SEE TRAILER FOR HBO MAX MERTEUIL OR THE SEDUCTION COSTUME TV SERIES, THEIR TAKE ON LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES!

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See the ugliest series poster ever!

FOR THE SEDUCTION COSTUME SERIES

HBO Max has revealed brand new trailer for their new French original series THE SEDUCTION  (previously known as Merteuil) which was shot over in Normandy last Autumn with Anamaria Vartolomei (Isabelle de Merteuil), Diane Kruger (Madame de Rosemonde), Vincent Lacoste (Vicomte de Valmont) and Lucas Bravo (Comte de Gercourt). The series will start streaming its six episodes weekly from November 14th!  You can check out the trailer that really struggles to look sexy and tell us what you think below.

 

 WHAT IS THE STORY?

 With grandiose and intimate settings, from the cliffs of  Normandy to the châteaux of Ile-de-France, the seriesfollows Marquise de Merteuil who, betrayed by Valmont, embarks on a daring journey to become Paris’ leading courtesan! To be the hero of your own story, you sometimes have to be the villain in others. English title for the series will be THE SEDUCTION as it is a thrilling exploration of the price of emotional and sexual freedom in a world where women had little. It will be a free adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses! Noée Abita also stars as Madame de Tourvel, Julien de Saint-Jean as as Louis de Germain, Fantine Harduin as Cécile de Volanges, Samuel Kircher as Chevalier Danceny, and Sandrine Blancke as Madame de Volanges.

 

SEE NEW IMAGES AND AIR DATE FROM HBO MAX MERTEUIL OR THE SEDUCTION COSTUME TV SERIES, THEIR TAKE ON LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES!

   HBO UNVEILS NEW IMAGES 

FROM THE SEDUCTION COSTUME SERIES

HBO Max has revealed brand new images from their new French original series THE SEDUCTION  (previously known as Merteuil) which was shot over in Normandy last Autumn with Anamaria Vartolomei (Isabelle de Merteuil), Diane Kruger (Madame de Rosemonde), Vincent Lacoste (Vicomte de Valmont) and Lucas Bravo (Comte de Gercourt). The series will start streaming its six episodes weekly from November 14th! 

 

 WHAT IS THE STORY?

 With grandiose and intimate settings, from the cliffs of  Normandy to the châteaux of Ile-de-France, the seriesfollows Marquise de Merteuil who, betrayed by Valmont, embarks on a daring journey to become Paris’ leading courtesan! To be the hero of your own story, you sometimes have to be the villain in others. English title for the series will be THE SEDUCTION as it is a thrilling exploration of the price of emotional and sexual freedom in a world where women had little. It will be a free adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses! Noée Abita also stars as Madame de Tourvel, Julien de Saint-Jean as as Louis de Germain, Fantine Harduin as Cécile de Volanges, Samuel Kircher as Chevalier Danceny, and Sandrine Blancke as Madame de Volanges.. 

 

MAX UNVEILS FIRST IMAGES FROM THEIR MERTEUIL OR THE SEDUCTION COSTUME TV SERIES, THEIR TAKE ON LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES!

   MAX UNVEILS IMAGES 

FROM MERTEUIL FRENCH COSTUME SERIES

Max has revealed first images from their new French original series MERTEUIL which has started shooting in Normandy back in September with Anamaria Vartolomei (Isabelle de Merteuil), Diane Kruger (Madame de Rosemonde), Vincent Lacoste (Vicomte de Valmont) and Lucas Bravo (Comte de Gercourt). With grandiose and intimate settings, from the cliffs of  Normandy to the châteaux of Ile-de-France, the series follows Marquise de Merteuil who, betrayed by Valmont, embarks on a daring journey to become Paris’ leading courtesan! To be the hero of your own story, you sometimes have to be the villain in others. English title for the series will be THE SEDUCTION. It will be a free adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

MAX UNVEILS CAST FOR THEIR MERTEUIL COSTUME TV SERIES, THEIR TAKE ON LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES!

   MAX UNVEILS CAST  

FOR MERTEUIL FRENCH COSTUME SERIES

Max has revealed the cast for their new French original series MERTEUIL which has just started shooting in Normandy with Anamaria Vartolomei (Isabelle de Merteuil), Diane Kruger (Madame de Rosemonde), Vincent Lacoste (Vicomte de Valmont) and Lucas Bravo (Comte de Gercourt). With grandiose and intimate settings, from the cliffs of  Normandy to the châteaux of Ile-de-France, the series follows Marquise de Merteuil who, betrayed by Valmont, embarks on a daring journey to become Paris’ leading courtesan! To be the hero of your own story, you sometimes have to be the villain in others. It will be a free adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON 18TH CENTURY PARIS SET HISTORICAL SERIES DANGEROUS LIAISONS WITH CHARACTER PHOTOS AND NEW TRAILER

 DANGEROUS LIAISONS SERIES 

THIS ISN'T LOVE! IT'S WAR

The show starts November 6th on Starz

After the embarrassingly atrocious Becoming Elizabeth which shares, together with The House of Dragon, the title of year's biggest borefest so far,  Starz did redeem itself a bit with the fun and dynamic The Serpent Queen, but will they dig themselves back into the new depths of dullness with DANGEROUS LIAISONS, the new adaptation of the 1700s Paris set novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, which arrives November 6th? Well, judging by the bleak casting, especially the lifeless and mediocre female lead, I probably won't even give it a go, but you might think differently, so the spy is presenting you the show today. Of course, probably nobody expects that this could come anywhere near the Oscar winning movie from 1988 which, directed by Stephen Frears, starred Glenn Close, John Malkovish, and Michelle Pfeiffer! You can check out a new trailer below the post.

  DANGEROUS LIAISONS IS

actually not a direct adaptation but a prelude of Laclos’ classic 18th-century novel focusing on the origin story of how his iconic characters, the Marquise de Merteuil (the godawful Alice Englert) and the Vicomte de Valmont (Nicholas Denton), met as passionate young lovers in Paris on the eve of the revolution. This modern take on a classic story takes audiences through wonder and terror, beauty and degradation, seduction and deception in pre-revolutionary Paris. Driven to right the wrongs of their past, the young couple’s survival depends on their skills of seduction and manipulation of not only the French nobility but of each other. The current Marquise de Merteuil (Lesley Manville) navigates her own path in a world of men, using the power of secrets to take back control, and Valmont who will stop at nothing to regain his title that was recently taken from him. Their on- again off-again love story is the heart of the series

WHO ELSE IS IN DANGER?

The new series which will air its eight episodes weekly from November 6th and streaming on Starz app and Hulu, will also star Kosar Ali who brings in the forced diversity element as Victoire, Camille’s best friend and partner in crime; Carice van Houten as Jacqueline de Montrachet, a pious noblewoman with a mysterious connection to our heroine; and Paloma Faith as the fiery Florence de Regnier, a stalwart of the French court. Hilton Pelser, Fisayo Akinade, Michael McElhatton, Nathanael Saleh, Colette Dalal Tchantcho, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, and Tom Wlaschiha also appear in the series shot lat year in Czech republic.

SEE NEW PHOTOS OF LESLEY MANVILLE & PALOMA FAITH IN STARZ NEW DANGEROUS LIAISONS COSTUME TV DRAMA! HAGEN EPIC TV SERIES AND FILM BASED ON THE NIBELUNG SAGA! SEE CONNOR SWINDELLS, DOMINIC WEST, JACK O'CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN IN ROGUE HEROES TV SERIES TEASER

 ROGUE HEROES TRAILER 

HAS ARRIVED FROM EPIX

It will arrive to Epix and BBC sometime this fall but before they announced the exact date, we have the first teaser for Jack O'Connell, Connor Swindells, Dominic West, Sofia Boutella, Alfie Allen series ROGUE HEROES. The six-part drama is based on Ben Macintyre's SAS: Rogue Heroes book, which charts the creation of the famed Special Forces unit.

 

HAGEN EPIC SERIES 

AND MOVIE COMING UP

A couple of years ago I informed you about this one and now the shooting is finally starting this September: production company Constantin and

The project will shoot in Germany and Prague

TV broadcaster RTL are planning an elaborate film and six part series adaptation of HAGEN von Tronje novel by Wolfgang Hohlbein which combines the Nibelung saga with elements from other myths following Hagen von Tronje, the dark warrior of the Nibelung saga, now a lonely hero, and the radiant Siegfried, now an unscrupulous upstart, a representative of an authoritarian form of government, supported by a new religion, Christianity. Martin Moszkowicz and Oliver Berben are the executive producers.

  STARZ' DANGEROUS LIAISONS 

SEE THE BRAND NEW IMAGES

After the first, not overly promising trailer last week, Starz has unveiled today new images via Radio Times from their eight part TV series version of

The series arrives this November

DANGEROUS LIAISONS which willarrive November 6th starring Alice Englert, Nicholas Denton, Lesley Manville, and Tom Wlaschiha. New images reveal more of Lesley Manville and British singer Paloma Faith, who plays Florence de Regnier!

 

  THE NEW SERIES  

is a bold prelude of Laclos’ classic 18th century novel focusing on the origin story of how his iconic characters, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, met as passionate young lovers in Paris on the eve of the revolution. This modern take on a classic story takes audiences through wonder and terror, beauty and degradation, seduction and deception in pre-revolutionary Paris. Driven to right the wrongs of their past, the young couple’s survival depends on their skills of seduction and manipulation of not only the French nobility but of each other. Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton portray the notorious lovers: Camille who is taken in by the current Marquise de Merteuil (Lesley Manville) navigates her own path in a world of men, using the power of secrets to take back control, and Valmont who will stop at nothing to regain his title that was recently taken from him. Their on- again off-again love story is the heart of the series. It’s not love… it’s war. I must admit those two youngsters look terribly dull and miscast to me, no passion nor talent in them.

SEE LESLEY MANVILLE, TOM WLASCHIHA IN STARZ 'DANGEROUS LIAISONS' PERIOD SET TV SERIES TEASER! 1ST PICS FROM ARABIA'S MOST EXPENSIVE EPIC TV SERIES EVER RISE OF THE WITCHES! THE AWOKEN DYSTOPIAN NOVEL TO BECOME TV SERIES ABOUT CRYOGENICS

 RISE OF THE WITCHES 

SAUDI EPIC TV SERIES 

Well, twas a long time we had anything from Arabia here, so let us correct that with first photos from new Saudi epic TV series RISE OF THE WITCHES their most ambitious and expensive show ever from MBC Studios. Based on the best-selling Saudi mythology books by Osamah Almuslim, the series, set in ancient Arabia, tells the story of an epic war between two rival witch covens, led by Afsaar and Da’ja’a. Growing up in a world dominated by male magicians who want to prevent women from having any access to magical powers (so kinda the opposite of misandrist Wheel of Time), both witches secretly learn the arts and go on to form their own groups in order to protect themselves and gain power. Ida AlKusay and Sumaya Rida. lead the ten part saga which will stream on pan Arabic streamer Shahid.

 

  THE AWOKEN DYSTOPIA  

TO BECOME A TV SERIES

The Awoken novel is out this week

Speaking of fantasy, Keshet Studios has bought TV series rights on Katelyn Monroe Howes' dystopian novel THE AWOKEN which is out this week at Penguin Random House. When Alabine Rivers, a politically active young woman with a bright career and romance ahead of her, discovers she has terminal cancer, the only thing that gives her solace is the possibility of a second life through the emerging field of cryogenics. A century later, scientists have discovered how to bring the cryogenically frozen back to life, but humanity is locked in a philosophical battle over the ethics of this new God-like power, a battle that has turned violent: those who are resurrected, the Awoken, have been declared illegal and are to be shot on sight. Which means here very life is now a crime!

 STARZ' DANGEROUS LIAISONS 

AIR DATE AND TRAILER

Meanwhile, Starz has unveiled today the first teaser and air date for their eight part TV series version of DANGEROUS LIAISONS which will

The series arrives this November

arrive November 6th starring Alice Englert, Nicholas Denton, Lesley Manville, and Tom Wlaschiha. The series is a bold prelude of Laclos’ classic 18th century novel focusing on the origin story of how his iconic characters, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, met as passionate young lovers in Paris on the eve of the revolution. This modern take on a classic story takes audiences through wonder and terror, beauty and degradation, seduction and deception in pre-revolutionary Paris. Driven to right the wrongs of their past, the young couple’s survival depends on their skills of seduction and manipulation of not only the French nobility but of each other. Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton portray the notorious lovers: Camille who is taken in by the current Marquise de Merteuil (Lesley Manville) navigates her own path in a world of men, using the power of secrets to take back control, and Valmont who will stop at nothing to regain his title that was recently taken from him. Their on- again off-again love story is the heart of the series. It’s not love… it’s war. I must admit those two youngsters look terribly dull and miscast to me, no passion nor talent in them.

EWAN MCGREGOR, MARK STRONG, SAM HEUGHAN TO CLIMB EVEREST IN PERIOD SET ADVENTURE! LESLEY MANVILLE AND OTHERS JOIN STARZ' COSTUME DRAMA DANGEROUS LIAISONS

 EVEREST EPIC MOVIE SENDS

EWAN MCGREGOR, MARK STRONG, SAM HEUGHAN CLIMBING

Doug Liman has set lead cast for his period set adventure movie EVEREST sending Ewan McGregor, Mark Strong and Sam Heughan straight to1921 where the story follows the real-life George Mallory (McGregor) who is picked by Arthur Hinks (Strong) of the Royal Geographic Society to scale the previously unconquerable Mt Everest. Following World

Sam Heughan, Ewan McGregor, Mark Strong will lead the cast

War I, the fading British empire is desperate for a victory, but for Mallory and his rival, the eccentric Aussie George Finch (Heughan), the challenge has nothing to do with patriotism, instead it is a singular test of self. In real life, Mallory died during this third expedition to summit Everest, and it’s unknown whether he ever made it to the top.

 DANGEROUS LIAISONS SERIES 

CASTS LESLEY MANVILLE

Speaking of casting news, Starz has added new stars to their DANGEROUS LIAISONS TV series, a prequel to the famous film which tells the origin story of how the Marquise de Merteuil (Alice Englert) and the Vicomte de Valmont (Nicholas Denton) meet as passionate young lovers in Paris on the eve of revolution. Driven to right the wrongs of their past, the

Lesley Manville joins the series

couple rises from the slums of Paris and scales the heights of the French aristocracy, seducing and manipulating both the nobility and each other to survive. Lesley Manville will play Genevieve de Merteuil, a Marquise who becomes Camille’s mentor in the world of the Parisian nobility. Carice Van Houten is Jacqueline de Montrachet, a pious noblewoman with a mysterious connection to Camille. Paloma Faith is Florence de Regnier, playful, fiery noblewoman. Michael McElhatton plays Jean de Merteuil, Genevieve de Merteuil’s husband and a powerful Marquis who threatens Camille’s rise in society. Kosar Ali is Victoire, Camille’s sparky, cynical and brave best friend. Nathanael Saleh is Azolan, Valmont’s gentle, thoughtful young companion. Hakeem Kae Kazim is Majordome, who runs the Merteuil house. Hilton Pelser is Gabriel Carrè, a police officer obsessed with Camille. Mia Threapleton plays Rose, an impressionable young prostitute with dreams of a better life. Colette Tchantcho is Ondine de

Michael McElhatton and Hilton Pelser will also star

Valmont, Pascal Valmont’s caustic, social climbing stepmother. Lucy Cohu plays Christine de Sevigny, a shrewd, ambitious Duchess and nemesis to Camille. Fisayo Akinade is Chevalier de Saint Jacques, preferred composer to Queen Marie Antoinette, and Pascal Valmont’s best friend. Maria Friedman plays Berthe, an effervescent dressmaker for the great and good of Paris. Clare Higgins is Madame Jericho, the eccentric proprietor of a brothel in the slums of Paris.

ALICE ENGLERT, NICHOLAS DENTON TO LEAD STARZ DANGEROUS LIAISONS COSTUME SAGA! REBECCA FERGUSON TO LEAD WOOL DYSTOPIAN SERIES! EWAN HORROCKS JOINS LAST KINGDOM FINAL SEASON

 REBECCA FERGUSON TO LEAD 

WOOL DYSTOPIAN TV SERIES

After The White Queen, Rebecca Ferguson will lead another small screen series: the TV adaptation of WOOL dystopian novel by Hugh Howey over at Apple TV + and she will also executive produce it. Self published by

Rebecca will both star in and produce the series

the author himself back in 2011, the book is a set in a ruined and toxic future where a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them. Rebecca Ferguson will star as Juliette, an independent and hardworking engineer. There were at least two previous efforts to adapt the book at other studios. Speaking of epic TV series, Amazon has just renewed The Wheel of Time epic fantasy series for a second season even though the first one has not been released yet. 

DANGEROUS LIAISONS SERIES

STARZ CASTS LEAD STARS

Earlier last year I told you that Starz is preparing a prequel TV series to famous DANGEROUS LIAISONS and now they have set the stars for it. As

Nicholas Denton will be young Valmont

Deadline reports, Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton will play the notorious lovers Merteuil and Valmont in this reimagining of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ classic 18th century novel! It tells the origin story of how the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont meet as passionate young lovers in Paris on the eve of revolution. Driven to right the wrongs of their past, the couple rises from the slums of Paris and scales the heights of the French aristocracy, seducing and manipulating both the nobility and each other to survive. Marquise Camille is a beautiful young

Alice Englert will play the female lead

woman from nowhere with a mysterious past who seeks revenge on the wealthy aristocrats who led her to ruin. Betrayed by her lover, Valmont, she turns heartbreak into empowerment as she strategizes to gain status, power and freedom. Pascal Valmont was driven to regain the title and status stolen from him by his stepmother after his father’s death. Without status or money, he must seduce and blackmail to get what he wants, even if it risks losing the one he loves most – Camille. The series has already started its preproduction down in Czech republic. 

  EWAN HORROCKS JOINS  

LAST KINGDOM FINAL SEASON

Speaking of epic shows, the fifth and sadly the final season of everybody's favourite mediaeval series THE LAST KINGDOM at Netflix has added Ewan Horrocks to the cast. The youngster who is currently

Ewan Horrocks has joined The Last Kingdom

starring in Sky's Domina series will play a character named Aelfweard! Filming is underway in Hungary on the final ten episodes, which will continue to follow the adventures of Uhtred of Bebbanburg (Alexan-der Dreymon) a warrior born a Saxon but raised as a Dane, in ninth and tenth-century England. Charged with training King Edward’s first born son Aethelstan as a warrior, Uhtred’s ambition will have an even higher purpose. But to achieve this destiny, Uhtred will have to face down his greatest enemy and suffer his greatest loss. New cast members also include Patrick Robinson as Father Benedict, a holy man with a troubled past; Sonya Cassidy as Eadgifu, a smart and openhearted Saxon who arrives in Winchester; and Harry Gilby as Aethelstan, a young man trained by Uhtred to follow in his footsteps.

STARZ TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIAISONS EXPENSIVE, SEXY AND SWEEPING 18TH CENTURY PARIS TV SERIES!

    'DANGEROUS LIAISONS'

TO BECOME SERIES AT STARZ

Although their recent Spanish Princess was a deeply embarrassing and equally painful affair, Starz is sticking to costume drama with a TV

The new adaptation will have eight episodes

series adaptation of DANGEROUS LIAISONS based on Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ 18th Century novel! Harriet Warner (The Alienist, Call the Midwife) will write and executive produce!

As 'Deadline' reports, it will follow the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, two narcissistic rivals and ex-lovers who use seduction to control and exploit others. It explores the world of the French aristocracy shortly before the French revolution. The series will tell the origin story of the early years of both characters when they meet as passionate young lovers in the slums of 18th century Paris. It will be told from the perspective of Merteuil! The sweeping, sexy and expensive eight part series will shoot in Czech Republic.