FIRST IMAGES AND TRAILER FROM THE 18TH CENTURY IMPERIAL RUSSIA SET SERIES PAUL: THE FIRST AND THE LAST, ON THE SON OF CATHERINE THE GREAT

 PAUL: THE 1ST AND THE LAST 

NEW IMPERIAL EPIC RUSSIAN TV SERIES

While we are waiting for the series on tsar Alexander to arrive to the small screens, the latest one to join the series on Russian imperial rulers, after Catherine the Great and Elizaveta, is a historical series on Alexander's father tsar PAUL titled THE FIRST AND THE LAST which finished shooting earlier this year in August. Denis Vlasenko plays the tittle role in the series done for Russia 1, their national broadcaster. The cast also includes Natalia Surkova, Kirill Kyaro, Alexey Barabash, Vladimir Stekov, Artem Krylov, Alexander Chevychelov, Evgeny Kharitonov, Daria Koñyzheva, Olga Bodrova, Polina Filonenko, Sergey Barkovsky, Vladimir Khrabrov, Daria Ahpova and Mariana Kirsanova. The series on the unloved son of Catherine the Great, who did not manage to form a relationship with him because he was taken from her and raised by her mother in law tsarina Elizaveta, will have twelve episodes.

 WHAT IS THE STORY OF THE SERIES?

 Paul was called a tyrant and even a madman, but his character and history are much deeper than the mask that his descendants undeservedly bestowed on him. His mother’s alienation, rejection of the court and endless attempts to figure out who and why really killed his father formed a deeply tragic personality. Having become emperor after many years of waiting, Paul sought to get rid of the permissiveness of the nobility and improve the lives of serfs and ordinary soldiers. However, will he be able to realize his plans and retain power? Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

ANDREW WALKER, TYLER HYNES, PAUL CAMPBELL ARE BACK TONIGHT IN HALLMARK'S THREE WISER MEN AND A BOY FESTIVE MOVIE SEQUEL

 HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIE 

THREE WISER MEN AND A BOY SEQUEL HITS THE SMALL SCREENS TONIGHT

Hallmark is continuing its Countdown to Christmas which started in October and will comprise of almost 50 new movies along with the old festive

Three Wisermen return this festive season

classics! Probably the biggest hit of all of them, out tonight Saturday evening November 23rd, is THREE WISER MEN AND A BOY sequel to their most popular Christmas movie ever Three Wise Men and a Baby which aired two years ago and became an instant favourite among the fans. 

 

THE STORY

now begins five years later with the Brenner brothers (Andrew Walker, Tyler Hynes and Paul Campbell) preparing for another memorable Christmas. In a crazy turn of events, possibly brought on accidentally by the brothers themselves, the director of Luke’s son Thomas’ school holiday musical steps down. Luke is desperate to make his son’s stage dreams come true, so he enlists the help of his brothers Taylor and Stephan. Meanwhile, the trio navigates meeting their mom Barbara’s new boyfriend and the brothers grapple with their own feelings about this relationship. In true Brenner brother fashion, they are all in for a Christmas they will never forget.

 

ZACHARY QUINTO JOINS GILDED AGE SET SERIES THE ARTIST WITH CLARK GREGG, DANNY HUSTON, MANDY PATINKIN, HANK AZARIA, JANET MCTEER

    ZACHARY QUINTO   

JOINS THE ARTIST GILDED AGE SERIES

The latest one to join the cast of free streamer The Network's Gilded age set mini series THE ARTIST is Zachary Quinto. Set in the twilight of the Gilded Age, it follows an ensemble of the era’s celebrities who meet at the home of Norman Henry, an eccentric and failing tycoon (Mandy Patinkin), and his wife Marian (Janet McTeer) which ends in his untimely demise. Quinto will play Delphin Delmas, a white shoe lawyer from San Francisco. Hank Azaria will be Thomas Edison, the esteemed inventor who visits Norman Henry (Patinkin) to pitch his latest technological device. Clark Gregg portrays Harry Kendall Thaw, the spoiled son of an American coal and railroad baron. Danny Huston is Edgar Degas, the celebrated and controversial French Impressionist artist. The series will stream next March.

CHRISTMAS GHOST STORY MOVIE WOMAN OF STONE FROM BBC CASTS CELIA IMRIE, EANNA HARDWICKE, MAWAAN RIZWAN, SEE THE FIRST IMAGE

    WOMAN OF STONE   

SHORT ADS CELIA IMRIE, EANNA HARDWICKE

Although his previous attempts in Christmas shorts have been a failure both by the critics and the audience, Mark Gatiss is doing a WOMAN OF STONE short movie this year as well based on Edith Nesbit's story Man-size in Marble. The chilling tale follows newlywed Victorians Jack and Laura as they settle into a small cottage in a quiet village and soon find their idyll overshadowed by the superstitious warnings of their housekeeper. And the legend of the two marble tomb effigies who are said to rise each year… and walk. Jack dismisses this is as mere folklore. But as the fateful night draws near, he makes a terrifying discovery. And back at the cottage, Laura is all alone. Éanna Hardwicke, Celia Imrie, Monica Dolan, Mawaan Rizwan and Phoebe Horn star in the film that will air on BBC Two during Christmas.

SEE MAGICAL TRAILER FOR OSCAR WINNER PAOLO SORRENTINO'S NEW MOVIE PARTHENOPE AN ODE TO HIS NATIVE CITY NAPLES

   PARTHENOPE TRAILER  

FOR NEW PAOLO SORRENTINO MOVIE

Currently scoring quite a success over in Italian cinemas is Paolo Sorrentino's new movie PARTHENOPE which was also written by the famous director. The film is a sort of a love letter to his

Parthenope will arrive in USA next February

native city Naples and will land in US cinemas next February and in France in January. Celeste Dalla Porta plays the titular role - Parthenope is another name for a woman who lives in Naples. The cast also includes Gary Oldman as an alcoholic American novelist John Cheever; Luisa Ranieri, Stefania Sandrelli, Silvio Orlando, Dario Aita, Marlon Joubert... The film which competed this year at Cannes is a magical realism story about a woman named Parthenope who bears the name of her city but is neither siren nor myth! Parthenope, born in the sea of Naples in 1950, searches for happiness over the long summers of her youth, falling in love with her home city and its many memorable characters. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino comes a monumental and deeply romantic story of a lifetime. 

SEE AMERICA AFTER A NUCLEAR BOMB IN NEAL MCDONOUGH'S ACTION THRILLER THE HOMESTEAD MOVIE TRAILER

 HOMESTEAD TRAILER

WELCOME TO THE APOCALYPSE

Homestead is out this December

We have a trailer for a brand new apocalyptic movie HOMESTEAD directed  by Ben Smallbone and set to hit cinemas December 20th set during a rapid collapse of society within a rich man's mountain compound which struggles between the military compulsions of its veteran operators and the rural values of its member families. Neal McDonough leads the cast of the new movie from Angel Studios. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think, will you be watching in theatres this Christmas even though it obviously is not a very festive movie?

 

 

Neal McDonough takes the lead role

WHAT'S THE STORY?
A nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles, and the nation devolves into unprecedented chaos. Ex-Green Beret Jeff Eriksson (Bailey Chasse) and his family escape to The Homestead, an eccentric prepper's (Neal McDonough) fortress nestled in the mountains. As violent threats and apocalyptic conditions creep toward their borders, the residents of The Homestead are left to wonder: how long can a group of people resist both the dangers of human nature and the bloodshed at their doorstep? 

 

NETFLIX ANNOUNCES NEW 16TH CENTURY HISTORICAL ADVENTURE SERIES NERO WITH PIO MARMAI

    PIO MARMAI   

TO LEAD NERO PERIOD SET TV SERIES

Pio Marmai will lead the new series

One of the new period set international series set to stream over at Netflix in the upcoming 2025 is their French original NERO with one of France's biggest movie stars Pio Marmai in the lead role. The story of the new historical series is set in 1504 at the South of France. Nero is a cynical and surly assassin who is betrayed by his master and long-term ally. Running from the dangerous enemies now after him, he discovers his own orphaned daughter Perla. On their journey between vengeance and redemption, Nero will have to choose: saving himself or saving his daughter — and the world. Olivier Gourmet, Alice Isaaz, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Camille Razat also star in the cast next to Marmai.

FIRST TEASER TRAILER FOR HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON LIVE ACTION MOVIE ADAPTATION STARRING GERARD BUTLER

  HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 

1ST TEASER FOR LIVE ACTION ADAPTATION

The movie is out next June in cinemas

Dream Works has released the first teaser for their live action movie version of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON in which Mason Thames and Nico Parker will be the lead stars in the roles of Hiccup and Astrid with Gerard Butler (who is quite unrecognisable in the teaser) as his father Stoick! The movie follows a young Viking as he aspires to hunt dragons, and how he becomes unexpectedly a friend of a young dragon. With Dean DeBlois directing, writing and producing, the movie should fly into cinemas June 13th, 2025 drawing audiences deep into the imaginative lore. Three super popular animated films have grossed over $1.6 billion around the world. Nick Frost will also star.

 

NETFLIX LAVISH ITALIAN 19TH CENTURY SICILY SET SERIES THE LEOPARD RELEASES STUNNING FIRST TRAILER

  THE LEOPARD SERIES  

NETFLIX RELEASES LAVISH FIRST TRAILER

Il Gattopardo will stream on Netflix next year

Netflix has revealed a rather lavish first trailer for their six episode  THE LEOPARD historical series which arrives next year directed by Tom Shankland.

 

WHAT IS THE STORY? 

 While Sicily is struggling in the turmoil of the Risorgimento in 1860, the Prince of Salina Fabrizio Corbera (Kim Rossi Stuart) reigns over his family and his possessions, convinced that even these disorders are destined to pass. He hasn’t come to terms with the idealism of young people like his nephew Tancredi (Saul Nanni), who joins the rebels risking his own life, or the ambitions of men like Sedara, a vulgar man who rides change by pandering to the nascent power of mafia criminal organizations and intends to use his beautiful daughter Angelica (Deva Cassel) to get what he wants. At Don Fabrizio’s side remains Concetta (Benedetta Porcaroli), his favourite daughter, who shares his intelligence and foresight. Her happiness will eventually be sacrificed in an attempt to ensure the survival of the power and of the name of the lineage. 

 

JIM SHERIDAN TO HELM 18TH CENTURY SET EPIC MOVIE ADAPTATION OF MARGUERITE HENRY'S NOVEL KING OF THE WIND

   KING OF THE WIND  

PERIOD SET MOVIE ADAPTATION

Jim Sheridan will helm the adaptation

Six time Academy Award nominee Jim Sheridan is set to direct a big screen adaptation of Marguerite Henry's novel KING OF THE WIND as a historical drama about an 18th century Arabian colt that would go on to sire the modern thoroughbred bloodline. As Variety reports, the film retraces the path of the so-called Darley stallion from the stables of the Moroccan sultan through to the courts of England and France. The Irish director plans to shoot the project in the Middle East and North Africa, promising a unique slant tied to the underexplored perspective of the horse itself. He said he will try to make the animal as human as possible.