TRAILER WITH RICHARD GADD, JAMIE BELL, STUART CAMPBELL IN BBC AND HBO TV SERIES HALF MAN

     HALF MAN   

TRAILER FOR THE BBC ONE TV SERIES

It will be a six episode mini series

BBC One has released a trailer ahead of the April 24th launch of their new mini TV series HALF MAN with Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell. The six episode drama will also air on HBO in USA a day before also starring Stuart Campbell and Mitchell Robertson who play their characters in younger years. Niall and Ruben are brothers. Not related in blood but the closest you 

The series premieres this April

can get. One, fierce and loyal. The other, meek and mild-mannered. Inseparable youth. Brought into each other’s lives through death and circumstance, all they have is each other… But when Ruben turns up at Niall’s wedding three decades later, everything seems different. He is on edge. Shifty. Not acting like himself. And soon, an explosion of violence takes place which catapults us back through their lives, from the eighties to the present day. Capturing 30 years in the lives of these broken men, HALF MAN explores brotherhood, violence, and the intense fragility of male relationships. After all, when things fall apart… it is sometimes the closest relationships which break the hardest. It will stream on Stan in Australia.

 

SEE RICHARD GADD, JAMIE BELL, STUART CAMPBELL IN NEW IMAGES FROM BBC AND HBO TV SERIES HALF MAN

     NEW HALF MAN   

IMAGES FROM THE BBC ONE TV SERIES

BBC One has released new images ahead of the April launch of their new mini TV series HALF MAN with Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell. The six episode drama will also air on HBO in USA later in May also starring Stuart Campbell and Mitchell Robertson who play their characters in younger years. Niall and Ruben are brothers. Not related in blood but the closest you can get. One, fierce and loyal. The other, meek and mild-mannered. Inseparable youth. Brought into each other’s lives through death and circumstance, all they have is each other… But when Ruben turns up at Niall’s wedding three decades later, everything seems different. He is on edge. Shifty. Not acting like himself. And soon, an explosion of violence takes place which catapults us back through their lives, from the eighties to the present day. Capturing 30 years in the lives of these broken men, HALF MAN explores brotherhood, violence, and the intense fragility of male relationships. After all, when things fall apart… it is sometimes the closest relationships which break the hardest. It will stream on Stan in Australia.

ANDREW BURNAP AND THREE OTHERS JOIN THE GILDED AGE COSTUME TV SERIES SEASON 4

   GILDED AGE SEASON 4  

ADS ANDREW BURNAP AND THREE OTHERS

Andrew Burnap has joined the cast

HBO keeps on casting new faces for the fourth season of their 19th century set costume drama THE GILDED AGE. Joining the regular cast is Andrew Burnap as as Porter, a young gentleman of Society with an Ivy League education and money to invest in exciting new ventures. Jim Gaffigan will play Grover Cleveland, the 22nd President of the United States, who comes to New York to curry favor with the elite class. Dallas Roberts joins as Daniel Manning, a seasoned politician and Secretary of the Treasury under President Grover Cleveland. Elizabeth Marvel stars as Nurse Virginia Saville, a kind nurse who works at the Neighborhood Settlement House in the Lower East Side.

HBO ADS NEW CAST MEMBERS TO SEASON FOUR OF THE GILDED AGE 19TH CENTURY TV SERIES

   THE GILDED AGE SERIES  

SEASON FOUR NEW CAST ADDITIONS

HBO has added some new names to the fourth season of their 19th century costume drama THE GILDED AGE. After Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) changed society at a cost, her family must reckon with the consequences while Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) seizes an opportunity to regain her position. Meanwhile, Marian (Louisa Jacobson) forges a new path for herself, 

Neal Huff, James Scully and Taylor Trensch have joined the cast

and Peggy (Denée Benton) works to be accepted by her future in-laws. Taylor Trensch will play Oliver, a new addition to the van Rhijn household. James Scully is Lee Klein, an artist who sells his first painting at an unforgettable society event, and an apprentice to the famed artist William Merritt Chase. Dennis Haysbert is Dr. Reginald Harris, William Kirkland’s mentor, who visits New York to fundraise for the Freedman’s Hospital in Washington DC and makes a surprising connection. Maggie Kuntz is Fiona Summers, cousin to the prominent Astors, a free-spirited young woman from a good family who is not afraid to explore the limits of convention. Neal Huff is John D. Rockefeller, the famed businessman and oil tycoon, a self-made man of humble origins, now one of the richest and most powerful in the world,  and philanthropist, he does not always see eye to eye with his fellow robber barons. Bonnie Milligan is Mrs. Knapp Curtis, the trailblazing editor of the popular periodical The Ladies’ Home Journal.

FIRST GUESTS ANNOUNCED FOR THE LUXURY SAINT TROPEZ HOTEL IN THE FOURTH SEASON OF HBO SERIES THE WHITE LOTUS

   THE WHITE LOTUS   

FIRST SEASON 4 CAST ADDITIONS 

Who will be checking into a five star hotel is what we have been wondering ever since the third season of THE WHITE LOTUS ended with a (literal) bang over in Thailand, and now we have the first casting additions: Steve Coogan, newcomer Caleb Jonte Edwards, Alexander Ludwig and AJ Michalka are the first known names in the cast. There are also rumours that Helena Bonham Carter and Chris Messina might also join the new HBO series season which will this time take our guest over to France with Château de La Messardière in Saint-Tropez their welcoming new luxury resort.

TRAILER AND AIR DATE REVEALED FOR HEATED RIVALRY TV SERIES ON ICE HOCKEY PLAYERS WHO ARE SECRETLY IN LOVE

    HEATED RIVALRY   

GETS A TRAILER AND AIR DATE ON HBO

Straight from Canadian Crave streamer comes a trailer for their new series HEATED RIVALRY which arrives this November 28th  following a pair of leading Major League Hockey players who harbor a secret: 

The series arrives November 28th

Away from their rivalry on the ice, they are secretly lovers who initially hide their confusing and complicated relationship from the world. The show will also premiere on November 28th on HBO Max in USA and Australia, Sky in New Zealand two days after, and also in Spain on MoviStar Plus sometime later on. 

 

 SHANE AND ILYA 

are two of the biggest stars in major league hockey, bound by ambition, rivalry and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understands. What begins as a secret fling between two fresh-faced rookies evolves into a years long journey of love,

The series will have eight episodes

 denial and self-discovery. Over the next eight years, the pair chase glory on the ice while struggling to navigate their feelings off it. Torn between the sport they live for and the love they can’t ignore, Shane and Ilya must decide if there is room in their fiercely compe- titive world for something as fragile and as powerful as real love. Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie star as the serious-minded Canadian captain of the Montreal Meteors, and Russian star and playboy Ilya Rozanov of the Boston Raiders, respectively. François Arnaud, Robbie GK, Sophie Nélisse, Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova, Dylan Walsh and Christina Chang also star. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

TOM HOLLANDER, INDIRA VARMA, ASHLEY WALTERS ADDED TO THE CAST OF DUNE: PROPHECY SF SERIES SECOND SEASON

   DUNE: PROPHECY SERIES  

SEASON TWO ADS NEW CAST MEMBERS

HBO continues with the production of the second season of their sf series DUNE PROPHECY and they have just added Tom Hollander, Ashley Walters and Indira Varma to the cast led by Emily Watson, Olivia Williams and Travis Fimmel. Based on Frank Herbert's famous books, and set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, the series follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit. The eight episode season two is being shot in Spain, Jordan and Hungary.

1ST RICHARD GADD, JAMIE BELL PICS FROM HALF MAN TV SERIES, RUPERT EVERETT, HAYLEY ATWELL JOIN RIVALS SEASON 2, TOM CAVANAGH JOINS BROOKE SHIELDS CRIME DRAMA YOU ARE KILLING ME

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FIRST LOOK AT HALF MAN SERIES

Straight from BBC and HBO we have the first look at buffed Richard Gadd in their new series HALF MAN in which he stars next to Jamie Bell as brothers Ruben and Niall, who reunite after years of estrangement, leading to an explosion of violence that catapults us back through their lives over the course of the series. Mitchell Robertson and Stuart Campbell will play them in their younger years in the six episode series that spans four decades from the 1980s to present day! Story explores highs and lows of Ruben and Niall’s relationship, from meeting them as troubled teenagers to witnessing their falling out as adults with all the good, bad, terrible, funny, angry and challenging moments along the way!

 

 RUPERT EVERETT JOINS RIVALS SEASON 2

Disney Plus is about to start filming the 12 episode second season of their hit series RIVALS and have added Rupert Everett and Hayley Atwell to the cast of the show set in the glamorous world of 1980s British television against the backdrop of the Cotswolds countryside, with the second season dealing with heightened power struggles and deeper rivalries as careers, marriages and reputations hang in the balance. Aidan Turner, David Tennant and Alex Hassell return to the lead roles. Atwell will portray Helen Gordon, the ex-wife of Rupert Campbell-Black and mother to his children Marcus and Tabitha. Everett will be Malise Gordon, her husband and Campbell-Black’s former show-jumping coach and mentor. 

 

 

YOU ARE KILLING ME DRAMA ADS CAST 

Over at Acorn TV they have added Tom Cavanagh and Amalia Williamson to their six part crime drama YOU ARE KILLING ME with Brooke Shields in the lead. Set in a quaint New England colonial town, formerly knows as Ally and Andi, follows bestselling novelist (Shields) who forms an unlikely alliance with Andi, an aspiring writer and podcaster (Williamson) to find the killer of a close friend. Cavanagh plays Jack, the new lead detective of the Founders Cove Police Department and former city slicker who is trying to acclimate to the quirks of small-town life.

DOMINIC WEST AND SIENNA MILLER TO LEAD SKY AND HBO ELITE LONDON WORLD DIVORCE CASE TV DRAMA WAR

  THRILLER TV SERIES WAR 

CASTS DOMINIC COOPER AND SIENNA MILLER

Sky and HBO have joined forces on new six part thriller TV series WAR with Dominic West as tech titan Morgan Henderson and Sienna Miller as his estranged wife in a series that follows two of London’s most prestigious rival firms, Cathcarts and Taylor & Byrne, as they go head-to-head in the divorce case of the century. Each side is certain they’ll win. But as the case spirals and loyalties fracture, reputations are on the line, and everyone’s playing to win. This is just the beginning as the series has been ordered for two seasons - season one’s explosive case is the first in an anthology of headline-making legal battles. Also joining the cast are, Phoebe Fox and James McArdle as partners in life and business at Taylor & Byrne; Nina Sosanya and Pip Torrens as their counterparts and fierce rivals at Cathcarts; and Archie Reneaux as an ambitious lawyer.

GILDED AGE LAVISH 19TH CENTURY SET COSTUME SERIES GETS A STUNNING NEW TRAILER AND CHARACTER POSTERS AHEAD OF SEASON 3 JUNE LAUNCH

   GILDED AGE SERIES  

SEE SEASON THREE TRAILER AND POSTERS

After announcing a slate of actors who have joined the third season of HBO's popular costume drama GILDED AGE back in August, we now have a full trailer and gorgeous posters for the 19th century lavish high society of New York set drama. The third season arrives June 22nd with eight new

Bertha and George are back this summer

 hour long episodes!

 

THE STORY OF SEASON 3

Following the Opera War, the old guard is weakened and the Russells stand poised to take their place at the head of society. Bertha sets her sights ona prize that would elevate the family to unimaginable heights while George risks everything on a gambit that could revolutionize the railroad industry — ifit doesn’t ruin him first. Across the street, the Brook household is thrown into chaos as Agnes refuses to accept Ada’s new position as lady of the house. Peggy  meets a handsome doctor from Newport whose family is less

Fortunes have changed for the two sisters

 than enthusiastic about her career. As all of New York hastens toward the future, their ambition may come at the cost of what they truly hold dear.

 

 THE CAST OF SEASON 3

 Bobby Steggert will appear as the famed artist John Singer Sargent, who has just begun his career painting the great ladies of society, while Hannah Shealy is Charlotte Astor, the married daughter of Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy), recently returned from an eventful trip abroad. Dylan Baker plays Dr. Logan, a family doctor who treats a number of high society families, with Kate Baldwin as Nancy Adams Bell, the older sister of 

The series returns June 22nd at Max

John Adams (Claybourne Elder), Michael Cumpsty as Lord Mildmay, a British nobleman who comes to dine at Sidmouth Castle, and John Ellison Conlee as the successful, educated and polished businessman, Weston! Paul Alexander Nolan has joined as Alfred Merrick, a dashing, wealthy New Yorkbusinessman, who has all the hallmarks of the old money set – elegance, refinement and sophistication. The Russells invite him to dine at their home in the hopes of charming him into a business deal. Carrie Coon, MorganSpector, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Harry Richardson, and Blake Ritson will also be joined by Bill Camp, Merritt Wever, Leslie Uggams, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Hattie Morahan, Andrea Martin and Jessica Frances Dukes in the new season which arrives this summer.

 

GILDED AGE LAVISH 19TH CENTURY SET COSTUME SERIES GETS THIRD SEASON TEASER AND A JUNE STREAMING DATE!

   GILDED AGE SERIES  

FIRST SEASON THREE TEASER IS HERE

After announcing a slate of actors who have joined the third season of HBO's popular costume drama GILDED AGE back in August, we now have first teaser and the return date for the 19th century lavish high society of New York set drama. The third season arrives June 22nd with eight new episodes!

THE STORY OF SEASON 3

Following the Opera War, the old guard is weakened and the Russells stand poised to take their place at the head of society. Bertha sets her sights on a prize that would elevate the family to unimaginable heights while George risks everything on a gambit that could revolutionize the railroad industry — if it doesn’t ruin him first. Across the street, the Brook household is thrown into chaos as Agnes refuses to accept Ada’s new position as lady of the house. Peggy meets a handsome doctor from Newport whose family is less than enthusiastic about her career. As all of New York hastens toward the future, their ambition may come at the cost of what they truly hold dear.

 

 THE CAST OF SEASON 3

 Bobby Steggert will appear as the famed artist John Singer Sargent, who has just begun his career painting the great ladies of society, while Hannah Shealy is Charlotte Astor, the married daughter of Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy), recently returned from an eventful trip abroad. Dylan Baker plays Dr. Logan, a family doctor who treats a number of high society families, with Kate Baldwin as Nancy Adams Bell, the older sister of John Adams (Claybourne Elder), Michael Cumpsty as Lord Mildmay, a British nobleman who comes to dine at Sidmouth Castle, and John Ellison Conlee as the successful, educated and polished businessman, Weston! Paul Alexander Nolan has joined as Alfred Merrick, a dashing, wealthy New York businessman, who has all the hallmarks of the old money set – elegance, refinement and sophistication. The Russells invite him to dine at their home in the hopes of charming him into a business deal. Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Harry Richardson, and Blake Ritson will also be joined by Bill Camp, Merritt Wever, Leslie Uggams, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Hattie Morahan, Andrea Martin and Jessica Frances Dukes in the new season which arrives this summer.

 

GILDED AGE TO RETURN WITH THE THIRD SEASON THIS JUNE! SEE LAVISH FIRST IMAGES AND AIRING DATE PLUS THE NEW CAST

   GILDED AGE SERIES  

FIRST SEASON THREE IMAGES

After announcing a slate of actors who have joined the third season of HBO's popular costume drama GILDED AGE back in August, we now have first images and the return date for the 19th century lavish high society of New York set drama. The third season should arrive this June with eight new episodes!

 

THE STORY OF SEASON 3

Following the Opera War, the old guard is weakened and the Russells stand poised to take their place at the head of society. Bertha sets her sights on a prize that would elevate the family to unimaginable heights while George risks everything on a gambit that could revolutionize the railroad industry — if it doesn’t ruin him first. Across the street, the Brook household is thrown into chaos as Agnes refuses to accept Ada’s new position as lady of the house. Peggy meets a handsome doctor from Newport whose family is less than enthusiastic about her career. As all of New York hastens toward the future, their ambition may come at the cost of what they truly hold dear.

 

 THE CAST OF SEASON 3

 Bobby Steggert will appear as the famed artist John Singer Sargent, who has just begun his career painting the great ladies of society, while Hannah Shealy is Charlotte Astor, the married daughter of Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy), recently returned from an eventful trip abroad. Dylan Baker plays Dr. Logan, a family doctor who treats a number of high society families, with Kate Baldwin as Nancy Adams Bell, the older sister of John Adams (Claybourne Elder), Michael Cumpsty as Lord Mildmay, a British nobleman who comes to dine at Sidmouth Castle, and John Ellison Conlee as the successful, educated and polished businessman, Weston! Paul Alexander Nolan has joined as Alfred Merrick, a dashing, wealthy New York businessman, who has all the hallmarks of the old money set – elegance, refinement and sophistication. The Russells invite him to dine at their home in the hopes of charming him into a business deal. Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Harry Richardson, and Blake Ritson will also be joined by Bill Camp, Merritt Wever, Leslie Uggams, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Hattie Morahan, Andrea Martin and Jessica Frances Dukes in the new season which arrives this summer.

SEE NEW THE WHITE LOTUS SEASON 3 TRAILER WITH CARRIE COON, LESLIE BIBB, JASON ISAACS, ARNAS FEDARAVICIUS, PARKER POSEY, PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER

    THE WHITE LOTUS   

 SEASON THREE TRAILER AND POSTER

Max has released new trailer and February 16th streaming start date for the third season of THE WHITE LOTUS set this time in Thailand. Leslie Bibb

New season starts this February on Max

plays Kate, one of three long-time friends on a girls’ trip after not having seen each other for a while. Carrie Coon is Laurie, Michelle Mona- ghan is Jaclyn, her friends. Walton Goggins is Rick Hatchett, a rugged man with a chip on his shoulder, traveling with his girlfriend Chelsea. Sarah Catherine Hook is Piper Ratliff, a college senior and middle child to Timothy and Victoria Ratliff (Parker Posey), a religion studies major, while Jason Isaacs is Timothy Ratfliff, a wealthy businessman vacationing with his wife and three children. Lisa Manobal is Mook, one of the health mentors for guests. Sam Nivola is Lochlan Ratliff, Timothy and Victoria Ratliff’s youngest, a high school senior. Lek Patravadi is Sritala, one of the owners of The White Lotus and the visionary behind its wellness program. Natasha Rothweel is Belinda, spamanager from The White Lotus in Hawaii. Patrick Schwarzenegger is Saxon Ratliff, the eldest son of Timothy and Victoria Ratliff, Saxon works for his father’s successful company. Tayme Thapthimthong is Gaitok, a security guard at The White Lotus and Wood is Chelsea, a free-spirit, traveling with her on-edge older boyfriend Rick. Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Scott Glenn also star. In UK it will air on Sky.