TV NEWS: GREGG SULKIN JOINS FORSYTES SAGA SEASON 3, DOUGLAS BOOTH, MARISA TOMEI, LUKE PASQUALINO, KELLY MACDONALD IN WAR SEASON 2, BEN MILES, SHAZAD LATIF, FRA FEE JOIN FIRST WOMAN

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GREGG SULKIN IN FORSYTES SEASON 3

We announced recently that Channel 5 and PBS Masterpiece series THE FORSYTES is getting a third season even before the second one

Gregg Sulkin joins The Forsytes

 has aired, and now we know that Gregg Sulkin and Gabriel Antunes will be joining the cast. The third season that has begun shooting in Croatia! When Forsytes try to get some respite in the glamorous French Riviera, they quickly realize that they can’t escape their family drama. The casino, the beach and a luxurious hotel are all settings for the third chapter, which brings new characters into the family’s lives.Season two will, meanwhile, premiere soon in UK on Channel 5 with Richard Rankin joining the regular cast.

 

THE WAR SECOND SEASON CAST

Although the first season in which Dominic West and Sienna Miller play stars in high stake divorce case is yet to air later this year on Sky and HBO, the cast has now been set for the second season which will deal with a new case with new actors. Season 2 will see rival law firms Cathcarts

Luke Pasqualino, Kelly MacDonald, Douglas Booth

 and Taylor & Byrne take on an explosive defamation case. With Marisa Tomei, Kelly Macdonald, David Harewood and Richard Schiff as leads, the cast will also have Douglas Booth, Linus Roache, Luke Pasqualino, Claire Skinner, Omari Douglas, Kadiff Kirwan, Charles Edwards, Rebecca Front, Alexandra Maria Lara, Violet Braeckman, Sasha Behar, Sid Phoenix, Cornelius Booth and Megan Channell. 

  

FIRST WOMAN ADS CAST AT ITV AND ZDF

Meanwhile, ITV and ZDF series FIRST WOMAN has also added new cast. Andrea Riseborough plays a biologist in a groundbreaking research project and the first woman to set foot on the moon, who disappears,

Christian Ochoa Lavernia, Ben Miles, Shazad Latif

 throwing suspicion on her fellow astronauts and a rival Chinese base. Thousands of miles away on Earth, her husband, Ben (Ashley Walters), searches for the truth. They are now joined by Ben Miles, Christian Ochoa Lavernia, Fra Fee, Shazad Latif and Jimmy Akingbola.

TRAILER, POSTER AND START DATE FOR HARLAN COBEN'S I WILL FIND YOU NETFLIX SERIES WITH SAM WORTHINGTON, MILO VENTIMIGLIA

    FIRST I WILL FIND YOU PICS   

FROM NEW SAM WORTHINGTON SERIES

New series starts this June on Netflix

I already announced last year that Sam Worthington will lead Netflix TV series adaptation of Harlan Coben's I WILL FIND YOU and today we have the first images from the new show in which he stars as David Burroughs, an innocent father serving a life sentence for the murder of his own son, a crime he didn’t commit, yet a tragedy he punishes himself for every day. When David receives evidence that his child may still be alive, he must break out of prison to find out the truth. Milo Ventimiglia is joining him in the cast as a man from prominent Boston family who finds purpose in working for his family’s philanthropic foundations. Britt Lower, Logan Browning, Erin Richards will also star as a reporter, an FBI investigator, and as David's ex wife, a pediatric surgeon. Jonathan Tucker will play his best friend. The 18th of June has been revealed as the starting date when the streaming of the series will be available. If the poster, start date and new images are not enough for you, you can also check out the first trailer for the series below and tell us what you think.

 

BRENDAN FRASER TO FLY TO THE MARS IN STARMAN SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE THRILLER

     BRENDAN FRASER    

Brendan Fraser will take the lead

TO LEAD STARMAN SF MOVIE

Beside finishing the new Mummy movie with Rachel Weisz which will hit the big screens next year, Oscar winner Brendan Fraser will also star as the lead of STARMAN science fiction action movie from director Josh Wakely. He will portray visionary technologist Tom Adams, an architect of the future, who launches a historic expedition to Mars, positioning himself at the forefront of humanity’s next frontier. But when unforeseen events find him millions of miles from Earth, his mission becomes an unexpected and urgent race against time, driven not by survival alone, but by love.

VISIT THE LAVISH BALLS OF 19TH CENTURY MOSCOW IN THE STORY OF HIS MAID NEW PERIOD SET TV SAGA

    THE STORY OF HIS MAID   

The series will premiere this June

FIRST IMAGES FROM PERIOD SET SAGA

We are doing a little spying over in sweet old Matushka Rossiya today with the first images from their ambitious new period set telenovella THE STORY OF HIS MAID (История его служанки) which will premiere on Russian streamers Ivi and Start sometime this June with Matvey Lykov, Milan Bru, Ekaterina Guseva, Viktor Vasilyev, Olga Lomonosova, Ilya Noskov, Vyacheslav Chepurchenko, Mikhail Sotnikov, Veronika Zhuravleva and others in the cast. What is interesting is that the episodes will air while the new ones are still shooting and there is supposed to be 90 episodes in total, so like a daily telenovella. To achieve this, they have more separate crews working simultaneously on different story lines to maintain a continuous production cycle. You can also check out a really gorgeous and lavish teaser trailer below the post.

THE STORY OF THE SERIES IS SET 

in Moscow, 19th century. Lavish balls, glittering estates, and behind-the-scenes intrigue. A young and eligible bachelor, Count Nikolai Sheremetyev, returns to high society from the war. His arrival shakes up society circles: mothers and daughters plot intrigues, dreaming of landing a wealthy groom. But for Nikolai himself, things are more complicated - according to his mother's will, he must marry within a year or lose his inheritance. Meanwhile, the Averyin family is teetering on the brink of ruin due to the head of the family's gambling debts. Their daughter Anna, a stubborn and witty noblewoman, decides to meet the count in person, hoping he will forgive the debt. Sheremetyev, a man of principle, offers a deal instead of leniency - a year of Anna's service at his estate.

  

1ST PICS OF DAMIAN LEWIS, NICHOLAS GALITZINE AND ELLA PURNELL IN THE RETURN OF STANLEY ATWELL PERIOD SET MOVIE MYSTERY

   1ST DAMIAN LEWIS  

PIC FROM THE RETURN OF STANLEY ATWELL

Brian Welsh is directing a movie based on Steven Soderbergh's story. THE RETURN OF STANLEY ATWELL will see Nicholas Galitzine play Stanley Atwell, the presumed dead son and heir to Lord Atwell’s title and fortune, who unexpectedly returns to the family estate having escaped a decade of mysterious captivity. Atwell’s shocking reappearance causes chaos as he finds his sister Beatrice fighting to claim his inheritance, whilst close friend Pamela (Ella Purnell) manipulates his puzzling return, and a dark family secret, in a bid to seize control of the Atwell fortune. Sex, passion, backstabbing and betrayal wreak havoc across the estate as the lies and deception the Atwell name has been built upon start to unravel. How far is each family member willing to go to protect their own wealth and status… and what is really behind the return of Stanley Atwell? Damian Lewis has joined the cast as you can see in the first images today.

SEE 1ST IMAGES OF ELEANOR TOMLINSON, MATTHEW LEWIS, CALLUM WOODHOUSE IN CHANNEL 5 MYSTERY SERIES THE FORTUNE

   THE FORTUNE  

1ST IMAGES FROM CHANNEL 5 MINI TV SERIES

Channel 5 has released first images from their new four part mystery series THE FORTUNE   (previously known as The Family Secret) that asks: what if your past isn’t what you think it is? Eleanor Tomlinson stars as Amanda Blakefield, whose life is a happy one with her husband, Jimmy(Matthew Lewis), and their son Luke. Amanda has her world shattered after she is left an enormous inheritance by a man she has neither met nor heard ofbefore. Her life starts to disintegrate as she becomes embroiled in the world of The Worrall Family. The patriarch Martin Worrall (Denis Lawson), is head of a family which is bound in past secrets. As Amanda’s story leads her further and further into the Northumbrian countryside, she begins to unravel the past. And all of their lives are turned upside down. Rebecca Front stars as Martin’s wife Fiona, with Callum Woodhouse as his son Anthony,Stephen Tompkinson as farm worker Boots Maddison, Paula Wilcox as Amanda’s mother Linda, Danielle Waltersas Amanda’s best friend Sandy, and Nina Wadia as solicitor Laura. We do not know the exact air date yet, but it will arrive to the small screens sometime this spring and meanwhile you can catch Eleanor in The Forsytes saga which has been renewed for the second and third season at PBS and Channel 5. Hope we get a trailer soon.

NETFLIX AND TF1 TO TURN KEN FOLLETT'S BOOK JACKDAWS INTO NEW WORLD WAR 2 SET TV SERIES WITH LAETITIA CASTA

     JACKDAWS   

TO BECOME WW2 TV SERIES AT NETFLIX

Netflix is teaming up with French broadcaster TF1 on a six episode TV series adaptation of Ken Follett's war drama JACKDAWS (Le reseau

Jackdaws will have six episodes

 corneille)! Set in May 1944, just days before the D-Day landings, it tells the story of Elisabeth “Betty” Clairet (Laetitia Casta), a widowed mother who is tasked with assembling an unlikely commando of five civilian women to carry out a near-impossible mission: infiltrate an impenetrable château housing a key German communications hub and destroy it before the Normandy landings by the Allies. With only a week to prepare, the women must cross occupied territory, assume false identities and infiltrate the heavily guarded fortress by posing as cleaning staff to sabotage the underground communications network. Mathilde Seigner, Lina El Arabi and Michaël Youn round up the lead cast.

SHARKS ARE BACK IN THE SEINE IN UNDER PARIS 2 NETFLIX MOVIE SEQUEL POSTER

   UNDER PARIS 2  

THE SHARKS ARE BACK IN THE SEINE

Alexandre Aja  directs the movie sequel

After some nasty sharks have infested the waters of the Seine in the first movie two years ago making the capital of France not so romantic, shooting has commenced on the sequel UNDER PARIS 2 (Sous la Seine 2) which is set to hit Netflix sometime in 2027 and we have the stunning first poster to prove it. Berenice Bejo and Guillaume Gouix together with Nassim Lyes return to the cast. The film follows marine scientist Sophia and river police commander Adil who reunite on a high-risk mission to track down Lilith, the original predator, in the shark-infested Seine when central Paris becomes submerged.

RALPH FIENNES AND COLIN FARRELL TO LEAD SATIRE MOVIE ART FROM FERNANDO MEIRELLES

   RALPH FIENNES  

TO LEAD SATIRE MOVIE ART

Ralph Fiennes will take the lead

As Variety reports Ralph Fiennes is set to lead a new satire movie ART from Oscar nominee Fernando Meirelles written by two-time Oscar winner Christopher Hampton. He will be joined in the cast by Colin Farrell and Wagner Moura. Satirising modern art, friendship and intellectual pretension, it follows three friends, Marc, Serge and Yvan, and one ridiculously expensive, plain white painting. It’s procurement by one friend and differing opinions about what constitutes ‘art’ sparks a conflict among the group that uncovers long-held grievances and tension points in their relationships.

PARAMOUNT + ORDERS DALLIANCE TV DRAMA ABOUT 60-SOMETHINGS IN LOVE WITH HUGO WEAVING AND DAVID WENHAM

  DALLIANCE TV SERIES 

FROM AUSTRALIAN PARAMOUNT PLUS

Paramount + Australia has announced new six part series DALLIANCE about 60-somethings who refuse to be defined by their age. When charismatic ex-cameraman Billy (Hugo Weaving) meets restaurateur

First look at the leading four in Dalliance

 Dani (Heather Mitchell) on a Sydney Harbour ferry, their worlds collide. The attraction is undeniable, and sparks might fly… if Billy wasn’t happily married to Rose (Georgie Parker), his wife of 40 years. Billy brings Dani home to meet Rose, triggering a series of life-changing events which have far reaching consequences. Their closest friends and family are impacted; intimate relationships are formed, and others shattered. Lies are told, memories are unreliable, and absolute truths are never known. David Wenham also stars in the series about a group of friends who have history encompassing love, rivalries, jealousy and passion, but most of all connection!

CHANNEL 5 PREPARING A NEW HUMOROUS FAMILY TV REIMAGINING OF MONARCH OF THE GLEN SERIES

   MONARCH OF THE GLEN  

TV SERIES RE-IMAGINING AT CHANNEL 5

Beside The Hardacres and All Creatures Great And Small, it seems we are getting another warm new show at Channel 5 as later this year they will start shooting a new TV series re-imagining of classic series MONARCH OF THE GLEN from Jeremy Brock! When high-flying London lawyer Isla Campbell finds herself back at her family's crumbling Highland estate for her estranged father's funeral, she expects to be gone in days. Instead, she discovers she has inherited a million-pound debt, a bank closing in, and a brother who refuses to let go of their ancestral home. Under the same roof for the first time in years, brother and sister will have to find a way to save the struggling estate before time runs out and they lose it for good. The show will transport us to the stunning Scottish Highlands each week while introducing a rich ensemble of unforgettable new characters. This six part family saga promises heart, humour and romance – bound together by breathtaking landscapes, roaring hearths, and the people who call this wild corner of the world home.

GAY ROMANCE GLOBAL HIT NOVEL BOYFRIEND MATERIAL TO BE TURNED INTO A TV SERIES

   BOYFRIEND MATERIAL   

TO BE TURNED INTO A TV SERIES

The book has over 50 global editions

Following the success of Heated Rivalry on two hockey players in love, we might be getting another gay themed drama as BOYFRIEND MATERIAL world wide hit book from Alexis Hall has been bought by A24 UK for a TV series development. The book follows a neurotic and messy twenty something struggling to keep his life on track. When Luc’s world unexpectedly collides with Oliver, an uptight and workaholic criminal barrister, at a low point in his life, what began as an unlikely pairing develops into a heartfelt and humorous enemies-to-lovers romance. The book was originally published back in 2022 and has over 50 global editions.

TOM BATEMAN AND MICHELLE KEEGAN TO LEAD NEW HARLAN COBEN'S SERIES THE WOODS OVER AT NETFLIX

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MICHELLE KEEGAN AND TOM BATEMAN TO LEAD

After leading Harlan Coben's series Fool Me Once at Netflix, Michelle Keegan is back at the streamer as she will lead his new adaptation THE WOODS at the streamer together with Tom Bateman and Serbian star Rade Serbedzija. Bateman plays Paul “Cope” Copeland, whose sister Camille vanished from a summer camp, a loss that tore his family apart. Now a top barrister and devoted single father to 10-year-old daughter Cami, Cope appears to have rebuilt his life. But when the body of a man turns up, 20 years after he was supposedly murdered alongside Camille, Cope becomes convinced his sister may have made it out of the woods alive too. Determined to uncover the truth, Cope reunites with his first love, Lucy Silverfield (Keegan), and together they begin a search for answers, unearthing years of lies, cover-ups and family secrets that threaten to destroy everything he has built.

FIRST LOOK AT CATHERINE ZETA JONES AND ANTHONY HOPKINS IN A VISIT TO GRANDPA'S MOVIE

   A VISIT TO GRANDPA'S  

FIRST LOOK AT CATHERINE ZETA JONES

First look at Catherine Zeta Jones and Anthony Hopkins in new movie drama A VISIT TO GRANDPA'S has been issued. It follows a young boy sent to spend one summer with his charismatic and wildly eccentric grandfather (Anthony Hopkins) on a remote Welsh farm. Expecting dull days and strict rules, the boy instead stumbles into a world of delightful chaos and imagination — where outrageous stories are spun, and a world of wonder, memory, and mischief unfolds. What begins as a reluctant visit becomes a magical journey of connection, discovery, and unexpected joy. The film also starring Aneurin Barnard and Geraldine James is currently shooting. 

SEE ANNE HATHAWAY, JOSH HARTNETT, DAKOTA JOHNSON IN VERITY MOVIE TRAILER FROM COLLEEN HOOVER

  VERITY MOVIE TRAILER  

WITH ANNE HATHAWAY AND JOSH HARTNETT

A  trailer has been released for a big screen adaptation of Colleen Hoover's book VERITY which is out this October starring Anne Hathaway, Josh Harnett and Dakota Johnson. The psychological thriller follows Lowen Ashleigh (Johnson), a struggling writer who is hired to complete a successful book series after its author, Verity Crawford (Hathaway), is incapacitated. Once inside the Crawford home, Lowen becomes entangled with Verity’s husband Jeremy (Josh Hartnett) and uncovers an unfinished manuscript that may reveal disturbing truths about the author. 

 

FIRST TEASER WITH JASON SUDEIKIS, BRETT GOLDSTEIN AND HANNAH WADDINGHAM IN THE BRAND NEW FOURTH SEASON OF TED LASSO COMEDY SERIES

   TED LASSO SERIES  

FIRST TEASER FROM SEASON FOUR

Although we all thought it finished for good after the rather lukewarm third season which gave an impression of the writers being quite lost in their efforts, Apple TV has decided to bring their most popular comedy series back and we can expect TED LASSO to return with the fourth season August 5th and we have the first teaser as well. The main catch: this time: Jason Sudeikis, who is back as Ted, is back to help the Richmond soccer club owner Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) training an all female football team! Brett Goldstein as Roy and the rest of the old crew should be all back when the new season returns this summer three years after the series ended. Jack Burditt (Modern Family, 30 Rock) has been added to the creative team as a new producer. In the new season, our beloved coach leaves behind the players he'd won over to his side, and turns his attention to Richmond's women's team. The change represents his biggest challenge yet as he again hopes to turn around their fortunes, lifting them out of the second division and propelling them towards glory. Throughout the course of the season, Ted and the team learn to leap before they look, taking chances they never thought they would. His son, Henry (Grant Feely) is also back, now much older, and so are Jeremy Swift (as Leslie Higgins) and Juno Temple (as Keeley Jones).

 

THE FORSYTES COSTUME TV SERIES SEASON 2 TEASER IS HERE WITH LAVISH COSTUMES AND UNHAPPY LOVES

    THE FORSYTES  

SEASON TWO TEASER IS HERE!

Although the first season just ended over on PBS Masterpiece, it actually aired on Channel 5 in UK last September and season two of THE FORSYTES costume drama is coming over there quite soon so a lavish teaserannouncing it has been released! I also don't have to remind you that the third season has already been ordered as well. Joshua Orpin, Francesca Annis, Jack Davenport, Danny Griffin, Stephen Moyer, Millie Gibson, Tuppence Middleton, Eleanor Tomlinson will all return with Richard Rankin joining the cast in the second run. In this next chapter which was shot last year in Britain, the proud dynasty faces a new era of scandal, ambition, and shifting loyalties. As love, legacy and reputation collide, the cracks in the family’s polished façade grow ever deeper. With both of the Forsyte younger cousins having problems in their marriages due to their spoilt, immature and treacherous wives, the second season will pick up about six months after the season one finale.

 

SEE FULL TRAILER FOR THE HARDACRES COSTUME TV SERIES SEASON 2 ARRIVING THIS MAY TO CHANNEL 5

    THE HARDACRES   

The series is back May 14th at Channel 5

CHANNEL 5 HIT TV SERIES SEASON TWO

Channel 5 has released a trailer announcing that their hit costume drama THE HARDACRES, which follows the Hardacre family as they navigate their rise from poverty to staggering wealth, is returning May 14th with the second season. Season two will dive deeper into family tensions, revealing new secrets, changing loyalties, and evolving personal ambitions. You can check out the delightful new trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

NEW SEASON FINDS THE HARDACRE

 family on the brink of transformation in 1895, as modernity sweeps into Hardacre Hall with electricity and shifting loyalties. Mary (Claire Cooper) and Sam (Liam McMahon) embrace wealth and opportunity, but their children begin forging identities that challenge expectations. Mary champions adult education for dock workers, while Sam expands the family business amid a looming recession, uncertain if Joe (Adam Little) is ready to succeedhim. Determined to prove himself, Joe’s impulsive choices threaten his future. Liza (Shannon Lavelle) recovering from romantic disappointment, is sweptup by a chance encounter with a handsome stranger, while Harry’s (Zak Ford) plans to abandon school are transformed by an inspiring new tutor. Ma(Julie Graham) forms an unexpected bond but as some relationships blossom, others are strained. As tensions rise, Lady Imelda Hansen (Michelle Doctrice) arrives at the Fitzherbert’s home with a dangerous agenda, forcing the Hardacres to unite or risk losing everything. The series comes from All Creatures Great and Small team. It airs on BritBox in USA.