BBC WILL SWAMP YOU WITH HORRORS THIS CHRISTMAS WITH SPOOKY A CHRISTMAS CAROL WITH GUY PEARCE AND MORBID NEW DRACULA EPIC TV SERIES

      'A CHRISTMAS CAROL' OR

 MORE LIKE A HALLOWEEN ONE

As somebody noticed around the internet, it is beginning to feel a lot like... Halloween. Yep, Halloween, not Christmas, as British national broadcaster has decided to swamp us with nasty horrors in what is definitely

The series will air on FX and BBC this month

the worst holiday programme scheme they've ever had. You can already see from the dark posters that their central series A CHRISTMAS CAROL won't be filled with jingle bells but with creepy sounds, monsters and fog. It is interesting that it will first air in USA on FX on December 19th before moving to BBC on December 22nd!

Christmas Carol 
is a unique and original take on the Charles Dickens’ iconic ghost story by Steven Knight and a haunting, hallucinatory, spine tingling immersion into Scrooge’s dark night of the soul. The three-part special follows Ebenezer Scrooge (Guy Pearce), the miserly cold hearted boss, as he is visited by ghosts from the past, present and future, on a freezing

Guy Pearce takes the lead role in the new series

Christmas Eve. Forced to face up to how his self interested, penny pinching behaviour has impacted his own life and those around him, is it too late for him to save the spirit of Christmas, and himself? Andy Serkis as Ghost of Christmas Past, Joe Alwyn as Bob Cratchit, and Jason Flemyng as Ghost of Christmas Future also star.

      'DRACULA 'SERIES

WILL SPLASH THE FIRST DAYS OF THE NEW YEAR WITH BLOOD

As if that wasn't bizarre enough  BBC has decided to start the new year with even nastier horror premiering their new extremely graphic three part

Dracula will start airing January 1st in three consecutive nights

DRACULA series on January 1st with other two hour and a half long episodes airing in the following two days! Claes Bang will move to Transylvania in

Claes Bang takes the lead role of the fanged monster

1897, as the blood drinking Count who is drawing his plans against Victorian London. And be warned: the dead travel fast. John Heffernan stars as

Dracula aboard Demeter whose crew he will suck dry

Jonathan Harker, an English solicitor who visits Dracula’s castle and becomes his captive. Jonathan Aris is captain Sokolov of famous ship Demeter.

Lord Ruthven is portrayed by Patrick Walsh McBride

Patrick Walsh McBride portrays young Lord Ruthven in the series which will air on Netflix for the rest of the world later on. 

The  First Episode of Dracula
starts in 1897. English lawyer Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet a new client - and a legend is about to get fresh blood... This is the tale of a

Always lovely John Heffernan is poor Jonathan Harker

terrifying, maze-like castle, of undead Brides, and a vampire Count whose ambition is to conquer the new world. Check out the nastiness below:

FESTIVE THURSDAY: NEW PHOTOS FROM BBC'S SERIES A CHRISTMAS CAROL WITH GUY PEARCE, JOE ALWYN, ANDY SERKIS! LET IS NOW NETFLIX HOLIDAY MOVIE TRAILER

  'A CHRISTMAS CAROL' 

NEW PHOTOS ARE HERE!

 The latest update on this year's Christmas programmes brings you new photos from BBC's and FX's new version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL! Guy Pearce is taking the lead role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the 3 part special which

Guy Pearce leads the cast as Scrooge himself

brings a unique and original take on the Charles Dickens’ iconic ghost story by Steven Knight (Taboo, Peaky Blinders) and a haunting, hallucinatory, spine-tingling immersion into Scrooge’s dark night of the soul.

The Rest Of The Cast
Andy Serkis will appear in the series as Ghost of Christmas Past; Stephen Graham as Jacob Marley; Charlotte Riley (who happens to be the

Joe Alwyn is Scrooge's poor clerk Bob Cratchit!

producers wife, talk about nepotism) as Scrooge's sister Lottie; Joe Alwyn as Scrooge's poor clerk Bob Cratchit; Vinette Robinson as Mary Cratchit; Jason

Andy Serkis is the Ghost of Christmas Past

Flemyng as the Ghost of Christmas Future (he replaced Rutger Hauer who died during the production); Kayvan Novak as Ali Baba and Lenny Rush as Tim Cratchit. Tom Hardy and Ridley Scott are producing.

  'LET IT SNOW' TRAILER

BRINGS A CHRISTMAS BLIZZARD

Continuing our announcements for upcoming festive films and series, today you can check out the trailer for Netflix movie LET IS SNOW, a

It will snow from November 8th!

movie adaptation of a book by Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle (translated by your spy for readers in Europe) which will hit Netflix streaming service November 8th! The teenage holiday movie is set in a small town on Christmas Eve, where a snowstorm brings together a group of young people. When a snowstorm hits a small midwestern town on Christmas Eve, a group of high school seniors find their friendships and love lives colliding thanks to a stranded pop star, a stolen keg, a squad of competitive dancers, a mysterious woman covered in tin foil, and an epic party at the local Waffle Town. Come Christmas morning, nothing will be the same. 

GUY PEARCE, ANDY SERKIS, JOE ALWYN, RUTGER HAUER TO LEAD BBC & FX MINI SERIES A CHRISTMAS CAROL! LISTEN TO ZAYN'S A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR DISNEY'S LIVE ACTION ALADDIN

   BBC'S 'A CHRISTMAS CAROL'

PUTS GUY PEARCE IN THE LEAD

After Dickensian, BBC has a plan of turning other of Dickens' works into series and the first one will be A CHRISTMAS CAROL which will air this Christmas with Guy Pearce taking the lead role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the

The first look at Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge!

series which will also air on FX in USA. The 3 part special is a unique and original take on the Charles Dickens’ iconic ghost story by Steven Knight (Taboo, Peaky Blinders) and a haunting, hallucinatory, spine-tingling immersion into Scrooge’s dark night of the soul.

  THE REST OF THE CAST
has also been announced and it will include: Andy Serkis as Ghost of Christmas Past; Stephen Graham as Jacob Marley; Charlotte Riley (who happens to be the producers wife, talk about nepotism) as Lottie; Joe Alwyn

Stephen Graham and Joe Alwyn have joined the cast as well

as Bob Cratchit; Vinette Robinson as Mary Cratchit; Rutger Hauer as the Ghost of Christmas Future; Kayvan Novak as Ali Baba and Lenny Rush as Tim Cratchit. Tom Hardy and Ridley Scott are producing.

   ZAYN'S A WHOLE NEW WORLD

IS HERE FROM DISNEY'S ALADDIN

Aladdin is ready to fly into cinemas May 24th

And here it is: the latest rendition of timeless classic A Whole New World set as the end title for Disney's live action ALADDIN which flies into theatres this month. It is performed by surprisingly good Zayn and awfully mismatched vocals from a singer called Zhavia Ward (I've never heard of her, but her singing sounds ghastly bad in the song, even offensively disrespectful to the genre, but that's a millennial for you, sadly)! Beside new versions of the old songs, the soundtrack will have a new song as well. Will Smith and DJ Khaled will cover classic Oscar nominated song Friend Like Me. New song Speechless is performed by

The movie is a live action version of the animated hit

Princess Jasmine herself. 

LIVE ACTION ALADDIN  
directed by Guy Ritchie, is written by John August and Ritchie based on Disney’s classic animated adventure. The film stars Will Smith as the larger than life Genie; Mena Massoud as the charming scoundrel Aladdin; Naomi Scott  as Jasmine, the beautiful, self determined princess; Marwan Kenzari as Jafar, the powerful sorcerer; Navid Negahban as the Sultan concerned with his daughter’s future; Nasim Pedrad as Dalia, Princess Jasmine’s free spirited best friend and confidante;

Mena Massoud is Aladdin in the live action remake

Billy Magnussen as the handsome and arrogant suitor Prince Anders; and Numan Acar as Hakim, Jafar’s right-hand man and captain of the palace guards. Read more in our spotlight on the movie!