IT IS CUTENESS OVERLOAD IN CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG TRAILER WITH JACK WHITEHALL, JOHN CLEESE! BARRY UNSWORTH'S 18TH CENTURY SLAVE SHIP NOVEL SACRED HUNGER TO BECOME EPIC TV SERIES

 SACRED HUNGER TO BECOME 

18TH CENTURY SET SERIES

The book written by Barry Unsworth actually won Booker Prize back in 1992 together with Michael Ondaatje's English Patient which then

The book will become a TV series

became an Oscar winning movie, but SACRED HUNGER will now finally get its own adaptation. It won't be a big screen one, but a TV series one to be produced by Chris Bongirne. The story follows the journey of a struggling young English doctor aboard 18th century slave ship the Liverpool Merchant. The trouble begins when the ship is stricken by disease, watching as its crew and their cargo of African prisoners, meant for the slave trade, unite in mutiny, a move that will ultimately free both from the period’s oppressive and dehumanizing grip of commerce and greed.

 

  CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG 

 IT'S A REALLY BIG ADVENTURE

If you are looking for something to cheer you up this week, how about a cute pup - but in a giant red version? CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG trailer is here for a film based on popular childrens' books by Norman

Clifford is out September 17th in theatres

Bridwell. It will bark its way into cinemas this September following middle schooler Emily Elizabeth (Darby Camp) who, after meeting a magical animal rescuer (John Cleese) who gifts her a little, red puppy, never antici- pated waking up to find a giant ten foot hound in her small New York City apartment. While her single mom (Sienna Guillory) is away for business, Emily and her fun but impulsive uncle Casey (Jack Whitehall) set out on an adventure that will

Jack Whitehall takes the male lead in the new family movie

keep you on the edge of your seat as our heroes take a bite out of the Big Apple. Based on the beloved Scholastic book character, Clifford will teach the world how to love big!

SEE LEE PACE RULING AN INTERGALACTIC EMPIRE IN FOUNDATION EPIC TV SERIES MINDBLOWING TRAILER WITH JARED HARRIS! AIR DATE REVEALED!

  FOUNDATION EPIC SERIES  

REVEALS AIRING DATE & TEASER

It won't air during summer after all, but the good news is we now have something to look forward to next season as FOUNDATION epic TV

First 3 episodes will stream September 24th

series will start September 24th on Apple based on Isaac Asimov's famous novel.  The 10 episode series chronicles the epic saga of a band of exiles who discover that the only way to save the Galactic Empire from destruction is to defy it! When revolutionary Dr. Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) predicts the impending fall of the Empire, ruled by Lee Pace, he and a band of loyal followers venture to the far reaches of the galaxy to establish The Foundation in an attempt to rebuild and preserve the future of civilization. Enraged by Hari’s claims, the ruling Cleons, a long line of emperor clones, fear their grasp on the galaxy may be weakening as they’re forced to reckon with the

Lee Pace is Brother Day, one of the three rulers of galaxy

potential reality of losing their legacy forever. David S. Goyer is the showrunner, he crossed the globe shooting the series which was shot in Berlin, Canary Islands, Iceland, Malta and other vastly different locations.

DAZZLING SING 2 ANIMATED MOVIE SEQUEL TRAILER AND CHARACTER POSTERS ARE HERE WITH MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, REESE WITHERSPOON, TARON EGERTON, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, BONO!

   SING 2 ANIMATED SEQUEL  

TO REGAL YOU NEXT CHRISTMAS

Sing 2 is arriving this Christmas

This one is coming only this Christmas but we already have a new trailer and character posters as well: December 22nd, 2021, is bringing us SING 2 the sequel to the super popular 2016 animated adventure. The sequel was both written and directed by Garth Jennings who was behind the helm in the first one too which earned rather stunning $634 million in the cinemas around the world with its stellar voice cast and dazzling pop hits covered in it! 

 

IN SING 2

Buster (Matthew McConaughey) and his cast have turned their theater into a local hit, but Buster has his eyes on a bigger prize: Debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City. But with no connections,

Bono is new cast addition as Calloway

Buster and his cast, including harried mother pig Rosita (Reese Witherspoon), rocker porcupine Ash (Scarlett Johansson), earnest gorilla Johnny (Taron Egerton), shy elephant Meena (Tori Kelly) and, of course, porcine provocateur extraordinaire Gunter (Nick Kroll), have to sneak their way into the world-famous Crystal Entertainment offices, run by a ruthless mogul wolf named Jimmy Crystal (Bobby Cannavale). In a desperate attempt to get his attention, Gunter spontaneously pitches an outrageous idea that Buster quickly runs with, promising that their new show will star lion rock legend Clay Calloway (Bono). Problem is, Buster has never met Clay, an artist who shut himself away from the world more than

Taron Egerton and Scarlett Johansson are Johnny and Ash

a decade ago after the loss of his wife and hasn’t been seen since. As Gunter helps Buster dream up an out-of-this-world theatrical masterpiece, and the pressure (and sinister threats) from Mr. Crystal mount, Buster embarks on a

Reese Witherspoon and Tori Kelly are Rosita and  Meena

quest to find Clay and persuade him to return to the stage. What begins as Buster’s dream of big-time success becomes an emotional reminder of the power of music to heal even the most broken heart.

NINE PERFECT STRANGERS SERIES TRAILER WITH NICOLE KIDMAN, LUKE EVANS, MELISSA MCCARTHY, MICHAEL SHANNON! SERPENT QUEEN CATHERINE MEDICI EPIC TV SERIES CASTS RAY PANTHAKI AS CARDINAL GUISE

 SERPENT QUEEN EPIC SERIES

FINDS ITS SINISTER CARDINAL

One of our pet projects is continuing with the casting process and as Deadline reports, THE SERPENT QUEEN epic series over at Starz has just

Ray Panthaki will take the cardinal role

added Ray Panthaki next to Samantha Morton, Charles Dance, Colm Meaney and others that we've already announced. Morton plays famous Catherine de Medici who, considered an immigrant, common and plain, is married into the 16th century French court as an orphaned teenager expected to bring a fortune in dowry and produce many heirs, only to discover that her husband is in love with an older woman, her dowry is unpaid and she’s unable to conceive. Yet, only with her intelligence and determination, she manages to keep her marriage alive and masters the bloodsport that is the monarchy better than anyone else, ruling France for 50 years. Panthaki will be Charles Guise, the sinister Catholic Cardinal who loves taking things from the Protestants under the guise of raising funds for war and to fund their families louche lifestyles. He is intelligent, politically deft, athletically gifted and devastatingly handsome.

  NINE PERFECT STRANGERS  

HULU'S STARSTUDDED TRAILER

New series starts August 18th

Hulu has unveiled a rather thrilling trailer and first poster for their upcoming new mini series NINE PERFECT STRANGERS based on the book by Liane Moriarty and starring Nicole Kidman, Luke Evans, Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, Manny Jacinto and Michael Shannon. Premiering August 1, it 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 10 day retreat is theresort’s director Masha (Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine “perfect” strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.

 

PENELOPE WILTON JOINS JIM BROADBENT IN UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY! HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS IN THIS LITTLE LOVE OF MINE NETFLIX TRAILER WITH LIAM MCINTYRE, CRAIG HORNER, SASKIA HAMPELE

 THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY MOVIE DRAMA 

PENELOPE WILTON JOINS JIM BROADBENT IN THE CAST

Earlier this year I told you that Jim Broadbent will lead heartwarming drama THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY and now Penelope Wilton has joined him as Maureen, the wife who is left bereft and bewildered when Harold doesn’t come home one day. Broadbent plays Harold, an ordinary man who has passed through life living on the sidelines until he

The movie will start shooting sometime later this Autumn

goes to post a letter one day…and just keeps walking. He embarks on a 450-mile walk across the UK in the simple belief that his journey will save the life of his old friend Queenie who is dying in a hospice. Step by step, a spark is ignited in Harold’s hibernating soul as he rediscovers the majesty of the world, reflects on his mistakes, and finally gains the strength to face the unspoken grief that has driven him and his wife apart.

  THIS LITTLE LOVE OF MINE 

COMING TO NETFLIX NEXT MONTH

Speaking of love couples, a romantic drama starring Spartacus Liam McIntyre, Craig Horner and Saskia Hampele arrives to Netflix July 7!

The movie arrives to Netflix July 7th

She plays Laura, a successful hardworking big city lawyer on the verge of being promoted to partner at her firm with a like minded fiancé. To seal her promotion, Laura must go back to her hometown, the island of Sapphire Cove to convince her childhood best friend Chip to sign a contract to take over his grandfather’s company. At first, Chip refuses to read the contract but Laura and Chip eventually reach an agreement that for every “fun and relaxing” event Laura does then Chip will read a page. As they reconnect, the chemistry between the two are immediate and Laura learns what is important that “home is where the heart is.”

SEE SAM NEILL, CHRISTOPH WALTZ IN 1ST PORTABLE DOOR FANTASY ADVENTURE PHOTOS! SEE STEVE MARTIN, MARTIN SHORT, SELENA GOMEZ IN ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING COMEDY SERIES

   PORTABLE DOOR PHOTO WITH 

SAM NEILL, CHRISTOPH WALTZ

First photo has been revealed from fantasy adventure movie THE PORTABLE DOOR based on the novels by Patrick Holt and starring Sam Neill, Miranda Otto, Damon Herriman, Jessica de Gouw and Christoph Waltz! It follows two lowly, put-upon interns at a mysterious

The Sky Original  film is currently shooting down in Australia!

London firm, J.W. Wells & Co., who become steadily aware that their employers are anything but conventional. The charismatic villains who run the company are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices. The Jim Henson Company film will air on Sky in UK, Germany and Italy, while in Oz, where it is currently shooting, it goes to cinemas. 

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING

TRAILER WITH STEVE MARTIN AND MARTIN SHORT

Meanwhile, Hulu has given us a trailer for their new comedy series ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez, as three strangers who share an obsession with

It will be the first series of the new season

true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one. When a grisly death occurs inside their exclusive Upper West Side apartment building, the trio suspects murder and employs their precise knowledge of true crime to investigate the truth. As they record a podcast of their own to document the case, the three unravel the complex secrets of the building which stretch back years. Perhaps even more explosive are the lies they tell one another. Soon, the endangered trio comes to realize a killer might be living amongst them as they race to decipher the mounting clues before it’s too late. The series starts August 31st on Hulu and on Disney + in UK also starring Nathan Lane and Aaron Dominguez.

LEONARDO PRODUCERS WORKING ON TWO NEW EPIC SERIES ON CARAVAGGIO AND MICHELANGELO BESIDE SANDOKAN! OTTO BATHURST PREPARING EPIC NEW FRANKENSTEIN TV SERIES

 CARAVAGGIO & MICHELANGELO

GETTING THEIR OWN SERIES

While we are waiting for Lux Vide to bring us new Sandokan series with Can Yaman, the news comes that after Leonardo series in which Aidan Turner played famous Da Vinci, they are planning to also make two epic series about his fellow painters CARAVAGGIO and MICHELANGELO! Minamata and The White Crow director Andrew Levitas is already

These two new series will continue trilogy started with Leonardo

developing these new projects. Michelangelo and Caravaggio represent the completion of a trilogy on the great Renaissance artists that began with Leonardo. The stories of larger-than-life artists and characters will be told with a modern cut and language! Michelangelo actually appeared in Leonardo series as they were rivals, while Caravaggio worked in the 16th century Rome.

FRANKENSTEIN EPIC TV SERIES

UNDER OTTO BATHURST'S HELM

Otto Bathurst is producing and helming

Speaking of epic series, Otto Bathurst from Peaky Blinders, Robin Hood and Halo will direct FRANKENSTEIN TV series adaptation for Black Box and Stone Village. Penned by Bradley McManus, it will have the story set in pre Victorian Europe, and focusing on the behaviors and obsessions of a scientist exploring the fine thread between life and death, all set against the context of a year in which dependence on scientific breakthroughs has been paramount. The series is envisioned as a returning one, not an event mini series.

SEE JACK O'CONNELL, COLIN FARRELL AT ARCTIC IN NEW NORTH WATER EPIC TV SERIES PHOTOS! SHAKESPEARE'S SON CENTRED BOOK HAMNET GETS MOVIE ADAPTATION BY SAM MENDES

   NEW THE NORTH WATER  

PICS FROM BBC EPIC SERIES

We have been waiting for this one for over two years now and it still does not have a clear airing date but BBC has announced that it will air this Autumn on BBC 2 (I'm guessing that does not tell us anything good about the

The series will air in five hourlong episodes

quality of the series) together with releasing a few new photos from THE NORTH WATER historical thriller series which stars Jack O’Connell as Patrick Sumner, Colin Farrell as Henry Drax, and Stephen Graham as

The North Water will air this Autumn on BBC 2 not One

Captain Brownlee, alongside Tom Courtenay as Baxter, seen here in character for the first time. The North Water also stars Peter Mullan, Sam Spruell and Roland Møller. While the series will air sometime in Autumn on BBC, the July 15th date has been set for US audience over at ACM!

     THE FIVE PART SERIES

 based on the acclaimed novel by Ian McGuire, 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. But the ferocity of the

Jack O'Connell leads the cast as ex army surgeon

elements is matched by the violence of his crew mates, with Drax (Colin Farrell), a harpooner and distinctly brutal force of nature. As the true

Collin Farrell plays the main villain in the new series

purpose of the expedition becomes clear, confrontation between the two men erupts, taking them on a journey far from solid ground and beyond the safe moorings of civilisation.

The series was shot up in the frozen Northern seas

Set in Hull and on the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s, The North Water’s location work took place primarily in the Arctic, shooting on the

Tom Courtenay also stars in the ensemble cast

frozen seas north of the Svalbard Archipelago. The cast and production team sailed as far as 81 degrees north to film sequences in the pack ice, the furthest point north it is believed a drama series has ever filmed before.

 

 

  HAMNET HISTORICAL NOVEL 

TO GET MOVIE ADAPTATION

Sam Mendes will produce the film

Well, Kenneth Branagh already covered the topic with Judi Dench last year, but Sam Mendes is going to produce a big screen adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's award winning book HAMNET. This  historical fiction novel imagines the story of Agnes, the wife of Britain’s most famous writer William Shakespeare, as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of their only son, Hamnet. The novel charts the emotional, familial and artistic consequences of that loss, bringing to life a human and heart-stopping story as the backdrop to the creation of Shakespeare’s most famous play, Hamlet. Chiara Atik is penning the script for the movie adaptation.

SKY SETS SUMMER RETURN DATE FOR SEASON 3 OF DAVID MORRISSEY'S BRITANNIA EPIC TV SERIES SET IN THE WORLD OF WARRING CELTIC TRIBES AND ROMAN INVADERS

   BRITANNIA SEASON 3   

ARRIVING TO SKY THIS AUGUST

Fresh today over from Sky is the release date for the third season of their epic series BRITANNIA. All eight episodes will be available from August 23rd on Sky Atlantic and their streamer NOW. Set in the world of Celtic tribes and evil Romans, series three sees a radical transformation in Cait’s

The third season will arrive late this August to Sky

(Eleanor Worthington Cox) journey as the Chosen One with a decision that will tie her to the future of her war-torn people and their ravaged land. Aulus (David Morrissey) comes under pressure from a new and dark force – otherwise known as his wife (Sophie Okonedo), whilst Amena finds

Sophie Okonedo joins the cast as the wife of Aulus

herself in a lethal Ménage à trois with both of them. Divis (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) gets a new job which he despises, and Veran (Mackenzie Crook) goes to the underworld and sees the future. Julian Rhind Tutt and Zoë Wanamaker also return.

NEW POST APOCALYPTIC TV SERIES: STATION ELEVEN WITH MACKENZIE DAVIS, LORI PETTY, HIMESH PATEL, THE SWARM WITH CECILE DE FRANCE, JACK GREENLEES LEADING INTERNATIONAL CAST

  STATION ELEVEN HBO MAX 

POSTAPOCALYPTIC TV SERIES

As I usually say - I like to watch apocalyptic shows as you can never be too prepared, and two new cataclysmic series were announced this week. HBO Max has set Mackenzie Davis and Himesh Patel as leads of their ten episode show STATION ELEVEN a post-apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines. It tells the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to

Himesh Patel and Mackenzie Davis are leading Station 11

rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what’s been lost. David Wilmot, Matilda Lawler, Nabhaan Rizwan, Philippine Velge, Daniel Zovatto, Luca Villacis, Dylan Taylor and Lori Petty will also star in the show based on the international bestseller by Emily St. John Mandel.

 

  THE SWARM GLOBAL SERIES  

SETS INTERNATIONAL CAST 

Meanwhile, Europe is preparing big-budget series based on the Frank Schätzing best-seller THE SWARM, and has gathered a global cast of stars for the eight part environmental thriller. Cécile de France, Sharon Duncan Brewster, our dearest boo Jack Greenlees (whom we fell in love

Swarm is already shooting in Italy and will move to Belgium

with in Harlots), Lydia Wilson, Krista Kosonen, Alexander Karim, Leonie Benesch and Barbara Sukowa will star next to Takuya Kimura, Takehiro Hiera, Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Dutch Johnson and Joshua Odjick! The series, being done for German ZDF, chronicles the struggle of

Cecile De France, Jack Greenlees, Alexander Karim will star

humankind against an unknown swarm intelligence that lives in the depths of the sea. When humanity’s pollution and wanton exploitation of the seas disturb this mysterious collective, it strikes back, threatening all human life on earth. The fate of the world rests in the hands of a small group of scientists.

PATHE PREPARING UPSCALE EPIC TV SHOWS ON NAPOLEON AND THE BLACK MUSKETEER! JONNY LEE MILLER, SOFIA BOUTELLA FIGHT FOR THEIR FAMILY UP ON MARS IN SETTLERS SF TRAILER

  PATHE TO MAKE EPIC SERIES 

ON NAPOLEON,BLACK MUSKETEER

Most glorious of news, people! Our favourite movie studio Pathe is launching its TV branch and has already set ambitious first projects. To be headed by Aude Albano who gave us Versailles, their first series will mostly

Pathe will hire famous directors for these shows

include large scale period drama revolving around iconic French figures, as Variety reports. Jean François Richet is already preparing for them a series on NAPOLEON, the first episode has apparently already been written with the help of Thierry Lentz, who heads the Napoleon Foundation in Paris and has written several books about him. Meanwhile, Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patelliere (who are also behind Pathé’ $73 million two part movie adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel The Three Musketeers) are creating THE BLACK MUSKETEER series inspired by the epic true story of the first Black Musketeer in French history, Louis Aniaba. The show will follow the adventures of this lesser known, yet truly heroic character who will be also be portrayed in the two-part film adaptation with Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris and Eva Green. Next two years Pathe plans to produce several upscale series of high quality. 

  SETTLERS SF TRAILER  

WITH JONNY LEE MILLER

First, rather dynamic trailer has been released for science fiction thriller SETTLERS out in theatres in video on demand from July 23rd

Settlers are out this July!

following mankind's earliest settlers on the Martian frontier who do what they must to survive the cosmic elements and one another. The story is set on a remote homestead on the Martian frontier, following a refugee family from Earth that clings to hope for a better life. When strangers appear in the surrounding hills and attempt to run them off, nine year old Remmy (Brooklynn Prince) is faced with the desperate reality her mother (Sofia Boutella) and father (Jonny Lee Miller) have tried so hard to keep from her. Wyatt Rockeller's first movie, shot in South Africa, also stars Ismael Cruz Córdova as the main villain. Check out the revealing trailer below and tell us what you think.

STAR OF PERSIA EPIC TV SERIES TO BE SET AT THE COURT OF KING XERXES! 16TH CENTURY PLAGUE RIDDEN MILAN SET DARK TRAGEDY EPIC TV SERIES PROVVIDENZA FROM GAME OF THRONES PRODUCER

 STAR OF PERSIA EPIC SERIES 

FROM COURT OF KING XERXES

An epic show a day keeps the doctor away, is my favourite saying, spylings. And this one will be exotic too. M.E.G.A. Films has bought rights on Jill

Star of Persia will become TV series

Eileen Smith's historical novel STAR OF PERSIA with plans to turn it into a mini TV series. Samuel Franco and Evan Kilgore will write he scripts inspired by the Old Testament’s Book of Esther, following a brave peasant girl, Esther, who is enslaved by Persian King Xerxes, and forced to be a part of his harem. There, as she works to gain the trust and respect of the other women in the palace, she fights to become their protector and advocate. Now rising to wield great power as the King’s favorite concubine, she discovers a deadly coup among his most trusted advisors. On the heels of his army’s costly victory over the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae, Esther must decide whether to expose and foil the plot, or become complicit in the downfall of an empire.

 PROVVIDENZA EPIC TV SERIES 

SET IN 16TH CENTURY MILAN

Speaking of epic shows, Variety reports that Francesco Musesti's upcoming novel Lodovico, a prequel to Italy's literary classic I Promessi Sposi by Alessandro Manzoni, will be turned into an epic TV series titled

Prequel book Lodovico is out this October

PROVVIDENZA by Game of Thrones executive producer Vince Gerardis set in 16th century plague ridden Milan. The prequel novel follows the backstory of the character of Friar Christopher, who before converting, murdered a nobleman in a duel, and also that of other characters in the Italian classic: the ruthless aristocratic male known as The Unnamed; a thug named Griso; the pious Cardinal Borromeo; and the novel’s modest female protagonist Lucia, whose backstory in the prequel becomes imbued with witchcraft. The prequel TV series follows the travails of two lovers amid wars, famine, bread riots and the plague, and will retain the novel’s same apocalyptic backdrop, but almost 40 years earlier! This dark tragedy will have the carnal and spiritual aesthetic of Caravaggio paintings!

OLIVER JACKSON COHEN, FRANCOIS ARNAUD, MILLIE BRADY JOIN GUGU MBATHA RAW IN SURFACE PSYCHOLOGICAL SERIES! EMILY WATSON JOINS WW2 ROMANCE LATE IN SUMMER & RICHARD E. GRANT IN FADO! ROMCOM

 APPLE'S SURFACE TV SERIES 

OLIVER JACKSON COHEN, FRANCOIS ARNAUD, MILLIE BRADY JOIN GUGU MBATHA RAW

Apple has revealed the cast for their new psychological TV series SURFACE in which Gugu Mbatha Raw plays Sophie, in the elevated thriller about a woman’s quest to rebuild her life after a suicide attempt, and her struggle to remember, and understand, everything that led up to the

Oliver Jackson Cohen and Gugu Mbatha Raw will lead the show

moment when she jumped. Our dear Oliver Jackson Cohen has joined her as James, her husband and a well connected and successful partner at a venture capital firm. Francois Arnaud will be Harrison, a colleague and friend of James. Stephan James will portray Baden, an undercover cop with

Millie Brady and Francois Arnaud will also star

a strong connection to Sophie. Ari Graynor is Caroline, an heiress and old friend of Sophie and James. Marianne Baptiste is Hannah, Sophie’s therapist, while Millie Brady is Eliza, mysterious woman that connects to Sophie’s past!

   EMILY WATSON TO LEAD   

FADO! AND LATE IN SUMMER

Emily has two new projects lined up!

She has not got just one, but two new projects lined up ahead for shooting in her working schedule: first up, our dear Emily Watson will first star in FADO! romantic movie comedy as Linda, a crossword enthusiast, choral society member, wife and mother of two, and her music lecturer husband, Jim (to be played by British star Richard E.Grant), who are about to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary with a romantic trip to Lisbon. But the night before they travel, Linda discovers a monumental secret that will shake the very foundations of their marriage. Determined not to let this discovery define her life and needing space to process, Linda takes the plane tickets and flies to Lisbon without Jim. Alone in this beautiful city, Linda falls madly in love… with the profoundly moving Portuguese folk music, fado, a sensuous new relationship that will allow her to rediscover the joy and passion within herself. Emily will also star in World War II romantic movie drama LATE IN SUMMER which, set in rural Cornwall, charts a brief encounter between a lonely farmer’s wife and a Black American GI (Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje) that leads to first love in middle life and an impossible choice. British thespian Timothy Spall is executive producing! Could he also play the farmer?

EWAN MCGREGOR, MARK STRONG, SAM HEUGHAN TO CLIMB EVEREST IN PERIOD SET ADVENTURE! LESLEY MANVILLE AND OTHERS JOIN STARZ' COSTUME DRAMA DANGEROUS LIAISONS

 EVEREST EPIC MOVIE SENDS

EWAN MCGREGOR, MARK STRONG, SAM HEUGHAN CLIMBING

Doug Liman has set lead cast for his period set adventure movie EVEREST sending Ewan McGregor, Mark Strong and Sam Heughan straight to1921 where the story follows the real-life George Mallory (McGregor) who is picked by Arthur Hinks (Strong) of the Royal Geographic Society to scale the previously unconquerable Mt Everest. Following World

Sam Heughan, Ewan McGregor, Mark Strong will lead the cast

War I, the fading British empire is desperate for a victory, but for Mallory and his rival, the eccentric Aussie George Finch (Heughan), the challenge has nothing to do with patriotism, instead it is a singular test of self. In real life, Mallory died during this third expedition to summit Everest, and it’s unknown whether he ever made it to the top.

 DANGEROUS LIAISONS SERIES 

CASTS LESLEY MANVILLE

Speaking of casting news, Starz has added new stars to their DANGEROUS LIAISONS TV series, a prequel to the famous film which tells the origin story of how the Marquise de Merteuil (Alice Englert) and the Vicomte de Valmont (Nicholas Denton) meet as passionate young lovers in Paris on the eve of revolution. Driven to right the wrongs of their past, the

Lesley Manville joins the series

couple rises from the slums of Paris and scales the heights of the French aristocracy, seducing and manipulating both the nobility and each other to survive. Lesley Manville will play Genevieve de Merteuil, a Marquise who becomes Camille’s mentor in the world of the Parisian nobility. Carice Van Houten is Jacqueline de Montrachet, a pious noblewoman with a mysterious connection to Camille. Paloma Faith is Florence de Regnier, playful, fiery noblewoman. Michael McElhatton plays Jean de Merteuil, Genevieve de Merteuil’s husband and a powerful Marquis who threatens Camille’s rise in society. Kosar Ali is Victoire, Camille’s sparky, cynical and brave best friend. Nathanael Saleh is Azolan, Valmont’s gentle, thoughtful young companion. Hakeem Kae Kazim is Majordome, who runs the Merteuil house. Hilton Pelser is Gabriel Carrè, a police officer obsessed with Camille. Mia Threapleton plays Rose, an impressionable young prostitute with dreams of a better life. Colette Tchantcho is Ondine de

Michael McElhatton and Hilton Pelser will also star

Valmont, Pascal Valmont’s caustic, social climbing stepmother. Lucy Cohu plays Christine de Sevigny, a shrewd, ambitious Duchess and nemesis to Camille. Fisayo Akinade is Chevalier de Saint Jacques, preferred composer to Queen Marie Antoinette, and Pascal Valmont’s best friend. Maria Friedman plays Berthe, an effervescent dressmaker for the great and good of Paris. Clare Higgins is Madame Jericho, the eccentric proprietor of a brothel in the slums of Paris.

FIRST LOOK AT HENRY GOLDING, COSMO JARVIS, DAKOTA JOHNSON IN NETFLIX' JANE AUSTEN PERIOD SET ADAPTATION OF PERSUASION! A FAIRY TALE AFTER ALL FANTASY MUSICAL ENTERS SALES AT CANNES

  FIRST PERSUASION PHOTOS 

WITH HENRY GOLDING ARE HERE

You already know that Netflix is preparing their own movie version of Jane Austen's popular novel PERSUASION and now you can get a look at the leads in it through the first photos of Henry Golding (as Mr Elliot),

First look at Henry Golding  as Mr. Elliot in Persuasion

Dakota Johnson (as Anne Elliot) and Cosmo Jervis (as Captain Wentworth) in their roles. In this new version with modern vibes, Dakota

Cosmo Jarvis is Captain Wentworth in the film

plays Anne Elliot , an unconforming woman living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy. Unmarried and 27-years-old, Anne reconnects with a man (Jarvis) she was once persuaded to reject and faces a second chance at

Jane Austen wrote the novel back in 1817!

love. Richard E. Grant, Suki Waterhouse, Edward Bluemel, Lydia Rose Bewley and Yolanda Kettle also star. The film will stream at Netflix sometime next year. 

   A FAIRY TALE AFTER ALL   

A FANTASY MUSICAL MOVIE

As Variety reports, Premiere Entertainment Group has acquired worldwide rights to the movie musical fantasy A FAIRY TALE AFTER ALL and

The movie is being sold at Cannes

will be selling it at Cannes market. A teenage outcast girl finds herself confronted by whimsical characters when she is transported into a world of fantasy and fairy tales while attending a school marionette show. She comes to realize her own imagination has an adventure already scripted for her that carries more wisdom than she could ever find alone in the real world. The family film stars Emily Shenaut as Sky, a high school teenager who is magically transported to the fairy tale Kingdom of Celestia, where the villagers know her as Princess Geneva. She sets out on a daring journey to rescue her father, the King, from the evil forces of Madame Mizrabel and her slapstick sidekicks.

SEE THE FOUNDATION OF ROME IN THE FIRST PHOTOS FROM THE SECOND SEASON OF SKY'S ROMULUS EPIC TV SERIES WITH ANDREA ARCANGELI! WHO IS JOINING THE NEW SEASON?

  ROMULUS EPIC SERIES  

SEASON TWO PHOTOS ARE IN!

I did not like a single thing about the first season, but for some reason Sky is producing the second run of their historical series ROMULUS and they have released first photos from the set! The series that deals with the myth

The second season will shoot till November in Italy

behind the foundation of Rome will be shooting till winter entirely in Latin! Trio from the first season - Andrea Arcangeli (Yemos), Marianna Fontana (Ilia) and Francesco Di Napoli (Wiros) - will be joined by Valentina Bellè as

ITV Studios will distribute the series in more than 40 countries

Ersilia, who leads the Sabine priestesses, Emanuele Maria Di Stefano as the king of the Sabines, Titos Tatios, son of the God Sancos, the most powerful enemy of Rome, Max Malatesta, as Sabos, right arm and advisor to the king

Wiros looks totally different in the new season, with a new look

of the Sabines. Ludovica Nasti will be Vibia, the youngest of the Sabine priestesses while Giancarlo Commare  will be Atys, the young king of Satricum. Reprising their roles are Sergio Romano (as Amulius), Demetra

New season will have a number of new cast additions

Avincola (as Deftri) and Vanessa Scalera (as Silvia). Yemos and Wiros, together as brothers, have founded their city and consecrated it to Rumia. Roma and its two kings soon become a symbol of freedom and hospitality, but

Season two will have eight hourlong episodes

they catch the attention of a powerful enemy: the king of the Sabines, Titos Tatios. The series will air sometime next year directed again by Matteo Rovere.