NIAMH ALGAR, SAM CLAFLIN, COLM MEANEY TO STAR IN THE LAST DAYS OR RABBIT HAYES DRAMA MOVIE

  SAM CLAFLIN TO STAR 

IN THE LAST DAYS OF RABBIT HAYES

As Screen Daily reports, our dearest Sam Claflin is starring next to Niamh Algar in THE LAST DAYS OF RABBIT HAYES movie which finished shooting in Dublin. Colm Meaney, Sinead Cusack, Tom Glynn Carney and Ruth Bradley also star in the story about Rabbit Hayes (Algar), a woman who loves her ordinary life even as it approaches its final days. She must come to terms with her past and a future she won’t be part of, while her close-knit, optimistic family grapples with the reality of losing her and decides what will happen to Juliet, Rabbit’s 14-year-old daughter.

SEE ALFIE ALLEN, MARTIJN LAKEMEIER, CHARLIE MURPHY, JACK GLEESON, COLM MEANEY IN SAFE HARBOR ACTION TV SERIES

  SAFE HARBOR SERIES 

WITH ALFIE ALLEN AND MARTIJN LAKEMEIER

Safe Harbor starts on SBS August 21st

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 Colm Meaney also stars in the series originally made for Videoland Dutch streamer service.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?

 

SEE COLM MEANEY AND PAUL REISER FIGHT IN THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE COMEDY MOVIE TRAILER

 THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE 

COMEDY MOVIE TRAILER IS HERE

A funny trailer for you today for a new movie comedy THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE which arrives this October. The storyline follows Irishman Ciáran (Colm Meaney),

The movie will hit cinemas October 4th

who honors his father’s last wish by reaching out to his American cousin, Barry (Paul Reiser), with an invitation to visit Ireland. Barry, eager to escape the routine of his New York real estate job, accepts the offer and travels to his ancestral homeland. However, what starts as a heartfelt reunion quickly turns into chaos when Barry learns that he has been unexpectedly named in his late uncle’s will, receiving half of the inheritance. The revelation triggers a cascade of tension, jealousy, and greed between the two cousins, leading to a series of comical squabbles and disastrous situations. As the feud intensifies, the question remains whether the two men can resolve their differences and restore peace. Check out the trailer below:

FIRST LOOK AT WILLIAM MOSELEY IN THE BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKET HISTORICAL ADVENTURE MOVIE

 FIRST WILLIAM MOSELEY 

LOOK IN THE BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKET ADVENTURE MOVIE

Over at Toronto Film Festival worldwide rights have been sold for THE BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKET movie, aka Savage Lands, in which William Moseley leads the plot set in 1815, following the story of an American Legend whose wife has fallen deathly ill, leaving his young children to survive on their own. Davy must set out on a perilous journey fighting off danger and enemies across the wild frontier. Colm Meaney also stars in the historical adventure.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON STARZ' THE SERPENT QUEEN CATHERINE DE MEDICI EPIC TV SERIES STARTING SEPTEMBER WITH SAMANTHA MORTON! CHECK OUT NEW CHARACTER PHOTOS!

  THE SERPENT QUEEN  

IT FEELS GOOD TO BE BAD 

Serpent Queen bows September 11th

As I already told you before this Autumn will be a season of female rulers when it comes to historical series, and beside the queens from Lord of the Rings series The Rings of Power, Netflix The Empress, French Marie Antoinette and queen Truselda of German tribes in the second season of Barbarians  THE SERPENT QUEEN is probably our most anticipated one. Starz has now given us new lavish photos from this new eight part historical series in which Samantha Morton plays one of the most frightening queens of all times - Catherine de Medici of France! The series will launch Sunday September 11th created by Justin Haythe and based on the 2004 non-fiction book Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda. After it finishes, Dangerous Liaisons will take up the Sunday evening prime time premiere historical drama slot at Starz.

 

IF YOU DON'T TEACH YOUR ENEMIES THEIR LESSON, THEY WILL NEVER LEARN

Scheming and cunning, Catherine de Medici was one of the most powerful women in the world. After becoming an orphaned teenager from the famous ruling family of Medici and then marrying into the 16th century French court she is expected to bring a hefty dowry and produce many heirs, but Catherine discovers her husband is already in love with another woman and then, her dowry remains unpaid and she learns she is unable to conceive. But with intelligence and determination, she keeps her marriage alive, mastering the bloodsport of the monarchy and ruling France for 50 years. In THE SERPENT QUEEN, Catherine tells her story through flashbacks, defending her actions and imparting lessons she's learned to her new servant, Rahima (Sennia Nanua). When her uncle Pope Clement (Charles Dance) brokers her marriage and a geopolitical alliance with France, but she learns on her wedding night that her husband is in love with Diane de Poitiers (Ludivine Sagnier), a stunningly beautiful lady-in-waiting who is twice the king-to-be's age. Catherine is thrust into a world where she must learn quickly who she can trust and seek to outmaneuver anyone who underestimates her. The rest of the cast includes Liv Hill as the younger version of Catherine, Antonia Clarke as Catherine's daughter in law Mary Queen of Scots, whom Catherine sent back to Scotland after her son Francis (George Jacques) died and she officially became regent in her own right on behalf of her 10-year-old son Charles IX. She then ruled France for three years by herself until Charles reached his maturity. After Charles died in 1574, Catherine also played a key role in the reign of her third son, Henry III. He outlived her by just seven months. She was generally despised in history seen as enemy by both Catholics and Hugenots and scary to common folks who were afraid of her love for all things occult - her pet astrologer was famous Nostradamus.

WHO ARE THE COURTIERS?

Raza Jaffrey will appear as Duke Francois Guise,the leader of Catholics. Colm Meaney is Catherine's husband king of France. Enzo Cilenti will play Ruggieri, the magician  and soothsayer! Barry Atsma will be famous Montmorency, who cares about the greater good of the society he serves as its foremost military leader. Nicholas Burns portrays Antoine de Bourbon, the rival of Catherine's Valois family. Danny Kirrane is Louis de Bourbon, his stronger willed and more intelligent brother! Memet Ali Alabora will appear as Sultan Suleiman! Adam Garcia will also have a reoccurring role and I think it was him getting quartered in the trailer below. Lee Ingleby is the middle aged Henry and I've heard Rupert Everett will guest star.

 

BEHOLD SAMANTHA MORTON AS CATHERINE DE MEDICI AND HER ROYAL COURT IN THE SERPENT QUEEN EPIC TV SERIES LAVISH PHOTOS!

  THE SERPENT QUEEN  

BEHOLD THE COURTIERS!

A couple of weeks ago I brought you an exclusive list of all the period set shows we can expect to arrive to us this Autumn, and beside Lord of the Rings

The series will start September 11th on Starz

series The Rings of Power, THE SERPENT QUEEN is probably our most anticipated one. Starz has now given us first lavish photos from this new

Samantha Morton plays Catherine de Medici herself

eight part historical series in which Samantha Morton plays one of the most frightening queens of all times - Catherine de Medici of France! We can only

Charles Dance is the pope, Catherine's uncle

hope that the show will be better than their last dramas about famous queens - the godawful Spanish Princess and painfully almost atrociously dull Becoming Elizabeth. 

 

WHAT'LL THE SERIES BE ABOUT?

Scheming and cunning, Catherine de Medici was one of the most powerful women in the world. After becoming an orphaned teenager from the famous ruling family of Medici and then marrying into the 16th century

Liv Hill is a rather strange choice for young Catherine

French court she is expected to bring a hefty dowry and produce many heirs, but Catherine discovers her husband is already in love with another woman and then, her dowry remains unpaid and she learns she is unable to conceive. But with intelligence and determination, she keeps her marriage alive,

Diane de Poitiers is strangely ugly in the series for some reason

mastering the bloodsport of the monarchy and ruling France for 50 years. In THE SERPENT QUEEN, Catherine tells her story through flashbacks, defending her actions and imparting lessons she's learned to her new servant, Rahima (Sennia Nanua). When her uncle Pope Clement (Charles Dance)

Mary Queen of Scots and her ladies in waiting

brokers her marriage and a geopolitical alliance with France, but she learns on her wedding night that her husband is in love with Diane de Poitiers (Ludivine Sagnier), a stunningly beautiful lady-in-waiting who is twice the king-to-be's age. Catherine is thrust into a world where she must learn quickly who she can trust and seek to outmaneuver anyone who underestimates her.

Ludivine Sagnier is the strangest choice for Diane de Poitiers

The rest of the cast includes Liv Hill as the younger version of Catherine, Antonia Clarke as Catherine's daughter in law Mary Queen of Scots, whom Catherine sent back to Scotland after her son Francis (George Jacques) died and she officially became regent in her own right on behalf of her 10-year-old son Charles IX. She then ruled France for three years by herself until Charles

Liv Hill as the rather unattractive and dull young Catherine

reached his maturity. After Charles died in 1574, Catherine also played a key role in the reign of her third son, Henry III. He outlived her by just seven months. She was generally despised in history seen as enemy by both Catholics and Hugenots and scary to common folks who were afraid of her love for all things occult - her pet astrologer was famous Nostradamus.

WHO ARE THE COURTIERS?

Raza Jaffrey will appear as Duke Francois Guise,the leader of Catholics. Colm Meaney is Catherine's husband king of France. Enzo Cilenti will play Ruggieri, the magician  and soothsayer! Barry Atsma will be famous Montmorency, who cares about the greater good of the society he serves as its

Senia Nanua is Catherine's servant Rahima

foremost military leader. Nicholas Burns portrays Antoine de Bourbon, the rival of Catherine's Valois family. Danny Kirrane is Louis de Bourbon, his stronger willed and more intelligent brother! Memet Ali Alabora will appear as Sultan Suleiman! Adam Garcia will probably be Nostradamus but that is just my guess.

EMILY BLUNT'S WESTERN SERIES THE ENGLISH ADS RAFE SPALL, TOM HUGHES, TOBY JONES, STEPHEN REA,CIARAN HINDS! CHARLES DANCE, COLM MEANEY AND OTHERS JOINS SAMANTHA MORTON IN SERPENT QUEEN CATHERINE DE MEDICI SERIES

 EMILY BLUNT'S THE ENGLISH

WESTERN TV SERIES ADS CAST

Emily Blunt was announced by the BBC recently as the lead of their new six part Western series THE ENGLISH but now they've revealed

Emily Blunt will lead The English

additional cast. The series, which will also air on Amazon Prime Video in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, is set in the mythic mid American landscape in the year of 1890, and follows Cornelia Locke (Emily Blunt), an English woman who arrives into the new and wild landscape of the West to wreak revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son. Upon meeting Eli Whipp (Chaske Spencer), an ex cavalry scout and member of the Pawnee Nation by birth, they join together and discover a shared history which must be defeated at all costs, if either of them are to survive. The stellar cast of this thrilling, romantic, epic horse opera, will

Ciaran Hinds, Tom Hughes and Rafe Spall will also star

also include Rafe Spall, Tom Hughes, Stephen Rea, Valerie Pachner, Toby Jones, Ciaran Hinds, Malcolm Storry, Steve Wall, Nichola McAuliffe, Sule Rimi and Cristian Solimeno.

SERPENT QUEEN EPIC SERIES

CASTS CATHERINE DE MEDICI'S COURTIERS AND RIVALS

Over at Starz, after casting Samantha Morton as infamous Catherine de Medici in THE SERPENT QUEEN eight episode saga, they have now made

Samantha Morton will be Catherine de Medici

other cast additions. Considered an immigrant, common and plain, Catherine de Medici is married into the 16th century French court as an orphaned teenager expected to bring a fortune in dowry and produce many heirs, only to discover that her husband is in love with an older woman, her dowry is unpaid and she’s unable to conceive. Yet, only with her intelligence and determination, she manages to keep her marriage alive and masters the bloodsport that is the monarchy better than anyone else, ruling France for 50 years. Amrita Acharia will be a member of Catherine's retinue, Enzo Cilenti will play Ruggieri, the magician

Enzo Cilenti and Barry Atsma will also star in the series

and soothsayer! Barry Atsma will be famous Montmorency, who cares about the greater good of the society he serves as its foremost military leader. Nicholas Burns portrays Antoine de Bourbon, the rival of Catherine's Valois

Colm Meaney will be the king, Charles Dance the Pope

family. Danny Kirrane is Louis de Bourbon, his stronger willed and more intelligent brother. Meanwhile, Charles Dance recurs as Pope Clement; Ludivine Sagnier as Diane de Poiters, the king's mistress; Liv Hill as Young Catherine with Colm Meaney as King Francis.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON SINGAPORE GRIP PERIOD SET TV SERIES STARTING TONIGHT AT ITV WITH DAVID MORRISSEY, LUKE TREADAWAY, CHARLES DANCE, BART EDWARDS

     'SINGAPORE GRIP' 

WELCOME TO THE DYING DAYS OF BRITISH EMPIRE IN SINGAPORE

Singapore Grip starts tonight on ITV

Launching this year's Autumn season over at British ITV tonight is their new six part historical series SINGA- PORE GRIP based on the famous novel by J.G. Farrell! The whole series will be available on Britbox immediately after the first episode finishes airing tonight at ITV. Sadly, your trusted spy has seen the first two episodes and I cannot say it is great, it will be another flop for ITV: the story has no dynamics, the plot is slow, but the series does have a great and very charming performances by David Morrissey and Bart

The six part series has already aired down in Australia!

Edwards. The cast also includes Charles Dance (but his character dies in the first episode), Luke Treadaway as his son, Colm Meaney as his

David Morrissey is brilliant as cunning rubber merchant who wants to secure the future of his business by marrying his daughter to the son of his business partner

landlord, with Luke Newberry, Jane Horrocks and Georgia Blizzard also in the cast. The series has already received harsh criticism in Asia for depicting the

Luke Treadaway is a naive and moral UN worker who travels to Singapore after his rich father dies and leaves him his rubber empire. But he is progressive and does not accept exploitation.

sunny side of vile British imperialism without much focus on the brutalities their Asian colonial slaves had to endure under their wicked tyranny. But that is Brits for you, turn an eye blind on anything that paints you under a bad light.

The Singapore Grip Is Set 
in Singapore, 1941 and follows Walter Blackett (David Morrissey), who is head of British Singapore’s oldest and most powerful firm alongside his

Charles Dance stars only in the first episode of the series

business partner Webb (Charles Dance). With Webb’s health failing, Walter needs to ensure the future of their firm is secure. He decides Webb’s son

Bart Edwards is supercharming as captain Ehrendorf who is in love with Blackett's daughter and is also a good friend with Matthew

Matthew (Luke Treadaway) is the perfect match for his spoilt daughter Joan (Georgia Blizzard). Matthew’s idealism leaves Walter increasingly

Georgia Blizzard is a spoilt brat and Blackett's conniving daughter

suspicious as Matthew himself falls under the spell of Vera Chiang (a rather amateurish performance by gorgeous but  not very talented Elizabeth Tan), a mysterious Chinese refugee.

SINGAPORE GRIP EPIC TV SERIES WITH DAVID MORRISSEY, LUKE TREADAWAY, CHARLES DANCE, COLM MEANEY, LUKE NEWBERRY GETS JULY AIRING DATE

  'THE SINGAPORE GRIP'

EPIC SERIES GETS JULY AIRDATE

The series starts at the end of July this summer

Although we still don't know when it will air in UK on ITV (I'm guessing the same date), exotic period set drama THE SINGA- PORE GRIP will start on BBC First and on Foxtel in Australia July 26th! Coming from Mammoth Screen, the creators of Poldark and Victoria, it is an ambitious and exotic six part family saga set in colonial Singapore during World War Two. This epic drama follows the schemes – both commercial and amorous – of a wealthy British family as they struggle to preserve their prosperous business amid cataclysmic world

The series is based on a classic book by J.G. Farrell

events. A compelling portrait of a society in decline and a family clinging to a world that is crumbling around them! David Morrissey, Luke

The series will air in six hourlong episodes

Treadaway, Jane Horrocks, Colm Meaney, Luke Newberry, Elizabeth Tan, Bart Edwards, Charles Dance star in the adaptation of J.G. Farrell’s classic novel. Stay tuned for more info from ITV soon.

An epic new drama following the lives of a British family during the Japanese invasion of Singapore.

The Singapore Grip starts 13th September on ITV and @itvhub #AllNewITV@davemorrissey64 @ElizabethTan8 @LukeTreadaway @janehorrocks_ #TheSingaporeGrip pic.twitter.com/Nn0IfyadFy

— ITV (@ITV) September 2, 2020

1ST PHOTOS FROM 2067 SF MOVIE WITH RYAN KWANTEN, KODI SMIT MCPHEE, THE MARTINI SHOT WITH JOHN CLEESE, DEREK JACOBI, STUART TOWNSEND, 'PIXIE' WITH OLIVIA COOKE, BEN HARDY, ALEC BALDWIN

  '2067' SF MOVIE

FIRST PHOTOS FROM THE FUTURE

First photos from new films today as well, but today a selection of more modern films, starting with sf film 2067 which takes place in a world plagued by a disease after climate change has forced the adoption of artificial oxygen.

The story of the movie is set in year 2067 plagued by a disease

With his wife sick and little hope for survival, Ethan (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is forced to travel to the future in search of a cure for the mysterious illness. Not

Australian superstar Ryan Kwanten stars in the movie

knowing who to trust, he has to navigate a future filled with imminent danger and the possibility of never coming home. Ryan Kwanten also stars as Jude Mathers, who serves as Ethan’s protector and his conscience.

  'THE MARTINI SHOT'

1ST PHOTOS WITH JOHN CLEESE

There are also first photos from a rather stellar drama movie THE MARTINI SHOT, an Irish project scheduled for December release with the ensemble cast that includes John Cleese, Derek Jacobi, Stuart

Matthew Modine leads the stellar cast of Martini Shot

Townsend, Jason London and Matthew Modine. This existential drama follows an ailing movie director as he begins to shoot what he believes to be

Stephen Wallis has both written and directed the movie

his final work of art. What starts out as a normal movie, ends up being an exploration of mortality and one's profound effect on the world.

  FIRST 'PIXIE' PHOTO

SENDS OLIVIA COOKE ON A HEIST

Over from the United Kingdom arrives the first cast photo from PIXIE action comedy which stars Olivia Cooke, Ben Hardy, Alec Baldwin,

Ben Hardy and Olivia Cooke lead the Pixie cast with Daryl McCormack

Colm Meaney and Sebastian de Souza. To avenge her mother's death, Pixie (Olivia Cooke) masterminds a heist but must flee across Ireland from gangsters, take on the patriarchy, and choose her own destiny.

LUKE TREADAWAY, CHARLES DANCE, DAVID MORRISSEY, LUKE NEWBERRY TO LEAD ITV'S WW2 EPIC & LAVISH TV SAGA THE SINGAPORE GRIP! 1ST KATE WINSLET PHOTOS FROM AMMONITE PERIOD SET MOVIE

'THE SINGAPORE GRIP' SERIES

CASTS LUKE TREADAWAY, DAVID MORRISSEY, CHARLES DANCE 

Last year I informed you that British ITV is planning to turn J.G. Farrell's Booker prize winning novel THE SINGAPORE GRIP into TV series, and

Luke Treadaway will lead the six part drama

now they've finally announced the cast! Luke Treadaway, David Morrissey, Colm Meaney and Charles Dance will lead the WW2 epic series produced by Mammoth Screen (Poldark, Victoria), which, set during World War Two, follows a British family living in Singapore at the time of the Japanese invasion!

THE SINGAPORE GRIP will see Luke Treadaway playing the reluctant hero and innocent abroad Matthew Webb. David Morrissey takes the role of ruthless rubber merchant Walter Blackett, who is head of British Singapore’s oldest and most powerful firm alongside his business partner Webb played by Charles Dance. With Webb’s health failing, Walter needs to ensure the future of their

Bart Edwards, Luke Newberry, David Morrissey will move over to Singapore

firm is secure. He decides Webb’s son Matthew is the perfect match for his spoilt daughter Joan (Georgia Blizzard). Matthew’s idealism leaves Walter increasingly suspicious as Matthew himself falls under the spell of Vera

Elizabeth Tan and Georgia Blizzard lead female part of the cast

Chiang (Elizabeth Tan), a mysterious Chinese refugee. Jane Horrocks plays Sylvia Blackett, Walter’s wife and Colm Meaney plays Major Brendan Archer. Also joining the esteemed cast are Luke Newberry playing Walter’s son Monty, Bart Edwards as Captain James Ehrendorf and Christoph Guybert as Dupigny.

1ST KATE WINSLET PHOTOS

FROM AMMONITE 19TH CENTURY LESBIAN ADVENTURE

You can also check out the first set photos of Kate Winslet in her new period set drama AMMONITE which also stars Saoirse Ronan. Set in a UK

Ammonite is being directed by God's Own Country's Francis Lee

coastal town in the 1840s, it will have its story following the unlikely romance between palaeontologist Mary Anning and a London woman of means to

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan in costume.

whom she must unexpectedly play nursemaid. It is interesting that the family of Mary Anning does not support the film as they say the lesbian aspect of it  is based on lies and is purely invented for the purpose of the big screen.