PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON DISNEY PLUS STAR STUDDED 80S SET MINI SERIES RIVALS WITH AIDAN TURNER, DAVID TENNANT, ALEX HASSELL, LUKE PASQUALINO, OLIVER CHRIS

   FULL RIVALS TRAILER  

FROM DISNEY'S STAR STUDDED SERIES

Disney Plus has released a new trailer for their exciting new  RIVALS eight part series set against the backdrop of the excess and antics of the power-grabbing

Rivals start October 18th on Disney and Hulu

social elite of 1980s England and delving into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986. The series, which will stream on Hulu in USA and Disney around the world, will arrive October 18th.

 

THE STORY OF RIVALS

In the fictional county of Rutshire, along-standing rivalry between two powerful men is about to boil over. Alex Hassell plays dashing ex-Olympian, Tory Member of Parliament and incorrigible rake, the dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black. David Tennan is Ruperts ambitious and egotistical Rutshire neighbour Lord Tony Baddingham, controller of Corinium Television. A long-simmering power struggle between them threatens to boil over when the two men lock horns over the future of Corinium. Caught in the crossfire is TV presenter Declan OHara, (Aidan Turner). Fiercely intellectual, with an even fiercer temper, he is wooed to Corinium TV from the BBC by Baddingham himself, but feels he’s been swindled when Tony refuses to deliver on his promises. Furious with Tony, Declan vows to get his revenge. Victoria Smurfit is Maud OHara, a former actress and Declans bohemian, fickle wife. Bella Maclean is Declan and Mauds tender-hearted yet strong-willed elder daughter, Taggie. She holds the O Hara family together and keeps an eye  on her younger and wilder sister Caitlin  (Catriona Chandler). Nafessa Williams is Cameron Cook, a ferociously talented American TV executive who is brought to Corinium by Tony to produce Declans new prime-time talk show. She soon finds herself caught between the two powerful men who deeply underestimate her at their peril. Katherine Parkinson is Lizzie Vereker, a romantic novelist consistently overlooked by her preening and self-centred TV presenter husband, James Vereker (Oliver Chris). Danny Dyer is Freddie Jones: honourable, loyal and lovable, he’s a self-made electronics millionaire. Freddie's got the money, but finds himself, along with his social-climbing wife Valerie (Lisa McGrillis), an outsider to Rutshires cliques. But when Rupert and Tony come to him with a business proposition, all that could change. Claire Rushbrook is Lady Monica Baddingham, Tonys dependable, upper-crust wife who has absolutely no interest in the dramatic goings-on within her husbands empire. Luke Pasqualino is the charming Basil Bas Baddingham, Tonys younger brother and the proprietor of Cotchesters hot spot, Bar Sinister. Emily Atack is Sarah Stratton, the new wife to Deputy Prime Minister, Paul Stratton (Rufus Jones). Sarah is ambitious and not afraid to use her looks to get to the top. Paul, on the other hand, is in the throes of a midlife crisis – everyone knows it. 

AIDAN TURNER, DAVID TENNANT, ALEX HASSELL ARE RIVALS IN THE FIRST POSTER FOR DISNEY PLUS AND HULU TV SERIES

   RIVALS TV SERIES  

DISNEY PLUS REVEALS FIRST POSTER

After the first trailer a few weeks ago, Disney Plus has unveiled a poster for their new eight episode series RIVALS which arrives sometime this Autumn. Into the cut-throat world of Corinium television comes Declan O'Hara (Aidan Turner), a mega-star of great glamour and integrity with a

Rivals will also stream on Hulu

radiant feckless wife, a son and two teenage daughters. Living rather too closely across the valley is Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell), divorced and as dissolute as ever, and now the Tory Minister for Sport. Declan needs only a few days at Corinium to realise that the Managing Director, Lord Baddingham (David Tennant), is a crook who has recruited him merely to help retain the franchise for Corinium. Baddingham has also enticed Cameron Cook (Nafessa Williams), a domineering executive, to produce Declan's programme. Declan and Cameron detest each other, provoking a storm of controversy into which Rupert plunges with his usual abandon. As a rival group emerges to pitch for the franchise, reputations ripen and decline, true love blossoms and burns, marriages are made and shattered, and sex raises its (delicious) head at almost every throw as, in bed and boardroom, the race is on to capture the Cotswold Crown. Oliver Chris, Danny  Dyer and Luke Pasqualino also star. 

SEE FIRST TEASER WITH AIDAN TURNER, DAVID TENNANT, ALEX HASSELL, LUKE PASQUALINO IN DISNEY PLUS STAR STUDDED MINI SERIES RIVALS SET IN THE 80S

   FIRST RIVALS TEASER  

FROM DISNEY'S STAR STUDDED SERIES

The series will probably arrive this Autumn

Disney Plus has released first trailer for their exciting new  RIVALS eight part series set against the backdrop of the excess and antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England and delving into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986. The series, which will stream on Hulu in USA and Disney around the world, will arrive this Autumn.

 

In the fictional county of Rutshire, along-standing rivalry between two powerful men is about to boil over. Alex Hassell plays dashing ex-Olympian, Tory Member of Parliament and incorrigible rake, the dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black. David Tennan is Ruperts ambitious and egotistical Rutshire neighbour Lord Tony

Luke Pasqualino stars in the eight episode drama

Baddingham, controller of Corinium Television. A long-simmering power struggle between them threatens to boil over when the two men lock horns over the future of Corinium. Caught in the crossfire is TV presenter Declan OHara, (Aidan Turner). Fiercely intellectual, with an even fiercer temper, he is wooed to Corinium TV from the BBC by Baddingham himself, but feels he’s been swindled when Tony refuses to deliver on his promises. Furious with Tony, Declan vows to get his revenge. Victoria Smurfit is Maud OHara, a former actress and Declans bohemian, fickle wife. Bella Maclean is Declan and Mauds tender-hearted yet strong-willed elder daughter, Taggie. She holds the O Hara family together and keeps an eye on her younger and wilder sister Caitlin  (Catriona Chandler). Nafessa Williams is Cameron Cook, a ferociously talented American TV executive who is brought to Corinium by Tony to produce Declans new prime-time talk show. She soon finds herself caught between the two powerful men who deeply underestimate her at their peril. Katherine Parkinson is Lizzie Vereker, a romantic novelist consistently overlooked by her preening and self-centred TV presenter husband, James Vereker (Oliver Chris). Danny Dyer is Freddie Jones: honourable, loyal and lovable, he’s a self-made electronics millionaire. Freddie's got the money, but finds himself, along with his social-climbing wife Valerie (Lisa McGrillis), an outsider to Rutshires cliques. But when Rupert and Tony come to him with a business proposition, all that could change. Claire Rushbrook is Lady Monica Baddingham, Tonys dependable, upper-crust wife who has absolutely no interest in the dramatic goings-on within her husbands empire. Luke Pasqualino is the charming Basil Bas Baddingham, Tonys younger brother and the proprietor of Cotchesters hot spot, Bar Sinister. Emily Atack is Sarah Stratton, the new wife to Deputy Prime Minister, Paul Stratton (Rufus Jones). Sarah is ambitious and not afraid to use her looks to get to the top. Paul, on the other hand, is in the throes of a midlife crisis – everyone knows it. 

SEE FIRST IMAGES OF AIDAN TURNER, DAVID TENNANT, ALEX HASSELL IN DISNEY PLUS STAR STUDDED MINI SERIES RIVALS SET IN THE 80S

   FIRST RIVALS IMAGES  

FROM DISNEY'S STAR STUDDED SERIES

Disney Plus has released first images from their exciting new  RIVALS eight part series set against the backdrop of the excess and antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England and delving into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986. In the fictional county of Rutshire, along-standing rivalry between two powerful men is about to boil over. Alex Hassell plays dashing ex-Olympian, Tory Member of Parliament and incorrigible rake, the dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black. David Tennan is Ruperts ambitious and egotistical Rutshire neighbour Lord Tony Baddingham, controller of Corinium Television. A long-simmering power struggle between them threatens to boil over when the two men lock horns over the future of Corinium. Caught in the crossfire is TV presenter Declan OHara, (Aidan Turner). Fiercely intellectual, with an even fiercer temper, he is wooed to Corinium TV from the BBC by Baddingham himself, but feels he’s been swindled when Tony refuses to deliver on his promises. Furious with Tony, Declan vows to get his revenge. Victoria Smurfit is Maud OHara, a former actress and Declans bohemian, fickle wife. Bella Maclean is Declan and Mauds tender-hearted yet strong-willed elder daughter, Taggie. She holds the O Hara family together and keeps an eye on her younger and wilder sister Caitlin  (Catriona Chandler). Nafessa Williams is Cameron Cook, a ferociously talented American TV executive who is brought to Corinium by Tony to produce Declans new prime-time talk show. She soon finds herself caught between the two powerful men who deeply underestimate her at their peril. Katherine Parkinson is Lizzie Vereker, a romantic novelist consistently overlooked by her preening and self-centred TV presenter husband, James Vereker (Oliver Chris). Danny Dyer is Freddie Jones: honourable, loyal and lovable, he’s a self-made electronics millionaire. Freddie's got the money, but finds himself, along with his social-climbing wife Valerie (Lisa McGrillis), an outsider to Rutshires cliques. But when Rupert and Tony come to him with a business proposition, all that could change. Claire Rushbrook is Lady Monica Baddingham, Tonys dependable, upper-crust wife who has absolutely no interest in the dramatic goings-on within her husbands empire. Luke Pasqualino is the charming Basil Bas Baddingham, Tonys younger brother and the proprietor of Cotchesters hot spot, Bar Sinister. Emily Atack is Sarah Stratton, the new wife to Deputy Prime Minister, Paul Stratton (Rufus Jones). Sarah is ambitious and not afraid to use her looks to get to the top. Paul, on the other hand, is in the throes of a midlife crisis – everyone knows it.

SEE TRAILER FOR NETFLIX BRITISH CRIME THRILLER MOVIE LOCKED IN WITH FAMKE JANSSEN, ROSE WILLIAMS, ALEX HASSELL, FIN COLE AND ANNA FRIEL

  LOCKED IN MOVIE TRAILER  

FOR NEW NETFLIX THRILLER

If you find November a perfect month for spooky thrillers Netflix has one in store for you: set for November 1st global release is their new British original movie LOCKED IN which has its cast led by Famke Janssen, Sanditon's Rose Williams, Anna Friel and Alex Hassell alongside Finn Cole. This romantic crime thriller pits unhappy newlywed Lina against her rich, coldhearted mother-in-law Katherine. An affair sets off a chain reaction that will result in a love triangle, a murder and plot to bring Lina down. But who is the real victim and who can Lina trust?

AIDAN TURNER, DAVID TENNANT, LUKE PASQUALINO, DANNY DYER, ALEX HASSELL TO LEAD DISNEY'S RIVALS GLAMOROUS 80s SOAP OPERA! NETFLIX' SWEET TOOTH 2ND SEASON TRAILER

  DISNEY'S RIVALS SERIES  

ANNOUNCES STELLAR CAST

If you are in the mood for a Dynasty style 80's glam soap opera Disney + has announced cast for their new series RIVALS which, based on the novel by Jilly Cooper, follows the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England. It dives headfirst into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986. In the fictional county of Rutshire, along-standing rivalry between two powerful men is about to boil over. Alex Hassell plays dashing ex-Olympian, Tory Member of Parliament and

Aidan Turner and David Tennant will lead the show

incorrigible rake, the dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black. David Tennant is Ruperts ambitious and egotistical Rutshire neighbour Lord Tony Baddingham, controller of Corinium Television. A long-simmering power struggle between them threatens to boil over when the two men lock horns over the future of Corinium. Caught in the crossfire is TV presenter Declan OHara, (Aidan Turner). Fiercely intellectual, with an even fiercer temper, he is wooed to Corinium TV from the BBC by Baddingham himself, but feels

Alex Hassell will lead, with Luke Pasqualino also starring

he’sbeen swindled when Tony refuses to deliver on his promises. Furious with Tony, Declan vows to get his revenge. Victoria Smurfit is Maud OHara, a former actress and Declans bohemian, fickle wife. Bella Maclean is Declan and Mauds tender-hearted yet strong-willed elder daughter, Taggie. She holds the OHara family together and keeps an eye on her younger and wilder sister Caitlin  (Catriona Chandler). Nafessa Williams is Cameron Cook, a ferociously talented American TV executive who is brought to Corinium by

Victoria Smurfit and Danny Dyer are also set to star

Tony to produce Declans new prime-time talk show. She soon finds herself caught between the two powerful men who deeply underestimate her at their peril. Katherine Parkinson is Lizzie Vereker, a romantic novelist consistently overlooked by her preening and self-centred TV presenter husband, James Vereker (Oliver Chris). Danny Dyer is Freddie Jones: honourable, loyal and lovable, he’s a self-made electronics millionaire. Freddie's got the money, but finds himself, along with his social-climbing wife Valerie (Lisa McGrillis), an outsider to Rutshires cliques. But when Rupert

Lisa McGrillis and gorgeous Oliver Chris will also star

and Tony come to him with a business proposition, all that could change. Claire Rushbrook is Lady Monica Baddingham, Tonys dependable, upper-crust wife who has absolutely no interest in the dramatic goings-on within her husbands empire. Luke Pasqualino is the charming Basil Bas Baddingham, Tonys younger brother and the proprietor of Cotchesters hot spot, Bar Sinister. Emily Atack is Sarah Stratton, the new wife to Deputy Prime Minister, Paul Stratton (Rufus Jones). Sarah is ambitious and not afraid to use her looks to get to the top. Paul, on the other hand, is in the throes of a midlife crisis – everyone knows it. 

  NETFLIX' SWEET TOOTH 

SEASON 2 TRAILER & AIR DATE

I must admit I fully forgot about this one as the break was so long and the first season was nothing special, but SWEET TOOTH is returning to Netflix April 27th with a second season in which a deadly new wave of the Sick bears down, as Gus (Christian Convery) and a band of fellow hybrids are held prisoner by General Abbot (Neil Sandilands) and the Last Men. Looking to consolidate power by finding a cure, Abbot uses the children as fodder for the experiments of captive Dr. Aditya Singh (the godawful Adeel Akhtar), who’s racing to save his infected wife Rani (Aliza Vellani). To protect his friends, Gus agrees to help Dr. Singh, beginning a dark journey into his origins and his mother Birdie’s (Amy Seimetz) role in the events leading up to The Great Crumble.

NETFLIX REVEALS AIRING DATE AND FIRST PHOTOS FROM COWBOY BEBOP SF ADVENTURE SERIES WITH JOHN CHO AS A CAPTAIN OF INTERGALACTIC SPACESHIP

  COWBOY BEBOP SF SERIES 

PHOTOS & AIRING DATE REVEALED

A treat from Netflix this Monday: they have published first photos and airing date for their new science fiction series COWBOY BEBOP, the live action adaptation of popular game which is coming to the streamer November

The series will stream on Netflix November 19th

19th with John Cho in the lead role. Beside him as Spike Spiegel in his famous blue outfit, first photos also reveal Mustafa Shakir as Jet Black and Daniella Pineda as Faye Valentine together with the spacecrew's little Corgi,

The series features his cult blue suit known from the anime series

Ein. The ten episode series was shot down in New Zealand with long delays due to Cho's injury at the set. The cast will also include Alex Hassell as Vicious, and Elena Satine as Julia. Geoff Stults will play Jet Black’s former

The series will stream in ten hourlong episodes

co-detective Chalmers and Tamara Tunie will be Ana, the owner of a Mars based convenience store and a particularly insightful informant. Yoko Kanno who was behind the cult soundtrack of the original anime series, will compose music for this one as well.

COWBOY BEBOP CENTRES ON

a rag-tag group of bounty hunters on the run from their pasts, as they hunt down the most dangerous criminals in the solar system. John Cho is Spike Spiegel, as an impossibly cool "cowboy," aka bounty hunter. He rocks a deadly

John Cho had a rather nasty injury during the shooting

smile and a wry wit, with style to spare. Spike traverses the solar system with his ex-cop partner, Jet, pursuing dangerous bounties, with his signature charm, charisma and deadly Jeet Kune Do. Jet was one of very few honest

Mustafa Shakir is Jet, the captain of Cowboy Bebop

cops in the solar system before a devastating betrayal robbed him of everything he loved. Thus, he started a new life as a vagabond chasing down bounties to put food on the table. Jet loves jazz and serves as Captain of the

Daniella Pineda takes the female lead as Faye Valentine

Bebop. Daniella Pineda is Faye Valentine, a bold, brash and unpredictable bounty hunter. She suffers from amnesia thanks to years of being

John Cho takes the lead role in the new series

cryogenically frozen. She does whatever is necessary to survive, be it lying, stealing, or just being a thorn in the side of Spike and Jet. Alex Hassell stars

The series will feature tons of cool music like the original anime

as Vicious, a man who enjoys a good kill, probably too much. He's the Syndicate's most infamous hitman, in addition to being Spike Spiegel's ex-partner and arch-enemy.

DAVID OAKES, JULIAN MORRIS TO LEAD 19TH CENTURY GAY ROMANCE BASED ON LORD BYRON'S ORIENTAL POEM THE GIAOUR SET IN OTTOMAN GREECE

   'THE GIAOUR' SENDS

DAVID OAKES AND JULIAN MORRIS TO OTTOMAN EMPIRE GREECE

David Oakes will play Hassan Ottoman commander

Gender identity is definitely a very hot topic these days, and Rika Ohara plans to discus it from a 19th century angle! She is currently preparing a movie project based on Lord Byron's famous 1813 poem THE GIAOUR in which harem slave Leila is drowned as an adulteress and her lover the Giaour ("infidel") kills her master Hassan in revenge, and is cursed to become a vampire! 

THE GIAOUR
which has two boys whom we couldn't really adore more even if we tried - David Oakes and Julian Morris in the cast, with the story set during the Ottoman Empire in Greece, will follow  ten year-old Laertes who is saved by Ottoman commander Hassan (David Oakes). Baba the Nubian eunuch puts Laertes in girls' clothes and calls him Leila. Protected by Hassan and Baba,

Julian Morris is to play a character named David

Leila grows to love Hassan but the world judges them master and "harem slave" — which is the story Byron chose to tell in his poem.

In the 200 years since its publication, THE GIAOUR spawned the vampire gothic genre and came to symbolize the lethal conflict between the East and the West as represented by its two male protagonists: one Muslim, the other, Christian – the giaour. Yet Leila, at the centre of all this passion, is entirely silent and strangely bloodless – until we consider a new, queer reading of the poem that unlocks her true identity. Love, blood, karmic retribution –  in THE GIAOUR Leila ceases to be a silent victim of "Oriental" violence against women, and Hassan emerges as a gay Muslim romantic hero. Alex Hassell from The Miniaturist, will play the leader of the Janissaries with Charles Lane as Baba.

JOHN CHO TO LEAD NETFLIX'S FIREFLYESQUE SPACE WESTERN TV SERIES COWBOY BEBOP WITH ALEX HASSELL, DANIELLA PINEDA!

  'COWBOY BEBOP' SF SHOW

FINDS ITS LEAD IN JOHN CHO!

John Cho will lead the ten part mini series

Some space fantasy for you today (especially those of you who still miss Firefly): John Cho will lead new space Western series COWBOY BEBOP at Netflix together with Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda and Alex Hassell! The genre bending story, a live action adaptation of cult Japanese animated series, will, as Deadline reports, follow a rag-tag crew of bounty hunters on the run from their pasts as they hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals. They’ll even save the world… for the right price.

John Cho will play Spike Spiegel, an impossibly cool “cowboy” (bounty hunter) with a deadly smile, a wry wit, and style to spare who travels the solar system with his ex-cop partner, Jet (Mustafa Shakir), pursuing the future’s most dangerous bounties with a combination of charm and charisma! Pineda will play Faye Valentine, a bold, brash and unpredictable bounty hunter, a thorn in Spike

Alex Hassell and Daniella Pineda will star in the sf series as well

and Jet’s side. Hassell (whom we watched in BBC's Miniaturist) is Vicious, a man who thoroughly enjoys a good kill, the most notorious hitman. He’s also Spike Spiegel’s ex-partner and arch-enemy. Thor's Chris Yost is writing and executive producing!