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.
Indeed. So many of their series ordered about three years ago have flopped, don't know what was in the air that year at BBC, but everything was terrible. I haven't actually watched anything from Biebs in about a year or two, methinks. Brits have disappointed me tragically. And I lived on them. And they don't even shoot period set pieces anymore because the governments won't give them fund if they don't put black people in them, so that genre is dead too, sadly.
It seems like the last 3 or 4 years has been pretty pathetic across the board as far as movies and television goes. I did see you watched Silver Skates this week though, but I'm saving that one for this winter when I'm in the mood for that kind of setting.
Hope you will be able to find it on Netflix then, I'd watch it now as it is really enchanting and lovely, a kind of magic you cannot find in Hollywood.And there is my boo Kirill Zaytsev in it playing prince Arkadiy Trubetskoy :)
There is something about him that I don't like either, he always seemed like a hillbilly to me, but I don't hate him, and plus I love polar settings, so I will be watching this one, and he probably dies in it LOL
I was going to add this novel to my reading list, until I read "loss of her son". With all the negativity around us lately, I'm trying to avoid anything extra, especially when it comes to children.
P.S. I'm almost done with Elizabeth Street. GREAT read and very relatable!!
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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! 
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! 
Pictures look promising ...
ReplyDeleteTru dat!
DeleteWell, even if it sucks, at least they can claim the record for that shooting location distance.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. So many of their series ordered about three years ago have flopped, don't know what was in the air that year at BBC, but everything was terrible. I haven't actually watched anything from Biebs in about a year or two, methinks. Brits have disappointed me tragically. And I lived on them. And they don't even shoot period set pieces anymore because the governments won't give them fund if they don't put black people in them, so that genre is dead too, sadly.
DeleteIt seems like the last 3 or 4 years has been pretty pathetic across the board as far as movies and television goes. I did see you watched Silver Skates this week though, but I'm saving that one for this winter when I'm in the mood for that kind of setting.
DeleteHope you will be able to find it on Netflix then, I'd watch it now as it is really enchanting and lovely, a kind of magic you cannot find in Hollywood.And there is my boo Kirill Zaytsev in it playing prince Arkadiy Trubetskoy :)
DeleteNever liked Colin Farrell so, basically never watched any of his movies... 😏 Believe it or not, it's true 🤷♂️
ReplyDeleteThere is something about him that I don't like either, he always seemed like a hillbilly to me, but I don't hate him, and plus I love polar settings, so I will be watching this one, and he probably dies in it LOL
DeleteGosh, I couldn't recognize Collin Farrell here..he must have sacrificed a lot and changed his appearance for this TV series.
ReplyDeleteHe is not pretty anymore in reality either LOL I think he is close to 50 now and had so many drinking problems over the years.
DeleteI was going to add this novel to my reading list, until I read "loss of her son". With all the negativity around us lately, I'm trying to avoid anything extra, especially when it comes to children.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I'm almost done with Elizabeth Street. GREAT read and very relatable!!
He died young, Shakespeare never forgot it and his daughters mostly hated him for preferring the dead son to them LOL
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