THOSE ABOUT TO DIE
EPIC SERIES ADS NEW CAST
And what a cast it is shaping up to be: joining previously announced
Anthony Hopkins as the Roman emperor and
Tom Hughes as his son, in
Peacock's
THOSE ABOUT TO DIE series set in the complex and corrupt world of ancient Rome’s gladiatorial competition, are
Iwan Rheon, who
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Iwan Rheon and Rupert Penry Jones have joined the cast
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replaces Lorenzo Richelmy as ambitious crime boss Tenax,
Liraz Charhi as Berenice, queen of the conquered Judea’s held captive in Rome,
Johannes Haukur Johannesson as imposing Norse gladiator Viggo and
Rupert Penry-Jones as Marsus, a wealthy patrician and retired general who desire’s
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Liraz Charhi and Pepe Barroso will also star in the series
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the throne.
Eneko Sagardoy, Pepe Barroso and
Goncalo Almeida will play the Corsi brothers, while
Kyshan Wilson is female gladiator in training Aura.
Alicia Edogamhe plays a slave who is sold to Marsus and Antonia (
Gabriella Pession). Roland Emmerich is directing.
VINCENT CASSEL TO LEAD
SAINT EX MOVIE WITH LOUIS GARREL AND DIANE KRUGER
After our spotlight on the
Musketeers yesterday, we are staying in France today as well since
Vincent Cassel, Louis Garrel and
Diane Kruger have been cast in
StudioCanal's
SAINT EX period set drama movie. Set in 1930 it centres around Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, an Airmail

pilot in Argentina. When his best friend who happens to be Airmail’s best pilot Henri Guillaumet disappears in the Andes, Saint-Ex decides to set out in search of him, against all odds. This impossible quest forces him to push beyond his limits, turning his capacity to dream into his greatest strength.
RAVEL'S BIOPIC BOLERO
SETS MAIN MOVIE CAST
CineEuropa reports that
Anne Fontaine has cast
Raphael Personnaz, Vincent Perez and
Jeanne Balibar in her biopic on Maurice Ravel titled
BOLERO.
Doria Tillier, Emmanuelle Devos, Suzanne Clement and
Sophie Guillemin will also star.
Netflix will stream the film

that looks back at the origins of the Bolero, when it was nothing but a simple command made by choreographer Ida Rubinstein to Maurice Ravel. The latter obeys as if a kind of exercise. But as the composition advances the work takes on a wholly unexpected dimension, reminding the musician of his demons but also the wonders he has worked...