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

   THE WOODS SERIES  

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.

  

SEE TEASER, IMAGES AND STREAMING DATE FOR THE FOURTH SEASON OF STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS SF SERIES

  STRANGE NEW WORLDS  

STAR TREK SERIES RETURNS THIS JULY

It has already been announced that the upcoming fourth and fifth seasons of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS will be the final ones, but now it has also been announced that the official date for the launch of the fourth season will be July 23rd with new episodes streaming weekly on Paramount Plus. The streamer has also released first images from the new season featuring Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck and others who have already shot both final seasons earlier last winter. The final season will have only six episodes, while the fourth one will have the usual ten. It is not impossible that the series might birth a spin off in which Paul Wesley takes over Enterprise as Captain Kirk after guest starring in this series. You can see him in one of the season four images today together with Dan Jeannotte who plays his brother Sam Kirk, a regular crew member of Enterprise. We also know that Thomas Jane will join the last season next year as Doctor Bones and Kai Murakami as Sulu.

 

 IN THE FOURTH SEASON 

the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise – led by Captain Christopher Pike – embark on a series of thrilling and emotional adventures across the stars. As they journey to strange new worlds, they will battle inner demons and external threats, encounter colorful new characters, reunite with familiar faces and confront terrifying aliens. Through it all, they strive to embrace a bright, hopeful future. Check out the season four teaser below and tell us what you think.

  

SPOTLIGHT ON ITV'S NEW ESPIONAGE SERIES SECRET SERVICE STARRING GEMMA ARTERTON, RAFE SPALL, MARK STANLEY, ALEX KINGSTON

  SECRET SERVICE SERIES  

WITH GEMMA ARTERTON STARTS TOMORROW 

Secret  Service starts tomorrow night

ITV's is ready to launch their new high end espionage series SECRET SERVICE over at the small screens tomorrow evening Monday April 27th with Gemma Arterton and Rafe Spall as leads alongside Mark Stanley, Alex Kingston and below you can also check out the trailer for the new drama. 

 

THE STORY OF THIS FIVE PART DRAMA FOLLOWS

 senior MI6 officer Kate Henderson(Gemma Arterton). On the surface, her life appears ordinary, a civil servant married to Stuart (Rafe Spall) with two teenage children. However, to those who don’t know her well, Kate’s true role is heading the Russia Desk at the Secret Intelligence Service. When her undercover operations reveal alarming evidence that a high-ranking UK politician may be a Russian asset, Kate finds herself in a desperate race to uncover their identity. As a brutal murder thrusts her team into the spotlight, Kate must navigate the dangerous world of espionage while trying to hold her family together and protect her reputation. 

 

FIRST LOOK AT DOMINIC COOPER, MATTHEW MCNULTY, ROMOLA GARAI IN ITV SERIES THE ADULTERY

   THE ADULTERY SERIES  

DOMINIC COOPER, MATTHEW MCNULTY AND ROMOLA GARAI FIRST IMAGE

ITV has released first image from their new TV series THE ADULTERY in which Dominic Cooper plays Tom opposite Romola Garai’s Beth, two people who share an immediate, intense connection. The show first introduces the audience to Tom’s 15-year-old daughter Jess who has found love with schoolmate Ollie, and they can’t take their hands off one another, as love’s young dream becomes all consuming. When Tom meets Beth in the most unexpected of circumstances, the two families’ lives are potentially turned upside down forever. Shelley Conn stars as Tom’s wife Hannah, and Matthew McNulty as Beth’s husband Neil, with Johnny Sanpher and Leila Khan as the teenage lovers. The six part series has started filming this week.

MEET A WOMAN BEHIND SWISS CULINARY ICON IN HELLO BETTY TRAILER FOR NEW PERIOD SET MOVIE

 HELLO BETTY TRAILER 

FOR A MOVIE ON SWISS CULINARY ICON

Hello Betty is now playing in cinemas

Currently playing in US cinemas is Swiss period set comedy drama HELLO BETTY from director Pierre Monnard with Sarah Spale in the lead role. She plays Emmi Creola who, back in patriarchal time fighting to show her worth among men, pioneered Swiss advertising by creating Betty Bossi in 1956 - a fictional character who became a national culinary icon, recognized across Switzerland's language regions and generations. Check out the rather delightful trailer below and tell us what you think, would you watch it?

 

BBC TO TURN DAVID NICHOLLS POPULAR NOVEL YOU ARE HERE INTO MINI TV SERIES!

    YOU ARE HERE NOVEL   

TO BECOME A BBC MINI TV SERIES

You Are Here will become a TV series

According to Variety, Lenny Abrahamson is set to direct a small screen adaptation of David Nicholls' best selling novel YOU ARE HERE for British broadcaster BBC. To start shooting this summer, it revolves around Michael and Marnie, middle aged and lonely divorcees who find themselves brought together on a long distance walking trail across northern England by both a persistent mutual friend and some very unpredictable weather. Over the course of 10 days and 200 miles, they discover exactly what they’ve been looking for. His novels Us and One Day have already been adapted previously into TV series. Speaking of TV series, House of Guinness has been renewed for a second season over at Netflix earlier today and will be shooting early next year.

ITV AND ZDF SET A NEW FEMALE ASTRONAUT DISAPPEARANCE TV SERIES FIRST WOMAN

   FIRST WOMAN SERIES  

FROM ITV ON ASTRONAUT DISAPPEARANCE  

British ITV and German ZDF have set new six part action thriller series FIRST WOMAN which is now shooting. When Ben Reith (Ashley Walters) is woken in his London home to be told that his wife Claire (Andrea Riseborough) has gone missing, it’s the start of a global news story, because Claire is an astronaut crewing the UK’s first moonbase and she’s disappeared into the long lunar night… Claire is the first woman to set foot on the moon. A biologist taking part in a ground breaking research project, her disappearance throws suspicion on her fellow astronauts and China’s rival base. With hundreds of thousands of miles between them, can Ben uncover the truth behind his wife's disappearance?

NANNY DIARIES GETTING A TV SERIES ADAPTATION AT NETFLIX

   NANNY DIARIES  

GETTING A TV SERIES ADAPTATION 

Netflix will adapt the book into series

Netflix and Scarlett Johansson who starred in the movie adaptation will turn NANNY DIARIES hit book by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus into a TV series together with Greg Berlanti. It follows Annie, a broke, aspiring writer in search of a story, who takes a nanny job for a magnetic Upper East Side socialite, plunging into an elite world of unimaginable excess. When she lands the book deal of her dreams to go undercover and expose the salacious lives of the ultra-rich, Annie must try to keep up this double life even as she grows attached to the people and this world… and finds out what her elusive boss is actually capable of.

CASTING NEWS: KEVIN MCKIDD TO LEAD THE ONLY SUSPECT ITV SERIES, MELISSA MCCARTHY AND CONNOR STORRIE TO STAR IN TURPENTINE THRILLER?

   LATEST CASTING NEWS  

MELISSA MCCARTHY TO LEAD TURPENTINE

Some casting news for you today: Over at Deadline there is a rumour that Melissa McCarthy and Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie might lead TURPENTINE thriller movie from Craig Zobel. The story of the new film follows a deadbeat son who hires friends to rob his own parents to pay off a bookie, with disastrous results.

 

KEVIN MCKIDD TO LEAD ONLY SUSPECT SERIES

After leaving Grey's Anatomy, Kevin McKidd is set to lead new four part series THE ONLY SUSPECT over at ITV. Based on Louise Candlish novel it follows Alex and Beth, a devoted couple whose picture perfect suburban life hides a devastating truth. The story switches between the 

Kevin McKidd will lead the series

present day and 1990s Camden and begins in the sweltering summer of 1995 as a man buries a body during a violent storm. Thirty years later, another heatwave grips a very different world. The abandoned railway track where the body was hidden – running behind Alex and Beth’s street – is being transformed into a nature trail, spearheaded by Beth herself. What is a triumph for the neighbourhood instead threatens catastrophe for Alex… Because Alex is the young man who buried the body. Having spent decades living under an assumed name, Alex now faces the unravelling of everything he has built. As diggers prepare to break ground on the very spot where his secret lies, his carefully constructed life spirals – and he must decide how far he is willing to go to keep the truth buried.

 

FIRST LOOK AT RALPH FIENNES AND VIGGO MORTENSEN IN ISTVAN SZABO'S EMBERS PERIOD SET MOVIE WITH LOUIS HOFMANN, CHARLOTTE RAMPLING AND KATHERINE LANGFORD

    1ST EMBERS IMAGES   

WITH RALPH FIENNES AND VIGGO MORTENSEN

Oscar winning Hungarian director Istvan Szabo has released first images with Ralph Fiennes and Viggo Mortensen in his new movie EMBERS which also includes Charlotte Rampling, our dear Louis Hofmann, Gijs Blom and Katherine Langford whom you can also see in another image. Based on Sandor Marai's novel the film is a psychological duel which reconnects once inseparable friends, Henrik (Fiennes) and Konrad (Mortensen), decades after Konrad’s mysterious disappearance and uncovers over the course of one evening the secret that tore them apart and the woman at the center of it. The film is now in production.

TEASER AND AIR DATE FOR YOU'RE KILLING ME TV SERIES WITH BROOKE SHIELDS AND TOM CAVANAGH

   YOU ARE KILLING ME  

BROOKE SHIELDS DRAMA GETS A TEASER

The series starts this May

Over at Acorn TV they have released a teaser for 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, it follows bestselling novelist (Shields) who forms an unlikely alliance with Andi, an aspiring writer and podcaster (Amalia Williamson) to find the killer of a close friend. Tom 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. The series premieres May 18th.

 

KEELEY HAWES AND PAAPA ESSIDEU ARE NUN AND PRIEST IN LOVE IN FALLING TV SERIES TEASER FROM CHANNEL 4

    FALLING SERIES   

FIRST KEELEY HAWES, PAAPA ESSIEDU TEASER

Channel 4 has released first teaser with Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu in their new six part series FALLING. She plays Anna, a devoted nun, and Essiedu is David, a Catholic priest. Both are deeply committed to their work in the church and in their community. Neither are expected to fall in love. But when they do, both are forced to wrestle with what it means for them, their vows, and their relationship with God. This witty and moving love drama will also see Rakie Ayola, Jason Watkins, Niamh Cusack, Adrian Scarborough, David Dawson, Susan Brown and Sandra Voe starring in the cast. The series will air sometime this year.

 

SEE FIRST POSTER FOR HEARTWARMING FANTASY MOVIE CHATLINES WITH NICO MIRALLEGRO

   FIRST CHATLINES  

SF MOVIE POSTER WITH NICO MIRALLEGRO

Nico Mirallegro leads the new movie

Our dearest Nico Mirallegro has a poster out for his latest movie! He leads new sf drama movie CHATLINES in which Lloyd Eyre Morgan stars as Jordan, a 30-something with terminal cancer in 2027 who spends his final days drifting between morphine dreams and digital distractions. On a whim he uses an old Chatroulette style app and on the screen appears Danny (Mirallegro), a sarcastic, vibrant guy, also terminally ill, who swears it’s 2005. As days pass, the two men form a deep bond, opening up about their fears and regrets, dreams and the loneliness of facing death too soon, finding solace in their unique friendship. Eyre Morgan also wrote and directed the film together with Neil Ely.

KIT CONNOR TO LEAD EPIC MOVIE ADAPTATION OF ELDEN RING GAME

  KIT CONNOR TO LEAD  

ELDEN RING EPIC MOVIE ADAPTATION 

It has been announced today by A24 studio that Kit Connor will lead the epic movie adaptation of ELDEN RING popular video game. Set for March 2028 release it will also star Ben Whishaw, Tom Burke, Jonathan Pryce with Alex Garland as director. The action packed dark fantasy game follows the Tarnished warrior in the Lands Between, which has been shattered after the destruction of the Elden Ring. The Tarnished goes on a quest to repair the Elden Ring and become the Elden Lord, encountering incredibly powerful enemies along the way.

FIRST TRAILER IS HERE FOR CHANNEL 5 SUSPENSEFUL THRILLER MINI TV SERIES NUMBER ONE FAN WITH JILL HALFPENNY

  NUMBER ONE FAN  

FIRST TRAILER FOR  CHANNEL 5 TV SERIES

The series starts May 4th

Channel 5 has released first trailer for their new series NUMBER ONE FAN a suspenseful thriller set in the world of daytime TV following morning show presenter Lucy, who is saved from an attack by a strange woman named Donna who claims to be her “number one fan”. Lucy’s gratitude quickly sours when Donna’s fandom turns into a darker obsession infiltrating Lucy’s career, family and friends. However to her horror Lucy comes to realise that Donna has a link to a hidden secret in her past which threatens to derail the career she has so carefully curated. Sally Lindsay and Jill Halfpenny take the leads in the series that is coming up from 4th of May with episodes airing every evening that week.