 'ADRIFT' SURVIVAL MOVIE POSTER IS HERE WITH SAM CLAFLIN, SHAILENE WOODLEY! KASSANDRA MONTAG'S APOCALYPTIC NOVEL 'AFTER THE FLOOD' SELLS MOVIE RIGHTS

'AFTER THE FLOOD'  

SOLD FOR MOVIE ADAPTATION

The book hasn't even been published yet!

Tons of water, that is our topic today, starting with Kassandra Montag's novel AFTER THE FLOOD which is to be released next year but it has already been sold for a movie adaptation to Chernin Entertain- ment! The story is set in a post apocalyptic 2130. The Earth has been flooded, leaving an archipelago of mountaintops surrounded by water. Myra and her young daughter join a large ship searching for safe haven. Her oldest daughter, Row, was kidnapped during the flood. When Myra convinces the crew to head north in an effort to rescue Row, the decision changes everyone’s fate.

   NEW 'ADRIFT' POSTER

STARRING SAM CLAFIN AND SHAILENE WOODLEY

The movie is directed by Baltasar Kormakur

First poste has, meanwhile, been released for Sam Claflin and Shailene Woodley movie ADRIFT based on the true story of two avid sailors who set out on a journey across the ocean in 1983. Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp didn't anticipate they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. In the aftermath of the storm, Tami awakens to find Richard badly injured and their boat in ruins, and must find the strength and determination to save herself and the only man she has ever loved. The movie hits cinemas around the world this June and July!

WEDDING MONDAY: 'ANOTHER KIND OF WEDDING' ENSEMBLE COMEDY WITH KATLHEEN TURNER, KEVIN ZEGERS! 'CRAZY RICH ASIANS' TRAILER WITH MICHELLE YEOH, HENRY GOLDING, CONSTANCE WU

'ANOTHER KIND OF WEDDING'  

 TRAILER WITH KATHLEEN TURNER AND KEVIN ZEGERS

The movie does not have a release date

Wedding theme Monday, today, people! First up, an ensemble comedy movie ANOTHER KIND OF WEDDING or SOMEONE ELSE'S WEDDING which follows a fractured family which is forced to confront what tore them apart at the eldest son's wedding. The cast of the movie which has been circling movie festivals this spring is led by 80s superstar Kathleen Turner and also includes Canadian heartthrob Kevin Zegers alongside Frances Fisher, Wallace Shawn, Luke Kirby, Jessica Pare and Jessica Parker Kenedy! Actor Pat Kiely is directing. 

'CRAZY RICH ASIANS' TRAILER  

STARRING MICHELLE YEOH AND HENRY GOLDING

Crazy Rich Asians hit cinemas this August

The first trailer has been released for one of the first US big studio all Asian cast movies made for Northern American audience CRAZY RICH ASIANS, a romantic comedy based on the book trilogy of the same name by Kevin Kwan.

Directed by John M. Chu, CRAZY RICH ASIANS revolve around Rachel Chu (Constance Wu), an American born Chinese economics professor, who travels to her boyfriend Nick's (Henry Golding) hometown of Singapore for his best friend's wedding. Before long, his secret is out: Nick is from a family that is impossibly wealthy, he's perhaps the most

Henry Golding and Constance Wu lead the cast

eligible bachelor in Asia, and every single woman in his ultra-rarefied social class is incredibly jealous of Rachel and wants to bring her down. Michelle Yeoh plays Nick's mother who isn't herself all too thrilled by her son's girlfriend. The movie hits cinemas this August.

ROYAL SPOTLIGHT ON THE FINAL SEASON OF 'VERSAILLES' EPIC TV SERIES WITH GEORGE BLAGDEN, ALEXANDER VLAHOS! CHARACTER PHOTOS!

'VERSAILLES' FINAL SEASON 

FAREWELL TO FRENCH COURT!

It's the saddest and the happiest of news, spylings! New season of French English language epic saga VERSAILLES is finally arriving to Canal + next

The third and also final season arrives tomorrow in France!

week, Monday, April 23rd, but it is, alas, the final season as well! After three years, Louis XIV's royal court is closing its gates on us. I can't say I didn't

George Blagden is again King Louis XIV the Sun King of France

predict it, although fun at times, the series never really became an opulent historical saga it could have been, opting to fill its second season with

The final season will see Louis becoming a crazy absolutist.

mediocre court intrigues, unnecessary mysticism and lack of dynamics and splendour turning it into a doomed snoozefest which tried to save its ratings

Judging from the photos the final season will be more opulent!

with full naked ladies. Hope the third season finishes the whole affair in a dignified style! The final season arrives on Ovation in USA in October and June 4th in UK on BBC2.

THE END OF A REIGN, THE BEGINNING OF A LEGEND
Louis has settled the Poison Affair and won the war against Holland. Nothing seems to be able to thwart his ambitions: to expand his empire and impose his

Royal brothers Philippe and Louis will meet another brother under Iron Mask?

power on the whole of Europe. But his dreams have a cost, the people are tired of paying and revolts are roaring... At VERSAILLES too, new challenges

Rory Keenan stars as Holy Roman Emperor Leopold

await Louis. Maintenon, his new favorite, leads him into an absolutist assertion which is not without causing considerable dissension in the Court.

Matthew McNulty, who is no stranger to Epic series, is new cast member

Gradually, Louis no longer tolerates any dissent, be it his people, Protestants, or the Pope himself. Yet a threat hangs over Louis, in the form of a mysterious prisoner concealed behind a mask ...

KING LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE

Played by George Blagden. Between the arrival of Leopold, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and that of Cardinal Leto, representing the Vatican, Louis is largely occupied by the control of Europe, while in Paris, the people are becoming irritated by taxes.

DUKE PHILIPPE D'ORLEANS

King's brother is played by Alexander Vlahos. He tries to unravel the mystery of a masked man, The Iron Mask, whose existence threatens the very foundations of the Monarchy. His secret could question the legitimacy of Louis and Philippe. Who is he ? How to silence it?

QUEEN MARIE THERESE

Louis' wife is played by Elisa Lasowski. Sister-in-law of Emperor Leopold, Marie Thérèse succumbs to his charms and goes to support her lover rather than her husband. A very dangerous game.

 FABIEN MARCHAL

The king's security expert is played by amazing Tygh Runyan. Fabien's loyalty will be put to the test. He's troubled by Sophie's return to Versailles.

MADAME DE MAINTENON

King's new lover is played by Catherine Walker. After the dismissal of slutty Madame de Montespan's from the court, Maintenon became Louis's favorite. But despite the many solicitations of the King, she refuses him.

PRINCESS PALATINE

Duchess of Orleans is played by Jessica Clark. A fierce opponent of Maintenon, who removed her newborn baby to send her to royal nurseries in Paris, she will contribute to the reconciliation of Philippe and his idiotic and egotistic lover Chevalier (played by Evan Williams above) and finally reform their scandalous “ménage à trois”. 

MICHAEL B. JORDAN TO SAVE MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 'JUST MERCY'! NETFLIX ORDERS 'LUNA NEGRA' 17TH CENTURY ITALIAN WITCHCRAFT SERIES, ABI MORGAN WRITING 'CLEOPATRA' SERIES?

MICHAEL B. JORDAN 

TO STAR IN 'JUST MERCY' DRAMA

Well, he is currently certainly in massive demand over in Hollywood: super handsome, charismatic and popular, Michael B. Jordan will first burn some

Michael will play legendary activist Bryan Stevenson

books after his gig in Black Panter in HBO's new take on Fahrenheit 451, and then he will prove he has serious acting chops in JUST MERCY. Set for January 2020, the movie shadows world renowned civil rights defence attorney Bryan Stevenson as he recounts his experiences and details the case of condemned death row prisoner whom he fought to free.The focus will be on his first case, Walter McMillian, a young black man sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit. Despite his airtight alibi, McMillian was convicted and spent six years on death row before being exonerated.

Michael B. Jordan is also expected to star in new TV series RAISING DION about a widowed single mom who discovers that her son has super powers and tries to figure out how to raise him safely and responsibly.

NEW EPIC TV SERIES

AMAZON'S 'LUNA NEGRA'

When it comes to possible new historical series, Netflix has announced development of Italian epic series LUNA NEGRA (Black Moon) which will be

None of Cleopatra projects has been realized so far

produced by Fandango set in the 17th century with the story based on an unpublished manuscript about women accused of witchcraft who find power in their unity.

NEW CLEO PATRA?
British 'Digital Spy' is meanwhile reporting on screenwriter Abi Morgan who is, apparently, gathering an all female team in order to develop a ten part series on CLEOPATRA which will follow the Egyptian Queen’s life from the age of 16 focusing on her and her sisters. They're trying to pitch the series to an USA streaming service. I also reported last spring that Black Sails team is also working on a CLEOPATRA series together with Amazon, but we haven't heard anything about it since. Earlier this January it was also announced that Freeform will also do a series on her. There we also stories that Denis Villeneuve will shoot CLEOPATRA film for Sony last Autumn.

LILY COLLINS TO FIGHT MOTHER NATURE IN 'TITAN'! MICHELLE WILLIAMS JOINS JULIANNE MOORE IN 'AFTER THE WEDDING'! AMAZON TO DEVELOP 'EAST OF WEST' AND 'TRANSHUMAN' SF SERIES

LILY COLLINS TO FIGHT 

Lily Collins will topline Titan

MOTHER NATURE IN 'TITAN'

While we are waiting to see her as Tolkien's darling wife next to always charming Nicholas Hoult as the father of the Lord of the Rings, lovely Lily Collins will first have to survive a terrible ordeal and angry Momma Nature!

She will star in Austin Bunn's movie TITAN as Emma, a strong willed young musician on a quest to understand the life of her environmental activist older sister, who was killed years before in a tragic fall. Emma seeks out Justin, a former member of the movement, who reluctantly agrees to take her to the same remote redwood grove that claimed her sister. Emma soon finds herself in serious peril, forced to face off with Mother Nature in a relentless fight for survival.

AMAZON'S NEW SF SERIES 

'EAST OF WEST' & 'TRANS HUMAN' FROM JONATHAN HIOCKMAN

Amazon is searching for a major sf show

New sf shows are arriving to Amazon! They will develop series out of Jonathan Hickman's graphic novels EAST OF WEST and TRANS HUMAN! He will produce the shows himself. EAST OF WEST is set in a Western landscape where America is divided into seven nations. As 'Deadline' reports today, this iconic science fiction series follows “Death” as he braves his fellow riders, monsters, and corrupt gunslingers in his quest to save his mortal family from the Apocalypse. TRANSHUMAN is a sf drama set in the near future. The story revolves around a divorced couple, who ran rival major corporations, offering humans the ability to genetically and robotically enhance themselves.

'AFTER THE WEDDING'

MICHELLE WILLIAMS JOINS JULIANNE MOORE IN THE CAST!

Michelle Williams joins Julianne Moore

In other interesting casting news from the movie world today, 'Variety' has reported that Oscar winner Michelle Williams has joined another Oscar winner Julianne Moore in the North American movie remake of AFTER THE WEDDING! Bringing a different take on the original Danish movie directed by Susanne Bier’s this new English language version will have two leading female characters instead of the male ones. The story follows Isabel (Michelle Williams), who runs a dilapidated orphanage outside of Calcutta, and who travels to New York to meet the New York millionaire (Julianne Moore) who has provided money for the orphanage. After the millionaire’s wedding to which she was invited, a mystery unravels!

'GOD'SOWN COUNTRY'S ALEC SECAREANU JOINS IMELDA STAUNTON IN ROMOLA GARAI'S 'OUTSIDE'! TARON EDGERTON TO SING ELTON JOHN'S SONGS IN 'ROCKETMAN' MUSICAL BIOPIC! NATGEO'S 'GENIUS' SERIES TO FOLLOW MARY SHELLEY IN SEASON 3!

ROMOLA GARAI'S 'OUTSIDE'  

CASTS ALEC SECAREANU NEXT TO LEGEND IMELDA STAUNTON

Alec was amazing in God's Own Country

I know that you probably fell deeply in love with him after his outstandingly convincing and radiant performance in God's Own Country, one of the most brilliant movies in recent ten years, just as we sure did, and now you're gonna see some more of wonderful Alec Secareanu! He will join ultimate acting legend Imelda Staunton and Carla Juri in Romola Garai's directing debut.

Contained horror movie OUTSIDE, based on Romola Garai's own script, brings the tale of a young male refugee traumatised by war who is brought to a dilapidated house in order to care for a woman and her dying mother. Falling in love with the younger woman he begins to suspect she is enslaved to a demon and resolves to fight the creature and rescue the woman he loves... but all is not what it seems.

TARON EDGERTON TO SING

ELTON JOHN'S SONGS IN HIS 'ROCKETMAN' MUSICAL BIOPIC

Taron Edgerton has the most amazing voice

Paramount has, meanwhile, confirmed that Taron Edgerton will use his unbelievable vocal talent and his smooth, seductive voice in ROCKETMAN an Elton John biopic! As 'Deadline' reports, Dexter Fletcher directed musical movie will follow the famous pop star through the course of his most iconic life.

The film covers the singer/ pianist’s growth from a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music to a global superstar, through his influential and enduring musical partnership with his songwriting collaborator Bernie Taupin. It is an unvarnished rock ‘n’ roll biopic with John’s life stripped back of the glitter. It is interesting that Fletcher has just finished helming another musical biopic Bohemian Rhapsody on Queen in which Rami Malek plays Freddy Mercury. You will be watching Taron Edgerton first in new Robin Hood movie!

'GENIUS' SEASON 3

 TO FOCUS ON MARY SHELLEY!

Mary Shelley will be the third season Genius

While we're waiting for the second season of National Geographic's anthology series GENIUS to start this month with Antonio Banderas as Picasso, after Geoffrey Rush played Albert Einstein in the first one, the channel has renewed the series for third season as well revealing that it will focus on Mary Shelley, the writer of what is considered to be one of the first horror novels in history, Frankenstein. Later on she also pretty much created the Post Apocalyptic genre with her novel The Last Man. She was inspired by her mother Mary Wollstonecraft who was also a writer and by her husband famous poet Percy Shelley. She was one of few women to support herself as an author during the early 18th century, and her inner circle included countless literary and scientific luminaries of the day, including Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge! She died of brain tumour after pretty much outliving all of her family, including three of her four children.

IAIN GLEN, KEELEY HAWES JOIN RUTH WILSON IN 'MRS WILSON' BBC PERIOD SET SERIES! SCARY NEW 'JURASSIC WORLD 2' TRAILER AND POSTER WITH CHRIS PRATT, BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD

'MRS WILSON'  BBC SERIES

KEELEY HAWES, IAIN GLEN JOIN RUTH WILSON IN NEW DRAMA

BBC has revealed full cast and 1st photo for their new three part period set drama MRS WILSON based on memoir of Ruth Wilson's (she plays the lead) grandmother and her family’s complicated history. Iain Glen, our dearest Keeley Hawes and Fiona Shaw will also star!

YOUR HUSBAND IS MY HUSBAND  
Set between 1940s and 1960s London, the series follows Alison Wilson, who thinks she is happily married until her husband dies and a woman turns up on her doorstep claiming that she is the real Mrs. Wilson. Alison is determined to

The series will on PBS Masterpiece in USA

prove the validity of her own marriage - and Alec’s (Iain Glen) love for her - but is instead led into a world of disturbing secrets. Alexander Wilson was a writer, spy and secret service officer who served in the First World War before moving to India to teach as a Professor of English Literature, where he began writing spy novels.

'JURASSIC WORLD 2' TRAILER  

BRINGS SCARY NEW DINOSAURS

Dinos are back this June!

And something entirely different, new posters and trailer have been revealed for JURASSIC WORLD 2: FALLEN KINGDOM alongside some new photos from Entertainment Weekly! The trailer shows some new dinosaurs revealing that the movie will be a horror as much as an adventure.

THE PARK IS GONE!
Out this June,  the movie is set four years after the Jurassic World theme park was closed down, and now Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) return to Isla Nubar to save the dinosaurs when they learn that a once dormant volcano on the island is active

The new movie reinvents the saga with new horror movie suspense

and is threatening to extinguish all life there. Along the way, Owen sets out to find Blue, his lead raptor, and discovers a conspiracy that could disrupt the

The movie was shot in the United Kingdom and on Hawaii

natural order of the entire planet. Life has found a way, again. Jeff Goldblum, utterly gorgeous Rafe Spall and Toby Jones also star.