Sunday, December 31, 2023

SEE FIRST IMAGES FROM NETFLIX BRIGANDS: THE QUEST FOR GOLD 19TH CENTURY SET HISTORICAL ADVENTURE SERIES

  BRIGANDS TV SERIES  
THE QUEST FOR GOLD
To be perfectly hones with you I was quite under the impression that this one was dead as dodo as we first announced it half a decade ago with the batch of Italian originals ordered by Netflix which also included Lidia Poet (which streamed last year and has a second season ordered), but it seems BRIGANDS: THE QUEST FOR GOLD will finally arrive to the streamer in the following months. Looking at the cast in the first images that you can see today it is rather obvious why they kept it hidden and probably won't promote it at all. In this series, set in mid-19th-century southern Italy, a woman forced to go on the run transforms from dutiful wife to the ruthless leader of a group
It will be a six episode series
of bandits. Gorgeous Ernesto D'Argenio leads the cast with Marlon Joubert, Alessio Pratico, Lorenzo de Moor and Giuseppe lo Piccolo.
 
  THIS SIX EPISODE SERIES
is set in Southern Italy, two years after the Unification of Italy: a woman, forced to escape from her village, joins a particular group of brigands and she will become one of the most ruthless and strategic leaders. But she is not the only one to choose this life and soon comes into contact with other women like her. In order to recover the gold of the South and restore hope to the peasants, the various bands of brigands will have no choice but to unite against the common enemy. Brigands against State, but also brigands against brigands, in a struggle where one must be willing to sacrifice even one's humanity to overcome the oppressors. Dense forests, immense glades and desolate landscapes create a precise image system in which the characters come into intimate contact with the wilderness, becoming an integral part of it. Confined to the edges of civilization and forced to live like beasts to survive in hostile places, this environment changes them forever and brings out their darker, more primitive side. A little bit Robin Hood, a little bit Pirates, the bandits protagonists acquire wealth and power to replace the State. A violent criminality is born where the only option to survive is to become an unscrupulous outlaw.
 

Saturday, December 30, 2023

ELLA PURNELL, CALAM LYNCH TO LEAD SKY'S NEW COMING OF AGE TV SERIES SWEETPEA

  SKY'S SWEETPEA DRAMA  
CASTS ELLA PURNELL AND CALAM LUNCH IN LEAD ROLES
Sky has cast Ella Purnell as the lead of their new TV series SWEETPEA which will also star Calam Lynch, Dustin Demri Burns, Jon Pointing, Nicole Lecky and Jeremy Swift. Rhiannon Lewis doesn’t make much of an impression – people walk past her in the street without a second glance. She’s continually overlooked for a promotion at work, the guy she likes won’t
Dustin Demri Burns, Calam Lynch and Ella Purnell
commit, and her dad is really, really sick. So far, so shit. Then everything in her life turns upside down. Rhiannon is pushed over the edge, and loses control. Suddenly the wallflower is gone, and in its place is a young woman capable of anything… Rhiannon’s life transforms as she steps into a new, intoxicating power, but can she keep her killer secret?

SEE TRAILER FOR AWARD WINNING MOVIE DRAMA THE HOLDOVERS WITH PAUL GIAMATTI, DOMINIC SESSA AND DAVINE JOY RANDOLPH

 THE HOLDOVERS TRAILER 
Movie is available online December 29th
DISCOMFORT AND JOY
This one has visited almost all possible movie festivals this Autumn and THE HOLDOVERS from Alexander Payne will finally hit internet December 29th! Nobody likes teacher Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti), not his students, not his fellow faculty, not the headmaster, who all find his pomposity and rigidity exasperating. With no family and nowhere to go over Christmas holiday in 1970, Paul remains at school to supervise students unable to journey home. After a few days, only one student holdover remains, a trouble-making 15-year-old named Angus (Dominic Sessa), a good student whose bad behavior always threatens to get him
It was directed by Alexander Payne
expelled. Joining Paul and Angus is head cook Mary (Davine Joy Randolph), an African American woman who caters to sons of privilege. These three very different shipwrecked people form an unlikely Christmas family sharing comic misadventures during two very snowy weeks in New England. The real journey is how they help one another understand that they are not beholden to their past - they can choose their own futures. Check out the engaging trailer below for this award winning movie drama which already won more than 50 awards around the world and tell us what you think down in the comments. The movie is now available on Peacock!

Friday, December 29, 2023

SEE JOHN LITHGOW, GIANCARLO GIANNINI IN INSPIRING TRAILER FOR MOVING PERIOD SET BIG SCREEN DRAMA CABRINI ON A 19TH CENTURY HERO OF NEW YORK

 CABRINI MOVIE TRAILER 
BUILD AN EMPIRE OF HOPE
Arriving to cinemas right on International Women's Day March 8th next year is haunting period set movie drama CABRINI from Alejandro
Cabrini arrives March 8th next year
Monteverde which has John Lithgow, David Morse and Giancarlo Giannini in the cast.
  When Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini (Cristiana Dell Anna) steps foot in America in 1889, she is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children living in New York's slums. Armed with a fearless spirit and a compassionate heart, Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. Despite broken English and poor health, Cabrini leverages her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.

Thursday, December 28, 2023

STEPHEN R. LAWHEAD'S ROBIN HOOD ORIGINS HISTORICAL NOVEL TRILOGY KING RAVEN OPTIONED FOR AN ADAPTATION!

  KING RAVEN TRILOGY  
ACQUIRED FOR ADAPTATION
As Variety reports, filmmaker Brent Ryan Green has optioned the exclusive film and television rights to produce an adaptation of KING RAVEN trilogy of historical novels by Stephen R. Lawhead which set the tale of Robin Hood in the late 11th century amid the Norman invasion of Wales. Steeped in lore and the political intrigue of medieval Britain, it brings a historically plausible origin story for Robin Hood. The trilogy follows the journey of a young Welsh noble, Bran Ap Brychan, as he’s met with the trials and obstacles that craft him into King Raven, better known as Robin Hood.

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

SEE STREAMING DATE AND MAGNIFICENT TRAILER FOR PRIME VIDEO NEW EPIC ADVENTURE SERIES ZORRO!

   NEW ZORRO TV SERIES  
SEE THE FIRST POSTER & TEASER
New Zorro starts January 19th on Prime Video
In less than a month, new series will be offered to the viewers over at Prime Video when on January 19th their new Spanish language series ZORRO starts streaming produced by Secuoya Studios and Mediawan Rights. The ten part series, set in 1834 LosAngeles, sees Miguel Bernardeau playing a new version of Diego de la Vega. Bernardeau stars opposite Renata Notni as LolitaMarquez. The cast is completed by Dalia Xiuhcoatl, Paco Tous, Emiliano Zurita and Joel Bosqued. You can check out a magnificent new trailer below and tell us what you think.
 
It will be a ten episode series
  ZORRO STORY
 Everyone expects to control California in 1834: The old colonizers, the newly installed government craving support from Mexico after serving the Spanish crown, Russian oligarchs using their Russian-American companies, the French who don’t want to relinquish their control of this rich territory and the newly formed United States of America. The victims of this struggle are always the same, the people; the native Indians, some of which serve as semi slaves in the missions and others remain free, the Mexican workers exploited and disenfranchised by the government, and the immigrants of every race and origins that came looking for opportunities. Their last hope is a millennial hero that has kept the peace in their world and has now reincarnated in the young Diego de la Vega. New times call for a new hero. The series was shot over at Canary Islands.
 

SEE LOVE BETWEEN A MALE VICAR AND HIS SAMOAN BOYFRIEND IN NEW ZEALAND'S WHOLESOME LOVE STORY MOVIE MYSTERIOUS WAYS

  MYSTERIOUS WAYS TRAILER 
A WHOLESOME LOVE STORY
The movie will have a multiplatform release
Here is a movie that will get a multiplatform Northern American release in 2024 after having a limited August release in New Zealand from where it comes from. When a media storm threatens the marriage between a Vicar and his Samoan boyfriend in new drama movie MYSTERIOUS WAYS something extraordinary happens.
  Written and directed by New Zealand’s Paul Oremland, the film follows a media storm that threatens the marriage between a Vicar, portrayed by Richard Short and his Samoan boyfriend, portrayed by Nick Afoa, after they announce their intentions to have a traditional wedding in the church.  You can watch the movie trailer below:
 

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

FOUR BOOK SERIES OTHERLAND FROM TAD WILLIAMS TO BE TURNED INTO A TV SHOW BY WITCHER AND WHEEL OF TIME PRODUCERS

    OTHERLAND TV SERIES   
FROM THE WITCHER PRODUCERS
As Deadline reports, The Witcher and Wheel of Time producers (which does not bode well) will turn four book series OTHERLAND from Tad Williams into a TV
Otherland is becoming a new TV series
series. It is described as an epic cyberpunk-fantasy adventure, in which the world as we know it has an additional layer here – hyper-realistic VR arenas that have become a new place for fun, work, education but also debauchery, crime and abuse. 
 
  The mysterious Otherland, supposedly another layer of the network, becomes a mere starting point for a multi-realm adventure. The series of realms, some uncannily resembling the world we know, others bizarre clusters of familiar creations and characters, include intergalactic taverns, medieval fantasies, and battlegrounds of World War I!

Monday, December 25, 2023

SEE BATTLE PACKED TRAILER FOR THE FINALE OF ZACK SNYDER'S MINDBLOWING SF SAGA REBEL MOON 2: THE SCARGIVER

 REBEL MOON 2: THE SCARGIVER 
SEE MOVIE SEQUEL TRAILER
After the first part has hit number one on their list of the best watched movies all around the world, Netflix has released the trailer for REBEL MOON 2: THE
Second part arrives April 19th
SCARGIVER, the finale to the two part saga that will arrive April 19th!
  Sofia Boutella returns as Kora , who’s discovered a quiet life and community on a farming moon called Veldt. She’s left behind her life of fighting against the Imperium, the evil intergalactic royal empire with a mission to control the entire galaxy. Kora’s new life is tragically interrupted and she’s thrust back into war when the menacing Atticus Noble (Ed Skrein) visits her planet on behalf of the Imperium’s leader, Balisarius (Fra Fee). Kora recruits a band of fighters, including Gunnar (Michiel Huisman), Kai (Charlie Hunnam) and a  robot Jimmy (voiced by Anthony Hopkins), to lead her resistance. As you can see in the new trailer Kora is now preparing her new army for the battle. 

SEE TRAILER FOR ISABELLE HUPPERT'S FRENCH PERIOD SET CRIME COMEDY THE CRIME IS MINE FROM FRANCOIS OZON

  THE CRIME IS MINE  
DIRECTED BY FRANCOIS OZON
This one has already had its run around Europe earlier this year, but as of today, December 25th is finally getting a limited cinema release over in United States as well. THE CRIME IS MINE (Mon
Mon Crime is out in USA from December 25th
Crime) is a period set comedy crime movie directed and written by famous French director Francois Ozon and is a loose adaptation of the famous play. It boasts quite a stellar cast lead by Isabelle Huppert and Nadia Tereszkiewicz alongside Rebecca Marder
 
THE STORY IS SET
in Paris, France, 1935. With a wide assortment of debt collectors lining up at her door, struggling actress Madeleine Verdier is with her back to the wall. But life is full of surprises. And then, for no apparent reason, someone puts a bullet in the head of the lascivious French producer, Montferrand. As a result, as if the cruel hardships of poverty weren't enough, the penniless artist now stands accused of murdering one of the city's most famous residents. Luckily, Madeleine's roommate Pauline Mauléon happens to be a lawyer. Of course, the prime suspect claims to be innocent; however, the truth is in the eye of the beholder. What happens if the producer's shocking murder isn't Madeleine's crime? 
 

Sunday, December 24, 2023

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON LAVISH NEW PERIOD SET MOVIE ADAPTATION OF PUSHKIN'S ONEGIN! SEE ENCHANTING TRAILER

   NEW ONEGIN MOVIE   
SEE THE MAGNIFICENT TRAILER
New Onegin is out March 7th next year
Beside the news that HBO has officially renewed their costume drama Gilded  Age for third season, your other period set delight this festive weekend is the first trailer for the brand new movie adaptation of legendary Pushkin's novel ONEGIN which is arriving into Russian cinemas March next year. Viktor Dobronravov will appear in the lead role as Evgeny Onegin, Elizaveta Moryak will appear as Tatyana Larina, and Denis Prytkov will play Vladimir Lensky. The novel was previously adapted back in 1998 by Martha Fiennes with Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler and Toby Stevens in the lead roles. This new version was done under Sarik Andreasyan's helm! See the enchanting trailer below the post and tell us what you think.
  OUR HERO EVGENY ONEGIN
 lives in grand style: balls, receptions, theater premieres and other entertainment that the capital can offer a young man. But social life has long tired him, so he perceives the news of the illness of his uncle living in the village as an opportunity to escape from the disgusting world. He arrives in the village, but finds his uncle already dead. However, the news of the death of a relative does not upset Evgeny much. His financial affairs are very sad, and his uncle is rich and has no other heirs besides Evgeny. Evgeny locks himself in the estate, avoids his neighbors, who very soon begin to call him an eccentric among themselves. He lives in aimless solitude until the owner, who has returned from abroad, appears at the neighboring estate - a young, enthusiastic Lensky, not satiated with life... And later on Evgeny's heart will be broken by gorgeous Tatyana and they will become world literature's most legendary lovers after Romeo and Juliet! 
 
 
HOLLYWOOD SPY IS WISHING YOU HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Saturday, December 23, 2023

CATCH 17TH CENTURY SET HISTORICAL COMEDY SERIES 1670 ON NETFLIX THIS DECEMBER

   1670 NETFLIX SERIES   
A PERIOD SET MOCKUMENTARY
If you are looking for something period set to watch this festive weekend, and do not mind if it is something unusual, from December 13th available for streaming over at Netflix is Polish mockumentary satirical comedy television series 1670 which has the story set in that year. 
 
THE SERIES FOLLOWS
 the pursuits of Jan Paweł Adamczewski (Bartlomiej Topa), the Sarmatian head of a noble family in Adamczycha in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the 17th century. This zany nobleman contends with family feuds and clashes with peasants in his quest to become the most famous person in Poland. The series has eight half hour episodes. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think, will you watch it?

Friday, December 22, 2023

FEAST YOUR EYES ON THE SUPER DAZZLING NEW TRAILER FOR THE FLYING SHIP FAIRY TALE MOVIE COMING THIS SPRING

    THE FLYING SHIP MOVIE  
The movie is out next March
NEW FANTASY TALE TRAILER
I have yet another fairy tale movie trailer coming from Russia for you today, I already shared first photos from it earlier this year featuring young Russian actor Aleksandr Metyolkin, but now we have a new magically enchanting and utterly colourful trailer for lavish fantasy fairy tale adventure movie THE FLYING SHIP (Летучий корабль) directed by Ilya Uchitel which is set to hit their cinemas next March. Beside Metyolkin, this colourful and picturesque movie filled with imaginative sets and wild costumes will also star Andrey Burkovksiy, Leonid Yarmolnik, Kseniya Rappoport and even popular Russian pop star Polina Gagarina. She will play Lady Jane, an original role written specifically for the film adaptation of the popular cartoon based on a folk tale. The new adaptation will feature unforgettable songs by Maxim Dunayevsky and Yuri Entin since it will also have the musical element. With this one, The Bremen Street Musicians and Wish of the Fairy Fish, cinemas will be filled with fairy tales next year.
 
 WHAT IS THE FILM ABOUT?
The Tsar is having his daughter Zabava marry a charmingly handsome and a handsomely charming Paul, a rich heir and a foreign fancy pants. However, it's a bit of a challenge, since Zabava wants a marriage of love, not of calculation. Her unexpected encounter with sailor Ivan, a simpleton yet an honest and endearing guy, messes up Paul's plans of snatching the crown. Deeply in love with the princess, Ivan enlists help from the residents of an enchanted forest to build a Flying Ship which would then take him and his beloved away. The brave sailor is in for serious confrontation with the sneaky Paul, who's using dark magic to bring his unwanted opponent down. However, true love is going to win this battle: with the evil mastermind punished, Ivan and Zabava step aboard the magic Flying Ship and set sail towards a new common dream of theirs. It is one of the most expensive productions coming from Russia next year! Check out the enchantingly magical new  movie trailer below and tell us what you think, do you like the costumes?

Thursday, December 21, 2023

SEE THE CRAZY COLOURFUL AND FUN TRAILER FOR NEW MUSICAL FAIRY TALE MOVIE ADVENTURE THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS

  THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS 
ANOTHER CRAZY FAIRY TALE
Coming from Russia, January 1st and opening the cinematic new year is crazy fairy tale film, the latest movie adaptation of THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS (Бременские музыканты)
The music starts January 1st
from director Aleksei Nuzhniy with Tihon Zhisnevsky and Konstantin Khabensky leading the cast. You can check out the colourful new trailer below the post.
 
THEY ARE BACK
together - the most legendary group of traveling artists! The Troubadour and his impostor friends - the Dog, the Cat, the Donkey and the narcissistic Rooster - have teamed up to accomplish the feat! Traveling musicians, led by a new leader, will once again rally to bring laughter and joy to the dark streets of Bremen. And first of all, they must make the King’s daughter laugh, but meeting with the Princess faces them with a dangerous adventure! The Troubadour and his friends face treacherous enemies, intrigues and traps, but one must fight for love. And then the Princess escapes from the palace! One ball hides the criminal schemes of the robbers, the intrigues of the detective, the whims and secrets of the royal family, but cheerful musicians with the tireless Troubadour will make everyone dance to their tune! What the Bremen Town Musicians are ready to do for the sake of this feat! 
 

SEE TRAILER FOR HISTORICAL ADVENTURE THE EDGE OF THE BLADE DIRECTED BY VINCENT PEREZ

  THE EDGE OF THE BLADE  
FRENCH HISTORICAL MOVIE TRAILER
Last May I told you that French superstar Vincent Perez is directing a new historical movie and that December 27th has been announced as the release date for historical adventure THE EDGE OF BLADE
The movie is out during the holidays
( Une affaire d'honneur) in which he also stars and now we have the first trailer! 
 
  The story is set in Paris 1887. At that time, only the duel prevailed to defend one's honor. Clément Lacaze (Roschdy Zem), charismatic fencing master finds himself caught in a spiral of destructive violence. He meets Marie-Rose Astié (Doria Tillier), a feminist ahead of her time, and decides to teach her the complex art of dueling. They will face provocations and unite to defend their respective honor. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think:
 

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

SEE KATE WINSLET RULING THE REGIME IN THE TRAILER FOR NEW MINI TV SERIES WITH MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS, HUGH GRANT STREAMING THIS SPRING ON MAX

   SEE KATE WINSLET IN  
THE REGIME SERIES TRAILER
It will start its rule March 3rd, but Max has given us the trailer for their new mini series THE REGIME which tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel. With the power being in the hands of Kate Winslet as madam chancellor, Matthias Schoenaerts plays her trusted and devoted and obviously psychotic chief of security,  with Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant also in the cast! The six episode series was directed by Stephen Frears.

SEE FIRST LOOK AT PIERRE NINEY AS COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO IN NEW MOVIE ADAPTATION

   1ST LOOK AT PIERRE NINEY   
AS COUNT MONTE CRISTO
Beside Sam Claflin series, we are also getting a new COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO movie and today you can check out the first image of Pierre Niney in the lead role of Edmond Dantès, a young sailor who was falsely accused of treason and is imprisoned without trial in the Château d’If, a grim island fortress near Marseille. After many years of captivity, he finally escapes and, under the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, plans to take revenge on those who have wrongly accused him. Directed by Musketeers helmers Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière it will arrive late next year.

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

HANNAH WADDINGHAM AND OCTAVIA SPENCER TO LEAD A NEW COMEDY SERIES AT PRIME VIDEO

 HANNAH WADDINGHAM TO LEAD 
NEW PRIME VIDEO COMEDY SERIES WITH OCTAVIA SPENCER
Prime Video has announced work on an untitled comedy series which will follow two best friends, Judith (Hannah Waddingham) and Debbie (Octavia Spencer), who know everything about each other... or do they? Unbeknownst to Debbie, Judith has been living a double life as a highly trained assassin. When a hit goes horribly wrong, the pair must go on the run together and work to repair their broken friendship, all while being targeted by a mysterious enemy who wants them dead. There was a highly competitive bidding for the series.