VISIT SHERWOOD IN THE FIRST FULL TRAILER FOR NEW ROBIN HOOD TV SERIES FROM MGM PLUS WITH JACK PATTEN, SEAN BEAN, TOM MISON, CONNIE NIELSEN

   ROBIN HOOD TV SERIES   

Robin Hood starts this November on MGM Plus

SEE THE MAGNIFICENT BRAND NEW TRAILER

After the first teaser a month ago, straight from MGM+ comes dynamic full trailer and new images courtesy of Entertainment Weekly for their new epic TV series ROBIN HOOD which will have a two episode premiere November 2nd!  It will stream on Stan in Australia. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think are you excited for probably the most anticipated new series this Autumn?

Connie Nielsen is queen Eleanor

WHAT IS THE STORY OF THE BRAND NEW EPIC TV SERIES? 

 Following the Norman invasion of England, Rob (Jack Patten), a Saxon forester’s son, and Marian (Lauren McQueen) daughter of a Norman lord, fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom. As Rob rises as the leader of a band of rebel outlaws, Marian infiltrates the power at court, as both work together to thwart royal corruption and bring peace to the land. 

 

 WHO IS IN THE MERRY GANG?

Sean Bean stars as Sheriff of Nottingham and Connie Nielsen as queen Eleanore of Aquitane. Tom Mison also stars as Rob's father with Graeme Thomas King as Prince John, younger brother to Richard, son of King Henry, and a dangerous pretender to the throne, and Jelena Gavrilovic as Godda, a mythological Saxon goddess. Lydia Peckham is Priscilla of Nottingham, the Sheriff’s daughter who understands the rules of power and plays them to her advantage, Steven Waddington is Earl of Huntingdon, a ruthless Norman lord and the father of Maid Marian, Marcus Fraser is Little John, Robin’s most loyal ally, Angus Castle-Doughty is Friar Tuck, a principled young monk who aligns himself with Robin Hood’s outlaws in pursuit of true justice and Henry Rowley is Will, a young man caught between two worlds who wants belonging, respect, and a future beyond the shadows of the forest also joining. How do you like these brand new images from the green forests of Serbia where the show was shot?

 

FIRST TEASER AND AIR DATE FOR NEW ROBIN HOOD TV SERIES FROM MGM PLUS WITH JACK PATTEN, SEAN BEAN, TOM MISON, CONNIE NIELSEN

   1ST ROBIN HOOD SERIES   

TRAILER IS HERE AND AIR DATE

Straight from MGM+ comes dynamic first teaser for their new epic TV series ROBIN HOOD which will have a two episode premiere November 2nd!  Following the Norman invasion of England, Rob (Jack Patten), a Saxon forester’s son, and Marian (Lauren McQueen) daughter of a Norman lord, fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom. As Rob rises as the leader of a band of rebel outlaws, Marian infiltrates the power at court, as both work together to thwart royal corruption and bring peace to the land. Sean Bean stars as Sheriff of Nottingham and Connie Nielsen as queen Eleanore of Aquitane. Tom Mison also stars as Rob's father with Graeme Thomas King as Prince John! It will stream on Stan in Australia. Check out the teaser below and tell us what you think.

 

SEE SEAN BEAN AS SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM AND CONNIE NIELSEN AS QUEEN ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE IN FIRST IMAGE FROM NEW ROBIN HOOD TV SERIES FROM MGM PLUS

   1ST ROBIN HOOD SERIES   

 IMAGE WITH SEAN BEAN AND CONNIE NIELSEN

Straight from the sets in Serbia comes first image from MGM+ new epic TV series ROBIN HOOD of Sean Bean as Sheriff of Nottingham and Connie Nielsen as queen Eleanore of Aquitane. Following the Norman invasion of England, Rob (Jack Patten), a Saxon forester’s son, and Marian (Lauren McQueen) the daughter of a Norman lord, fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom. As Rob rises as the leader of a band of rebel outlaws, Marian infiltrates the power at court, as both work together to thwart royal corruption and bring peace to the land. Tom Mison also stars as Rob's father with Graeme Thomas King as Prince John! It will stream on Stan in Australia.

CONNIE NIELSEN IS QUEEN ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE IN MGM+ ADVENTURE SERIES ROBIN HOOD WITH JACK PATTEN AND SEAN BEAN

  ROBIN HOOD TV SERIES  

CONNIE NIELSEN IS ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE

After casting Jack Patten as the lead hero and Sean Bean as Sheriff of Nottingham, and rounding up cast for their new ROBIN HOOD adventure series with Lauren McQueen, Lydia Peckham, Steve Waddington, Marcus Fraser, Angus

Connie Nielsen has joined the cast in Serbia

Castle-Doughty and Henry Rowley MGM+ has added Connie Nielsen in the role of legendary queen Eleanor of Aquitaine the mother of Richard the Lionheart and prince John. One of the most powerful women in history, Eleanor is a queen, a strategist, and a force of nature. A ruler who has outmaneuvered kings and led crusades, she sees the world for what it is — a battlefield! In the series that is shooting in Serbia, after the Norman invasion of England, Rob, a Saxon forester’s son, and Marian, the daughter of a Norman lord, fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom. As Rob rises as the leader of a band of rebel outlaws, Marian infiltrates the power at court, as both work together to thwart royal corruption and bring peace to the land.

SEE THE STUNNING FIRST TRAILER FOR GLADIATOR II WITH PAUL MESCAL, JOSEPH QUINN, CONNIE NIELSEN

   GLADIATOR II  

FIRST TRAILER FOR THE EPIC SEQUEL

Vanity Fair showed us the first images last week and today we have the first trailer for GLADIATOR II which stars Paul Mescal in the lead role of Lucius Verus alongside Pedro Pascal as Marcus Acacius,

Gladiator II will arrive this November to cinemas

and Connie Nielsen who returns to the story that will continue November 22nd when the film hits cinemas ahead of the festive season.Two relatively young brothers rule the vast empire, with Fred Hechinger as Emperor Caracalla and Joseph Quinn as Emperor Geta.

 

  GLADIATOR II
 continues decades after the first movie in which Russell Crowe played his father, now Lucius has come of age and has gotten far away from his mother, as Variety reveals. While he was still a child, Lucilla sent him to the northern coast of Africa, to a region called Numidia that was (at that point) just outside the reach of the Roman Empire. He never fully understood why, and as he grew stronger, so did his resentment even if his mother’s reasons had been pure. As Gladiator II begins, Mescal’s Lucius, according to Variety, has a wife and child, and lives a relatively peaceful life with them until conquerors from his homeland begin to encroach. He’s taken root in a seacoast town in Numidia. He’s a blue-eyed, fair-skinned man with red hair, and he couldn’t be more different from the inhabitants, director Ridley Scott reveals. It’s one of the last surviving civilizations, as the Romans begin to descend in North Africa and take it all over. Leading that charge is Pedro Pascal’s Marcus Acacius, a Roman general said to have trained as a junior officer under Crowe’s character, although he wasn’t seen in the first movie. Lucius, once the grandson of the emperor of Rome, finds himself a prisoner of it. But when he gets to Rome as a prisoner and has a first round in the arena, he sees his mother—to his shock. He doesn’t know whether she’s alive or not. And she’s now with the general who he came face-to-face with on the wall in Numidia. Lucilla doesn’t recognize the battered creature in the Colosseum as her son, and has no idea about the bloody history between him and the man she loves.

 

BEHOLD THE FIRST IMAGES OF PAUL MESCAL, JOSEPH QUINN, CONNIE NIELSEN IN RIDLEY SCOTT'S EPIC SEQUEL TO GLADIATOR

   GLADIATOR II  

FIRST IMAGES FROM THE EPIC SEQUEL

Vanity Fair has decided to spoil us this Monday and launch the beginning of the new week with first highly anticipated images from GLADIATOR II which give us the exclusive first look at Paul Mescal in the lead role of Lucius Verus alongside Pedro Pascal as Marcus Acacius, with new pictures also giving us a glimpse at Connie Nielsen who returns to the story that will continue November 22nd when the film hits cinemas ahead of the festive

Paul Mescal got some muscles for the role of Lucius

season.Two relatively young brothers rule the vast empire, with Fred Hechinger as Emperor Caracalla and Joseph Quinn as Emperor Geta.

 

THE STORY OF GLADIATOR II
 continues decades after the first movie in which Russell Crowe played his father, now Lucius has come of age and has gotten far away from his mother, as Variety reveals. While he was still a child, Lucilla sent him to the northern coast of Africa, to a region called Numidia that was (at that point) just outside the reach of the Roman Empire. He never fully understood why, and as he grew stronger, so did his resentment even if his mother’s reasons had been pure. As Gladiator II begins, Mescal’s Lucius, according to Variety, has a wife and child, and lives a relatively peaceful life with them until conquerors from his homeland begin to encroach. He’s taken root in a seacoast town in Numidia. He’s a blue-eyed, fair-skinned man with red hair, and he couldn’t be more different from the inhabitants, director Ridley Scott reveals. It’s one of the last surviving civilizations, as the Romans begin to descend in North Africa and take it all over. Leading that charge is Pedro Pascal’s Marcus Acacius, a Roman general said to have trained as a junior officer under Crowe’s character, although he wasn’t seen in the first movie. Lucius, once the grandson of the emperor of Rome, finds himself a prisoner of it. But when he gets to Rome as a prisoner and has a first round in the arena, he sees his mother—to his shock. He doesn’t know whether she’s alive or not. And she’s now with the general who he came face-to-face with on the wall in Numidia. Lucilla doesn’t recognize the battered creature in the Colosseum as her son, and has no idea about the bloody history between him and the man she loves.

 

JOSEPH QUINN IS EMPEROR CARACALLA IN GLADIATOR SEQUEL! TRAILER AND AIR DATE FOR NEW BBC PERIOD SET SERIES TEN POUND POMS! SEE AN ENCHANTING TRAILER FOR DISNEY'S NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURE WISH WITH CHRIS PINE

  GLADIATOR SEQUEL  

TO AD JOSEPH QUINN WITH CONNIE NIELSEN RETURNING

Joseph Quinn will be emperor Caracalla

After adding Paul Mescal in the lead role, the sequel to Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR has now also added Joseph Quinn as emperor Caracalla with Connie Nielsen in negotiations to return to her original role of Lucilla who is the mother of Lucius, now the protagonist of the movie and portrayed by Mescal. The film is currently set for a November 22nd, 2024 release in cinemas. Fans' favourite Joseph Quinn is no stranger to historical drama and if you follow our blog for more than a decade you know that he first shone in period set series Dickensian, Les Miserables, Howard's End and Catherine the Great. 

 TEN POUND POMS TRAILER 

AND AIR FOR BBC SERIES

BBC One has announced a launch date and also the first trailer for their new six part period set series TEN POUND POMS which will officially launch on Sunday May 14th and will air weekly, but all episodes will be immediately available on iPlayer. The major new drama series starring Michelle Keegan, Faye Marsay and Warren Brown follows a group of Brits as they leave post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on a life-altering adventure on the other side of the world! In Australia it will stream on Stan.

 

 DISNEY'S WISH TRAILER 

A NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURE

I forgot to show you this one last night, but here it is now: Disney has released first trailer for their new enchanting animated adventure movie WISH which will debut in theatres around you November 22nd  set in the fantastical kingdom of Rosas, which is ruled over by a king voiced by Chris Pine. A number of Disney's recent animated movies, including Encanto and Strange World, has flopped at the box office, so it will be interesting to see if this one will score success. 

 

THE STORY OF WISH  

Written and directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, WISH is set in Rosas, a fantastical land located off the Iberian Peninsula. Our heroine, Asha, lives in Rosas, known as the kingdom of wishes. People come from everywhere to give their wishes to a magical king who promises to grant their deepest desires — someday. Only he can decide which wishes will come true and when. Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force — a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe — the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico — to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.

SCANDINAVIAN SUNDAY: SEE HILMA PERIOD SET MOVIE TRAILER FROM LASSE HALLSTROM, THE DREAMER SERIES TRAILER WITH CONNIE NIELSEN ABOUT OUT OF AFRICA AUTHOR!

  HILMA MOVIE TRAILER  

FROM LASSE HALLSTROM

After the exciting updates from epic TV projects that Netflix presented to us at yesterday's Tudum event, we are continuing the weekend this Sunday by moving

Hilma will also stream on Viaplay UK

swiftly to Scandinavia, beginning our visit with the land of Sweden from which arrives the first trailer for new period set movie helmed by one of our favourite directors, always brilliant Lasse Hallstrom.

To open in their cinemas October 19th after which it will also be available on their streamer Viaplay, HILMA explores Hilma af Klint's enigmatic life, now recognized as one of the Western world's first abstract artists. The cast led by Lasse's and Lena Olin's daughter Tora Hallstrom, also includes Tom Wlaschiha, Lily Cole and Adam Lundgren. Beside directing and casting his wife and daughter, Lasse also wrote the script.

 

 THE DREAMER SERIES 

ON OUT OF AFRICA AUTHOR

Already streaming on Viaplay since last Sunday is period set TV series THE DREAMER (Drømmeren) aka Becoming Karen Blixen, which depicts the life of Karen Blixen, the author of famous Out of Africa played in the six

The Dreamer started last Sunday on Viaplay

episode series by Connie Nielsen. The story of this historical drama predominantly focuses on the author's return to Denmark after many years in East Africa. Penniless, sick and divorced, the story depicts her journey from this point to becoming a renowned writer. We met Blixen near ends, economically and emotionally bankrupt after her farm fails and her soulmate, as she calls English aristocrat Denys Finch Hatton, dies in an airplane accident and she is about to commit a suicide. This one comes from Denmark and features scenes in both Danish and English language. The drama was a part of Canneseries main competition this year.

GAL GADOT TO LEAD TO CATCH A THIEF MOVIE REMAKE! SEE LEO SUTER, CONNIE NIELSEN, STELLAN SKARSGARD IN I'LL FIND YOU WW2 ROMANCE MOVIE

   GAL GADOT TO STAR  

IN TO CATCH A THIEF REBOOT

While we are waiting for her Death on the Nile and Cleopatra, Gal Gadot has been set to star in the movie remake of TO CATCH A THIEF which was originally directed by Hitchcock with Grace Kelly and Cary

Beside starring, Gal will also executive produce the remake

Grant leading the story about a former thief who must prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation. Eileen Jones is penning the script, Gadot is also producing.

 

  I'LL FIND YOU TRAILER  

A WW2 ROMANCE MOVIE

This one was shot back in 2019 and since then it visited many movie festivals, but WW2 big screen drama I'LL FIND YOU will finally arrive to USA

The film is out this February in USA

February 25th in selected theatres and video on demand. Inspired by stories of Polish musicians from the 30-40's, the film's an uncommon love story; romantic, but with the love of music which draws the characters together. A young couple - Robert (our dearest sweetest Leo Suter), a catholic opera singer and Rachel (Adelaide Clemens), a Jewish violinist, dream of one day performing together at Carnegie Hall. When they're torn apart by the German invasion of Poland, Robert vows to find Rachel, no matter what. His search takes him on a journey through the heart of Nazi

Our favourite boo Leo Suter plays the lead male role in the film

Germany, to a reckoning - that Rachel may be lost to him forever. Connie Nielsen and Stellan Skarsgard and Stephen Dorff also star in this stellar ensemble.

NETFLIX SETS STREAMING DATE FOR VIKINGS: VALHALLA EPIC TV SERIES SEQUEL WITH LEO SUTER, DAVID OAKES, SAM CORLETT! CONNIE NIELSEN TO LEAD PERIOD SET MINI SERIES ON OUT OF AFRICA AUTHOR KAREN BLIXEN

 CONNIE NIELSEN TO LEAD 

KAREN BLIXEN TV SERIES

We have been mentioning her often lately, first for The Pact movie that follows later years in the life of famous Danish writer Karen Blixen, and then

Connie Nielsen will take the lead role

because her book Ehrengard will be turned into a movie, but now we have news that after Meryl Streep who played her in Out of Africa, now Connie Nielsen will play Karen Blixen in six part mini TV series THE DREAMER - BECOMING KAREN BLIXEN for Nordic streamer Viaplay. The series which has been shot already and is now, as Screen Daily reports, in post production, has the story set in the 1930s, and follows the author’s return to Denmark after many years in East Africa. Penniless, sick and divorced, the series depicts her journey from this point to becoming a renowned writer. The series will air next year and will be sold internationally as well. 

  VIKINGS VALHALLA  

GETS NETFLIX AIRING DATE

In other news from the period set genre, Netflix has revealed streaming dates for some of their new series coming up next year and among them is the

The first of the three ordered seasons will have eight episodes

long awaited historical adventure from Michael Hirst VIKINGS sequel VALHALLA which will bring Vikings to the streamer February 25th. They've

Leo Suter, right, leads the new Vikings Valhalla series

also given us some new photos from the new saga that has already finished shooting second season and will, set in the early 1200s, a 100 years after the

Sam Corlett is famous Leiff Eriksson in the new series

original series, follow famous warriors and kings Leif Eriksson, Freydis Eriksdotter, and Harald Sigurdsson as they fight for survival and glory. Our dearest boy Leo Suter, Sam Corlett and our beloved David Oakes lead the

Leo Suter is famous king Harald Sigursson in the series

cast. Netflix has also confirmed that THE WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN will also arrive sometime next year. 1200 years before the world of The Witcher: Blood Origin - we visit the creation of the first prototype Witcher, and the

The series already has shot and produced second season

events that lead to the pivotal conjunction of the spheres, when the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged to become one.