DISNEY'S 'SWORD IN THE STONE' LIVE ACTION REMAKE FINDS ITS DIRECTOR! PAUL BETTANY TO PLAY PRINCE PHILIP IN 'CROWN'? 'SIREN' MERMAID TV SERIES CAST PHOTO AND TEASER SWEPT ASHORE!

  'SWORD IN THE STONE'

DISNEY'S MOVIE FINDS DIRECTOR

It is based on T.H.White's book

As you already know Disney is doing a lot of live action remakes of their famous animated classics and one of them is also SWORD IN THE STONE which has just found its director in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later)! The 1963 animated hit was, as 'The Hollywood Reporter' writes, the final movie released by the studio before Walt Disney’s death!

The movie takes a light hearted view of the famous mediaeval legend of King Arthur, focusing on the young Arthur being mentored by the magician Merlin. This is not to be confused with another Disney's project on the same topic The Merlin Saga which might be helmed by Ridley Scott. That one follows young Merlin. Is generally grim and dark Fresnadillo the right director for this job?

   PAUL BETTANY TO PLAY

PRINCE PHILIP IN SEASONS 3 AND 4 OF 'THE CROWN'?

Over at Netflix, the latest gossip coming from Daily Mail say that Paul Bettany is currently negotiating to replace Matt Smith in their THE CROWN series playing a mature age Prince Philip. The 1970s and the 1980s

Paul Bettany is negotiating to play Prince Philip in seasons 3 and 4

in the life of the British monarch will see Helena Bonham Carter playing Princess Margaret and Olivia Colman taking over the role of queen Elizabeth II.

   'SIREN' TEASER

FOR NEW FREEFORM SERIES

FreeForm has released cast photo and a teaser for their new series SIREN which starts March 29th set in Bristol Cove, known for its legend of once being

Siren comes out of the ocean March 29th on FreeForm

home to mermaids! It is turned upside down when a mysterious girl (Eline Powell) appears and begins wreaking havoc upon the small fishing town. Using their resources, marine biologists Ben (Alex Roe) and Maddie (Fola

Alex Roe leads the cast of the new series

Evans-Akingbola) must work together to find out who and what drove this primal hunter of the deep sea to land, and are there more like her out there?

ARMIE HAMMER GOES GAY IN 'CALL ME BY YOUR NAME' ADAPTATION! ALEX ROE, ELINE POWELL TO LEAD 'THE DEEP' MERMAID TV SERIES! HAUNTING 'AUTUMN LIGHTS' TRAILER WITH GUY KENT

ARMIE HAMMER GOES GAY

IN 'CALL ME BY YOUR NAME'

Now here's something very much intriguing: Snow White's prince and Man from the U.N.C.L.E. Armie Hammer will go gay in CALL ME BY YOUR NAME a English language Italian movie adaptation of Andre Aciman's novel.

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy (Timothee Chalamet) and a summer guest (Armie Hammer) at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. During the restless summer weeks, unrelenting but buried currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion as they test the charged ground between them and verge toward the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy.

'THE DEEP' MERMAID SERIES

ALEX ROE AND ELINE POWELL TO DIP INTO THE DEEP
Meanwhile, FreeForm is rounding up its cast for their new mermaid fantasy series THE DEEP! The story will be set in Bristol Cove, a coastal town known for its legend of once being home to mermaids. When the arrival of a mysterious girl proves this folklore all too true, the battle between man and sea takes a very vicious turn, as these predatory beings return to reclaim their right to the ocean. Eline Powell will play the girl, Ryn, while Alex Roe will take the male lead as a bright marine biologist who finds himself drawn to her. Fola Evans Akingbola will play a marine biologist who works with Ben and is highly suspicious of Ryn. Ian Verdun plays Xander, a          deep sea fisherman on a quest to uncover the truth and Rena Owen is Helen, the town eccentric who seems to know more about the mermaids than she lets on.

HAUNTING 'AUTUMN LIGHTS'

 TRAILER WITH GUY KENT

You can also check out the exquisitely gorgeous and stylish trailer for AUTUMN LIGHTS drama which is out in two weeks in American and Canadian cinemas. Guy Kent plays an American photographer adrift in a remote Icelandic community who becomes entangled in the lives of a mysterious European couple.