BLAKE LIVELY TO LEAD
WE USED TO LIVE HERE
Blake Lively will lead the cast |
THE AMAZING MR BLUNDEN
ORDERED BY SKY FOR CHRISTMAS
After last year's success with Roald and Beatrix, Sky has ordered THE AMAZING MR BLUNDEN for this year's Christmas schedule. It will be a
TV movie adaptation of the 1972 novel The Ghosts. Simon Callow, Tamsin Greig and Mark Gatiss have been set as leads! Christmas adventure arrives for London teenagers Jamie and Lucy Allen in the form of a mysterious old man, Mr Blunden, who offers their mum the opportunity to become the caretaker of a ruined country house – one that’s said to be haunted. Within its neglected, overgrown grounds, Jamie and Lucy have an encounter with what appears to be a pair of ghost children.
But these spooky kids, Sara and Georgie, aren’t actually ghosts. They’ve travelled forwards in time to seek help, believing they’re going to be murdered by the wicked Mr and Mrs Wickens. And Lucy and Jamie’s strange visitor seems to
be the key to it all. With his help, they must travel back to 1821 to save Sara and Georgie and redeem their remorseful new friend – The Amazing Mr Blunden.
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The book was published in 1972. |
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Mark Gattis, Tamsin Greig, Simon Callow will star |
We used to live here sounds really interesting. p.s I can again comment using firefox...didn't change a thing, but it works now.
ReplyDeleteHooray! Told you it was some of theirs technical problems!
DeleteVery nice
ReplyDeleteGlad you think so.
DeleteI think "The Amazing Mr. Blunden" looks interesting. We know that Mark Gatiss from "Dr. Who", he is very capable actor. Bye the way, all films and tv series are bought by the netflix. Is it fair?
ReplyDeleteNot in all countries, but mostly. In USA the biggest company always holds the monopoly and dictates everything. It is believed that they will now try to enter Russian market as it has at least 100 million viewers and they do not want to leave it all to Russian streamers.
DeleteThink I've heard of the first project because of Blake Lively. Didn't read anything because, I'm not into spoilers. God I love her! 💛
ReplyDeleteShe is very pretty when made up and dressed.
DeleteYou had me with Mr. Blunden until I read time travel. I'll skip that one and enjoy the sappy holiday films on Lifetime instead. LOL
ReplyDeleteI hear they have already started with them over there LOL
DeleteBoth sound good but I admit I'm more excited for The Amazing Mr. Blunden tho I do like Blake Lively.
ReplyDeleteSky ruled Christmas last year, hopefully this one as well.
DeleteI'd never let someone come look around my home just because they said they used to live here. Well, Jason was actually friends with the brother of the lady who we bought our house from, so that would be the only exception. A complete stranger though? Uh, no.
ReplyDeleteThe owner of our house runaway to Hungary so she ain't coming back LOL But I do often pass next to my old house when travelling by bus to Novi Sad and now it is no longer a family home and a farm but an office with two massive factory storage buildings. I wouldn't mind checking it out but it is on the other side of the city.
DeleteNow that would be interesting to see and I'm sure that whoever runs that business wouldn't mind you stopping in for a peek. It's not a private residence, so I'd totally ask for a quick tour there.
DeleteThey'd be happy as he was very thrilled when we sold him the land. We did not sell it to him just as a house but also as a property and piece of land in an industrial area of the city which meant that he could build a business there. We got a bit more money that way, but he also got a nice location as it is close to big roads and exits from the city.
DeleteSeems like it was a win for everyone involved that way.
DeleteIt was! Not that we are happy in this house, but house probably does not have anything to do with it.
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