We have first image from new comedy movie with Imelda Staunton, Michael Patric and Charlie Murphy titled WEST THE ROAD which tells the hilarious and heartfelt story of a group of women brought together by the death of their childhood friend, Margaret. When they discover that she was forced to give her daughter up for adoption at the age of fifteen, the group embark on a journey from the West of Ireland up the Wild Atlantic coastline – accompanied by a donkey called Thatcher – in search of the child so that Margaret’s mother, Bridie, can meet the grandchild she never knew she had. What follows is a story about friendship, love and the unstoppable resolve of women as they rediscover the joy of living.
Although it already aired in Holland earlier this year, eight part action thriller series SAFE HARBOUR will hit Australian SBS August 21st and it is also available from April on ITVX in UK.
THE SERIES FOLLOWS
Tobias (Alfie Allen) and Marco (Martijn Lakemeier whom we watched in Maxima and Marie Antoinette), hackers
who become involved with organised crime when they cross paths with
members of the Irish mob, Sloane (Charlie Murphy) and her brother
Farrell (Jack Gleeson). They employ them to hack into the security
system of Europe's largest shipping port, in Rotterdam, to enable
undetected deliveries of drug shipments. Colm Meaney also stars in the
series originally made for Videoland Dutch streamer service. Check out
the trailer below and tell us what you think, would you watch it?
ALFIE ALLEN, MARTIJN LAKEMEIER AND CHARLIE MURPHY TO LEAD
In a co production between Dutch streamer Videoland and Belgian Streamz, next year will bring us new eight part series SAFE HARBOR with gorgeous Dutch star Martijn Lakemeier (who is also playing the king of Holland in Videoland's Maxima series) in the lead alongside Alfie Allen, Charlie Murhpy and Jack Gleeson. The series follows gifted hacker Tobias (Allen) and his ambitious best friend Marco (Lakemeier), who are intent on cracking into the tech billionaires club. They are plucked from quiet obscurity and plunged headfirst into the chaos of organised crime when they cross paths with the Irish mob. Leading the family’s operations in Holland are Sloane (Murphy) and her brother Farrell (Gleeson), who enlist their services to hack into the security system of Rotterdam harbour, Europe’s largest shipping port, to secure the undetected deliveries of drug shipments.
A big-name star is being sought for a patriarch role, father to Sloane and Farrell, in the Irish mob, as Deadline reports.
I teased you with this one a week or two ago but now we have the full intensely erotic trailer and character photos for new four episode mini series OBSESSION which brings heat to Netflix April 13th! It is based on Josephine Hart's novella Damage which was told from the point of view of the male protagonist, but in this series they take a more feminist angle giving the female lead a deeper story as well to suit the script writer's feminist agenda. Richard Armitage leads the cast as a man who embarks on a steamy secret sex affair with a woman who is supposed to marry his son. Oh, well, cannot say we blame her, who wouldn't
The series will have four episodes
sin with Dicky? If you are still not sure, check out the trailer below to see him full nekkid and very much delicious.
THE NEW SERIES FOLLOWS
a respected London surgeon whose affair with his son’s
fiancée turns into an erotic infatuation that threatens to change their
lives forever! Armitage is William, a doctor who embarks on a passionate affair with his soon-to-be daughter in law, Anna (Charlie Murphy).
Anna is already engaged to William’s son Jay (Rish Shah). She
fights to keep both relationships alive, one with Jay and one with
William, but it is inevitable that the truth will emerge and someone is
going to get hurt.
In the meantime, William finds himself drawn into an obsessive spiral,
unbeknown to his wife Ingrid played by Indira Varma!
WHO ELSE IS IN THE CAST?
Beside them, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Celine Arden, Isla Jackson-Ritchie, Francesca Knight, Gregg Barnett, Victor Pontecorvo, Letty Thomas, Sonera Angel and Kerim Hassan will also be in the cast. The story was previously made into a 90s film with Jeremy Irons, Miranda Richardson, Juliette Binoche, and Rupert Graves.
Since it is very much trendy these days unveiling secrets about royal families, the next one in line is Holland as RTL is preparing MAXIMA six episode drama about the Argentinian-born Dutch Queen Máxima known for her exquisite fashion and elegant outfits. Delfina Chaves and gorgeous
Delfina Chaves will play queen Maxima
Martijn Lakemeier, whom we watched as the queen's platonic lover in Marie Antoinette, have already been set as the leads.The series will start shooting this June in Argentina, New York, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands!
From the moment Máxima Zorreguieta appears at the Dutch crown prince’s
side, she finds herself in the spotlight. When Willem-Alexander asks her
to marry him, the past catches up with her. Heated discussion erupts
about her father’s political career in the Videla regime, a discussion
she never faced in her own circles. What allows this Argentine to
finally thrive at an old European court? And how can Máxima stay true to
herself without giving up her family, or do these things not go
together?
The series will kick off with a present-day storyline starting in 1999
in Seville, when Máxima and Willem-Alexander meet for the first time. It
will then transition into a second storyline set in the past, where we
see how Máxima was prepared for this step her entire life. When the
press catches wind of her relationship with the crown prince, the pair
find themselves on a roller coaster, that only slows down with the
announcement of their engagement in 2001.
NEW MOVIE ADAPTATION
LIES WE SING TO THE SEA
It is Underwood's debut novel
Archery Pictures has acquired movie rights to Sarah Underwood's best selling novel LIES WE SING TO THE SEA. Ripley Parker has been set to adapt it. This magical coming-of-age novel is set in Ancient Greece and is inspired by the myth of Penelope’s hanged maids. In the cursed kingdom of Ithaca, each spring brings the hanging of twelve young women, a tithe to the vengeful Poseidon. But when Leto awakens from her death on the shore of a magical island, its enigmatic keeper Melantho tells her that she has been chosen by the Gods to break Ithaca’s curse. Leto must return home and kill the prince.
OBSESSION NETFLIX SERIES
STARRING RICHARD ARMITAGE
Netflix has revealed first images from their new steamy series OBSESSION which will air its three episodes this April with Richard Armitage playing a respected London surgeon whose affair with his son’s fiancée turns into an erotic infatuation that threatens to change their lives forever! Armitage is William, a doctor who embarks on a passionate affair with his soon-to-be daughter in law, Anna (Charlie Murphy).
Anna is already engaged to William’s son Martyn. She fights to keep both relationships alive, one with Martyn and one with William, but it is inevitable that the truth will emerge and someone is going to get hurt.
In the meantime, William finds himself drawn into an obsessive spiral, unbeknown to his wife Ingrid. Indira Varma also stars in the April 13th series.
If you are wondering what on Earth will we watch after The Last Kingdom, don't worry as new medieval fun is coming up soon. As Variety reports,
The series is done by Sony Television
WARLORD CHRONICLES from Bernard Cornwell will be adapted by Bad Wolf into a ten episode THE WINTER KING series. The series, which will begin shooting this year in UK, presents a revisionist take on the Arthurian legends, circling around Arthur Pendragon as he evolves from outcast son to legendary warrior and leader.
The books are set in the 5th century, long before Britain was united, in a land of warring factions and tribes when the world was brutal and lives were often fleeting. Halo's Otto Bathurst is coproducing and directing as well. The series, originally announced at Epix, is envisioned as having more seasons.
SEA OF TRANQUILITY
TO GET TV ADAPTATION
Television adaptation also awaits Emily St. John Mandel's novel SEA OF TRANQUILITY, whose Station Eleven you are currently
The book is out on your spy's birthday
watching on HBO, also for HBO Max. Out April 12th, it is a novel of art, time, love, and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony on the moon three hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and space.
When Gaspery Jacques Roberts, a detective in the black skied Night City, is hired to investigate an anomaly in the North American wilderness, he uncovers a series of lives upended: The exiled son of an earl driven to madness, a writer trapped far from home as a pandemic ravages Earth, and a childhood friend from the Night City who, like Gaspery himself, has glimpsed the chance to do something extraordinary that will disrupt the timeline of the universe.
DEADLINE TV SERIES
READY TO START TONIGHT
Starting from tonight, Tuesday April 5th, British Channel 5 will air their new thriller mini series DEADLINE in four consecutive nights. It follows elusive widow Natalie Varga (Charlie Murphy) who stands accused of murdering her husband in cold blood and the court of public opinion has already decided she’s guilty as charged. But Natalie is a difficult woman to get a handle on as she’s perfected the art of adapting to her surroundings. After surviving a traumatic childhood, Natalie studied at Cambridge University and having escaped her roots she’s become adept at switching from warm to aloof and from relatable to untouchable.
James Aiden (James D’Arcy) is an investigative journalist with one serious black mark on his career copybook already. He’s now looking for redemption and decides to interview Natalie for his documentary. However he soon falls for the very femme fatale he’s supposed to be profiling and loses his grip on reality. Can James unravel fact from fiction or will his own feelings prove to be the barrier to the truth?
BBC has finally released a trailer for their December 29th two hours TV drama on Bronte sisters TO WALK INVISIBLE which tells the story behind these three women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language. The one-off drama has been both written and directed by Sally Wainwright.
WE MUST WALK INVISIBLE
The drama sees Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte face a bleak future,
with their father half-blind and troubled brother Branwell in decline.
As their situation worsens, Charlotte sees that writing could offer a
way out. This is the story of the sisters' great novels and their
extraordinary battle for recognition.
JONATHAN PRYCE AND CHARLIE MURPHY LEAD THE CAST Jonathan Pryce plays the role of the Brontë sisters’ father, Patrick, and is joined by Chloe Pirrie as Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë. Finn Atkins portrays ambitious older sister Charlotte who wrote Jane Eyre and Charlie Murphy plays the determined, level headed younger sister Anne the author of novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall. Their reckless brother Branwell, whose destructive behaviour threatened to destroy his family, is played by always great Adam Nagaitis. Young British stars Joe Armstrong and Luke Newberry also star.
BBC has revealed the first cast photo for their upcoming drama series TO WALK INVISIBLE which takes a new look at Bronte sisters, who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language. Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë is played by Chloe Pirrie, Jane Eyre author Charlotte by Finn Atkins with their youngest sister Anne played by Charlie Murphy. Their brilliant but reckless brother Branwell, whose destructive behaviour threatened to destroy his family, will be played by Adam Nagaitis. Jonathan Pryce plays their father.
'SALT AND FIRE' TRAILER
WITH GAEL GARCIA BERNAL AND MICHAEL SHANON
The first trailer launched this week is an international one for Werner Herzog's SALT AND FIRE starring Michael Shannon and Gael Garcia Bernal.
A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster. The movie, which was shot in just a little bit more than two weeks, is out in German cinemas next month and in French ones from December!
embark on a journey from the West of Ireland up the Wild Atlantic coastline – accompanied by a donkey called Thatcher – in search of the child so that Margaret’s mother, Bridie, can meet the grandchild she never knew she had. What follows is a story about friendship, love and the unstoppable resolve of women as they rediscover the joy of living.
embark on a journey from the West of Ireland up the Wild Atlantic coastline – accompanied by a donkey called Thatcher – in search of the child so that Margaret’s mother, Bridie, can meet the grandchild she never knew she had. What follows is a story about friendship, love and the unstoppable resolve of women as they rediscover the joy of living.
