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Sunday, May 31, 2020

NEW INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED MOVIES: BENJAMIN BAT, GINGER'S TALE, BIGFOOT FAMILY, THE KNIGHT AND THE PRINCESS, LEN AND THE SONG OF THE WHALES

   NEW ANIMATED FEATURES
 BENJAMIN BAT FROM HOLLAND
A few new international animated features in work for you today, starting with BENJAMIN BAT from Holland, the coming-of-age story, penned by
Benjamin Bat is coming from studios in Holland
Karen van Holst Pellekaan, which revolves around a small, fearful bat called Benjamin. When he happens to fall in love with Sherida, a Surinamese
The movie will be a coming of age story
songbird, everything changes, and he has to stand up for himself and challenge his family in order to win her heart.

GINGER'S TALE FROM RUSSIA
One of the films that will compete at this year's Annecy Animated Film Festival (online this June) is Russia's GINGER'S TALE! Directed
Ginger's Tale comes to Russian cinemas this October
by Konstantin Shchekin, it follows Potter, a kind and poor guy, who finds a magical artifact called the Stone Of Fire, that makes him rich and mean. The
The film already has a stellar Russian voice cast
evil Queen decides to kill him, so she can take the Stone Of Fire. Only a girl called Ginger can save Potter with her devotion. It will arrive into Russian cinemas in October. Watch trailer here.

BIGFOOT FAMILY FROM FRANCE
Coming from Belgium and France is new animated adventure BIGFOOT FAMILY from Ben Stassen and Jeremie Degruson: Bigfoot, Adam's father, wants to use his fame for a good cause. Protecting a large
Bigfoot family arrives from France and Belgium studios
wildlife reserve in Alaska sounds like the perfect opportunity! When Bigfoot mysteriously disappears without a trace, Adam and his animal friends will brave anything to find him again and save the nature reserve.

THE KNIGHT AND THE PRINCESS
Saudi Arabia and Egypt are, meanwhile, bringing to Annecy their animated movie THE KNIGHT AND THE PRINCESS from Bashir El Deek and Ibrahim Mousa: it will be a true story with a fictional twist. An
The Knight and the Princess is at work in Arabia and Egypt
unwavering young warrior's determination to save abducted women and children from pirates, leads him to fall in love with a princess and confront a brutal tyrant and his devious sorcerer.

LEN AND THE SONG OF WHALES
 Currently in work over in Colombia and Argentina is animated movie LEN AND THE SONG OF THE WHALES following  Len, a wild and curious 9-year-old girl, who is afraid of water, in a tribe where all activities
Len and the song of the whales is at work over in Colombia and Argentina
take place in the sea, next to the whales. She receives a warning from a stranger from another tribe about an imminent tsunami, and a tough mission, to convince them to leave their home and trust their enemies to survive.

Saturday, May 30, 2020

A MEETING OF TWO FAMOUS CHILDREN WRITERS ROALD DAHL AND BEATRIX POTTER IN SKY'S TAIL OF THE CURIOUS MOUSE FESTIVE MOVIE WITH DAWN FRENCH

   DAWN FRENCH TO LEAD
THE TAIL OF THE CURIOUS MOUSE
Dawn  French will play Beatrix Potter
We've enjoyed her theatrics this spring in Trouble With Maggie Cole series, but British comedian Dawn French has something planned for the holidays already. She will star in THE TAIL OF THE CURIOUS MOUSE a holiday movie scheduled for December at Sky One, inspired by the true story of when a young Roald Dahl met his hero, Beatrix Potter. This is the official plot of the heart warming Christmas drama:
   With Beatrix coming to the end of her career and Roald aged only six and having recently lost his father and sister, this meeting of two literary legends was to have an enormous impact on the lives of both writers!
 As you know Roald Dahl is the writer of Fantastic Mr. Fox, James And The Giant Peach, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Matilda and The Big Friendly Giant, while Beatrix Potter wrote the famous adventures of Peter Rabbit!

Friday, May 29, 2020

1ST SET PHOTOS OF JAIME LORENTE IN AMAZON'S MEDIAEVAL EPIC TV SERIES EL CID! MANNY JACINTO JOINS NICOLE KIDMAN, MELISSA MCCARTHY IN NINE PERFECT STRANGERS TV ADAPTATION

   'NINE PERFECT STRANGERS'
NICOLE KIDMAN FINDS HER RIGHT HAND IN MANNY JACINTO
The latest one to join Hulu's upcoming new series based on a book by Liane Moriarty NINE PERFECT STRANGERS is Manny Jacinto, in a cast led by Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy.  It takes place at a
Manny Jacinto has been cast in the new series
boutique health and wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this ten-day retreat is the resort’s director Masha (Nicole Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. Manny Jacinto will play Yao, a bright eyed man-kid with a hipster vibe. After a life and death encounter with Masha, Yao finds himself as her right hand man at Tranquillum, a wellness resort with unusual practices. He’s deeply committed to Masha’s self improvement techniques and teachings and is in entirely in her thrall. The series is not expected before 2021.

   1ST 'EL CID' PHOTOS
FROM AMAZON'S NEW EPIC SAGA
Speaking of series that probably won't air this year, check out the first set photos of Jaime Lorente in Amazon Prime's Spanish epic series EL CID which, set on the Iberian peninsula plagued by clashes between the Muslim
The photos are from March when the production halted because of the corona outbreak
and Christian kingdoms, follows Castilian mediaeval nobleman and warrior named Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid! The first season will have two six episode parts and will also star Carlos Bardem, Juan Echanove, Elia Galera, Alicia Sanz, Fran Ortiz and Ginés García Millán! Read more here

Thursday, May 28, 2020

COLIN FIRTH & STANLEY TUCCI ARE GAY COUPLE IN 1ST SUPERNOVA DRAMA PHOTO! TUCCI TO ALSO STAR IN THE MAN WHO SAVED PARIS WW2 FILM WITH JEAN RENO, KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS, TOM WILKINSON

   STANLEY TUCCI IS
THE MAN WHO SAVED PARIS
Stanley Tucci will be the man who saved Paris
It's been one of those days today when you wake up and say - We shall have a Stanley Tucci day at Hollywood Spy! It's not that we don't have good reasons beside him being so dashing. One of his new movie projects is currently in pre production. THE MAN WHO SAVED PARIS will have a rather stellar cast as beside him we shall also see Kristin Scott Thomas, Jean Reno and Tom Wilkinson in this period set drama. The story will follow the most successful brothel owner in Paris during the 1940's who is asked by the government to restore the city's image (City of Love, Romance, Light) after the Nazi occupation and falls in love when he least expects it. The movie is being directed by Andy Tennant (Hitch, Sweet Home Alabama).

   1ST 'SUPERNOVA' PHOTO
WITH TUCCI & FIRTH AS GAY PAIR
We also have the first photo from another of his projects: Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth as gay partners in SUPERNOVA where they play Sam and Tusker partners of 20 years, who are travelling across England in
Tucci will also be Colin Firth's gay partner in Supernova film
their old RV visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have.The film has already been shoot written and directed by Harry Macqueen.

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

TRAILER FOR HEARTWARMING WW2 DRAMA SUMMERLAND IS HERE WITH GEMMA ARTERTON, PENELOPE WILTON, TOM COURTENAY, GUGU MBATA RAW

   WW2 'SUMMERLAND' MOVIE
OFFERS LOVE, MAGIC, HOPE!
Here it is finally, we've waited for it for quite a long time now: the first (and probably the only one) trailer for SUMMERLAND period set WW2 drama a directorial debut of Jessica Swale who also wrote the story of the
Summerland lands Julu 31st!
film in which Gemma Arterton plays a folklore investigator, who from her cliff top study during World War II debunks myths using science to disprove the existence of magic. The cast also includes Penelope Wilton, Gugu Mbatha Raw (as Gemma's lesbian love interest) and Tom Courtenay. The movie is set to be released on VOD and selected theatres July 31st!

Summerland Follows 
fiercely independent writer Alice who secludes herself in her study: occupied by her work but also profoundly lonely, haunted by a love affair from her past. When spirited young Frank, an evacuee from the London Blitz, is dumped into her irritable care, his
Jessica Swale both wrote and directed the war drama
innocence and wonder awaken Alice’s deeply buried emotions. Bravely embracing life’s miraculous unpredictability, Alice learns that wounds may be healed, hope and second chances do exist, and any woman must defiantly be two things: who and what she wants.

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

LOVE AIN'T EASY IN THE FIRST TRAILER FOR AUSTRALIAN DRAMA DIRT MUSIC WITH DAVID WENHAM, GARRET HEDLUND, KELLY MCDONALD

     'DIRT MUSIC' TRAILER
GIVES GARRETT HEDLUND A VERY HOT BEARD INDEED
First trailer has been released for the big screen adaptation of acclaimed Australian novel DIRT MUSIC by Tim Winton, in which the stunning landscape of Western Australia is the backdrop for an impassioned tale of love
Dirt Music is coming soon to Australian cinemas
and grief. Stuck in a loveless relationship with legendary local fisherman Jim Buckridge (David Wenham), the despondent Georgie (Kelly Macdonald) becomes enamoured with Lu (Garrett Hedlund), a young poacher who is encroaching on her tyrannical partner's territory. A reticent loner with a tragic past who gave up his life as a musician, Lu is wary of letting Georgie in. But their fervent attraction gets the better of them, and secrets are uncovered that will change their lives. When Jim finds out about the affair, Lu flees into the punishing terrain with no intention of returning, and Georgie sets off on a chase to bring her lover back. Three tempestuous
Along with the novel, a "soundtrack" was produced, which included both bluegrass and classical music and was intended to embody the quote in the novel, "Anything you could play on a verandah. You know, without electricity. Dirt music."
characters, worn down by traumas, find themselves bound together and forced to face one another's inner conflicts in this blistering outback melodrama. 



     DAVID WENHAM TO ALSO STAR
IN THE FURNACE WESTERN
Speaking of Australian films and their star David Wenham, he has also finished production on 19th century western THE FURNACE director Roderick MacKay's feature film debut! Set in Western Australia’s 1890s gold
Ahmed Malek and David Wenham lead the Furnace cast
rush, THE FURNACE is an unlikely hero’s tale, navigating greed and the search for identity in a new land. Ahmed Malek plays Hanif, a young cameleer who forms a partnership with a bushman (David Wenham) on the run with Crown gold. Together, they must outwit zealous troopers in a race to reset the gold bars at a secret furnace.

Monday, May 25, 2020

TRAILER FOR PERIOD SET FRENCH TV SERIES ROMANCE AKA WONDERLAND WITH OLGA KURYLENKO AND PIERRE DELADONCHAMPS IS HERE!

'ROMANCE' TRAILER
FOR NEW PERIOD SET TV SERIES
A few months ago your trusted spy informed you about the projects that would be presented at this year's online Series Mania and one of them was Wonderland, Girl From The Shore. In the meantime, it got a new title
June 10th is the series' start date in France
ROMANCE and has been set for June 10th airing date at France 2. Olga Kurylenko and Pierre Deladon- champs lead the six part period set series.

Story Is Set In 2020. Jérémy is 32 years old. He lives in Paris. Lonely and awkward, he’s never felt like he belonged to his own generation. One night, Jeremy accidentally discovers The Wonderland, a club with live music where people come to sing and dance, run by a charismatic manager named Tony. Jeremy tries out his luck and becomes a bartender there. The history of The
Olga Kyrulenko leads the six part 60s set TV series
Wonderland covers its walls, in dozen of photos. Jeremy is mesmerized by one photo in particular, of a woman on a beach. A photo taken in Biarritz in 1960. The Wonderland will seve as a door to Jeremy, a passage between Paris in
The series also known as Wonderland was created by Herve Hadmar
2019 and Biarritz in the 1960s. Wonderland tells the story of the meeting of two people who never should have met. A passionate love story that twists the hands of fate and changes lives. A trip through time, both terrifying and wonderful.

Sunday, May 24, 2020

1ST PHOTOS FROM ROALD DAHL AND PATRICIA NEAL BIOPIC WITH HUGH BONNEVILLE, KEELEY HAWES, SAM HEUGHAN!

     1ST 'TO OLIVIA' PHOTOS
FROM A ROALD DAHL BIOPIC!
Some of you have probably heard of the famous marriage between legendary writer Roald Dahl and Oscar winning actress Patricia Neal: it was so tempestuous that a film titled TO OLIVIA (formerly known as An Unquiet
Hugh Bonneville plays Roald, the author of Fantastic Mr. Fox, James And The Giant Peach, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Matilda and The Big Friendly Giant
Life) has been produced on it starring Hugh Bonneville and Keeley Hawes alongside Sam Heughan who plays Paul Newman in it. Today we have first photos from it.

  Life Filled With Tragedies  
His books enchanted many generations of children,  but Dahl's private life was one punctuated by tragedy after his and Patricia's daughter Olivia died at the age of seven in 1962. Six years after that he will dedicate Fantastic Mr.
Keeley Hawes plays Patricia Neal who had affairs with Ronald Reagan and Gary Cooper whose daughter even spat on her once publicly for it. She even aborted a child with him.
Fox to Olivia. Back in New York, they also survived a horrific accident in which their four-month-old son Theo was struck by a taxi, while in his pram, sustaining brain damages. When Patricia was pregnant with their fifth child, Lucy, she suffered a stroke which left her partially paralysed and blind and
Keeley speaks American in the film playing the American star Patricia who admitted that she never actually loved Dahl whom she divorced in 1983, a few  years before his death
unable to speak. Dahl then imposed a gruelling recovery regime on his wife that has since largely been adopted as the standard therapy for all stroke victims. To surprise of everyone, she returned to work later on and won another Oscar nomination.

Saturday, May 23, 2020

ALIENIST: ANGEL OF DARKNESS PERIOD SET SERIES SEASON 2 TRAILER WITH LUKE EVANS, DANIEL BRUHL, DAKOTA FANNING! CALL YOUR MOTHER THE 2ND SITCOM TO GET SERIES ORDER THIS SEASON!


     'CALL YOUR MOTHER' SITCOM
Kyra Sedgwick will lead the sitcom as the mom
GETS SERIES ORDER AT ABC
Even though it hasn't shot a pilot before the corona lockdown, just based on the scripts, ABC's multicam sitcom CALL YOUR MOTHER  (aka My Village) has become the second sitcom to be ordered for next season after B Positive. It follows an empty-nester mom (Kyra Sedgwick) who wonders how she ended up alone while her children live their best lives thousands of miles away. She decides
Joey Bragg and Patrick Brammall will also star in Call Your Mother
her place is with her family and as she reinserts herself into their lives, her kids realize they might actually need her more than they thought. Rachel Sennott, Joey Bragg, Patrick Brammall, Emma Caymares and Austin Crute will also star.

     'ANGEL OF DARKNESS'
ALIENIST SEASON 2 TRAILER!
In a bit darker genre, a  trailer has been released for the second season of The Alienist period crime drama this time titled ANGEL OF DARKNESS which hits TNT this summer Sunday, July 26th set at the turn of the century!
     The Alienist: Angel Of Darkness
Based on the Angel of Darkness novel by Caleb Carr, this season follows Sara Howard (Dakota Fanning) who has now opened up her own private
The new season will start on TNT July 26th!
detective agency. Returning are Dr. Laszlo Kreizler (Daniel Brühl), the titular “alienist” who brilliantly and eccentrically psychologically profiles his
Luke Evans returns as John Moore
criminals, and John Moore (Luke Evans), who now works as a New York Times reporter. The dynamic trio are on the case of a missing baby, the
Daniel Bruhl leads the series as the Alienist himself
daughter of the Spanish Consular. Their investigation leads them down a sinister path of murder and deceit, heading towards a dangerous and elusive
Dakota Fanning takes the female lead in the second season as well
killer. As in The Alienist, the series shines a light on the provocative issues of the era – the corruption of institutions, yellow press sensationalism, themes that still resonate today.

Friday, May 22, 2020

EMMA MACKEY, JOE ALWYN, EMILY BEECHAM TO LEAD EMILY BRONTE BIOPIC MOVIE! FAMILY ADVENTURE IN FOUR KIDS AND IT WITH MATTHEW GOODE, MICHAEL CAINE, RUSSELL BRAND, PAULA PATTON

     'EMILY' BRONTE MOVIE
REVEALS ITS BRITISH CAST
I'm sure that my ladies will rejoice to hear that a new movie about Wuthering Heights' famous writer Emily Bronte is being planned. A biopic on her early years simply titled EMILY will actually be a directorial debut of actress Frances O'Connor who already chose Emma Mackey to play the
Joe Alwyn and Emma Mackey will lead the Emily cast
lead role. Meanwhile, Joe Alwyn will portray Brontë’s conflicted lover. Fionn Whitehead will play Emily’s inspiring but self destructive brother Branwell Brontë, and our dear Into The  Badlands star Emily Beecham is playing her sibling, writer Charlotte Brontë. To be shot next year EMILY
Fionn Whitehead and Emily Beecham will also star
imagines the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of a rebel and a misfit, one of the world’s most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers who died too soon at the age of 30. The project will be offered to studios at Cannes online event this year.

     'FOUR KIDS AND IT' TRAILER
STARRING MATTHEW GOODE!
You can watch the film on  Sky Cinema
But if you are looking for something that you can watch with your kids and family, here's a lovely trailer for delightful family adventure FOUR KIDS AND IT which you can catch over on Sky Cinema with a rather stellar cast led by Matthew Goode, Michael Caine, Russell Brand and Paula Patton. This fantasy story, based on a book by Jacqueline Wilson, revolves around a group of kids on holiday in Cornwall who meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes. A wish a day brings adventure your way! After playing in United Kingdom, the movie is moving to Russia in June too.  

Thursday, May 21, 2020

1ST PHOTOS FROM NEW STEPHEN KING APOCALYPTIC TV SERIES THE STAND WITH ALEXANDER SKARSGARD, WHOOPI GOLDBERG, GREG KINNEAR, JAMES MARSDEN, AMBER HEARD

     'THE STAND' SERIES
BASED ON STEPHEN KING'S BOOK
CBS All Access has revealed the first photos from the sets of their new THE STAND series, a small screen adaptation of Stephen King's famous novel which is set, quite timely, in a pandemic apocalypse. Among the photos,
Ready to air sometime later this year, the series will have 9 episodes
you can see Alexander Skarsgard as demonic hell-raiser Randall Flagg and Whoopi Goldberg as benevolent 108 years old Mother Abagail! The cast
Whoopi Goldberg is benevolent Mother Abagail in the series
also includes James Marsden (who is immune to the virus), Amber Heard (whose character is dark and conflicted), Greg Kinnear (as a sociology professor), Heather Graham (as a NY socialite trying to survive in a necropolis)!

The Story Of The Stand    
After the mass destruction caused by a manmade virus called "Captain Trips" a false messiah (Alexander Skarsgard) emerges, possessing incredible powers and hellbent to rule the remaining human society. It's up to a group of
Alexander Skarsgard plays the main villain in the series
people to journey the post-apocalyptic wasteland to stop him and his army. The story of The Stand sees what happens when a virus, a man-made
The series ended production just before the corona outbreak
biological weapon that goes out of control, wipes out about 99 percent of the human population. Those that remain are left with the choice to follow their more baser, primordial instincts, or work together to build something good.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

EDGAR WRIGHT TO TURN THE CITY OF BRASS HISTORICAL FANTASY EGYPT SET SAGA INTO NETFLIX EPIC SERIES! NICK JONAS TO LEAD BLACKSMITH ACTION THRILLER FRANCHISE

     NICK JONAS TO LEAD
 THE BLACKSMITH THRILLER
Nick Jonas will lead the new thriller
Beside releasing big music hits, the hottest of the Jonas Brothers, Nick Jonas has just landed a lead role in Taken director Pierre Morel's new action thriller THE BLACKSMITH which will also have Laurence Fishburne in the cast.
As Deadline reports, Nick will play Wes Loomis, a ‘Blacksmith’ – the intelligence community’s go-to weapons expert. When his clandestine lab is destroyed and his colleagues murdered, he must go on the run with only his unique set of technological skills and the help of a brilliant, young CIA analyst Noelle Hazlitt to keep him alive. They seek out Mather (Fishburne), a retired blacksmith and Wes’ mentor, to help guide them! Based on the graphic novel by Malik Evans and Richard Sparkman, the movie is planned as a potential franchise.

     'THE CITY OF BRASS'
EPIC TV SERIES AT NETFLIX
Edgar Wright's newly established production company Complete Fiction will turn S.A. Chakraborty's THE CITY OF BRASS, first part of The
City of Brass was published back in 2017
Daevabad trilogy, into a historical fantasy series at Netflix! Published in 2017 by Harper Collins, and set in Egypt, the 500 and plus pages long novel  brings an alternative 18th century Middle East, and follows Nahri, a talented con woman who uses palm reading and sleight of hand to swindle Ottoman nobles. During an exorcism in Cairo, she summons a djinn warrior named Dara. Nahri is taken on a journey where she meets spirits and monsters, and grows close with Dara, while  the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts!

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

NEW BRITISH TV COMEDIES TO WATCH THIS SPRING: BREEDERS WITH MARTIN FREEMAN AND MISTER WINNER WITH SPENCER JONES

     'BREEDERS' COMEDY
TRIALS OF PARENTHOOD
If you are short on TV comedies to watch now that almost all network sitcoms have ended their seasons and the new ones probably won't be coming
Breeders aired on Sky and FX and Hulu
till January, here are two British comedies you might enjoy. Martin Freeman's BREEDERS which had ten episodes has just been ordered for second season by Sky and FX which airs it in America (episodes were also available on Hulu the next day). The parental comedy stars Freeman and Daisy Haggard as partners and parents, trying to look after their two small children Luke, played by George Wakeman, and Ava, played by Jayda Eyles. The series brings a comedic look at the trials and tribulations of parenthood. The parents will now be faced with new family traumas in the
Martin Freeman also produced the comedy beside toplining it
second season. Comedy veteran Michael McKean also guest starred as Freeman's father in law in the series. Check out the trailer below:



     'MISTER WINNER' COMEDY
WILL LESLIE BE A WINNER?
A series which had just six episodes in the first season but left behind it a treasure throw of hilarious gags that you've probably seen on all social networks, is MISTER WINNER which aired this year on BBC. This new
Mister Winner is a new sitcom from British BBC
farcical comedy follows the ironically named Leslie Winner (Spencer Jones), a well-meaning optimist who frequently finds himself in the midst of chaos, through a combination of silly decisions and tough luck. However, the pressure is on now for Leslie to finally pull himself together, as he prepares for
The first season had just six episodes
his wedding to beloved fiancé Jemma and attempts to win over his sceptical father-in-law to be. The official synopsis poses the question, by the end of the series "will Leslie be a winner or will his surname continue to be ironic?" 

Monday, May 18, 2020

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON BARKSKINS 17TH CENTURY EPIC TV SERIES WITH DAVID THEWLIS, CHRISTIAN COOKE, MARCIA GAY HARDEN, ANEURIN BARNARD

    'BARKSKINS' EPIC SERIES
MEET ALL THE CHARACTERS!
It is definitely true, my spylings, that the Autumn small screen landscape will be barren and sad with the corona production lockdowns. There are still a few new epic shows that will try to fill the void (Luminaries and Singapore
David Thewlis is a wealthy landowner with grand visions for New France
Grip will be arriving soon, and they will probably be sold to US  distributors as well as many networks will be looking to fill their Fall schedules with already finished international English language series which is why Cannes Series event taking place next month online will probably have tons of lucrative deals), but that void will be a deep one as many networks will postpone the start of new season till January. One of the new epic series that is coming to us to ease our boredom very soon is BARKSKINS which starts May 25th with two episodes back to back in following four weeks in 172
Barkskins will launc on May 25th at National Geographic
countries around the world. It will also get a Hulu release the very next day. Starring David Thewlis, Christian Cooke, Aneurin Barnard and Marcia Gay Harden, the series, based on the novel by Pulitzer-winner
Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor as Charles Duquet, a scrappy scoundrel signed to servitude in New France, and Christian Cooke as Rene Sel, an idealistic indentured servant who traveled to New France to start a new life.
Annie Proulx, follows a disparate group of outcasts who must navigate brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization in late 1600s New France.

  The Story Of Barkskins Is Set
in Wobik, a small settlement in what is now the Canadian province of Quebec. As the Catholic Church sends Jesuit priests to convert the indigenous people, France sends indentured servants to populate its territory, along with "Filles
Marcia Gay Harden (left) is Mathilde Geffard, the town innkeeper who knows everyone’s secrets.
Du Roi" ("Daughters of the King"), young women to be matched with husbands, start families and help the colonies prosper. This disparate group of outcasts, rogues and innocents must navigate brutal hardships, competing
The first season of Barkskins consists of ten episodes
 interests and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization: 1690s New France.Check out the gritty and gorry trailer below and tell us will it be your summer 2020 small screen watch?

Sunday, May 17, 2020

OLGA KURYLENKO AND KEVIN JENSSENS HAVE 'THE ROOM' WHICH FULFILS WISHES IN THE SUSPENSEFUL NEW THRILLER MOVIE

     'THE ROOM' THRILLER
GIVES OLGA KURYLENKO CHILLS
You can enter The Room over at Shudder
Imagine if you had a room in which everything you wish for suddenly appears for you. The couple from THE ROOM French thriller movie shot in English language probably does not feel overly lucky for having just a room like that. Russian superstar Olga Kurylenko and Belgian actor Kevin Jenssens (in the role for which Justin Chatwin was the original choice)  lead the movie as Matt and Kate who buy an isolated house. While moving, they discover a strange room that grants them an unlimited number of material wishes. But, since Kate has had two miscarriages, what they miss the most is a child. Directed by Christian Volckman the film
Olga Kurylenko takes the female lead in the movie
premiered on April 15, 2019 at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (and then visited dozens of others too around Europe), but it is now streaming on AMC's Shudder streaming service dedicated just to horror, thriller and supernatural fiction titles.

Careful What You Wish 4
While moving into a secluded mansion, a young loving couple, Kate and Matt discovers a strange secret room, whose interior holds the power to make everything they want a reality. Millions of dollars, the original of Van Gogh
Belgian actor Kevin Jenssens is the male lead in the thriller movie
and the most luxurious outfits - whatever they want, instantly materializes. One day, she decides to ask the room to grant them the child they haven't been able to have. But their initial happiness from this blessing will have unforeseen consequences. As they say: careful what you wish for.