Showing posts with label DJANGO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DJANGO. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

SEE MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS AS DJANGO IN 1ST TRAILER FOR THE 1800S WILD WEST SET TV SERIES! TOM JONES PERIOD SET DRAMA TRAILER IS HERE WITH AIRING DATE ON PBS!

  FIRST DJANGO TRAILER  
FOR NEW SKY TV SERIES
It is here and it looks better than I expected: Sky has released first trailer for their ten part 1800s set Wild West series DJANGO which arrives to Sky streamers February 17th and will also air on Canal + in France starring Matthias Schoenaerts as famous gunslinger Django, alongside Nicholas
Django arrives this February
Pinnock as John Ellis, visionary founder of the town of New Babylon, Lisa Vicari as Django’s daughter Sarah, and Noomi Rapace as John’s powerful and ruthless enemy Elizabeth Thurman. The cast also includes Tom Austen as cowboy Eljiah Turner. 
THE STORY FOLLOWS 
 Django, a gunslinger in the Wild West who is searching for his daughter who he believes escaped the murder of his family eight years ago. In following his daughter’s trail, Django comes upon New Babylon, a town at the bottom of a crater, where all outcasts are welcome and where everyone is equal and free. Here, Django discovers that his daughter is alive and set to marry John Ellis, the founder of New Babylon. Sarah – who blames her father for the death of their family, massacred many years earlier while he was at war – wants Django to leave. But he refuses to give up and does everything in his power to get a second chance with her, becoming a valuable ally for Ellis, who must defend the town from Elizabeth Thurman’s attacks. Unbeknownst to them, Django, John, and Sarah are linked by a web of secrets and a dark past bound to resurface.

 

  TOM JONES TRAILER  
AND AIRING DATE REVEALED
Well, it looks worse than even I expected, but you will judge for yourself when you see this travesty of the first trailer for TOM JONES mini TV series that arrives to PBS Masterpiece April 30th! The adaptation of Henry
Tom Jones arrives this April to PBS
Fielding's beloved novel sees Hannah Waddingham portraying the seductive and vengeful Lady Bellaston, who comes between Tom (Solly McLeod) and Sophia (Sophie Wilde). The story follows Tom Jones, a foundling of uncertain parentage in 18th Century England who falls for an heiress, who is, of course, blackwashed in the series. James Fleet stars as Squire Allworthy, Tom’s warm-hearted adoptive father; Alun Armstrong as Allworthy’s hard drinking but loveable neighbor Squire Western, who is Sophia’s doting grandfather; Felicity Montagu as Allworthy’s reserved sister, Bridget; and James Wilbraham as her odious son, William Blifil, an unrelenting antagonist to Tom.

Sunday, January 1, 2023

HOLLYWOOD SPY'S GUIDE THROUGH ALL THE NEW PERIOD SET SHOWS OF 2023: FROM WILD WEST, 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND, 15TH CENTURY BELGRADE, PARIS, HAWAII AND TUDOR COURT TO IMPERIAL RUSSIA AND NAUTILUS

 2023 PERIOD SET SERIES 
THE ULTIMATE LIST IS HERE
Well, it is not especially ultimate as, unlike 2022 that gave us quite a lot of shows on queens and empresses, freshly launched 2023 looks rather bleak when it comes to our favourite period set genre. Out of the returning shows we
Django should start very soon on Sky
can expect new seasons of Valhalla, Wheel of Time, Serpent Queen, Sisi, Empress, Gilded Age, Domina and Sanditon, but here are the new ones: Sky should finally launch its wild west set adventure DJANGO starring Matthias Schoenaerts as the legendary gunslinger searching for his daughter. FX might finally bring us the new adaptation of SHOGUN sometime this year starring Cosmo Jarvis as the 17th century sailor who becomes a samurai. Hiroyuki Sanada and Tadanobu Asano also star. BBC will probably give us GALLOWS POLE set in the 18th century industrial revolution in Yorkshire, and possibly TEN POUND POMS with Michelle Keegan in which a group of Brits leave post-
A sneaky spy peek into Ten Pound Poms set
war Britain in 1956 to embark on an adventure in Australia. Amazon Prime Video has already set cast for MY LADY JANE which brings the history of the saddest queen of England ever - she ruled just a few weeks. Dominic Cooper stars.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM ITV?
British channel ITV and their newly launched streamer ITVX are to bring us TOM JONES series which will also air on PBS Masterpiece this spring starring Solly McLeod as the titular hero of the four part picaresque
Tom Jones will have just four episodes this spring
story about young man's complicated journey to find real love in the 18th century England. We might also get to see Iain De Caestercker as King Arthur in THE WINTER KING in which a former warrior now turned monk, tells the story of how Arthur became the lord of war despite the illegitimacy of his throne.

2023 OFFER FROM NETFLIX
Netflix does not really have much in offer from the genre. February should bring us Italian series THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET with Matilda de Angelis. Forbidden from practicing law, a woman prepares an appeal to overturn the court's decision in this true 19th century story of Lidia Poët, Italy's first female lawyer. Poe's THE FALL OF THE HOUSE
Lidia Poet will start this February on Netflix
OF USHER should also arrive to the streamer sometime this year starring Bruce Greenwood, Zach Gilford, Mark Hamil and Carla Gugino.
 
  FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
Beside the new season of Catherine the Great series, this time titled VELIKAYA: THE GOLDEN AGE in which Liza Boyarska takes over the
Liza Boyarskaya is new Catherine the Great in Velikaya
role of the Russian empress in the later years of her rule,  we will also see Catherine the Great, this time played by Irina Pegova, in THE IMPERIAL
Irina Pegova is Catherine in The Imperial Vaccination
VACCINATION about the time when Catherine had to make her people accept the first flu vaccines by taking it first herself. That one will air on Russia 1 broadcaster sometime this year.

APPLE TO LEAD THE GENRE
Surprisingly enough, Apple TV Plus will probably dominate the genre this year. They have THE BUCCANEERS set in the 1870s when a bunch of rich American girls are trying to find a posh English husband during
First look at The Buccaneers TV series set
the London debutante season. They should also show us THE NEW LOOK in which Ben Mendelhson and Juliette Binoche play Dior and Coco Chanel in the story that explores the rise of fashion designer Christian Dior, as
Ben Mendehlson as Dior in The New Look
he dethrones Coco Chanel and helps return spirit and life to the world with his iconic imprint of beauty and influence. Hugo Becker, John Malkovich and
Masters of the Air continues Band of Brothers anthology
Emily Mortimer also star. It is possibly that we will also finally see MASTERS OF THE AIR which follows the American bombers during the
Jason Momoa will be Chief of War
WW2 with Callum Turner and Austen Butler in the lead roles. Jason Momoa is, meanwhile, bringing CHIEF OF WAR about the historical struggle for power on his islands of Hawaii. 

  WHAT IS DISNEY PREPARING
We are also not used to getting costume drama from Disney Plus, but this year they are bringing us THE BALLAD OF RENEGADE NELL about an 18th century female renegade who will cross paths with Queen Anne and play
Shazad Latif as captain Nemo in Nautilus
a role in the power struggles that were being played out over the European battlefields. We might also see Shazad Latif as Captain Nemo in
The Lions of Sicily first look at the sets
NAUTILUS epic TV seafaring adventure and also the adaptation of THE LIONS OF SICILY which follows the 19th century Florio family which turned a small shop in Sicily into a flourish business activity that became an
Balenciaga might be scraped due to the recent scandal
economic empire! Disney should also give us BALENCIAGA series about the famous Spanish designer and fashion legend it if hasn't been cancelled due to the recent scandal.

RISE OF THE RAVEN
Now, I am not sure this one will be done for airing this year, but it might: RISE OF THE RAVEN is this year's most expensive epic series from Central Europe done for Hungarian TV2, Austrian ORF and our dear Beta Film. Based on Bán Mór’s bestselling novels, the ten part series follows Hungarian warrior Janos Hunyadi, who defeated the Ottoman army in 1456 at the Battle of Belgrade, halting its march across Europe. Set among the scandals, political power plays and court intrigues of medieval Europe, the $30 million series is nevertheless a human story at heart, with Gellért L. Kádár playing Hunyadi, and Vivien Rujder as his life partner, Elizabeth Szilagyi. Laurence Rupp, Murathan Muslu and Rade Sherbedgia also star.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

SEE 1ST CLIP WITH MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS AS DJANGO IN NEW WESTERN TV SERIES! SEE GRANNIES DOING CRIME IN NETFLIX SERIES THE GREEN GLOVE GANG TRAILER

  FIRST DJANGO CLIP  
WITH MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS
Sky and Canal + have released first clip from their western series DJANGO which arrives next year! Set in Texas in the late 1800s, it sees Matthias Schoenaerts as a jaded cowboy in search of the daughter he
Matthias Schoenaerts leads the ten episode saga
thought he'd lost. Following her trail, he comes upon New Babylon, a town at the bottom of a crater, where all outcasts are welcome and where everyone is equal. Here, Django discovers that his 20-year-old daughter Sarah is alive and
Our boy Tom Austen also stars in the new series
set to marry John Ellis, the founder of New Babylon. Sarah – who blames her father for the death of their family, massacred many years earlier while he was at war – wants Django to leave. Our dear Tom Austen also stars.


  THE GREEN GLOVE GANG  
NEW NETFLIX TV SERIES
From Netflix comes a trailer for their new Polish eight part series THE GREEN GLOVE GANG which will stream October 19th! After a failed robbery, a gang of 3 noble and not so young thieves: Zuza, Kinga and Alicja hides in a quiet nursing home. While the police are on their heels, the gang continues their activities at the center, giving its elderly residents a second youth.

Saturday, August 28, 2021

FIRST PHOTOS FROM DJANGO EPIC TV WESTERN SERIES WITH MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS, NOOMI RAPACE! MORFYDD CLARK, DOMINIC COOPER, SAM RILEY TO LEAD DUCHESS OF MALFI COSTUME DRAMA

  DJANGO EPIC TV SERIES 
FIRST PHOTOS FROM THE SET!
As we're nearing September we will be talking more about the new series currently in production or soon to air, and today we're treating you with the first photos from DJANGO ten part period set series which is currently
Matthias Schoenaerts takes the title role in the new series
shooting over in Romania with Matthias Schoenaerts in the lead! The series set in the 19th century will be one of the most expensive ones this season. Noomi Rapace will be Elizabeth, a powerful and merciless enemy of
Noomi Rapace is powerful lady Elizabeth in the new series
John Ellis (Nicholas Pinnock). Along with his fiancee Sarah, John Ellis is the founder of New Babylon, a city of outcasts which welcomes everyone from any background, race or creed. Lisa Vacari will play Sarah, who is also
The series will air in ten hourlong episodes
Django's lost daughter. Our dear Tom Austen will also star next to Jyuddah Jaymes, Eric Kole and Benny Opoku Arthur, who will play John Ellis’ three sons! Django finally finds Sarah in New Babylon after the rest of his
Nicholas Pinnock is Django's possible new son in law
family was slaughtered eight years earlier. Gaining John Ellis’ hostility, he insists he must stay, arguing the city is in danger. Sarah fears, however, that
Lisa Vacari is Sarah, Django's lost daughter
his very presence in itself puts New Babylon in jeopardy. The series will air on Sky's channels in Europe and on Canal + in France, Switzerland, Benelux.

   THE DUCHESS OF MALFI  
DOMINIC COOPER, SAM RILEY AND MORFYDD CLARK CAST
Speaking of period set projects, Deadline reports that our new Elven queen Galadriel Morfydd Clark will play THE DUCHESS OF MALFI in a new movie adaptation of John Webster's play which will also star Dominic Cooper, Sam Riley, Freddie Fox and Frank Dillane. To shoot in
The Duchess of Malfi will shoot this November  in Italy
November in Italy, it follows the recently widowed Duchess who falls in love with her steward Antonio. Their union sets in motion a conflict with her cruel and vengeful brothers, the Cardinal and Ferdinand, who enlist the spy Bosola to keep her from escaping their control.

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

TOM AUSTEN, NOOMI RAPACE JOIN MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS IN DJANGO 19TH CENTURY WESTERN TV SERIES! TOM CULLEN, JAMIE BLACKLEY, ROMOLA GARAI, JESSICA RAINE JOIN BECOMING ELIZABETH EPIC TV SERIES

  DJANGO EPIC TV SERIES ADS 
TOM AUSTEN, NOOMI RAPACE NEXT 2 MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS
Tom Austen has been added to the cast
I have recently informed you that Sky and Canal Plus are preparing a TV series based on famous Western character DJANGO who will be played by Matthias Schoenaerts and now new names have been added to the cast. The series set in the 19th century will be one of the most expensive ones this season. Noomi Rapace will be Elizabeth, a powerful and merciless enemy of John Ellis (Nicholas Pinnock). Along with his fiancee Sarah, John Ellis is the founder of New Babylon, a city of outcasts which welcomes everyone from any background, race or creed. Lisa Vacari will play Sarah, who is also Django's lost daughter. Our dear Tom Austen will also star next to Jyuddah Jaymes, Eric Kole and Benny Opoku Arthur, who will play John Ellis’ three sons! Django finally finds Sarah in New Babylon after the rest
Matthias Schoenaerts will play Django  himself in the new series
of his family was slaughtered eight years earlier. Gaining John Ellis’ hostility, he insists he must stay, arguing the city is in danger. Sarah fears, however, that his very presence in itself puts New Babylon in jeopardy.

 BECOMING ELIZABETH SERIES 
ANNOUNCES FULL CAST
And Tom Cullen is in it just as we spied with our little eye last winter :) Starz new eight part epic drama BECOMING ELIZABETH has announced full cast. Alicia Von Rittberg will, as you already know, be young Elizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who becomes embroiled in the political and
First official photo from the new series with Cullen and Rittberg
sexual politics of the English court on her journey to secure the crown. The death of King Henry VIII sets into motion a dangerous scramble for power. His surviving children find themselves pawns in a game between the great families of England and the powers of Europe who vie for control of the country. Romola Garai will be Mary, Henry’s eldest child, daughter of his
Tom Cullen and Jamie Blackley will star in the new series
first wife, the Spanish princess herself, Catherine of Aragon. Oliver Zetterström plays Edward, Henry’s youngest, but as a boy, the only one that matters in the brutal wars of Tudor succession. Jessica Raine is Catherine Parr, Henry’s widow, a clever, educated woman, who played the part of Regent once during Henry’s illness and bitterly resents that she is not able to play it again. Tom Cullen is King's uncle, ambitious Thomas Seymour. John
Jessica Raine, Bella Ramsey and Romola Garai will also star
Heffernan will be his brother, Lord Protector and Duke of Somerset. Jamie Parker is John Dudley, Somerset’s right-hand man on the Privy Council, while Jamie Blackley is Robert Dudley, John Dudley’s eldest and favourite son, and Elizabeth’s friend from childhood. Jacob Avery will be his younger brother Guildford Dudley! Alexandra Gilbreath is Kat Ashley, the nearest
Jamie Parker and John Heffernan will also star in the new series
thing Elizabeth has to a mother since Anne Boleyn’s execution when she was only two. Leo Bill is Henry Grey, a senior member of England’s council, whose daughter Jane Grey (Bella Ramsey) is next in line to the throne after Mary and Elizabeth. Alex Macqueen will be Catholic bishop Steven Gardiner. Olivier Huband is Spanish Ambassador Guzman, the pillar of Mary's court.

Friday, February 19, 2021

MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS TO LEAD NEW ITALIAN WESTERN TV SERIES DJANGO FOR CANAL + AND SKY! MONICA BELLUCCI TO LEAD SICCITA MOVIE ON A FUTURISTIC ROME LEFT WITHOUT WATER

  NEW DJANGO TV SERIES 
MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS TO LEAD
Matthias will take the lead in new Django
Toplining our global news updates today is something coming from France: Matthias Schoenaerts has been set as the lead of the new wild west set ten part TV series DJANGO which will air on Canal + in French territories and on Sky channels around Europe. Created by Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravaglia it will offer a fresh new take on the Western genre with a contemporary and psychological twist. The story is set in the Wild West in the 1860s and 1870s. Sarah and John have founded New Babylon, a city of outcasts, full of men and women of all backgrounds, races and creeds, that welcomes everyone with open arms. Haunted by the murder of his family eight years earlier, Django is still looking for his daughter, believing she may have survived the killing. He is shocked to find her in New Babylon, about to marry John. But Sarah, now a grown woman, wants Django to leave, as she fears he will put New Babylon in jeopardy if he stays. However, Django, believing the city is in danger, is adamant that he will not lose his daughter twice. The English language series will start shooting in May.

 MONICA BELLUCCI TO GET 
 
Monica Bellucci will try to survive the drought
STUCK IN ROME WITH OUT WATER 
Meanwhile, down in Italy, as Cineuropa reports, Paolo Virzi is shooting DROUGHT (Siccita) a futuristic movie which imagines the Italian capital stricken by a water shortage, wreaking havoc on rules and customs! Monica Bellucci and Valerio Mastandrea play two of the lead characters in the film that imagines a version of Rome where it hasn’t rained for three years, resulting in a water shortage which upends rules and habits. Circulating within this city overcome by thirst yet drowning in prohibitions is a group of characters who are both young and old, marginalised and successful, victims and profiteers. Their lives are interlinked in one tragic and mocking design as each of them searches for personal redemption.