FELICITY JONES AND VINCENT CASSEL TO LEAD ELEVEN MISSING DAYS AGATHA CHRISTIE DISAPPEARANCE THRILLER MOVIE

   FELICITY JONES IS   

AGATHA CHRISTIE IN ELEVEN MISSING DAYS

It has been announced that Felicity Jones will take the lead in ELEVEN MISSING DAYS thriller movie about that time when Agatha Christie disappeared. In December 1926, at the height of her fame, Agatha Christie became front-page news when she vanished in bizarre circumstances from her home. In a case of life imitating art, this whodunnit explores the investigation behind her disappearance, strangely resembling an Agatha Christie novel itself where everyone in her life became a suspect. Vincent Cassel will play a retired Belgian police detective who gets drawn into the case, similar to Christie’s most famous detective Hercule Poirot.

BRANDON SKLENAR JOINS BLAKE LIVELY IN COLLEEN HOOVER'S IT ENDS WITH US MOVIE ADAPTATION! SEE COLIN MORGAN, MARK STRONG, FELICITY JONES IN SKY'S DEAD SHOT MOVIE TRAILER

 BRANDON SKLENAR JOINS 

BLAKE LIVELY IN IT ENDS WITH US MOVIE ADAPTATION

Brandon will play Atlas Corrigan

Our latest obsession, the incredibly hunky Brandon Sklenar has just joined Blake Lively in the movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover's IT ENDS WITH US. The story follows Lily Bloom, who comes from a complicated past and always has known the life she wants. While living in Boston, she meets neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni) and believes she may very well have found her soulmate. Soon, however, questions arise about their relationship, and to complicate matters her high school love interest, Atlas Corrigan (Sklenar), comes back into the picture, putting her relationship with Ryle in jeopardy.

  DEAD SHOT TRAILER WITH 

COLIN MORGAN, MARK STRONG AND FELICITY JONES

Sky has released a trailer for their new action thriller movie DEAD SHOT which arrives to the streamer May 12th. Filmed in Glasgow and originally known as Borderline, it boasts a rather stellar cast led by Colin Morgan, Mark Strong and Felicity Jones and was directed by Charles and Thomas Guard. The movie, which covers the 1970s turmoil in Northern Ireland, will have a cinematic release for the viewers in Northern America.

  THE STORY OF DEAD SHOT
When a border ambush goes wrong, a retired Irish paramilitary (Colin Morgan) witnesses the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife by an SAS officer (Aml Ameen). After outwitting the SAS, now wounded, and presumed dead, he escapes, taking his revenge to the dark and paranoid streets of 1970's London. Raw and suspenseful, DEAD SHOT is an adrenaline-fueled thriller that will leave audiences weighing up the true cost of revenge.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT DOCUDRAMA AT WORKS AT NETFLIX! ADRIEN BRODY, GUY PEARCE, JOE ALWYN, ALESSANDRO NIVOLA, FELICITY JONES TO LEAD BRUTALIST PERIOD SET BIOPIC! 1ST FREUD'S LAST SESSION PIC WITH ANTHONY HOPKINS, MATTHEW GOODE

 ALEXANDER THE GREAT  

DOCUDRAMA AT NETFLIX

It has not been confirmed yet officially by Netflix itself, but rumour has it that they have a 100 men strong team currently over in Morocco, actually since last summer, shooting a new hybrid docudrama on ALEXANDER THE GREAT which will feature both scripted and unscripted elements. Tony Mitchell is the show runner for Tailfeather Productions and Lion TV.

  BRUTALIST MOVIE DRAMA  

ADS ADRIEN BRODY, JOE ALWYN, GUY PEARCE, ALESSANDRO NIVOLA, FELICITY JONES

It will be a stellar cast: Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Alessandro Nivola, Felicity Jones will lead Brad Corbet's period set movie THE BRUTALIST which chronicles thirty years of an artist’s life. When visionary architect László Toth (Brody) and his wife Erzsébet (Jones) flee post-war Europe to rebuild their legacy in America, a mysterious and wealthy client (Pearce) ends up changing their lives forever. The biopic is already shooting in Hungary!

  FREUD'S LAST SESSION  

FIRST IMAGE WITH ANTHONY HOPKINS AND MATTHEW GOODE

Speaking of a thespian cast, check out Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode in the first image from FREUD'S LAST SESSION movie! Set on the eve of the Second World War, it depicts a meeting between Freud and Narnia writer C.S. Lewis, at the psychoanalyst’s London home, during which they debate the existence of God. The film also explores Freud’s unique relationship with his daughter Anna (Liv Lisa Fries) and Lewis’ unconventional relationship with his best friend’s mother. The stellar cast also has Orla Brady, Jeremy Northam and Stephen Campbell Moore.

JONATHAN BAILEY, FELICITY JONES TO LEAD MARIA ROMCOM! NEIL PATRICK HARRIS IN UNCOUPLED NETFLIX COMEDY SERIES TRAILER! NEW OBI WAN KENOBI SERIES TRAILER & POSTER WITH EWAN MCGREGOR

 MARIA ROMCOM TO MAKE  

JONATHAN BAILEY & FELICITY JONES HOT & BOTHERED

While you are enjoying his hot self in Bridgerton, hotness personified Jonathan Bailey will star in MARIA, a young woman (Felicity Jones) with a history of running from reality. Struggling to accept her age, her boyfriend’s (Bailey) love and her father’s (Jason Isaacs) indifference, Maria spots an opportunity to feel young, free and desirable at her father’s wedding, where she meets Raffy, her new stepbrother. Their obvious, if inconvenient, sexual chemistry is made worse by the news that her father has been diagnosed with a terminal illness.

  UNCOUPLED TRAILER  

WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS

Netflix has released a funny trailer for their new comedy series UNCOUPLED starting July 29h! This eight part comedy follows Neil Patrick Harris as newly single Michael, who thought his life was perfect until his husband, hedge-fund manager Colin, blindsides him by walking out the door after 17 years. Overnight, Michael has to confront two nightmares: losing what he thought was his soulmate and suddenly finding himself a single gay man in his mid-forties in New York City. Check out the trailer below:

 

 NEW OBI-WAN KENOBI TRAILER 

AND A STUNNING POSTER

Obi Wan Kenobi arrives later this month

Disney Plus has, meanwhile, released a new trailer and poster for Ewan McGregor's OBI-WAN KENOBI sf series which hits the streamer May 27th with six episodes.  The story in the series begins 10 years after the events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat — the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. With Ewan McGregor reprising his role as the Jedi Master, Hayden Christensen returns in the role of Darth Vader. Joel Edgerton and Rupert Friend are also in the cast.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON JOJO MOYES' MOVIE ADAPTATION LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER WITH CALLUM TURNER, JOE ALWYN, FELICITY JONES, SHAILENE WOODLEY

 LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER

SAYS LOVE IS TIMELESS

Last Letter hits Netflix next Friday

There really isn't a lot of new movies waiting for us this summer and those that are arriving will have a really strange way of coming to the audience -  few days in the cinema and then straight to streaming, but LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER will have an even stranger way - it will first hit Netflix next Friday, July 23rd and will then circle British cinemas in August. Go figure. We will certainly watch it as it comes from our favourite Studiocanal and stars our boo Callum Me Some Turner! The cast also includes Joe Alwyn, Nabhaan Rizwan, Felicity Jones and Shailene Woodley. Ben Cross, who died last year, gives his last role ever in this one.

  LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER

adapted from Jojo Moyes’ best selling novel, is a passionate, dual narrative love story set in the French Riviera and London during the 1960s and present day. It tells the tale of elegant Jennifer Stirling (Shailene Woodley) and

Callum Turner and Joe Alwyn lead the male cast

how her life becomes inextricably interwoven with that of Ellie Haworth (Felicity Jones) in life changing events which connect them across almost half a century. Jennifer lives a luxurious life with her wealthy and powerful husband Laurence (Joe Alwyn). When an unfortunate event wipes her

The movie adaptation was directed by Augustine Frizzell

memory, she struggles to find her identity until she stumbles upon wistful love letters hidden in her home. The passionate notes unravel a star crossed love affair she had with foreign correspondent Anthony O’Hare (Callum Turner) and ultimately lead her to discover her true self. Jennifer’s story becomes

The film is based on Jojo Moyes ultra popular bestseller

intertwined with that of Ellie, a whip smart journalist in contemporary London, who discovers and becomes enthralled by these love letters from a bygone era. As she begins to piece them together with the help of archivist Rory (Nabhaan Rizwan), she sets off on a journey that will entangle the two women’s lives forever.

CALLUM TURNER, JOE ALWYN, FELICITY JONES STAR IN THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER PERIOD SET DRAMA TRAILER AIRING THIS SUMMER AT NETFLIX

 LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER

TRAILER IS HERE WITH JOE ALWYN AND CALLUM TURNER

The movie will stream on Netflix in July

Just as they announced yesterday, Studiocanal has released a trailer for their new drama movie THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER which arrives to Netflix July 23rd. The movie based on Jojo Mojes novel will air in UK only in cinemas from August 6th and in Scandinavia from July 30th! The dual narrative love story is set in the French Riviera and London during the 1960s and present day. The story follows Ellie (Felicity Jones), a young female journalist in contemporary London who uncovers a series of love letters in the archives which tell the story of an intensely romantic but star crossed affair in the 1960s between Jennifer Stirling (Shailene Woodley) and Anthony O’Hare (Callum

In some countries, the film will play only in theatres, not on Netflix

Turner). As Ellie is drawn into the story, she becomes obsessed with discovering the lovers’ identities and finding out how their love story ends. Joe Alwyn and Nabhaan Rizwan also star.

SKY RELEASES TRAILER FOR ANIMATED ADVENTURE DRAGON RIDER WITH PATRICK STEWART, FELICITY JONES, FREDDIE HIGHMORE, THOMAS BRODIE SANGSTER

  DRAGON RIDER TRAILER  

A SKY ANIMATED ADVENTURE

Dragon Rider arrives February 12th

Well, what better way to end a year then with something delightful even if the year wasn't that at all. After charming us this Christmas with wonderfully lovely Roald and Beatrix, Sky is giving us DRAGON RIDER animated adventure this Valentines. In his directorial debut, arriving to Sky Cinema February 12th, Tomer Eshed brings to life Jonny Smith’s (Sherlock Gnomes, Gnomeo & Juliet) screenplay and from the filmmakers behind The Never Ending Story and the Fantastic Four film franchise. Dragon Rider boasts a star studded cast of voices from Felicity Jones, Thomas Brodie Sangster, Patrick Stewart and Freddie Highmore.

     Sky Original Dragon Rider 
tells the story of Firedrake (Thomas Brodie Sangster), who wants to show the older generation he is a real dragon, not the naïve fledgling they see him as. When he discovers that humans are about to destroy the forest where the

Tomer Eshed directed the animated adventure for Sky

dragons reside, he sets off on a daring crusade with his best friend Sorrel (Felicity Jones) in search for a mythical safe haven hidden in the Himalayas

Dragon Rider will premiere on Sky's streamer Sky Cinema

where dragons can live in peace. On their quest, they encounter Ben (Freddie Highmore), an orphan, who they mistake for a dragon rider destined to help

The screenplay was written by Jonny Smith of Gnomeo and Juliet

them on their voyage. The unlikely trio must learn to work together, despite their differences, as dragon-eating villain Nettlebrand (Patrick Stewart) is hot on their tails to fulfil his own quest: to track and destroy every dragon.

1ST PHOTOS OF EWAN MCGREGOR IN HALSTON MINI SERIES, CALLUM TURNER, FELICITY JONES IN LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER, CHARLOTTE RAMPLING IN JUNIPER

 LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER

1ST PHOTOS WITH CALLUM TURNER AND FELICITY JONES

Two first looks for you today,  beginning with first photos from THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER movie adaptation of Jojo Moyes' popular novel in which Shailene Woodley plays a woman called Jennifer Stirling who loses her memory after a car accident, but later discovers letters

Shailene Woodley and Callum Turner in the movie

about a love affair she had with a journalist called Anthony O'Hare (Callum Turner)! Jennifer is married to wealthy and powerful husband Laurence (Joe Alwyn), and the letters are discovered decades later by journalist Ellie

Felicity Jones and Nabhaan Rizwan

Haworth (Felicity Jones). She pieces them together with the help of archivist Rory (Nabhaan Rizwan), leading to a journey that will entangle the two women's lives forever.

1ST JUNIPER DRAMA PHOTO

WITH CHARLOTTE RAMPLING

Who will star together with Marton Csokas in drama movie directed by Matthew Saville, JUNIPER. When a self-destructive teenager is suspended

Matthew Saville is both writing and directing Juniper

from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around. 

1ST EWAN MCGREGOR PHOTO

FROM HALSTON TV SERIES

There is also the first, rather glamorous look of  Ewan McGregor in mini TV series HALSTON in which he plays the famous fashion designer. It tracks Halston as he leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide

The series will air next year in five hourlong episodes

fashion empire that's synonymous with luxury, sex, status and fame, literally defining the era. The series arrives sometime next year.

Ewan McGregor will be wearing glamorous costumes in the series

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON THE AERONAUTS PERIOD SET ADVENTURE WITH EDDIE REDMAYNE, FELICITY JONES, VINCENT PEREZ, TOM COURTENAY, ANNE REID

   'THE AERONAUTS' 

AIM HIGH REACH FOR THE SKY

The movie hits Amazon Prime around Christmas

The two of them starred together for the first time in The Theory of Everything five years ago and both Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones were nominated for Oscars that year for their roles in that one, and now they are working together in THE AERONAUTS but it is safe to say this one won't be in the running for Academy Awards. It is ready, though, to premier November 4th in United Kingdom, and then from December 6th in USA and December 20th on Amazon Prime, following daredevil pilot Amelia Wren and weather scientist James Glaisher who find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon.

  Inspired By True Events
In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren (Felicity Jones) teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in

This is the second time Redmayne and Jones are starring together

history. While breaking records and advancing scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them. But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.

Erased For Being A Man?

Although James Glaisher was the real historical person, Amelia Wren is a fictional character who replaces his real life assistant  Henry Tracey Coxwell with a female version. Wonder what would feminists have to say on

The film is based on Richard Holmes book Falling Upwards: How We Took To The Air

that? They say the aim was to inspire girls that they can go on adventures too, but if that did not really happen isn't it a despicable case of fabricating history for the sake of modern agenda in which a real life hero Coxwell gets totally

The movie was directed by Tom Harper

erased just because he wasn't a female? While portraying Glaisher, Eddie Redmayne has a serious ankle injury and had to wear a cast! With Tom Harper from BBC's War and Peace directing, the cast also includes Tom Courtenay and Anne Reid as James' parents, Vincent Perez as Amelia's husband. 

CALLUM TURNER, FELICITY JONES, JOE ALWYN TO LEAD MOVIE ADAPTATION OF JOJO MOJES' NOVEL THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER

  CALLUM TURNER TO LEAD

Callum Turner will go back to the 60s

LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER ADAPTATION

While his magnificent thriller series The Capture just ended this week at BBC as the most exciting new drama this season, Callum Turner already has his next project lined up. Together with Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn and Shailene Woodley he will lead THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER for our favourite producer Studiocanal! The double love story set in different decades in London and the Riviera is actually based on the best selling novel by Jojo Moyes whose Me Before You with Sam Claflin and Emilia Clarke became a huge box office hit a few years ago. 

Love In Different Decades 
The story follows Ellie (Felicity Jones), a young female journalist in contemporary London who uncovers a series of love letters in the archives which tell the story of an intensely romantic but star-crossed affair in the

Joe Alwyn and Felicity Jones will also star in the movie

1960s between Jennifer Stirling (Shailene Woodley) and Anthony O’Hare (Callum Turner). As Ellie is drawn into the story, she becomes obsessed with discovering the lovers’ identities and finding out how their love story ends. The shooting begins next Monday in Mallorca.

EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES SOAR THE SKIES IN THE FIRST TRAILER FOR AERONAUTS HOT BALLOON 19TH CENTURY ADVENTURE!

      'AERONAUTS' TRAILER TAKES 

EDDIE REDMAYNE TO THE SKIES

It is one of the films that will hit both this year's London film festival and the one in Toronto, Tom Harper's skyfaring adventure AERONAUTS which has just set flight to its first trailer. Eddie Redmayne plays famous

Aeronauts is directed by Tom Harper

meteorologist James Glaisher at the end of the 19th century, while Felicity Jones is Amelia Wren, his fiercely loyal copilot who harbours a penchant for science as much as she does being a showgirl. Inspired by the story of Glashier’s 1862 excursion with fellow aeronaut Henry Coxwell (whom Wren replaces in the film), the movie, as EW reports, charts the pair’s dangerous mission to study the earth’s natural patterns from the sky as they attempt to travel higher than any human before them in a massive hot air balloon — an event Wren clearly wants to publicize as a meeting of science and spectacle to generate interest in their work, while the no-nonsense Glaishier anchors his

The film will have a limited cinema releases to get in the awards race

approach in curmudgeonly determination. Tom Courtenay, Vincent Perez and Anne Reid also star in the film that hits theatres December 6th ahead of the awards season and then streams on Amazon Prime December 20th.

1ST 'AERONAUTS' PERIOD SET ADVENTURE PHOTO WITH EDDIE REDMAYNE, FELICITY JONES! 'WHAT MEN WANT' TRAILER WITH TARAJI P. HENSON! 'DESIGNING WOMEN' CLASSIC SITCOM GETTING A REBOOT

   'DESIGNING WOMEN'

SITCOM GETTING A REBOOT!

The reboot will be a reimagination, methinks

The latest classic sitcom to get a reboot is DESIGNING WOMEN which finished airing almost 30 years ago! Airing for seven years at CBS (often next to Murphy Brown) it followed the lives of four women and a man working together at an Atlanta interior design firm! Sitcom's original creator is back, but it isn't known if any of the original cast (Jean Smart, Annie Potts, Delta Burke) will be back!

  1ST 'THE AERONAUTS'

PHOTO WITH EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES

Just a few weeks ago I showed you the first set photos of Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones in Tom Harper's historical adventure THE AERONAUTS in which they play pilot Amelia Wren and scientist

Click on the photo to see it in bigger size!

James Glaisher who, back in 1862, find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a hot air balloon, and today you can check out the first official photo above! Tom Courtenay and Vincent Perez also star.

   'WHAT MEN WANT' TRAILER

STARRING TARAJI P. HENSON!

Max Greenfield also stars in the movie

In the trailer department, you can check out the first trailer for new comedy WHAT MEN WANT with Taraji P. Henson!  When Ali is passed up for a well deserved promotion, she questions what else she needs to do to succeed in a man’s world… until she gains the ability to hear men’s thoughts. With her newfound power, Ali looks to outsmart her colleagues as she races to sign the next basketball superstar, but the lengths she has to go to will put her relationship with her best friends and a potential new love interest to the test.

MAMMOTH SCREEN & POLDARK'S WRITER TO ADAPT ALEXANDRE DUMAS' 19TH CENTURY NOVEL 'COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO' INTO EPIC TV SEREIS! 1ST EDDIE REDMAYNE, FELICITY JONES PICS FROM 'AERONAUTS' HISTORICAL ADVENTURE

 'COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO'

NEW TV SERIES FROM POLDARK'S WRITER AND PRODUCERS

Cry not Poldark lovers, not because the series is returning again next year with season five, but because its producer Mammoth Screen is preparing

Poldark's scribe is working on the new series

another epic saga for us! They are currently working with Poldark's writer Debbie Horsfield on adapting Alexandre Dumas' 19th century novel THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

As 'Deadline' reports, the story, will be set between 1815 and 1839 in France and Italy. It follows the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis Philippe of France ahead of the Hundred Days period, when Napoleon returned to power. It is an adventure story following a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune, and sets about exacting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment.

  1ST 'THE AERONAUTS'

SET PHOTOS WITH EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES

Speaking of epic things, check out the first photos that have appeared around the net of Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones in Tom Harper's historical adventure THE AERONAUTS in which they play pilot Amelia

This is the second time they star together after The Theory of Everything

Wren and scientist James Glaisher who find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a hot air balloon.

JOSH O'CONNOR IS PRINCE CHARLES IN 'CROWN' SEASON 3! PATRICK STEWART, FELICITY JONES, FREDDIE HIGHMORE, THOMAS BRODIE SANGSTER JOIN 'DRAGON RIDER'! DANILA KOZLOVSKY, VICKY KRIEPS IN 'PASSION SIMPLE'

  JOSH O'CONNOR IS

PRINCE CHARLES IN 'THE CROWN' SEASON 3 AT NETFLIX

Josh O'Connor will play the future king

In a piece of news that might excite all of you devoted fans of God's Own Country, last year's best movie, its star Josh O'Connor is apparently going to play young Prince Charles in the third season of Netflix' popular series THE CROWN! The Durrells star will play the prince in his early 20s in the season that will see most of the cast replaced with older actors since it will be covering the mid 1960s all the way to mid 70s! Olivia Colman will play older Queen Elizabeth II, Tobias Menzies will be her husband Prince Philip, while Helena Bonham Carter, who was in the run for the lead role herself, will play her sister Princess Margaret. Jason Watkins is also joining the cast as British Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson.

  DANILA KOZLOVSKY

TO LEAD 'PASSION SIMPLE'

Danila Kozlovsky will play the male lead!

In other casting news from Cannes, Screen Daily reports that our favourite Russian star Danila Kozlovsky and Vicky Krieps will star in the adaptation of the international best seller PASSION SIMPLE by Annie Ernaux which has been translated into 20 languages. Krieps from Daniel Day Lewis' Phantom Thread, will play a 42 year old lecturer who has no illusions about the long term future of her relationship with her younger, married lover. The diplomat, a flashy figure with a penchant for big cars and Saint Laurent suits, does not make any promises either. Nonetheless, she becomes obsessed logging her every move and sensation as she awaits his return. Until one day, he vanishes, posted back home, without letting her know.

  ANIMATED 'DRAGON RIDER'

PATRICK STEWART, FELICITY JONES TO LEND VOICES

Stellar cast also announced at Cannes for animated adventure DRAGON RIDER which has just hired voices for Patrick Stewart, Felicity Jones, Thomas Brodie Sangster, Freddie Highmore and Nonso Anozie in the adaptation of Cornelia Funke’s novel about an unlikely trio of heroes: young

Tomer Eshed is directing for Constantin Film

silver dragon Firedrake (Brodie-Sangster), Sorrel (Jones) the mountain brownie and a boy called Ben (Highmore) as they embark on an epic adventure and battle against a vicious, dragon-killing machine called Nettlebrand (Stewart) to find the ‘Rim of Heaven’.

CASTING NEWS: EDDIE REDMAYNE, FELICITY JONES TO GO ON AN 19TH CENTURY ADVENTURE IN 'THE AERONAUTS'! LIU YIFEI TAKES THE LEAD IN DISNEY'S LIVE ACTION 'MULAN' MOVIE

  'THE AERONAUTS' 

EDDIE REDMAYNE TO FLY BALLOONS WITH FELICITY JONES!

Tom Harper will helm Aeronauts!

Casting news today, beginning with Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones who will team up again after The Theory of Everything in THE AERONAUTS a period adventure based on true events about two 19th century hot air balloonists in which, as Deadline reports, Felicity Jones will play balloon pilot Amelia Wren and Eddie Redmayne will be scientist James Glaisher. In 1862, they embarked on an extraordinary journey to discover the secrets of the heavens. In the process, they fly higher in an open balloon than anyone ever has – either before or since. They make breathtaking discoveries, but as they ascend to the highest reaches of the atmosphere, they are forced into an epic fight for survival. War and Peace BBC mini series helmer Tom Harper is directing the movie.

DISNEY FINDS ITS 'MULAN' 

IN CHINESE STAR LIU YIFEI

Liu is also a brand ambassador for Dior and Garnier

Disney, who is in the process of turning a lot of their animated movies into live action ones, has found their lead star for MULAN live action remake to be directed by Niki Caro! The role of the daughter of a legendary warrior who impersonates a man in order to fight in the lines of the Han Dynasty armies against a Hun invasion in the fifth century China, has been given to young Chinese actress Liu Yifei also known as Crystal Liu. As The Hollywood Reporter writes a team of casting directors visited five continents and saw nearly 1,000 candidates for the role, which requires credible martial arts skills! Hollywood Spy is no stranger to Liu as we've mentioned her many times over the years when she starred in epic movies Forbidden Kingdom, alongside Jackie Chan and Jet Li, Outcast, opposite Nicolas Cage and Hayden Christensen and earlier this year in Once Upon a Time.

FELICITY JONES TO LEAD 'SWAN LAKE' FAIRY TALE MOVIE ADAPTATION! NEW 'GEOSTORM' TRAILER WITH GERARD BUTLER, JIM STURGESS, DANIEL WU, ED HARRIS

FELICITY JONES TO LEAD

'SWAN LAKE' MOVIE ADAPTATION

Here's a fairy tale for you at the end of the week: 'Variety' reports that Luca Guadagnino (A Bigger Splash) will turn famous SWAN LAKE

Felicity Jones will turn into a swan

tale, upon which the famous classic ballet was based, into a big screen movie! And he already found his lead: apparently Felicity Jones is already attached to star, moving from Star Wars to a more refined setting.

A bidding war has, allegedly, started among several major studios a few days ago when the project was brought onto the market. The story of SWAN LAKE follows Odette, a princess that is turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer’s curse and that plot is the basis of a movie which is viewed as a possible tentpole project and which won't, actually, have any ballet in itself.

NEW 'GEOSTORM' TRAILER

WILL COOL YOU DOWN!

Meanwhile, a crazy new trailer has been released for Gerard Butler's action movie GEOSTORM which hits cinemas this October directed by Dean Devlin! The cast also includes Abbie Cornish, Daniel Wu, Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Amr Waked and Andy Garcia.

When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate start to attack Earth, it's a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide GEOSTORM wipes out everything and everyone.