ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LADY OF THE LAKE EPIC TV SERIES CURSED WHICH STARTS THIS FRIDAY AT NETFLIX

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BRINGS LADY NIMUE THIS FRIDAY

After Witcher last winter, and then Last Kingdom and A Letter For The King this spring, your sword and sorcery series for this summer will be

Netflix new ten part original series starts this Friday, July 17th

Arthurian legends mini series CURSED which starts this Friday, July 17th over at Netflix with  Katherine Langford leading the cast as the young

The series will be most probably getting a second season

sorceress Nimue who encounters a young King Arthur (Devon Terrell) on his quest to find a powerful and ancient sword.

Cursed Epic TV Series
based on Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler's comic book, is a re-imagination of the Arthurian legend, told through the eyes of Nimue, a young woman with

Devon Terrell plays a blackwashed king Arthur who is not even a king

a mysterious gift who is destined to become the powerful (and tragic) Lady of the Lake. After her mother's death, she finds an unexpected partner in Arthur,

Matt Stokoe is sir Gawain, the legendary Green Knight

a humble mercenary, in a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword. Over the course of her journey, Nimue will become a symbol of courage and

Gustaff Skarsgaard is playing a very weird new Merlin the wizard

rebellion against the terrifying Red Paladins, and their complicit King Uther. Cursed is a coming-of-age story whose themes are familiar to our own time:

Daniel Sharman is Weeping Monk, the villain of the series

the obliteration of the natural world, religious terror, senseless war, and finding the courage to lead in the face of the impossible.

Who Else Is Cursed?

The cast of the series, which was shot last year before September and has thus escaped the predicaments of corona outbreak, also includes Gustaf

Bella Dayne plays a fierce Viking captain in the new series

Skarsgard as Merlin, Matt Stokoe as Sir Gawain The Green Knight, Bella Dayne as Viking captain Red Spear, Daniel Sharman as the Weeping

Sebastian Armesto is king Utred Pendragon in the series

Monk, with Petter Mulan, Billy Jenkins, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Sebastian Armesto as King Utred Pendragon, Ella Prebble, Scarlett Rock and Daniella

The series will include different clans of fairy people from the woods

Gad also in the lineup. This ten episode long dark fairy tale will include fairies, wizards, knights, Viking invaders, religious zealots... 

NETFLIX REVEALS SUMMER AIRING DATE FOR ARTHURIAN LEGENDS EPIC SERIES CURSED WITH KATHERINE LANGFORD, MATT STOKOE, GUSTAF SKARSGARD, DANIEL SHARMAN

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AND A JULY STREAMING DATE!

Just when we almost thought the summer was over even before it actually started, Netflix has announced today July 17th as the streaming date for their

Cursed starts July 17th at Netflix

new epic series CURSED, a ten episode drama based on Arthurian legends which it obviously (and rather shamelessly) plays with by changing history and legends the way it suits them. Katherine Langford leads the cast as the young sorceress Nimue who encounters a young King Arthur (Devon Terrell) on his quest to find a powerful and ancient sword.

  Cursed Series
based on  Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler's comic book, is a re-imagination of the Arthurian legend, told through the eyes of Nimue, a young woman with a mysterious gift

Katherine Langford takes the lead role of Lady of the Lake Nimue

who is destined to become the powerful (and tragic) Lady of the Lake. After her mother's death, she finds an unexpected partner in Arthur, a humble

Devon Terrell plays King Arthur, or a reimagination of the legendary king

mercenary, in a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword. Over the course of her journey, Nimue will become a symbol of courage and rebellion

Matt Stokoe is the brave Sir Gawain

against the terrifying Red Paladins, and their complicit King Uther. Cursed is a coming-of-age story whose themes are familiar to our own time: the

Gustaf Skarsgard is some weird new Merlin

obliteration of the natural world, religious terror, senseless war, and finding the courage to lead in the face of the impossible.

Who Else Is Cursed?

The cast of the series, which was shot last year before September and has thus escaped the predicaments of corona outbreak, also includes  Gustaf

Daniel Sharman is The Weeping Monk in the series

Skarsgard as Merlin, Matt Stokoe as Sir Gawain, Bella Dayne as Viking captain Red Spear, Daniel Sharman as the Weeping Monk, with Petter

The series will air in ten hourlong episodes

Mulan, Billy Jenkins, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Sebastian Armesto, Ella Prebble, Scarlett Rock and Daniella Gad also in the lineup.This is the third epic series at Netflix this year after Witcher and A Letter for the King.

HOLLYWOOD SPY'S MASSIVELY EXTENSIVE LIST OF ALL THE EPIC, HISTORICAL AND PERIOD SET SHOWS WE MIGHT STILL GET TO WATCH IN 2020 AMIDST CORONA PRODUCTION LOCKDOWNS!

ALL THE EPIC TV SHOWS

WE CAN STILL EXPECT IN 2020
I've already told you that after Last Kingdom season 4 which is currently streaming on Netflix we shouldn't expect many epic TV shows on the telly this year due to corona virus. Production on all series has stopped, some

Rege Jean Page leads Bridgerton cast

networks (Sky namely) have halted their productions entirely till 2021, and some are seeking ways to continue with work, BBC is for example looking to shoot by quarantining crews and actors together at overseas filmings. Here are the shows that are already shot and will probably be aired this year.

Bridgerton
Netflix has not only finished shooting their new historical series BRIDGERTON in March, but I hear rumours of a 2nd season already ordered. The adaptation of Julia Quinn's historical romance novels will use the method of black washing to put actors of colour into the roles of dukes, lord and ladies. It will star Polly Walker, Regé Jean Page, Phoebe Dynevor, Julie Andrews, Ben Miller, Luke Newton, Jonathan Bailey, with the story set during England’s early 1800s Regency period following love lives of eight very rich Bridgerton family heirs! Given that it comes from Shonda Rhymes who gave us the criminally bad Still Star Crossed, you can expect cheap cheesiness in this one too.

Cursed

Netflix has already finished shooting Arthurian legends epic mini series CURSED last year, so it is ready to air sometime this year with Katherine Langford as Nimue, a young rebellious heroine whose destiny lies in helping

Cursed will premiere sometime this summer on Netflix

Arthur, a young mercenary to ascend to the throne of Camelot. In another case of blackwashing Devon Turell is playing Arthur, Gustaf Skarsgard is

Matt Stokoe as Sir Gawain in the new epic TV series

Merlin, Matt Stokoe is Sir Gawain, Bella Dayne is Viking captain Red Spear, with Petter Mulan and Daniel Sharman also in the cast.

Black Narcissus

As far as I've heard the shooting of BBC's period set series BLACK NARCISSUS begun in October and was over before the lockdown,  so we will probably be able to see Gemma Arterton (playing a nun struggling to contain her repressed emotions in the remote Himalayan mountains up in the palace of Mopu) sometime this year! The three part adaptation of Rumer Godden’s classic novel will also star Alessandro Nivola, Diana Rigg, Gina Mckee and Jim Broadbent!

The Luminaries

BBC also finished their adaption of Eleanor Catton's Man Booker Prize-winning novel LUMINARIES in early 2019 and it was supposed to air this April but they might be keeping it for summer of autumn. The six part 19th century adventure series, starring Eva Green and Marton Csokas, tells an epic story of love, murder and revenge, as men and women travelled across the world to New Zealand to make their fortunes.

The North Water

British broadcaster also has another historical adventure already finished: four part mini series THE NORTH WATER, based on Ian McGuire's novel in which Colin Farrell as Henry Drax, a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, sets sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner (Jack O'Connell), a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor.

Romulus

Although they halted their international production till next year, Sky Atlantic has a few series already done, for example ROMULUS epic series shot in archaic Latin in ten episodes,  following the story of Romulus (Andrea Arcangeli) and his twin brother Remus (Francesco Di Napoli), in eighth century B.C. as seen through the eyes of three people marked by death, loneliness and violence.

Little Birds

The production of another of Sky's period set mini series has also finished in Andalusia and UK. LITTLE BIRDS inspired by Anais Nin's erotic stories, will be set in Tangier in 1955, in the famous ‘international zone’ - one of the last outposts of colonial decadence, and a culture shock in more ways than one for troubled American debutante Lucy Savage (Juno Temple). Hugh Skinner and Jean Marc Barr also star.

A Discovery Of Witches

Although the first season wasn't period set, the second season of Sky's A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES will be as flimsy witch Diana Bishop (played atrociously by scandalously bad Teresa Palmer) and vampire Matthew Claremont (always charismatic Matthew Goode) have been transported by means of magic to Elizabethan England. We might expect the airing later this year, although nothing has been confirmed.

Warrior Season 2

Although at some point there was a possibility of it having to find a new home as Cinemax was to abandon all scripted programmes, I have info that the 2nd season of their magnificently dynamic series WARRIOR might air in October! Andrew Koji, Kiearan Bew and Tom Weston Jones are to return to 19th century San Francisco China Town. This one was shot at the end of 2019. Chen Tang, Celine Buckens and Miranda Raison have joined the series regular cast together with Maria Elena Laas.

The Singapore Grip

ITV has finished an ambitious and exotic family saga set in colonial Singapore during World War Two. THE SINGAPORE GRIP follows the schemes, both commercial and amorous, of a wealthy British family as they struggle to preserve their prosperous business amid cataclysmic world events. A compelling portrait of a society in decline and a family clinging to a world that is crumbling around them! David Morrissey, Luke Treadaway, Colm Meaney and Charles Dance star in the six part adaptation of J.G. Farrell’s classic novel. It will air either this summer or autumn.

The Spanish Princess Season 2

Although the 1st season was one of the most poorly acted and most amateurishly written and directed shows we've ever had the misfortune to watch, Starz has already finished shooting the 2nd season of THE SPANISH PRINCESS which stars almost offensively talentless Charlotte Hope as Catherine of Aragon. The cast will now also include Ray Stevenson as King James IV of Scotland and Andrew Buchan as social climber Sir Thomas More!

BarkSkins

As I've recently announced, NatGeo will air their new epic TV series BARKSKINS from May 25th with a Hulu release the very next day. Starring David Thewlis, Christian Cooke, Aneurin Barnard and Marcia Gay Harden, the series, based on the novel by Pulitzer-winner Annie Proulx, follows a disparate group of outcasts who must navigate brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization in late 1600s New France.

The Great

Hulu has already set May 15th airing date for their new four part historical comedy series THE GREAT! Elle Fanning leads this fictionalized, irreverent and anachronistic story of an idealistic, romantic young girl who arrives in Russia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter played by Nicholas Hoult.

All Creatures Big And Small

British Channel 5 hasn't set an airing date yet for their remake of popular series ALL CREATURES BIG AND SMALL but I heard they shot a Christmas episode as well so it might be sometime next winter. Nicholas Ralph leads the cast of the series which  chronicles the heartwarming and humorous adventures of a young country vet.

Atlantic Crossing

Our favourite German production house Beta Film has finished filming period set series ATLANTIC CROSSING starring Sofia Helin, Tobias Santelmann, Kyle MacLachlan and Daniel  Betts. The eight episode series brings the story of Crown Princess Märtha who fought for her country and her marriage during the tragic events of World War II.

Empire Oktoberfest

Beta Film has another epic saga in their sleeve for this year, Munich set EMPIRE OKTOBERFEST in which the story revolves around a young girl who falls in love with a poor brewer's son. Their relationship is opposed by the girl's father, a rich mobster who has come to town to try to bully his way into the inner circle of Munich's brewery dynasties.

We can probably expect at least one Spanish and Russian epic TV  series too this year, but it is difficult for me to explore their markets in advance, so stay tuned or email us if you have any info on new epic projects!

FIRST TRAILER FOR ITV'S AND JULIAN FELLOWES' PERIOD SET SERIES BELGRAVIA IS HERE WITH TOM WILKINSON, ALICE EVE! 1ST LOOK AT DANIEL SHARMAN IN NETFLIX' CURSED KING ARTHUR EPIC TV SERIES

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REVEALS FIRST TRAILER!

This one will not air before 2020, but ITV has decided to tease us with the first trailer for their new period set drama BELGRAVIA based on the novel

The series will air next year on ITV and EPIX

by Julian Fellowes who is also producing the series himself. The brand new six-part series from Carnival Films will also air on EPIX in 2020, telling an

The series is based on a novel Julian Fellowes wrote himself

intriguing tale of London society in the 19th Century. The cast includes Tamsin Greig, Philip Glenister, Harriet Walter, Tom Wilkinson, Alice Eve. It is expected it will air in UK before Easter and on Epix in USA from April 12th.

19th Century London
Belgravia is a story of secrets and dishonour amongst the upper echelon of London society in the 19th Century. When the Trenchards accept

The new series will air in six hourlong episodes

an invitation to the now legendary ball hosted by the Duchess of Richmond on the fateful eve of the Battle of Waterloo, it sets in motion a series of events that

Carnival Films is producing the series for ITV

will have consequences for decades to come as secrets unravel behind the porticoed doors of London’s grandest postcode. Check out the trailer below:

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Daniel Sharman plays Weeping Monk

REVEALS DANIEL SHARMAN

Speaking of period set series, check out the first look at Daniel Sharman as the Weeping Monk in Netflix epic series CURSED which will air next year with Katherine Langford playing young sorceress Nimue who encounters a young King Arthur (Devon Terrell) on his quest to find a powerful and ancient sword. You can check more photos from the series here.

BELLA DAYNE JOINS NETFLIX' ARTHURIAN LEGENDS EPIC TV SAGA CURSED AS A VIKING QUEEN! KINDNESS OF STRANGERS POSTER WITH BILL NIGHY, TAHAR RAHIM, JAY BARUCHEL, CALEB LANDRY JONES

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BELLA DAYNE AS VIKING CAPTAIN

Bella Dayne will be the Viking Captain

The latest one to join Netflix ten episode epic TV series based on Arthurian legends CURSED is Bella Dayne whom you remember as Helen in BBC's scandalously atrocious Troy: Fall of a City series. She joins Katherine Langford, Devon Terrell, Gustaf Skarsgard, Peter Mullan and Matt Stokoe in the series that sees Langford playing Nimue, Lady of the Lake, who after her mother’s death, finds an unexpected partner in Arthur (Devon Terrell), a young mercenary, in a quest to find Merlin (Gustav Skarsgard) and deliver an ancient sword!

Bella Dayne will play Red Spear, a regal and ruthless Viking captain, with an eye for treasure. Loyal to no one, the Red Spear and her crew raid villages along the coast of Britain until a Fey stowaway boards her ship and entangles their fates. I've recently shown you first photos from the series which will hit the small screens next year.

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KINDLY RELEASES FIRST POSTER

You can also check out the first poster for Lone Scherfig's (she both directs and writes) drama THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS which is out in Europe this December with a number of well known names in the cast:  Bill

The film first premiered at Berlin Film Festival to rather poor reviews, which, at least judging from the clips over at You Tube, could be true!

Nighy, Tahar Rahim, Jay Baruchel, Caleb Landry Jones, all star in a story of four people suffering through the worst crises of their lives. The film was shown at Berlin Film Festival this year.

WHAT ARE JAMESTOWN STARS UP TO NEXT: STUART MARTIN TO LEAD MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE 19TH CENTURY SERIES, MATT STOKOE IS SIR GAWAIN IN CURSED EPIC TV SERIES!

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MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE

Sky's beloved epic drama Jamestown has ended, as you know, this summer with a rather shocking finale, but despair not, spylings, some of our

Stuart Martin will take the role of The Duke

favourite stars have already booked themselves new gigs! Our dear Scotsman Stuart Martin (whose rise from Medici series to Jamestown, we've been proudly following for years) will take the lead role in new A&E Network period set series about the first female detective in the 19th century London MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE as the duke himself next to Kate Phillips as Eliza Scarlet whose father dies and leaves her penniless in a time where marriage is her only option for financial security. But the headstrong Eliza is determined to find another way and takes over his private detective agency. But she needs a partner, so she hires detective Inspector William Wellington of Scotland Yard, who is also known as The

Kate Philips as Miss Scarlet, London's first 19th century lady detective

Duke, a drinker, gambler and womaniser. Eliza and Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship and team up to solve crime in 1880’s London. Andrew Gower, Cathy Belton and Matthew Malone will also star!

    MATT STOKOE IS GAWAIN

IN CURSED ARTHURIAN SERIES

Meanwhile, his fellow Jamestownian, the local blacksmith Matt Stokoe will remain in the close proximity to steel, only he won't be working it, but

Matt Stokoe will be Arthur's knight Gawain

wearing it as he is to don the armour of Sir Gawain in Netflix epic series CURSED which will follow Nimue, Lady of the Lake (Katherine Langford), who After her mother’s death, finds an unexpected partner in Arthur (Devon Terrell), a young mercenary, in a quest to find Merlin (Gustav Skarsgard) and deliver an ancient sword. Over the course of her journey, Nimue will become a symbol of courage and rebellion against the terrifying Red Paladins, and their complicit King Uther. Based on Tom Wheeler's yet to be released book, CURSED also stars Peter Mullan, Lily Newmark, Shalom Brune Franklin, Daniel Sharman, Sebastian Armesto, Emily Coates, Catherine Walker and Billy Jenkins.

  OTHER JAMESTOWN STARS
While our favourite Jamestown doctor Ben Starr does not have any new gigs announced yet (although you've also watched him in Dickensian at BBC

Niamh Walsh and Ben Starr

and Knightfall at History and also in Medici as Donatello), gorgeous inkeeper Niamh Walsh will join another period set drama THE ENGLISH GAME on the invention of soccer next to Edward Holcroft, Henry Lloyd Hughes and another Jamestown star Ben Batt!

KING ARTHUR IS BLACK AND MERLIN A VIKING IN 'CURSED' LADY OF THE LAKE EPIC SERIES PHOTOS WITH KATHERINE LANGFORD, DEVIN TERRELL, GUSTAF SKARSGARD!

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UNVEIL MERLIN & ARTHUR

Netflix has published new character photos from their new epic series CURSED with Katherine Langford as Lady Nimue from Arthurian legends, Devon Terrell as King Arthur (who is suddenly a black man, go

Katherine Langford is Nimue, Lady of the Lake

figure) and Gustaf Skarsgard as Merlin. The ten episode saga will be a re imagining of the famous legend, told through the eyes of Nimue, a teenage heroine with a mysterious gift who is destined to become the powerful and tragic Lady of the Lake.

 LADY OF THE LAKE LEGEND 
After her mother’s death, she finds an unexpected partner in Arthur, a young mercenary, in a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword. Over the

Devin Terrell is your latest King Arthur if you can believe it, folks

course of her journey, Nimue will become a symbol of courage and rebellion against the terrifying Red Paladins, and their complicit King Uther. Based on

Gustaf Skarsgard is definitely not your kind old man Merlin the Wizard

Tom Wheeler's yet to be released book, CURSED also stars Peter Mullan, Lily Newmark, Shalom Brune Franklin, Daniel Sharman, Sebastian Armesto, Emily Coates, Catherine Walker and Billy Jenkins.

NETFLIX RELEASES FIRST PHOTO OF KATHERINE LANGFORD AS NIMUE LADY OF THE LAKE FROM ARTHURIAN LEGENDS EPIC SAGA CURSED!

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UNVEILS LADY OF THE LAKE

The series is currently shooting for 2020 airing

Netflix has published the first photo from their new epic series CURSED with Katherine Langford with a sword as Lady Nimue from Arthurian legends. The ten episode saga will be a re imagining of the famous legend, told through the eyes of Nimue, a teenage heroine with a mysterious gift who is destined to become the powerful and tragic Lady of the Lake.

After her mother’s death, she finds an unexpected partner in Arthur, a young mercenary, in a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword. Over the course of her journey, Nimue will become a symbol of courage and rebellion against the terrifying Red Paladins, and their complicit King Uther. Based on

Katherine Langford takes the lead role of Lady Nimue

Tom Wheeler's yet to be released book, CURSED also stars Devon Terrell, Gustaf Skarsgård, Peter Mullan, Lily Newmark, Shalom Brune Franklin, Daniel Sharman, Sebastian Armesto, Emily Coates, Catherine Walker and Billy Jenkins.