We have been waiting for this one for over two years now and it still does not have a clear airing date but BBC has announced that it will air this Autumn on BBC 2 (I'm guessing that does not tell us anything good about the
The series will air in five hourlong episodes
quality of the series) together with releasing a few new photos from THE NORTH WATER historical thriller series which stars Jack O’Connell as Patrick Sumner, Colin Farrell as Henry Drax, and Stephen Graham as
The North Water will air this Autumn on BBC 2 not One
Captain Brownlee, alongside Tom Courtenay as Baxter, seen here in character for the first time. The North Water also stars Peter Mullan, Sam Spruell and Roland Møller. While the series will air sometime in Autumn on BBC, the July 15th date has been set for US audience over at ACM!
THE FIVE PART SERIES
based on the acclaimed novel by Ian McGuire, tells
the story of Patrick Sumner (Jack O’Connell), a disgraced ex-army
surgeon who signs up as ship’s doctor on a whaling expedition to the
Arctic. But the ferocity of the
Jack O'Connell leads the cast as ex army surgeon
elements is matched by the violence of
his crew mates, with Drax (Colin Farrell), a harpooner and distinctly
brutal force of nature. As the true
Collin Farrell plays the main villain in the new series
purpose of the expedition becomes
clear, confrontation between the two men erupts, taking them on a
journey far from solid ground and beyond the safe moorings of
civilisation.
The series was shot up in the frozen Northern seas
Set in Hull and on the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s, The
North Water’s location work took place primarily in the Arctic, shooting
on the
Tom Courtenay also stars in the ensemble cast
frozen seas north of the Svalbard Archipelago. The cast and
production team sailed as far as 81 degrees north to film sequences in
the pack ice, the furthest point north it is believed a drama series has
ever filmed before.
HAMNET HISTORICAL NOVEL
TO GET MOVIE ADAPTATION
Sam Mendes will produce the film
Well, Kenneth Branagh already covered the topic with Judi Dench last year, but Sam Mendes is going to produce a big screen adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's award winning book HAMNET. This historical fiction novel imagines the story of Agnes, the wife of Britain’s most famous writer William Shakespeare, as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of their only son, Hamnet. The novel charts the emotional, familial and artistic consequences of that loss, bringing to life a human and heart-stopping story as the backdrop to the creation of Shakespeare’s most famous play, Hamlet. Chiara Atik is penning the script for the movie adaptation.
And there are quite a lot of famous names in it: as Deadline reports, Thai cave rescue film THIRTEEN LIVES has just cast Viggo Mortensen (as expert in rescues), Colin Farrell (as veteran cave diver), Tom Bateman (as British diving officer), Joel Edgerton (as a cave diver) who will play the heroic rescuers who took part in a dangerous operation that cost one rescue diver his life while all of the boys, and the coach, were saved before
Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Tom Bateman will star in the movie
floodwaters completely filled the caves. The rest of the cast will consist of Asian actors. Ron Howard is directing the true story of the rescue of twelve boys and their soccer coach from a flooded, impenetrable cave system in Thailand in 2018. Thai families, the government, and a community of farmers and neighbors came together alongside volunteers from around the world to get them out of the Tham Luang Nang Non cave system in Chiang Rai Province.
THE LARKINS TV SERIES
FINDS THE DAUGHTER OF THE BELOVED LARKIN FAMILY
Earlier this winter I announced that ITV is preparing a new TV series adaptation of beloved classic Darling Buds of May titled THE LARKINS and
Sabrina Bartlett will be the oldest daughter
now they've cast the daughter of the family - Knightfall, Victoria and Poldark actress Sabrina Bartlett will play Mariette, the oldest child of the Larkin family led by Bradley Walsh and Joanna Scanlan who live more of less carefree on their idyllic farm in England where they indulge in laughs, family love and food, tons of food . But since everything these days has to be woke, her love interest has been blackwashed (but with a very cute actor) in the series and Tok Stephen will play Cedric Charlton, an accountant from the city, who arrives in sunny 1950s Kent to investigate the family's perhaps
Tok Stephen will be the blackwashed accountant in love
slightly dodgy tax affairs, and slowly finds himself drawn to both the country lifestyle, and Mariette herself. The series is based on H.E. Bates' novels, with the creators of The Durrells working on this six part adaptation.
HAS JUDI DENCH AS THE HEAD OF ALL POWERFUL FAIRIES
Disney has decided to launch the new week with a new trailer for their family fantasy adventure ARTEMIS FOWL which arrives into theatres May
Artemis Fowl is out May 29th around the world
29th as a big screen adaptation of Eoin Colfer's popular novel directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Judi Dench (Commander Root, the fairy head of the LEPrecon), Colin Farrell, and little Ferdia Shaw.
Artemis Fowl is a spellbinding adventure that follows the journey of
12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl, a descendant of a long line of criminal
masterminds, as he seeks to find his father who has mysteriously
disappeared. With the help of his loyal protector Butler, Artemis sets
out to find him, and in doing so uncovers an ancient, underground
civilization - the amazingly advanced world of fairies.
The movie is a big screen adaptation of beloved novels by Eoin Colfer
Deducing that
his father's disappearance is somehow connected to the secretive,
reclusive fairy world, cunning Artemis concocts a dangerous plan, so
dangerous that he ultimately finds himself in a perilous war of wits
with the all-powerful fairies.
After we announced it more than a year ago, the shooting is now finally under way and we have the first photos from BBC's new four part epic series THE NORTH WATER with Colin Farrell and Jack O'Connell who have
Jack O'Connell is disgraced ex army surgeon who signs up as the ship's doctor
now been also joined by Stephen Graham, Sam Spruell, Tom Courtenay, Peter Mullan, Roland Moller and Philip Hill Pearson over at the sets in Hungary.
The Story Of North Water BBC 2's adaptation of Ian McGuire’s Arctic whaling novel, set in
the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s, tells the story of
Patrick Sumner (Jack
Colin Farrell is dangerous harpooner Henry Drax
O’Connell), a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs
up as ship’s doctor on a whaling expedition to the Arctic. On board he
meets the harpooner Henry
Stephen Graham is Captain Brownlee who commands the ship.
Drax (Colin Farrell), a brutish killer whose
amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world. Hoping to
escape the horrors of his past, Sumner
Roland Moller will play Otto, one of the harpooners!
finds himself in a male dominated
world, on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search
of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the
Arctic wasteland.
COLIN FARRELL IN NORTH WATER EPIC TV SERIES AT BBC 2
British BBC has revealed today the lead star for their new Arctic set 19th century epic TV saga THE NORTH WATER: Jack O'Connell has joined
Jack O'Connell starts shooting this Autumn
Colin Farrell in the cast. The series will have four episodes (with a 90 minute opening one) with the story based on the critically acclaimed novel from Ian McGuire!
THE NORTH WATER, set in the UK and the ice floes of the Arctic in the
late 1850s, tells the story of Patrick Sumner (Jack O’Connell), a
disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as ship’s doctor on a whaling
expedition to the Arctic. On board he meets Henry Drax (Colin Farrell),
the harpooner, a brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit
the harshness of his world. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past,
Colin Farrell will play the psychopathic villain in the new series
Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous
psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle
for survival in the Arctic wasteland.
'EIGHT FOR SILVER'
VICTORIAN HORROR FINDS CAST
Boyd Holbrook leads the new Victorian horror
Speaking of period set horrors, there's another one, but in a movie form: Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly and Alistair Petrie will lead Victorian horror movie EIGHT FOR SILVER
which, set in the 19th century countryside of France, follows John McBride (Boyd Holbrook), a pathologist assigned to determine if the body of a 14 year old boy found in the woods is the work of a man or a beast. McBride is then welcomed as a guest into the family home of a local wealthy landowner, Seamus Laurent (Alistair Petrie), and his wife Isabelle (Kelly Reilly), who share that their own son, a friend of the victim, has been missing for two weeks. Distraught and determined to keep her daughter safe, Isabelle finds
Kelly Reilly will take the female lead in the Victorian movie
comfort in the arrival of John while he is forced to confront the horrors of his own dark past. Sean Ellis is directing.
Well, I don't think we've ever seen him in a BBC project, but now Colin Farrell will lead BBC 2's new three part epic series THE NORTH WATER! Based on a novel by Ian McGuire, it will be set in the UK and the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s, following the story of Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as ship’s doctor on a whaling expedition to the Arctic. On board he meets Henry Drax (Colin Farrell), the harpooner, a brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland. Andrew Haigh is directing for See Saw Films.
'BRITANNIA' SEASON 2
HAIL THE FIRST PHOTOS!
Speaking of epic series, Sky Atlantic has released first photos from the second season of their Roman era series BRITANNIA which did not really amaze
David Morissey returns as super evil Roman general Aulus.
anyone last year but it still had viewership strong enough to give them another run which will probably happen sometime this spring.
CONQUER THE CELTS! In the show that follows Roman conquest of Britain, Eleanor
Worthington Cox returns as now more grown Cait, who is being prepared by
outcast Druid Divis (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) to fulfil the prophecy in a
world where the gods
Eleanor Worthington Cox is developing her powers as Cait
hold power over everyone, so the question remains
how much freedom does anyone have over their own actions? David
Morrissey is returning as evil General Aulus who will be romanising
willing Celt tribes with the help of Celtic Queen Amena (Annabel
Scholey), and crushing those who try to resist!
Mackenzie Crook will play both Veran and his brother Harka
Mackenzie Crook will
both play evil sorcerer Veran and his brother Harka, who is apparently
even more evil. They will have an epic battle of wills that puts in
jeopardy a prophecy that would save Britannia from the Romans.
Outpost will air on SyFy around the world, CW in USA
CW has finally released the first trailer for their new fantasy adventure series THE OUTPOST which starts airing July 10th in its first season ten episode run! Your trusted spy will do a bigger premium spotlight on the new fantasy saga as soon as we get character photos until then you can enjoy the two new posters!
THE OUTPOSTwill see Jessica Green playing Talon, the lone survivor of a race called
“Blackbloods.” Years after her entire village is destroyed by a gang of
brutal mercenaries, Talon travels to a lawless fortress on the edge of
the civilized world, as she tracks the killers of her family. On her
journey to
Jessica Green and Jake Stormoen lead the cast
this outpost, Talon discovers she possesses a mysterious
supernatural power that she must learn to control in order to save
herself, and defend the world against a fanatical religious dictator. Jake Stormoen (I can already see him becoming our latest summer obsession being as charismatic as he massively is), Imogen Waterhouse, Andrew Howard, Anand Desai-Barochia and Robyn Malcolm also star in the show produced by fantasy veteran Dean Devlin.
'DUMBO' TEASER
SEES ELEPHANTS FLYING!
Dumbo will fly into cinemas March 29th next year
Disney has released the first teaser for Tim Burton's live action DUMBO movie which will fly into cinemas next March. Colin Farrell is
Holt who was once a circus star, but he went off to war and when he returned it had terribly altered him. Circus owner Max Medici (Danny DeVito) hires him to take care of DUMBO, a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him the laughing stock of the struggling circus troupe. But when Holt's children discover that DUMBO can fly, silver tongued entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere (Michael Keaton), and aerial artist Colette Marchant (Eva Green) swoop in to make the little elephant a star.
Two trashy looking series for you today :) FreeForm has released first trailer for their 2018 series SIREN set in a coastal town known for its legend of once being home to mermaids. When the arrival of a mysterious girl proves this folklore all too true, the battle between man and sea takes a very vicious turn as these predatory beings return to reclaim their right to the ocean. Alex Roe leads the cast.
'LEGEND OF THE MONKEY'
NEW FANTASY TV SERIES This also looks trashy and horribly cast :) Netflix has
teamed up with ABC Australia on new fantasy series LEGEND OF THE MONKEY!
Inspired by famous Chinese fable Journey to the West it will have ten
episodes about a teenage girl and a trio of fallen gods on a perilous
journey as they attempt to bring an end to a demonic reign of chaos and
restore balance to their world. The 100's Chai Hansen leads the funny cast.
NEW'THE BEGUILED' TRAILER
NICOLE KIDMAN & COLIN FARRELL
There is also a new trailer released for period set thriller drama THE BEGUILED which competes this year at Cannes Film Festival directed by Sofia Coppola. Starring Nicole Kidman and Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning, it is set during the Civil War at a Southern girls’ boarding school. After an injured Union soldier (Colin Farrell) is taken in by the sheltered women, they tend to his wounds. While he is conning his way into each of the lonely women’s hearts, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, causing them to turn on each other, and eventually on him. Check out the extremely spooky new trailer for it below before it opens up in cinemas around the world at the end of June this summer.
Starz has revealed today the first official poster and trailer for their THE WHITE PRINCESS series scheduled for April 16th! The historical drama is told from the perspective of the women waging the ongoing battle for the English throne: Lizzie (Jodie Comer), Lady Margaret Beaufort (Michelle Fairley) and Dowager Queen Elizabeth Woodville (Essie Davis).
The story begins as one of England’s most politically turbulent
times, The War of the Roses, is coming to an end. An uneasy peace is
achieved when former King Richard III is defeated at the Battle of
Bosworth, and the victor, Henry Tudor, future King Henry VII (Jacob
Collins Levy), is married to Lizzie, a princess from a rival house and
Richard III’s former lover.
'THE BEGUILED' TRAILER
NICOLE KIDMAN & COLIN FARRELL
Another costume delight for you today is exquisitely atmospheric first trailer and photos from Sofia Coppola's new period set drama THE BEGUILED, an unusual 19th century set thriller with the ensemble cast lead by Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning andColin Farrell. To arrive into cinemas at the end of June, the movie is the big screen adaptation of Thomas Cullinan’s novel of the same name which already had its adaptations.
THE STORY OF THE BEGUILED
is set at a Virginia girls’ school in 1864 during the Civil War, The
Miss Martha (Nicole Kidman) Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies, which
has been sheltered from the outside world... that is until the day they
discover a wounded Union soldier (Colin Farrell) and take it upon
themselves to show him some real southern hospitality!
While imprisoned in the Confederate girls' boarding school, the injured
Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women's hearts,
causing them to turn on each other, and eventually, on him.
FOR 'FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM' MOVIE
It's poster Saturday, people, I've got a bunch of new ones to show you, starting with the brand new one sheet for FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM with EddieRedmayne who portrays magizoologist Newt
Scamander who, back in 1926, has just completed a global excursion to
find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving
in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without
incident... were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a
misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt's fantastic
beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj
worlds. Samantha Morton, John Voight, Ron Perlman and Colin Farrell also
star.
'THE SHACK' FIRST POSTER
WITH SAM WORTHINGTON
First poster has arrived for the adaptation of the megapopular bestselling book THE SHACK in which Sam Worthington is a man
whose youngest daughter is kidnapped during a family holiday. Evidence
turns up in an abandoned shack to suggest she was murdered, which
stymies the case. But then, four years later, he receives a note,
apparently from God (OctaviaSpencer), inviting him to go back to the ruined building. He
accepts, against his better judgement, and what he finds there changes
his life forever. The long awaited movie isn't coming out any time soon, since it is scheduled for next spring.
'A MONSTER CALLS' POSTER
IS VERY SPOOKY INDEED
An atmospheric new poster is out for the adaptation of Patrick Ness' A MONSTER CALLS with deeply unsettling voice from Liam Neeson in which young Lewis MacDougall is a boy who attempts to deal with his mother’s (Felicity Jones) illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a
fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that explore courage,
loss, and faith! Out October it also stars Sigourney Weaver.
Casting news today, starting with 'Hollywood Reporter' writing that Nicole Kidman has joined THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER in which Colin Farrell will join director YorgosLanthimos again after LOBSTER. She will play his wife, with Farrell a successful surgeon who attempts to integrate a teenager into his family, but when the teen’s actions grow increasingly sinister, the doctor is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice.
ZAC EFRON JOINS HUGH JACKMAN
Meanwhile, Zac Efron is apparently in talks to join Hugh Jackman in new musical THEGREATEST SHOWMAN ON EARTH in which Jackman plays PT Barnum, the impresario who founded what went on to become the travelling Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
TYLER HOECHLIN IS
IS SUPERGIRL'S SUPERMAN In TV casting news, if you like SUPERGIRL series which flew over to
CW, you will be happy to hear that Tyler Hoechlin has been cast as
Superman and Clark Kent! He will be visiting SUPERGIRL in National City
at the start of the second season! They've also cast Nick Zano as
Citizen Steel in LEGENDS OF TOMORROW! MAX BROWN JOINS 'THE ROYALS' And a
royal piece of TV news, as well. We thought that the oldest prince died
even before the 1st season of E! megapopular THE ROYALS series
started since it begun with his funeral, but it seems he is alive! Max
Brown has joined the cast as queen Helena's (Elizabeth Hurley) oldest
son Prince Robert, who was supposed to be dead in a military accident
but is coming back to turn the kingdom upside down, just when we thought
Prince Liam (William Moseley) was gonna take over the throne after they
threw down their scandalous uncle in the second season finale.
Returning later this year, season three will pick up two weeks after
the execution of late King Simon's (Vincent Regan) murderer.
'DENIAL' TRAILER
RACHEL WEISZ & TIMOTHY SPALL
The first trailer has been revealed for DENIAL, the adaptation of “History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier'' book by Deborah E. Lipstadt’s (played by Rachel Weisz) about her legal battle for historical truth against David Irving (Timothy Spall), who accused her of libel! In the English legal system, the burden of proof is on the accused, therefore it was up to Lipstadt and her legal team to prove the essential truth that the Holocaust occurred. Tom Wilkinson also stars alongside Andrew Scott in the biographical drama.
Spruell and Roland Møller. While the series will air sometime in Autumn on BBC, the July 15th date has been set for US audience over at ACM! 
Spruell and Roland Møller. While the series will air sometime in Autumn on BBC, the July 15th date has been set for US audience over at ACM! 
