JACK O'CONNELL JOINS
COLIN FARRELL IN NORTH WATER EPIC TV SERIES AT BBC 2
British BBC has revealed today the lead star for their new Arctic set 19th century epic TV saga THE NORTH WATER: Jack O'Connell has joined
Colin Farrell in the cast. The series will have four episodes (with a 90 minute opening one) with the story based on the critically acclaimed novel from Ian McGuire!
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| Jack O'Connell starts shooting this Autumn |
THE NORTH WATER, set in the UK and the ice floes of the Arctic in the
late 1850s, tells the story of Patrick Sumner (Jack O’Connell), a
disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as ship’s doctor on a whaling
expedition to the Arctic. On board he meets Henry Drax (Colin Farrell),
the harpooner, a brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit
the harshness of his world. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past,
Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous
psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle
for survival in the Arctic wasteland.
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| Colin Farrell will play the psychopathic villain in the new series |
'EIGHT FOR SILVER'
VICTORIAN HORROR FINDS CAST
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| Boyd Holbrook leads the new Victorian horror |
Speaking of period set horrors, there's another one, but in a movie form: Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly and Alistair Petrie will lead Victorian horror movie EIGHT FOR SILVER
which, set in the 19th century countryside of France, follows John McBride (Boyd Holbrook), a pathologist assigned to determine if the body of a 14 year old boy found in the woods is the work of a man or a beast. McBride is then welcomed as a guest into the family home of a local wealthy landowner, Seamus Laurent (Alistair Petrie), and his wife Isabelle (Kelly Reilly), who share that their own son, a friend of the victim, has been missing for two weeks. Distraught and determined to keep her daughter safe, Isabelle finds
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| Kelly Reilly will take the female lead in the Victorian movie |
comfort in the arrival of John while he is forced to confront the horrors of his own dark past. Sean Ellis is directing.
The Arctic has become a relevant piece of news lately because of its crushing and melting icebergs that might cause great destruction to the world.
ReplyDeleteIt is in such a vast, isolated ,ruthless place that humanity reaches its lowest. On the whale expedition in the series, the people on board the ship are either there for money or to escape a hidden past, or both.
The relationship between them is like the Arctic's reLation to them: cruel, indifferent,dark.
This kind of movie is not not for the soft hearted.
Yes, we've seen that kind of atmosphere between humans at Arctic in last year's Terror series, it was super creepy.
DeleteI'd just off myself if I had to work in an Arctic wasteland. No need to send a murdering psychopath after me (unless he's super sexy, then I'd be up for a little game of cat and mouse).
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind visiting Arctic regions, but probably just Greenland and northern Scandinavia, I wouldn't go as far as glaciers. I'd love to have a winter castle somewhere in Alps as my winter getaway! Or a self/serving fortress in Siberia!
DeleteIceland was about as cold as I was willing to go and thought I stepped into hell (or the opposite lol) when I got off the plane. It was supposed to be somewhat warm in July, but if was so damned cold I wanted to get right back on the plane and tell them to take my butt home right now. So, you can rule the cold lands, and I'll take the hot lands. I am more suited for beaches, bikini's, and pina coladas.
DeleteI'll be Elza, you be the other sister :) And we shall meet each other in Autumn and Spring each year when our seasons are criss-crossing :)
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