We have for World War Two set movie DESPERATE JOURNEY that I first mentioned to you two years ago and which boasts an international
The movie is out this November in cinemas
cast that includes Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Clara Rugaard, Fernando Guallar, Hugo Spear, Ed Stoppard, Steven Berkoff, Nathaniel Parker and Til Schweiger.
THE STORY
Directed by Annabel Jankel, it is based on the true story of Freddie Knoller
(Tønnesen), a young man forced to flee Vienna as Nazi hysteria takes
hold. The story is set in a burlesque world of 1940s Paris. Knoller’s
captivating story has been widely recognized around the world and he was
honored by the late Queen Elizabeth. The film will hit cinemas November 28th!
We have first images from two new World War Two set movies, starting with DESPERATE JOURNEY which boasts an international cast that includes Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Clara Rugaard, Fernando Guallar, Hugo Spear, Ed Stoppard, Steven Berkoff, Nathaniel Parker and Til Schweiger. Directed by Annabel Jankel, it is based on the true story of Freddie Knoller (Tønnesen), a young man forced to flee Vienna as Nazi hysteria takes hold. The story is set in a burlesque world of 1940s Paris. Knoller’s captivating story has been widely recognized around the world and he was honored by the late Queen Elizabeth.
MURDER COMPANY
Posed
to enter selected cinemas and VOD from July 5th is war action movie
MURDER COMPANY with Kelsey Grammer and William Moseley in the lead
roles. Gilles Marini also stars in the movie set
Murder Company arrives this July
in the midst of the
D-Day invasion. The story follows a group of U.S. soldiers who are given
orders to smuggle a member of the French resistance behind enemy lines
in order to assassinate a high-value Nazi target. June, 1944. With the
US invasion of Europe hanging in the balance, Allied commanders issued a
top-secret directive that would send six men behind enemy lines to
assassinate a high-value Nazi target. A mixed unit of soldiers from the
82nd Airborne, comprised of men from Easy, Able and Dog Companies, was
joined by a lone member of the French Resistance. Their mission has
never been officially acknowledged, and there is no record the unit ever
existed. But those who were there gave it a name of its own: Murder
Company. The movie is based on actual events!
Empire has an epic treat for us in the form of new magazine covers dedicated to LORD OF THE RINGS prequel television series THE RINGS OF POWER
The series will feature young warrior Galadriel
which will arrive to Amazon Prime with its first eight episode season September 2nd! This
epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R.
Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings,
and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged,
kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested,
hope hung by the finest of threads, and the
greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to
cover all the world in darkness. Beginning in a time of relative peace,
the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and
There will be creatures similar to Hobbits in it
new, as they confront the long feared
re-emergence of evil to Middle Earth. From the darkest depths of the
Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon,
to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches
of the map, these
kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after
they are gone! The cast led by Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, Maxim Baldry, Nazanin Boniadi, and Morfydd Clark as young Elven queen Galadriel will also include Ismael Cruz Córdova, Charles Edwards, Trystan Gravelle, Sir Lenny Henry, Ema Horvath, Markella Kavenagh, Joseph Mawle, Tyroe Muhafidin, Sophia Nomvete, Lloyd Owen, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Charlie Vickers, Leon Wadham, Benjamin Walker, Daniel Weyman, and Sara Zwangobani. The shooting of the second season has already been granted over at Amazon. Read our spotlight here.
THE PRINCESS TRAILER
IS NOT WHAT YOU'D EXPECT
The Princess arrives July 1st on Hulu
Mostly so because it is the princess in it that kicks some naughty bums instead of waiting to be saved like a true damsel in distress. Hulu will stream their historical adventure movie THE PRINCESS on July 1st with the rather godawful Joey King in the lead role. But there are other great actors in it to cover up her lack of talent, namely the amazing Ed Stoppard and the everpresent Dominic Cooper alongside Olga Kurylenko. This action packed fight to the death set in a fairy tale world, stars Joey King as a strong
Ed Stoppard plays the king in the new movie
willed princess who refuses to wed the cruel sociopath to whom she is betrothed, and is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father's
Dominic Cooper plays the lead villain the movie
castle. With her scorned, vindictive suitor intent on taking her father's throne, the princess must protect her family and save the kingdom.
Earliet this year we got the first teaser and nowHistory has revealed the first trailer for the second season of their KNIGHTFALL epic series showing us Tom Cullen as Landry, the leader of the Templars, and Mark Hamill
as a battle hardened Knight Templar veteran of the
Crusades who survived a decade of captivity in the Holy Land and is
tasked with training the new initiates to the Order. He probably won't
agree morally with Landry who impregnated the French queen, even though she was the wife of
his best friend
New season will have Spartacus: War of the Damned Aaron Helbing as the brand new show runner and executive producer
the king (Ed Stoppard), and then watched her getting killed by her
husband for her treachery and adultery. The sword in the teaser
obviously announces a divide within the order. The series will start airing March 25th!
THE SECOND SEASON WILL
explore this dark time in
history from the Templar perspective, embracing an authentically
grittier, darker, and more brutal Medieval period than has ever
been
seen before. Tom Forbes joins the cast as violent Prince Louis of France,
Clementine Nicholson as his wife Princess of Burgundy,Genevieve Gaunt
is his sister princess Isabella of France. Pádraic Delaney returns as as Gawain, Simon Merrells as Tancrede, Julian Ovenden as William DeNogaret and Jim Carter as Pope Boniface VIII.
1ST 'CATCH 22' TRAILER
GEORGE CLOONEY WW2 SERIES
Meanwhile, Hulu has set May 17th for the grand premiere of their new historical series CATCH 22 coming from George Clooney. Also starring Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler, Hugh Laurie as Major de Coverley), Giancarlo Giannini, Daniel David Stewart, Rafi Gavron, Austin Stowell, Graham Patrick Martin, Gerran Howell, Jon Rudnitsky, Kevin J. O’Connor, Pico Alexander, Tessa
Ferrer, Lewis Pullman, Josh Bold, Jay Paulson and Julie Ann Emery, the
series will have six episodes!
THE STORY OF CATCH 22
based on the novel by Joseph Heller,
follows the incomparable, artful dodger, Yossarian (Christopher Abbott),
a US Air Force bombardier in World War II who is furious because
thousands of peoplehe has never met are trying to kill him. But his real
problem is not the enemy, but rather his own army which keeps
increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their
service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to avoid his military
assignments, he’ll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister
bureaucratic rule which specifies that a concern for one’s own safety in
the face of dangers which are real and immediate is the process of a
rational mind; a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to
fly dangerous combat missions, but a request to be removed from duty is
evidence of sanity and therefore makes him ineligible to be relieved
from duty. Check out the trailer below!
Although the airing time ain't any time soon (June, 2019) History has revealed the first teaser for the second season of their KNIGHTFALL epic
New season will have Spartacus: War of the Damned Aaron Helbing as the brand new show runner and executive producer
series showing us Tom Cullen as Landry, the leader of the Templars, and Mark Hamill as a battle hardened Knight Templar veteran of the Crusades
Ed Stoppard returns as the betrayed king of France who wants revenge
who survived a decade of captivity in the Holy Land and is tasked with training the new initiates to the Order. He probably won't agree morally with
Genevieve Gaunt joins the court as the smart and brutal princess Isabella
Landry who impregnated the French queen, even though she was the wife of his best friend the king (Ed Stoppard), and then watched her getting killed
Tom Forbes joins the cast as brutally evil and impotent prince of France
by her husband for her treachery and adultery. The sword in the teaser obviously announces a divide within the order.
THE SECOND SEASON WILL
explore this dark time in
history from the Templar perspective, embracing an authentically
grittier, darker, and more brutal Medieval period than has ever
been
seen before. Tom Forbes joins the cast as Prince Louis of France,
Clementine Nicholson as his wife Princess of Burgundy, Genevieve Gaunt
is his sister princess Isabella of France.
I must admit I wasn't at all excited when, earlier this year, History announced their mediaeval series KNIGHTFALL will be getting a second
Tom Forbes is the new naughty Prince of France
season, as the first one was mediocre at best, poorly written, mostly implausible with not a single likeable character (all of them were slimy, treacherous and immoral) but with the new cast additions being announced yesterday, I might change my mind and give it a go again.
KNIGHTFALL which starred Tom Cullen as a knight Templar who is
trying to solve a mystery of the Christ's chalice while also bedding
French king's wife although he is supposed to be his best friend and
mentor (it did see the said adulteress queen rightfully killed in the
end) will now also have Mark Hamill, Tom Forbes and Genevieve Gaunt in
the cast! Hamill will be Talus, a battle hardened Knight Templar
Lovely Genevieve Gaunt is new Princess Isabella
veteran of the Crusades, who survived captivity for ten years in the
Holy Land and is tasked with training the new initiates to the Order.
Tom Forbes, whom we watched in Wolf Hall and The Bastard Executioner,
will play Prince Louis, the violent and unpredictable son of King Philip
(EdStoppard) and heir to the throne! Meanwhile, Genevieve Gaunt (who
has just been crowned as queen Willow in The Royals) will play an older
princess Isabella, the daughter of King Philip and well on her way to
becoming the woman who history would call the she-wolf of France. Aaron
Helbing (Spartacus: War of the Damned), is the new showrunner, taking
over from Dominic Minghella.
'DEATH AND NIGHTINGALES'
1ST BBC SERIES PHOTOS WITH JAMIE DORNAN,MATTHEW RHYS
BBC has, meanwhile, released first photos from their new three part period set mini series DEATH AND NIGHTINGALES with Jamie Dornan, Matthew Rhys and Ann Skelly! A story of love, betrayal, deception and
The series is based on Eugene McCabe modern Irish Classic
revenge, it is set in the haunting countryside of Fermanagh in 1885. It’s a world of spies, confessions and double dealings where neighbours observe each other and inform. The tale takes place over a desperately tense 24-hour
Matthew Rhys plays the father in the new BBC 2 series
period. It’s Beth Winters’ (Ann Skelly) 23rd birthday and also the day she has decided to join the charming Liam Ward (Jamie Dornan) to escape from her limited life and complex relationship with her Protestant landowner
Ann Skelly and Jamie Dornan lead the cast
stepfather Billy (Matthew Rhys). As decades of pain and betrayal finally build to a devastating climax, the series sees a woman struggling to control her own destiny and will ultimately illuminate tensions that tear both families and nations apart.
A Quiet Place is getting near $100 million this week
While he is currently scoring an almost mind blowing success with the atmospheric horror movie A Quiet Place that he directed and is starring in with his wife Emily Blunt, John Krasinski is already planning another directorial project! This time it will be a galactic science fiction thriller!
As 'Hollywood Reporter' writes LIFE ON MARS will see him reteam with
Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller in the movie adaptation of a
short story by Cecil Castellucci titled We Have Always Lived on Mars
that centres on a woman who is among a handful of descendants of a
Martian colony long abandoned by Earth following a cataclysm. The woman
one day finds she can breathe the air on Mars, upending her world and
that of her fellow colonists.
FIRST 'GENESIS' TRAILER
STARRING OLIVIA GRANT, JOHN HANNAH AND ED STOPPARD
Speaking of science fiction, check out the first trailer and posters for GENESIS which is out this July in United Kingdom and in USA this month.
Genesis is out this summer in Europe
Lead by gorgeous Olivia Grant, from our fave series Indian Summers, it is the third feature from British writing and directing duo Bart Ruspoli & Freddie Hutton Mills.
A BREATH OF MARS AIR
The first in a sci-fi trilogy, GENESIS explores the nature of free
will and what it means to be human, against a post apocalyptic backdrop
where the remnants of mankind attempt to create A.I. to save them from
extinction. The film also stars British thespians John
Olivia Grant and John Hannah lead the cast
Hannah and Ed
Stoppard, alongside young actors Warren Brown, Rick Warden and William Snape! Check out the trailer below.
After our majestic Epic Weekend we are still in the same epic waters today as well, with the new trailer and cast photos for History's brand new epic adventure action television series KNIGHTFALL which starts airing worldwide Wednesday December 6th! The ten episode first season takes viewers inside the medieval politics and warfare of the Knights Templar, the most powerful, wealthy and mysterious military order of the Middle Ages who were entrusted with protecting Christianity’s most precious relics.
THE STORY OF KNIGHTFALL
begins after the fall of the city of Acre, the Templar’s
last stronghold in the Holy Land, where the Holy Grail is lost. Years
later, a clue emerges suggesting the whereabouts of the Grail and sends
the Templars, led by the noble,
The King and Queen of France, Ed Stoppard and Olivia Ross
courageous and headstrong Templar Knight
Landry (Tom Cullen), on a life or death mission to find the lost
Cup of Christ. From their battles in the Holy Land, to their clash with
the King of France, to the dark events leading to the demise of the
Templar Order on Friday the 13th, 1307, a date which became
The Royal court of France, the royal family and De Nogaret
synonymous
with bad luck, the story of the Knights Templar has never been fully
told until now. Focusing on themes such as belief, sacrifice, politics,
love, power and revenge, KNIGHTFALL goes deep into the clandestine
world of this legendary brotherhood of warrior monks to find out who
these knights were, how they lived, and what they died believing.
KINGS, QUEENS AND A POPE
Beside Cullen, Pádraic Delaney plays Gawain, once the greatest swordsman of the Templar Order who was crippled at Acre, while Simon Merrells is Tancrede, a steadfast, brave, and resolute knight who venerates
Simon Merrells is knight Tancrede
his Templar vows above all else. Jim Carter is Pope Boniface VIII, the Holy Leader of the Templar Knights and a stabilizing, incorruptible force within a chaotic medieval world! Olivia Ross is Queen Joan of Navarre, wife to King Philip IV of France and a powerful Queen in her own right; a devoted mother, formidable diplomat and keen strategist, while Ed Stoppard plays King Philip IV of France, the most powerful monarch in Europe who seeks to consolidate his power with the help of his Machiavellian right hand man and
Tom Cullen is the lead star of the new series
pragmatic lawyer, William De Nogaret, played by Julian Ovenden! Meanwhile, Sabrina Bartlett plays Princess Isabella, Queen Joan and King Philip's daughter who would come to dominate the Kingdom of England as the She-Wolf of France.
Two epic TV series trailers for you, starting with a new one for History Channel's KNIGHTFALL historical adventure series which will launch its ten episode run sometime this Autumn following the legendary Knights Templar who were the most powerful, wealthy and mysterious military order of the Middle Ages, entrusted with protecting Christianity’s most prized relic—the Holy Grail, and harbouring secrets capable of great destruction. Tom Cullen leads the cast which also
Most of the series was shot last summer on Croatia's Dalmatian coast
includes Simon Merrells as knight Tancrede, Padraic Delaney as knight Gawain, Julian Ovenden, Bobby Schofield as Parcival, with
Tom Cullen is brave knight Landry
Home Fires' Ed Stoppard as King Philip IV, Olivia Ross as Queen Joan and Downton Abbey's Jim Carter as Pope Boniface VIII.
Ed Stoppard is King Phlip
THE CLOSER THEY ARE TO THE GRAIL,THE FURTHER THEY ARE FROM GOD KNIGHTFALL, set in the 14th century, goes deep into the clandestine
world of this legendary brotherhood of warrior monks. From their
Simon Merrells plays knight Tancrede
battles
in the Holy Land, to their complex relationship with the King of France, to the betrayal that would ultimately lead to their tragic
Tom Cullen will lead the cast and Knight Templars
dissolution, the story of the Knights Templar has never been fully told
until now. Check out the gorgeous new trailer below:
'WESTWORLD' SEASON 2
UNSETTLING FIRST TRAILER
Comic Con also brought us the first, super exciting and also very gritty, trailer for the second season of last year's smash hit WESTWORLD which won't arrive to the small screens any time soon since it is set for 2018 airing. The new trailer shows the bloody
Westworld had 22 Emmy nominations last year
aftermath of the rebellion of the androids that played hosts in the Western themed park for the rich and bored, after they realised they might be more powerful than those who invented and made them.
NEW CAST MEMBERS!
Neil Jackson joins the cast in the 2nd season
Returning to the cast will be Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel
Wood, Ben Barnes, James Marsden, Rodrigo Santoro with new
additions in Neil Jackson (a charming, resourceful man who finds himself
in uncharted territory) and Jonathan Tucker (a commanding military
officer) and also Katja Herbers (as a seasoned guest whose latest visit
comes at the park’s darkest hour) while Talulah Riley who played the
host at the entrance of Westworld has become series regular now. It is
not known whether Anthony Hopkins is coming back or not!
