After the success of the award winning Australian ten part drama THE TWELVEFoxtel has announced the start of production and new cast for the second season of the court drama. Sam Neill remains as the lawyer from the first season with Frances O'Connor joining him alongside Tasma Walton,
Sam Neill and Frances O'Connor will lead the cast
Kris McQuade, Amy Mathews, Erroll Shand, Fayssal Bazzi, Josh McKenzie, Anthony Brandon Wong, Stefanie Caccamo, Sharon Johal, Luke Pegler, Adriano Cappelletta, Nelson Baker, Greg McNeill, Suesha Rana, Brad Francis, Keith Robinson, Isabelle Bäsén, Shareena Clanton,
Luke Pegler and Josh McKenzie will also star
Anthony Hayes, Myles Pollard, Gerald Lepkowski, Katherine Pearson, Caroline Brazier, Kaila Ferrelli, Jennah Bannear and Steve Le Marquand! The drama will again follow a trial as seen through the lens of the 12 new jury members, ordinary members of the public with their own realities and struggles.
Two of our favourite HBO shows are finally coming back and beside Gilded Age which returns October 29th, JULIA is also coming back with season two but November 16th when it will premiere with three new episodes and other five will air weekly till late December. Sarah Lancashire is back as the acclaimed chef Julia Child and David Hyde Pierce as her husband, Paul.
IN THE SECOND SEASON
first
three episodes will be set in Paris and the French Riviera while Julia
grapples with her rising fame and celebrity with her show up and running
on the air, and with a weekly cooking program virtually unheard of at
the time. After spending some much needed time in France while preparing
for her second season of her cooking show The French Chef, Julia visits
a wide variety of renowned restaurants and chefs across both the South
of France and the U.S in Washington D.C. and of course, Boston. Social
issues prevalent in today’s social landscape are mirrored in Julia’s
journey as she and her team spearhead female-driven public television.
WHO IS IN THE CAST?
Also back in the cast are Bebe Neuwirth, Brittany Bradford, Fran Kranz, Fiona Glascott and Robert Joy while Rachel Bloom will join the series in the recurring role of Elaine Levitch, a dynamo who comes to WGBH by way of CBS to work with Julia on The French Chef. Stockard Channing, Craig Bierko, Judith Light, Isabella Rossellini, Tosin Morohunfola and Christian Clemenson all have guest roles in the new season. It has been a year and a half since the first season aired in spring 2022. They have used a real 1,000 years old market in France to shoot the scenes where Julia is shopping for groceries while on the trip there. Hope we get a trailer soon!
Something very French for you today, first trailer for THE ANIMAL KINGDOM(Le Regne animal) movie, an adventure between a father and his son, in a world where some humans have started mutating into other animal species, which is out in French cinemas October 4th!
THE STORY
In a world hit by a wave of mutations that are gradually transforming
some humans into animals, François (Romain Duris) does everything he can
to save his wife, who is affected by this mysterious condition. As some
of the creatures disappear into a nearby forest, he embarks with Émile,
their 16-year-old son, on a quest that will change their lives forever.
Beside the news that Disney Plus has opted out of Nautilus, epic TV series on Captain Nemo (rumour has it that they are trying to shop it elsewhere as it cost them close to $200 million), I also have for you a spotlight on THE INHERITANCE thriller mini TV series which will air weekly on Channel 5 from Monday, September 4th and will also be available online on their My5. Check out the trailer down below.
THE FOUR PART SERIES
revolves
around three siblings (Robert James-Collier, Gaynor Faye and Jemima
Rooper) who are left reeling by an unexpected family tragedy. Upon
discovering their exclusion from the will, they embark on a perilous
quest to uncover the truth behind the death, pondering whether it was an
unfortunate accident or a sinister murder.
The series delves into shattered secrets, fractured relationships, and
lost lives as the siblings strive to reclaim their rightful inheritance
and decipher the enigma surrounding them, prompting the age-old
question: Is family loyalty unbreakable?
THE FIRST EPISODE SEES
Sian, Daniel, and Chloe Watson left in shock following their father Dennis’s sudden demise. To their astonishment, his will reveals that everything, including the family home, is bequeathed to a woman they’ve never encountered. This woman (Samantha Bond), who had a clandestine 14-year affair with their father and married him in secret, becomes the epicentre of suspicion.
As the siblings scrutinize their father’s life, they harbour growing doubts about Susan’s involvement in his death. Why was her existence concealed from them? Why was Dennis hiding signs of dementia?
Unsettling discoveries of hidden potent substances and chemicals around his house raise more questions. Moreover, the contradiction between his wish for cremation and his prearranged burial plot alongside their mother baffles them.
While the siblings attempt to piece together the puzzle, they remain oblivious to the fact that someone is surveilling them – Dennis’s family videos are being watched, and secrets are being monitored.
A bunch of new movie images for you today, starting with Gabriel Byrne as Samuel Beckett in DANCE FIRST biopic on the Waiting for Godot writer. With him as the famous Irish playwright, Aidan Gillen plays James Joyce. Maxine Peake also stars and Sandrine Bonnaire too as his wife. The story covers various phases in Beckett’s life from Parisian bon vivant, to World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse.
Its focus, however, is on Beckett’s reaction to winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969, which was a turning point in his life as he grappled with his own inner demons.
DYSTOPIAN THE BEAST
We
also have first photos from Venice Film Festival dystopian romance THE
BEAST from Bertrand Bonello set in a near future where artificial
intelligence reigns supreme and human emotions have become a threat.
Gabrielle (Lea Seydoux), a woman haunted by an irrational fear, is being
told that she must purify her DNA to heal from past traumas in order to
get a proper job. Through the process, Gabrielle revisits past lives
and immerses herself in buried memories from 1910 and 2014, where she
reunites with Louis (George MacKay), her great love. While their bond
has transcended lifetimes and eras, it’s also at the root of her
premonition that something tragic will happen. Beside Venice, the movie
will also hit Toronto, New York and London film festivals.
WORLD WAR 2 SET IRENA'S VOW
There are also first two images from World War Two set movie IRENA'S VOW coming from director Louise Archambault and with Dougray Scott in the lead role. The movie will premiere September 10th at Toronto Film Festival following the life of 19-year-old Irena Gut (Sophie Nélisse), a housekeeper at the home of a high-ranking Nazi officer in Poland who hides a dozen Jewish workers in the basement of the German major’s house after she learns that the Jewish ghetto is about to be liquidated.
The story is based on the true life of Polish nurse Irene Gut Opdyke who was awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal for showing remarkable courage in her attempt to save Polish Jews during World War II.
The first one to announce the start of the new Autumn season on the small screens is season two of Prime Video's epic fantasy series WHEEL OF TIME which has September 1st for the return date! Two years have almost passed
from the first season which did not really get love from the audience,
so it will be interesting to see how will this one go. Adapted from Robert Jordan novels it follows a farm boy, Rand al’Thor (Josha Stradowski) who learns he is The Dragon Reborn, a dangerous figure destined to save the world.
Desperate to protect him from the Dark One, an army of powerful
sorceresses must reckon with Rand’s burgeoning power and encroaching
madness.
IN THE SECOND SEASON
the Wheel of Time turns and the Last Battle approaches.
Because though Rand thought he destroyed the Dark One, evil is not gone
from the world. Threats new and very old will seek out the young friends
from the Two Rivers, who are now scattered over the world. And Moiraine
(Rosamund Pike), the woman who found and guided them, is now
powerless to help, so they must find other sources of strength — in each
other, or themselves. In the Light, or the Dark.
The Wheel of Time also stars Daniel Henney as Lan Mandragoran! Our dear Arnas Fedaravicius from The Last Kingdom will also join the cast in this season.
WHO ELSE IS IN THE CAST?
Dónal Finn replaces Barney Harris as Mat Cauthon, while Ceara Coveney joins as renegade princess Elayne
Trakand. The second season will also introduce Seanchan, an army of magically empowered invaders! Since she lost her magic powers at the end of season 1, Rosamund Pike's mystic Moiraine will return to her hometown of
Cairhien, a place of stifling traditions where everyone plays mind games, and in her despair will push away everyone who tries to help her, including her loyal Warder Lan, whose emotional connection to Moiraine has now been lost
along with her magic.
School is tough, even for lizards, I tell you! Well, if we can trust the first trailer for new animated movie LEO which will wiggle its way onto Netflix November 21st as an animated musical! Beside Adam Sandler in the lead role, the voice cast also includes Bill Burr, Jason Alexander, Rob Schneider and a whole bunch of Sandler's spawn as nepotism is strong, very strong indeed in Hollywood!
LEO STORY
Actor and comedian Adam Sandler delivers signature laughs in this
coming-of-age animated musical comedy about the last year of elementary
school – as seen through the eyes of a class pet. Jaded 74-year-old
lizard Leo (Sandler) has been stuck in the same Florida classroom for
decades with his terrarium-mate turtle (Bill Burr). When he learns he
only has one year left to live, he plans to escape to experience life on
the outside but instead gets caught up in the problems of his anxious
students including an impossibly mean substitute teacher. It ends up
being the strangest but most rewarding bucket list ever!
MGM Plus has sent us a teaser and air date for the second season of their Wild West series BILLY THE KID which returns October 15th with four new episodes, and with other four airing sometime in 2024. With Tom Blyth and Daniel Webber leading the cast, the new season will see the continuation of the epic adventure when Billy and his allies square off against his oldest friend Jesse Evans and the corrupt powers of the Santa Fe Ring. When shots are fired, the conflict erupts into the bloody Lincoln County War. Amidst the fighting, Billy will struggle to hang onto his soul - and to the love of his life.
Down in Australia, Stan will stream the series from October 16th!
Since there will be no stars at Venice Film Festival due to the strike, Netflix, who is one of the causes of the said strike, is sending J. A. Bayona's movie
The movie will stream soon on Netflix
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW to close the film festival with its world premiere. The movie starring Enzo Vogrincic, Matías Recalt, Agustín Pardella, Esteban Kukuriczka and Tomas Wolf, will thus open in September. The story of the Spanish language film depicts the aftermath of a
crash of a 1972 flight carrying a Uruguayan rugby team to Chile over
the Andes. Out of the 45 passengers, only 29 managed to survive
resorting to extreme measures after their plane landed on a glacier. To announce that:the film will stream soon, Netflix has sent us the first teaser which you can watch below and then tell us what you think:
Disney Plus has sent us the first images from their new Dickens' adaptation THE ARTFUL DODGER which will premiere November 29th with Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewlis and Maia Mitchell leading the cast.
An irreverent follow up to Dickens' Oliver Twist the eight part series is exploring the adult double life of Charles Dickens' famous prince of thieves. Set in 1850's Australia, in the lively colony of Port Victory, we meet Jack Dawkins, The Artful Dodger, who's transferred his fast fingers as a pickpocket to the nimble skilled fingers of a surgeon. Dodger's past returns to haunt him with the arrival of Fagin, luring him back into a world of crime. A greater threat to Dodger's heart is Lady Belle, the Governor's daughter, determined to become the colony's first female surgeon. From heists to life-and-death surgeries, from soirées to street violence, this is a tale of reinvention, betrayal, redemption and love with a twist.
Itwas previously known as King's Land then for some reason they opted for a rather bland title THE BASTARD, but now its international title has become THE PROMISED LAND with Mads Mikkelsen in the lead, who is joined by our dear Morten Hee Andersen (you remember him as the hot prince in Margrete Queen of the North) and Gustav Lindh, Simon Bennebjerg, Amanda Collin (the android from Raised By Wolves),Kristine Kujath Thorp, Magnus Krepper, Jakob Lohmann and Felix Kramer! Today, we have the first trailer and poster for the film which will premiere at Venice Film Festival this year! Check out the trailer with English subtitles below and tell us what you think.
THE STORY OF THE FILM
directed by Nikolaj Arcel's
film is set in the middle of the 18th century when Danish King
Frederik V declared that the wild heath of Jutland should be tamed,
cultivated, and colonized so that civilization
could spread and new taxes be generated for the royal house. But nobody
dared go to this brutal land until a lone soldier named Ludvig Kahlen
stepped up. This historical drama film should open in cinemas October 5th in Denmark.
Wehave the first trailer for Amazon Prime Video's new series WILDERNESS which stars Oliver Jackson Cohen, Jonathan Keltz, Eric Balfour and Jenna Coleman. The series will stream from September 15th! Based on B.E. Jones’
novel it follows British couple Liv (Coleman) and Will (Jackson-Cohen)
who seem to have it all: a rock-solid marriage; a glamorous
new life in New York thousands of miles from their provincial hometown;
and still young enough to feel that their whole lives are ahead of
them. Until Liv learns about Will’s affair. Heartbreak is swiftly
followed by another emotion: fury. Revenge is her only option, and when
Will proposes a trip around America’s epic National Parks to give their
relationship a fresh start, Liv knows just how to get it! Check out the trailer below:
Well, it has been an extremely long wait, but HBO has finally announced that the second season of Julian Fellowes' costume drama GILDED AGE will land October 29th with eight new episodes set again during the Gilded Age in America, a period of immense economic change, of great conflict between the old ways and brand new systems and of fortunes made and lost. Over in the United Kingdom, the new season will start a day later, October 30th on Sky Atlantic! Check out the gorgeous costumes in trailer below:
THE SECOND SEASON begins
on Easter morning 1883, with the news that Bertha Russell’s (Carrie
Coon) bid for a box at the Academy of Music has been rejected.
Throughout the season, Bertha challenges Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy) and
the old system and works to not only gain a foothold in Society but to
potentially take a leading role in it. George Russell (Morgan Spector)
takes on his own battle with a growing union at his steel plant in
Pittsburgh. In the Brook House, Marian (Louisa Jacobson) continues her
journey to find her way in the world secretly teaching at a girls’
school while much to everyone’s surprise Ada (Cynthia Nixon) begins a
new courtship. Of course, Agnes (Christine Baranski) approves of none of
it.
In Brooklyn, the Scott family begins to heal from a shocking discovery,
and Peggy (Denée Benton) taps into her activist spirit through her work
with T. Thomas Fortune at the NY Globe. You can check out who has joined the second season cast in our previous post. Harry Richardson, Blake Ritson, Nathan Lane all return.
