SEBASTIAN DE SOUZA, TOM HOLLANDER TO LEAD THE ALCHEMIST MOVIE ADAPTATION! ALL ABOUT LIE WITH ME NEW TV DRAMA AIRING THIS WEEK AT CHANNEL 5 IN FOUR NIGHTS

 THE ALCHEMIST ADAPTATION

SEBASTIAN DE SOUZA TO LEAD

De Souza will be Santiago the shepherd

One of the most popular books in the world Paolo Coelho's THE ALCHEMIST is getting a movie adaptation directed by Kevin Frakes and with the production ready to start in September in Morocco, they've announced Sebastian De Souza, Tom Hollander and Shohreh Aghdashloo in the cast. Jordi Molla, Youssef Kerkour and Ashraf Barhom will also star in the movie which follows a young Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago on an epic quest for life changing treasure. With versions in 56 different languages and sold in over 100 million copies, Alchemist is world's most translated book of a still living author. The crew behind the camera also includes a lot of Oscar winning or nominated cinematographers, editors and composers!

 

  LIE WITH ME TV DRAMA 

STARS TONIGHT AT CHANNEL 5

And it is interesting that all of its four episodes will air next four consecutive nights starting tonight, Monday, July 12th, over at Channel 5. Charlie Brooks stars as Anna Fallmont in LIE WITH ME, a chilling tale of

Lie With Me will air next four nights at Channel 5

Anna and her family who move to Australia after infidelity rocks her marriage. The family hires a young local nanny who isn’t as innocent as she appears, and deadly consequences follow. Seeking a fresh start for their marriage, Briton

This new mini series was shot Down Under in Australia

Anna and her Australian husband Jake (Brett Tucker) move to Melbourne with their two small children. With Anna resuming her career, they hire a young live-in nanny (Phoebe Roberts) to help - but local girl Becky is

Charlie Brooks leads the cast as Anna Fallmont

anything but the innocent stranger she pretends to be. Lulled into a false sense of security, Anna recommits to Jake. She continues to confide in Becky, unaware that Becky is under Jake's spell and plotting together with him

Gorgeous Brett Tucker is Jake Fallmont in the new series

against her. Later, a shocking turn of events leads Anna to discover the truth of what is going on, and she decides she is not going to be a victim any more. Becky is conflicted when Anna tells her that Jake is physically abusive,

Phoebe Roberts plays the new nanny Becky Hart

showing her a bruise on her shoulder and claiming that Jake hit her. When Jake lures Becky back, Anna realises she has to take drastic measures to protect her children and comes up with a deadly plan.

PERIOD SET SATURDAY: COELHO'S 'ALCHEMIST' GETS MOVIE ADAPTATION! IOAN GRUFFUDD JOINS MEL GIBSON, SEAN PENN IN 'PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN' 19TH CENTURY FILM. CLAIRE COOPER IS LADY MONTAGUE IN 'STILL STAR CROSSED' EPIC SERIES

IOAN GRUFFUDD TO STAR IN

 'PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN' FILM & 'LIAR' THRILLER SERIES

One of our fave Welsh stars Ioan Gruffudd has two new potentially big gigs: not only that he will join the not so popular duo Mel Gibson and Sean Penn in the 19th century set movie THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN about the professor who started to compile the Oxford English Dictionary, but he will also take the lead role next to extremely busy Joanne Froggatt in ITV's six part thriller TV series LIAR! It will follow a female teacher and a renowned surgeon who spend together a night which will change their lives even though neither fully realizes the far reaching consequences that their meeting will have on each other or their families.

COELHO'S 'THE ALCHEMIST' 

TO GET MOVIE ADAPTATION
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later, right? The most translated book by a living author, Paolo Coelho's worldwide bestseller THE ALCHEMIST will be adapted into a big screen feature movie by Sony TriStar and Laurence Fishburne's production company who bought the rights for a very pricey amount! The book, which has been sold so far in around 65 million copies in 56 different languages, revolves around a young Spaniard who embarks on a quest to find a hidden treasure within the Egyptian pyramids.

STILL STAR CROSSED EPIC SHOW

 FINDS ITS LADY MONTAGUE!

Meanwhile, the latest one to join ABC's upcoming midseason period set drama series STILL STAR CROSSED a sequel to Romeo and Juliet story is Claire Cooper who will play Lady Montague, a master manipulator and a woman with a dark past and dangerous secrets, in the show that picks up where the story of Romeo and Juliet ends, charting the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the wake of the young lovers’ tragic fate. Anthony Head and Zuleikha Robinson play lord and lady Capulet, Grant Bowler is lord Montague, Torrance Coombs is prince Paris, Wade Briggs is Benvolio Montague who together with Sterling Sulieman as prince Escalus and Lashana Lynch as Juliet's cousin Rosaline actually are the lead characters in the new love triangle.