FOX BIBLICAL TV MOVIE THE FAITHFUL PART TWO CASTS ALEXA DAVALOS AS REBEKAH WITH TOM MISON, TOM PAYNE, BEN ROBSON ALSO IN THE CAST

   THE FAITHFUL PART TWO   

OF BIBLICAL TV SERIES REVEALS CAST

Set to air as a two hour TV film on Sunday March 29th the second installment of Fox' Biblical three part series THE FAITHFUL will center on Rebekah to be played by Alexa Davalos, with Tom Mison as her husband Isaac, and Tom Payne and Ben Robson portraying their adult sons Jacob and Esau. Rebekah is the woman who risked everything. When a mysterious stranger arrives with an invitation, she makes a decision that will define generations. Bold, compassionate, and courageous, she’s 

This will be the second film in the three part series

tested in every imaginable way after a conversation with God sets her on an irreversible path. Isaac is burdened by an inheritance he didn’t ask for and haunted by a faith he both fears and yearns to understand. The son of Abraham and Sarah, he’s a man deeply shaped by his near sacrifice from his father’s hand at God’s instruction. Jacob is a survivor and a strategist who, mired by his position as the second-born son, learns to rely on cunning and determination for the blessing he seeks. In Jacob, we see not perfection, but transformation. Not divine purity, but divine persistence. Esau is a hunter and a warrior who carries the weight of expectation placed on the firstborn son. He is loved deeply by his family, but becomes a pawn in a larger game that plays out between him and his brother. Fox will also air a film on Sarah on March 22nd and on Leah and  Rachel on Easter Sunday April 5th.

NEW BOOKS TURNED INTO TV SERIES: VICTORIAN THRILLER MURDER AS A FINE ART AND WW2 NOVEL ARMY OF SHADOWS TURNED INTO A DYSTOPIAN SERIES AT CHANNEL 4

 NEW TV SHOW ADAPTATIONS 

VICTORIAN MURDER AS A FINE ART

It will be turned into a Victorian series

I have two historical books today for you that are being turned into TV series, beginning with MURDER AS A FINE ART from David Morrell Victorian mystery thriller to be turned into series by A Higher Standard and Harris Films. Set in 1850s London, the novel blends fact and fiction as it follows Thomas De Quincey, the real-life and otorious opium-eater and essayist, as he’s implicated in a series of gruesome murders that appear to be inspired by his own sensational essay, “On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts.” To clear his name, De Quincey must team up with his brilliant daughter Emily and a pair of Scotland Yard detectives to stop a killer who’s turning theory into deadly practice. 

 

ARMY OF SHADOWS AT CHANNEL 4

Channel 4 is looking to make a six part drama out of Joseph Kessel's book ARMY OF SHADOWS, which was already turned into a classic film depicting the emergence of the French Resistance to the Nazi occupation of France during World War 2. 

Channel 4 is adapting it into a series

Channel 4 will switch it into the story of how resistance takes shape in a near-future authoritarian Britain. Under de facto American occupation, a former British army officer builds a covert resistance cell from scratch - navigating betrayal, moral compromise and the tension between patience and action - as young recruits fight to reclaim their country and their futures. Across six thrilling episodes, the series chronicles the early days of the British Resistance. From first kills and internal betrayals to propaganda campaigns, internment camps, and a climactic political assassination - this is a story about how freedom is taken and how it can be won back. Ronan Bennett is writing the series.

TRAILER AND AIR DATE FOR BBC FAST PACED THRILLER TV SERIES THE GUEST WITH EVE MYLES

    THE GUEST SERIES   

BBC THRILLER TRAILER AND AIR DATE

BBC has released a trailer for their new four part thriller series THE GUEST an addictive story that centres on the toxic and beguiling relationship between a successful business owner, Fran (Eve Myles), and her employee, Ria (Gabrielle Creevy) who has never had the opportunity to think about what she might actually want from the world. So, when she starts cleaning for Fran, she’s intoxicated by this confident woman who encourages her to take control of her life and, when Ria flourishes, an intense friendship is forged. However, when Fran’s advice leads to a shocking event, the lives of these two very different women become intertwined by shared secrets and dangerous plots. What follows is a compelling and manipulative game of cat-and-mouse. But just who is playing who? Sion Daniel Young, Emun Elliott, Julian Lewis Jones, Joseph Ollman, Clive Russell and Catherine Ayers also star. The series will start on BBC One Monday evening September 1st! Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

FIRST IMAGES OF WILL SHARPE AND PAUL BETTANY IN SKY'S PERIOD SET SERIES AMADEUS ON THE FAMOUS 18TH CENTURY COMPOSER

 SKY'S AMADEUS SERIES 

1ST WILL SHARPE AND PAUL BETTANY IMAGES

Sky has revealed first images with Will Sharpe in the lead role in their AMADEUS mini series set within the musical hub of bustling Vienna at the end of the 18th century, where 25 year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrives in the city no longer a child and determined to carve his own path. Recently unemployed and without the management of his father, Amadeus finds an unlikely ally in a young singer who will become his wife, fiery Constanze (Gabrielle Creevy). Her connections help bring him into the orbit of the court composer Antonio Salieri (Paul Bettany), setting the three of them on a collision course that will ultimately define their lives and their legacies for years to come. Hero of his own story but villain to history, Salieri’s envy turns vengeful as he uses any means necessary to thwart Mozart and protect his position in the establishment. The five part drama will air later this year on Sky. 

 

WHO ELSE IS IN THE CAST?  

 Rory Kinnear stars as Emperor Joseph, Lucy Cohu as Cecilia Weber, Jonathan Aris as Leopold Mozart, Jessica Alexander as Katerina, Hugh Sachs as Von Strack, Paul Bazely as Von Swieten, Rupert Vansittart as Rosenberg, Anastasia Martin as Aloysia Weber, Nancy Farino as Josepha Weber, Olivia-Mai Barrett as Sophie Weber and Viola Prettejohn as Princess Elizabeth with Jyuddah Jaymes as Franz Süssmayr.

 

SEE FIRST IMAGES FROM THE SIXTH SEASON OF BELOVED SERIES ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL!

 FIRST LOOK AT SEASON 6 

OF ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

Channel 5 and PBS Masterpiece have revealed first images from the 6th season of the beloved series ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL which returns soon over in Great Britain. Based on James Herriot's books it will again have six episodes plus the traditional Christmas special in December. In USA the series will return probably at the beginning of the next year as it usually does in January. Season seven has been ordered already.

 

SEASON SIX RETURNS TO

 Yorkshire Dales for more human and animal tales but this time, the Skeldale gang is in a different situation, just as the war in Europe is coming to a close in 1945. Nicholas Ralph reprises his role as vet James Herriot, alongside Samuel West as his business partner Siegfried Farnon. Anna Madeley returns as dear Mrs. Hall, followed by Rachel Shenton (Helen Herriot), Callum Woodhouse (Tristan Farnon), Patricia Hodge (Mrs. Pumphrey), Tony Pitts (Richard Alderson) and Imogen Clawson (Jenny). Joining the cast for the new chapter will be Lucy-Jo Hudson, Gaia Wise, Jonathan Hyde, Philip Martin Brown and Chris Gascoyne. Stay tuned for the first trailer which is probably coming up in a few days.

 

BRITBOX AGATHA CHRISTIE SERIES TOMMY AND TUPPENCE CASTS IMELDA STAUNTON, JOSH DYLAN AND ANTONIA THOMAS IN LEADS

   TOMMY AND TUPPENCE  

AGATHA CHRISTIE SERIES SETS CAST

BritBox' upcoming new original series based on the works of Agatha Christie TOMMY AND TUPPENCE has cast Imelda Staunton next to Antonia Thomas and Josh Dylan who play Tommy and Tuppence a detective duo for the ages. They fall in love, fall out of it, and tumble back in, all while solving some thrilling, entertaining mysteries along the way. Tuppence is an actress and force of nature who won’t take no for an answer. Tommy is a meticulous, charming crime writer who has lost his passion but finds it again when whirlwind Tuppence re-enters his life. Staunton will star as Aunt Ada, a wry, retired private detective who loves her nephew, Tommy, because he never undermines her – only a fool would do so.

1ST RICHARD GADD, JAMIE BELL PICS FROM HALF MAN TV SERIES, RUPERT EVERETT, HAYLEY ATWELL JOIN RIVALS SEASON 2, TOM CAVANAGH JOINS BROOKE SHIELDS CRIME DRAMA YOU ARE KILLING ME

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FIRST LOOK AT HALF MAN SERIES

Straight from BBC and HBO we have the first look at buffed Richard Gadd in their new series HALF MAN in which he stars next to Jamie Bell as brothers Ruben and Niall, who reunite after years of estrangement, leading to an explosion of violence that catapults us back through their lives over the course of the series. Mitchell Robertson and Stuart Campbell will play them in their younger years in the six episode series that spans four decades from the 1980s to present day! Story explores highs and lows of Ruben and Niall’s relationship, from meeting them as troubled teenagers to witnessing their falling out as adults with all the good, bad, terrible, funny, angry and challenging moments along the way!

 

 RUPERT EVERETT JOINS RIVALS SEASON 2

Disney Plus is about to start filming the 12 episode second season of their hit series RIVALS and have added Rupert Everett and Hayley Atwell to the cast of the show set in the glamorous world of 1980s British television against the backdrop of the Cotswolds countryside, with the second season dealing with heightened power struggles and deeper rivalries as careers, marriages and reputations hang in the balance. Aidan Turner, David Tennant and Alex Hassell return to the lead roles. Atwell will portray Helen Gordon, the ex-wife of Rupert Campbell-Black and mother to his children Marcus and Tabitha. Everett will be Malise Gordon, her husband and Campbell-Black’s former show-jumping coach and mentor. 

 

 

YOU ARE KILLING ME DRAMA ADS CAST 

Over at Acorn TV they have added Tom Cavanagh and Amalia Williamson to their six part crime drama YOU ARE KILLING ME with Brooke Shields in the lead. Set in a quaint New England colonial town, formerly knows as Ally and Andi, follows bestselling novelist (Shields) who forms an unlikely alliance with Andi, an aspiring writer and podcaster (Williamson) to find the killer of a close friend. Cavanagh plays Jack, the new lead detective of the Founders Cove Police Department and former city slicker who is trying to acclimate to the quirks of small-town life.

DOMINIC WEST AND SIENNA MILLER TO LEAD SKY AND HBO ELITE LONDON WORLD DIVORCE CASE TV DRAMA WAR

  THRILLER TV SERIES WAR 

CASTS DOMINIC COOPER AND SIENNA MILLER

Sky and HBO have joined forces on new six part thriller TV series WAR with Dominic West as tech titan Morgan Henderson and Sienna Miller as his estranged wife in a series that follows two of London’s most prestigious rival firms, Cathcarts and Taylor & Byrne, as they go head-to-head in the divorce case of the century. Each side is certain they’ll win. But as the case spirals and loyalties fracture, reputations are on the line, and everyone’s playing to win. This is just the beginning as the series has been ordered for two seasons - season one’s explosive case is the first in an anthology of headline-making legal battles. Also joining the cast are, Phoebe Fox and James McArdle as partners in life and business at Taylor & Byrne; Nina Sosanya and Pip Torrens as their counterparts and fierce rivals at Cathcarts; and Archie Reneaux as an ambitious lawyer.

SEE ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL RACHEL SHENTON IN THE TRAILER FOR CHANNEL 5 THRILLER SERIES THE RUMOUR

   THE RUMOUR TRAILER   

 FOR NEW RACHEL SHENTON SHOW

Channel 5 has released first trailer for their new five episode mini series THE RUMOUR which will have Oscar winner Rachel Shenton as the lead next to Joanne Whalley, Samuel Anderson, Emily Atack and Ellie Haddington among others. Rachel will be Joanna who moves with her young son, Alfie, to the quiet town of Flinstead, seeking a fresh start. However, she quickly becomes entangled in the lives of local mothers and the unsettling dynamics of the community. When Joanna stumbles upon an online rumour about a child killer living in the town, she uses it to win over the mums at the school gate. As gossip spreads, suspicions build, and Joanna finds herself drawn into a web of secrets and paranoia. Balancing her efforts to protect her son with the growing unease in town, Joanna struggles to distinguish between truth and hearsay. With relationships strained and emotions running high, the boundaries between trust and fear blur. The series explores how quickly small-town gossip can spiral out of control, forcing Joanna to confront the unforeseen consequences of curiosity and mistrust in her search for answers. The series arrives this Autumn.

 

NEW BOOK ADAPTATIONS: HONEYMOON WITH HARRY WITH KEVIN COSTNER AND JAKE GYLLENHAAL, ALL IN MONTE CARLO, THE SUMMER OF SONGBIRDS

   NEW BOOK ADAPTATIONS  

HONEYMOON WITH HARRY FILM

We are having a day filled with a number of freshly announced book adaptations so let us jump right onto it starting with HONEYMOON WITH HARRY which will be turned into a movie at Prime Video based on best selling book by Bart Baker and what is more they already have two rather nice stars with Kevin Costner and Jake Gyllenhaal set as leads. This dramedy follows a man (Gyllenhaal) as he decides to go on a honeymoon with 

All In Monte Carlo will become a movie

his would-be father-in-law (Costner) after his fiancée dies two days before their wedding. 

 

 ALL IN MONTE CARLO

Also getting an adaptation to be penned by Anna Klassen is Anna Shilling's book ALL IN MONTE CARLO billed as First Wives Club meets The Devil Wears Prada, set in Monaco. The novel follows four women who cross paths in Monte Carlo, each, with their own story of betrayal. Together, the women form a secret pact, disguised as a book club, to exact revenge. But as their schemes unfold, they discover that getting payback, much like life itself, is rarely straightforward. 

  

THE SUMMER OF SONGBIRDS

Hulu is turning it into a TV series

Another streamer, Hulu has got their paws on another book they want to turn into a TV series. THE SUMMER OF SONGBIRDS by Kristy Woodson Harvey will be adapted by Brennan Peters as a story about the power of forged family — the family we choose, the family we fight to keep, again and again. It revolves around three girlfriends and their unbreakable bond forged in their childhood summers spent in North Carolina. Now in their 30s, each grappling with the harsh realities of adulthood, they’re forced to confront secrets and betrayals from both the past and present that threaten to unravel their chosen family

SEE MATTHEW LEWIS IN THE TRAILER FOR ACORN TV AND CHANNEL 5 COZY MYSTERY SERIES MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG

    SEE MATTHEW LEWIS   

IN MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG TRAILER

The latest to arrive from Channel 5 to us is that handsome rascal Matthew Lewis in the trailer for their brand new murder mystery drama series MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG based on the debut novel of Reverend Richard Coles. Matthew plays Canon Daniel Clement, who lives in Champton rectory with his opinionated mother, Audrey. When Daniel announces a plan to install a lavatory in the church, the parish is suddenly (and unexpectedly) divided. As lines are drawn and long-buried secrets threaten the village’s apparent calm, events take a deadly turn. Canon Daniel Clement becomes embroiled in a murder case when a cousin to the church’s patron is found stabbed in the neck with a pair of secateurs. The six episode drama will first stream on Acorn TV in USA from September 29th before it moves over to Channel 5 sometime this Autumn. 

 

FIRST TEASER WITH TOM HOLLANDER AND NIAMH ALGAR IN SUN DRENCHED THRILLER SERIES THE IRIS AFFAIR FROM SKY TV

    THE IRIS AFFAIR   

FIRST TEASER FOR NEW SKY TV SERIES

Sky has released today first teaser for their new TV series THE IRIS AFFAIR with Niamh Algar and Tom Hollander leading the sun drenched thriller which also stars Harry Lloyd, Kristofer Hivju, Debi Mazar.  When enigmatic genius Iris Nixon (Algar) cracks a string of complex online puzzles, she’s led to a piazza in Florence where she meets charismatic entrepreneur Cameron Beck (Hollander). He invites her to come and work for him to unlock a powerful and top-secret piece of technology. Her curiosity piqued, she accepts. But when Iris discovers its dangerous potential, she steals the journal containing the device’s activation sequence and vanishes. What follows is a relentless pursuit, from a remote cabin in Sardinia through the bustling streets of Rome, as Cameron races to find Iris in a high-stakes game where trust is dangerous and failure could be catastrophic. It arrives this Autumn.

 

FIRST TRAILER FOR BBC'S RIOT WOMEN MIDDLE AGED LADIES PUNK ROCK BAND TV SERIES WITH JOANNA SCANLAN, TAMSIN GREIG, BEN BATT, ANNE REID

    BBC'S RIOT WOMEN   

PUNK ROCK TV SERIES FIRST TRAILER

Originally titled Hot Flush and now known over at BBC and Britbox as RIOT WOMEN is a six part series that will star Joanna Scanlan,Tamsin Greig,Ben Batt, Rosalie Craig, Lorraine Ashbourne, Anne Reid and Amelia Bullmore. I announced the series to you last Autumn if youremember, but today we have the first trailer from the series that will air sometime in October on BBC and on BritBox in USA.

 

NEW SERIES WILL FOLLOW

a group of middle-aged women who decide to enter a talent contest by forming a punk-rock band. After writing their first song, however, they realize they have plenty to say and now, the means to say it. As they juggle demanding jobs, grown-up children, complicated parents, husbands who’ve buggered off, and disastrous dates and relationships, the band becomes a catalyst for change in their lives, and it’s going to make them question everything. As the story progresses, it’s more than music that binds them; a deeply potent, long-buried secret begins to surface, one that unexpectedly entangles the two unlikely creative masterminds behind the band, in a complex triangle, and threatens to tear everything apart. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

SEE POSTER, STREAM DATE AND GORGEOUS IMAGES OF JAMES NORTON AND ANTHONY BOYLE AS BEER MAKERS IN NETFLIX PERIOD SET SERIES HOUSE OF GUINNESS!

   HOUSE OF GUINNESS SERIES  

The series arrives September 25th!

FIRST IMAGES WITH JAMES NORTON 

We have something with Jamesy Norton today as well, after the new images of him and the crew from King And Conqueror series which starts this Sunday on BBC! After the first set pictures which I showed you a month or so ago, we now have first poster, streaming date and official images from Steven Knight's period set series HOUSE OF GUINNESS about one of Europe’s most famous and enduring dynasties – The Guinness Family! These new images are showing James Norton as Sean Rafferty and Anthony Boyle, who will play Arthur Guinness. 

THE STORY OF THE SERIES 

 is set in 19th century Dublin and New York, and it will focus on the consequences of the death of Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his cunning will on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as on a group of Dublin characters who work and interact with the growing juggernaut that is one of the most beloved alcoholic drinks today. 

 STREAM DATE AND THE CAST

Beside the new images and the poster, Netflix also revealed today that the show will be available for streaming as of September 25th so we have one more thing to look forward to this Autumn! Beside the two of them in the leads, I told you previously that David Wilmot will be Bonnie Champion with Louis Partridge also in the cast. Danielle Galligan as lady Olivia Hedges, Seamus O’Hara, Jack Gleeson, Michael McElhatton and Fionn O’Shea will join them as well.