ALEXANDER THE GREAT DOCUDRAMA AT WORKS AT NETFLIX! ADRIEN BRODY, GUY PEARCE, JOE ALWYN, ALESSANDRO NIVOLA, FELICITY JONES TO LEAD BRUTALIST PERIOD SET BIOPIC! 1ST FREUD'S LAST SESSION PIC WITH ANTHONY HOPKINS, MATTHEW GOODE

 ALEXANDER THE GREAT  

DOCUDRAMA AT NETFLIX

It has not been confirmed yet officially by Netflix itself, but rumour has it that they have a 100 men strong team currently over in Morocco, actually since last summer, shooting a new hybrid docudrama on ALEXANDER THE GREAT which will feature both scripted and unscripted elements. Tony Mitchell is the show runner for Tailfeather Productions and Lion TV.

  BRUTALIST MOVIE DRAMA  

ADS ADRIEN BRODY, JOE ALWYN, GUY PEARCE, ALESSANDRO NIVOLA, FELICITY JONES

It will be a stellar cast: Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Alessandro Nivola, Felicity Jones will lead Brad Corbet's period set movie THE BRUTALIST which chronicles thirty years of an artist’s life. When visionary architect László Toth (Brody) and his wife Erzsébet (Jones) flee post-war Europe to rebuild their legacy in America, a mysterious and wealthy client (Pearce) ends up changing their lives forever. The biopic is already shooting in Hungary!

  FREUD'S LAST SESSION  

FIRST IMAGE WITH ANTHONY HOPKINS AND MATTHEW GOODE

Speaking of a thespian cast, check out Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode in the first image from FREUD'S LAST SESSION movie! Set on the eve of the Second World War, it depicts a meeting between Freud and Narnia writer C.S. Lewis, at the psychoanalyst’s London home, during which they debate the existence of God. The film also explores Freud’s unique relationship with his daughter Anna (Liv Lisa Fries) and Lewis’ unconventional relationship with his best friend’s mother. The stellar cast also has Orla Brady, Jeremy Northam and Stephen Campbell Moore.

NEW EPIC SHOWS ANNOUNCED: VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, DANIEL DEFOE'S ROXANE, MEDIEVAL SERIES MATILDA! BLACK NARCISSUS EPIC TV SERIES STARTS TONIGHT AT FX

   NEW PRODUCTION OUTFIT  

ANNOUNCES A WHOLE SLATE OF NEW EPIC TV SHOWS

Daniel Defoe's novel will become a series

Legendary Entertainment has launched the joint venture production company Watford & Essex with White Princess and White Queen producers Emma Frost and Matthew Graham, and has announced development of 10 projects, among which are: VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (a remake of the 1960 adventure series to be penned by Chris Lunt and Michael Walker), ROXANA (dark and funny parable about female identity, adapted by Emma Frost from Daniel Defoe's epic novel), MATILDA (Medieval female driven political adventure series created by Matthew Graham)! Fingers crossed none of these projects will be like Frost and Graham's current ultimate flop Spanish Princess. 

  BLACK NARCISSUS  

EPIC SERIES STARS TONIGHT

And speaking of epic series, just to remind you that tonight over at FX BLACK NARCISSUS series airs for US audience, with UK audience seeing it

Alessandro Nivola will be the hunk factor

next month. The series will also be available on Hulu as of tomorrow if you prefer streaming! 

 

  BLACK NARCI- SSUS EPIC SERIES

 is set in Mopu, Himalayas, in 1934 at a remote clifftop palace once known as the ‘House of Women’, the location holds many dark secrets. When the young nuns of St. Faith attempt to establish a mission there, its haunting mysteries awaken forbidden desires that seem destined to repeat a terrible tragedy. During the latter years of British rule in India, ambitious young nun Sister

Gemma Arterton takes the female lead role in the series

Clodagh (Gemma Arterton) heads a mission to a remote part of the Himalayas. The palace of Mopu has been donated by General Toda Rai, who hopes the Sisters of St. Faith will rid the ‘House of Women’ of unhappy

Aisling Franciosi also stars in the new series

memories connected tohis late sister, Srimati. Although Clodagh ignores the warnings of the General’s raffish agent Mr. Dean (Alessandro Nivola), isolation and illness soon take their toll, with the haunting atmosphere of the

Before starting in UK next month,the series will stream on Hulu

palace particularly affecting volatile Sister Ruth (Aisling Franciosi). As past and present collide, the arrival of the young General Dilip Rai (Chaneil Kular) is the catalyst for an explosion of repressed desires that may end in a fatal confrontation. Late Diana Rigg also stars alongside Jim Broadbent.

NUNS ARE FACED WITH DARK PASSIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERIC FULL TRAILER FOR BLACK NARCISSUS EPIC TV SERIES WITH GEMMA ARTERTON, ALESSANDRO NIVOLA, JIM BROADBENT, DIANA RIGG

 BLACK NARCISSUS TRAILER

SENDS NUNS TO HIMALAYAS

A full trailer has been released for a three part small screen adaptation of Rumer Godden's novel BLACK NARCISSUS with Gemma Arterton

Black Narcissus starts November on FX

which will air on FX November 23rd and then will also be available next day on Hulu! Over at BBC it will air in December. The atmospheric trailer offers a much better look on the new epic drama and its visual splendour.

 

     BLACK NARCISSUS is set in Mopu, Himalayas, in 1934 at a remote clifftop palace once known as the ‘House of Women’, the location holds many dark secrets. When the young nuns of St. Faith attempt to establish a mission there, its haunting mysteries awaken forbidden desires that seem destined to repeat a terrible tragedy. During the latter years of British rule in India, ambitious young nun Sister Clodagh (Gemma Arterton) heads a mission to a remote part of the

Chaneil Kular, Gemma Arterton and Alessandro Nivola

Himalayas. The palace of Mopu has been donated by General Toda Rai, who hopes the Sisters of St. Faith will rid the ‘House of Women’ of unhappy memories connected tohis late sister, Srimati. Although Clodagh ignores the

Jim Broadbent, Diana Rigg and Gina McKee

warnings of the General’s raffish agent Mr. Dean (Alessandro Nivola), isolation and illness soon take their toll, with the haunting atmosphere of the palace particularlyaffecting volatile Sister Ruth (Aisling Franciosi). As past

Aisiling Franciosi, Patsy Ferran and Rosie Cavaliero

and present collide, the arrival of the young General Dilip Rai (Chaneil Kular) is the catalyst for an explosion of repressed desires that may end in a fatal confrontation. Late Diana Rigg also stars alongside Jim Broadbent.

BLACK NARCISSUS EPIC SERIES TRAILER WITH GEMMA ARTERTON, ALESSANDRO NIVOLA, DIANA RIGG, JIM BROADBENT! SARAH SNOOK TO LEAD JANE AUSTEN'S PERSUASION MOVIE ADAPTATION

SARAH SNOOK TO LEAD

NEW JANE AUSTEN MOVIE

We watched Sarah in Dressmaker

Although latest adaptation of Emma wasn't an overly successful affair (but it did have brilliant visuals), a new Jane Austen movie is in works! As Hollywood Reporter informs, Sarah Snook (who was nominated for an Emmy for her role in Succession TV series and we watched her in Kate Winslet's amazing Australian movie Dressmaker) will lead new movie version of her final novel PERSUASION! 

To be directed by Mahalia Belo, it is a romance of second chances, telling the story of Anne Elliot who, many years after refusing the proposal of young naval officer Frederick Wentworth, finds herself navigating the waters of English society when Wentworth returns from war a wealthy and decorated captain. As Anne ponders missed opportunities, she must consider her own regrets and unwavering, possibly unrequited love. Are you excited about the new adaptation? The lead is certainly a talented actress and a gorgeous woman.

BLACK NARCISSUS SERIES

GETS 1ST TRAILER & AIRING DATE

Black Narcissus starts November 23rd

In other exciting news from the period set genre, FX has released the first trailer for their and BBC's mini series BLACK NARCISSUS with Gemma Arterton! The three episode adaptation of Rumer Godden's novel will air all its three parts on FX November 23rd and they will also be available next day on Hulu! Over at BBC it will air in December. It is set in Mopu, Himalayas, in 1934 at a remote clifftop palace once known as the ‘House of Women’, the location holds many dark secrets. When the young nuns of St. Faith attempt to establish a mission there, its haunting mysteries awaken forbidden desires that seem destined to repeat a terrible tragedy. During the latter years of British rule in India, ambitious young nun Sister Clodagh

Gemma Arterton takes the lead role in the series

(Gemma Arterton) heads a mission to a remote part of the Himalayas. The palace of Mopu has been donated by General Toda Rai, who hopes the Sisters of St. Faith will rid the ‘House of Women’ of unhappy memories connected to

The three part series is adapted from Rumer Godden's novel

his late sister, Srimati. Although Clodagh ignores the warnings of the General’s raffish agent Mr. Dean (Alessandro Nivola), isolation and illness soon take their toll, with the haunting atmosphere of the palace particularly

Alessandro Nivola takes the male lead in the series

affecting volatile Sister Ruth (Aisling Franciosi). As past and present collide, the arrival of the young General Dilip Rai (Chaneil Kular) is the catalyst for an explosion of repressed desires that may end in a fatal confrontation. Late Diana Rigg also stars alongside Jim Broadbent. 

ALESSANDRO NIVOLA, GEMMA ARTERTON, JIM BROADBENT, DIANA RIGG MOVE TO NEPAL FOR PERIOD SET BBC MINI TV SERIES BLACK NARCISSUS!

 'BLACK NARCISSUS' SERIES

CHOOSES A CAST FOR NEPAL SET EXOTIC AND STEAMY STORY

Gemma Arterton will play the lead role

We waited for the cast to be announced for almost two years now, but now BBC One has revealed the stars for its TV series adaptation of famous BLACK NARCISSUS classic and we quite love it. Alessandro Nivola and Gemma Arterton will headline the three part TV series which will also air on FX based on Rumer Godden's classic novel. The cast also has Aisling Franciosi as Sister Ruth, Diana Rigg as Mother Dorothea, Jim Broadbent as Father Roberts, Gina McKee as Sister Adela, Rosie Cavaliero as Sister Briony,  Patsy Ferran as Sister Blanche, Karen Bryson as Sister Philippa, and Dipika Kunwar as Kanchi.

BLACK NARCISSUS FOLLOWS
Sister Clodagh (Gemma Arterton), the leader of the nuns of St Faiths, who travel to Nepal to set up a branch of their order in the remote palace of Mopu. In the unfettered sensuality of the so-called House of Women, Sister Clodagh finds herself increasingly attracted to a handsome and damaged land agent, Mr Dean (Alessandro Nivola). He is a dissolute English colonial and First World War veteran whose combative relationship with the head sister of the order awakens

Alessandro Nivola takes the lead in the series that starts shooting in Nepal and UK next month

hidden longings in both. But as the repressed memories of Clodagh’s past become entangled with the tragic history of Princess Srimati, history seems doomed to repeat itself. Are there really ghosts here in the Himalayas, or are the nuns just succumbing to long repressed primal desires? And which of them is prepared to die – or kill – for love?

Speaking of epic shows, don't forget to tune in on Sunday for our Majestic Spotlight on Autumn 2019 Epic and Period Set Shows with exclusive new photos! It will be super Dezzlicious :)

RED SEA DIVING RESORT POSTER AND TRAILER WITH CHRIS EVANS, MICHIEL HUISMAN, BEN KINGSLEY, GREG KINNEAR! TOM HOLLANDER, SASKIA REEVES, TOM TAYLOR TO LEAD BBC US TV ADAPTATION

  'US' MINI SERIES ADAPTATION

SETS TOM HOLLANDER AS LEAD

David Nicholls' super popular bestseller US is getting a four episode mini series adaptation over at BBC and they've already set the cast to be led by Tom Hollander as Douglas Petersen who is blindsided when his wife Connie

Tom Hollander and Tom Taylor will visit some of world's most beautiful cities

(Saskia Reeves) tells him that she’s not sure she wants to be married to him any more. Agreeing to still go on their planned family grand tour of Europe, Douglas vows to win back the love of his wife and repair his troubled relationship with their son Albie (Tom Taylor).

  'RED SEA DIVING RESORT'

POSTER WITH CHRIS EVANS

The movie was directed by Gideon Raff

Netflix has, meanwhile, released a gorgeous poster for their action movie THE RED SEA DIVING RESORT which will stream at the streaming network from July 31st starring Chris Evans, Ben Kingsley,  Michiel Huisman, Alessandro Nivola, Greg Kinnear!

Inspired by remarkable true life rescue missions, this is the incredible story of a group of Mossad agents and brave Ethiopians who in the early 80s used a deserted holiday retreat in Sudan as a front to smuggle thousands of refugees to Israel. The undercover team carrying out this mission is led by the charismatic Ari Kidron and courageous local Kabede Bimro.

CHRIS EVANS TO STAR IN SF FRANCHISE INFINITE AND IN THE READ SEA DIVING RESORT AT NETFLIX WITH BEN KINGSLEY, MICHIEL HUISMAN, GREG KINNEAR, ALESSANDRO NIVOLA

CHRIS EVANS TO STAR IN

INFINITE SF FILM AND THE RED SEA DIVING RESORT THRILLER

Chris Evans will be very busy this year

I was thinking how to cheer you up this Saturday and I came up with Chris Evans! He has two new projects under his sleeve! Antoine Fuqua wants him for his possible franchise project INFINITE, a movie adaptation of D. Eric Maikranz novel The Reincarnationist Papers. Chris would play Evan Michaels, a man haunted by memories of two past lives who stumbles upon a centuries old secret society of similar individuals who make up the Cognomina, a group of people who possess total recall of their past lives and whose members have been agents of change throughout history. He seeks to join their ranks. 

THE RED SEA DIVING RESORT 
another of his projects, has landed over at Netflix! Gideon Raff's movie describes one of the most remarkable rescue missions in history. It follows a group of Mossad agents and Ethiopians who in the early ’80s used a deserted holiday retreat in Sudan as a front to smuggle thousands of refugees to Israel. Chris Evans plays Ari Kidron, the Mossad agent who leads the

Chris will also lead Jekyll film about the only living descendant of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, who makes a deal with the dark side!

mission! Ben Kingsley, Michiel Huisman, Greg Kinnear, Haley Bennett, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Kenneth Williams, round up the stellar cast!

WILLIAM MOSELEY JOINS BEN FOSTER, MICHAEL CAINE, TIL SCHWEIGER IN 'MEDIEVAL' 14TH CENTURY HUSSITE WARS EPIC ADVENTURE! EMILY MORTIMER, ALESSANDRO NIVOLA TO TURN 'STATE OF WONDER' AMAZON SET BOOK INTO TV SERIES

   WILLIAM MOSELEY JOINS

'MEDIEVAL' CZECH EPIC MOVIE

A cherry on top to conclude the casting process for historical epic movie MEDIEVAL on Czech 14th century hero Jan Zizka! Joining Ben Foster (as

William Moseley is no stranger to epic films

Zizka himself), Michael Caine (as Lord Boresh, the right hand of the Czech King Wenceslaus IV), and Til Schweiger (as Rosenberg, the richest lord in the kingdom) is our dearest, sweetest William Moseley who is set to play Jaroslav, Zizka's brother.

MEDIEVAL will follow their 14th century national hero Jan Zizka of Trocnov, a revered military tactician who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire. He is known for his innovative strategies and for quickly training peasants to face skilled and armoured opponents who usually outnumbered his own troops. The film will also depict his relationship with king's lover Catherine (to be played by Sophie Lowe) whom he is sent to save but falls in love with her, and his fight against a rival king. With the massive budget of about $20 million, the The $20 million movie starts shooting next Monday in Prague! new historical movie starts shooting next week around Prague and around Czech republic.

   'STATE OF WONDER' TO BECOME

SERIES PRODUCED BY EMILY MORTIMER, ALESSANDRO NIVOLA

eOne will turn the book into mini TV series

Meanwhile, eOne will develop mini series out of Ann Patchett's bestseller STATE OF WONDER which will be produced by actors Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola. No word whether they will also star in the series which follows Dr Marina Singh who journeys into the depths of the Amazon rain forest in search of her former mentor, veteran scientist Dr Annick Swenson, who has vanished while conducting research into the prolonged fertility of the women of an isolated Amazonian tribe. As Marina embarks upon this uncertain odyssey, she will be forced to surrender herself to the lush but forbidding world that awaits her in the darkest reaches of the rain forest. Ann Patchett's Bel Canto has been turned into a movie already with Julianne Moore.

RACHEL WEISZ & RACHEL MCADAMS ARE HAVING AN AFFAIR IN 'DISOBEDIENCE' TRAILER! 'PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD' PERIOD SET MOVIE GETS A HELMER

  HELMER FOUND FOR

DICKENS' 'THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD'

The principal photography starts this summer

Two movie adaptations today, starting with Armando Iannucci who will direct the big screen version of THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD based on Charles Dickens’ semi autobiographical chronicle of the life of the iconic title character. As 'Deadline' reports, the story follows Copperfield as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, all the while on a journey full of life, colour and humanity. The shooting should begin later this year with casting already under way!

   'DISOBEDIENCE' TRAILER

SEES RACHEL WEISZ AND RACHEL MCADAMS HAVING AN AFFAIR

It is out April in USA, August in most of Europe

The first trailer has been released for a very lesbifriendly movie DISOBEDIENCE starring Rachel Weisz, Alessandro Nivola and Rachel McAdams. Based on the book by Naomi Alderman, it follows a woman who returns to the community that shunned her decades earlier for an attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality. The movie had its premiere at Toronto Film Festival and will hit cinemas in April in America and in August around Europe.

SCOTT EASTWOOD IS STEALING LUXURY CARS IN 'OVERDRIVE' TRAILER! ROBERT DE NIRO IS 'WIZARD OF LIES' WITH MICHELLE PFEIFFER IN MADOFF MOVIE

'THE WIZARD OF LIES'  

STARRING ROBERT DE NIRO AND MICHELLE PFEIFFER

HBO has released today a trailer and poster for their May 20th television movie THE WIZARD OF LIES in which Robert De Niro plays ruthless Bernie Madoff who came up with the infamous Ponzi scheme that broke the world's economy. In 2008, stockbroker, investment advisor and financier Bernie Madoff made headlines around the world when he was arrested for perpetrating perhaps the largest financial fraud in U.S. history. Michelle Pfeiffer plays his wife Ruth, looking older than ever in the role, while Alessandro Nivola plays one of their sons. Hank Azaria is also a part of the TV movie cast. Barry Levinson was behind the helm.

'OVERDRIVE' TRAILER

WITH SCOTT EASTWOOD!

There's also a trailer and poster for August 2017 movie OVERDRIVE which follows two car thieves, brothers, Andrew and Garrett Foster (Scott Eastwood and Freddie Thorp) who specialize only in the most expensive cars. They've been hired to steal a gorgeous Bugatti 1937 valued million Euro, so they head to the south of France for the job. But they get caught, and Jacomo Morier (Simon Abkarian), the local crime boss who owns the Bugatti, doesn't take it lightly. In exchange for their lives the two brothers will have to steal a car from Max Klemp (Fabian Wolfrom), Morier's arch-rival, and not any car, Morier wants them to steal Klemp's 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, his most prized car.