Tuesday, March 31, 2020

STAY HOME AND WATCH NEW COMEDY SERIES TRYING WITH RAFE SPALL AND IMELDA STAUNTON THIS MAY ON APPLE TV

    'TRYING' TRAILER
Trying starts this month on Apple TV +
PUTS RAFE SPALL AND IMELDA STAUN- TON IN A SITCOM
Here's another new programme launching on Apple TV soon: trailer for their first ever British comedy series TRYING led by two of our favourite British thespians Rafe Spall and Imelda Staunton alongside Esther Smith. The eight episode series is set to launch May 1st! Check out the trailer for the series below and tell us what you think!
    What's Trying All About? 
All Nikki (Esther Smith) and Jason (Rafe Spall) want is a baby—but it’s the one thing they just can’t have. How are they going to fill the next 50 years if
Judging by the trailer Imelda Staunton will play the couple's therapist
they can’t start a family? They already went through The Sopranos in a weekend. After ruling out every other option, Nikki and Jason decide to adopt
The comedy series will air in eight half hour long episodes
and are confronted by a world of bewildering new challenges. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball family, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they’re ready to be parents?

Monday, March 30, 2020

STAY HOME AND HAVE SOME JOLLY GOOD FUN WITH HISTORICAL COMEDY SERIES NORSEMEN OVER AT NETFLIX!

    'NORSEMEN' EPIC COMEDY
IS THE VIKING SITCOM YOU NEVER KNEW YOU NEEDED
Here's another thing that can entertain you while you are staying put in your homes like good citizens during the corona self isolation: the first season,
The series streams over at Netflix!
which has just six episodes, of historical comedy series NORSEMEN is already airing over at Netflix and, if I'm not mistaken, the second season is available as well with the same amount of episodes, set in 790 AD, and following the Vikings of Norheim who have a hectic schedule that includes pillaging, plundering, enslaving others and solving problems with violence. It is interesting that the series, coming from Norway, was recorded simultaneously in both Norwegian and English language versions by filming each scene twice. The upcoming third season is named
The third season is coming soon!
'Season 0' as it tells the story that led up to the first season, but  it won't stray too far as the creators said!

Norse men Takes Place
 in 790s Norway, with various characters taking the leading role as the series develops. The story covers the life of Vikings in the town of Norheim and them dealing with day to day life and conflict of varying comedic degrees. As the series progresses, disputes with neighbouring villages, including a rival tribe led by the ruthless Jarl Varg (Jon Oigarden), and the efforts of a Roman slave,
The series was shot both in Norwegian and English language
Rufus (Trond Fausa), to modernize Norheim's culture result in ongoing conflicts. In the second season, the sea road to the west has been found, but Norheim's villagers must still cope with power struggles and the ever-present threat of Jarl Varg.

Who's In The Viking Clan?
The cast includes Henrik Mestad as Chieftain Olav, the leader of the village. He found a route to sail west, and from this has a much-coveted map. Marian Saastad Ottesen as Hildur, Olav's wife! Nils Jørgen Kaalstad as
The first season was watched by one million out of five million people in Norway
Arvid, the chieftain's second-in-command. He loves to go on raids but he also wants to settle in the village. Kåre Conradi as Orm, husband of Frøya and
The stories in the series often reflect our times, not just the Viking ones
acting chieftain while his brother Olav, the chieftain is on a raid Silje Torp as Frøya, Orm's unhappy wife and a shield-maiden! Trond Fausa Aurvåg as Rufus, an enslaved actor from Rome who befriends Orm and plans to
Marian Saastad Ottesen plays the chieftan's wife Hildur
modernize the village. Øystein Martinsen as Kark, a freed slave who has voluntarily returned to his life as a slave and Jon Øigarden as Jarl Varg, a rival chieftain, who desires the map to the west!

Sunday, March 29, 2020

RYAN REYNOLDS TO PLAY A DARING KNIGHT IN NETFLIX MOVIE ADAPTATION OF POPULAR GAME DRAGON'S LAIR!

    RYAN REYNOLDS TO LEAD
DRAGON'S LAIR ADAPTATION
Ryan will also produce the movie
I don't think we've seen him in an epic adventure so far, but I do think he'd be perfect in it: as The Hollywood Reporter writes today, Netflix and Ryan Reynolds are teaming up again, this time on the movie adaptation of legendary arcade game DRAGON'S LAIR which was hugely popular back in the 80s. Dan and Kevin Hageman who wrote The Lego Movie (and are also writing Croods 2 in which Ryan lends his voice) are set to pen the story here as well.
     Beside producing, Ryan Reynolds would also play the lead protagonist, a knight called Dirk the Daring, who gets the task of rescuing Princess Daphne from the evil dragon Singe and a wizard named Mordroc.
Ryan Reynolds is also set to star, next to Will Ferrell, in a musical movie version of A Christmas Carol based on Charles Dickens's story of a miserly misanthrope who is taken on a magical journey.

Saturday, March 28, 2020

STAY HOME AND WATCH ASIAN SUPERSTAR HENRY GOLDING FALL IN LOVE WITH A MAN IN THE FIRST TRAILER FOR MONSOON MOVIE DRAMA!

     'MONSOON' TRAILER
SENDS HENRY GOLDING INTO THE ARMS OF A HANDSOME MAN

This one is awaiting its cinematic release but it premiered at famous film festival in Karlovy Vary last summer! New drama MONSOON stars Henry Golding as Kit, a young British Vietnamese man, who returns to his birth country for the first time in over 30 years. He was just eight years old when he and his family escaped Saigon as 'boat refugees' after the Vietnam War. No longer familiar with this country and unable to speak his native language, Kit embarks on a personal journey from Saigon to Hanoi in search of a place to scatter his parents’ ashes. Along the way he meets his estranged family through Lee
The movie was scheduled for May 1st release in UK before corona outbreak
(David Tran) and falls for Lewis (Parker Sawyers), an American whose father had fought in the war. During his travels, Kit finally starts to connect to the memories of his parents and his own roots.

Friday, March 27, 2020

STAY HOME AND WATCH CHRIS EVANS AS HIS LIFE CRUMBLES IN DEFENDING JACOB APPLE TV MINI SERIES

     'DEFENDING JACOB' TRAILER
FOR NEW CHRIS EVANS SERIES
Today's suggestion on what to watch during the corona lockdown is a new Apple TV series with Chris Evans DEFENDING JACOB which will air first three episodes Friday, April 24, and then the rest of the episodes every
The series starts April 24th on Apple
week on Fridays. The series is based on William Landay’s best selling novel. Jaeden Martell plays the son of Chris Evans' character in the eight part series while Michelle Dockery plays his wife. 

Defending Jacob Mini Series
 unfolds around a shocking crime that rocks a small Massachusetts town, and follows Andy, an assistant district attorney who finds himself torn between his sworn duty to uphold justice and his unconditional love for his 14 year old son who is suddenly accused of murder of a fellow student.  But as damning facts and
Defending Jacob will be an eight episode mini TV series
shocking revelations surface, as a marriage threatens to crumble and the trial intensifies, as the crisis reveals how little a father knows about his son, Andy will face a trial of his own - between loyalty and justice, between truth and allegation, between a past he's tried to bury and a future he cannot conceive.

Thursday, March 26, 2020

STAY HOME AND WATCH THE WILLOUGHBYS NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURE AT NETFLIX THIS APRIL

     'THE WILLOUGHBYS' TRAILER
 FOR NEW NETFLIX ADVENTURE
The movie streams from April 22nd!
Here's something fun to ease the gloom of our current days: first trailer and poster for THE WILLOUGHBYS a heart warming animated adventure that will hit Netflix April 22nd with Ricky Jervais, Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski in the voice cast of the film based on Lois Lowry's book.

The Story
  Convinced they’d be better off raising themselves, the Willoughby children hatch a sneaky plan to send their selfish parents on vacation. The siblings then embark on their own high-flying adventure to find the true meaning of family. Will it be a success with its quirky animation like Klaus was in December?

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

HULU RELEASES NEW TRAILER FOR HISTORICAL COMEDY SERIES ON CATHERINE THE GREAT WITH ELLE FANNING, NICHOLAS HOULT. PLUS NEW ITALIAN PERIOD SET SERIES HERESY ON HOLY INQUISITION

     'HERESY' NEW PERIOD SET
TELEVISION SERIES FROM ITALY
German superhunk Rudolf Martin will star in Heresy
After Medici, Name of the Rose, Luna Nera and Romulus, a new Italian historical TV series has been announced, but this one will be a co-production with the United States. Nucleus Media Rights has hired Butch Kaplan (The Notebook, Fear The Walking Dead) as showrunner on upcoming drama HERESY which will start production on its eight episodes at the end of the year with Rudolf Martin already cast as one of the stars. Created by Mark Melville, the story of the new historical series will revolve around a young woman who fights the Holy Inquisition. The producers promise a daring and innovative new series planned to air in the first quarter of 2021.

     NEW 'THE GREAT' TRAILER
POKES FUN WITH THE EMPRESS
And our suggestion for today on what to watch during the corona virus quarantine (which might easily last till the end of summer) is THE GREAT a new historical comedy series that will start on Hulu May 15th starring Elle
Elle Fanning takes the lead role in this offensive mockery
Fanning as Russian empress Catherine the Great and Nicholas Hoult as her husband Petter III of Russia. Hulu has released a new trailer which you
The Great hits Hulu from May 15th this year
can watch below and tell us what you think. Unlike most other series that depicted the longest reigning Russian monarch, this one will do it with a touch
Nicholas Hoult plays crazy Russian Emperor Peter III
 of comedy incorporating historical facts only occasionally. The mini series will describe the beginnings of their arranged marriage and how, in order to leave
Elle Fanning has been chosen to wear the Russian imperial crown
her mark in history, 'all' she had to do was kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military, and get the court onside. The ten episode series also stars our dearest Gwilym Lee from Jamestown and Sebastian de Souza from Medici

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

STAY HOME AND WATCH ESSIE DAVIS & RUPERT PENRY JONES SOLVE EGYPTIAN MYSTERIES IN MISS FISHER AND THE CRYPT OF TEARS EPIC ADVENTURE TONIGHT AT ACORN

     'THE CRYPT OF TEARS'
SENDS MISS FISHER TO EGYPT!
The movie aired last month in Australia
Here's another programme that might make you to stay home as a good citizen during the corona lockdown: airing tonight at Acorn TV in USA is period set adventure movie MISS FISHER AND THE CRYPT OF TEARS which will arrive also on Alibi in United Kingdom next month after already playing in Australian cinemas. It is the feature film version of the popular TV series Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries aired in more than a hundred countries around the world, based on the series of Phryne Fisher novels written by Kerry Greenwood, in which Essie Davis plays private detective Phryne Fisher. This time she is solving mysteries in Egypt together with Nathan Page as her partner Detective Inspector Jack
Australian diva Essie Davis plays the lead role in the movie as well
Robinson, Rupert Penry Jones as First Lieutenant Jonathon Lofthouse, Daniel Lapaine as Lord Lofthouse, Khaled Naga as Sheikh Kahlil Abbas and legendary Miriam Margolyes as Prudence Stanley!  The movie, the first in a planned trilogy, was directed by Tony Tilse!

In The Crypt Of Tears
Miss Fisher embarks on a new adventure in a globe trotting romp of mystery and mayhem across the exotic 1920s deserts of the Negev, glamorous manor-house ballrooms, and the darkened back alleys of London in order to
The original series aired in more than 120 countries around the world in three seasons
find missing treasure, solve murders and break aviation records. After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Phryne Fisher begins to unravel a decade-old mystery concerning priceless emeralds,
Nathan Page returns as Miss Fisher's partner Inspector Jack Robinson
ancient curses and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin's forgotten tribe. British aristocrats whose lives were impacted by the events of World War I in Mandated Palestine become caught up in the mystery as well!

Monday, March 23, 2020

STAY HOME AND WATCH MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE PERIOD SET TV SERIES THIS MARCH ON YOUR TV WITH STUART MARTIN AND KATE PHILLIPS

  'MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE'
LONDON'S 1ST LADY DETECTIVE
As promised, your trusted spy continues presenting you with all the new series and films you can watch in the comfort of your homes during the
The series starts March 31st on Alibi!
corona virus lockout. And if you go out even if you don't really have to, may you forever be cursed with watching just Kristen Stewart's films! Your latest period set treat arrives next week: new 19th century historical crime drama MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE will start airing its six episodes on Alibi in United Kingdom from March 31st following Kate Phillips as Eliza Scarlet who joins forces with a Scotland Yard Inspector William Wellington (our dearest Jamestown and Medici star Stuart Martin) to solve crime in 19th century London. The series is also expected to air this year on PBS Masterpiece in United States, RTL in Germany,  CBC in Canada, Seven
PBS Masterpiece will air it in USA
Network in Australia, Lightbox in New Zealand!

Miss Scarlet And The Duke
follows Eliza Scarlet (Kate Phillips) who, after her father (Kevin Doyle) dies, is left penniless in a time where marriage is her only option for financial security. But the headstrong Eliza is determined to find another way. Luckily, she has an ace up her bonnet – her father’s business – a private detective agency. Eliza knows all the tricks of the trade but as a genteel 19th century lady she’s never been allowed to put them into practice. To operate in this man’s world, she needs a partner. Step forward Detective Inspector William Wellington (Stuart
Stuart Martin plays The Duke in the new series
Martin) of Scotland Yard, who is also known as “The Duke;” drinker, gambler and womaniser. Eliza and The Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship that will crackle and smoulder with sexual tension as they team up to solve crime in the murkiest depths of 1880’s London.

Who Else Is in Victorian London?
The series, executive produced and written by Rachael New (Grantchester), also stars Ansu Kabia as their helper Moses, a useful crook from Jamaica, and Andrew Gower as Rupert Parker, Eliza’s friend who
Kate Phillips plays the female lead in the new series
helps her start her detective agency. Matthew Malone will play PC Honeychurch, with Danny Midwinter as Frank Jenkins. Check out the feminist trailer below and tell us do you think hitting a policemen (or any
The series will air in six hourlong episodes in the first season
man) is a feminist or just plain disgusting and appalling thing to do? Should violence be presented as fun in movies and series even if it is 'just' a little slap? Would it be the same if the genders were reversed? And do you think Kate
The showrunner and the creator of the series is  Rachael New
Phillips has enough (if any) charisma for a series lead? We're not sure, her acting seems terribly bland and plastic in the trailer, but we shall give the series a chance because of Stuart Martin who never disappoints. 

Sunday, March 22, 2020

STAY AT HOME AND WATCH THE LOST HUSBAND ROMANTIC COMEDY WITH LESLIE BIBB AND JOSH DUHAMEL THIS APRIL!

     'THE LOST HUSBAND' TRAILER
 SAYS IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO FIND YOURSELF
Since theatres have closed everyone around the world, your trusted spy will try to inform you about series and movies that you will be able to watch
You can watch the film in your home from April 10th
at home in the upcoming days. One of them, THE LOST HUSBAND, is coming to iTunes, Prime Video and other VODs April 10th!
    
 What's The Story?
After the sudden death of her husband, Libby (Leslie Bibb) is forced to move in with her hypercritical mother. Out of the blue, her estranged Aunt Jean offers an escape: a job and a place to live on her farm in the Texas Hill Country. Before she can talk herself out of it, Libby is packing the minivan, grabbing the kids, and hitting the road. Life on Aunt Jean’s goat farm is more wonderful and more mysterious than
Josh Duhamel plays the lead male role in the film
Libby could have imagined. Beyond the animals and the strenuous work, there is quiet — deep, country quiet. But there is also a shaggy, gruff farm manager
The movie is based on a book by Katherine Center
(Josh Duhamel) with a tragic home life, a feed-store clerk who claims she can contact her husband “on the other side,” and the eccentric aunt she never really knew but who turns out to be exactly who she needs.

Saturday, March 21, 2020

ROBBIE AMELL UPLOADS HIMSELF INTO A VIRTUAL AFTERLIFE IN AMAZON PRIME NEW SF COMEDY SERIES UPLOAD

     'UPLOAD' TRAILER
LIVE UR BEST DIGITAL AFTERLIFE
Here's another thing you can watch on streaming services during the corona isolation. New science fiction comedy series UPLOAD will start
Upload is streaming from May 1st at Amazon
streaming May 1st at Amazon Prime with Robbie Amell toplining the cast

The Story Of Upload
is set in the near future where humans are able to 'upload' themselves into their preferred choice of afterlife, in the form of virtual reality environments. When party boy Nathan (Robbie Amell) meets his early death in a car crash his girlfriend uploads him into the virtual world at the luxurious “Lakeview” digital afterlife where he is greeted by customer service clerk Nora (Andy Allo) in his version of heaven.
The new series was created by Greg Daniels
The series follows the two as Nathan grows accustomed to life away from his loved ones, and the alive and cash stripped Nora struggles to stay afloat working her job alongside Nathan in the afterlife.

Friday, March 20, 2020

MEET THE CHARACTERS OF NEW EPIC FANTASY SERIES LETTER FOR THE KING WHICH STARTS TOMORROW AT NETFLIX!

     'THE LETTER FOR THE KING'
MEET THE CHARACTERS!
The series arrives March 20th at Netflix
If you are staying at home during the corona virus outbreak, as you definitely should, don't forget that two new historical series are coming to Netflix this weekend. Beside The English Game, a new Julian Fellowes saga on the beginnings of soccer in United Kingdom, Friday, March 20th  is also bringing you new fantasy series THE LETTER FOR THE KING which will arrive to Netflix as the adaptation of a 1962 classic book from their writer Tonke Dragt. How to Train Your Dragon and Puss in Boots' Will Davies adapted the six episode series which stars Amir
Amir Wilson is Turi, a young boy who holds the fate of the kingdom in his hands
Wilson in the lead role of a young boy who holds the fate of the kingdom in his hands when he embarks on a quest to deliver a secret message, David
Gijs Blom is villainous prince Viridian, the youngest child of the King of Unawen, and the most ruthless warrior who is posing a threat to the Southern kingdom of Eviellan!
Wenham as Sir Tiuri the Valiant, Jakob Oftebro as Crown Prince Iridian, Gijs Blom as the villain prince Viridian, Jack Barton as Foldo, Jonah
Jack Barton is Foldo, a friend of Turi, eager to help the young knight save the kingdom
Less as Jussipo and Ruby Serkis as Lavinia. If you don't know what to expect, the spy is here to tell you all you need to know about the story and the
Ruby Ashborne Serkis, plays Lavinia, one of the friends whom Turi takes with him on his quest to deliver the letter to the king. She is Andy Serkis' daughter
lead characters. I hear the first reactions to the new show are relatively positive, saying the series will give you more than you hoped for.
The Story Of The New Series
is set in a fantasy world of three kingdoms, following 16 year old squire Tiuri. When he answers a desperate call for help, he finds himself on a perilous
Jonah Lees is Jussipo, comic relief and also the quirky, smart guy of the group of friends who take on the journey to deliver a letter for the King
mission that could cost him his life. He must deliver a secret letter to the King who lives across the Great Mountains. Tiuri must abandon his home, break all
Thaddea Graham is Iona, the best fighter in the group, most skilled and less privileged than the others
the rules and leave everything behind – even the knighthood he has dreamed of for so long. The future of the entire realm depends on the letter and Tiuri 
Emilie  Cocquerel plays queen Alianor in the new series
must trust no one and keep his true identity secret. Above all, he must never reveal what is in the letter. Check out the trailer and tell us will you watch it tomorrow? How are you passing your time in the self carantine?

Thursday, March 19, 2020

A PERIOD SET MINI TV SERIES ON DANISH ARCTIC EXPLORER AND RENAISSANCE MAN PETER FREUCHEN IN WORKS!

  NEW EPIC MINI SERIES
ON ARCTIC EXPLORER FREUCHEN
Here's a new period set series for us: as Deadline reports, Ben Berkowitz and Max Berkowitz have bought the book rights to the storied
A photo of Peter with one of the three wives he had
life of Danish renaissance man Peter Freuchen (1886-1957) and will turn it into a mini series. Freuchen was a peg legged two meters tall Danish man who explored the Arctic, travelled to Africa and Siberia, battled the Nazis, won a game show, starred in the Oscar winning 1933 film Eskimo — and that was just a handful of his accomplishments. It will be a dark, funny, and deeply moving story, highlighting the complexities of a man who was always at odds with his surroundings, but never feared being the outsider. The Berkowitz Brothers and Freuchen’s grandson have done extensive research and secured the rights to several of Freuchen’s autobiographies detailing the story of a man who many said was ahead of his time.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

1ST PHOTOS FROM LAVISH 13TH CENTURY SAGA GLOW AND DARKNESS ON SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI WITH DENISE RICHARDS AND JANE SEYMOUR AS MEDIAEVAL QUEENS

  'GLOW AND DARKNESS'
LAVISH NEW EPIC TV SAGA
As you probably know by now, almost all of the films, series, daily soaps and all of the pilots have halted filming due to Coronavirus outbreak, and even
The series will have three seasons
the ones that are already airing, for example sitcoms, will finish their seasons without final episodes which were mostly due to be shot this week or end of March. Out of epic shows, Witcher, See, Around the World in 80 Days, Wheel of Time, Britannia, have all stopped filming their new or first seasons. Similarly, massive new Spanish epic drama GLOW AND DARKNESS (Resplandor y Tinieblas) has also put the production of its nine episodes on hiatus, but we have the first photos from the super luxurious period set project which shares its lavish scope with the other two upcoming new Spanish historical sagas El Cid and Ines of my Soul with more than 1500 actors and extras working on the project. Denise Richards and Jane Seymour lead the cast of the English language series which will cover the life and times of some of the most important figures of the Middle Ages
Denise Richards and Jane Seymour will play famous 13th century queens
who met the protagonist Saint Francis of Assisi, during the 13th century, a a spectacular period of history ruled by ambition, cruelty, religion and the clash of Christian and Saracen cultures. Some of the historical figures he met during his life include Richard the Lionheart (Steve Buyers), queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (to be played by Seymour) and Pope Urban II (to be played by Oscar
The series will be shot in English language, but it is a Spanish production
nomine Bruce Davison), Ferdinand of Navarre (Daniel Lundh), Frederick I Barbarossa (Adrian Bouchet), Frederick of Swabia (Callum Kerr), Hermann of Thuringia (Sander Jan Klerk), Raymond III of Tripoli (Joe Layton), Henry VI (Robert Maaser), Saladin (Adam Bond), King Baldwin (Landher Iturbe), Maria of Champagne (Denise Richards), King of Jerusalem Guy de Lusignan (March Hughes), prince of Antioch Reynald De
Adam Bond is legendary Saladin famous Muslim general and sultan
Chatillon (Bart Edwards), famous knight Roger of Moulins (Aron von Adrian) and many others. Jose Luis Moreno is the executive producer, director and writer of the series for Dreamlight International production. Opulent costumes, lavish sets, spectacular battles will fill the project which is planned as a three season series. The halted shooting was to be done in Italy, France, Morocco, Egypt and Spain.

  Dezzy's History Lesson
Assisi (Italy), year 1179 In the long night of the Middle Ages, at the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe plunges into darkness. Soon an institution will emerge that will take up the torch and for a thousand years illuminate all of
The lavish project will use more than 1500 actors and extras
Christendom: the Roman Catholic Church. However, in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, the papacy once again preaches the crusades against mighty Islam while facing one of its most serious crises: the Cathar
The series will be offered to networks only after the end of production
and Waldensian heresy. Owner of large properties and lands donated by the faith of the believers - with whom they want to "buy" their place in the promised heaven - the Church accumulates great power and has stopped listening to people, who demand its renewal and return to the origins of
The sets, costumes, cinematography are done by award winning Spanish experts
Christianity. Thus, popes and cardinals will be more devoted to face the Holy Empire, after decades in dispute for dominance of the known world. It is in these moments when, providentially, a man emerges whose message of love and respect for all beings of Creation will become universal: Francis of Assisi (1181-1226).