EMILY WATSON AND TOBY JONES TO BUILD A SPACECRAFT IN MARS EXPRESS TRUE LIFE MOVIE STORY

    EMILY WATSON   

JOINS MARS EXPRESS TRUE STORY FILM

According to Screen Daily, Emily Watson has joined the cast of MARS EXPRESS movie which is a directorial debut of actor Mackenzie Crook. She and Toby Jones will play Colin and Judith Pillinger in the film that follows their mission to find life on Mars back in the late 1990s. With no prior experience of building a spacecraft, the English farmers pulled together a team of misfits who took on NASA and almost won. As you know, we will watch Emily also in Dune: Prophecy sf series second season later this year over at HBO.

SEE TRAILER AND AIR DATE FOR EPIC SF SERIES DUNE: PROPHECY WITH EMILY WATSON, OLIVIA WILLIAMS, TRAVIS FIMMEL, MARK STRONG

   DUNE: PROPHECY  

NEW TRAILER FOR EPIC SF SERIES

Max has released a new trailer for their new science fiction series DUNE: PROPHECY which will premiere November 17th set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides. Over in UK itwill air on Sky, while in Australia

The series will also stream on Foxtel and Sky

it will be available on Foxtel and Binge. It follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and in turn establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit. 

 

WHO IS IN THE CAST? 

 Olivia Williams and Emily Watson star as Tula and Valya Harkonnen, two sisters who have risen to power in the Sisterhood, a secret organization of women who will go on to become the Bene Gesserit  !Mark Strong stars as Emperor Javicco Corrino, a man from a great line of war-time Emperors, who is called upon to govern the Imperium and manage a fragile peace. Jodhi May is Empress Natalya, a formidable  royal who united thousands of worlds in her marriage to Emperor Corrin, while Travis Fimmel is Desmond Hart, a charismatic soldier with an enigmatic past who seeks to gain the Emperor’s trust at the expense of the Sisterhood! Sarah-Sofie Boussnina is Princess Ynez, an independent young princess dealing with the pressures of her responsibility as heir to the Golden Lion Throne. Shalom Brune-Franklin is Mikaela, a strong-willed Fremen woman who serves the royal family while longing for a home planet she’s never known. Faoileann Cunningham is Sister Jen, a fierce, unpredictable acolyte in training at the Sisterhood School who rarely reveals

Dune series arrives this November to Max

her emotional core. Aoife Hinds is Sister Emeline, a zealous acolyte descended from a long line of martyrs, who carries fervent religion to her training at the Sisterhood. Chloe Lea is Lila, the youngest acolyte at the Sisterhood School with a deep empathy beyond her years. Jade Anouka is Sister Theodosia, a talented and ambitious acolyte who harbours a dangerous secret about her past. Chris Mason is Keiran Atreides, a Swordmaster to a Great House whose ambition to live up to his family name is disrupted when he forms an unexpected connection to a member of the royal family. Josh Heuston is Emperor Javicco’s illegitimate son Constantine Corrino, Edward Favis is scheming political Harrow Harkonnen, Tabu stars as Sister Francesca, and Jihae is Reverand Mother Kasha! See the new trailer below and tell us what you think:

 

SEE NEW TEASER FOR EPIC SF SERIES DUNE: PROPHECY WHICH ARRIVES THIS AUTUMN WITH EMILY WATSON, OLIVIA WILLIAMS, TRAVIS FIMMEL, MARK STRONG

   DUNE: PROPHECY  

NEW TRAILER FOR EPIC SF SERIES

Max has released a new trailer for their new science fiction series DUNE: PROPHECY after the early teaser that we got in May. We still don't know the exact date but we now it will arrive this Autumn set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides. Over in UK it will air on Sky,

Emily Watson is Valya Harkonnen

while in Australia it will be available on Foxtel and Binge. It follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and in turn establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit. 

 

WHO IS IN THE CAST?

 Olivia Williams and Emily Watson star as Tula and Valya Harkonnen, two sisters who have risen to power in the Sisterhood, a secret organization of women who will go on to become the Bene Gesserit  !Mark Strong stars as Emperor Javicco Corrino, a man from a great line of war-time Emperors, who is called upon to govern the Imperium and manage a fragile peace. Jodhi May is Empress Natalya, a formidable royal who united thousands of worlds in her marriage to Emperor Corrin, while Travis Fimmel is Desmond Hart, a charismatic soldier with an enigmatic past who seeks to gain the Emperor’s trust at the expense of the Sisterhood! Sarah-Sofie Boussnina is Princess Ynez, an independent young princess dealing with the pressures of her responsibility as heir to the Golden Lion Throne. Shalom Brune-Franklin is Mikaela, a strong-willed Fremen woman who serves the royal family while longing for a home planet she’s never known. Faoileann Cunningham is Sister Jen, a fierce, unpredictable acolyte in training at the Sisterhood School who rarely reveals her emotional core. Aoife Hinds is Sister Emeline, a zealous acolyte descended from a long line of martyrs, who carries fervent religion to her training at the Sisterhood. Chloe Lea is Lila, the youngest acolyte at the Sisterhood School with a deep empathy beyond her years. Jade Anouka is Sister Theodosia, a talented and ambitious acolyte who harbours a dangerous secret about her past. Chris Mason is Keiran Atreides, a Swordmaster to a Great House whose ambition to live up to his family name is disrupted when he forms an unexpected connection to a member of the royal family. Josh Heuston is Emperor Javicco’s illegitimate son Constantine Corrino, Edward Favis is scheming political Harrow Harkonnen, Tabu stars as Sister Francesca, and Jihae is Reverand Mother Kasha! See the new teaser below:

 

MAX RELEASES TEASER FOR THEIR EPIC SF SERIES DUNE: PROPHECY WHICH ARRIVES THIS AUTUMN WITH EMILY WATSON, OLIVIA WILLIAMS, TRAVIS FIMMEL, MARK STRONG

   DUNE: PROPHECY  

FIRST TEASER FOR EPIC SF SERIES

Max has released a teaser for their new science fiction series DUNE: PROPHECY which arrives this Autumn set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides. It follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and in turn establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit. Olivia Williams and Emily Watson star as Tula and Valya Harkonnen, two sisters who have risen to power in the Sisterhood, a secret organization of women who will go on to become the Bene Gesserit! Jodhi May is Empress Natalya, a formidable royal who united thousands of worlds in her marriage to Emperor Corrin, while Travis Fimmel is Desmond Hart, a charismatic soldier with an enigmatic past! Mark Strong also stars.

EMILY WATSON TO RULE BENE GESSERIT IN DUNE: THE SISTERHOOD HBO MAX SF TV SERIES! SEE FLORENCE PUGH, CIARAN HINDS, TOM BURKE IN THE WONDER PERIOD SET DRAMA! PARAMOUNT ORDERS FRASIER RETURN WITH KELSEY GRAMMER

  EMILY WATSON TO LEAD  

DUNE: SISTERHOOD TV SERIES

Just when we thought this project was dead as dodo, Variety reports that Emily Watson has been cast in DUNE: SISTERHOOD series at HBO Max, which, based on Frank Herbert novels, will follow the Bene Gesserit, a mysterious order of women. Watson will play Valya Harkonnen, while

Emily Watson and Shirley Henderson are the first to be cast

Shirley Henderson will be Tula Harkonnen, two sisters who have risen to power in the Sisterhood, a secret organization of women who will go on to become the Bene Gesserit. Sadly, Denis Villeneuve, who atrociously helmed the lifeless and dull borefest of the recent Dune movie is executive producing this one too. 

 

  RETURN OF FRASIER  

OFFICIAL AT PARAMOUNT PLUS

Paramount Plus has officially ordered a ten episode return of classic multicam sitcom FRASIER with Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist and radio host Frasier Crane. After starting in Boston within Cheers and moving to Seattle in Frasier, he will now move to a new city and will be surrounded by new characters, with original Frasier cast members not appearing as series regulars but making guest appearances. The show won 37 Emmys in 11 seasons.

  THE WONDER TRAILER  

SENDS FLORENCE PUGH TO EIRE

The film is out November 16th

Speaking of things lifeless and overrated, check out Florence Pugh in the first trailer for THE WONDER period set thriller movie which will stream on Netflix November 6th. Ciaran Hinds, Tom Burke, Toby Jones also star in the film set in 1862 just after the Great Famine, with Pugh playing English Nightingale Nurse Lib Wright, who is called to a devout community in the Irish Midlands to examine 11-year-old Anna (Kíla Lord Cassidy), who claims to have not eaten for four months, surviving on “manna from heaven.” Lib is determined to find out what’s really going on as Anna’s health deteriorates. Check out the trailer below:

SEE JUDI DENCH, DEREK JACOBI, JENNIFER SAUNDERS IN ALLELUJAH MOVIE! EMILY WATSON, ADEWALE AGBAJE TO LEAD LATE IN SUMMER WW2 ROMANCE! RACHEL BLOOM JOINS JULIA CHILD SERIES 2ND SEASON

  LATE IN SUMMER FILM  

EMILY WATSON GETS THE LEAD

A little bit of everything today, starting with Emily Watson who will lead new WW2 romance movie LATE IN SUMMER with Harriet Walter and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje! Set just as WWII draws to a close, the film will chart how a brief encounter leads to a love affair that ignites a dormant passion in a lonely farmer’s wife and an American GI. With the world around them conspiring against their relationship, it’s not long before the realities of their existence force them to make a very difficult decision. Timothy Spall is producing.

   1ST ALLELUJAH IMAGES  

WITH JUDI DENCH, DEREK JACOBI AND JENNIFER SAUNDERS

Speaking of British thespians, check out the first images from ALLELUJAH movie starring Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Russell Tovey, Jennifer Saunders, David Bradley and Julia McKenzie. The film should arrive next year at the anniversary of British NHS. When the geriatric ward of a small Yorkshire hospital is threatened with closure, the hospital decides to fight back by galvanizing the local community. They invite a news crew to film their preparations for a concert in honour of the hospital’s most distinguished nurse. What could go wrong? ALLELUJAH celebrates the spirit of the elderly patients whilst paying tribute to the deep humanity of the medical staff battling with limited resources and ever-growing demand. But in the midst of the tears and the laughter, we slowly realise that there is something threatening the hospital that is far more lethal than the politicians demanding efficiency at any cost…

 JULIA SERIES 2ND SEASON 

HIRES RACHEL BLOOM

Although we are still not shocked but scandalised and disgusted that HBO's Julia Child series JULIA did not score any Emmy nominations, not even Sarah Lanchashire for the lead, while some Korean garbage and other undeserving trash did, we are looking forward to the second season which has just cast Rachel Bloom. She will have a recurring role as Elaine Levitch, a dynamo who comes to WGBH by way of CBS to work with Julia on ‘The French Chef.'

SEE MAGGIE SMITH, LAURA LINNEY IN 1ST 'THE MIRACLE CLUB' MOVIE IMAGE! GOD'S CREATURES THRILLER TRAILER WITH EMILY WATSON, PAUL MESCAL

  THE MIRACLE CLUB  

FIRST LOOK AT MAGGIE SMITH AND LAURA LINNEY

Your first look image today comes from movie drama THE MIRACLE CLUB with Maggie Smith and Laura Linney. Also starring Kathy Bates and Stephen Rea, it follows four Dublin women who come together on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Lourdes in France, where they discover the solidarity in their friendship and unveil their own personal miracles. This British Irish co-production is directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan.

 GOD'S CREATURES TRAILER 

A MOTHER'S LOVE FORSAKEN

The film is out end of September in USA

Speaking of British Irish productions, here is another one for you today: a trailer for GOD'S CREATURES thriller which is out September 30th in selected cinemas with Emily Watson, Paul Mescal and Aisling Franciosi in the lead roles.

  In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community in this tense, sweepingly emotional epic. Saela Davis, whose debut behind the helm this film is, and Anna Rose Holmer, who has just one other movie behind her, directed the film together.

OLIVER JACKSON COHEN, FRANCOIS ARNAUD, MILLIE BRADY JOIN GUGU MBATHA RAW IN SURFACE PSYCHOLOGICAL SERIES! EMILY WATSON JOINS WW2 ROMANCE LATE IN SUMMER & RICHARD E. GRANT IN FADO! ROMCOM

 APPLE'S SURFACE TV SERIES 

OLIVER JACKSON COHEN, FRANCOIS ARNAUD, MILLIE BRADY JOIN GUGU MBATHA RAW

Apple has revealed the cast for their new psychological TV series SURFACE in which Gugu Mbatha Raw plays Sophie, in the elevated thriller about a woman’s quest to rebuild her life after a suicide attempt, and her struggle to remember, and understand, everything that led up to the

Oliver Jackson Cohen and Gugu Mbatha Raw will lead the show

moment when she jumped. Our dear Oliver Jackson Cohen has joined her as James, her husband and a well connected and successful partner at a venture capital firm. Francois Arnaud will be Harrison, a colleague and friend of James. Stephan James will portray Baden, an undercover cop with

Millie Brady and Francois Arnaud will also star

a strong connection to Sophie. Ari Graynor is Caroline, an heiress and old friend of Sophie and James. Marianne Baptiste is Hannah, Sophie’s therapist, while Millie Brady is Eliza, mysterious woman that connects to Sophie’s past!

   EMILY WATSON TO LEAD   

FADO! AND LATE IN SUMMER

Emily has two new projects lined up!

She has not got just one, but two new projects lined up ahead for shooting in her working schedule: first up, our dear Emily Watson will first star in FADO! romantic movie comedy as Linda, a crossword enthusiast, choral society member, wife and mother of two, and her music lecturer husband, Jim (to be played by British star Richard E.Grant), who are about to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary with a romantic trip to Lisbon. But the night before they travel, Linda discovers a monumental secret that will shake the very foundations of their marriage. Determined not to let this discovery define her life and needing space to process, Linda takes the plane tickets and flies to Lisbon without Jim. Alone in this beautiful city, Linda falls madly in love… with the profoundly moving Portuguese folk music, fado, a sensuous new relationship that will allow her to rediscover the joy and passion within herself. Emily will also star in World War II romantic movie drama LATE IN SUMMER which, set in rural Cornwall, charts a brief encounter between a lonely farmer’s wife and a Black American GI (Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje) that leads to first love in middle life and an impossible choice. British thespian Timothy Spall is executive producing! Could he also play the farmer?

TOM BLYTH TO PLAY BILLY THE KID IN EPIC ADVENTURE SERIES FROM TUDORS & VIKINGS CREATOR! EMILY WATSON, PAUL MESCAL TO LEAD IRELAND SET GOD'S CREATURE MOVIE DRAMA

  BILLY THE KID EPIC SERIES 

FROM TUDORS CREATOR FINDS THE LEAD TO PLAY BILLY

But he ain't called Billy but Tom Blyth and he will lead new historical adventure BILLY THE KID, an eight part Wild West drama coming from

Young Tom Blyth is Billy The Kid

The Tudors and Vikings creator Michael Hirst. To be directed by Otto Bathurst and air on Epix, the series is described as an epic romantic adventure based on the life of Billy the Kid, also known as William H. Bonney, from his humble Irish roots and his early days as a cowboy and gunslinger in the American frontier, to his pivotal role in the Lincoln County War and beyond. Billy is a young man with a modest demeanor and a civility and restraint in his nature, despite being the legendary outlaw, Billy the Kid. He’s an impressive sure-shot whose gun hand seems to move faster than the eye can see, but he gets no joy from killing, feeling he’s more sinned against than sinning.

GOD'S CREATURE FILM CASTS

EMILY WATSON & PAUL MESCAL

Over in Ireland, lead cast has been set for psychological movie drama GOD'S CREATURES! The story will be set in a rain-swept Irish fishing village, and focuses on a mother (Emily Watson) who lies to protect her son

Paul Mescal and Emily Watson will lead the cast of the movie

(Paul Mescal) and the devastating impact that choice has on her community, her family and herself. .Aisling Franciosi, Declan Conlon, Marion O’Dwyer and Toni O’Rourke will also star.

APRIL 2021 NEW MYSTERY TV SERIES: CHANNEL 5'S INTRUDER AND ITV'S THRILLER TOO CLOSE WITH EMILY WATSON

     INTRUDER TV SERIES   

A DARK MURDER COVER UP

Two new mystery thriller dramas are arriving to the small screens this month: first up INTRUDER which will launch at Channel 5 April 5th, tomorrow, and then air the rest of the episodes next three days. The story of

Intruder will air in four episodes starting Monday

the four episode drama will be exploring the dark and devastating aftermath of an attempted burglary at a luxurious home on the coast.

 

  INTRUDER TV SERIES STARS

Elaine Cassidy and Tom Meeten as an affluent couple living in a small seaside town, who are targeted by two local teenagers looking to make a quick 

Sally Lindsay plays Family Liaisons officer in the series

buck However, the break-in takes a dark turn when one of the youths winds up dead and an elaborate cover-up is staged to make the killing appear to be

Elaine Cassidy also stars in the four part drama

self-defence. Over the course of its four-episode run, viewers will find out whether this morally bankrupt couple can make their lies stick or whether the truth will come out and tear their world apart. 

   TOO CLOSE TV SERIES   

AT ITV WITH EMILY WATSON

Rival ITV is also launching a mystery series this month: Monday, April 12th is the start date for three part drama TOO CLOSE in which Emily Watson plays forensic psychiatrist Dr Emma Robertson, who is assigned to work with Connie Mortensen, a woman accused of a heinous crime but who

Too Close three part drama starts April 12th, Monday on ITV

claims she can’t remember a thing. Dr Robertson is not easily shocked. She’s worked with her fair share of high security patients. However, when she’s sent to assess Connie for trial the two women become dangerously close. Connie has a searing insight into Emma’s deepest insecurities and starts to brutally exploit them. Their sessions become a complex psychological game with

Emily Watson takes the lead role in Too Close thriller series

confusing undercurrents. Emma tries to understand Connie and her complicated relationship with her beautiful best friend, Ness Jones, which seems to have made her snap. But as Emma tries to uncover the truth and learn what triggered Connie’s despicable behaviour, it seems that her attempts to see justice done may destroy her instead.

Brand new psychological drama TOO CLOSE starts on ITV, 9pm on April 12th for 3 consecutive nights with ANDREA EDWARDS (@andyedjones) & GINA FILLINGHAM (@ginafillingham) as Justine & Carol Baker.#DeniseGough #EmilyWatson #ITVDrama #ITV @KRJCastingLtd pic.twitter.com/uFtflEC0xH

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FIRST LOOK AT GEMMA ARTERTON IN BLACK NARCISSUS EPIC TV SERIES! THIRD DAY TRAILER FOR SKY & HBO THRILLER TV SERIES WITH JUDE LAW, NAOMI HARRIS, EMILY WATSON!

'BLACK NARCISSUS'

FIRST LOOK AT SISTER CLODAGH

Today you can feast your eyes on the first photo of Gemma Arterton in BBC's period set series BLACK NARCISSUS in which she plays a nun struggling to contain her repressed emotions in the remote Himalayan

Black Narcissus will air sometime this year at BBC One

mountains up in the palace of Mopu! The three part adaptation of Rumer Godden’s classic novel will also star Alessandro Nivola, Diana Rigg, Gina Mckee and Jim Broadbent!

'THE THIRD DAY' TRAILER

FOR NEW JUDE LAW TV SERIES

Sky has released the first trailer for their new series THE THIRD DAY starring Jude Law and Naomie Harris in a story told over six episodes and in two distinct halves. The first – ‘Summer’, sees Sam (Law), a man drawn to a mysterious island off the British coast where he encounters a group of

After the first part there will be an immersive theatre event connecting the two parts

islanders set on preserving their traditions at any cost. The second – ‘Winter’, follows Helen (Harris), a strong-willed outsider who comes to the island seeking answers, but whose arrival precipitates a fractious battle to decide its fate. Summer and Winter work together as a complete series, but there will

Naomi Harris will lead the winter part of the unusual edgy series

also be a theatre movie in the middle and the three parts will together describe a larger narrative, creating a unique experience for those who seek it. Emily Watson also stars in the series that premiers May 12th and will also air on HBO.

JUDE LAW JOINED BY EMILY WATSON, PADDY CONSIDINE, KATHERINE WATERSTON IN SKY, HBO MYSTERY MINI SERIES THE THIRD DAY!

JUDE LAW'S 'THE THIRD DAY'

SENDS PADDY CONSIDINE AND

Emily Watson has joined the cast

EMILY WATSON TO AN ISLAND

Earlier this summer I informed you that British Sky and HBO are continuing their collaboration and have hired Jude Law to lead their new mystery island mini series THE THIRD DAY and now they've added new cast members: Paddy Considine, Emily Watson and Katherine Waterston as Jess, a woman who Sam encounters on the island. The series, which will air next year, should start shooting this summer.

THE SIX EPISODE SERIES 
will see Jude Law playing Sam, who is being drawn to a mysterious island off the British Coast and thrown into the unusual world of its secretive inhabitants. Isolated from the mainland, the rituals of the island begin to overwhelm him, and he is confronted by a trauma from his past. As the line between reality and

Paddy Considine will also star in the Marc Munden directed series

fantasy blurs, Sam finds himself immersed in an emotional quest that puts him at odds with the islanders and begins to threaten their way of life.

SUPER THRILLING 'BIRD BOX' SF TRAILER SEES SANDRA BULOCK FIGHTING ENEMY BLINDFOLDED! 'QUICKSAND' THRILLER TO REUNITE EMILY WATSON, DAVID TENNANT

    'QUICKSAND' THRILLER

TO TEAM UP EMILY WATSON AND DAVID TENNANT AGAIN

They already starred together back in 2013 in BBC miniseries The Politician’s Husband, but Emily Watson and David Tennant will join forces again in QUICKSAND thriller as a British couple Dan and Sarah who are living

David Tennant and Emily Watson will play a married couple again

idyllically on an Mediterranean island down in Greece. But their happiness comes to an end when their visiting son gets killed by a local youth. Dan, grief stricken, is offered a chance at revenge by a dangerous stranger who won’t take no for an answer, but the price of revenge is one more murder.

   'BIRD BOX' TRAILER SEES

SANDRA BULLOCK BLINDFOLDED

BirdBox hits Netflix December 21st!

Speaking of very tense thrillers, check out the first trailer for Sandra Bullock's BIRD BOX which will hit Netflix and selected cinemas December 21st! The cast also includes Tom Hollander, John Malkovich, Jacki Weaver and Rosa Salazar. 

In the wake of an unknown global terror, a mother must find the strength to flee with her children down a treacherous river in search of safety. Due to unseen deadly forces, the perilous journey must be made blindly. This fantasy thriller with an apocalyptic setting is directed by Academy Award winner Susanne Bier!

NEW TRAILERS AND POSTERS FOR 19TH CENTURY REVENGE DRAMA 'BLACK 47' WITH HUGO WEAVING, JIM BROADBENT, 'AN ACTOR PREPARES' WITH JEREMY IRONS, JACK HUSTON, 'HAPPY PRINCE' WITH RUPERT EVERETT, COLIN MORGAN, COLIN FIRTH, EMILY WATSON

 'BLACK 47' TRAILER

REVENGE STORY STARRING JIM BROADBENT AND HUGO WEAVING

Black 47 should hit cinemas in UK this September

A bunch of new trailers and posters today, first up historical revenge thriller BLACK 47 which has a rather thespian cast including Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Rea, Moe Dunford with James Frecheville playing an Irish Ranger during the Great Famine of 1847, who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, but abandons his post to reunite with his family. Despite experiencing the horrors of war, he is shocked by the famine's destruction of his homeland and the brutalization of his people and his family. He swears vengeance. His old British Army comrade Hannah

The movie was directed and written by Lance Daly

(played by Hugo Weaving) is then dispatched to put an end to Feeney's uprising! The movie based on a story by P.J. Dillon hits British cinemas September 28th and Irish ones a few weeks before.

 'AN ACTOR PREPARES' TRAILER

AND POSTER WITH JEREMY IRONS

An Actor Prepares to come out next month!

New poster has also been released for another stellar movie AN ACTOR PREPARES starring Jeremy Irons, Matthew Modine and Jack Huston! After suffering a heart attack, a famous, hard drinking actor, Atticus Smith (Jeremy Irons) is forced to drive across country to make it in time for his daughter's wedding. Atticus’ only hope of making the wedding lies with his estranged son, Adam (Jack Huston), who wants nothing to do with him. As they set out on their trip, they become closer realizing they're more alike than they thought. This one hits Northern American cinemas August 31st directed by Steve Clark!

 'THE HAPPY PRINCE' POSTER

WITH RUPERT EVERETT & COLIN MORGAN & COLIN FIRTH

The Happy Prince finally arrives to US cinemas in October

A new trailer and a poster have also been released for Rupert Everett's (he stars, directs and writes) THE HAPPY PRINCE period set drama on famous Oscar Wilde, ahead of its Northern American release in October! The movie also features delightful Colin Morgan as his lover, famous poet Alfred Bosie and gorgeous Edwin Thomas as Robbie Ross. Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson and Colin Firth also star in the untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humour. 

SHAKESPEARE SUNDAY: BBC SETS AIRING DATE FOR ANTHONY HOPKINS' 'KING LEAR' WITH EMMA THOMPSON, EMILY WATSON, JIM BROADBENT, TOBIAS MENZIES! STUNNING NEW 'MACBETH' WITH MARK ROWLEY

  BBC SETS DATE FOR 'KING LEAR'

WITH ANTHONY HOPKINS, EMMA THOMPSON, EMILY WATSON!
A little bit of Shakespeare for your enlightenment today, starting with Anthony Hopkins' TV movie KING LEAR which will air on BBC Two Monday 28th May! You can check out the trailer below the post!

THE BURDEN OF BEING A KING

Set in the fictional present, the 80 year old King Lear (Anthony Hopkins) divides his kingdom among his daughters, Goneril (Emma Thompson), Regan (Emily Watson) and Cordelia (Florence Pugh) - according to their

The new adaptation was directed by Richard Eyre!

affection for him. Cordelia refuses to flatter him, so he banishes her. Having acquired power, Goneril and Regan expel their father from their homes. At the

Hopkins was mistaken for a homeless man during the shooting

same time, Lear's prime minister, Gloucester (Jim Broadbent), is betrayed by his son Edmund (John Macmillan) and his other son, Edgar (Andrew

Tobias Menzies is also the part of the stunningly stellar cast

Scott), is forced to go into hiding. Lear becomes mad, Gloucester is blinded: both the kingdom and the family descend into chaos and warfare.

  NEW 'MACBETH' MOVIE

Macbeth aired in UK cinemas in March

WITH MARK ROWLEY

Speaking of Shakespeare's works done in a new light, check out this one: MACBETH  entirely shot on green screen and reinvented by director Kit Monkman starring The Last Kingdom's Mark Rowley! Monkman’s unique adaptation successfully bridges the gap between theatre and film by exploiting the capabilities of the green screen to portray the vast world of make-believe while maintaining the traditional values, language and themes of Shakespeare’s original theatrical play.

Super hunky Mark Rowley plays the lead role

A BRAVE NEW VISION OF THE OLD STORY
Brilliant young general MACBETH pulls off a glorious victory in battle before returning to an indolent court where honours are dispensed by whim. Spurred on by prophesying drifters and an ambitious wife, MACBETH sets his sights on the throne. In Kit Monkman's adventurous new adaptation, this compelling tale of unchecked ambition, soured friendship, lost intimacy and the descent into nihilism is encountered in a strange and claustrophobic territory partly conjured by the mind. The movie is currently available to stream and download on Amazon.