NEW MOVIE ROLES FOR LUKE BRACEY, BRYAN BROWN, GREGG SULKIN, TOM BATEMAN, MARK SHEEN, JAIME PRESSLY, GEMMA WHELAN

   CASTING NEWS REEL  

LUKE BRACEY IN OUVERTURE

I have a number of fresh casting news for you  today so I am putting them all in one news bulletin post: over in Australia Bruce Beresford is preparing a comedy movie OUVERTURE in which Luke Bracey plays a successful stage designer who returns to his small Australian hometown to say goodbye to his dying mother. Bryan Brown, Susie Porter and Celia Massingham will also star.

GREGG SULKIN IN THE PET NUP

Meanwhile, Gregg Sulkin, Emeraude Toubia, Halston Sage and Jaime Pressly have joined Elaine Del Valle's romantic comedy THE PET NUP: While a recently divorced couple navigates new life and love apart, the arrangement in their “Pet-Nup” forces them to extremes as they fight for custody of the one thing in their life that can’t be split in two: their dog. 

STARS FOR NEW KENNETH BRANAGH FILM

Although the plot is kept under wraps for some reason, Kenneth Branagh has gathered a number of known names for his latest movie production THE LAST DISTURBANCE OF MADELINE HYNDE. This contemporary psychological so far has Patricia Arquette, Michael Sheen, Tom Bateman, Vicky McClure, Michael Balogun, Kristina Tonteri-Young and Karla Crome in the cast alongside Aiysha Hart and Gemma Whelan.

SPOOKY GHOSTS IN NETFLIX' NEW SERIES THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR WITH OLIVER JACKSON COHEN AND AUSTRALIAN HUNGRY GHOSTS SERIES WITH BRYAN BROWN, RYAN CORR

     NETFLIX SPOOKY SERIES

THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR

Although we live in some very spooky times as it is, I'm sure a lot of you still like to be a little frightened by the shows you watch. Two of such on offer today: first up, Netflix has revealed that their THE HAUNTING OF BLY

The Haunting starts this Autumn at Netflix

MANOR will air this Autumn as a spin off of their series The Haunting of Hill House based on Henry James' novel The Turn of the Screw but will have elements from his other novels too. Oliver Jackson  Cohen will again lead the cast but this time in some other role.

The Story Takes Place mostly in 1987, starring Victoria Pedretti as the sunny American tutor Dani Clayton, who hopes to escape her own painful past by taking a job at the stately mansion looking after the Wingrave children — volatile Miles (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) and cheerful Flora (Amelie Bea Smith). Henry Thomas plays the wealthy uncle of the two orphaned children who wants little to do

Oliver Jackson Cohen starred in the original series as well

with the estate or the son and daughter of his late brother, but is content to support them from afar, so long as he doesn’t have to visit the manor himself. Oliver Jackson Cohen is his calculating business associate who tends to take whatever he wants from Bly Manor, regardless of permission.

     'HUNGRY GHOSTS'

A FOUR DAY SPOOKY TV EVENT

There is another spooky series that is already airing over at Australian SBS in four consecutive nights this week. HUNGRY GHOSTS is a four

Hungry Ghost have started this Sunday

part mini series set among a Vietnamese Australian community where the trauma of the Vietnam War is reawakened in the form of ghosts. Starring, among others, legendary Bryan Brown, Clare Bowen and Ryan Corr, the supernatural drama explores three generations of Vietnamese Australian families, all haunted by the traumatic events of war, and opens on the eve of the Hungry Ghost Festival when a vengeful spirit is unleashed, bringing the dead with him. As the ghosts wreak havoc, reclaiming lost loves and repaying old grudges, a young woman who’s never taken responsibility for who she could be must finally step up and accept her destiny.

TRAILER FOR LAST YEAR'S MOST POPULAR NEW AUSTRALIAN SERIES BLOOM SECOND SEASON IS HERE WITH BRYAN BROWN, JACKIE WEAVER

  'BLOOM' SEASON 2 TRAILER

PLANT OF YOUTH BLOOMS AGAIN

When Australian streaming service Stan released their supernatural series BLOOM last year they probably did not expect it would become such a hit and bring them so many awards, but it did and now we can expect the

Season two of Bloom will soon stream at Stan

second season soon for which Stan has released first photos and a trailer. As you remember Bryan Brown led the cast in the story set in an idyllic country

Legendary Australian star Bryan Brown leads the cast again as Ray

town after a mysterious new plant is discovered with the ability to restore youth after a devastating flood. The first season cast (which featured some of Australia's best young actors such as Ryan Corr, Daniel Henshall, Sam

The second season will also consist of six episodes like the first one

Reid, Jacob Collins Levy and Angus McLaren) will now be joined by Jacqueline McKenzie, Gary Sweet, Bella Heathcote, Toby Schmitz and Jackson Heywood! The series streams from April 9th!

Season Two Begins
 after some time has passed and news of the miracle has spread. This time around the plant itself has transformed and the experience and its side effects

Two time Oscar nominee Jackie Weaver plays older Gwen

are far more severe. With the town’s secret having leaked, Anne Carter (Jacqueline McKenzie) – the former CEO of a biotech company – arrives

Jackson Heywood will play Bryan Brown's character Ray in his youth

in Mullan with her young daughter and her friend’s teenage son, Luke (Ed Oxenbould), for a tree-change. But it’s only her cover story. John Melvin

Toby Schmitz will be the troubled new priest in town

(Toby Schmitz), the troubled new priest is trying hard to rally faith and is desperate for a miracle from God. While beloved former actress, Gwen Reed

Phoebe  Tonkin returns as Gwen after she ate the magical berry

(Jacki Weaver/ Phoebe Tonkin), has cheated death once again, but at what cost? As news of a “second generation” plant emerges, a battle between nature, science, and faith erupts.

BRYAN BROWN, SAM NEILL, RICHARD E. GRANT, GRETA SCACCHI ARE FRIENDS WHO REFUSE TO GET OLD IN BEAUTIFUL PALM BEACH AUSTRALIAN COMEDY TRAILER!

'PALM BEACH' TRAILER

SOME FRIENDSHIPS LAST A LIFETIME, SOME SECRETS DON'T

I don't know about you, but I just cannot imagine a movie year without at least one good Australian film which pops out of nowhere and charms

Palm Beach is out August 8th Down Under

our hearts away with its light hearted, uplifting, warm nature. It seems PALM BEACH will be the one this year, coming out August 8 in Australia, directed by Rachel Ward with a lineup of both Australian and International stars, Bryan Brown, Greta Scacchi, Sam Neill, Jacqueline Mackenzie, Heather Mitchell, and Richard E Grant.

PALM BEACH, set in Sydney’s iconic Northern Beaches, is a heartwarming story which sees a group of lifelong friends with a lifetime of history reunite for one very special occasion. The good times roll in one of Australia’s most

Famous Australian actress Rachel Ward directs the movie!

idyllic settings, with loads of laughter, lavish meals, flowing wine and music. However not all is smooth sailing as slowly tensions begin to mount and deep secrets arise, posing questions about the rich history this group once shared.

SUPER ATMOSPHERIC TRAILER FOR NEW AUSTRALIAN FANTASY SERIES BLOOM ABOUT YOUTH RESTORING PLANT WITH BRYAN BROWN, RYAN CORR, SAM REID, JACKI WEAVER

'BLOOM' TV SERIES

YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG... TWICE!

Here's a highly unusual trailer for you: it is for Australian Stan streaming service new sf mystery thriller six episode series BLOOM which was out New

The series opened on Stan New Year's Day!

Year's Day there. Starring an all star Australian cast including Bryan Brown, Ryan Corr, Sam Reid, Jacki Weaver, Jacob Collins Levy, Phoebe Tonkin, it is set a year after a devastating flood has killed five locals in an idyllic country town, when a mysterious new plant suddenly appears. The plant's phenomenal ability to restore youth is so formidable that attempting to harness it means re-evaluating values. It'a a miracle and some are even prepared to kill for it.