After scoring a massive success with All Creatures Great and Small, Channel 5 is, according to Deadline, turning HARDACRE bestseller into another ambitious series as well! Playground Entertainment, which is doing All Creatures, will also turn CL Skelton's international book hit into a sweeping rags-to-riches series set in Yorkshire! The six-part series will tell the story of generations of the Hardacre family from Victorian England to the 1950s. It centres on Sam Hardacre, a fish gutter who builds a lucrative business empire, and his wife Mary, who rises from being a street urchin to the mistress of a grand house in Yorkshire.
THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END
NETFLIX NABS ADAPTATION
Netflix has nabbed the adaptation
In a very heated battle between streamers, Netflix has nabbed the series adaptation of Adam Silvera's mega hit book THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END. Chris Van Dusen will adapt the story about Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio who find out that they’re going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There’s an app for that. It’s called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure—to live a lifetime in a single day. The novel is a devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day. The book also got a prequel earlier this Autumn.
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS SERIES
ORDERED AT PARAMOUNT PLUS
After ruining Halo, Paramount Plus has ordered another game small screen adaptation: DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS will be turned into a live action TV series by the hot hunkster Rawson Marshall Thurber. He will also direct the eight part series based on the fantasy role playing game in which players design characters that can range from humans to elves to dwarves and beyond and then select a class such as paladin, fighter, ranger, barbarian or several others. The series is not connected with the upcoming movie adaptation.
While
we are waiting for Sky and MGM+ to bring us the second season of DOMINA
series sometime early next year, they have revealed some new
David Avery is Domitius in the new season
cast
additions in the story following the rise of Gaius Augustus Caesar’s third wife, Livia Drusilla (Kasia Smutn- iak with Matthew Mc Nulty as Gaius) during the struggle for
control of the Roman Empire and Rome’s Imperial family: David Avery
will play ambitious young aristocrat Domitius, who joins Gaius’ family
through marriage and proves himself to be a thorn in Livia’s side.
Joelle will be Vipsania, who refuses to play the conventional power
games expected of Roman aristocratic life. She is happily married to
fellow outsider, Livia’s son Tiberius, and is a force for good in his
life.
Tiberius has been recast with Benjamin Isaac, he is now reluctant to
fulfill his mother’s ambition for him and his brother to restore the
Republic. Liah O’Prey (Julia),
Benjamin Isaac is the new actor to play Tiberius
Ben Batt (Agrippa), Ewan Horrocks
(Drusus), Claire Forlani (Octavia), Darrell D’Silva (Piso), Christine
Bottomley (Scribonia), and Alais Lawson (Marcella) all return from the
first season.
DUNGEON AND DRAGONS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES NEW TRAILER AND POSTER
The movie is out next March!
A brand new poster and trailer have been released for March, 2023 fantasy adventure DUNGEON AND DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES, and boy, is it stuff from the kitchiest nightmares? Well, sadly, it is. The film that follows a charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers as they undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, has a suitably godawful cast. Chris Pine stars as Elgin, a Bard, Michelle Rodriguez as Holga, a Barbarian; Regé John Peige as Xenk, a Paladin; Justice Smith as Simon, a Sorcerer; Sophia Lillis as Doric, a thieving Druid; and Hugh Grant (yes, I told you it is terrible) as Forge Fletcher, a Rogue. The big screen adaptation of the popular video game was directed by Jonathan Goldstein.
RUPERT EVERETT, MALCOLM MCDOWELL JOIN ITALIAN SERIES
To be aired next year by Amazon Prime Video in more than 250 countries around the world is EVERYBODY LOVES DIAMONDS high-end show about a group of thieves led by Sicilian mastermind Leonardo Notarbartolo (insanely gorgeous Kim Rossi Stewart) who in 2003 managed to circumvent the advanced security system of the Antwerp Diamond Center and steal precious stones worth more than $100 million. Rupert Everett and Malcolm McDowell will also star in this series spanning different periods and decades.
THE BUCCANEERS SERIES
ADS SOME BOYS TO THE CAST
After Christina Hendricks a few days ago, Apple TV has now added some gents to the cast of their period set series THE BUCCANEERS about a group of fun-loving young American girls exploding into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash and
Josh Dylan, Guy Remmers, Barney Fishwick, Matthew Broome
the disregard of centuries of tradition. Josh Dylan will play Lord Richard Marable, a repressed English lord swept up in a holiday romance with fiery American heiress Conchita. Guy Remmers is English bachelor Theo, Duke of Tintagel, Matthew Broome is charming English playboy Guy Thwarte and Barney Fishwick is Marable’s brother Lord James Seadown.
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES TRAILER
Launching Comic Con this year is first trailer for video game movie adaptation DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES which arrives next March starring Chris Pine, Hugh Grant, Rege Jean Page and Michelle Rodrigues. A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.
While you are waiting to see him this month in Wonder Woman sequel, according to rumours around the net today, Chris Pine might wear a chain mail again after playing the king of Scotland as he is apparently in negotiations to take the lead role in the new remake of DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS famous fantasy adventure based on the popular video games (which will celebrate their 50th birthday in four years) which will be very much character based with lots of comedy elements according to its directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley. The ensemble movie is envisioned as a start of a potential new fantasy adventure mega franchise.
LOUIS VAN BEETHOVEN
TRAILER IS FINALLY HERE!
As you remember your spy was the first one to inform you about his one earlier this year and now LOUIS VAN BEETHOVEN is ready to premiere tomorrow in USA starring Tobias Moretti as the famous composer.
It will
The movie is already streaming in Spain
also air on German TV at Christmas. 1779. Eight year old Ludwig van Beethoven, called "Louis", is already known as a musical prodigy. He learns to go his own way much to the dismay of the people around him. Some years later, he meets Mozart during times of political upheaval. The unconventional genius and French Revolution are sparking a fire in Louis' heart; he doesn't want to serve a master - only the arts. Facing times of family tragedies and unrequited love, he almost gives up. However, Louis makes it to Vienna to study under Haydn in 1792, and the rest is history. Who was this man, whose music has since touched countless hearts and minds? At the end of his life, the master is isolated by loss of loved ones and hearing. Surely though, he was way ahead of his times.
It was only yesterday that I announced that Kellan Lutz might be the new He Man in MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE and now another of the big sf remakes has possibly found its star. As reports from EW! are saying today DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS movie remake apparently has its target set on DIVERGENT and FAULT IN OUR STARS actor Ansel Elgort. The epic fantasy saga will be directed by Rob Letterman with the story being entirely set in the fantasy world from the famous video game populated by magical being, sorcerers, knights and princesses, and of course - dragons! The movie might follow the steps of this summer's WARCRAFT which has already scored well above half a billion dollars around the world so far.
MATTHEW GOODE TO LEAD
'ROADSIDE PICNIC' SF SERIES In TV news, as I told you before WGN America is preparing the small
screen series adaptation of ROADSIDE PICNIC sf classic by Arkady and
Boris Strugatsky and now Matthew Goode has been set as the lead! As
'Deadline' reports, it explores a near future world where aliens have
come and gone, leaving humankind to explore the wondrous and dangerous
mysteries left behind. The story also explores the social ramifications
of their visit, as seen through the eyes of Red (Goode), a veteran
“stalker” who has made it his mission to illegally venture into the once
inhabited zone and scavenge the abandoned remains of the alien culture.
'THE 9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX'
WITH JAMIE DORNAN, AARON PAUL AND SARAH GADON!
The first trailer has been released for unusual fantasy movie starring Jamie Dornan, SarahGadon and Aaron Paul THE 9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX! which revolves around 9 year old Louis Drax, who suffers a near fatal fall on his birthday.
When a doctor (Jamie Dornan) tries to enter the boy's mind, he unravels a mystery that can't easily be explained by reality. The movie is out this September.
A number of movies set in magical worlds to announce today starting with Deborah Harkness multi million selling historical fantasy novel A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES from the ALL SOULS TRILOGY! It is going to be turned into TV series by Bad Wolf production house. It follows the story of Diana Bishop, a young scholar at Oxford who is a descendant of the Salem witches. When she accidentally unlocks an enchanted manuscript, she is compelled to embrace the magic in her blood and enters a forbidden romance with charming 1,500 year old vampire Matthew Clairmont. Warner Bros. previously held the rights on adaptation, and it was offered to BBC too but will be done now independently.
'A WRINKLE IN TIME'
TO GET DISNEY ADAPTATION Meanwhile, over at Disney, SELMA's Ava DuVernay will helm the movie
adaptation of Madeleine L'engle classic fantasy novelA WRINKLE IN TIME
with FROZEN's Jennifer Lee penning the script. As 'Deadline' reports,
the book involves a young girl whose government scientist father has
gone missing after working on a mysterious project called a tesseract,
which involves being transported to a fifth dimension with mysterious
inhabited planets. She takes part in a search for her father and sees
some incredible creatures along the way.
'DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS'
TO BE A MIX OF LORD OF THE RINGS & GUARDIANS OF GALAXY
At the same time, 'Collider' reveals that Warner Bros. new big screen adaptation of one of world's most popular video games everDUNGEONS AND DRAGONS is going to be a mix of LORD OF THE RINGS and GUARDIANS OF GALAXY! Beside Vin Diesel being rumoured for one of the roles in what is to be an ensemble cast, there are also rumours that the studio views the movie as a multi universe one with possible spin-offs and with the story taking place only in the magical realm! Some fifteen years ago New Line made an unsuccessful movie out of it
which spawned tons of DVD sequels. That one was set in the empire of
Izmer populated by mages, magic users, empresses, dragons, dwarves and
elves. The new one is set for 2019!
In TV news, DC has found their actor for the character of Hawkman who will first appear in CW's shows THE FLASH and ARROW before becoming a regular superhero in their new series LEGENDS OF TOMORROW in the winter midseason. Gorgeous Falk Hentschel (who starred in STREET DANCE, AGENTS OF SHIELD and worked as Mariah Carey's dancer) will play the winged hero, a reincarnation of an Egyptian emperor, who has lived on for centuries alongside his ladylove Kendra Saunders (Ciara Renée). Hawkman is capable of sprouting wings by tapping into the power of the ancient hawk god Horus. As I reported before LEGENDS OF TOMORROW will unite a number of superheroes from the other two shows and some new ones who will together battle common enemies. Wentworth Miller, Brandon Routh and Dominic Purcel also star.
'DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS'
RETURNING TO THE BIG SCREENS After WARCRAFT, which is arriving into theatres next summer, it seems
another hugely popular fantasy world game will be turned into a movie.
Hasbro and Warner Bros. will turn DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS into a huge epic
movie. With the script already written by RED RIDING HOOD and WRATH OF
THE TITANS' David Leslie Johnson (can't believe he is still working after those two writing atrocities), the movie is slated for 2019 release!
Some fifteen years ago New Line made an unsuccessful movie out of it
which spawned tons of DVD sequels. That one was set in the empire of
Izmer populated by mages, magic users, empresses, dragons, dwarves and
elves.
NEW 'DRESSMAKER' TRAILER
WITH KATE WINSLET, LIAM HEMSWORTH, HUGO WEAVING
Second, delightful international trailer has been released for lovely Australian movie THE DRESSMAKER with Kate Winslet, Judi Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving. Based on Rosalie Ham bestselling novel of the same name, the movie will see Kate Winslet playing the 1950s Australian fashion designer Tilly Dunnage who goes back to her rural hometown to care for her sick mother, but rumours of her involvement in the death of a young boy threaten to ruin her return. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong. The movie is first out in Australian cinemas this October!
which players design characters that can range from humans to elves to dwarves and beyond and then select a class such as paladin, fighter, ranger, barbarian or several others. The series is not connected with the upcoming movie adaptation. 
which players design characters that can range from humans to elves to dwarves and beyond and then select a class such as paladin, fighter, ranger, barbarian or several others. The series is not connected with the upcoming movie adaptation. 
