BBC AND PBS REVEAL WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT EPIC SERIES TRAILER WITH DAMIAN LEWIS, MARK RYLANCE, JONATHAN PRYCE, TIMOTHY SPALL, ALEX JENNINGS, CHARLIE ROWE

   WOLF HALL SERIES TRAILER   

FOR THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT SEQUEL

BBC and PBS Masterpiece have released a trailer for the sequel to their classic costume drama WOLF HALL now titled THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT which finished shooting back in April and is set to air over in United Kingdom from November 10th as their new Sunday evening series, and over

Charlie Rowe as Gregory Cromwell

in United States later next March, based on Hilary Mantel's historical novels. You can check out the trailer below and tell us what you think, will you be tuning in next weekend?

 

  THE STORY IS NOW SET IN MAY 1536. 

Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, is dead. As the axe drops, Thomas Cromwell emerges from the bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour. Cromwell, a man with only his wits to rely on, has no great family to back him, and no private army. Navigating the moral complexities that accompany the exercise of power in this brutal and bloody time, Cromwell is caught between his desire to do what is right and his instinct to survive. But in the wake of Henry VIII having executed his queen, no one is safe. Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry’s regime to breaking point, Cromwell’s robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. All of England lies at his feet, ripe for innovation and religious reform. But as fortune’s wheel turns, Cromwell’s enemies are gathering in the shadows. The inevitable question remains: how long can anyone survive under Henry’s cruel and capricious gaze?

 

NEW SERIES IMAGES SHOW

Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, Damian Lewis as King Henry VIII, Kate Phillips as Jane Seymour, Lilit Lesser as Princess Mary, Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Wolsey, Harriet Walter as Lady Margaret Pole, Harry Melling as Thomas Wriothesley, Timothy Spall as the Duke of Norfolk, Alex Jennings as Stephen Gardiner and Charlie Rowe as Gregory Cromwell. Eagerly awaited and years in the making, THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT will trace the final four years of Cromwell’s life, completing his journey from self-made man to the most feared, influential figure of his time. Cromwell is as complex as he is unforgettable: a politician and a fixer, a diplomat and a father, a man who both defied and defined his age.

 

SEE JOHN MALKOVICH IN FIRST IMAGES FROM THE YELLOW TIE BIOPIC WITH SEAN BEAN, CHARLIE ROWE, MIRANDA RICHARDSON, BEN SCHNETZER

    THE YELLOW TIE  

FIRST IMAGES FROM THE BIOPIC

Variety has got their hands on the first images from Sergiu Celibidache biopic THE YELLOW TIE in which John Malkovich plays the famous Romanian conductor. The movie, offered to buyers in Cannes currently, spans seven decades of his life with Sean Bean, Ben Schnetzer, Charlie Rowe, Miranda Richardson and Anton Lesser also in the cast. 

 

THE YELLOW TIE FOLLOWS

 the extraordinary life of Sergiu Celibidache (John Malkovich, Ben Schnetzer), one of the most celebrated classical music conductors of the twentieth century. He was a unique artist, revered and misunderstood in equal measure. From his childhood in Romania under the draconian authority of a disciplinarian father (Sean Bean), to his painful flight from home to pursue his dream of a career in music, his struggle for survival in wartime Germany, and his rise, fall, and rise again, in an unimaginable career and life path, spanning seven decades and all four corners of the globe.

 

BBC AND PBS REVEAL 1ST WOLFHALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT EPIC SERIES IMAGES WITH DAMIAN LEWIS, MARK RYLANCE, JONATHAN PRYCE, TIMOTHY SPALL, ALEX JENNINGS, CHARLIE ROWE

  FIRST WOLFHALL IMAGES  

FROM THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT SEQUEL

Charlie Rowe as Gregory Cromwell

BBC and PBS Masterpiece have released first images from the sequel to their classic costume drama WOLF HALL now titled THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT which has just finished shooting and is set to air sometime later this year, I imagine in Autumn or Winter based on Hilary Mantel's historical novels. 

 

  STORY IS SET IN MAY 1536. 

Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, is dead. As the axe drops, Thomas Cromwell emerges from the bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour. Cromwell, a man with only his wits to rely on, has no great family to back him, and no private army. Navigating the moral complexities that accompany the exercise of power in this brutal and bloody time, Cromwell is caught between his desire to do what is right and his instinct to survive. But in the wake of Henry VIII having executed his queen, no one is safe. Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry’s regime to breaking point, Cromwell’s robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. All of England lies at his feet, ripe for innovation and religious reform. But as fortune’s wheel turns, Cromwell’s enemies are gathering in the shadows. The inevitable question remains: how long can anyone survive under Henry’s cruel and capricious gaze?

 

NEW SERIES IMAGES SHOW

Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, Damian Lewis as King Henry VIII, Kate Phillips as Jane Seymour, Lilit Lesser as Princess Mary, Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Wolsey, Harriet Walter as Lady Margaret Pole, Harry Melling as Thomas Wriothesley, Timothy Spall as the Duke of Norfolk, Alex Jennings as Stephen Gardiner and Charlie Rowe as Gregory Cromwell. Eagerly awaited and years in the making, THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT will trace the final four years of Cromwell’s life, completing his journey from self-made man to the most feared, influential figure of his time. Cromwell is as complex as he is unforgettable: a politician and a fixer, a diplomat and a father, a man who both defied and defined his age.

FULL CAST REVEALED FOR WOLF HALL: MIRROR AND LIGHT EPIC SERIES! TIMOTHY SPALL, HARRIET WALTER, ALEX JENNINGS, WILL TUDOR, CHARLIE ROWE JOIN

 WOLF HALL FINAL SEASON 

ANNOUNCES FULL CAST

BBC and Masterpiece PBS have announced further casting for WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT series which has previously announced, Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Jonathan Pryce as the leads of the six-part series! New in the cast are Harriet Walter as Lady Margaret

Charlie Rowe, Alex Jennings, Timothy Spall

Pole, Timothy Spall as the Duke of Norfolk, Harry Melling as Thomas Wriothesley. Reprising their roles will be Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Rafe Sadler, Joss Porter as Richard Cromwell, James Larkin as Master Treasurer Fitzwilliam, Richard Dillane as the Duke of Suffolk, Will Keen as

Joss Porter, Will Tudor and Hubert Burton

Archbishop Cranmer, and Hannah Steele as Mary Shelton. Also joining are Alex Jennings as Stephen Gardiner, Lydia Leonard as Lady Jane Rochford, Charlie Rowe as Gregory Cromwell, Will Tudor as Edward Seymour, Thomas Arnold as Hans Holbein, Agnes O’Casey as Lady

Hannah Steele, Thomas Brodie Sangster, Lydia Leonard

Margaret Douglas, Hubert Burton as Thomas Howard the Lesser, Pip Carter as Sir Geoffrey Pole, Sarah Priddy as Lady Margery Seymour,  Summer Richards as Catherine Howard, and Dana Herfurth as Anne of Cleves. In the series finale, Cromwell is caught between his desire to do what is right and his instinct to survive. But in the wake of Henry VIII having executed his queen, no one is safe.

TARON EGERTON IS ELTON JOHN IN FANTASY BIOPIC ROCKETMAN WITH RICHARD MADDEN, JAMIE BELL, BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD! MARCO POLO'S PRODUCER TO MAKE HISPANIOLA EPIC TV SERIES ON COLUMBUS

'HISPANIOLA' EPIC TV SERIES

Hispaniola is based on Hans Koning's book

ON INFAMOUS CHRISTO- PHER COLUMBUS

 Marco Polo's writer John Fusco is set to produce another epic saga for TV! He will turn Hans Koning's novel Columbus: His Enterprise: Exploding the Myth into an epic series titled HISPANIOLA! Cavalry Media has envisioned it as a premium drama about unchecked power and the madness and brilliance bred by its pursuit. Based on Koning’s 1991 book, it will tell the brutal true story of Christopher Columbus and the first Wild West frontier, the tropical Caribbean island of Hispaniola that now encompasses the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Hispaniola is the site of the first permanent European settlement in the Americas, founded by Columbus on his voyages in 1492 and 1493.

'ROCKETMAN' TRAILER

TARON EGERTON IS ELTON JOHN

First full trailer and a poster arrive from United Kingdom for Elton John's ROCKETMAN, a movie inspired by his life. Taron Egerton (who actually

Rocketman will fly from May 31st!

sings all Elton's songs in the movie) plays Elton himself, with Jamie Bell playing Elton's long time composer Bernie Taupin, our dear Richard Madden as Elton's manager and lover John Reid and Bryce Dallas Howard as Elton's mother Sheila Farebrother. Charlie Rowe, Steven Mackintosh, Tate Donovan also star. The movie is not a classic biopic like Bohemian Rhapsody was, but a fantasy musical in which Elton's most famous songs were used to express important beats in his life at emotional moments describing how he went from a shy small town pianist to world's biggest pop superstar.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON VICTORIAN TV SAGA 'VANITY FAIR' WITH OLIVIA COOKE, TOM BATEMAN, CHARLIE ROWE, SURRANE JONES, FRANCES DE LA TOUR! MEET ALL THE CHARACTERS!

   'VANITY FAIR' VICTORIAN SAGA

OPENS AUTUMN TV SEASON!

Vanity Fair starts tonight on British ITV!

Believe it or not, Autumn unofficially starts today and the first historical series to open the new season tonight on ITV is the latest small screen adaptation of William Thackeray's novel VANITY FAIR (if I got it right it will also start airing this month on HBO cable channels around the world and will air for US audience later on at Amazon). The story is set in the Napoleonic era following the destiny of resourceful Becky Sharp played by Olivia Cooke. The second episode airs as soon as Monday, and the rest of the series will air next five Sundays.

   WHAT DID YOUR SPY THINK?

Largely disappointing, with uninspired direction and the use of natural light which steals any atmosphere from the show already bland due to the lack of music, dynamics and good script. Some of the performances are shockingly bad (Surrane Jones for example), while most of the actors appear just lost without any direction. The series which lacks in heart and dazzle, something a Vanity Fair, should definitely have! Dull and pointless is our verdict.

WHAT'S THE STORY?  
The seven part drama coming from Poldark's and Victoria's Mammoth Screen, is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows

The series will also start this month on HBO world cable channels

modern heroine Becky Sharp as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society. Her story of villainy, crime,

The series will air in seven hourlong episodes!

merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting and dancing, takes her all the way to the court of King George IV, via the Battle of Waterloo, breaking hearts and losing fortunes as she goes.

BECKY SHARP

is played by Olivia Cooke. Born to a French opera dancer and a poor, drunken artist, she is orphaned as a teenager and accepted at Miss Pinkerton’s academy for young ladies to teach French in exchange for her schooling and upkeep. Once she goes out in the world, Becky is determined to rise in society – by any means necessary.

CAPTAIN ROWDON CRAWLEY

who will fall for Becky is played by Tom Bateman.  He is a heavy dragoon with strong desires and small brains, who had never controlled a passion in his life. He is the younger son of Sir Pitt and stands to inherit money from his aunt, Miss Crawley, who has always loved him best despite his love of sports, gambling and women.

SIR PITT CRAWLEY

to whose house Becky arrives as the governess is played by Martin Clunes. He’s a baronet and the owner of a huge estate at Queen’s Crawley, but despite his position in society he is a dirty, stingy and lecherous old man.

MISS MATILDA CRAWLEY

played by Frances de la Tour,  is rich, single and elderly and her potential heirs are at pains to impress her, even if it looks likely she’ll leave most of her fortune to favoured nephew Rawdon. Miss Crawley is dismissive and deeply unimpressed with pretty much anyone.

AMELIA SEDLEY

Becky's friend from the academy is played by Claudia Jessie. Becky's total opposite, she is naturally sweet, obedient, kind-hearted and naive, with blind loyalty that verges on stupidity. She is waiting to be married to her childhood sweetheart George Osborne.

SIR GEORGE OSBORNE AND  WILLIAM DOBIN

George, played by Charlie Rowe, has been close to the Sedley family all his life as childhood friend and neighbour, with his and Amelia’s fathers being business partners. He does like Amelia, but he is more in love with himself and is preoccupied with drinking and gambling and his own pursuits! Johny Flynn plays his best friend Dobin, a gentleman who has risen honestly in society and exhibits qualities of kindness, loyalty and respect. He is secretly deeply in love with Amelia.

WHO ELSE IS THERE?  
The cast also includes Surrane Jones as snobbish Miss Pinkerton who hates Becky,  Michael Palin plays Thackeray himself, the mysterious

Surrane Jones plays snobbish Miss Pinkerton

narrator, Claire Skinner is Amelia's mother Lady Sedley, Simon Russell Beale is Mr Sedley, David Flynn is Amelia's vain brother Jos, a figure of

David Flynn is Jos Seddley, vain and ridiculous and fat

ridicule whom Becky tries to seduce. Mathew Baynton is Sir Pitt's uptight son Bute Crawley, Robert Pugh's is George's rich father Mr Osborne.

FIRST TRAILER FROM ITV'S PERIOD SET SERIES 'VANITY FAIR' WITH OLIVIA COOKE, TOM BATEMAN, CHARLIE ROWE, SURANNE JONES, FRANCES DE LA TOUR, MICHAEL PALIN

  'VANITY FAIR' TV SERIES

 FIRST TRAILER  UNVEILED!

After a number of photos and a teaser, we finally have the first trailer and character photos from ITV's new period set series VANITY FAIR which will

Olivia Cooke the star of Spielberg's Ready Player One takes the lead

start airing this September in United Kingdom! Brand new costume drama based on William Thackeray's famous novel, has the story set in the

First look at the lead cast of the new Vanity Fair series!

Napoleonic era following the destiny of resourceful Becky Sharp played by Olivia Cooke. Check out the trailer below and first cast photos!

 

NEW VANITY FAIR  
The seven part drama coming from Poldark's and Victoria's Mammoth Screen, is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows

After airing on ITV in UK, Vanity Fair will air on Amazon too in US

modern heroine Becky Sharp as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society. Her story of villainy, crime,

The saga is based on William Thackeray's classic novel

merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting and dancing, takes her all the way to the court of King George IV, via the Battle of Waterloo, breaking hearts and losing fortunes as she goes.

A RATHER STELLAR CAST INDEED

Her main love interest daft Captain Rawdon Crawley is played by Tom Bateman with Charlie Rowe as poor soldier George Osborne, Johnny

Claudia Jessie is Becky's confidante Amelia Sedley

Flynn as Dobbin, Martin Clunes as Sir Pitt Crawley, Frances de La Tour as Miss Matilda Crawley, Suranne Jones as snobbish Miss Pinkerton and

Charlie Rowe as George Osborne and Johnny Flynn as William Dobbin

Michael Palin as Thackeray himself. Claudia Jessie will play Becky’s confidante Amelia Sedley, with Simon Russell Beale and Claire Skinner

Vanity Fair will air in seven hourlong episodes

as her parents, and David Fynn as her brother Joss.Shot on locations around United Kingdom and Hungarian capitol Budapest, the series will later on also air on Amazon in USA!