POLDARK'S KYLE SOLLER & STELLAN SKARSGARD JOIN STAR WARS ROGUE ONE PREQUEL TV SERIES ON DISNEY PLUS

    'CASSIAN ANDOR' SERIES

BRINGS KYLE SOLLER TO STAR WARS UNIVERSE AT DISNEY +

I have to admit I found Mandalorian series painfully, even excru- ciatingly, dreary to watch, probably the most monotonous, poorly acted,

Kyle Soller will star in the new Star Wars TV series

unoriginally written and over pretentious crap with absolute lack of inspiration and freshness, but Disney + is still planning another new sf series based on Star Wars franchise, this time a prequel to Rogue One movie following Diego Luna's Cassian Andor character who in the film itself worked with the Rebel Alliance in order to unearth a design flaw in the killer Death Star base. The series has now added two more names to the cast, Poldark's Kyle Soller and also Stellan Skarsgard who will star in unknown roles with the plot also being kept under wraps. The sf spy thriller series, which was supposed to shoot this year, will also feature Andor's droid K-2SO. Tony Gilroy is penning the opening episode and will helm a few of the episodes too. Obi Wan Kenobi series is also in works with Ewan McGregor in the lead role.

HUNTER PARISH JOINS KEVIN BACON IN 'TREMORS' SF SERIES! NOLAN GERALD FUNK JOINS HELEN MIRREN, JIM STURGESS, ORLANDO BLOOM, PATRICK DEMPSEY, RENEE ZELLWEGER IN 'BERLIN I LOVE YOU'

  'BERLIN, I LOVE YOU'

Noel Gerald Funk will fall in love in Berlin

HAS MASSIVE STELLAR CAST

Casting news today, beginning with the latest cast addition to the ultra stellar cast of BERLIN, I LOVE YOU! Young top model and actor Nolan Gerald Funk is joining the massive ensemble cast that includes Helen Mirren, Jim Sturgess, Mickey Rourke, Diego Luna, Orlando Bloom, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Sophie Turner, Jack Huston, Patrick Dempsey and Renee Zellweger. Just like all the previous movies from this movie series, this one will also feature a bunch of romantic short stories set in the capital of Germany. Each story has a different director among them some actors such as Til Schweigger and Diana Agron. The films already visited Paris, Rio and NY!

  'TREMORS' SF SERIES

HUNTER PARRISH, SHILOH FERNANDEZ JOIN KEVIN BACON

Hunter Parrish is ready for some ground worms

Over on the telly, SyFy keeps on casting actors for their small screen adaptation of sf classic TREMORS which originally starred Kevin Bacon. The killer Graboid worms that nearly destroyed the town of Perfection 25 years ago are back, and the town’s only hope for survival is Valentine McKee (Kevin Bacon), who beat them once. But to do it again he’ll have to overcome age, alcohol and a delusional hero complex. P.J. Byrne will be a survivor of the original Graboid attack obsessed with reinventing Perfection! Hunter Parrish will play a magnetic leader of the Millenials who’ve moved to Perfection to soak in its unique spiritual energy. The cast will also include Ebonée Noel, Brandon Jay McLaren, Haley Tju, Emily Tremaine as Valentine's daughter, Megan Ketch as a doctor and Shiloh Fernandez!

ORLANDO BLOOM, PATRICK DEMPSEY, DIEGO LUNA, RENEE ZELLWEGER, JACK JUSTON TO LEAD 'BERLIN, I LOVE YOU'! JENNIFER CONNELLY, DAVEED DIGGS CAST IN 'SNOWPIERCER' SF TV SERIES ADAPTATION

'SNOWPIERCER' SF SERIES

JENNIFER CONNELLY AND DAVEED DIGGS BOARD THE ICE TRAIN

You've seen Daveed Diggs in Blackish

Earlier last winter I announced that Chris Evan's sf movie SNOWPIERCER is getting turned into a TV series at TNT and now they have first cast member in Daveed Diggs and Jennifer Connelly! Directed by Doctor Strange's Scott Derrickson, it explores class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, and the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually moving train that circles the globe. Daveed Diggs will be Layton Well, a prisoner who becomes a reluctant participant in a

Jennifer Connelly will also star in Alita:Battle Angel sf epic movie

struggle that could upend life on the train. Jennifer Connelly will be Melanie Cavill, a First Class passenger who works as the Voice of the Train – responsible for making the daily announcements over its PA system.

'BERLIN, I LOVE YOU' CASTS

ORLANDO BLOOM, RENEE ZELLWEGER, DIEGO LUNA, PATRICK DEMPSEY, JACK HUSTON
Meanwhile, an anthology movie has just got a rather stellar cast: as 'The Hollywood Reporter' writes, Orlando Bloom, Diego Luna,

Orlando leads one of the movie segments

Patrick Dempsey, Jack Huston, Renee Zellweger, Sophie Turner and Gemma Arterton will star in BERLIN, I LOVE YOU with Dempsey and Zellweger also directing some of the segments of the movie which will be helmed by different directors including Shekhar Kapur and Til Schweiger. It is the third instalment in the Cities of Love franchise following Paris je t'aime from 2006 and New York, I Love You from 2008. This time, the story is set on the streets of Berlin, and explores how romance is expressed through love won, lost and everything in between. Shooting starts this summer covering all of Berlin's famous landmarks.

'ROGUE ONE: STAR WARS STORY' FINAL TRAILER IS HERE! 1ST LOOK AT HISTORY'S 'KNIGHTFALL' EPIC TV SERIES! SEE AMBER HEARD AS QUEEN MERA OF ATLANTIS IN 'JUSTICE LEAGUE'

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

FINAL TRAILER RELEASED!

Of course, the main news for most movie goers today is the reveal of the final ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY trailer and poster! Starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen and Alan Tyduk, the sf adventure, set in a time of cosmic unrest, will see them playing a group of unlikely heroes who band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction. This prequel which explains how the Rebels got the plans of Death Star, hits cinemas this December and hopefully won't be as dreadfully boring as The Force Awakens (it made us sleep, it did).

1ST AMBER HEARD PHOTO

AS QUEEN MERA OF ATLANTIS
In other sf news, the first look of Amber Heard as Mera the queen of Atlantis from JUSTICE LEAGUE movie has been revealed. That one is out November next year, but she will also appear in AQUAMAN with Jason Momoa as his royal wife in the summer 2018.

'KNIGHTFALL' EPIC SERIES

 FIRST LOOK REVEALED!

Meanwhile, you can also take a first look at History Channel's new epic TV series KNIGHTFALL which will air sometime next year around the world! Tom Cullen stars as Landry, a veteran warrior of the Crusades, who becomes the leader of the Templars and serves as the driving force behind their quest to retrieve Christianity’s most prized relic: The Holy Grail. You can read more about it in our previous spotlight on the ten episode saga! 

'ALLIED' WW2 TRAILER WITH BRAD PITT, MARION COTILLARD! NEW 'ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY' TRAILER WITH DARTH VADER!

ROGUE ONE: STAR WARS STORY

 DARTH VADER IN NEW TRAILER

First of all, people, I expect your congratulations :) because our yesterday's post was actually Hollywood Spy's 3,000th one! Thank you for suffering through so much, so far! Your main treat for today, I'm sure you've already seen it, is the brand new trailer for ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY which arrived earlier today after a couple of previous teasers revealing everybody's favourite villain Darth Vader. The spin off of the popular sf saga should land into theatres December 16th!

ROGUE ONE
follows the Rebels who are trying to get their hands on the plans for the Empire's infamous Death Star. Felicity Jones plays Jyn Erso who leads the mission accompanied by a wayward band of Rebels who are trying to secure the plans so that the Rebel Alliance can destroy the Empire's new, deadly weapon, an armoured space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet. Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed are some of the stars playing the Rebels. Mads Mikkelsen plays Jyn's father, who helped building the Death Star.

'ALLIED' WW2 TRAILER

SENDS MARION COTTILARD AND BRAT PITT TO CASABLANCA

Your second trailer for today is for Robert Zemeckis' WW2 thriller which hits theatres this November. In ALLIED Brad  Pitt plays a U.S. intelligence officer, who teams up (in a fake marriage) with French Resistance fighter played by Marion Cotillard on a mission to kill a German ambassador – in Casablanca, to be later on reunited in London!

1ST 'MEDICI: MASTERS OF FLORENCE' EPIC SERIES TEASER WITH RICHARD MADDEN, DUSTIN HOFFMAN! 1ST' STAR WARS ROGUE ONE' EW COVER PHOTO WITH FELICITY JONES, DIEGO LUNA

STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE

 NEW EW COVER REVEALED!

The latest issue of EW brings the first look at this December's STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE spin off movie showing Felicity Jones (as Jyn Erso) and Diego Luna (as Captain Cassian Andor) as rebels who are trying to steal the plans for the Death Star and their mission will see them infiltrate the ranks of the Imperial Forces. It has been confirmed, as you can see on the cover, that Darth Vader is also back in his younger days. Since the story precedes the first movie A NEW HOPE the film will show old ships, troopers and androids from the early days of the Empire. Also starring in the film are Mads Mikkelsen as her father Galen, Donnie Yen (As Chirrut Imwe) and Riz Ahmed (As Bodhi Rook).

MEDICI: MASTERS OF FLORENCE 

EPIC SERIES TEASER IS HERE!

Now, I can already tell you, people, with VICTORIA, POLDARK, VERSAILLES, TUTANKHAMUN, WILL, THE COLLECTION and other historical series we're really expecting an epic Autumn this year, and Italian RAI isn't holding back either, since the eight part epic series MEDICI: MASTERS OF FLORENCE is set to air this Autumn around Europe. RAI has released the first teaser, it is in Italian but you can get the glimpse of the visuals at least.

RICHARD MADDEN LEADS CAST 
The Medici family suffers a great loss with the death of its patriarch Giovanni (Dustin Hoffman). When the designated heir Cosimo (Richard Madden) discovers that his father was poisoned, he decides to keep the news to himself and tries to get on the assassin’s trail. Cosimo, who has long abandoned his dream of becoming an artist, then takes his father’s place as head of the bank and of the Signoria, where he needs to defend himself against the hostility of the noble families. When the Duke of Milan annexes the city of Lucca away from Florentine dominion, Cosimo must decide whether to side with the nobility, as Giovanni would have done, or to free himself from his father’s shadow! Click to read more on the series in our premium spotlight!

'ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY' SPIN OFF TRAILER IS HERE WITH FELICITY JONES, DIEGO LUNA, RIZ AHMED, MADS MIKKELSEN, FOREST WHITAKER, DONNIE YEN!

 'ROGUE ONE: STAR WARS STORY' 

TEASER TRAILER IS HERE!

Certainly the biggest movie event of the day, today, was the release of the first teaser trailer for ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY which takes place before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope! As a spin-off, it goes into new territory, exploring the galactic struggle from a ground-war perspective while maintaining that essential Star Wars feel that fans have come to know. Directed by Gareth Edwards, the movie, out December 16th, stars Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed, Alan Tudyk, Diego Luna, Forest Whitaker, Donnie Yen and Wen Jiang!

STEALING DEATH STAR PLANS!  
The movie is set in a period of Civil War. The Rebel's have scored their first major victory against the Galactic Empire after a surprise attack from a hidden base. And It's during this sneak raid that a team of Rebel spies manage to steal the secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon: The dreaded Death Star!

FELICITY JONES & DIEGO LUNA LEAD THE CAST

Felicity Jones is Jyn Oso whom the Rebels send on a daring mission! Diego Luna is her accomplice Cassein Willix with whom she infiltrates the Imperial forces! Riz Ahmed is also a resistance fighter, while Ben Mendelsohn is an Imperial villain. Genevieve O’Reilly reprises her role of rebel leader Mon Mothma! According to some rumours Mads Mikkelsen is Jyn's father, who worked on designing the Death Star! There are also rumours that she could be mother of Daisy Ridley's FORCE AWAKENS' character.