I'm not entirely sure why they keep trying to convince us that Dev Patel is, with his utter lack of screen presence, a lead star material, let alone a knight material, but he obviously has friends in high places. He leads another
The film should arrive to cinemas at the end of July
shamelessly revisionist take on history and myths in THE GREEN KNIGHT historical fantasy which will arrive to cinemas only July 30th. They've released new trailer too, and it looked to me like a parody or a bad comedy, but I don't think that was their goal.
WHEN COURAGE MADE KINGS An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless
Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev
Patel), King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a
daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic
emerald-
The film was directed by Pete Dragon's David Lowery
skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with ghosts,
giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to
define his
Alicia Vikander leads the female part of the cast
character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and
kingdom by facing the ultimate challenger. From visionary filmmaker
David Lowery comes a fresh and bold spin on a classic tale from the
knights of the round table.
WHO ELSE IS IN THE CAST?
As you can see in some of the character posters (which are still the ugliest ones we've ever seen for any film), the rest of the equally bland cast also includes Ralph Ineson as the Green Knight himself, Joel Edgerton as
Although the legends itself is not violent, the film is R rated
Lord, Alicia Vikander as Essel, Sarita Choudhury as Mother, Sean Harris as King, Kate Dickie as Queen! The film has been postponed a couple of times and will hit theatres this summer.
Here's another colour blind rewrite of legends and history: first teaser for historical fantasy movie THE GREEN KNIGHT In which Dev Patel plays Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight (Ralph Ineson), a gigantic emerald skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to define his character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and kingdom by facing the ultimate challenger. The movie, which is supposed to be based on one of the most famous of Arthurian
The movie will hit cinemas May 29th this spring
legends, will also star Alicia Vikander, Sean Harris and Joel Edgerton, and is out May 29th! You can also check out the poster which is probably one of the ugliest ones we've seen in our spying career!
'THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD' COMEDY
The movie opened in UK this weekend
FROM RAGS TO RICHES AND BACK AGAIN
This one has been criticised for forcefully imposing diversity in the casting for a period set movie and for putting quirky humour which did not exist in the original book by Charles Dickens, but some also praised it for the funny approach to a costume drama. We shall have to judge for ourselves as THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD is currently playing in British cinemas and will head over to USA and Russia in May. The big screen adaptation re-imagines
This is the first movie adaptation of the novel in last 50 years
Charles Dickens' classic ode to grit and perseverance through the comedic lens of its award winning filmmakers giving the Dickensian tale new life for a cosmopolitan age with a diverse ensemble cast of stage and screen actors from
Tilda Swinton is Betsey Trotwood in the period set movie
across the world. Director Armando Iannucci lends his wry, yet heart-filled storytelling style to revisiting Dickens' iconic hero on his quirky journey from impoverished orphan to burgeoning writer in Victorian England!
What's The Story About? From birth to infancy, from adolescence to adulthood, the
good-hearted David Copperfield is surrounded by kindness, wickedness,
poverty and wealth,
Ben Whishaw is Uriah Heep in the period set adaptation
as he meets an array of remarkable characters in
Victorian England. As David sets out to be a writer, in his quest for
family, friendship, romance and status, the story of his life is the
most seductive tale of all.
Who Is In The Colourful Cast?
Beside Dev Patel who takes the lead role of David Copperfield, the cast also includes Hugh Laurie as Mr. Dick, Tilda Swinton as Betsey Trotwood, Ben Whishaw as Uriah Heep, Morfydd Clark as Dora Spenlow, Aneurin
Hugh Laurie takes the role of Mr. Dick in the period set drama
Barnard as James Steerforth, Daisy May Cooper as Peggotty, Gwendoline Christie as Jane Murdstone, Rosalind Eleazar as Agnes Wickfield, and Paul
The budget of the costume movie was close to 16 million dollars
Whitehouse as Mr. Peggotty.The movie already won awards for best supporting actor (Hugh Laurie), best screenplay, best costume and
The film premiered at Toronto Film Festival back in September
production design at British Independent Film Awards last year. Although many consider the casting quite controversial, the movie did score a nomination for best casting at British Film Academy Awards for 2020.
Ben Barnes will lead the cast as the only star in it
If you are a faithful follower of your trusted spy, you already know that beside The Witcher, Cursed and The Last Airbender, Netflix is preparing another epic fantasy saga: SHADOW AND BONE based on Leigh Bardugo's Grisha novels and Six of Crows saga, and now they've revealed the rather unknown cast! Ben Barnes (as General Kirigan, the commander of a magical military elite) will lead the eight episode series together with Jessie Mei Li as the orphan soldier Alina Starkov from a world cleaved in two by a massive barrier of perpetual darkness, where unnatural creatures feast on human flesh, and where she uncovers a power that might finally unite her country. But as she struggles to hone her power, dangerous forces plot against her. Thugs, thieves, assassins and saints are at war now, and it will take more than magic to survive. Also in the cast are Amita Suman and Freddy Carter (as fellow gang members in a criminal underworld), Archie Renaux (as Malyen
First look at the lead cast after the announcement!
Oretsev), Kit Young (as Jesper Fahey), Sujaya Dasgupta, Danielle Galligan, Daisy Head and Simon Sears. What do you think of this cast of the absolute unknowns?
FIRST TRAILER REVEALED FOR
PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD WITH DEV PATEL
David Copperfield is out next January in UK
In the video department we have the first trailer for period set drama THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD starring Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Aneurin Barnard, and based on the famous novel by Charles Dickens. Out next January in UK, the story of this period set movie follows titular character David Copperfield in the 1840's as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, all the while on a journey full of life, colour and humanity. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think!
FROM THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD MOVIE
Two photo delights today: first photo has been released of Dev Patel in THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD announcing its premiere this October at London Film Festival. Tilda Swinton, Hugh
It is possible that the movie will first air in Venice or some other festival
Laurie, Ben Whishaw, Aneurin Barnard also star in the period set movie about a good-hearted young man who meets an array of remarkable characters in Victorian England as he sets out to become a writer.
NEW 'THE WITCHER' PHOTO
REVEALS GERALT'S HORSE
After a whole set of character photos that Netflix released two weeks ago for THE WITCHER epic fantasy TV series, they've now released a photo of Henry Cavill as the demon hunter and his faithful horse Roach! It will follow
The Witcher might be getting a trailer next month at San Diego Comic Con
Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter in a world invaded by demons where people often prove more wicked than beasts. But when destiny hurtles him
The new series will air sometime later this year at Netflix
toward a powerful sorceress, and a young princess with a dangerous secret, the three must learn to navigate the increasingly volatile Continent together.
I'm sure it's the last place you'd expect to see him, but period set projects are exactly where they've been putting him lately. After starring in the latest movie adaptation of David Copperfield, Dev Patel has now been cast in mediaeval epic movie GREEN KNIGHT based on the legend of Sir Gawain and the said Green Knight. David Lowery is directing one of the most famous tales from early English literature. The story follows chivalrous and loyal Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, who accepts the challenge of beheading the Green Knight and must wait a year and a day to receive a blow in return. In the end, his quest turns into a test of loyalty to his king.
'HARLOTS' SEASON 3
CASTS ALEX SAWYER AS A BOXER
We don't exactly know what will happen in the third season of Hulu's period set saga HARLOTS after one of the lead characters has been shipped off to
Alex Sawyer is joining the third season of Harlots
America and the other one to the loony house, but we know that Alex Sawyer has just been cast in the series set in the18th century Georgian London and following the fortunes of two clans of whores who lead their brothels. Sawyer will be Jack Lively, the star of North’s boxing-tour. He was a dolly-boy in a rich man’s house until he was thirteen, acting as a playmate for a white family’s children. Ever since, Jack’s gone from job to job, that is until North (Danny Sapani) spotted his fighting potential. Jack has a deep understanding of society types, and of how they treat people like him as an outsider. He is highly educated and politically motivated, more likely to respond to racism with an erudite come-back than to resort to his prize winning fists. Jack Lively becomes a steadfast ally to North, embracing his coaching, and all that London has to offer. It is expected that Jessica Brown Findlay and Lyv Tyler will return to the series.
Tolkien's biopic should be out this May in cinemas
NEW TOLKIEN TRAILER
IS SPECTA- CULARLY MOVING Fox has released a spectacular long trailer for their Lord of the Rings author's biopic TOLKIEN starring Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins and Derek Jacobi. Out this May, the movie follows his formative years as the orphaned author during which he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school.
It happened exactly ten years ago and now we have the first teaser for a movie that tells the disturbing story about it. HOTEL MUMBAI, set to be released
The movie will be first released in Australia and New Zealand
this January in Australia, in March in USA and then in April and May in Europe, is based on the true story of the devastating terrorist attack on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in 2008. The terrifying assault brings together the guests and staff of the luxurious hotel including wealthy new parents David and Zahra (Armie Hammer and Nazanin Boniadi), Russian businessman Vasili (Jason Issacs) and newly promoted waiter Arjun (Dev Patel) in a desperate fight for survival. This story celebrates humanity, compassion, courage, resilience and the unwavering desire to survive. Check out the scary trailer below:
FROM 'THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD' MOVIE
Dev Patel plays David Copperfield in the film
ADAPTATION
Period set delights for you today, beginning with photos arriving from the sets of Armando Iannucci'sbig screen version of THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD based on Charles Dickens’
semi autobiographical chronicle of the life of the iconic title
character! They show Dev Patel who takes the role of the titular hero. The story follows Copperfield in the 1840's as he
navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his
unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and
writer, all the while on a journey full of life, colour and humanity.
Dickens actually modelled the character after himself. You can also see Aneurin Barnard in the photos,
Aneurin Barnard, who is no stranger to period set projects, also stars
who is in the cast next to Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Ben Whishaw, Morfydd Clark, Anthony Welsh and Rosalind Eleazar!
1ST 'PETERLOO' TRAILER
FROM NEW MIKE LEIGH DRAMA
There's also the first trailer for another historical drama waiting to hit cinemas November this year - Mike Leigh's PETERLOO which charts the
This is Leigh's first movie after 2014 drama Mr Turner
1819 Peterloo Massacre when British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester where government backed cavalry charged into
At least 15 innocent people were left dead in the massacre
a peaceful crowd of 80,000 that gathered to demand democratic reform. Maxine Peake, our dearest Nico Mirallegro and Rory Kinnear lead the cast!
We continue with casting news coming from Cannes today with always delightful Ezra Miller who has just been cast as young Salvador Dali in DALI LAND which will also star Ben Kingsley, Lesley Manville, Tim Roth and Frank Dillane!
Set in New York and Spain in 1973, the story is told through the eyes
of James (Dillane), a young gallery assistant who helps Dalà prepare
for a big show. While James hopes to learn some of the secrets of great
art from one of the 20th century’s greatest painters, he instead falls
down a rabbit hole of glittering parties, personal battles, and an art
world awash with money and drama. Kingsley is the older Dali, Manville
is Dali’s domineering wife, and Roth his right-hand man. After you see
Ezra Milller in Fantastic Beasts sequel you will also watch him in The
Flash movie.
'DAVID COPPERFIELD' CASTS
BEN WHISHAW, TILDA SWINTON, HUGH LAURIE, ANEURIN BARNARD
A rather stellar cast has been added up to Armando Iannucci’s big screen adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD which will now, beside Dev Patel whom we
Dev Patel is joined by Ben Whishaw and Anthony Welsh
have already announced as Copperfield, also have Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Ben Whishaw, Aneurin Barnard, Morfydd Clark, Peter Capaldi,
Aneurin Barnard, Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie have joined the cast!
Anthony Welsh and Rosalind Eleazar. Set in the 1840's it follows David's as he navigates a chaotic world, from his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer.
TAKES THE LEAD IN 'PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD'
Dev's last big role was in Oscar nominated Lion
Only a week or two ago your trusted spy informed you that Armando Iannucci will direct the big screen version of THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD based on Charles Dickens’
semi autobiographical chronicle of the life of the iconic title
character, and now it has been announced by 'Variety' that Dev Patel will take the role of the titular hero. The story follows Copperfield as he
navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his
unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and
writer, all the while on a journey full of life, colour and humanity.
Dickens actually modelled the character after himself. The shooting should begin later this year with casting already under
way!
'SEUSS' BIOPIC
ON BELOVED CHILDREN'S WRITER
Dr Seuss wrote more than 60 books for kids
Speaking of films inspired by the lives of famous writers, beside the one in which Dan Stevens plays Dickens himself, the one about the author of Winnie the Pooh played by Ewan McGregor and the one in which Nicholas Hoult will portray Tolkien, we are now getting SEUSS, inspired by the life of Theodor Geisel. As 'Deadline' reports it will follow him in the 1920s as he struggles to find his voice as a writer before meeting his muse and future wife in Helen Palmer, who propels him into becoming Dr. Suess. Thirty years later, a sudden illness cripples Helen and Geisel’s career falters, until she ultimately inspires him to fulfil his destiny and create the iconic children’s book The Cat in the Hat. Wonder's Stephen Chbosky will direct.
Two new posters for you today, starting with the first one for World War II movie ALLIED starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard which should hit cinemas later this November around the world also starring Matthew Goode.
Set in 1942, it sees Brad Pitt playing an intelligence officer in
North Africa who encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a
deadly mission behind enemy lines played by Cotillard. When they reunite
in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war. I must
admit that poster looks cheap as hell and beyond.
NEW 'LION' POSTER
DEV PATEL AND NICOLE KIDMAN
Another touching drama that has just got a new poster is the adaptation of Larry Buttrose novel LION in which Dev Patel plays a grown up version of a five year old Indian boy who gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family. Nicole Kidman plays his adoptive mother with David Wenham as the father. The movie will start its release November in North America, in December in Europe and from January in UK and Australia and Germany.
Here's a new period set project for us: BBC 2 is to turn Eleanor Catton's novel THE LUMINARIES into a six part TV series set on the Wild West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island in the boom years of the 1860s gold rush!
The 2013 Man Booker Prize winner starts in 1865, following a defiant
young adventurer Anna Wetherell, who has sailed from Britain to New
Zealand to begin a new life. There she meets the radiant Emery Staines,
an encounter that triggers a strange kind of magic that neither can
explain. But Anna must survive the dangerous world, where shipwreck and
murder, blackmail and betrayal, greed, gold and false imprisonment all
conspire to keep her apart from Emery. The star-crossed lovers begin to
wonder: Do we make our fortunes, or do our fortunes make us?
MOVING 'LION' TRAILER
DAV PATEL & NICOLE KIDMAN
And the first trailer has been released for another adaptation, this time Saroo Brierley’s 2013 memoir A Long Way Home! LION follows the 5 year old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) who becomes separated from his family after falling asleep on a parked train, and winds up 1,000 miles from his village in Calcutta. After learning to survive in Kolkata, Saroo is ultimately adopted by an Australian Couple (Nicole Kidman, David Wenham). But as he grows (Dev Patel), questions linger about the life he left behind. With the help of Google Earth, Saroo sets out to find his family. The movie is out November 25th!
Poster Saturday, people, with some new ones for the upcoming films, starting with THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY which is out this April in UK starring Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar who, after growing up poor in Madras, India, earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons). Jeremy Northam, Stephen Fry and Toby Jones round up the stellar cast of British thespians.
'PAPA HEMINGWAY IN CUBA'
GIOVANNI RIBISI, ADRIAN SPARKS
Poster has also been released for a drama also coming out in cinemas next month PAPA HEMINGWAY IN CUBA starring Giovanni Ribisi, Minka Kelly, Joely Richardson and Adrian Sparks in a true story about the relationship between Miami journalist Denne Bart Petitclerc (Giovanni Ribisi) and legendary writer Ernest Hemingway (Adrian Sparks). In 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find his literary voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil around them.
'THE MEDDLER' POSTER WITH
SUSAN SARANDON & ROSE BYRNE
Also out next month, April 22nd in American cinemas is comedy drama THE MEDDLER in which Susan Sarandon plays an aging widow from New York City who follows her daughter (Rose Byrne) to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away. Laura San Giacomo, Jason Ritter, Harry Hamlin and JK Simmons also star.
Probably the main television news of the day is that young star Finn Jones, whom you mostly remember by that delight- fully gay role of his in GAME OF THRONES as Ser Loras the Knight of Flowers, will take the lead role in Netflix series adaptation of Marvel's IRON FIST! The expert of ancient martial arts, who, as 'EW' reports, at age of 9 travels with his family from New York to a lost mystical city called K’un-L’un. After some tragic twists of fate, he is adopted by the city’s ruler and taught advanced martial arts and the mystical power of the Iron Fist that gives him enhanced healing, telepathy, along with super strength and reflexes. As an adult, Rand returns to his native New York and begins a career as a superhero. DEXTER's Scott Buck will be the show runner. After Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, it will be fourth Marvel series at Netflix.
'ALIEN: COVENANT' CASTS
JUSSIE SMOLLETT AND OTHERS
In movie news, the cast is being rounded up for Ridley Scott's science fiction prequel sequel ALIEN: COVENANT, the second movie in his ALIEN prequel trilogy started two years ago by PROMETHEUS! The first batch of young actors to join Michael Fassbender, who reprises his original role of android David, includes EMPIRE's superstar Jussie Smollett along with Amy Seimetz, Carmen Ejogo (Selma) and Callie Hernandez! The movie which will take place ten years after the previous one will also have Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride and Demián Bichir in the cast together with Australian star Alex England whom you are watching this weekend in GODS OF EGYPT! Billy Crudup is also in talks.
THE STORY To open in cinemas October next year, ALIEN: COVENANT will follow the
crew of the colony ship Covenant, travelling to a remote planet on the
far side of the galaxy. They discover what they think is an uncharted
paradise, but it actually turns out to be a dark, dangerous world. And
the sole inhabitant is the "synthetic" David (Michael Fassbender),
survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.
'MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY'
WITH DEV PATEL, JEREMY IRONS
Your trailer for today is an inspiring one for ensemble drama movie THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY starring Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Stephen Fry and Toby Jones! Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
While
today's fresh news says that Gal Gadot has dropped out of BEN HUR
remake with Jack Huston due to her commitments to the standalone WONDER
WOMAN movie which DC has announced for summer 2017, there are updates on
the superheroine film too: according to 'Bleeding Cool' WONDER WOMAN
will actually take place in 1920 with the first part of the movie taking
place on Paradise Island, where Amazonian factions battle for
control, which all changes when a man appears on the island and asks the
Amazons for help. This could be WONDER WOMAN's primary love interest
Steve Trevor with whom she returns to the world of Man, where it is
revealed that the setting is the 1920s. The rest of the film will show
Wonder Woman, who is a demigoddess and the daughter of Zeus, exploring
this world, where women just won the right to vote, through her own
perspective. We might see WONDER WOMAN in the modern world only in BATMAN
VS SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE and in JUSTICE LEAGUE movie!
FIRST CAST IMAGE FROM
PRIDE & PREJUDICE & ZOMBIES First look into PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES has been revealed
showing Elizabeth (Lily James), Lydia (Ellie Bamber), Mary (Millie
Brady), Jane (Bella Heathcote), and Kitty (Suki Waterhouse)!Also
starring Sam Riley as Darcy and Jack Huston as Wickham, the movie puts
Jane Austen's characters into a world ruined by zombies! Douglas Booth and Lena Headey also star.
NICOLE KIDMAN TO STAR IN
'LION' NEXT TO DEV PATEL
In today's casting news, Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel have joined Garth Davis helmed movie LION a drama based on the true story of Saroo Brierley, an Indian born Australian who found his birth mother 25 years after they were separated. Dev Patel will play the lead role while Nicole Kidman will portray his adopted mother! Brierley was five when he fell asleep on a train bound for Calcutta. Scared and alone, he was forced to live on the streets. He was adopted by an Australian couple and brought up in Tasmania wondering if he would ever see his Indian family again. Helped by his adopted parents and using Google Earth, he tracked down his mother and her family.
