CASTING NEWS: ELIZABETH HURLEY JOINS THE BURBS SECOND SEASON, PENN BADGLEY TO LEAD EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE PRIME VIDEO SERIES

 CASTING NEWS BULLETIN 

ELIZABETH HURLEY JOINS THE BURBS

A number of casting news for you today, beginning with Elizabeth Hurley who has been cast in the second season of THE BURBS series in which she will play the mother of Jack Whitehall's character. In Peacock's series he and Keke Palmer play a young couple who have reluctantly relocated to the husband’s childhood home. Their world is upended when a new neighbor moves in across the street, bringing old secrets of the cul-de-sac to light, and new deadly threats shatter the illusion of their quiet little neighborhood. 

 

PENN BADGLEY TO LEAD EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE AT PRIME VIDEO

After starring in their new romcom You Deserve Each Other, Penn Badgley will remain at Prime Video as the lead in their new dark comedic thriller series EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE. Set deep in the dense mountains of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, it  follows Ern Cunningham (Badgley), a mystery-writing expert who reluctantly attends a family reunion to welcome his brother Michael home from prison — the same brother Ern helped convict. When a frozen body appears and a snowstorm traps everyone inside, the deaths begin to mount. Everyone in his family has already killed someone either by accident or otherwise.

FESTIVE TRAILERS FOR THIS IS CHRISTMAS WITH ALFRED ENOCH, KAYA SCODELARIO, TIMOTHY SPALL, AND ELIZABETH HURLEY'S CHRISTMAS IN THE CARIBBEAN

  THIS IS CHRISTMAS   

SKY'S FESTIVE TRAILER

A couple of festive movies for you today, starting with British THIS IS CHRISTMAS which hits Sky Cinema December 9th with the cast led by Kaya Scodelario and Alfred Enoch as two people who take the samecommuter train each morning, meeting the same passengers every day among them Timothy Spall, Robert Emms, Joanna Scanlan and Ben Mille!

 

  THIS IS CHRISTMAS FOLLOWS

Adam and Emma as they make their daily commute from the picture-perfect village of Langton to London for work. Every day they share their commute with the same characters, but they all keep themselves to themselves. But then one day, in the build-up to Christmas, Adam breaks the unwritten rule of travel and starts talking to the strangers on the train, inviting the whole carriage to hold their own Christmas party. Check out the trailer below:

 WATCH ELIZABETH HURLEY'S 

CHRISTMAS IN THE CARIBBEAN HOLIDAY MOVIE TRAILER

The movie is out December 2nd!

If you are more in the mood for a more tropical festive set, here is Elizabeth Hurley in CHRISTMAS IN THE CARIBBEAN which is hitting theatres and VOD tomorrow, December 2nd! Rachel (Elizabeth Hurley), a hopeless romantic, has her wedding dreams poof into the crisp, late-December air when she catches her groom high-tailing it out of the church minutes before he says “I do.” Her two bridesmaids, Amanda and Rebecca, drunkenly decide not to let her perfectly good honeymoon go to waste. The ladies jet off to the islands, ready to relax in the sun and sea. Their very first evening meal brings a handsome restaurateur Allesandro (Edoardo Costa) to their table, and sparks begin to fly between him and Rachel. 

IT'S A STELLAR HOLIDAY WITH JOHN CLEESE, KELSEY GRAMMER, ELIZABETH HURLEY, CAROLINE QUENTIN, NATHALIE COX IN HILARIOUS FATHER CHRISTMAS IS BACK TRAILER

 FATHER CHRISTMAS IS BACK 

STELLAR TRAILER IS HERE!

Fun is what awaits you in the first trailer for festive comedy movie FATHER CHRISTMAS IS BACK which will probably arrive for holidays this year with an ensemble cast that includes Elizabeth Hurley, John Cleese, Kelsey Grammer, Caroline Quentin and Nathalie Cox. It follows four very different sisters who have reunited for the Christmas Holiday

The movie will air on Amazon Prime

in Caroline and Peter’s Yorkshire mansion. Caroline Christmas (Nathalie Cox) is a control freak, who desires nothing more than a perfect Christmas to atone for the fact that their father, James, abandoned the whole family on Christmas Day, many years ago. Joanna Christmas (Elizabeth Hurley) is a fashion editor, who likes expensive clothes almost as much as she hates the countryside and children. She has brought along her new city boy lover, Felix (Ray Fearon) for the festivities. Vicky Christmas (Talulah Riley) is a man eater who changes boyfriends as often as most people change their underwear. Paulina Christmas (Naomi Frederick) is an introverted music professor who has been writing her PhD thesis on The Beatles

The film was shot in stately Birdsall House built in 1540

for a decade. Also along for the festive roller coaster ride is their butter wouldn’t melt mother, Elizabeth (Caroline Quentin); their plains speaking farmer uncle, John (John Cleese) Caroline’s long suffering husband, Peter (Kris Marshall); and their two children. The arrival of James (Kelsey

Father Christmas surprised the family by arriving with a young lover

Grammer), their long lost father, and his 35 year old American girlfriend Jackie (April Bowlby) ruins Caroline’s hope for the perfect Christmas and sets off a series of mishaps, inconveniences and misconstrued misunderstandings that uncover the long-buried secret that tore their family apart, so many years ago.

COMEDY SATURDAY: LANA CONDOR TO LEAD BOO BITCH SITCOM AT NETFLIX, TARAN KILLAM JOINS ELIZABETH HURLEY IN CBS' SITCOM WELCOME TO GEORGIA

  LANA CONDOR IS 

BOO BITCH AT NETFLIX

Comedy updates today for you, starting with news coming from Variety about Lana Condor returning to Netflix where she will lead new eight episode half hour comedy series BOO, BITCH. In the show, over the course

Lara Condor will lead the cast of the new sitcom for Netflix

of one night, a high school senior (Condor) who’s lived her life safely under the radar seizes the opportunity to change her narrative and start living an epic life, only to find out the next morning that she’s a ghost.

 WELCOME TO GEORGIA 

ADS TARAN KILLAM TO THE CAST

Meanwhile, over at  CBS, they are moving on with their multicam sitcom WELCOME TO GEORGIA to which they've just added Taran Killam opposite Elizabeth Hurley and Hannah Simone.The comedy is

Taran Killam will be Hurley's son in law in the new comedy

about a daughter and her mom. When Penelope’s (Simone) career takes off at exactly the same time as her husband’s, they call on her young single mom, Georgia (Hurley), to help raise their son, but what they find is Georgia needs

Hannah Simone will play Elizabeth Hurley's daughter

more raising than their kid. Killam will play Josh, Penelope’s husband, father to their toddler son, Levi, and an airline pilot who loves his job. Josh is a bit more tolerant of Penelope’s mother, Georgia, and tends to cut her more slack.

CHRISTMAS 2020 FILMS: CASTLE FOR CHRISTMAS WITH BROOKE SHIELDS, CARY ELWES, FATHER CHRISTMAS IS BACK WITH ELIZABETH HURLEY, JOHN CLEESE, KELSEY GRAMMER, CHRISTMAS SETUP WITH FRAN DRESCHER

 CHRISTMAS 2020 MOVIES

A CASTLE FOR CHRISTMAS

There is still a lot of time till Christmas, but some of the festive films have already been announced. A CASTLE FOR CHRISTMAS over at Netflix, will see Brooke Shields playing a famed American author, Sophie, who travels to Scotland and finds herself wanting to buy a castle, but the prickly

Mary Lambert is directing the movie this month in Scotland

owner, a Scottish Duke named Myles (Cary Elwes), is reluctant to sell to a foreigner. Working to find a compromise, the pair constantly butt heads, but along the way they just may find more than they bargained for.

THE CHRISTMAS SETUP

Lifetime has cast TV legend Fran Drescher for their THE CHRISTMAS SETUP movie aboutf New York lawyer Hugo (Ben Lewis) who heads to Milwaukee with his best friend Madelyn (Ellen Wong) to spend the holidays with his mom Kate (Fran Drescher), who is also in charge of the local Christmas celebrations. Ever the matchmaker, Kate arranges for

This will be Lifetime's first holiday movie with a gay lead

Hugo to run into Patrick (Ben's reallife partner Blake Lee), Hugo’s high school friend and secret crush, who has recently returned after a successful stint in Silicon Valley. As they enjoy the local holiday festivities together, Hugo and Patrick’s attraction to each other is undeniable and it looks as though Kate’s Santa-style matchmaking is a success. But as Hugo receives word of a big promotion requiring a move to London, he must decide what is most important to him.

FATHER CHRISTMAS IS BACK

Over in UK they are already shooting new festive comedy movie FATHER CHRISTMAS IS BACK with Elizabeth Hurley, John Cleese and Kelsey Grammer. It follows Caroline Christmas (Nathalie Cox), a control freak who desires nothing more than a perfect Christmas with her sisters at her lavish country manor to atone for the fact that their father abandoned the

Philippe Martinez is directing the movie over in York

family on December 25th many years ago. When on Christmas Eve their long-lost father arrives at their doorstep with his new girlfriend, chaos ensues. Through a series of mishaps and misunderstandings, Caroline uncovers a long-buried family secret. Can the family still celebrate Christmas together after all? Cleese will be Santa Claus!

ROMANCE AND FUN IN WARM NEW DRAMAS 23 WALKS WITH DAVE JOHNS, ALISON STEADMAN, THEN CAME YOU WITH KATHIE LEE GIFFORD, ELIZABETH HURLEY, CRAIG FERGUSON

     '23 WALKS' TRAILER

AN UNEXPECTED LOVE

We are having an uplifting family weekend here at the spy's, with two heart warming dramas today and a spotlight on some new festive movies tomorrow.

23 Walks is out next week in United Kingdom

23 WALKS is a warm British drama movie that hits cinemas in United Kingdom September 25th and it already aired Down Under earlier this summer. Both directed and written by Paul Morrison, it is a gentle, sweet, funny and very romantic story of love in later life. The story revolves around a couple in their sixties, Dave (Dave Johns) and Fern (Alison Steadman) who get to know one another over the course of 23 dog walks. Set against the dramatic background of the changing seasons of one year which makes it a perfect watch now that Autumn is knocking at our doors.

     'THEN CAME YOU' TRAILER

WITH KATHIE LEE GIFFORD

Then Came You is out this October

Also bringing a romantic story, but with a bit more humorous moments is a romantic comedy THEN CAME YOU which was written by famous US small screen star Kathie Lee Gifford who also stars in the film next to Elizabeth Hurley, Craig Ferguson, Ford Kiernan and Phyllida Law. The film, shot two years ago in Scotland and opening in the United States on October 2nd, sees Kathie Lee Gifford playing a lonely widow who plans a trip around the world with her husband's ashes, to visit the places they loved in the movies. The first stop on the journey changes her life forever. The film was directed by Adriana Trigiani.

ELIZABETH HURLEY TO LEAD NEW CBS SITCOM, THOMAS MIDDLEDITCH TO LEAD B POSITIVE, AIMEE CARRERO, RYAN HANSEN TOPLINE SOMEONE OUT THERE, KYRA SEDGWICK LEADS MY VILLAGE

NEW SITCOM PILOTS 2020

 ELIZABETH HURLEY CAST AT CBS

Elizabeth Hurley will be fun loving mom

When it comes to the pilot status over at CBS, they've just cast Elizabeth Hurley and Hannah Simone in an untitled multicam sitcom about a daughter and her mom. When Penelope’s (Simone) career takes off at exactly the same time as her husband’s, they call on Penelope’s young single mom, Georgia (Hurley), to help raise their son, but what they find is Georgia needs more raising than their kid.

B Positive at CBS
CBS has also found leads for another of their multicamera comedy pilots B POSITIVE in which Thomas Middleditch will play Drew, a newly divorced dad faced with finding a kidney donor and who is at the end of his rope when he runs into Gina (Annaleigh Ashford),

Thomas Middleditch will try to B Positive in new CBS sitcom

 a rough-around-the edges woman from his past who volunteers her own. Together they form an unlikely bond and begin a journey that will change both of their lives. Kether Donohue and Sara Rue will also star.

Someone Out There At NBC

Aimee Carrero will star in new sitcom

Rival NBC has hired Young and Hungry star Aimee Carrero to topline romantic sitcom SOMEONE OUT THERE together with Ryan Hansen. Also starring Neil Casey, the half hour romantic comedy is about two set-in-their-ways adults, film composer Derek (Hansen) and bridal shop owner Chloe (Carrero), who are challenged by very unexpected strangers to become the best versions of themselves in order to find love and possibly each other.

My Village At ABC
ABC has meanwhile cast Kyra Sedgwick as lead in their multicam sitcom MY VILLAGE  about an empty nester mom, Jean Raines (Sedgwick), who wonders how she ended up alone while her children live their best lives thousands of miles away. She decides her place is with her family

Ryan Hansen will play the male lead in Someone Out There

and as she reinserts herself into their lives, her kids realize they might actually need her more than they thought. Rachel Sennott, Joey Bragg, Emma Caymares and Austin Crute will also star.

TV FRIDAY: OH, NOES! THE ROYALS ARE CANCELLED BY E!, TRYING TO SET COURT SOMEWHERE ELSE! 'DURRELLS' TO END AFTER SEASON 4! SKY TO TURN H.G.WELLS' 'TIME MACHINE' INTO SERIES! 'ALIENIST' GETS 'ANGEL OF DARKNESS' 2ND SEASON WITH LUKE EVANS, DAKOTA FANNING

   'THE ROYALS' CANCELLED

MOVING THEIR COURT TO POP?

Sad news, Loyals! E! has decided to cancel their first ever scripted series THE ROYALS after four amazing, much loved and super fun seasons! The series that follows the lives of an imaginary royal family that rules England led

William Moseley and Elizabeth Hurley led the popular royal saga

by Elizabeth Hurley's Queen Helena, might still continue if we can believe the rumours that say the producers are trying to find a new channel for the show! They might move to Pop which is also owned by Lionsgate and could use a ratings boost with it.

   H.G. WELLS' 'THE TIME MACHINE'

The adaptation is in very early stages of production

TO BECOME SERIES AT SKY?

While we are anxiously awaiting to see what they will do with Helen Mirren's Catherine the Great mini series, British Sky is, according to 'Deadline', now also working on a small screen adaptation of H.G. Wells' THE TIME MACHINE to be written by Nick Payne. Published in 1895 the novel follows an English scientist living in Victorian England who recounts that time is simply a fourth dimension and demonstrates to his dinner guests how to travel through it.

   'ALIENIST' GETS

'THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS' SECOND SEASON AT TNT

While some series get cancelled, some get renewed as is the case with TNT's Alienist which will be getting a second season titled THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS also based on a Caleb Carr's novel. Luke Evans, Daniel

The cast will return to the second season led by Luke Evans

Bruhl and Dakota Fanning will return as a team that, one year after The Alienist at the turn of the century, investigates the kidnapping of a young girl in New York.

   'THE DURRELLS' 

TO END AFTER SEASON 4
Meanwhile, ITV's super popular series THE DURRELLS will end after next year's fourth season which starts shooting next month. Based on the real life

The series comes to its natural end next year with season four

story that follows Keeley Hawes as the mother who moves her kids to the island of Corfu it will end its story a year before WWW2 when they all left the island. 

1ST TEASER AND PHOTOS FROM THE SCANDALOUS FOURTH SEASON RETURN OF 'THE ROYALS' SAGA WITH ELIZABETH HURLEY, WILLIAM MOSELEY, MAX BROWN!

'THE ROYALS' SEASON 4

KISS MY ARISTOCRACY!

Amid the recent scandal with its show runner, who's just got fired, E!'s leading scripted show THE ROYALS has announced the beginning of its

The Royals are returning with the spring!

 long awaited new season for March 11th, which is a bit later than usual. All the leading stars will return for the fourth season led by Eliza- beth Hurley as cunning queen Helena, William Moseley as Prince Liam and Max Brown as the newly crowned King Robert, Tom Austen as their super hunky bodyguard Jasper and Alexandra Park as bratty princess Eleanor, with Jake Maskall as their uncle Cyrus who was the biggest loser of the

The cast is ready to return to the court for season four!

previous season losing both the crown and his balls. He will now form an unlikely alliance with his nephew Liam. As you remember the previous season saw the return of the missing prince Robert who took over the throne from

When the queen tells you to walk away, you walk away!

prince Liam, after literally kicking his royal ass, and then revealed those who supported him shouldn't expect sweet treatment from him either which includes his unsuspecting mother the queen. As you can see in the first teaser below, she won't give up without fight! Are you excited to see the new schemes and plots at the royal court?

NEW 'THE ROYALS' SPICY SECOND SEASON TRAILER WITH ELIZABETH HURLEY, WILLIAM MOSELEY, TOM AUSTEN! LOTS OF SHIRTLESS BENJAMIN WALKER IN NICHOLAS SPARKS 'THE CHOICE' TRAILER!

 'THE ROYALS' SEASON 2 TRAILER

SHOWS CHAOS AT THE COURT

Are you missing the spicy shenanigans from the British court in E!'s first ever scripted series (and the second most viewed new cable show last year) THE ROYALS? They're returning with the second season November 15th and are ready to fight for the throne more than ever as you can see in the new trailer below which has new King Cyrus (Jake Maskall) ruling the kingdom as he ever wanted. Elizabeth Hurley as the widowed Queen Helena, William Moseley as rebellious Prince Liam, Tom Austen all return and Joan Collins will, it seems, have a bigger presence in the new season as the queen's zesty momma Grand Duchess Alexandra of Oxford!

NICHOLAS SPARKS 'THE CHOICE' 

TRAILER WITH BENJAMIN WALKER, THERESA PALMER, TOM WELLING

Here's something romantic: the first trailer for Nicholas Sparks adaptation THE CHOICE which is out, no surprise, February next year, starring Benjamin Walker and Theresa Palmer as Travis Parker and Gabby Holland, two young people from different worlds – and yet they're instantly drawn to each when their puppies make friends (and more). One slight problem is that Gabby's spoken for, and Travis will compete with Tom Welling to win her heart. Tom Wilkinson also stars.

FIRST 'THE ROYALS' TV SERIES SECOND SEASON TRAILER WITH ELIZABETH HURLEY, WILLIAM MOSELEY! 'CHILDHOOD'S END' SF SERIES TRAILER WITH MIKE VOGEL, CHARLES DANCE, JULIAN MCMAHON

  'THE ROYALS' TV SERIES

SECOND SEASON TRAILER!

Two new TV trailers for you today, people. First, a trailer announcing the second season of E!'s first scripted series THE ROYALS which has scored major success earlier this year following a fictional British royal family lead by Elizabeth Hurley as Queen Helena and William Moseley as Prince Liam. The new season will see them coping with the king's death this November. Joan Collins will also return as queen's mother.

  'CHILDHOOD'S END' TRAILER 

WITH MIKE VOGEL, JULIAN MCMAHON AND CHARLES DANCE

SyFy has released the first trailer for their TV mini series adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke's classic CHILDHOOD'S END which will air in three consecutive nights in December (together with EXPANSE) starring Mike Vogel, Charles Dance and Julian McMahon! 

  ALIEN OVERLORDS!
The story follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious “Overlords,” whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture. Mike Vogel plays the man who is chosen to be the bridge between humans and the Overlords! Charles Dance plays the lead Overlord who promises humans bold new world, one free of disease, poverty, crime and war.

GLAMOROUS CHARACTER PHOTOS AND HILARIOUS QUEEN'S ADDRESS TO THE NATION FROM E!'S NEW 'THE ROYALS' SERIES WITH ELIZABETH HURLEY, VINCENT REGAN, WILLIAM MOSELEY, JOAN COLLINS

  GLITZY CHARACTER PHOTOS

FROM E!'S FIRST SCRIPTED TV SERIES 'THE ROYALS'

Now I know that Christmas is over (although the Orthodox one is this Wednesday), but I have the queen's festive address to the nation to show you in the trailer below: it is juicier and spicier than you'd expect, but that is only because we're talking about queen Helena (Elizabeth Hurley) from E!'s first scripted TV series THE ROYALS which will open the doors of its fictional court this March 15th ! I also have the first character photos from the series to show you featuring, beside the queen, the king, the prince, the princess and their entourage. It is a drama about a fictional British Royal family set in modern day London, who inhabit a world of opulence and regal tradition that caters to any and every desire, but one that also comes with a price tag of duty, destiny and intense public scrutiny.

AS IF RULING MONA- RCHY WASN'T ENOUGH 
As mentioned above British star Elizabeth Hurley (can you believe she is 49?!?) plays the gorgeous and glamorous queen Helena, whose family life isn't as glitzy as her royal subjects might think: her oldest son has just died in an accident leaving the function of the heir to the throne to his horny younger brother Prince Liam (William Moseley) who might not fit into the role as perfectly as his mother would want to since he is wrecking the queen's nerves by dating an American girl Ophelia (Merritt Patterson). As if that wasn't enough, Liam’s ex Gemma (Sophie Colquhoun) is also still in the picture. To make things worse her daughter princess Eleanor (Alexandra Park) prefers wild partying and enjoying drugs and booze better than her royal duties and also loves to flirt with their head of security Jasper (Tom Austen). Meanwhile, the queen's marriage to king Simon (Vincent Regan) is also slowly failing! And her mother, the Grand Duchess of Oxford (Joan Collins), isn't helping much since her involvement in the Queen's life could lead to trouble, as she always pursues an agenda of her own.

ELIZABETH HURLEY IS QUEEN OF ENGLAND IN 'THE ROYALS' SHOW TRAILER WITH WILLIAM MOSELEY, VINCENT REGAN! DISNEY'S 'INSIDE OUT' ANIMATED MOVIE RELEASES FIRST IMAGE! STEPHEN DALDRY'S 'TRASH' TRAILER WITH ROONEY MARA, MARTIN SHEEN!

'THE ROYALS' TRAILER IS HERE

ELIZABETH HURLEY IS THE NEW QUEEN OF BRITAIN!

I informed you last week that Joan Collins will play a scheming British duchess, mother to Elizabeth Hurley's queen of England in THE ROYALS, and now E!'s first scripted TV show has gotten  the first full trailer. The show will follow queen Helena who has her royal hands filled with problems: her older son had died in an accident, her younger son the new heir to the throne (William Moseley) is dating an American girl, her daughter the princess is partying in public, and her marriage with the king (Vincent Regan) is failing.

DISNEY'S 'INSIDE OUT'

FIRST ANIMATED IMAGES!
Disney has released the first official image from their new animated movie INSIDE OUT which comes to theatres next summer following little Riley who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith). The emotions live in Headquarters, the control centre inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters.

'TRASH' TRAILER AND POSTER

STEPHEN DALDRY'S NEW DRAMA

The big screen movie adaptation of Andy Mulligan's novel TRASH has got the first trailer. Directed by always brilliant Oscar winning movie maker Stephen Daldry (THE READER, THE HOURS, BILLY ELLIOTT), and starring  Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen, Wagner Moura, Selton Mello, Rickson Tevez, Eduardo Luis and Gabriel Weinstein, the movie, written by Richard Curtis, is out in UK January next year with the story revolving around two trash-picking boys from the Rio slums who find a wallet that changes their lives forever.