Tuesday, June 30, 2020

1ST PHOTOS FROM ENOLA HOLMES WITH HENRY CAVILL, SAM CLAFLIN, ERNA AT WAR WW1 EPIC, FALLING WITH FIGARO OPERA COMEDY, PERIOD SET FRENCH FILM EIFFEL, ARABIAN BORN A KING

  FIRST PHOTOS FROM
HENRY CAVILL'S ENOLA HOLMES
Netflix has released first photos of Millie Bobby Brown as ENOLA HOMLES alongside her big brothers Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes, played by Henry Cavill and Sam Claflin, in a film which follows Sherlock Holmes'
Henry Cavill and Sam Claflin lead the male part of the cast
younger sister Enola who, when her mother disappears, decides to become a super-sleuth in her own right. Running away to London where she establishes a clandestine private detective career specializing in missing persons
The movie is currently being sued by Arthur Connan Doyle's estate
investigations, Enola must also keep ahead of her brothers who are determined to capture and force her to conform to their expectations. Helena Bonham Carter also stars as Eudoria Holmes, Enola's, Sherlock's, and Mycroft's mother.

WW1 FILM ERNA AT WAR
Screen Daily has, meanwhile, published first photo from Danish director Henrik Ruben Genz’s World War One drama ERNA AT WAR in which Trine Dyrholm stars as a mother whose mentally-challenged son is drafted
Erna at War was offered to buyers at Cannes Virtual Market last week
into the army and sent to fight on the border between Denmark and Germany. In a bid to keep him safe, she disguises herself as a man, enrols and heads to the frontline.

FALLING FOR FIGARO
Upcoming romantic comedy set in the world of opera  FALLING FOR FIGARO also has a first photo with Joanna Lumley and Danielle Macdonald as a young fund manager who decides to leave her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend behind to chase her lifelong dream of
Joanna Lumley and Danielle MacDonald lead Falling for Figaro
becoming an opera singer! Lumley is a former opera diva who becomes her fearsome singing teacher. Hugh Skinner and Rebecca Benson also star in the film that will have music from The Barber Of Seville, The Marriage Of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Romeo And Juliet and La Traviata.

PERIOD SET DRAMA EIFFEL
Pathé has released first image from French director Martin Bourboulon’s romantic costume drama EIFFEL, starring Emma Mackey and Roman Duris. She plays Adrienne, a mysterious woman from the past of celebrated engineer Gustave Eiffel (Duris), who is under pressure to design
French language costume drama Eiffel is currently in production
something for the 1889 Paris World Fair as spectacular as his recent collaboration with Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi on the Statue of Liberty. When Eiffel’s path crosses that of Adrienne again, their forbidden passion inspires him to change the Paris skyline forever, in a feat of engineering commemorating her name.

ARABIAN FILM BORN A KING
There's also the first photo from Spanish-UK-Saudi Arabian co-production BORN A KING which was shot in Saudi Arabia, a country that had previously been closed off to cinema for 50 years. The movie tells the story
The Arabian movie Born A King is being offered to buyers at Cannes
of how 13-year-old Faisal travels to London on a diplomatic mission, after World War I, coming face to face with key figures from that time.

Monday, June 29, 2020

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON BRAVE NEW WORLD SF SERIES WITH HARRY LLODY, ALDEN EHRENREICH, JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY, JOSEPH MORGAN, DEMI MOORE

'BRAVE NEW WORLD' SF SERIES
 LAUNCHES PEACOCK STREAMING
This July NBC is launching their own streaming service called Peacock and they've chosen BRAVE NEW WORLD, a small screen adaptation of Aldous Huxley's famous science fiction novel, as their tentpole series. The
Brave New World starts July 15th
series with ten episodes (each worth a staggering $10 million) will start July 15th set in a utopian society called New London that has achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself.

 What's The Story
As citizens of New London, Bernard Marx (Harry Lloyd) and Lenina Crowne (Jessica Brown Findlay) have only ever known a rigid social order, a perfect pharmaceutical called Soma, and a culture of instant gratification and ubiquitous sex. Curious to explore life beyond the strictures of their society, the two New Worlders embark on a vacation to the Savage
The ten episode saga is launching new streaming service Peacock
Lands, where they become embroiled in a harrowing and violent rebellion. Bernard and Lenina are rescued by John the Savage (Alden Ehrenreich),
Alden Ehrenreich and Jessica Brown Findlay star in the series
who escapes with them back to New London. The arrival of John, a subversive outsider, in the New World, threatens to disrupt the stability of New London’s utopian society.

Who Are The Brave Worlders?
The cast is led by Harry Lloyd as Bernard Marx, an Alpha Plus who works as a counsellor for The Bureau of Stability, administering Soma to the citizens
Joseph Morgan and Harry Lloyd star in the new TV series
of New London. Jessica Brown Findlay is his sister, while Kylie Bunbury is Frannie, her best friend, a Beta Plus who embraces her conditioning and New London’s social order. Sen Mitsuji is Henry Foster, an Alpha Plus in
Demi Moore and Hanah Kamen John also star in the series
every way, who works alongside Bernard as a counsellor at The Bureau of Stability. Joseph Morgan is CJack60, an Epsilon relegated to physical, tedious jobs, who is deeply impacted after witnessing a horrifying incident.
Sen Mitsuji and Kylie Bunbury will also star in the new series
Nina Sosanya is Mustafa Mond, a World Controller who is responsible for maintaining New London’s social structure and utopian promise. Demi Moore will play Linda, the brash, hard-living mother of John the Savage! 

Sunday, June 28, 2020

KATE WINSLET TO PLAY WAR CORRESPONDENT IN WW2 FLICK THE LIVES OF LEE MILLER! JACK WHITEHALL, EMMA ROBERTS TO LEAD SF COMEDY ROBOTS


  KATE WINSLET TO LEAD
THE LIVES OF LEE MILLER
The project was first announced years ago
After her Oscar winning role in Reader, Kate Winslet is returning to the battle fields of World War II in THE LIVES OF LEE MILLER as a Vogue cover model turned war correspondent. Based on the book by Lee's son Anthony Penrose, the war movie will be directed by Ellen Kuras who was nominated for an Oscar for a documentary movie. As  Deadline reports, the production has been granted an unprecedented access to The Lee Miller Archives, which include all of her photos and diaries.

The Story Of The  Film follows Lee Miller as she travels to the frontlines of World War II as a photojournalist and embarks on a mission to expose the hidden truths of the Third Reich. But in the aftermath of betrayal, she comes to a reckoning about the truths of her own past.

   JACK WHITEHALL TO LEAD
Jack Whitehall will take the male lead role
ROBOTS SF UK COMEDY
In another movie offered to buyers over at Cannes Virtual Market, Jack Whitehall will team up with Emma Roberts against ROBOTS. The British sf comedy will  see them playing a womaniser and a gold digger who learn humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves. To be directed by Anthony Hines, it will see Charles and Elaine, who trick people into relationships with illegal robot doubles of themselves, unwittingly use the scam on each other. Their robot doubles fall in love and elope, forcing Charles and Elaine to team up to hunt them down before the authorities discover their secret.

Saturday, June 27, 2020

LUKE EVANS JOINS NICOLE KIDMAN, MELISSA MCCARTHY IN NINE PERFECT STRANGERS TV SERIES. TRAILER FOR 1950S MOROCCO SET PROVOCATIVE SERIES LITTLE BIRDS WITH JUNO TEMPLE, HUGH SKINNER

   LUKE EVANS JOINS
Luke Evans has joined the cast
NINE PERFECT STRAN- GERS 
TV news for you today, starting with the latest info from Hulu: after Manny Jacinto the latest one to join the mini series NINE PERFECT STRANGERS with Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy is Luke Evans. The series, based on Liane Moriarty's book, takes place at a 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. Luke Evans, whom you can watch next month in Angel of Darkness mini series, will play Lars, one of the nine “perfect” strangers in the drama set for next year.

'LITTLE BIRDS' TRAILER
FOR A PROVOCATIVE NEW SERIES
The series hits Sky this August
Sky has finally released the first, rather provocative and erotic, trailer for their immersive and unusual new period set series LITTLE BIRDS which will have all its episodes out August 4th with the cast led by Juno Temple and Hugh Skinner. The Morocco set new mini series will air on Sky on Demand and Now TV where you will be able to watch it.

  Little Birds Springboards
from the erotic vignettes of Anais Nin into the Tangier International Zone of the 1950s. We arrive there with New York heiress Lucy Savage (Juno
Juno Temple leads the cast of the new Morocco set series
Temple) fresh off the transatlantic steamer and ready for love and marriage in exotic climes. But when her husband Hugo (Hugh Skinner) does not greet
Hugh Skinner will play the  husband of Juno Temple's character
her in the way she expected, she spins off into the surprising, diverse and degenerate world of Tangier in 1955. What Lucy discovers is a world in flux, a
There will be a lot of exotic vistas in the new series airing in August on Sky
country quivering on the cusp of independence, populated by a myriad of characters including a scandalous dominatrix, Cherifa Lamor (Yumna Marwan) who particularly captures Lucy’s imagination.

Friday, June 26, 2020

GAUMONT PREPARING NEW PHANTOM OF THE OPERA TV SERIES! ITS GERARD BUTLER VS A COMET IN GREENLAND DISASTER MOVIE TRAILER!

   'PHANTOM OF THE OPERA'
TO BE TURNED INTO TV SERIES
After the new series on the editor of Vogue magazine during WW2, Gaumont company has another interesting period set project for us: as
The series is currently in very early stages
Deadline reports, they will turn THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA into TV series but it will be more faithful to the Gaston Leroux’s 1910 iconic novel than to the famous musical based on it. Anthony Horowitz is to pen and reimagine Leroux’s gothic story about a disfigured composer, who lives in the depths of the Paris Opera House and falls for singer Christine with tragic consequences. The below mentioned Gerard Butler starred as the phantom in the 2004 movie directed by recently deceased Joel Schumacher.

   'GREENLAND' TRAILER
GERARD BUTLER VS A COMET
He has saved the world from disasters or Persians a couple of times, but Gerard Butler will do it again in GREENLAND which just got its new
Greenland is currently set for August release
trailer and poster and is currently scheduled for August cinematic release if corona allows. The story follows a family that is fighting for survival as a planet killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin) and young son Nathan must make a difficult journey to their only hope for safety from the destruction. Amid news accounts of cities around the world being levelled by fragments of the comet, the family sees the best and worst that humanity has to offer. As the countdown to global apocalypse speeds along, they must attempt a last-ditch effort to make a flight that will bring them to their only hope for safety.

Thursday, June 25, 2020

WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'S EPIC SAGA THE ANARCHY ON THE RISE OF EAST INDIA COMPANY TO BECOME HISTORICAL TV SERIES! ANEURIN BARNARD JOINS ALEX PETTYFER ON A TRIP TO CAMBODIA IN HUNTERS IN THE DARK

   'THE ANARCHY' SERIES
ON EVIL EAST INDIA COMPANY
While we wait for A Suitable Boy, Singapore Grip, Black Narcissus and Far Pavilions, the work on another exotic series has been announced yesterday:Siddharth Roy Kapur, the president of the Producers Guild of
Anarchy will be turned into epic TV saga
India, has bought TV rights to THE ANARCHY: The Relentless Rise Of The East India Company,  epic novel by William Dalrymple! Spanning more than 200 years, the 2019 best seller describes how the infamous East India Company rose to prominence against the decline and fall of the storied Mughal Empire. It provides a remarkable account of how a provincial trading start-up, run by thirty people from an office only five windows wide in a nondescript London building, became rulers of an entire sub-continent; in the process establishing the richest and most powerful empire in the history of the world. Kapur is currently in the process of finding a mix of Western and Indian writers for the series.

   'HUNTERS IN THE DARK'
SENDS ALEX PETTYFER AND ANEURIN BARNARD TO CAMBODIA
Aneurin Barnard has join the cast
Speaking of exotic settings, Deadline reports that Aneurin Barnard will join Alex Pettyfer in Cambodia set HUNTERS IN THE DARK movie which is being offered to buyers at this week's Cannes virtual market (new Three Musketeers movie pitch is also in offer there). Elodie Yung will also star in the film which tells the story of 28 year old English school teacher Robert Grieve (Pettyfer), who unexpectedly wins a bag full of cash. Adrift in Cambodia and eager for a way out of his life of quiet desperation, he decides to take a journey deeper into the wilder aspects of the country, coming up against a scheming American, a
Alex Pettyfer is set to take the lead role in the film
crooked police officer and a darker side of Cambodia. Director Simon Evans has also hired famous cinematographer Christopher Doyle to work with him on the movie.

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

1ST LOOK AT LEE PACE AS EMPEROR OF GALAXY IN APPLE'S NEW SF SAGA FOUNDATION TEASER! OVER THE MOON NETFLIX ANIMATED ADVENTURE TRAILER

   'FOUNDATION' TRAILER
SHOWS LEE PACE AS EMPEROR
An unexpected treat for today is the first teaser for Apple's new science fiction saga FOUNDATION which will air next year based on the classic and
The ten episode sf saga is set for 2021 release on Apple TV
award winning novel by Isaac Asimov. The clip starts with creator and director David S. Goyer talking about the production of the epic saga, which
Lee Pace leads the cast as the Galactic Emperor Brother Day
follows a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization after the fall of the Galactic Empire. Lee Pace and Jared Harris lead the cast of the lavish ten episode sf saga. 



   'OVER THE MOON' TRAILER
FOR NEW NETFLIX ANIMATION
Over The Moon arrives sometime this Autumn
Netflix has unveiled today a rather ridiculous (not just because the plot is silly but also because it literally shows you the whole film) trailer for their new animated adventure OVER THE MOON which, as a retelling of a classic Chinese myth, hits the streamer this Autumn. Directed by Disney's Oscar winning helmer Glen Keane, it follows a determined, bright young girl with a passion for science who builds a rocket ship to the moon to prove the existence of a legendary Moon Goddess. There she ends up on an unexpected quest, and discovers a whimsical land of fantastical creatures.

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

SUPER STELLAR THE KING'S MAN EPIC TRAILER WITH HARRIS DICKINSON, RALPH FIENNES, GEMMA ARTERTON, AARON TAYLOR JONSON, MATTHEW GOODE, TOM HOLLANDER, CHARLES DANCE, STANLEY TUCCI, RHYS IFANS, DANIEL BRUHL

   'THE KING'S MAN' TRAILER
 A WILDLY STELLAR EPIC PREQUEL
It is one of those movies that has been postponed like gazillion of times, but its current release date (if corona allows it) is scheduled for September
The King's Man is coming this September
and Disney has now released a new trailer for THE KING'S MAN, a wildly stellar epic starring Harris Dickinson, Ralph Fiennes (as Duke of Oxford), Gemma Arterton, Stanley Tucci,  Aaron Taylor Johnson, Rhys Ifans (as Rasputin), Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander (who is playing three emperors - George V, Wilhelm II and Nicholas II), Daniel Brühl (As Felix Yusupov), Neil Jackson, Djimon Hounsou, Serbian actress Branka Katic (as Tsarina Alix) and Charles Dance. The prequel to Kingsman franchise, which dealt with history's very first independent intelligence agency, goes back to the beginning of the 20th century (and also deeper in the past) and follows a
The film was mostly shot in United Kingdom and in Italy
collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds who gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, and one man must race against time to stop them. The third sequel of the Kingsman franchise is also in works. 

Monday, June 22, 2020

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON PERIOD SET TV SERIES PERRY MASON WITH MATTHEW RHYS AND JONATHAN LITHGOW STARTING TONIGHT ON SKY AND HBO

   'PERRY MASON'
NEW PERIOD SET TV SERIES
Perry Mason starts tonight on HBO, tomorrow on Sky
The official beginning of the summer is being celebrated today with the premieres of two new period series which both start tonight: I've already presented you with Luminaries last week, but over at HBO and Sky channels in Europe you can enjoy tonight the launch of PERRY MASON 1930s set $75 million worth series starring Matthew Rhys. Based on characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, this drama series follows the origins of American Fiction’s most legendary criminal defence lawyer, Perry Mason. When the case of the decade breaks down his door, Mason’s relentless pursuit of the truth reveals a fractured city and just maybe, a pathway to redemption for himself.

What's The Story?  
In 1932, the Great Depression grips the United States but Los Angeles is prospering thanks to an oil boom, the film industry, the summer's Olympic Games, and a massive evangelical Christian revival. Down-and-out criminal
Matthew Rhys leads the cast of the new series
defense attorney Perry Mason is retained for a sensational child kidnapping trial and his investigation portends major consequences for Mason, his client, and the city itself.

Developed and written by Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald, the new eight episode series also stars Tatiana Maslany as Sister Alice and
The series had a rather big $75 million budget
John Lithgow as Elias Birchard “E.B.” Jonathan! The series will keep you company this summer every Sunday night till August 9th. So far, the reviews mark it as messy written but visually very stylish.

  The Plot Of The First Episode
Los Angeles, 1931. On the heels of an unsavory investigation involving a famous comedian, Perry Mason (Matthew Rhys) – a PI struggling to make ends meet – and his right-hand man Pete Strickland (Shea
John Lithgow also stars in the new period set series
Whigham) are hired by attorney E.B. Jonathan (John Lithgow), Perry's mentor, to solve a perplexing case: the brutal kidnapping of one-year-old Charlie Dodson, whose parents Matthew (Nate Corddry) and Emily (Gayle Rankin) were targeted for a $100,000 ransom. After meeting with Herman
Tatiana Maslany also stars in the new series
Baggerly (Robert Patrick), a millionaire elder at the Dodsons' church, Perry, E.B., and E.B.'s legal secretary Della Street (Juliet Rylance) ponder why a family of unmistakably modest means would be extorted for such a steep price.

Sunday, June 21, 2020

COMEDY SATURDAY: ABC SETS WILL SASSO'S SITCOM UNITED WE FALL FOR JULY! RAMS AUSTRALIAN COMEDY TRAILER WITH SAM NEILL, MICHAEL CATON, MIRANDA RICHARDSON

   'UNITED WE FALL'
GETS A JULY AIRING DATE
Here is something else we will be able to watch this summer: although rumours said ABC would probably save it for the barren Autumn TV
United We Fall launches July 15th
landscape, they've given their new multi camera sitcom UNITED WE FALL a July 15th start date, which is Wednesday nights. It will premiere with two back to back episodes which will also be available next day on Hulu. Parenting can be tough. Throw some overzealous extended family members into the mix and chaos will undoubtedly ensue for Will Sasso, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Guillermo Diaz and Jane Curtin who lead the cast.

  They Got This! Almost!
The profoundly realistic family sitcom follows the trials and tribulations of Jo and Bill, parents of two young kids, as they try to make it day to day as a functioning family. Bill’s very judgmental live-in mother and Jo’s large Latinx
The series was originally prepared for 2019 season
Catholic family will never hesitate to let our couple know they’re seemingly screwing up, but Bill and Jo will always have each other’s backs, united against everyone – other parents, teachers, doctors, specialists, coaches, co-workers and especially their kids.



   'RAMS' TRAILER
NEW SAM NEILL MOVIE COMEDY
Rams will soon hit the cinemas in Oz
And since we are making it a comedy day today, check out the trailer and posters for Australian flick RAMS starring Sam Neill, Michael Caton and  Miranda Richardson. Coming soon to cinemas, it is set in remote Western Australia, where two estranged brothers, Colin (Sam Neill) and Les (Michael Caton), are at war. Raising separate flocks of sheep descended from their family’s prized bloodline, the two men work side by side yet are worlds apart. When Les’s prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley. While Colin attempts to stealthily outwit the powers that be, Les opts for angry defiance. But can the warring brothers set aside their differences and have a chance to reunite their family, save their herd, and bring their community back together?

Saturday, June 20, 2020

NETFLIX REVEALS SUMMER AIRING DATE FOR ARTHURIAN LEGENDS EPIC SERIES CURSED WITH KATHERINE LANGFORD, MATT STOKOE, GUSTAF SKARSGARD, DANIEL SHARMAN

   'CURSED' TRAILER
AND A JULY STREAMING DATE!
Just when we almost thought the summer was over even before it actually started, Netflix has announced today July 17th as the streaming date for their
Cursed starts July 17th at Netflix
new epic series CURSED, a ten episode drama based on Arthurian legends which it obviously (and rather shamelessly) plays with by changing history and legends the way it suits them. Katherine Langford leads the cast as the young sorceress Nimue who encounters a young King Arthur (Devon Terrell) on his quest to find a powerful and ancient sword.

  Cursed Series
based on  Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler's comic book, is a re-imagination of the Arthurian legend, told through the eyes of Nimue, a young woman with a mysterious gift
Katherine Langford takes the lead role of Lady of the Lake Nimue
who is destined to become the powerful (and tragic) Lady of the Lake. After her mother's death, she finds an unexpected partner in Arthur, a humble
Devon Terrell plays King Arthur, or a reimagination of the legendary king
mercenary, in a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword. Over the course of her journey, Nimue will become a symbol of courage and rebellion
Matt Stokoe is the brave Sir Gawain
against the terrifying Red Paladins, and their complicit King Uther. Cursed is a coming-of-age story whose themes are familiar to our own time: the
Gustaf Skarsgard is some weird new Merlin
obliteration of the natural world, religious terror, senseless war, and finding the courage to lead in the face of the impossible.

Who Else Is Cursed?
The cast of the series, which was shot last year before September and has thus escaped the predicaments of corona outbreak, also includes  Gustaf
Daniel Sharman is The Weeping Monk in the series
Skarsgard as Merlin, Matt Stokoe as Sir Gawain, Bella Dayne as Viking captain Red Spear, Daniel Sharman as the Weeping Monk, with Petter
The series will air in ten hourlong episodes
Mulan, Billy Jenkins, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Sebastian Armesto, Ella Prebble, Scarlett Rock and Daniella Gad also in the lineup.This is the third epic series at Netflix this year after Witcher and A Letter for the King.

Friday, June 19, 2020

HENRY LLOYD HUGHES & ROYCE PIERRESON ARE EVIL SHERLOCK AND WATSON IN NETFLIX PERIOD SET SERIES THE IRREGULARS!

'THE IRREGULARS'
TURNS SHERLOCK UPSIDE DOWN
I'm not sure how this one escaped my attention before, but I'm guessing it is better late than never and it is, admittedly, still in production: new TV series THE IRREGULARS will pair up Henry Lloyd Hughes and Olivia
Henry Lloyd Hughes will be Sherlock Holmes
Grant again after they played a married couple in Indian Summers. Nine episode Netflix crime mystery period set series will be based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the Baker Street Irregulars (boys who worked as intelligence agents) working for Dr Watson saving London from supernatural elements.

The Plot
The series will be written by Oscar nominated writer Tom Bidwell (Netflix and BBC One's Watership Down) and will focus on the Baker Street Irregulars, a gang of street children who in canon helped Sherlock Holmes gather evidence for his cases. However, it will turn this
Royce Pierreson will be Doctor Watson
traditional relationship upside down, portraying the Irregulars as a "gang of troubled delinquent teens who are manipulated into solving crimes for the sinister Doctor Watson and his mysterious business partner", while Holmes takes credit for their success. The series will also feature supernatural elements, as the Irregulars realize they are up against a dark forces that threatens not only London but "potentially the entire world. With Henry Lloyd Hughes as Sherlock Holmes and Witcher's Royce Pierreson as Dr John Watson,it will have  Clarke Peters, Thaddea Graham, Darci Shaw, Jojo Macari, McKell David and Harrison Osterfield also in the cast of the series which started shooting in September and was supposed to work till May but had its production stopped with only two more weeks left to shoot.

Thursday, June 18, 2020

SAM HEUGHAN JOINS OLIVER JACKSON COHEN, FREIDA PINTO, CONSTANCE WU IN MR MALCOLMS' LIST REGENCY ERA ROMANCE! MAGGIE SMITH, KATHY BATES, LAURE LINNEY JOIN THE MIRACLE CLUB

SAM HEUGHAN JOINS
MR MALCOLM'S LIST EPIC DRAMA
Sam Heughan has joined the period set drama
Well, this will certainly be a colourblind period set movie: a few months ago I told you that Freida Pinto and Oliver Jackson Cohen will lead Regency era costume drama MR MALCOLM'S LIST and now they are being joined by Sam Heughan and Constance Wu. The novel by Suzanne Allain, on which the script is based, will be out next month globally. As 'Deadline' reports, Sope Dirisu will play the titular character of Mr Malcolm, London’s most eligible bachelor. When Julia (Constance Wu) is jilted by him after she failed to meet one of the items on his list of requirements for a bride, she enlists her friend Selina (Freida Pinto) to help her take revenge. Emma Holly Jones is directing and preparing a presentation for the buyers at Cannes virtual market later this month.

'THE MIRACLE CLUB'
FINDS ITSELF A THESPIAN TRIO
A trio of award winning ladies has been cast in Embankment Films' new movie THE MIRACLE CLUB which will see Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates and Laura Linney leading the story of working-class women from Dublin who embark on a pilgrimage to Lourdes. As ScreenDaily reports, Thaddeus
Maggie Smith and Kathy Bates will be going to Lurdes
O’Sullivan is directing the movie which will have a 2022 release. It will also be offered to buyers at Cannes. The movie was first planned back in 2004 under Pushers Needed title. A few weeks ago I told you that Embankment will also be offering EMILY movie on Emily Bronte for sales this month.

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

BEN WHISHAW TO LEAD BBC'S SERIES ADAPTATION OF ADAM KAY'S THIS IS GOING TO HURT BESTSELLER! THE NEST TRAILER FOR JUDE LAW NEW DRAMA

BEN WHISHAW TO LEAD
THIS IS GOING TO HURT SERIES
Ben Whishaw will lead the new series
Doctors, as the biggest heroes of the year together with brave policemen, are getting their own series over at BBC who have set Ben Whishaw as the lead in THIS IS GOING TO HURT the small screen adaptation of Adam Kay’s best selling diaries documenting his time as a junior doctor. AMC will co produce the story that follows Adam Kay, who we find wending his way through the ranks of hospital hierarchy – junior enough to suffer the crippling hours, but senior enough to face a constant barrage of terrifying responsibilities. Adam is clinging to his personal life as he is increasingly overwhelmed by stresses at work: the 97-hour weeks, the life and death decisions, and all the while knowing the hospital parking meter is earning more than him. It is a show about trying to be a good doctor in a system which can sometimes feel like it’s working against you.

'THE NEST' TRAILER
 JUDE LAW IN A COUNTRY MANOR
The Nest arrives to cinemas this September
A trailer has arrived for a new movie drama that should hit cinemas September. THE NEST stars Jude Law as Rory, an ambitious entrepreneur and former commodities broker, who persuades his American wife Allison (Carrie Coon), and their children to leave the comforts of suburban America and return to his native England during the 1980s. Sensing opportunity, Rory rejoins his former firm and leases a centuries-old country manor, with grounds for Allison’s horses and plans to build a stable. Soon the promise of a lucrative new beginning starts to unravel, the couple have to face the unwelcome truths lying beneath the surface of their marriage.