CHACE CRAWFORD, NINA DOBREV, BILLY MAGNUSSEN CAST IN SNOWY REUNION MOVIE! WAR BELOW WW1 MOVIE TRAILER WITH SAM HAZELDINE! THE WOLF AND THE LION FAMILY ADVENTURE TRAILER

 REUNION THRILLER MOVIE 

CHACE CRAWFORD, NINA DOBREV, BILLY MAGNUSSEN CAST

Tis a rather hot cast indeed: as Variety reports ensemble comedy movie REUNION will feature Chace Crawford, Billy Magnussen, Nina Dobrev, Jamie Chung, Jillian Bell and Michael Hitchcock in the film

Billy Magnussen and Chace Crawford will lead the cast

about a murder that takes place during a high school reunion party. The story puts a whodunit spin on the genre of awkward, post-graduation gatherings with former classmates — it unfolds during a snowstorm that leaves guests trapped in an isolated mansion. Chris Nelson is directing over in Los Angeles.

 

 THE WAR BELOW TRAILER 

 HOPE RUNS DEEP

Released this month both in United Kingdom and United States is World War I drama movie THE WAR BELOW written and directed by J.P. Watts. During World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel

The War Below has had an internet release this month in UK and USA

underneath no man's land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the deadly stalemate of the Battle of Messines. The film, based on true events, stars Sam Hazeldine, Tom Goodman Hill, Kris Hitchen, Elliot James Langridge and others.

 

 THE WOLF AND THE LION 

NEW FAMILY ADVENTURE

After Mia and the White Lion, the same producers are bringing us THE WOLF AND THE LION family adventure, a French movie shot in English

The movie hits Europe this Autumn

language for the international audience with the film ready to roll out in European cinemas from October all the way till January. Molly Kunz, Graham Greene, Charlie Carrick and Evan Buliung star in the film directed by Gilles de Maistre. After her grandfather's death, 20 year old Alma decides to go back to her childhood home – a little island in the heart of the majestic Canadian forest. Whilst there, she rescues two helpless cubs: a wolf and a lion. They forge an inseparable bond, but their world soon collapses as the forest ranger discovers the animals and takes them away. The two cub brothers must now embark on a treacherous journey across Canada to be reunited with one another and Alma once more.

EUROPEAN TUESDAY: TRAILERS AND POSTERS FOR PERIOD SET AWARD WINNING ITALIAN WW2 DRAMA FREAKS OUT AND DANISH THE PACT, BIOPIC ON OUT OF AFRICA AUTHOR

  FREAKS OUT TRAILER 

AWARD WINNING ITALIAN DRAMA

We're international today, first over in Italy, a trailer and poster for FREAKS OUT a fantasy movie which is out in Italy in October but has already

Freaks are out in Italian cinemas this October

won eight awards at Venice Film Festival. Matilde (Aurora Giovinazzo), Cencio (Pietro Castellitto), Fulvio (Claudio Santamaria) and Mario (Giancarlo Martini) are family when the 2nd world war hits Rome. Israel (Giorgio Tarabassi), the owner of their circus, disappears in the attempt to find a getaway overseas for them all. The four friends are in disarray. Without anyone looking after them but above all, without the circus, they lose their social placement and they feel only as sideshow attractions on the loose in a city at war. The 14 million worth movie was both directed and written by Gabriele Mainetti.

 

 

 THE PACT MOVIE TRAILER 

 KAREN BLIXEN BIOPIC

The Pact aired in Denmark earlier this August

Over in Denmark, we have a biopic of another famous writer: THE PACT, which already played in domestic cinemas, was directed by Bille August.  Aged 63 Karen Blixen (Birthe Neumann), the author of Out of Africa, is at the pinnacle of her fame and next in line to win the Nobel Prize for literature. It has been 17 years since she gave up her famous African adventure only to return to Denmark in ruins. Devastated by syphilis and having lost the love of her life she has reinvented herself as a literary sensation. She is an isolated genius, however, until the day she lays eyes on a handsome 30 year old poet (Simon Bennebjerg). She promises him literary stardom if he in return will obey her

The film was directed by Hollywood director Bille August

unconditionally - even at the cost of him losing everything else in his life. The film is a heart-wrenching story of a sorcerer and her apprentice, about how far you will go for love and art.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON STUNNING 15TH CENTURY EPIC MOVIE MARGRETE: QUEEN OF THE NORTH WITH TRINE DYRHOLM, JAKOB OFTEBRO, MORTEN HEE ANDERSEN!

  MARGRETE QUEEN OF NORTH  

BRINGING SPLENDOR THIS FALL

The movie premiered this month in Denmark

Similarly to the situation on the small screens where we cannot really expect a lot of new costume drama till the end of the year, there won't be many period set films either gracing the cinemas around the world: there are only the two embarrassingly miscast flicks The Last Duel with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jodi Comer and always terrible Adam Driver, and new Cyrano with Peter Dinklage and Ben Mendelhson. And the only other two period set films are coming to cinemas around Europe in October directly from France: Eiffel, with Romain Duris (beside Pierre Deladon champs and Emma Mackey) playing the man who built the

Morten Hee Andersen (left) plays Margrete's adopted son

famous tower in Paris, and Lost Illusions, a movie adaptation of Honore de Balzac's famous novel. But also among them is MARGRETE: QUEEN OF

Trine Dyrholm takes the lead role in the epic movie

THE NORTH Danish epic movie starring Trine Dyrholm (from Erna At War) as their 15th century queen. Søren Malling, and our wildly handsome

It will spread around Europe in December

boys Morten Hee Andersen and Jakob Oftebro also star in the film which is already out in Denmark, and is moving to Sweden in December with Samuel Goldwyn Films distributing in Northern America.

  THE STORY OF THE FILM

The year is 1402. Margrete has achieved what no man has managed before. She has gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace oriented union, which she single handedly rules through her young, adopted son, Erik. The union is beset by enemies, however, and Margrethe is therefore planning a marriage between Erik and an English

It is interesting that the film was shot in Czech republic not Denmark

princess. An alliance with England should secure the union's status as an emerging European power but a breathtaking conspiracy is under way that can tear Margrethe and all she believes in apart.

DEZZY'S HISTORY LESSON

The Kalmar union of Denmark, Norway and Sweden kept Scandinavian kingdoms joined for over a century. Margrete, the founder of that union, was

It is possible that the film will represent Denmark at the Oscars

also known as the Semiramis of North and Lady King. She died aboard her royal ship when she was trying to recover Finland for the Union as well. She

The film was directed by Charlotte Sieling who also worked on the script

was succeeded by her great nephew Eric of Pomerania as her son King Olaf II of Denmark (whom she had with her husband King Haakon VI of Norway) died before her.  

THE WITCHER EPIC TV SERIES SECOND SEASON TRAILER AND CLIPS ARE HERE WITH HENRY CAVILL AND NEW CHARACTERS!

  WITCHER EPIC TV SERIES 

SEASON 2 TRAILER IS HERE

At last night's Tudum event, where Netflix announced a number of its upcoming epic delights, there were some really bad things (like the atrociously cheap looking opening sequence for their new science fiction adventure series Cowboy Bebop, which left us stunned and not in a good way - da hell was that

Second season arrives December 17th at Netflix

cheap ass trash?) and some really nice ones (a rather nice first teaser trailer for their ambitious Valhalla series, a prequel to Vikings, which offered us a glorious look on our boo Leo Suter as Viking king, oh be still our beating

Henry Cavill returns to the role of Geralt of Rivia

hearts). But the highlight of the event was probably their most watched series ever THE WITCHER for which we got a long new trailer reminding us of

Kim Bodnia will be Vesemir, Geralt's mentor

what we've seen in the first season and what is coming up in the second one, and also a few clips revealing some new characters such as the hog looking Nivellen played by Kristofer Hivju. 

 

IN THE SEASON TWO OF THE WITCHER convinced sorceress Yennefer’s (criminally terrible Anya Chalotra) life was lost at the Battle of Sodden, Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill) brings Princess Cirilla of Cintra (Freya Allen) to the safest place he knows, his childhood home of Kaer Morhen where Witchers have their headquarters. While the Continent’s kings, elves, humans, and demons strive for supremacy outside its walls, he must protect the girl from something far more dangerous: the mysterious power she possesses inside.

NEW SEASON STARTS DECEMBER

Beside showing a clip in which executive producer Declan de Barra introduced us to the sets of the Witcher spin off series Blood Origin, which is currently in production over in Ireland following the rise of demon hunters

Kristofer Hivju will be the charming Nivellen

Witchers, they also released a first look on Geralt's old mentor Vesemir, played by Kim Bodnia, with whom Geralt's and Ciri's paths will cross. With

 

 

the second season arriving December 17th with six new episodes, it was also revealed that the series has been greenlit for third season as well! Beside MyAnna Buring as high witch Tissaia, and Joey Batey as the annoying minstrel Jaskier, the cast of the second season will also have some new faces

  

in Paul Bullion, Yasen Atour, Agnes Bjorn, Basil Eidenbenz, Aisha Fabienne Ross, Mecia Simson and others. It was also announced that the future will bring us a family friendly Witcher spin off series as well!

VIKINGS VALHALLA EPIC SERIES TEASER WITH LEO SUTER, DAVID OAKES, SAM CORLETT! 1ST OPERATION MINCEMEAT WW2 MOVIE PHOTOS WITH COLIN FIRTH, MATTHEW MACFADYEN! NIGHT COURT SITCOM WITH MELISSA RAUCH, JOHN LARROQUETTE ORDERED TO SERIES AT NBC

 OPERATION MINCEMEAT 

FIRST PHOTOS WITH COLIN FIRTH, MATTHEW MACFADYEN

Operation Mincemeat arrives January

SeeSaw Films has published first photos from their new historical movie OPERATION MINCEMEAT which should arrive at the very beginning of January, to Netflix, possibly, as well. Colin Firth and Matthew MacFadyen play  two intelligence officers who, during WWII, use a corpse and false papers to outwit German troops. Directed by John Madden, the film also stars Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Wilton, Jason Isaacs, Johnny Flynn, Mark Bonnar, and Matthew's nephew Lorne MacFadyen, Simon Russell Beale, Hattie Morahan, Mark Gatiss and Paul Ritter.

THE STORY IS SET IN 1943

when the Allies were determined to break Hitler’s grip on occupied Europe, the remarkable true story follows intelligence officers Ewen Montagu (Firth)

Matthew MacFadyen, Colin Firth, Johnny Flynn

and Charles Cholmondeley (Macfadyen) who conjure an inspired and improbable disinformation strategy centered on the most unlikely of secret

Johnny Flynn is unrecognisable in the film as Ian Fleming!

agents: a dead man. They would trick the Nazis into thinking that Allied forces were planning to attack southern Europe by way of Greece rather than Sicily.

The film is based on an extraordinary true story!

Their plan was to get a corpse, equip it with misleading papers, then drop it off the coast of Spain where Nazi spies would take the bait. It was a plan that helped turn the tide of the whole war.

 NIGHT COURT MULTICAM 

SITCOM ORDERED AT NBC

Speaking of first photo, here's one from  a new multicam sitcom that NBC has just ordered into series: NIGHT COURT will be a follow up to the classic sitcom following an unapologetic optimist judge Abby Stone (Melissa

It is not known if the sitcom arrives midseason or next season

Rauch), the daughter of the late Harry Stone, who follows in her father’s footsteps as she presides over the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court and tries to bring order to its crew of oddballs and cynics, most notably former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding (John Larroquette is reprising his role from the original).

   VIKINGS: VALHALLA 

1ST EPIC SERIES TRAILER

Netflix has released the first teaser for their epic series VIKINGS VALHALLA which is coming to the streamer next year! Set 100 years after the events of Vikings, Valhalla stars Sam Corlett as Leif Eriksson, the famed

Sam Corlett takes the lead role in the series

explorer who, according to Viking lore, sailed to North America five centuries before Christopher Columbus. It will also chronicle the adventures of other legendary Vikings from history, including Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida

Leo Suter is Harald Hadrada in the series

Gustavsson) Harald Hardrada (Leo Suter), and the Norman King William the Conqueror. Laura Berlin stars as the ambitious Emma of Normandy, Bradley Freegard as the Danish King Canute, Johannes Haukur

The series comes from Tudors' Michael Hirst

Jóhannesson as Harald’s half-brother Olaf; David Oakes as the English counselor Earl Godwin, Caroline Henderson as the Kattegat Jarl Haakon, Pollyanna McIntosh as the Danish Queen Ælfgifu, and Asbjorn Krogh Nissen as Jarl Kåre.

HENRY GOLDING, SAM NEILL, NOOMI RAPACE LEAD ASSASSIN CLUB ACTION THRILLER MOVIE! SEAN BEAN TO LEAD BBC SERIES MARRIAGE! FOUNDATION SF EPIC TV SERIES STARTS TODAY AT APPLE

  ASSASSIN CLUB CASTS 

HENRY GOLDING, SAM NEILL

 Already filming over in Italy is Camille Delamarre's action movie ASSASSIN CLUB which stars Henry Golding, Sam Neill and Noomi

Henry Golding is leading the cast

Rapace! It takes place in the world of international spies and elite assassins. In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines (Henry Golding) is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers all the targets are also assassins unknowingly hired to kill each other. Rapace plays Falk, the only assassin with skills to match his own. Under the guidance of his mentor Jonathan Caldwell (Neill), Morgan must defeat Falk and the other assassins to keep himself and his girlfriend Sophie (Daniela Melchior) alive.

 

Sean Bean will lead the four part series

  SEAN BEAN TO LEAD  

MARRIAGE BBC SERIES

From BBC come news today on new TV series which will star Sean Bean and Nicola Walker. The four part MARRIAGE  sees married couple Ian (Bean) and Emma (Walker) negotiate the ups and downs of their 30-year marriage. We see them dealing with the insecurities, the ambiguities, the hopes and the fears that are part of all marriages, as the drama explores the risks and the gifts of a long term intimate relationship. It is an up-close portrait of a marriage - sometimes funny, sometimes moving, always revealing.

 FOUNDATION SF SERIES 

AVAILABLE FROM TODAY

And just to remind you that first two episodes of Apple TV + epic sf series FOUNDATION are streaming as of today and the first reactions call it a visual feast for the eyes. Taking Isaac Asimov's sf classic as inspiration it

First two episodes are available as of today at Apple TV

stars Jared Harris as a mathematician who predicts the end of galaxy is close. Lee Pace plays the emperor of the galaxy in the ten episode series, a complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire.

NEW ADAPTATIONS: ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE SERIES AT NETFLIX, THE BUSINESS FROM POLDARK PRODUCERS, HOUSE OF SECRETS AT DISNEY +, CHARLES DANCE, PETER MULLEN JOIN NESBO'S HANGING SUN

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE

TV SERIES AT NETFLIX

 

Netflix will produce the series

It has been announced a couple of times before, but Anthony Doerr's ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE has been officially greenlit for series adaptation at Netflix where the four part series will be produced by Shawn Levy and Steven Knight. The series tells the story of Marie Laure, a teenager who is blind, and Werner, a German soldier, whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II! The world wide search for the, possibly blind, lead has already started. The book won Pulitzer Prize in 2015 and has been sold in almost ten million copies around the globe so far.

 

  IAIN BANKS THE BUSINESS  

TV SERIES VERSION

Speaking of adaptations, Poldark producer Tom Mullens will adapt Iain Banks' thriller novel THE BUSINESS into a TV series following Kate

The Business is becoming a series

Telman, a working class Glaswegian who has risen through the ranks to become a senior executive in a secretive super corporation, known only as The Business. Telman discovers that The Business is planning to buy a small country in order to secure a seat on the UN and that, despite the benevolent image and democratic structure it presents to the world, the company will stop at nothing to increase its influence. So begins a dangerous personal reckoning as Telman travels the globe from Scotland to the Swiss Alps, the American Midwest, Pakistan and the Himalayas, determined to uncover the conspiracy at the heart of the shady company she works for. 

 

  THE HANGING SUN ADS  

CHARLES DANCE, PETER MULLEN

Midnight Sun becomes Hanging Sun

Over at Sky, Charles Dance and Peter Mullen have joined Jessica Brown Findlay, Alessandro Broghi and Sam Spruell in the movieadaptation of Jo Nesbo's THE HANGING SUN a noir thriller set in a part of Norway where religion dominates, the sun never sets, and local residents seem to be from a different era. The film follows John, a man on the run because he has betrayed his powerful crime lord father, Dad. To escape from his family, John heads north and takes refuge deep in the forest near an isolated village. The only thing standing between John and his destiny are Lea, a woman facing hardship with a great deal of strength, and her son Caleb, a curious, pure hearted boy.

  HOUSE OF SECRETS  

TELEVISION SERIES AT DISNEY +

And in our four adaptation for today, Disney + is preparing action adventure fantasy series adaptation of Ned Vizzini and Chris Columbus' book

Disney + is producing the series

HOUSE OF SECRETS which he will direct himself. The story revolves around siblings Brendan, Eleanor and Cordelia Walker, who aren’t pleased when their family relocates to a creepy Victorian house once owned by an occult novelist, Denver Kristoff. By the time the Walkers realize that their new neighbor has sinister plans for them, they’re trapped in the magical house, traveling through the fantastical intertwined universes of Kristoff’s novels.

1ST PHOTOS FROM FUNNY GIRL PERIOD SET COMEDY SERIES WITH GEMMA ARTERTON, MAGPIE MURDERS BRITBOX MINI SERIES WITH LESLEY MANVILLE

  1ST GEMMA ARTERTON  

PHOTO IN FUNNY GIRL

 Yep, she dyed her hair blonde! Sky has released first photo of Gemma Arterton in their TV series adaptation of Nick Hornby's FUNNY GIRL about

Gemma Arterton takes the lead

Barbara Parker, a young woman from Blackpool, and her finding her comic voice in the world of the 1960s sitcom. It’s the height of the swinging 60s and Barbara Parker has just been crowned Miss Blackpool – but there’s got to be more to life than being a beauty queen in a seaside town, right? She wants to be… someone. The bright lights of London are calling, and our determined hero sets off to find out who that someone is. The London she encounters is not as quite as swinging as the one she’d read about and seen on TV. However, after a series of setbacks Barbara finds herself in unfamiliar territory – an audition for a TV comedy show. Barbara’s uncompromising northern wit proves to be

The new series will air sometime next year over at Sky

the X factor that the show has been missing. She gets the part and becomes part of a ground breaking new sitcom which will have an impact on British comedy for decades to come. Clare-Hope Ashitey, Arsher Ali and Alexa Davies also star. 

  THE MAGPIE MURDERS  

1ST PICS FROM NEW SERIES

Britbox has, meanwhile, released first photos of Lesley Manville who leads their new mini series MAGPIE MURDERS a small screen adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s novel of the same name which also stars Daniel

Lesley Manville takes the lead role in Magpie Murders series

Mays, Alexandros Logothetis, Claire Rushbrook, Matthew Beard, Pippa Haywood and Michael Maloney. Beside BritBox, it will also air next year on PBS Masterpiece in USA. In the series, a beguiling murder mystery with a

Timothy McMullan replaces Timothy Spall in the cast

solution that will both astonish and grip viewers, Timothy McMullan will star as the clever and complex 1950s detective Atticus Pünd in the fictional novels by best selling mystery writer Alan Conway (Conleth Hill). The plot of

Daniel Mays also stars in the new television series

Magpie Murders revolves around the character Susan Ryeland (Manville), an editor who is given an unfinished Conway manuscript and has little idea it will change her life.

TOM HOPPER TO LEAD LOVE IN THE VILLA NETFLIX ROMCOM! SEE AIDAN QUINN VISIT AMAZON JUNGLES AS THEODORE ROOSEVELT IN HBO HISTORICAL SERIES THE AMERICAN GUEST

  TOM HOPPER TO LEAD 

NETFLIX' LOVE IN THE VILLA

Tom Hopper will be the dashing Brit!

Well we can certainly never get enough of him: one of the hottest Blond gods TV has even seen Tom Hopper of Merlin, Black Sails and Umbrella Academy will do a romcom for Netflix. He and Kat Graham will lead LOVE IN THE VILLA  which follows a young woman who takes a trip to romantic Verona, Italy, after a breakup, only to find that the villa she reserved was double booked, and she’ll have to share her vacation with a cynical (and very good looking) British man. Production will start this month in Verona and the film will premiere globally on the streamer in 2022. Mark Steven Johnson is directing the movie.

  THE AMERICAN GUEST 

HBO MAX TO AIR BRAZILIAN HISTORICAL SERIES THIS MONTH

In the period set series department, I'm bringing you a trailer and poster for Brazilian historical series THE AMERICAN GUEST which will premiere this Sunday, September 26th on HBO and HBO Max.  Aidan Quinn and

American Guest starts September 26th

Chico Diaz are in the roles of Theodore Roosevelt and Cândido Rondon. Based on a true story, the four episode mini series recounts the expedition of the former U.S. president through the Amazon region, alongside the Brazilian marshal.

The plot takes place in the early 20th century. After a bitter defeat in the U.S. presidential campaign, Roosevelt sets out in search of his lost youth in the Brazilian Rainforest alongside his long time friend Farrel Nash (David Herman) and his son Kermit (Chris Mason), with the objective of exploring the last uncharted river in the country: the River of Doubt, in Rondonia. On a journey fraught with deadly dangers, the former

The new historical series will air in four episodes

president counts on the support of indigenous expert Marshal Rondon, then responsible for connecting the most remote regions of the country. On this journey, the two men from different backgrounds will have to test their physical and moral limits, as well as learn to deal with their conflicting personalities in order to survive. Dana Delany also stars.

BBC SETS AIRING DATE FOR RIDLEY ROAD PERIOD SET TV SERIES! MAX PARKER AND OTHERS CAST IN PEACOCK'S VAMPIRE ACADEMY HIGH END FANTASY TV SERIES

 MAX PARKER AND OTHERS 

JOIN VAMPIRE ACADEMY SERIES

Unarguably,  the hottest ginge that has ever graced the small screens, Max Parker has, joined high profile TV series adaptation of VAMPIRE

Max Parker will also star in the new series

ACADEMY and although his role is kept secret, we do know who else will star in Peacock's new saga set in St. Vladmir’s Academy, which isn’t just any boarding school. It’s a hidden place where vampire royals are educated and half human teens train to protect them from the savage “Strigoi” vampires who would like to see them destroyed. This sexy drama combines the elegance of aristocratic romance and the supernatural thrills of the vampire genre. Sisi Stringer plays Rose Hathaway, a vampire human hybrid known as a Dhampir. Fiery and outspoken, she is a true fighter in spirit and in practice! Daniela Nieves is Lissa Dragomir, a Royal Moroi vampire. Growing up the younger sister to the heir apparent, Princess Vasilisa Dragomir is a carefree, kind hearted, royal princess coasting

Sisi Stringer will be one of the female leads

through her studies and happily chasing fun. Kieron Moore will be Dimitri Belikov, a Dhampir guardian: lethal, disciplined, discreet, and totally committed to his role as bodyguard to the ruling Moroi, the “good,” mortal vampires of his world. Andre Dae Kim will play Christian Ozera, a Royal Moroi vampire, intelligent and thoughtful, he is the pariah of the school and royal court, due to his parents’ unforgivable societal sins. J. August Richards is Victor Dashkov, a Moroi noble vampire with a heart of gold who’s highly regarded for his role as advisor and political strategist to Moroi dignitaries. He has a husband and two daughters. Anita Joy Uwajeh is Tatiana Vogel, a Moroi vampire and political underdog who slowly takes the royal court by storm. Mia McKenna Bruce plays Mia Karp,

Daniela Nieves and Andrew Liner will be the leads as well

a non royal student at St. Vladimir’s Academy, witty, cutting, and just the right kind of ruthless when necessary! Rhian Blundell is Meredith, a smart, strong willed Dhampir who is a keen observer, which makes her an excellent strategist and a valuable asset. Jonetta Kaiser will be Sonya Karp, quiet, careful and decidedly odd, she is not of royal bloodline and sits out on the

Andre Dae Kim and Kieron Moore will star in the ten episode saga

fringe of Moroi society, preferring to spend her time in the library or her gardens. Andrew Liner will play Mason Ashford. Charming, loyal and popular, he is Rose’s main competition in the quest to become the No. 1 Guardian-in-training! The series is based on Richelle Mead's books.

  RIDLEY ROAD TV SERIES 

BBC SETS AIRING DATE

BBC has set Sunday October 3rd as the start date for their new period set series RIDLEY ROAD which will air for US audience on PBS sometime next year. Inspired by the struggle of the 62 Group, a coalition from the Jewish community who stood up against rising neo-Nazism in post-war Britain, it

Ridley Road will star in UK October 3rd on BBC One

tells the story of Vivien Epstein, a young Jewish woman (Agnes O’Casey). When Vivien starts to work with them and realises that Jack, her missing boyfriend (Tom Varey) has been badly injured, she infiltrates the NSM, a neo-Nazi movement which is becoming increasingly prominent in London, risking everything for her beliefs and for the man she loves!

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON EMPRESS ELIZABETH OF RUSSIA EPIC TV SERIES COMING TO THE SMALL SCREEN THIS AUTUMN

 TZARINA ELIZABETH OF RUSSIA

NEW EPIC TV SERIES

Yulia Khlynina takes the lead role

Coming, to my latest knowledge, sometime in October is Russian national broadcaster's new historical television series from the collection "Love Story. History of Russia" ELIZABETH (Елизавета) which tells about the fate of Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Peter I, who was only sixteen when her father left her in control of a huge empire. For Elizabeth, the throne became a curse: against her will, the girl finds herself drawn into a whirlpool of palace intrigues, where she is opposed by influential courtiers - Andrei Ivanovich Osterman, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov and even her own mother, Catherine I. The twelve episode prequel to Catherine the Great

The series should arrive sometime at the end of October

(whose aunt in law she was) series will star Yulia Khlynina, Alexander Baluev, Agrippina Steklova, Alexey Agranovich, Victor Rakov, Kirill

Elizabeth ruled in the 17th century

Chernyshenko, Kirill Kuznetsov, Artem Klyuchnikov, Denis Nurulin, Nikita Grigoriev!

 

   WHAT'S THE SERIES ABOUT?

 On the eve of the death of the Russian Emperor Peter I, the courtiers and influential gentlemen close to him are interested only in the question concerning the next pretender to the throne. Beloved daughter Elizabeth, who is 16 years old, is forced to become the head of a huge empire in accordance with her father's will. Her ascent to the imperial throne

Being the daughter of her father, Elizabeth came to one of the balls dressed as a Russian soldier

is accompanied by palace intrigues and conspiracies. Courtiers Menshikov and Osterman are not losing hope and are dreaming of seeing a person close to

The series will feature hundreds of gowns and uniforms

them on the throne. Even her mother Catherine is going to fight with her daughter for the right to rule. But despite their efforts, the last representative

New epic series will air in twelve hourlong episodes

of the Romanov dynasty, a bright and charming lover of masquerades and balls, manages to master the science of diplomacy. Like an experienced

The shooting of the series started back in March

diplomat, the Empress makes real maneuvers in the political sphere and achieves incredible success.

 DEZZY'S HISTORY LESSON

After she managed to secure the throne for herself, Elizabeth of Russia (1709-1762), ruled her father Peter the Great's empire for two decades and to this date remains one of the most popular Russian monarchs because of her decision not to execute a single person during her reign, her numerous construction projects, and her strong opposition to Prussian policies. During her reign Elizabeth continued the

Dmitriy Yosifov who directed Catherine series helms this one too

policies of her father and brought about a remarkable Age of Enlightenment in Russia! She encouraged the opening of University of Moscow, the highest-

The series was shot in Moscow and St. Peterburgh

ranking Russian educational institution, and the Imperial Academy of Arts! As the lover of arts herself she turned her court into one of the most splendid

Serbia, Bulgaria and Mexico have bought airing rights already

ones in all Europe, she built many magnificent palaces including the legendary Winter Palace, but she also modernized Russia's roads. She never married, but

You've seen Yulia previously in Furious or Legend Of Kolovrat

she lived with a common serf Razumovsky who never showed interested in power and was loyal to her. The airing rights have already been sold to Serbia, Bulgaria, Mexico and Mongolia.