SEE JUDE LAW AND ALICIA VIKANDER AS HENRY VIII AND HIS LAST WIFE IN FIREBRAND HISTORICAL MOVIE TRAILER

   FIREBRAND TRAILER  

WITH JUDE LAW AND ALICIA VIKANDER

Well, this one is finally coming to the cinemas June 14th so we have received the first trailer for FIREBRAND historical movie drama with Jude Law as King Henry VIII and Alicia Vikander as his last wife Katherine Parr. The film that also stars Amr Waked, Eddie Marsan, Simon Russell Beale, Sam Riley and Patsy Ferran, did not receive well criticism after it's festival run, but we will judge for ourselves. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think, is it lacking in fire and spark like the critics say? The film did have a rather long way to theatres from changing the lead actress to changing the title.

 

IN BLOOD SOAKED TUDOR ENGLAND
twice married, accomplished, and educated Katherine Parr (Vikander), reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of the tyrannical King Henry VIII (Law). Her consent to marry him carries great personal risk, given that her predecessors are either vanquished, beheaded, or dead. When Henry appoints her as Regent, the nation’s ruler during his absence when he departs to fight overseas, he lays a dangerous path for her. Henry’s courtiers, suspecting she’s sympathetic to radical Protestant beliefs that have taken root in the kingdom and are a threat to their power, scheme against her and cast doubts upon her fidelity to the increasingly ailing and paranoid King. Once Henry returns to England, his courtiers convince him to turn his fury on the nation’s radicals, including Katherine’s childhood friend Anne Askew, who becomes one of the scores of people convicted of treason and burned at the stake. Horrified and privately grieving, Katherine finds herself under ever-increasing scrutiny and suspicion. Knowing that even a whisper of scandal might lead to her downfall, Katherine must unleash her own scheme to fight for survival.

 

ALICIA VIKANDER JOINS CATE BLANCHETT AND CHARLES DANCE IN RUMOURS COMEDY MOVIE ON MOST POWERFUL WORLD LEADERS LOST IN THE WOODS!

  ALICIA VIKANDER JOINS  

CATE BLANCHETT IN RUMOURS

Alicia Vikander will star opposite Cate Blanchett in ensemble comedy movie RUMOURS which will hit cinemas later this year following seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies at the annual G7 summit after they become lost in the woods and face increasing peril while attempting to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. Roy Dupuis, Charles Dance, Denis Menochet, Rolando Ravello, Takehiro Hira also star in this international feature shot over in Hungary for German and Canadian producers.

NEW LOOK AT JUDE LAW & ALICIA VIKANDER AS HENRY VIII AND CATHERINE PARR IN FIREBRAND HISTORICAL MOVIE

 NEW FIREBRAND IMAGES 

WITH JUDE LAW AND ALICIA VIKANDER IN HISTORICAL DRAMA

Not that you will recognise them, especially Jude Law (that is him in the first photo) who changed fully in order to play Henry VIII in FIREBRAND historical drama which got standing ovations last night at Cannes, but everything gets ovations there, some other first review describe the film as empty and lacking in fire. Beside looking not as handsome as he normally does, Jude revealed that during the filming he also wore a specially-made perfume, to get into character, made out of 'blood, fecal matter and sweat'! Poor Alicia Vikander, who plays his last wife Catherine Parr in it.. Patsy Ferran portrays princess Mary and Junia Rees portrays Elizabeth. Erin Doherty portrays radical preacher Anne Askew, who was labelled a heretic by Henry and his supporters, while Sam Riley and Eddie Marsan play brothers Thomas and Edward Seymour, who were senior courtiers.

 

 FIREBRAND FOLLOWS

Catherine Parr, the final wife of Henry VIII, a feminist force to be reckoned with who outlived the notorious king; the fate of his previous wives being either divorced, dead or beheaded. She is named regent with the king warring abroad, and she’s done everything she can to push for a new future based on her radical Protestant beliefs. Law plays a royal on his way out, having returned from fighting with a dire medical condition. Palace intrigue abounds entailing Henry squaring off with the Seymours brothers, one of them having their eye on Catherine, and the king ultimately fading.

1ST PIC OF ALICIA VIKANDER AS QUEEN KATHERINE PARR IN HENRY VIII FILM FIREBRAND! NETFLIX TEASER FOR THE LEOPARD 19TH CENTURY SICILY SET HISTORICAL TV SERIES! NEIL MORRISSEY TO UNCOVER THE HOARD OF SAXON TREASURE IN NEW MINI SERIES!

 1ST ALICIA VIKANDER IMAGE 

AS QUEEN KATHERINE PARR IN FIREBRAND MOVIE

First image of Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr in new historical movie FIREBRAND is here. Jude Law stars as Henry VIII in the psychological thriller that explores how Katherine, the last of Henry’s six wives, endured her union with the monstrous monarch and kept her head in the 16th Century. Patsy Ferran portrays princess Mary and Junia Rees portrays Elizabeth. The movie will be screened at Cannes when we can expect first look at Law too.

 

 NEIL MORRISSEY TO LEAD 

Neil Morrissey will lead The Hoard

CHANNEL 5'S NEW THE HOARD MINI TV SERIES

Channel 5 has announced a new four part drama and they already have a cast set for it: Neil Morrissey will lead THE HOARD mini series. It will be the story of keen detectorist Martin (Morrissey) and his wheeler dealer soon to be son-in-law Ashley (James Buckley) who, while on a boys bonding trip in the idyllic fields of rural Somerset, discover a hoard of buried Saxon treasure worth millions. Legally, they should declare it, but Ashley spots an opportunity to look after number one, and as pressures are building at home with his wife Anne (Fay Ripley), straight arrow Martin can’t help but have his head turned. It’s tempting. If they sell it on the black market, they could be set for life and Ashley has the connections to make it happen. But with a hoard this good, could it really be that easy? After all, they might not be the only ones out for its spoils. The series will air towards the end of the year on the British channel.

  THE LEOPARD SERIES  

NETFLIX STARTS PRODUCTION!

Netflix Italia has released a very teasing teaser celebrating the start of the production on THE LEOPARD historical series which will shoot till September as the adaptation of  Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's famous classic novel Il Gattopardo. Tom Shankland is directing the six episode saga! While Sicily is struggling in the turmoil of the Risorgimento in 1860, the Prince of Salina Fabrizio Corbera (Kim Rossi Stuart) reigns over his family and his possessions, convinced that even these disorders are destined to pass. He hasn’t come to terms with the idealism of young people like his nephew Tancredi (Saul Nanni), who joins the rebels risking his own life, or the ambitions of men like Sedara, a vulgar man who rides change by pandering to the nascent power of mafia criminal organizations and intends to use his beautiful daughter Angelica (Deva Cassel) to get what he wants. At Don Fabrizio’s side remains Concetta (Benedetta Porcaroli), his favourite daughter, who shares his intelligence and foresight. Her happiness will eventually be sacrificed in an attempt to ensure the survival of the power and of the name of the lineage.

HENRY VIII HISTORICAL MOVIE FIREBRAND WITH JUDE LAW & ALICIA VIKANDER FINALISES CAST OF ROYAL COURTIERS!

  JUDE LAW'S FIREBRAND  

ADS CAST FOR THE COURT

As Deadline reports, Henry VIII historical movie drama FIREBRAND in which Jude Law will play the king and Alicia Vikander the protagonist, his last wife Katherine Parr, has finalised the court entourage: Sam Riley and Eddie Marsan will portray noble brothers Thomas and Edward Seymour

Alicia Vikander and Jude Law will lead the cast

who loathed each other. Their sister Jane Seymour was Henry VIII’s third wife. Thomas Seymour and Katherine Parr were sweethearts before Parr caught Henry’s eye. After the monarch’s death, Thomas and Katherine were reunited. Film follows the marriage of Katherine to Henry, his sixth and final wife, and how she fell foul of her husband’s courtiers — namely his key adviser

Sam Riley and Simon Russell Beale take the supporting roles

Stephen Gardiner, the Bishop of Winchester, played by Simon Russell Beale. Hunting for high profile heretics, he sent Protestant martyr Anne Askew (Erin Doherty) to the Tower of London, hoping she would betray the queen. Katherine, a noted scholar and author, surrounded herself with a loyal entourage who watched out for her. The queen knew how to out-fox powerful

Junia Rees, Patsy Feran, Erin Doherty will also star in the film

adversaries and survive plots on her life. Katherine’s ladies will be played by Ruby Bentall as Cat, Bryony Hannah as Ellen, and Maia Jemmett as Dot. Queen Katherine formed a close bond with her step-daughters, Princess Mary (Patsy Ferran) and Princess Elizabeth (Junia Rees)!

JUDE LAW'S HENRY VIII HISTORICAL DRAMA FIREBRAND ADS ALICIA VIKANDER AS QUEEN CATHERINE PARR

  JUDE LAW'S FIREBRAND  

CROWNS ALICIA VIKANDER

Alicia Vikander replaces Michelle Williams

Sad news, people, instead of Michelle Williams who was supposed to play the queen, FIREBRAND historical movie with Jude Law as Henry VIII has added Alicia Vikander as his last queen Catherine Parr, who was the only one to avoid banishment or death. By the time young Catherine Parr married the deteriorating, increasingly despotic King Henry VIII, she had no assurances of a happy marriage; in fact, she had no assurances of surviving this marriage at all. Of her predecessors, two were thrown out, one died in childbirth and two were beheaded. While Catherine tried to keep her head about her to navigate the politics of her position, she brought a secret agenda. She was Protestant, believed it her duty to marry Henry, for it would be the only position in which she could convert him, and the kingdom, from his pro-Catholic position. That faith was tested when the church resisted granting his divorce from his first wife so he could marry Anne Boleyn, who would later be beheaded. With arrests, torture, and executions of Protestants on the rise, Catherine invited a dangerous game that would leave

Jude Law will play king Henry VIII in his later years

one of them dead before long. The thriller is told through Catherine’s singular point-of-view of the psychological horror of living with a monster, and the remarkable will to not only survive, but thrive. Karim Ainouz is directing.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON ARTHURIAN LEGENDS HISTORICAL FANTASY THE GREEN KNIGHT FILM WITH DEV PATEL, JOEL EDGERTON, ALICIA VIKANDER

     THE GREEN KNIGHT    

IS ARRIVING THIS SUMMER

I'm not entirely sure why they keep trying to convince us that Dev Patel is, with his utter lack of screen presence, a lead star material, let alone a knight material, but he obviously has friends in high places. He leads another

The film should arrive to cinemas at the end of July

shamelessly revisionist take on history and myths in THE GREEN KNIGHT historical fantasy which will arrive to cinemas only July 30th. They've released new trailer too, and it looked to me like a parody or a bad comedy, but I don't think that was their goal. 

WHEN COURAGE MADE KINGS An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-

The film was directed by Pete Dragon's David Lowery

skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to define his

Alicia Vikander leads the female part of the cast

character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and kingdom by facing the ultimate challenger. From visionary filmmaker David Lowery comes a fresh and bold spin on a classic tale from the knights of the round table.

WHO ELSE IS IN THE CAST?

As you can see in some of the character posters (which are still the ugliest ones we've ever seen for any film), the rest of the equally bland cast also includes Ralph Ineson as the Green Knight himself, Joel Edgerton as

Although the legends itself is not violent, the film is R rated

Lord, Alicia Vikander as Essel, Sarita Choudhury as Mother, Sean Harris as King, Kate Dickie as Queen! The film has been postponed a couple of times and will hit theatres this summer.

1ST THE GREEN KNIGHT HISTORICAL FANTASY MOVIE TEASER WITH DEV PATEL AS SIR GAWAIN IS HERE!

'THE GREEN KNIGHT' TRAILER

BRINGS A NEW SIR GAWAIN

Dev Patel takes the role of Sir Gawain

Here's another colour blind rewrite of legends and history: first teaser for historical fantasy movie THE GREEN KNIGHT In which Dev Patel plays Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight (Ralph Ineson), a gigantic emerald skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to define his character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and kingdom by facing the ultimate challenger. The movie, which is supposed to be based on one of the most famous of Arthurian

The movie will hit cinemas May 29th this spring

legends, will also star Alicia Vikander, Sean Harris and Joel Edgerton, and is out May 29th! You can also check out the poster which is probably one of the ugliest ones we've seen in our spying career!

CHRIS PRATT AND TOM HOLLAND ARE ELF BROTHERS IN PIXAR'S ONWARD ANIMATED ADVENTURE! NETFLIX SERIES DARK CRYSTAL AGE OF RESISTANCE TRAILER WITH TARON EGERTON, HELENA BONHAM CARTER, THEO JAMES, MARK STRONG, ALICIA VIKANDER

   PIXAR'S 'ONWARD' TRAILER

CHRIS PRATT & TOM HOLLAND

Onward moves forward next March!

It's animation domination all day today! First up, Pixar has revealed first trailer for their ONWARD animated movie which has Chris Pratt and Tom Holland in the voice cast playing two teenage elf brothers who go on a journey to see whether magic still exists! Also starring Octavia Spencer, it is out next March! The animated film is set in a suburban fantasy world. Two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot, embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there in order to spend one last day with their father, who died when they were too young to remember him.

   'THE DARK CRYSTAL' PREQUEL

REVEALS FIRST TRAILER!

Ten episode series starts August 30th!

Netflix has revealed new photos and also the first fun trailer for their puppet movie  THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE prequel  to the 1982 classic, in which Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor Joy, and Nathalie Emmanuel lend their voices to the three Gefling heroes Rian, Brea, and Deet while Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Izzard, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Theo James, Alicia Vikander, Natalie Dormer, Andy Samber, Mark Hamill and Jason Isaacs are also in the rather stellar voice cast for the

The movie was done as a mix of classic puppetry and special effects

ten episode series which will start at the end of August at Netflix, realized using classic puppetry with cutting edge visual effects.

AGE OF RESISTANCE
The series tells a new epic story, set many years before the events of the 1982 Jim Henson movie: the world of Thra is dying. The Crystal of Truth is at the

Taron Egerton will lend his voice to Gefling Rian!

heart of Thra, a source of untold power. But it is damaged, corrupted by the evil Skeksis, and a sickness spreads across the land. When three Gelfling

Brea will get her voice from Anya Taylor Joy!

uncover the horrific truth behind the power of the Skeksis, an adventure unfolds as the fires of rebellion are lit and an epic battle for the planet begins.

DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE PHOTOS & CAST REVEALED WITH TARON EGERTON, HELENA BONHAM CARTER, THEO JAMES, MARK STRONG! 1ST TRAITORS CHANNEL 4 EPIC SERIES PHOTO WITH KEELEY HAWES, LUKE TREADAVAY!

   'THE DARK CRYSTAL' PREQUEL

FIRST PHOTOS REVEALED!

Netflix has revealed the first photos and cast for their prequel THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE in which Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor Joy, and Nathalie Emmanuel lend their voices to the three Gefling

Brea will get her voice from Anya Taylor Joy!

heroes Rian, Brea, and Deet while Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Izzard, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Theo James, Alicia Vikander, Natalie Dormer, Andy Samber, Mark Hamill and Jason Isaacs are also in the cast. 

  AGE OF RESISTANCE
The series tells a new epic story, set many years before the events of the 1982 Jim Henson movie: the world of Thra is dying. The Crystal of Truth is at the

Taron Egerton will lend his voice to Gefling Rian!

heart of Thra, a source of untold power. But it is damaged, corrupted by the evil Skeksis, and a sickness spreads across the land. When three Gelfling

Deet will get her voice from Nathalie Emmanuel!

uncover the horrific truth behind the power of the Skeksis, an adventure unfolds as the fires of rebellion are lit and an epic battle for the planet begins.

   1ST 'TRAITORS' PHOTO

FOR CHANNEL 4 & NETFLIX SERIES

Netflix and Channel 4 have also revealed the first look on their new period set drama TRAITORS (working title was Jerusalem) set in London in 1945 and following Feef, who is seduced by a rogue American spy into spying on her

Traitors will air on Channel 4 in UK and Netflix around the world!

own country. Her task? To uncover a Russian agent in the heart of the British Government. Emma Appleton, Keeley Hawes, Michael Stuhlbarg, Luke Treadaway, Stephen Campbell Moore and Matt Lauria lead the cast!

GORGEOUS POSTERS FOR WIM WENDERS' 'SUBMERGENCE' WITH JAMES MCAVOY, ALICIA VIKANDER, CHINESE EPIC ACTION 'DETECTIVE DEE AND FOUR HEAVENLY KINGDOMS' WITH MARK CHAO, CARINA LAU, WILLIAM FENG

   NEW 'SUBMERGENCE' POSTERS

JAMES MCAVOY, ALICIA VIKANDER

A few new posters to bright up your boring Monday, spylings, starting with two lovely ones for action drama SUBEMERGENCE directed by legendary

Submergence is out in April in USA

Wim Wenders and starring James McAvoy and Alicia Vikander in a movie based on a best selling novel by J. M. Ledgard.

LOVE HAS NO LIMITS  

In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, a Scotsman, James More (James McAvoy), is held captive by jihadist fighters. Thousands of miles away in the Greenland Sea, Danielle Flinders (Alicia Vikander) prepares to dive in a submersible to the ocean floor. In their confines they are drawn back to the Christmas of the previous year, where a chance encounter

The movie is already out in Russia, Spain and parts of Asia.

on a beach in France led to an intense and enduring romance. First reviews over at IMDB say Alicia again fails to create any chemistry with her on screen partner. But then again she did not even have it with her real life husband Michael Fassbender in Ocean Between Us.

    'DETECTIVE DEE 2' POSTER

The sequel is out this July in China

FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS

First poster has been released for a sequel to Young Detective Dee Rise of the Sea Dragon from 2013 DETECTIVE DEE AND FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS which is out in China this summer! It stars Mark Chao as Detective Dee who is forced to defend himself against the accusations of Empress Wu (Carina Lau) while investigating a crime spree. Asian star William Feng is also in the cast! 

TRAILERS AND POSTERS FOR 'HURRICANE HEIST' WITH RYAN KWANTEN, TOBY KEBBELL, BEN CROSS, 'SUBMERGENCE' WITH JAMES MCAVOY, ALICIA VIKANDER DIRECTED BY WIM WENDERS

  'THE HURRICANE HEIST'

$600 MILLION STOLEN AT 600MPH

The heist begins this Spring in cinemas

What better way to refresh your Monday than with some hurricane? New poster and trailer have been released for catastrophe action movie THE HURRICANE HEIST which should storm into cinemas this spring (February in some parts of Europe, March USA, April the rest of Europe including UK).

Our favourite Australian hunk Ryan Kwanten stars alongside Toby Kebbell and Maggie Grace and 80's TV superstar Ben Cross in an action packed story about thieves who attempt a massive high tech heist against the U.S. Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches one of its Mint facilities.

  'SUBMERGENCE' TRAILER

STARRING JAMES MCAVOY AND ALICIA VIKANDER

The movie is based on J.M.Ledgard's novel

There is also a new trailer and poster for another action drama SUBMERGENCE starring James McAvoy and overly present Alicia Vikander and directed by Wim Wenders. It is out in cinemas this May.

In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, an Englishman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Thousands of miles away in the Greenland Sea, Danielle Flinders prepares to dive in a submersible to the ocean floor. In their confines they are drawn back to the Christmas of the previous year, where a chance encounter on a beach in France led to an intense and enduring romance.

NEW TRAILERS FOR 'TOMB RAIDER' WTH ALICIA VIKANDER AS LARA CROFT AND DOMINIC WEST, 'ALL I SEE IS YOU' WITH BLIND BLAKE LIVELY, 'SIX BELOW' WITH JOSH HARTNETT STUCK ON A SNOWY MOUNTAIN

   'TOMB RAIDER' TRAILER

DOES NOT LOOK GOOD AT ALL!

The first trailer (I shall replace the teaser below with the full trailer as soon as it appears tonight) has been released for the reboot of  TOMB RAIDER which is out next March! This time Alicia Vikander plays famous Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, who must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared. Daddy dearest is played by Dominic West with Daniel Wu also in the cast of the film directed by Roar Uthaug.

   'SIX BELOW' TRAILER

WITH FROZEN JOSH HARTNETT

There's also a new trailer for snowy survival adventure with Josh Hartnett SIX BELOW which is out in cinemas this October also starring Mira Sorvino. Hartnett plays an adrenaline seeking snowboarder who gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival! This exciting survival movie is actually based on a true story! 

   'ALL I SEE IS YOU' TRAILER

WITH BLIND BLAKE LIVELY!

First trailer has also been released for Blake Lively's new movie ALL I SEE IS YOU which is out at the end of October! She plays Gina who, blinded as a child in a nearly fatal car accident, depends on her husband James (Jason Clarke) to be her eyes, a dependence, which appears to solidify their passionate relationship. When Gina is given the opportunity to have a corneal transplant and regains her vision, their life and relationship are upended as Gina now sees the world with a new sense of wonder and independence which James finds threatening.