PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON AMAZON PRIME'S EPIC TV SERIES EL CID SECOND SEASON STARTING NEXT WEEK WITH FIVE BRAND NEW EPISODES!

  EL CID SEASON TWO  

STARTS NEXT WEEK!

El Cid season two will start July 15th!

When I first announced this series a few years ago I told you it would consist of ten episodes, but when the first season of Amazon Prime's EL CID historical series started last December it had just five of them. It was because they have actually split them into two five episode seasons and this is why the second one is ready to launch next week, July 15th, just half a year after the end of the first one. I cannot say I was overly impressed with the opening chapter last winter, it was rather bland, lacking in glamour, originality, thrills,

Alfonso and Sancho are newly proclaimed kings!

and even the acting, costumes and sets were extremely subpar, but for some reason the historical saga, that brings the story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a

Urraca will stay evil, while Jimena will keep dreaming of Rui

Castilian nobleman and war hero in medieval Spain, is continuing its run this summer, but I do feel it might be its last circle. Today you can check out

Sancha is getting a new daughter in law in Alberta

photos and trailer from the second season. Let us hope, the return will have better scripts, better acting and a better hairdo for the lead hero who was humiliated with the fugliest mullet in the first season, poor sod.

THE SECOND SEASON SHOULD

continue the story where it left off last December when King Fernando (Jose Perez), poisoned by his horrid daughter Urraca (Alicia Sanz) died and,

Forces of evil are still plotting around Rui and his king

instead of proclaiming his oldest son as his sole heir, divided the kingdom to all of his three sons Sancho (Francisco Ortiz), Alfonso (Jaime Olias) and

Rui is still faithfully serving prince Sancho, now a king

García (Nicolas Illoro) making them the new kings of Castilla, León and Galicia. Devious princess Urraca will continue to weave her dark plots in the

Alicia Sanz is back as evil and treacherous princess Uraca

shadows, while our hero Ruy (who, played by rather weak and non charismatic Jaime Lorente, did not even feel like the hero in the first season with not a lot of screen time) will have to fight to save the land, the royal family as well as

Amparo Alcaraz is Alberta, Sancho's new wife

his own one. Disputes between them will transform the Iberian Peninsula into a field of bloody battles despite Queen Sancha's (Elia Galera) attempts to stop an inevitable war between her own children. Ruy is knighted and is forced

Francisco Ortiz returns as hotheaded prince, now king Sancho

to make very difficult decisions, for which he will have to sacrifice what he loves most to become a true hero.  Actress Amparo Alcaraz has joined the cast as Alberta, the Saxon noblewoman who contracts a marriage of convenience with Sancho. 

 

EL CID HISTORICAL SERIES SEASON 2 TEASER AND PHOTOS ARE HERE! BBC RELEASES 1ST PHOTOS FROM RIDLEY ROAD PERIOD SET SHOW WITH TOM VAREY, RORY KINNEAR, EDDIE MARSAN

  RIDLEY ROAD TV SERIES  

BBC RELEASES 1ST PHOTOS FOR POSTWAR THRILLER DRAMA

BBC has released first photos with newcomer Aggi O'Casey and our dear Village star Tom Varey as the leads of gripping new thriller RIDLEYROAD which will also air on PBS in USA. Based on a novel by Jo Bloom, it tells the story of a young Jewish woman, Vivien Epstein (Aggi O’Casey). After falling

Tom Varey will take the male lead in the new series

in love with a member of the 62 Group, she rejects her comfortable middle class life in Manchester and joins the fight against fascism in London, risking everything for her beliefs and for the man she loves. Inspired by the struggle of the coalition of Jewish men who stood up against rising neo Nazism in post

Aggi O'Casey takes the female lead in the new series

war Britain, Vivien is working with them when she realises that Jack, her missing boyfriend (Tom Varey) has been badly injured. Vivien infiltrates the NSM, a neo-Nazi movement which is becoming increasingly prominent in London. As Vivien descends further into the fascist organisation her courage

Ridley Road will air in four hourlong episodes at BBC and PBS

and loyalties are challenged. Rory Kinnear plays Colin Jordan, leader of neo Nazi movement NSM, Eddie Marsan also stars alongside Danny Hatchard, Samantha Spiro and Tracy Ann Oberman in the four part mini series!

 

  EL CID SEASON 2 TEASER 

TAKES US BACK TO ESPANA

Although I feast on epic shows like they're roasted potatoes, I do admit I found the first season of Amazon Prime's EL CID rather bland in taste and lacking in any even remotely delicious flavour, but for some reason the

historical saga, that brings the story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a Castilian nobleman and war hero in medieval Spain, was renewed for another season which is coming to us soon as it is announced in the first teaser below and the

Francisco Ortiz returns as hotheaded prince, now king Sancho

first photos from the second season. Let us hope, the return will have better scripts, better acting and a better hairdo for the lead hero who was humiliated with the fugliest mullet in the first season, poor sod.

THE SECOND SEASON SHOULD

continue the story where it left off last December when King Fernando (Jose Perez), poisoned by his horrid daughter Urraca (Alicia Sanz) died and, instead of proclaiming his oldest son as his sole heir, divided the kingdom to

The first season featured a lot of female characters

all of his three sons Sancho (Francisco Ortiz), Alfonso (Jaime Olias) and García (Nicolas Illoro) making them the new kings of Castilla, León and Galicia. Devious princess Urraca will continue to weave her dark plots in the

Amparo Alcaraz has joined the cast as queen Alberta

shadows, while our hero Ruy (who, played by rather weak and non charismatic Jaime Lorente, did not even feel like the hero in the first season with not a lot of screen time) will have to fight to save the land, the royal family as well as

The second season will air sometime later this year, possibly soon

his own one. Of course, the disputes between all of them will probably lead to bloody battles. Elia Galera should return as their mother, treacherous and

The second season will also air on Amazon Prime

evil queen Sancha who plotted her husband's demise. Who needs enemies, when you have daughters and wives, right? Actress Amparo Alcaraz has joined the cast as queen Alberta.

EPIC TV SERIES UPDATES: AMAZON PRIME RENEWS EL CID SPANISH HISTORICAL SAGA FOR SECOND SEASON, STARLINGS TELEVISION PREPARING ALEXANDER THE GREAT, RED WINTER ROMANOVS' SERIES AND SHERLOCK'S DAUGHTER

   EPIC TV SERIES NEWS 

NEW SHOWS ON ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND THE ROMANOVS

With the news that Amazon Prime has greenlit their El Cid Spanish epic TV series for a second season, also comes info from Starlings Television (they're producing Pandora for CW) that they are

Greek Antena and German ZDF will coproduce

currently in advanced stages of developing historical series on ALEXANDER THE GREAT and spy thriller series RED WINTER about the imperial family of Romanovs! The pilot for Alexander the Great, which will be shot in Greece, is being written by Tudors and Vikings creator Michael Hirst, while the Romanovs series, written by Stephen Kronish, is being done in the collaboration with Russia's national broadcaster Russia 1 and German ZDF. Together with Brendan Foley, they are also preparing SHERLOCK'S DAUGHTER series, a new take on the world’s greatest detective, following a young American woman who, after the mysterious

El Cid will be getting another season after the first aired last month

murder of her mother, travels to London to track down her biological father – the legendary Sherlock Holmes. But Holmes is not the mythical figure Amelia has come to expect.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON AMAZON PRIME'S MOST EXPENSIVE SPANISH 11TH CENTURY EPIC TV SERIES EVER - EL CID WITH JAIME LORENTE AS THE MEDIEVAL HERO

   EL CID EPIC SERIES   

LEGEND! HERO! TRAITOR!

El Cid epic TV series started December 18th

The biggest epic treat in the prefestive week behind us was no doubt the premiere of Spanish historical saga EL CID which started on Amazon Prime this Friday! If I'm not mistaken this is the last period set series that we will see this year. In the five episode series Spanish star Jaime Lorente plays Ruy Díaz de Vivar,  a young 11th century squire who loyally serves his master, Sancho, the future King of León and Castile. While he fights to come out on top in the court thanks to his

Jaime Lorente takes the lead role of the war hero El Cid

natural talent with a sword, he gets caught up in a conspiracy to overthrow the King, which would cause as much bloodshed, pain, and death in the Christian Kingdoms as it would in the Muslim taifas!

     WHAT IS EL CID ALL ABOUT?

Shot on a set of more than 43,000 square feet, with natural settings, hundreds of extras, special effects, eight screen writers and a team of more than 200 professionals and 11,000 people involved, Amazon's new Spanish

Francisco Ortiz is the future king of Spain Sancho

language epic series EL CID is one of the most ambitious original Amazon productions to date in all of Europe and the largest historical series ever shot

The lavish series is wildly epic in its production scale

in Castilian Spanish. Popular Spanish actor Jaime Lorente plays the lead role of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar in a series revolving around the legendary

More than 11,000 people took part in the shooting of the series

medieval war hero, whose deeds inspired one of the most important of medieval Spanish epic poems, El Cantar de Mio Cid. Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar is

Two times Oscar winner Gustavo Santaolalla wrote the music

a fascinating figure, a true hero whose exploits have been perpetuated over the centuries and who has been played by Charlton Heston in the famous classic

The first season will air in 5 episodes with the second one in plan

Hollywood movie. He lived in times when the struggles for power and the coexistence of cultures turned the Iberian Peninsula into a border between two worlds in conflict. The series was directed by Adolfo Martínez with two-

Jose Velasco is El Cid's show runner and creator

time Oscar winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel) writing the original music. The series was shot in Soria and also in

Zohar Liba is Arab doctor Abu Bakr

Burgos and Aragon, where the Sultanate of Zaragoza was recreated. Amazon Prime will air the series in more than 200 countries around the world.

      Who Is In The Cast? 
Jaime Lorente plays Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, accompanied by José Luis García Pérez in the role of King Fernando I the Great, Elia Galera as Queen Sancha la Bella, Carlos Bardem as the Count of León and Juan

El Cid will air this year, I'm guessing around holidays

Echanove in the role of bishop. Alicia Sanz joins the team as the InfantaUrraca, Francisco Ortiz will be Sancho the Strong, Jaime Olías will play Alfonso VI, Lucía Guerrero is Jimena, Lucía Díez will be the Infanta

The series was produced by Zebra Productions

Elvira, Nicolás Illoro is King García, Juan Fernández is Rodrigo,the El Cid's grandfather, Pablo Álvarez will be Orduño, Ginés García Millán will be King Ramiro de Navarra, Daniel Tatay is Beltrán the son of Ramiro, 

The first marks for the series aren't currently overly favourable

David Castillo is the squire Lisardo and Álvaro Rico is Nuño. The cast is completed by Amr Waked, who plays the Sultan of Zaragoza Al-Muqtadir and Zohar Liba as Abu Bakr.

 

FIRST PHOTOS AND TRAILERS ARE HERE FOR AMAZON PRIME'S MOST EXPENSIVE SPANISH EPIC TV SERIES EVER - EL CID WITH JAIME LORENTE AS THE MEDIEVAL HERO

  EL CID EPIC TV SERIES  

FIRST POSTER AND TRAILER

El Cid starts December 18th!

While Netflix has literally saved the Autumn TV season when it comes to the epic series offer with French La Revolution and German shows Barbarians and Oktoberfest: Blood and Beer, rival Amazon Prime, who is preparingLord of the Rings, Wheel of Time and Shadow and Bone epic sagas, will offer us EL CID sweeping epic series quite soon. Today we have the first photos and trailers (two of them) for the Spanish language project. The series starts December 18th! Check out the two teasers below and stay tuned for more pics as they come to us.

WHAT IS EL CID ALL ABOUT?

Shot on a set of more than 43,000 square feet, with natural settings, hundreds of extras, special effects, eight screen writers and a team of more than 200 professionals and 11,000 people involved, Amazon's new Spanish

Jaime Lorente takes the lead role of the war hero El Cid

language epic series EL CID is one of the most ambitious original Amazon productions to date in all of Europe and the largest historical series ever shot

The lavish series is wildly epic in its production scale

in Castilian Spanish. Popular Spanish actor Jaime Lorente plays the lead role of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar in a series revolving around the legendary

More than 11,000 people took part in the shooting of the series

medieval war hero, whose deeds inspired one of the most important of medieval Spanish epic poems, El Cantar de Mio Cid. Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar is

Two times Oscar winner Gustavo Santaolalla wrote the music

a fascinating figure, a true hero whose exploits have been perpetuated over the centuries and who has been played by Charlton Heston in the famous classic

The first season will air in ten episodes with the second one in plan

Hollywood movie. He lived in times when the struggles for power and the coexistence of cultures turned the Iberian Peninsula into a border between two worlds in conflict. The series was directed by Adolfo Martínez with two-

Jose Velasco is El Cid's show runner and creator

time Oscar winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel) writing the original music. The series was shot in Soria and also in Burgos and Aragon, where the Sultanate of Zaragoza was recreated. Amazon Prime will air the series in more than 200 countries around the world. 

      Who Is In The Cast? 
Jaime Lorente plays Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, accompanied by José Luis García Pérez in the role of King Fernando I the Great, Elia Galera as Queen Sancha la Bella, Carlos Bardem as the Count of León and Juan

El Cid will air this year, I'm guessing around holidays

Echanove in the role of bishop. Alicia Sanz joins the team as the InfantaUrraca, Francisco Ortiz will be Sancho the Strong, Jaime Olías will play Alfonso VI, Lucía Guerrero is Jimena, Lucía Díez will be the Infanta

The series was produced by Zebra Productions

Elvira, Nicolás Illoro is King García, Juan Fernández is Rodrigo,the El Cid's grandfather, Pablo Álvarez will be Orduño, Ginés García Millán will be King Ramiro de Navarra, Daniel Tatay is Beltrán the son of Ramiro, David Castillo is the squire Lisardo and Álvaro Rico is Nuño. The cast is completed by Amr Waked, who plays the Sultan of Zaragoza Al-Muqtadir and Zohar Liba as Abu Bakr.

1ST SET PHOTOS OF JAIME LORENTE IN AMAZON'S MEDIAEVAL EPIC TV SERIES EL CID! MANNY JACINTO JOINS NICOLE KIDMAN, MELISSA MCCARTHY IN NINE PERFECT STRANGERS TV ADAPTATION

   'NINE PERFECT STRANGERS'

NICOLE KIDMAN FINDS HER RIGHT HAND IN MANNY JACINTO

The latest one to join Hulu's upcoming new series based on a book by Liane Moriarty NINE PERFECT STRANGERS is Manny Jacinto, in a cast led by Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy.  It takes place at a

Manny Jacinto has been cast in the new series

boutique health and wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this ten-day retreat is the resort’s director Masha (Nicole Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. Manny Jacinto will play Yao, a bright eyed man-kid with a hipster vibe. After a life and death encounter with Masha, Yao finds himself as her right hand man at Tranquillum, a wellness resort with unusual practices. He’s deeply committed to Masha’s self improvement techniques and teachings and is in entirely in her thrall. The series is not expected before 2021.

   1ST 'EL CID' PHOTOS

FROM AMAZON'S NEW EPIC SAGA

Speaking of series that probably won't air this year, check out the first set photos of Jaime Lorente in Amazon Prime's Spanish epic series EL CID which, set on the Iberian peninsula plagued by clashes between the Muslim

The photos are from March when the production halted because of the corona outbreak

and Christian kingdoms, follows Castilian mediaeval nobleman and warrior named Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid! The first season will have two six episode parts and will also star Carlos Bardem, Juan Echanove, Elia Galera, Alicia Sanz, Fran Ortiz and Ginés García Millán! Read more here. 

AMAZON PRIME SETS CAST FOR ULTRA LAVISH MEDIEVAL SPANISH TV SERIES EL CID WITH JAIME LORENTE IN THE LEAD ROLE OF THE 11TH CENTURY WARRIOR

      'EL CID' EPIC TV SERIES

TO BE LED BY JAIME LORENTE

Jaime Lorente scored the lead role in El Cid

A set of more than 43,000 square feet, natural settings, hundreds of extras, special effects, eight screen writers and a team of more than 200 professionals and 11,000 people involved, yep, that definitely sounds like one major project: Amazon's new Spanish language epic series EL CID is, as Variety reports, one of the most ambitious original Amazon productions to date in all of Europe and the largest historical series ever shot in Castilian Spanish. And now they've also set the cast for the unique project of extremely lavish scope: popular Spanish actor Jaime Lorente will take the lead role of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar in a series inspired by the legendary medieval war hero, whose deeds inspired one of the most important of medieval Spanish epic poems, El Cantar de Mio Cid.  Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar is a fascinating figure, a true hero whose exploits have been

Alvaro Rico, Daniel Tatay and Francisco Ortiz

perpetuated over the centuries and who has been played by Charlton Heston in the famous classic Hollywood movie. He lived in times when the struggles for power and the coexistence of cultures turned the Iberian Peninsula into a border between two worlds in conflict. This one will be directed by Adolfo

Jaime Olias, Nicolas Illoro and Amr Waked

Martínez with two-time Oscar winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel) writing the original music. The series is already shooting in Soria and will continue in Burgos and Aragon, where the Sultanate of Zaragoza will be recreated. Amazon Prime will air the series in more than 200 countries around the world.

      Who Is In The Cast? 
Jaime Lorente will play Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, accompanied by José Luis García Pérez in the role of King Fernando I the Great, Elia Galera as Queen Sancha la Bella, Carlos Bardem as the Count of León and

Jose Luis Garcia, Carlos Bardem and Gines Garcia Milan

Juan Echanove in the role of bishop. Alicia Sanz joins the team as the Infanta Urraca, Francisco Ortiz will be Sancho the Strong, Jaime Olías will play Alfonso VI, Lucía Guerrero is Jimena, Lucía Díez will be the Infanta Elvira, Nicolás Illoro is King García, Juan Fernández is Rodrigo,

Alicia Sanz, Zohar Liba and Elia Galera

the El Cid's grandfather, Pablo Álvarez will be Orduño, Ginés García Millán will be King Ramiro de Navarra, Daniel Tatay is Beltrán the son of Ramiro, David Castillo is the squire Lisardo and Álvaro Rico is Nuño. The cast is completed by Amr Waked, who plays the Sultan of Zaragoza Al-Muqtadir and Zohar Liba as Abu Bakr.