REMATCH SERIES WITH CHRISTIAN COOKE AS CHESS CHAMPION KASPAROV AND FRENCH HISTORICAL SERIES A DANGEROUS FRIENDSHIP TO COMPETE AT SERIES MANIA 2024

 SERIES MANIA 2024 SELECTION

REMATCH CHESS WORLD SERIES

One of the series that will compete at this year's Series Mania next month is REMATCH a co production between Hungary and France, starring our dear Christian Cooke .Inspired by real events, this captivating thriller immerses us in the most decisive chess game in history – the second match between the champion Kasparov and the computer Deep Blue. With the advancing technological breakthroughs of our age, this fascinating duel still has resonance today, at a time when artificial intelligence is raising new challenges. Our favourite hunks Tom Austen and Luke Pasqualino also star next to Sarah Bolger, Trine Dyrholm and Aidan Quinn.

A DANGEROUS FRIENDSHIP FROM FRANCE

 I already informed you about this one, but French historical series A DANGEROUS FRIENDSHIP from French Television will lead the French competition at the festival! Adapted from the historical saga by Juliette Benzoni, Alain Tasma’s series Une amitié dangereuse gives us an innovative portrait of two young women reclaiming their desire, at a time when sexuality was above all a political lever. It is a story of queen Anne of Austria, the wife of French king Louis XIII and Mary Duchess of Chevreuse! 

 

A GUIDE THROUGH EUROPEAN 2024 HISTORICAL AND EPIC SERIES: FROM SPAIN, RUSSIA, FRANCE, HUNGARY, ITALY AND GERMANY

 EURO 2024 EPIC DRAMAS 

BEGUINAS FROM SPAIN

Coming from Spain this historical series follows Lucía de Avellaneda as she celebrates her engagement party with the Marquis of Peñarrosa, but her fiancée receives a letter from a woman claiming to be her mother requesting her to come to her deathbed. Our dear Yon Gonzales plays the lead male role in this 16th century set series done for Atresplayer.

  FRENCH DANGEROUS FRIENDSHIP

Based on a book from Juliette Benzoni this French series will follow a lively duchess (Kelly Depault) who befriends the shy queen of France (Stephanie Gil). The duchess aims to reunite the queen with the aloof King Louis XIII (Jeremy Gillet) by injecting merriment into the staid royal atmosphere, causing controversy at court. The four part series sees Stanley Weber playing her husband duke of Chevreuse!

 

HUNGARIAN RISE OF THE RAVEN  

In this international coproduction, the story revolves around the fearless warrior Janos Hunyadi who defeated the Ottoman Army and defended Europe in 1456 at the battle of Belgrade Female characters include Erzsébet Szilágyi, the wife who stands by him and often fights in his place, and Serbian princess Mara Brankovic, his first love, who then breaks his heart by becoming the lead wife in Sultan Murad's court in order to save her own country. 

 

THE LEOPARD FROM ITALY

Netflix will, meanwhile, bring us the latest TV series adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's famous novel! While Sicily is struggling in the turmoil of the Risorgimento in 1860, the Prince of Salina reigns over his family and his possessions, convinced that even these disorders are destined to pass. Kim Rossi Stuart takes the lead role.

HAGEN FROM GERMANY

We have been waiting for this one for a long time now. Our dearest Jannis Niewohner takes a role in the series which is a reinterpretation of the Nibelungen saga centering on Hagen von Tronje, a Viking who allies himself with the ancient gods and takes up arms against an unscrupulous ruler.

AETERNA FROM RUSSIA

After the pilot two years ago Russian Kinopoisk is turning this one into a series. One of the main states of Qertiana is Talig, whose throne was seized by the Ollar dynasty. The rightful heir takes refuge in the city-state of Agaris, where the head of the local church rules. He dreams of one day overthrowing the Ollars and reclaiming the throne that is rightfully his.

 

SEE FIRST IMAGE FROM KING LOUIS XIII COURT SET COSTUME DRAMA A DANGEROUS FRIENDSHIP ON HIS WIFE ANNE OF AUSTRIA

  FIRST IMAGE FROM  

A DANGEROUS FRIENDSHIP PERIOD SET FRENCH MINI TV SERIES

Thanks to Une Amitié Dangereuse page over at Facebook, we have the first look at A DANGEROUS FRIENDSHIP four episode historical mini series which will follow two women, young and beautiful, who form a strong friendship. Marie de Rohan (Kelly Depault), Duchess of Chevreuse, is lively and cheerful, free in body and mind, she collects adventures. Anne of Austria

Kelly Depault, Stephanie Gil and Clementine Poidatz as princess of Conti

(Stephanie Gil) is the Queen of France, a prudish and shy woman who, married too young and abandoned by her husband King Louis XIII (Jeremy Gillet), suffers from neurasthenia. Freddie Dennis is Duke of Buckingham, while our Stanley Weber is duke of Chevreuse. Maya Sansa is Maria de Medici, Jack Laskey is Holland. The series is done for France Television based on the books by our favourite Juliette Benzoni.

STANLEY WEBER CAST IN FRENCH HISTORICAL SERIES A DANGEROUS FRIENDSHIP ABOUT ANNE OF AUSTRIA QUEEN OF FRANCE AND LOUIS XIII

 STANLEY WEBER TO STAR  

IN A DANGEROUS FRIENDSHIP PERIOD SET MINI TV SERIES

Well, he certainly isn't a stranger to period set projects, we have admired Stanley Weber in Borgia, Britannia, Outlander costume dramas, and now he will

Stanley Weber will be Duke de Chevreuse

also star in A DANGEROUS FRIENDSHIP (Une amitié dangereuse) four episode historical mini series. It will follow two women, young and beautiful, who form a strong friendship. Marie de Rohan (Kelly Depault), Duchess of Chevreuse, is lively and cheerful, free in body and mind, she collects adventures. Anne of Austria (Stephanie Gil) is the Queen of France. A prudish and shy woman who, married too young and abandoned by her husband King Louis XIII (Jeremy Gillet), suffers from neurasthenia. Freddie Dennis will play Duke of Buckingham, while our Stanley Weber will be duke of Chevreuse. Maya Sansa will be Maria de Medici, with gorgeous Jack Laskey as Holland. The series is done for France Television based on the books by my favourite Juliette Benzoni.