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The series starts November 8th on Apple

Apple TV Plus has unveiled first trailer and air date for their new period set drama THE BUCCANEERS which will open with three episodes on November 8th and will then air the rest weekly. I have to say the cast in the trailer looks godawful, at least the younger part of it, such a sad miscast of mediocre faces and talentless brats.

 

THE SMALL SCREEN

 adaptation of Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel of the same name, has the story set in 1870s London. It follows a group of fun-loving young American girls who explode into the tightly corseted London season and kick off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a disregard for centuries of tradition. Sent to secure husbands and titles, the buccaneers’ hearts are set on much more than that, and saying “I do” is just the beginning! The cast does not boast a lot of famous names, but Christina Hendricks stars as Mrs. St. George, Josh Dylan as Lord Richard Marable, Guy Remmers as Theo, Duke of Tintagel, Matthew Broome as Guy Thwarte and Barney Fishwick as Lord James Seadown. Check out the colourful trailer below and tell us what you think:

APPLE UNVEILS FIRST IMAGES AND AIR DATE FOR THE BUCCANEERS 19TH CENTURY SET COSTUME TV DRAMA!

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FIRST IMAGES AND AIR DATE

Apple TV Plus has unveiled first images and air date for their new period set drama THE BUCCANEERS which will open with three episodes on November 8th and will then air the rest weekly. The small screen adaptation of Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel of the same name, has the story set in 1870s London. It follows a group of fun-loving young American girls who explode into the tightly corseted London season and kick off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a disregard for centuries of tradition. Sent to secure husbands and titles, the buccaneers’ hearts are set on much more than that, and saying “I do” is just the beginning! The cast does not boast a lot of famous names, but Christina Hendricks stars as Mrs. St. George, Josh Dylan as Lord Richard Marable, Guy Remmers as Theo, Duke of Tintagel, Matthew Broome as Guy Thwarte and Barney Fishwick as Lord James Seadown.

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 2023 PERIOD SET SERIES 

THE ULTIMATE LIST IS HERE

Well, it is not especially ultimate as, unlike 2022 that gave us quite a lot of shows on queens and empresses, freshly launched 2023 looks rather bleak when it comes to our favourite period set genre. Out of the returning shows we

Django should start very soon on Sky

can expect new seasons of Valhalla, Wheel of Time, Serpent Queen, Sisi, Empress, Gilded Age, Domina and Sanditon, but here are the new ones: Sky should finally launch its wild west set adventure DJANGO starring Matthias Schoenaerts as the legendary gunslinger searching for his daughter. FX might finally bring us the new adaptation of SHOGUN sometime this year starring Cosmo Jarvis as the 17th century sailor who becomes a samurai. Hiroyuki Sanada and Tadanobu Asano also star. BBC will probably give us GALLOWS POLE set in the 18th century industrial revolution in Yorkshire, and possibly TEN POUND POMS with Michelle Keegan in which a group of Brits leave post-

A sneaky spy peek into Ten Pound Poms set

war Britain in 1956 to embark on an adventure in Australia. Amazon Prime Video has already set cast for MY LADY JANE which brings the history of the saddest queen of England ever - she ruled just a few weeks. Dominic Cooper stars.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM ITV?

British channel ITV and their newly launched streamer ITVX are to bring us TOM JONES series which will also air on PBS Masterpiece this spring starring Solly McLeod as the titular hero of the four part picaresque

Tom Jones will have just four episodes this spring

story about young man's complicated journey to find real love in the 18th century England. We might also get to see Iain De Caestercker as King Arthur in THE WINTER KING in which a former warrior now turned monk, tells the story of how Arthur became the lord of war despite the illegitimacy of his throne.

2023 OFFER FROM NETFLIX

Netflix does not really have much in offer from the genre. February should bring us Italian series THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET with Matilda de Angelis. Forbidden from practicing law, a woman prepares an appeal to overturn the court's decision in this true 19th century story of Lidia Poët, Italy's first female lawyer. Poe's THE FALL OF THE HOUSE

Lidia Poet will start this February on Netflix

OF USHER should also arrive to the streamer sometime this year starring Bruce Greenwood, Zach Gilford, Mark Hamil and Carla Gugino.

 

  FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

Beside the new season of Catherine the Great series, this time titled VELIKAYA: THE GOLDEN AGE in which Liza Boyarska takes over the

Liza Boyarskaya is new Catherine the Great in Velikaya

role of the Russian empress in the later years of her rule,  we will also see Catherine the Great, this time played by Irina Pegova, in THE IMPERIAL

Irina Pegova is Catherine in The Imperial Vaccination

VACCINATION about the time when Catherine had to make her people accept the first flu vaccines by taking it first herself. That one will air on Russia 1 broadcaster sometime this year.

APPLE TO LEAD THE GENRE

Surprisingly enough, Apple TV Plus will probably dominate the genre this year. They have THE BUCCANEERS set in the 1870s when a bunch of rich American girls are trying to find a posh English husband during

First look at The Buccaneers TV series set

the London debutante season. They should also show us THE NEW LOOK in which Ben Mendelhson and Juliette Binoche play Dior and Coco Chanel in the story that explores the rise of fashion designer Christian Dior, as

Ben Mendehlson as Dior in The New Look

he dethrones Coco Chanel and helps return spirit and life to the world with his iconic imprint of beauty and influence. Hugo Becker, John Malkovich and

Masters of the Air continues Band of Brothers anthology

Emily Mortimer also star. It is possibly that we will also finally see MASTERS OF THE AIR which follows the American bombers during the

Jason Momoa will be Chief of War

WW2 with Callum Turner and Austen Butler in the lead roles. Jason Momoa is, meanwhile, bringing CHIEF OF WAR about the historical struggle for power on his islands of Hawaii. 

  WHAT IS DISNEY PREPARING

We are also not used to getting costume drama from Disney Plus, but this year they are bringing us THE BALLAD OF RENEGADE NELL about an 18th century female renegade who will cross paths with Queen Anne and play

Shazad Latif as captain Nemo in Nautilus

a role in the power struggles that were being played out over the European battlefields. We might also see Shazad Latif as Captain Nemo in

The Lions of Sicily first look at the sets

NAUTILUS epic TV seafaring adventure and also the adaptation of THE LIONS OF SICILY which follows the 19th century Florio family which turned a small shop in Sicily into a flourish business activity that became an

Balenciaga might be scraped due to the recent scandal

economic empire! Disney should also give us BALENCIAGA series about the famous Spanish designer and fashion legend it if hasn't been cancelled due to the recent scandal.

RISE OF THE RAVEN

Now, I am not sure this one will be done for airing this year, but it might: RISE OF THE RAVEN is this year's most expensive epic series from Central Europe done for Hungarian TV2, Austrian ORF and our dear Beta Film. Based on Bán Mór’s bestselling novels, the ten part series follows Hungarian warrior Janos Hunyadi, who defeated the Ottoman army in 1456 at the Battle of Belgrade, halting its march across Europe. Set among the scandals, political power plays and court intrigues of medieval Europe, the $30 million series is nevertheless a human story at heart, with Gellért L. Kádár playing Hunyadi, and Vivien Rujder as his life partner, Elizabeth Szilagyi. Laurence Rupp, Murathan Muslu and Rade Sherbedgia also star.

RUPERT EVERETT, MALCOLM MCDOWELL, KIM ROSSI STEWART TO LEAD AMAZON'S MONEY HEIST SERIES EVERYBODY LOVES DIAMONDS! CHRIS PINE, HUGH GRANT, REGE JEAN PAGE IN DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS TRAILER! BUCCANEERS PERIOD SET SERIES ADS SOME GENTS

 EVERYBODY LOVES DIAMONDS

RUPERT EVERETT, MALCOLM MCDOWELL JOIN ITALIAN SERIES

To be aired next year by Amazon Prime Video in more than 250 countries around the world is EVERYBODY LOVES DIAMONDS high-end show about a group of thieves led by Sicilian mastermind Leonardo Notarbartolo (insanely gorgeous Kim Rossi Stewart) who in 2003 managed to circumvent the advanced security system of the Antwerp Diamond Center and steal precious stones worth more than $100 million. Rupert Everett and Malcolm McDowell will also star in this series spanning different periods and decades.

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ADS SOME BOYS TO THE CAST

After Christina Hendricks a few days ago, Apple TV has now added some gents to the cast of their period set series THE BUCCANEERS about a group of fun-loving young American girls exploding into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash and

Josh Dylan, Guy Remmers, Barney Fishwick, Matthew Broome

the disregard of centuries of tradition. Josh Dylan will play Lord Richard Marable, a repressed English lord swept up in a holiday romance with fiery American heiress Conchita. Guy Remmers is English bachelor Theo, Duke of Tintagel, Matthew Broome is charming English playboy Guy Thwarte and Barney Fishwick is Marable’s brother Lord James Seadown.

 DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS 

HONOR AMONG THIEVES TRAILER

Launching Comic Con this year is first trailer for video game movie adaptation DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES which arrives next March starring Chris Pine, Hugh Grant, Rege Jean  Page and Michelle Rodrigues. A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.

CHRISTINA HENDRICKS JOINS APPLE'S PERIOD SET TV SERIES ADAPTATION OF EDITH WHARTON'S THE BUCCANEERS

 CHRISTINA HENDRICKS JOINS 

APPLE'S THE BUCCANEERS PERIOD SET TV SERIES

Apple TV plus continues casting for their small screen adaptation of Edith Wharton's THE BUCCANEERS by adding Christina Hendricks to previously

Christina Hendricks will star

announced Kristine Froseth, Alisha Boe, Aubri Ibrag, Imogen Waterhouse and Kate Winslet's daughter Mia Threapleton.

  The series will follow a group of fun loving young American girls who explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a disregard for centuries of tradition. Sent to secure husbands and titles, the buccaneers’ hearts are set on much more than that, and saying ‘I do’ is just the beginning.

Christina Hendricks’ Mrs. St. George is the mother of buccaneers Nan and Jinny. As a girl she was the belle of the ball herself, before she even dreamt of having money. Then when her husband struck gold on Wall Street, she found herself wealthy beyond her wildest dreams but in real danger of being the kind of social-climbing outsider that used to bemuse her. Above all else, she wants her daughters to be happy, but soon they’ll discover that marriage might not be the key to that happiness… for any of them.

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If you asked me what is the one thing I'd never ever in million years want it is probably a bunch of silly American girls thrown into a posh European costume drama, but it seems Apple TV + is set to give us just that turning the

The Buccaneers is Wharton's unfinished novel

nightmare into reality: they've given an order for an eight episode series based on Edith Wharton's unfinished novel THE BUCCANEERS and they've gone as far as to cast Kristine Froseth, Alisha Boe,  the godawful Josie Totah, Aubri Ibrag, Imogen Waterhouse and Mia Threapleton in the title roles.

  Girls with money, men with power. New money, old secrets. A group of fun loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition. Sent to secure husbands and titles, the buccaneers’ hearts are set on much more

Alisha Boe, Aubri Ibrag and Kristine Froseth will star

than that, and saying ‘I do’ is just the beginning. Created by Katherine Jakeways, the series is already shooting over in Scotland. The book was already turned into a series back in 2006 starring Carla Gugino, Cherie Lunghi and Mira Sorvino.

 FISHERMAN'S FRIENDS 

ONE AND ALL SEQUEL TRAILER

Singing Fishermen are back this August

Although the first one wasn't anything to write home about, warm comedy drama FISHERMAN'S FRIENDS has got a ONE AND ALL sequel which is ready to sing its way into cinemas August 19th with James Purefoy again taking the lead role from the 2019 unexpected cinematic hit about a music loving band of fishermen who suddenly score a UK charts hit with their sailor tunes. We rejoin the world's oldest 'buoy band' a year later struggling to navigate the pressures, pitfalls and temptations of their newfound fame. The sequel follows the celebrated shanty singers through the highs and lows as life-long friendships are put to the test and they battle the dreaded 'curse of the second album'. Follow the true story of the band's next real-life adventure, performing at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival alongside the likes of Beyoncé.