TOM CULLEN JOINS KIT HARINGTON'S 'GUNPOWDER' BBC 17TH CENTURY EPIC MINI SERIES! CATHERINE ZETA JONES AS OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND IN 'FEUD' SERIES, 2ND SEASON ABOUT PRINCE CHARLES & DIANA

'GUNPOWDER' EPIC TV SERIES

TOM CULLEN JOINS KIT HARINGTON AS GUY FAWKES

I informed you last week that Liv Tyler and Mark Gatiss have joined Kit Harington's BBC epic series GUNPOWDER and now they have new cast additions lead by Tom Cullen whom we will also be seeing next season in History's KNIGHTFALL epic series. The three part series will see Harington playing Robert Catesby, the 30 year old Warwickshire gentleman who masterminded the failed assassination attempt on King James in the famous 17th century GUNPOWDER treason.

As Radio Times confirms, Mark Gatiss has been cast as the lead spymaster Robert Cecil, Liv Tyler will be Catesby’s cousin Anne Vaux who becomes suspicious of her relation's activities, while Tom Cullen will play famous Guy Fawkes the legendary conspirator against the king who will be played by Derek Riddell! Shaun Dooley plays Sir William Wade, Lieutenant of The Tower and Cecil’s right hand man, with David Bamber as the Earl of Northumberland and Kevin Eldon as Sir Joseph Hawksworth. Edward Holcroft (photo below) will appear as Catesby’s friend and co-plotter Thomas Wintour, and Robert Emms  as Father Gerard, a firebrand young priest.The series will portray Catesby as a committed Catholic in Protestant England who struggles to bring up his young son in an increasingly intolerant society, having recently lost both his wife and father. It would be such a thrill if BBC airs the series in November!

FIRST 'FEUD' TV SERIES LOOK

AT CATHERINE ZETA JONES AS LEGENDARY OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND

Meanwhile, you can check out a gorgeous photo of Catherine Zeta Jones as Hollywood diva Olivia de Havilland from FEUD anthology series which starts this Sunday starring Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange as Oscar winners Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in the story of their legendary rivalry! It has been announced today that the second season, ordered today, will focus on the royal FEUD between Prince Charles and Lady Diana. Seems tasteless to me, just like anything else Ryan Murphy produces.

'FEUD' TV SERIES PHOTOS WITH SUSAN SARANDON, JESSICA LANGUE AS BETTE DAVIS & JOAN CRAWFORD! 'COLOSSAL' TRAILER WITH ANNE HATHAWAY, JASON SUDEIKIS, DAN STEVENS

'FEUD' PICS & TEASER

 SUSAN SARANDON, JESSICA LANGUE, CATHERINE ZETA JONES

First photos are here announcing anthology (it will deal with some famous celebrity feud in each season) TV series from FX titled FEUD        which will have first season lead by Jessica Langue and Susan Sarandon portraying the legendary rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford which began early on their careers, climaxed on the set of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and evolved into an Oscar vendetta all set in the patriarchal Hollywood studio system that pitted them against each other. Catherine Zeta Jones stars as Olivia de Havilland, with Alfred Molina, Stanley Tucci and Kathy Bates also in the cast of March 5th series.

'COLOSSAL' TRAILER

 WITH ANNE HATHAWAY, JASON SUDEIKIS AND DAN STEVENS

And a very crazy trailer for you today, it is the first one for Anne Hathaway's COLOSSAL which is out this April with her playing a woman who discovers that severe catastrophic events, in the form of a giant monster attacking the city, are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering. Also starring Jason Sudeikis and Dan Stevens, the movie will first hit Russia in February!

CATHERINE ZETA JONES JOINS JESSICA LANGE, SUSAN SARANDON, JUDY DAVIS IN 'FEUD' PERIOD SET TV SERIES! 'A QUIET PASSION' PERIOD SET TRAILER WITH CYNTHIA NIXON AS EMILY DICKINSON

  CATHERINE ZETA JONES IS

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND IN NEW 'FEUD' TELEVISION SERIES

Magnificent news, spylings, our most beloved Welsh queen Catherine Zeta Jones is returning to the telly after starting her career two decades ago with outstanding performances in beautiful TV classic series Darling Buds of May, Titanic and Catherine the Great! She has been cast in FEUD series by FX and Ryan Murphy. It will be an anthology series, meaning that each season will describe a different celebrity feud.

In FEUD, Catherine Zeta Jones will join Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon who play Joan Crawford and Bette Davis with eight episodes depicting their famous rivalry during the making of 1962 film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Their feud increased movie's popularity at the time, and it was later on nominated for five Oscars. Zeta Jones will play Davis' close friend Olivia de Havilland, who was also famous for her long time feud with her sister, actress Joan Fontaine, and who often fought Crawford for movie roles. Alfred Molina will play the film's director, Robert Aldrich,  Stanley Tucci is studio titan Jack Warner, Judy Davis is gossip columnist Hedda Hopper while Dominic Burgess is Crawford and Davis' co-star, Victor Buono.

  'A QUIET PASSION' TRAILER

WITH CYNTHIA NIXON PORTRAYING EMILY DICKINSON

And to stay in the period set waters, here's the first trailer for new drama movie A QUIET PASSION which is out this November starring Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon as  famous American poet Emily Dickinson in the story that follows her from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognised artist. Jennifer Ehle plays her sister in the movie, with Keith Carradine also in the cast. Terence Davies, helmer of recent critically acclaimed sensual dramas Sunset Song and Deep Blue Sea is directing this one.