Hulu has sent us the trailer for their new drama thriller series THE KOLLECTIVE which will arrive to the streamer June 10th starring our gorgeous Gregg Sulkin alongside Natascha McElhone. All six episodes will be available for streaming immediately revealing a deadly game of citizen journalism.
THIS BRAND NEW TV SERIES FOLLOWS
a group of intrepid young citizen journalists who, after a
sudden tragedy, find themselves sucked into a globe-spanning web of
government lies and corruption. Through a dangerous international
investigation, the group exposes nefarious activities of rogue
governments and discovers the human price of keeping truth alive. It is
interesting that the series comes from The Netherlands, but it was shot
in Hungarian capital Budapest. Check out the rather cheap looking trailer below and tell us what you think.
I have a number of fresh casting news for you today so I am putting them all in one news bulletin post: over in Australia Bruce Beresford is preparing a comedy movie OUVERTURE in which Luke Bracey plays a successful stage designer who returns to his small Australian hometown to say goodbye to his dying mother. Bryan Brown, Susie Porter and Celia Massingham will also star.
GREGG SULKIN IN THE PET NUP
Meanwhile, Gregg Sulkin, Emeraude Toubia, Halston Sage and Jaime Pressly have joined Elaine Del Valle's romantic comedy THE PET NUP: While a recently divorced couple navigates new life and love apart, the arrangement in their “Pet-Nup” forces them to extremes as they fight for custody of the one thing in their life that can’t be split in two: their dog.
STARS FOR NEW KENNETH BRANAGH FILM
Although the plot is kept under wraps for some reason, Kenneth Branagh has gathered a number of known names for his latest movie production THE LAST DISTURBANCE OF MADELINE HYNDE. This contemporary psychological so far has Patricia Arquette, Michael Sheen, Tom Bateman, Vicky McClure, Michael Balogun, Kristina Tonteri-Young and Karla Crome in the cast alongside Aiysha Hart and Gemma Whelan.
Comedy all the way today, starting with the trailer for new Netflix multicam sitcom PRETTY SMART which arrives October 8th! After getting unexpectedly dumped by her boyfriend, Chelsea (Emily Osment) a high-brow, Harvard educated intellectual and aspiring novelist is forced to move in
Pretty Smart will stream in ten episodes at Netflix
with her bubbly, carefree, not so intellectual West Coast sister, Claire (Olivia Macklin), and her three lovably eccentric, not so intellectual roommates: Grant (Gregg Sulkin), a distractingly handsome personal trainer, Solana
Emily Osment and Gregg Sulkin lead the cast
(Cinthya Carmon), a former lawyer turned healer, and Jayden (Michael Hsu Rosen), a social media influencer. But Chelsea's tough, sometimes judgemental exterior starts to soften as she gets to know her new friends, and they begin to form an unlikely found family.
GHOSTS SITCOM AT CBS
UR HOUSE COMES WITH GHOSTS
Ghosts arrive October 7th to CBS
Meanwhile, CBS will launch their own new sitcom, though not a multicam, a day before. GHOSTS sees Utkarsh Ambudkar and Rose McIver playing ayoung couple, whose dreams come true when they inherit a beautiful country house, only to find it's both falling apart and inhabited by many of the deceased previous residents. It is a remake of the British comedy of the same name. But do not fool yourself, it looks to be missing any of the quality the original has.
GRAND DUKE OF CORSICA
TIMOTHY SPALL TRAILER IS OUT!
Grand Duke is out November in USA
Over in the movie world, check out the trailer for Timothy Spall's comedy movie THE GRAND DUKE OF CORSICA which arrives November 3rd written and directed by Daniel Graham. In 1221 a young man is set on his path to becoming St. Francis of Assisi (Matt Hookings). A thousand years later an architect (Timothy Spall) must build a mausoleum for a dying billionaire (Peter Stormare). Separated by history, these men's lives will be forever changed by a pandemic. As a deadly epidemic slowly begins to sweep Malta, a brilliant but cantankerous architect embarks
Grand Duke was both written and directed by Daniel Graham
upon an unusual commission for an eccentric billionaire who calls himself 'The Grand Duke of Corsica'. A state of emergency creates chaos but Alfred Rott, ever the professional, remains to finish the job.
Isn't that the cutest news of the week? Emily Osment will return to the world of sitcoms after Young and Hungry in an currently untitled new multi camera sitcom which just got a ten episode order over at Netflix and Gregg Sulkin will take the male lead. This is not the first time two of them are working together. With Jack Dolgen and Doug Mand as the show creators, the new comedy revolves around a snooty, self proclaimed intellectual (Osment) forced to move in with her carefree sister and her sister’s lovably eccentric friends, one of them played by Gregg Sulkin.
Emily Osment’s character in the new comedy series at Netflix, Chelsea, is an Ivy league educated intellectual who is
book smart and quick witted but lacks the real world skills she needs to
have a functional life. She finds herself living in LA without any
options other than her bubbly sister, Claire, and Claire’s roommates.
Meanwhile, Gregg Sulkin’s character in the new series, Grant, is romantic, genuinely sweet, and an often shirtless personal trainer. He has a childlike
Gregg Sulkin will play one of the male leads in the new sitcom
curiosity about the world and is the kind of guy women love and men… also love! He used to date Claire, but now they’re “just friends.”
EOIN MACKEN
TO LEAD NBC'S LA BREA SERIES
NBC is moving on with the producton on the pilot for their catastrophe series LA BREA but they've replaced the male lead (and a few other roles)
Eoin Macken will play the father of the family
and put our fave hunkster Eoin Macken opposite Natalie Zea. Jack Martin, Jon Seda, Veronica St. Clair, Chiké Okonkwo and Lily Santiago will also star together with Zyra Gorecki.
When a massive sinkhole mysteriously opens in Los Angeles, it tears a
family in half, separating mother (Zea) and son (Martin) from father
(Macken) and daughter (Gorecki). When part of the family find themselves
in an unexplainable primeval world, alongside a disparate group of
strangers, they must work to survive and uncover the mystery of where
they are and if there is a way back home.
Macken will play Gavin Harris, Eve’s recently estranged husband, full of
swagger and charm. Jack Martin is Josh Harris, Gavin’s son who coasts
through life on his wit, has great sense of humor and an undeniable
charisma. Jon Seda will play Dr. Sam Velez, the father of a teenage girl
(St. Clair), he carries himself like the general of an Army.
A selection of TV news today, starting with Gregg Sulkin and his colleague from their Disney days David Henrie who have prepared DOWNTOWN EARL show in which Greg is Duke Ashley Earl Winthrop who, after royally embarrassing the crown one last time, is shipped away. He’ll be stripped of the crown and forced to learn humility the American way by living with a working class family in downtown LA with his chaperone, and polar opposite, MI6 agent Balt (Henrie), who is forced to document the journey via vid-log.
'ELEMENTS' SF SHOW USA Network and James Frey will develop ELEMENTS TV series following
the aftermath of an extreme environmental shift across the world. On a
beautiful day in Miami, it starts to snow, and doesn’t stop leaving the
world frozen as one man searches for his fiancée before the world falls
into complete stasis. 'CROSSING' SF SHOW ABC will produce THE
CROSSING sf series from Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie which revolves
around refugees from a war torn country who start showing up seeking
asylum in a U.S. city but the country these people are from is America,
and the war they are fleeing is 500 years in the future
'THE GREAT WALL' NEW TRAILER
EPIC MOVIE ADVENTURE
In the trailer department, you can check out the second trailer for epic adventure THE GREAT WALL which is out in China this December and in USA next February directed by legendary Zhang Yimou! A mix of epic adventure, history and fantasy, the movie follows an epic battle for humanity in which an elite force makes a heroic stand atop the Great Wall of China. Andy Lau, Willem Dafoe and Pedro Pascal lead the international cast. Although the movie looks visually breathtaking the casting of Matt Damon in it looks like a very sad joke indeed.
Ihaven't seen her in quite a long time, but 90's German movie star Franka Potente (RUN, LOLA, RUN) has just joined Tom Hardy's Victorian series TABOO which, set in 1814, follows James Keziah Delaney (Tom Hardy), a man who has been to the ends of the earth and comes back irrevocably changed. Believed to be long dead, he returns home to London from Africa to inherit what is left of his father’s shipping empire and rebuild a life for himself. But his father’s legacy is a poisoned chalice, and with enemies lurking in every dark corner, James must navigate increasingly complex territories to avoid his own death sentence. Franka Potente will play Helga, a business minded madam who shares a history with James.
GREGG SULKIN
TO GET 'STATUS UPDATE' Meanwhile, something for the ladies, ex Disney star and now a sex
symbol Gregg Sulkin will lead comedy movie STATUS UPDATE in which he
will play Josh, a five star high school quarterback who wants to be a
journalist. When he writes an article about his social experiment of
changing his Facebook status from “single” to “interested in men,” a
fellow male student with a crush on him creates a tribute video to “Josh
the Gay Quarterback” that goes viral. The media picks it up, and Josh
becomes a hero to gay teens. As his relationships get tested, can he
keep the secret that he’s straight?
'MOTHER'S DAY' POSTER
WITH JENNIFER ANISTON, JASON SUDEIKIS AND KATE HUDSON
You can also check out a new poster for Garry Marshall's MOTHER'S DAY which is out April 29th! Starring Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Julia Roberts (looking worse than ever) and Jason Sudeikis the film tells intertwining stories about the lives of several mothers (and Mr. Mom) as the title holiday approaches.
We're having an animated movies day, today, kids! Starting with the first trailer for animated adventure MUNE GUARDIAN OF THE MOON which hits European cinemas this summer.
When a faun named Mune becomes the Guardian of the Moon, little did he had unprepared experience with the Moon and an accident that could put both the Moon and the Sun in danger, including a corrupt titan named Necross who wants the Sun for himself and placing the balance of night and day in great peril. Now with the help of a wax-child named Glim and the warrior, Sohone who also became the Sun Guardian, they go out on an exciting journey to get the Sun back and restore the Moon to their rightful place in the sky.
'FROG KINGDOM' TRAILER
GREGG SULKIN & BELLA THORNE
Another adventure, but a more green one, awaits US audience at the end of June in FROG KINGDOM with voices from Drake Bell, Gregg Sulkin and Bella Thorne!
When the Frog King announces that the winner of the Froglympics will marry his daughter, Princess Froglegs, she runs away, and begins training as a commoner. She is determined to win both the games and her freedom. Meanwhile, the villainous snake Serpent has ideas of his own: to ruin the Froglympics and take over the kingdom. With a little luck - and a little help from their friend, the trusty Sidekick - Freddy and Princess Froglegs must save Frog Kingdom from the wicked clutches of Serpent.
'BILAL' EPIC TRAILER
ONE BOY WILL CHALLENGE EVERYTHING
And a more serious one among the upcoming animated features is BILAL coming from United Arab Emirates with voices from Ian McShane, Michael Gross and Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje! A thousand years ago, one boy with a dream of becoming a great warrior is abducted with his sister and taken to a land far away from home. Thrown into a world where greed and injustice rule all, Bilal finds the courage to raise his voice and make a change. Inspired by true events, this is a story of a real hero who earned his remembrance in time and history.
Netherlands, but it was shot
in Hungarian capital Budapest. Check out the rather cheap looking trailer below and tell us what you think.
Netherlands, but it was shot
in Hungarian capital Budapest. Check out the rather cheap looking trailer below and tell us what you think.
