QUEEN OF FASHION BIOPIC TO STAR ANDREA RISBOROUGH, MIRANDA RICHARDSON, RICHARD E. GRANT, JOE COLE, DANE DEHAAN, MICHELLE DOCKERY, EMILY BEECHAM, VINCENT PEREZ

   THE QUEEN OF FASHION  

ISABELLA BLOW BIOPIC ENDS PRODUCTION

As ScreenDaily reports, Alex Marx has finished shooting his Isabella Blow biopic THE QUEEN OF FASHION with Andrea Riseborough in the lead role in the film about the extraordinary life of London-born Blow, known as a visionary fashion editor, muse, and unstoppable force who shaped the fashion industry, surrounded by a constellation of era-defining artists, designers and creatives. Dane DeHaan stars as Blow’s husband, Joe Cole as designer Alexander Lee McQueen. Michelle Dockery is British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman, Emily Beecham is Isabella’s best friend Lucy Birley. Stacy Martin is designer Daphne Guinness, and Ncuti Gatwa fashion designer at Tatler magazine, Michael Roberts. Miranda Richardson and Richard E Grant play Blow’s parents, while Fionn O’Shea and Sebastian De Souza play couture hat designer Philip Treacy and his partner. Vincent Perez also stars.

SEE GRITTY TRAILER FOR NETFLIX NEW EPIC 19TH CENTURY WILD WEST SERIES AMERICAN PRIMEVAL WITH TAYLOR KITSCH, JAI COURTNEY, DANE DEHAAN

   AMERICAN PRIMEVAL   

NETFLIX EPIC TV SERIES ARRIVING JANUARY

Netflix has revealed the official trailer for their new six episode historical series AMERICAN PRIMEVAL which will hit the streamer January

American Primeval arrives January 9th

9th with Taylor Kitsch in the lead role. Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan, Shea Whigham, Joe Tippett, Jai Courtney, Kyle Bradley Davis, Lucas Neff, Derek Hinkey, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Preston Mota and Shawnee Pourier also star in the new series, a raw, adventurous exploration of the birth of the American West.

 

THE NEW SERIES

will be a dark and gritty retelling of the exploration of the American West in the 19th century. This is America… 1857. Up is down, pain is everywhere, innocence and tranquility are losing the battle to hatred and fear. Peace is the shrinking

American Primeval is produced by Peter Berg

minority, and very few possess grace — even fewer know compassion. There is no safe haven in these brutal lands, and only one goal matters: survival. The violent collisions of cultures, religions and communities as men and women fight and die for control of this new world – for a land they truly believe is their destiny. The ensemble tells a story of the sacrifice all must pay when they choose to enter a lawless and untamed wilderness. Peter Berg, who is also an executive producer of the new series, also acts as the director of all six episodes over at Netflix. He promises accuracy and authenticity in depicting the historical period in the series. You can check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

STREAMING DATE, POSTER AND IMAGES FOR NETFLIX NEW EPIC 19TH CENTURY WILD WEST SERIES AMERICAN PRIMEVAL WITH TAYLOR KITSCH, JAI COURTNEY, DANE DEHAAN

   AMERICAN PRIMEVAL   

NETFLIX EPIC TV SERIES STREAMING DATE SET

American Primeval is produced by Peter Berg

Netflix has revealed the streaming date for their new six episode historical series AMERICAN PRIMEVAL which will hit the streamer January 9th with Taylor Kitsch in the lead role. It will be a dark and gritty retelling of the exploration of the American West in the 19th century. This is America… 1857. Up is down, pain is everywhere, innocence and tranquility are losing the battle to hatred and fear. Peace is the shrinking minority, and very few possess grace — even fewer know compassion. There is no safe haven in these brutal lands, and only one goal matters: survival. Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan, Shea Whigham, Joe Tippett, Jai Courtney, Kyle Bradley Davis, Lucas Neff, Derek Hinkey, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Preston Mota and Shawnee Pourier also star in the new series, a raw, adventurous exploration of the birth of the American West. The violent collisions of cultures, religions and communities as men and women fight and die for control of this new world – for a land they truly believe is their destiny. The ensemble tells a story of the sacrifice all must pay when they choose to enter a lawless and untamed wilderness.

JAI COURTNEY, DANE DEHAAN, BETTY GILPIN JOIN TAYLOR KITSCH IN NETFLIX WILD WEST PERIOD SET SERIES AMERICAN PRIMEVAL

  JAI COURTNEY JOINS  

TAYLOR KITSCH'S AMERICAN PRIMEVAL WILD WEST SERIES

Last December we got the news that Taylor Kitsch will lead period set series AMERICAN PRIMEVAL at Netflix, and now the six part series has also got Jai Courtney, Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan and Shea Whigham

Jai Courtney has joined the cast

along with Joe Tippett, Kyle Bradley Davis, Nick Hargrove, Derek Hinkey, Saura Lightfoot Leon, Preston Mota and Shawnee Pourier. This raw, adventurous exploration of the birth of the American West depicts violent collisions of cultures, religions and communities as men and women fight and die for control of this new world – for a land they truly believe is their destiny. It tells a story of the sacrifice all must pay when they choose to enter a lawless and untamed wilderness. With Kitsch, as Isaac, a traumatized man struggling to overcome his demons and find a reason to live in this brutal and punishing world, Jai Courtney will play Virgil Cutter, a trapper and bounty hunter who sees opportunity in the naiveté of others.

A DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM ARRIVES TO GILDED AGE PERIOD SET SERIES SEASON TWO WITH OTHER NEW CAST MEMBERS! STAIRCASE HBO SERIES TRAILER WITH COLIN FIRTH, TONI COLLETTE, JULIETTE BINOCHE

  GILDED AGE SEASON 2 

ADS NEW CAST MEMBERS

After turning most of its actors (both upstairs and downstairs ones) from season one into regulars for season two Julian Fellowes' costume drama

Ben Lamb will be the Duke of Buckingham

GILDED AGE has now added new names to the ensemble of the HBO and Sky's series. Joining the series that follows class struggles in the New York of the 19th century, are Robert Sean Leonard as Reverend Matthew Forte: A jovial, congenial man, and recent transplant from Boston, Matthew is the new rector of the church attended by all the highest New York society. Laura Benanti as Susan Blane: Recently widowed by a rich, dull man many years her senior, Susan is a very beautiful, glamorous woman living in Newport who hires Larry (Harry Richardson) as her architect for a major renovation on her Newport home. Nicole Brydon Bloom as Caroline Stuyvesant: A beguiling socialite, Oscar (Blake Ritson) immediately recognizes her as the perfect heiress for marriage and a great match for his wit and disposition, while she finds him to be a valued confidant. Michael Braugher as Booker

Laura Benanti will be a rich widow

T. Washington: The famed educator, he invites NY journalists Thomas Fortune (Sullivan Jones) and Peggy Scott (Denée Benton) to tour his new school in Tuskegee. Christopher Denham as Robert McNeil: A wealthy, mainstream, somewhat uptight banker who is trying to navigate New York high society with his wife. David Furr as Dashiell Montgomery: Agnes’ (Christine Baranski) nephew by marriage, he is wealthy, widowed and has recently moved to New York with his school-age daughter Frances. Ben Lamb as The Duke of Buckingham: A posh British nobleman recently arrived in New York, he catches Bertha’s (Carrie Coon) eye as a tool for her ambition and match for Gladys. Matilda Lawler as

Christopher Denham, Robert Sean Leonard, David Furr will star

Frances Montgomery: Daughter to Dashiell Montgomery, she is innocent, naturally charming, endearing and well-bred with good manners. Dakin Matthews as Mr. Winterton: A very rich widower, he married his new, young

Rebecca Haden and Nicole Brydon Bloom will also star

wife after an extremely short courtship – so short she hadn’t yet met any of his society friends and he is unaware of her past. Rebecca Haden as Flora McNeil: Flora has lived at the top of New York society, and has been brought up to believe the lie that her father deserted her and her mother.

   STAIRCASE TRAILER  

FOR COLIN FIRTH HBO SERIES

Staircase will stream on HBO Max May 5th

After the recent teaser, HBO has released a full trailer for their eight episode series THE STAIRCASE starting May 5th with three opening episodes with the rest of them airing then one per week! Starring Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Michael Stuhlbarg, Juliette Binoche, Dane DeHaan, Rosemarie DeWitt, Tim Guinee, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Parker Posey, it is  based on a true story and explores the life of Michael Peterson (Firth), his sprawling North Carolina family, and the very suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen Peterson (Collette). It was a case that shocked the world and left him serving a prison sentence. Check out the trailer and poster below:

DID COLIN FIRTH THROW TONI COLLETTE OFF THE STAIRCASE IN NEW HBO SERIES TRAILER? HBO SETS HOUSE OF THE DRAGON EPIC TV SERIES FOR LATE AUGUST!

 HOUSE OF THE DRAGON 

ARRIVES END OF AUGUST

In case you were wondering what shall we watch when the new season starts, it seems we will watch the clash of elves and dragons as HBO has just

The series will also air on Sky and Foxtel

announced that they have set August 21st as the starting date for their Game of Thrones prequel HOUSE OF THE DRAGON which is just ten days ahead of Amazon's launch of their Rings of Power epic series. Based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” the series, which is set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, tells the story of House Targaryen. Paddy Considine leads the cast as King Viserys Targaryen Viserys, who was chosen by the lords of Westeros to succeed the Old King, Jaehaerys Targaryen, at the Great Council at Harrenhal. A warm, kind, and decent man, Viserys only wishes to carry forward his grandfather’s legacy, but as we’ve learned from Game of Thrones, good men do not necessarily make for great kings. Matt Smith is Prince Daemon Targaryen, the younger brother to King

Olivia Cooke is Alicent Hightower

Viserys and heir to the throne. A peerless warrior and a dragonrider, Daemon possesses the true blood of the dragon. But it is said that whenever a Targaryen is born, the gods toss a coin in the air… Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) is the daughter of Otto Hightower, the Hand of the King, and the

Fabien Frankel is Ser Crinston Cole

most comely woman in the Seven Kingdoms. She was raised in the Red Keep, close to the king and his innermost circle; she possesses both a courtly grace and a keen political acumen. Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) is the king’s first-born child. She is of pure Valyrian blood, and she is a

Rhys Ifans is Otto Hightower

dragonrider. Many would say that Rhaenyra was born with everything… but she was not born a man. Lord Corlys Velaryon, “The Sea Snake” (Steve Toussaint) is the lord of House Velaryon, a Valyrian bloodline as old as House Targaryen. As “The Sea Snake,” the most famed nautical adventurer in

Steve Toussaint and Eve Best as Corlys and Rhaenys

the history of Westeros, Lord Corlys built his house into a powerful seat that is even richer than the Lannisters and that claims the largest navy in the world. Princess Rhaenys Velaryon (Eve Best) is a dragonrider and wife to Lord Corlys Velaryon, "The Queen Who Never Was" was passed over as heir to the

Olivia Cooke and Rhys Ifans as the Hightowers

throne at the Great Council because the realm favored her cousin, Viserys, simply for being male. Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel), of Dornish descent, is the common-born son of the steward to the Lord of Blackhaven. He has no claim to land or titles; all he has to his name is his honor and his

Matt Smith is prince Daemon Targaryen

preternatural skill with a sword. Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno) came to Westeros with nothing, sold more times than she can recall, and she could have wilted... but instead she rose to become the most trusted - and most unlikely - ally of Prince Daemon Targaryen, the heir to the throne. Otto

Emma Darcy is Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen

Hightower (Rhys Ifans) is the Hand of the King, who loyally and faithfully serves both his king and his realm. As the Hand sees it, the greatest threat to the realm is the king's brother, Daemon, and his position as heir to the throne.

 

   THE STAIRCASE TRAILER  

AIR DATE SET FOR MAY

HBO has released a trailer for their eight episode series THE STAIRCASE starting May 5th with three opening episodes! Starring Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Michael Stuhlbarg, Juliette Binoche, Dane

Michael was convicted in 2003 and served till 2017 when his sentence was reduced

DeHaan, Rosemarie DeWitt, Tim Guinee, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Parker Posey, it is  based on a true story and explores the life of Michael Peterson (Firth), his sprawling North Carolina family, and the very suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen Peterson (Collette). 

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON 'TULIP FEVER' COSTUME DRAMA WITH ALICIA VIKANDER, JUDI DENCH, DANE DEHAAN, CHRISTOPH WALTZ, HOLLIDAY GRAINGER, MATTHEW MORRISON, KEVIN MCKIDD

'TULIP FEVER' PHOTOS

ALICIA VIKANDER & CHRISTOPH WALTZ IN STAR STUDDED MOVIE

Although four long years have passed since it has been shot, period set costume drama TULIP FEVER is only now ready to bloom in cinemas: February 24th will mark the start of its theatre life. It is interesting that its main star Alicia Vikander has in the meantime become one of the most wanted actresses in Hollywood even though she was a relative unknown back when she was cast in the movie instead of Kate Winslet who was the original choice together with Jude Law back in 2004 when the movie was first supposed to be made.

LOVE AND TULIPS
The story of the movie is set in Dutch capital city Amsterdam and follows a beautiful young woman (Alicia Vikander) from the 17th century, married to wealthy merchant (Christoph Waltz), who commissions an artist (Dane DeHaan) to paint her portrait. When the artist arrives, she's smitten, and they plan for a future together by putting their money into the highly speculative tulip market, in which certain flower bulbs were worth huge sums.

JUDI DENCH ALSO IN THE CAST

This $25 million historical drama, directed by Justin Chadwick (who already shot one costume movie The Other Boleyn Girl but it was a major flop both among the critics and the audience), is actually a big screen adaptation of beloved worldwide best selling book by Deborah Moggach also known for her book These Foolish Things which was adapted into classic Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movie. The cast also includes Judi Dench who portrays the Abbess of St. Ursula’s, a rescuer of orphan children. Matthew Morrison appears as drunken bohemian artist Mattheus! Jack O’Connell, Holliday Grainger, Kevin McKidd, Tom Hollander round up the stellar cast and Cressida Bonas plays Mrs. Steen, a merchant’s young wife.

DEZZY'S HISTORY LESSON
Tulip mania or tulipomania was a period in the Dutch Golden Age in the 1600s during which contract prices for bulbs of the recently introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly collapsed! At the peak of tulip mania, in March 1637, some single tulip bulbs sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsman. The first tulips came to Europe in 1550s when Ottoman Empire sultan sent first bulbs to Vienna.Tulips were different from any other flower known in Europe at that time.

NEW POSTERS FOR 'TULIP FEVER' WITH DANE DEHAAN, ALICIA VIKANDER, JUDI DENCH, CHRISTOPH WALTZ, 'SHALLOWS' WITH BLAKE LIVELY, 'INDIGNATION' WITH LOGAN LERMAN, SARAH GADON

'TULIP FEVER' POSTER

THE FEVER OF LOVE

Poster day today, people, with new ones for already announced movies, starting with TULIP FEVER, a long awaited costume drama set in the Netherlands in the early 17th century, during the period of the Tulip mania, when an artist (Dane DeHaan) falls for a married young woman (Alicia Vikander) while he's commissioned to paint her portrait by her husband (Christoph Waltz). The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together. The stellar cast for the movie out this July also includes Judi Dench, Jack O'Connell, Holiday Grainger, Kevin McKidd, Matthew Morrison and Tom Hollander!

'THE SHALLOWS' POSTER

IN THE SHALLOWS OF FEAR

There's also a new poster for Blake Lively's sea horror thriller out this August THE SHALLOWS in which a mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills, requiring all of Nancy's ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude!

'INDIGNATION' POSTER

THE INDIGNATION OF YOUTH

The last new poster comes for a big screen adaptation of Philip Roth novel INDIGNATION set in 1951, when Marcus (Logan Lerman), a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with sexual repression and cultural disaffection, amid the ongoing Korean War, and pines after a troubled girl (Sarah Gadon).

'TULIP FEVER' PERIOD SET TRAILER WITH ALICIA VIKANDER, JUDI DENCH, CHRISTOPH WALTZ, DANE DEHAAN! ALICIA VIKANDER IS NEW LARA CROFT! PENELOPE CRUZ TO LEAD 'LAYOVER'

ALICIA VIKANDER 

IS NEW LARA CROFT!

I remember back years ago when we first started writing about her and now she is probably the quickest rising female Hollywood star with an Oscar in her hand. So what is next for Alicia Vikander after so many amazing dramatic roles? Well, Warner Bros. and MGM have revealed officially today that she is their new lead star for LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER reboot! As Hollywood Reporter writes, the new movie will show the famous adventurer in a much younger stage of her life, showing her origin story! Later this year we will first watch her beside her boo Michael Fassbender in THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS.

PENELOPE CRUZ

TO LEAD 'LAYOVER' MOVIE
Since we're femalecentric today, another lovely lady from Hollywood, Penelope Cruz has been cast in the lead role in LAYOVER, the big screen adaptation of Lisa Zeidner book! The book revolves around Claire Newbold, a successful travelling saleswoman who decides to go on the lam from her life. She develops elaborate scams for sneaking into hotel rooms, alone or with a guest, and a passion for swimming in their pools. A master of reinvention, she is fierce, funny and falling apart, and the story follows the atypical heroine as she goes off the deep end, and has to find her way back to shore.

'TULIP FEVER' TRAILER WITH

ALICIA VIKANDER, JUDI DENCH, CHRISTOPH WALTZ, DANE DEHAAN

And speaking of Alicia Vikander we finally get the first trailer for her period set movie  TULIP FEVER in which she plays a married woman who begins a passionate affair with the artist (Dane DeHaan) hired to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market of the 17th century Netherlands, in hopes to build a future together. An incredibly stellar cast also includes Christoph Waltz as her husband, Holliday Grainger, Judi Dench, Kevin McKidd, Matthew Morrison, Tom Hollander, Jack O'Connell...

FIRST PHOTOS FROM PERIOD SET MOVIES 'LOVE & FRIENDSHIP' WITH KATE BECKINSALE, CHLOE SEVIGNY, 'TULIP FEVER' WITH DANE DEHAAN, ALICIA VIKANDER, JUDI DENCH, CHRISTOPH WALZ, MATTHEW MORRISON, JACK O'CONNELL, HOLLIDAY GRAINGER

'LOVE & FRIENDSHIP' PHOTOS

WITH KATE BECKINSALE

It's been an extremely slow week so far in the movie business, so I will entertain you today with something I've dug out recently: the first photos from two of the upcoming period set movies. Starting with the first poster and some photos from Kate Beckinsale's LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP which is premièring at Sundance this month.

Directed by Whit Stillman, and also starring Chloe Sevigny, Stephen Fry and Xavier Samuel, LOVE & FRIENDSHIP, an adaptation of a Jane Austen short story, revolves around beautiful widow Lady Susan Vernon, who has come to the estate of her in-laws to wait out colourful rumours about her dalliances circulating through polite society. While there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and her rather reluctant debutante daughter, Frederica. Two young men, handsome Reginald DeCourcy and wealthy Sir James Martin, severely complicate her plans.

'TULIP FEVER' PHOTOS

ALICIA VIKANDER & CHRISTOPH WALTZ IN STAR STUDDED MOVIE

Meanwhile, another period set movie we've been announcing for what seems at least five years now TULIP FEVER finally has some photos released revealing lead actors Alicia Vikander and Christoph Waltz, and also prince Harry's ex girlfriend Cressida Bonas. Set in 17th century Amsterdam, the adaptation of Deborah Moggach novel, follows an artist (Dane DeHaan) who falls for a married young woman (Alicia Vikander) when he's commissioned to paint her portrait by her husband (Christoph Waltz). The pair then invest in the risky tulip market in the hope of building a future together. Dame Judi Dench also joins the cast together with Matthew Morrison and Tom Hollander, Jack O’Connell, Holliday Grainger. Dench will play the Abbess of St. Ursula’s, a rescuer of orphan children, and Morrison will play a drunken bohemian artist.