Morethan a year ago I told you that Oscar winner Chloe Zhao will helm the movie adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's HAMNET but now we have the first trailer with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley in the leads. This historical fiction novel imagines the story of Agnes, the wife of the
world’s most famous writer, William Shakespeare, as she struggles to
come to terms with the loss of her only son, Hamnet. It charts the
emotional, familial and artistic consequences of that loss, bringing to
life a human and heart-stopping story as the backdrop to the creation of
The Bard’s Hamlet. Joe Alwyn also stars in the movie out December 12th.
Morethan a year ago I told you that Oscar winner Chloe Zhao will helm the movie adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's HAMNET but now we have the first image with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley in the leads. This historical fiction novel imagines the story of Agnes, the wife of the
world’s most famous writer, William Shakespeare, as she struggles to
come to terms with the loss of her only son, Hamnet. It charts the
emotional, familial and artistic consequences of that loss, bringing to
life a human and heart-stopping story as the backdrop to the creation of
The Bard’s Hamlet. Joe Alwyn also stars in the movie out December 12th.
A few weeks ago I told you that Oscar winner Chloe Zhao will helm the movie adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's HAMNET but now the word around the town is that Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley are in talks to take the leads. This historical fiction novel imagines the story of Agnes, the wife of the world’s most famous writer, William Shakespeare, as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of her only son, Hamnet. It charts the emotional, familial and artistic consequences of that loss, bringing to life a human and heart-stopping story as the backdrop to the creation of The Bard’s Hamlet.
1ST A BEAUTIFUL IMPERFECTION
IMAGE FROM CASANOVA MOVIE
I also have from Screen Daily the first image from Michiel van Erp’s A BEAUTIFUL IMPERFECTION, a romantic costume drama about the love affair between the notorious Italian adventurer and womaniser Giacomo Casanova (Jonah Hauer King) and a beautiful courtesan Galathée (Dar Zuzovsky). Global Screen will be selling this period set movie at Cannes market!
If you are wondering what new festive movie we are getting for holiday this year, wonder no more: gay festive romance THE HOLIDAY EXCHANGE has just added our sweet boo Rick Cosnett as the lead. He will star next to Taylor Frey who plays Wilde, a man who has just sold his company, but
Taylor Frey and Rick Cosnett will lead the movie
facing the holidays as a single man, he decides to swap houses on an LGBTQ app with handsome, Brilfax-bred Oliver (Cosnett). In their efforts to escape their woes, each end up meeting respective handsome locals in the forms of
Samer Salem and Daniel Garcia will also star
Julius (Samer Salem) and Henry (Daniel Garcia), who will spice up their visits. In the process romance ignites in both sunny L.A. and a charming, snowy town called Brilfax. Kyle Richards stars as Wilde’s lively and involved mother, Lola. Frey's real life husband Kyle Dean Massey stars too.
HAMNET ADAPTATION
FINDS ITS DIRECTOR
Hamnet is getting a movie version
Chloe Zhao of Eternals and Nomadland, has been given the helm of the big screen adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's HAMNET best selling historical fiction novel which imagines the story of Agnes – the wife of the world’s most famous writer, William Shakespeare – as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of her only son, Hamnet. The novel charts the emotional, familial and artistic consequences of that loss, bringing to life a human and heart-stopping story as the backdrop to the creation of Shakespeare’s most famous play, Hamlet.
MIGRATION TRAILER
FOR NEW ANIMATED MOVIE
Illumination has released the first teaser trailer for their new animated adventure MIGRATION which flies into cinemas December 22nd. Their 16th animated film follows family of ducks who try to convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime. Oscar nominee Benjamin Renner directed the movie which will soar this Christmas.
We have been waiting for this one for over two years now and it still does not have a clear airing date but BBC has announced that it will air this Autumn on BBC 2 (I'm guessing that does not tell us anything good about the
The series will air in five hourlong episodes
quality of the series) together with releasing a few new photos from THE NORTH WATER historical thriller series which stars Jack O’Connell as Patrick Sumner, Colin Farrell as Henry Drax, and Stephen Graham as
The North Water will air this Autumn on BBC 2 not One
Captain Brownlee, alongside Tom Courtenay as Baxter, seen here in character for the first time. The North Water also stars Peter Mullan, Sam Spruell and Roland Møller. While the series will air sometime in Autumn on BBC, the July 15th date has been set for US audience over at ACM!
THE FIVE PART SERIES
based on the acclaimed novel by Ian McGuire, tells
the story of Patrick Sumner (Jack O’Connell), a disgraced ex-army
surgeon who signs up as ship’s doctor on a whaling expedition to the
Arctic. But the ferocity of the
Jack O'Connell leads the cast as ex army surgeon
elements is matched by the violence of
his crew mates, with Drax (Colin Farrell), a harpooner and distinctly
brutal force of nature. As the true
Collin Farrell plays the main villain in the new series
purpose of the expedition becomes
clear, confrontation between the two men erupts, taking them on a
journey far from solid ground and beyond the safe moorings of
civilisation.
The series was shot up in the frozen Northern seas
Set in Hull and on the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s, The
North Water’s location work took place primarily in the Arctic, shooting
on the
Tom Courtenay also stars in the ensemble cast
frozen seas north of the Svalbard Archipelago. The cast and
production team sailed as far as 81 degrees north to film sequences in
the pack ice, the furthest point north it is believed a drama series has
ever filmed before.
HAMNET HISTORICAL NOVEL
TO GET MOVIE ADAPTATION
Sam Mendes will produce the film
Well, Kenneth Branagh already covered the topic with Judi Dench last year, but Sam Mendes is going to produce a big screen adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's award winning book HAMNET. This historical fiction novel imagines the story of Agnes, the wife of Britain’s most famous writer William Shakespeare, as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of their only son, Hamnet. The novel charts the emotional, familial and artistic consequences of that loss, bringing to life a human and heart-stopping story as the backdrop to the creation of Shakespeare’s most famous play, Hamlet. Chiara Atik is penning the script for the movie adaptation.
first trailer with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley in the leads. This historical fiction novel imagines the story of Agnes, the wife of the
world’s 
most famous writer, William Shakespeare, as she struggles to
come to terms with the loss of her only son, Hamnet. It charts the
emotional, familial and
artistic consequences of that loss, bringing to
life a human and heart-stopping story as the backdrop to the creation of
The Bard’s Hamlet. Joe Alwyn also stars in the movie out December 12th.
first trailer with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley in the leads. This historical fiction novel imagines the story of Agnes, the wife of the
world’s 
most famous writer, William Shakespeare, as she struggles to
come to terms with the loss of her only son, Hamnet. It charts the
emotional, familial and
artistic consequences of that loss, bringing to
life a human and heart-stopping story as the backdrop to the creation of
The Bard’s Hamlet. Joe Alwyn also stars in the movie out December 12th.
