FIRST SANDOKAN EPIC TV SERIES TRAILER AND AIR DATE REVEALED WITH CAN YAMAN, ED WESTWICK AND JOHN HANNAH IN THE CAST

    SANDOKAN SERIES    

TRAILER AND AIR DATE REVEALED

Sandokan arrives this December to RAI

Lux Vide and Italian Broadcaster Rai are ready to premiere their new epic TV adaptation of famous SANDOKAN  this December so we have the first trailer with Turkish heartthrob Can Yaman in the lead role of the famous adventurer. Alanah Bloor, Ed Westwick, Alessandro Preziosi, John Hannah also star beside him.

 

IN NEW SERIES

  Adventure, passion, revolution and love for nature: these are the colors of Sandokan, the event series that gives life to the immortal character created by Emilio Salgari. The series goes to the roots of a myth, exploring the origins of the Malaysian Tiger and telling his trajectory from a simple adventurer to the prince of the pirates. In Borneo, a tropical paradise inhabited by the native tribes of Dayak, but dominated by the ruthless law ofthe colonialist British, Sandokan is a pirate who lives by the day: he fights

Can Yaman takes the lead role

 only for himself and for his crew, including the trusted Yanez. But his life changes when he meets Marianna, the beautiful daughter of Labuan’s British consul during a raid. It is the beginning of an impossible love story between two similar souls: Marianna, of European and noble blood, but with the wild spirit of those who grew up in a tropical paradise, and Sandokan, pirate and adventurer, who without knowing it carries within himself the blood of ancient warrior kings. On their trail will be the legendary pirate hunter Lord James Brooke, who will stop at nothing to capture Sandokan and win Mariana’s heart. The protagonists will fight for themselves and for their love, but soon they will understand that they are part of a much greater story: that of apeople who fight for freedom and for the salvation of unspoiled nature... And this people, the Dayak, seek a leader who can save them. For this reason Sandokan will be called to be much more than a pirate: he will have to become the legendary Tiger of Malaysia.

FEAST YOUR EYES ON FIRST SANDOKAN EPIC TV SERIES IMAGES WITH CAN YAMAN, ED WESTWICK AND JOHN HANNAH

   FIRST SANDOKAN   

IMAGES FROM NEW EPIC TV SERIES

Lux Vide and Italian Broadcaster Rai have treated us today with the first images from their new epic TV adaptation of famous SANDOKAN which

Can Yaman is new Sandokan

is currently in production with Turkish heartthrob Can Yaman in the lead role of the famous adventurer. Alanah Bloor, Ed Westwick, Alessandro Preziosi, John Hannah also star beside him.

 

IN NEW SERIES

  Adventure, passion, revolution and love for nature: these are the colors of Sandokan, the event series that gives life to the immortal character created by Emilio Salgari. The series goes to the roots of a myth, exploring the origins of the Malaysian Tiger and telling his trajectory from a simple adventurer to the prince of the pirates. In Borneo, a tropical paradise inhabited by the native tribes of Dayak, but dominated by the ruthless law of the colonialist British, Sandokan is a pirate who lives by the day: he fights only for himself and for his crew, including the trusted Yanez. But his life changes when he meets Marianna, the beautiful daughter of Labuan’s British consul during a raid. It is the beginning of an impossible love story between two similar souls: Marianna, of European and noble blood, but with the wild spirit of those who grew up in a tropical paradise, and Sandokan, pirate and adventurer, who without knowing it carries within himself the blood of ancient warrior kings. On their trail will be the legendary pirate hunter Lord James Brooke, who will stop at nothing to capture Sandokan and win Mariana’s heart. The protagonists will fight for themselves and for their love, but soon they will understand that they are part of a much greater story: that of a people who fight for freedom and for the salvation of unspoiled nature... And this people, the Dayak, seek a leader who can save them. For this reason Sandokan will be called to be much more than a pirate: he will have to become the legendary Tiger of Malaysia.

 

SANDOKAN EPIC SERIES STARTS SHOOTING, ED WESTWICK, JOHN HANNAH JOIN CAN YAMAN

 CAN YAMAN'S SANDOKAN 

EPIC TV SERIES ANNOUNCES FULL CAST

After years long delay due to covid Lux Vide and Italian RAI are finally starting production on SANDOKAN epic TV series next Monday.  It is set in the mid 19th century on the island of Borneo, where the native Dayak tribes are dominated by ruthless Brits at the height of their colonial power. Initially, Sandokan (Can Yaman) just goes about his pirate business without taking

Ed Westwick, Can Yaman and Alessandro Preziosi will star

sides, leading his motley crew that includes trusted sidekick Yanez de Gomera (Alessandro Preziosi). Everything changes during a raid when Sandokan intersects and elopes with Marianne (Alanah Bloor), the daughter of the British consul (John Hannah). Pirate hunter Lord James Brooke, (Ed Westwick) will stop at nothing to capture Sandokan and win Marianne’s heart. Also in the cast are Madeleine Price, Gilberto Gliozzi, Mark Grosy  and Samuele Segreto.

NEW WW2 MOVIES: WOLVES OF WAR WITH ED WESTWICK, RUPERT GRAVES, MATT WILLIS, IMMORTAL WITH PAUL ANDERSON, RUSSIAN WAR EPIC PILOT: BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL WITH PYOTR FYODOROV

 NEW WW2 FILMS IN WORKS

WOLVES OF WAR MOVIE

A bunch of new WW2 set films have been announced recently, among them WOLVES OF WAR in which Ed Westwick and Matt Willis will play British officers who lead a team of allied commandos on a mission in Bavaria

Ed Westwick, Matt Willis, Rupert Graves will take the leads

near the end of the war to extract an American (Rupert Graves) held hostage by the Nazis. Giles Anderson is directing.

 

  IMMORTAL WW2 ACTION

Paul Anderson is set to lead WW2 movie IMMORTAL set in 1945, and following ex-soldier Aatami, played by (Jorma Tommila), who discovers gold in the deep wilderness of Lapland. When he attempts to take

Paul Anderson will be the villain in Immortal WW2 movie

his loot into the city, a squadron of Nazi soldiers led by a brutal SS officer (Paul Anderson) get in his way and a battle for the gold ensues between the lone soldier and the Nazis.This one is shooting this September in Findland.

PILOT: A BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL

Russia prepares at least one WW2 film a year, and this year it will be THE PILOT: A BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL (Лётчик) directed by

The Pilot will fly into cinemas this November

Renat Devletyarov. The film, which has a USA distributor already, will hit Russian cinemas in November. The film centers on an IL-2 pilot, played by Pyotr Fyodorov (from Duelist, Stalingrad, Sputnik, Blackout), who, back in December of 1941, crash lands in a remote forest clearing after an air assault, and must find his way back to friendly territory while battling hunger and extreme cold and evading packs of wolves and Nazi soldiers. It is a gripping story of survival, bravery and sacrifice in the face of chilling circumstances, made even more riveting due to its depiction of actual historical events. Check out the early trailer below:

TRAILER AND POSTERS FOR WW2 MOVIE ENEMY LINES SET ED WESTWICK, JOHN HANNAH AND TOM WISDOM AGAINST THE NAZIS

  'ENEMY LINES' WAR MOVIE

MANY CROSSED, FEW CAME BACK

The film be online from the beginning of May

We've announced this one many years ago and now we are finally getting a trailer for ENEMY LINES war movie which will be available for viewing on VOD from May. The rather stellar cast is led by Ed Westwick, John Hannah and our dearest Tom Wisdom under the helm of Swedish director Anders Banke. 

The Story of the World War II movie is set in the  frozen, war torn landscape of occupied Poland during the Second World War, where a crack team of allied commandos and an American officer (Ed Westwick) are sent on a deadly mission behind

Ed Westwick leads the cast which also includes John Hannah and Tom Wisdom

enemy lines to extract a rocket scientist from the hands of the Nazis. Working with the resistance they cross the harsh wilderness intent on kidnapping and extracting a sought-after Polish scientist, Dr Fabian (Pawel Delag), from the Germans

TOM WISDOM, ED WESTWICK, JOHN HANNAH TO LEAD WW2 EPIC DRAMA ENEMY LINES! BEN BATT JOINS SKY'S JAMESTOWN EPIC 17TH CENTURY SAGA SEASON 3

BEN BATT JOINS

JAMESTOWN EPIC SEASON 3

3rd season is being directed by Last Kingdom helmer

While we are waiting for Sky Atlantic to announce the airing date for the third season of their historical saga JAMESTOWN (the second one aired in February last year) I can tell you that the new cast member will be our dear Ben Batt who is no stranger to epic drama! In Sky's series, which follows the first British settlers in the 17th century America, Ben Batt will portray a new enigmatic trader Willmus Crabtree, joining the cast which includes Stuart Martin, Ben Star, Matt Stokoe, Max Beesley, Sophie Rundle, Naomi Battrick, Jason Flemyng and Niamh Walsh.

THE THIRD SEASON
 With trade booming and the tobacco farms established, the settlers’ pioneering aspiration soon clashes with reality as they begin to strive for more than new lives – now they crave control and power. The flourishing community creates new tensions between the English and the Pamunkey, and

First look at Ben Batt as Willmus Crabtree, the new trader in Jamestown

with politics rife in the air, the idealism of the New World is tested. As governor Yeardley’s thirst for power grows, can he handle the consequences? And how far will Opechancanough go to protect his native land?

'ENEMY LINES' WW2 MOVIE

SETS ED WESTWICK, TOM WISDOM, JOHN HANNAH AS LEADS

Speaking of historical things, the cast has been set for Anders Banke's first English film ENEMY LINES! With Ed Westwick toplining it, the cast will also include our dear Dominion and 300 star Tom Wisdom, alongside John

Ed Westwick till lead the cast in the new WW2 adventure

Hannah, Corey Johnson, Pawel Delag, Vladimir Epifantsev and Kirill Pletnev! The story of this World War II action drama is actually based

Tom Wisdom will star in WW2 feature Enemy Lines

on a 1943 true event that took place behind enemy lines into occupied Poland where an elite team of allied soldiers were sent to extract a rocket scientist from the hands of the Nazis.

CHRISTIAN COOKE TO REPLACE ED WESTWICK IN AGATHA CHRISTIE'S 'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE', HELENA BONHAM CARTER TO PLAY PRINCESS MARGARET IN 'CROWN' SEASON 3?

'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE' 

CHRISTIAN COOKE TO REPLACE ED WESTWICK IN BBC'S MINI

Christian Cooke will be the new Mickey Argyil

Two people have been replaced in their small screen roles today, people! Although it has already been completed and ready to air on BBC at Christmas, Agatha Christie's ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE will be reshot and Ed Westwick's scenes will be replaced with new ones starring Christian Cooke after Westwick has been involved in an alleged sex scandal! Cooke will now play the character of Mickey Argyll next to the cast that includes Bill Nighy, Matthew Goode, Eleanor Tomlinson and Luke Treadaway. Set at Christmas 1954 it sees wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is arrested for her murder but he vehemently protests his innocence which means that another member of the family might be the murderer.

'THE CROWN' TV SERIES

HELENA BONHAM CARTER TO PLAY PRINCESS MARGARET?

Helena has played the queen's mother already!

Meanwhile, over at Netflix, who are currently airing the second season of their hit series THE CROWN, Helena Bonham Carter is apparently in talks to play rebellious princess Margaret in the third season which will see Olivia Colman playing the queen instead of Claire Foy. She will replace Vanessa Kirby in the role after, which is very interesting, playing Margaret's mother in The King's Speech!  Helena Bonham Carter was, apparently, also in the running to play the queen herself but will now play her sister. There are also rumours that Matt Smith, who plays young Prince Philip, could be replaced in the third season by Michael Sheen or even David Tennant. Matthew Goode is playing Margaret's husband in season 2.

JUDI DENCH IS 'RED JOAN' SECRET GRANDMOTHER SPY NEXT TO TOM HUGHES! 1ST 'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE' BBC SERIES PHOTO WITH BILL NIGHY, MATTHEW GOODE, ELEANOR TOMLINSON, ED WESTWICK

  TOM HUGHES JOINS

JUDI DENCH IN 'RED JOAN'

The film is based on a 2013 Jennie Rooney book

Here's a great story for you: Judi Dench will play Britain's oldest spy in RED JOAN! She will be joined by Victoria's Tom Hughes as the KGB’s longest serving spy in Britain. The film takes place in two eras. In a picturesque village in England, Joan Stanley lives in contented retirement, hiding her incredible past as one of the most influential spies in living history. Suddenly her tranquil existence is shattered as she’s shockingly arrested by MI5. Flashback to Stanley as a 1930s Cambridge physics student (Sophie Cookson) who falls in love with seductively attractive Russian saboteur, Leo (Tom Hughes). Through him, she begins to see that the world is on a knife-edge and perhaps must be saved from itself in the race to military supremacy. After the war, she works at a top-secret nuclear research facility and is confronted with the impossible: Would you betray your country and your loved ones if it meant saving them? What price would you pay for peace?

  'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE'

FIRST CAST PHOTO FOR BBC'S NEW AGATHA CHRISTIE SERIES

Speaking of all things British, BBC has released the first cast photo for their new Agatha Christie adaptation ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE which will air this Christmas in three parts starring Bill Nighy, Matthew Goode,

Click on the photo to see it in full glory and grandeur

Eleanor Tomlinson, Luke Treadaway, Ed Westwick and Catherine Keener.  It is set at Christmas 1954 when a wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is arrested for her murder but he vehemently protests his innocence.

BBC CASTS BILL NIGHY, MATTHEW GOODE, ELEANOR TOMLINSON, ED WESTWICK IN AGATHA CHRISTIE'S 'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE', ANGELA LANSBURY, EMILY WATSON, MICHAEL GAMBON FOR 'LITTLE WOMEN' MINI SERIES

'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE' 

 BBC SETS STELLAR CAST FOR NEW AGATHA CHRISTIE SERIES

'Poldark' star Eleanor Tomlinson

While we're waiting to watch Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express movie with Judi Dench, BBC One will again grace us with some Agatha Christie this Christmas! After the huge success of And Then There Were None in 2015 and the absolute flop of the ghastly horrid and painfully unwatchable Witness for the Prosecution last year, they are now doing ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE which was published back in 1958, and the cast has been announced as well! It will include Bill Nighy and Catherine Keener in the lead roles, joined by Matthew

Matthew Good is no stranger to period set drama

Goode, Eleanor Tomlinson, Anthony Boyle, Ed Westwick, Luke Treadaway, and Alice Eve.

Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point.Her adopted son Jack Argyll, a young delinquent, is arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence. Eighteen months later, Dr Arthur Calgary, a scientist, walks onto the velvety lawns of Sunny Point claiming to have just returned from an expedition to the Arctic. Even more extraordinary is his claim to hold the alibi that can prove Jack’s innocence. But Jack died in prison before

Ed Westwick and  Alice Eve

the case could come to trial, and the Argyll family is reluctant to dig up the secrets of the past. Rachel’s widower Leo is about to remarry his secretary Gwenda and none of Rachel’s other adopted children Mary, Mickey, Tina or Hester, nor long standing housekeeper Kirsten, is

Anthony Boyle and Luke Treadaway

willing to reopen that most horrendous chapter of their lives. However, the shattering implications of Calgary’s story are too big to avoid; if he is telling the truth then the wrong person was arrested for Rachel’s murder. And if Jack was not the killer, then it must have been somebody else at Sunny Point.

'LITTLE WOMEN' BBC SERIES

ANGELA LANSBURY AND EMILY WATSON TO LEAD THE CAST

BBC's been busy today, also revealing the cast for another of their upcoming three part mini series, a new small screen adaptation of

Emily Watson will be the matriarch

Louisa May Alcott’s LITTLE WOMEN which will also air on PBS! Angela Lansbury has been cast as Aunt March, Emily Watson as Marmee, the matriarch of March family, and Michael Gambon as benevolent neighbour Mr Laurence. The March sisters will be played by Maya Hawke as willful and adventurous Jo; Willa Fitzgerald as eldest daughter Meg; Annes Elwy as Beth; and Kathryn Newton as youngest sister Amy. Jonah Hauer King will play Laurie Laurence, the charming boy next door.

Willa Fitzgerald, Annes Elwy and Jonah Hauer King

LITTLE WOMEN are set against the backdrop of the Civil War, and the story follows the four sisters on their journey from childhood to adulthood. With the help of their mother Marmee, while their father is away at war, the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman: from gender roles to sibling rivalry, first love, loss and marriage.

2,500 HOLLYWOOD YOUNG STARS AUDITION FOR STAR WARS HAN SOLO SPIN OFF MOVIE! ITV ORDERS 'THE HALCYON' HOTEL WW2 SERIES!

 'STAR WARS' HAN SOLO SPIN

OFF AUDITIONS 2,500 ACTORS

And while Steven Spielberg confirmed today that he is still planning to make INDIANA JONES 5 and that he has no intention of replacing Harrison Ford in the lead role with some of the popular young actors (Chris Pratt was mentioned in gossips), Harrison will still be replaced by a young actor in STAR WARS Han Solo spin-off movie to be directed by moviemakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller.

FROM COLTON TO HUNTER   
And more than 2,500 actors have already auditioned for the role in the film set for May 2018 release! And the list of those who have tried out for the role of young HAN SOLO includes some well known names such as: X MEN'S Aaron Johnson, WALKING DEAD's Chandler Riggs, Hunter Parrish, JURASSIC WORLD's Nick Robinson, Miles Teler, Dave Franco, Ed Westwick, Tom Felton, GALAVANT's Joshua Sasse, Ansel Elgort, Logan Lerman, TRANSFORMERS' Jack Reynor, ARROW's Colton Haynes, and even MR. ROBOT's Rami Malek! Before this one hits the cinema, you will first see STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS later this month, then STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE spin off December 2016 and STAR WARS VIII in May 2017!

 'THE HALCYON' HOTEL

WW2 SET DRAMA AT ITV

Do you wonder how will ITV replace DOWNTON ABBEY which ends this Christmas? They plan to open the doors of THE HALCYON Hotel, an eight part series which will reveal London life against the backdrop of WW2 and the impact it has on families, politics, relationships and work across every social strata. The story will unspool through the eyes of journalist Joe O’Hara visiting the bustling and glamorous five-star hotel!