SEE JUDE LAW AND ALICIA VIKANDER AS HENRY VIII AND HIS LAST WIFE IN FIREBRAND HISTORICAL MOVIE TRAILER

   FIREBRAND TRAILER  

WITH JUDE LAW AND ALICIA VIKANDER

Well, this one is finally coming to the cinemas June 14th so we have received the first trailer for FIREBRAND historical movie drama with Jude Law as King Henry VIII and Alicia Vikander as his last wife Katherine Parr. The film that also stars Amr Waked, Eddie Marsan, Simon Russell Beale, Sam Riley and Patsy Ferran, did not receive well criticism after it's festival run, but we will judge for ourselves. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think, is it lacking in fire and spark like the critics say? The film did have a rather long way to theatres from changing the lead actress to changing the title.

 

IN BLOOD SOAKED TUDOR ENGLAND
twice married, accomplished, and educated Katherine Parr (Vikander), reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of the tyrannical King Henry VIII (Law). Her consent to marry him carries great personal risk, given that her predecessors are either vanquished, beheaded, or dead. When Henry appoints her as Regent, the nation’s ruler during his absence when he departs to fight overseas, he lays a dangerous path for her. Henry’s courtiers, suspecting she’s sympathetic to radical Protestant beliefs that have taken root in the kingdom and are a threat to their power, scheme against her and cast doubts upon her fidelity to the increasingly ailing and paranoid King. Once Henry returns to England, his courtiers convince him to turn his fury on the nation’s radicals, including Katherine’s childhood friend Anne Askew, who becomes one of the scores of people convicted of treason and burned at the stake. Horrified and privately grieving, Katherine finds herself under ever-increasing scrutiny and suspicion. Knowing that even a whisper of scandal might lead to her downfall, Katherine must unleash her own scheme to fight for survival.

 

NEW LOOK AT JUDE LAW & ALICIA VIKANDER AS HENRY VIII AND CATHERINE PARR IN FIREBRAND HISTORICAL MOVIE

 NEW FIREBRAND IMAGES 

WITH JUDE LAW AND ALICIA VIKANDER IN HISTORICAL DRAMA

Not that you will recognise them, especially Jude Law (that is him in the first photo) who changed fully in order to play Henry VIII in FIREBRAND historical drama which got standing ovations last night at Cannes, but everything gets ovations there, some other first review describe the film as empty and lacking in fire. Beside looking not as handsome as he normally does, Jude revealed that during the filming he also wore a specially-made perfume, to get into character, made out of 'blood, fecal matter and sweat'! Poor Alicia Vikander, who plays his last wife Catherine Parr in it.. Patsy Ferran portrays princess Mary and Junia Rees portrays Elizabeth. Erin Doherty portrays radical preacher Anne Askew, who was labelled a heretic by Henry and his supporters, while Sam Riley and Eddie Marsan play brothers Thomas and Edward Seymour, who were senior courtiers.

 

 FIREBRAND FOLLOWS

Catherine Parr, the final wife of Henry VIII, a feminist force to be reckoned with who outlived the notorious king; the fate of his previous wives being either divorced, dead or beheaded. She is named regent with the king warring abroad, and she’s done everything she can to push for a new future based on her radical Protestant beliefs. Law plays a royal on his way out, having returned from fighting with a dire medical condition. Palace intrigue abounds entailing Henry squaring off with the Seymours brothers, one of them having their eye on Catherine, and the king ultimately fading.

DISNEY TO TURN TUDOR ERA SET DETECTIVE SHARDLAKE NOVELS INTO A MINI TV SERIES! SEE EMMA MACKEY ON NEW EMILY BRONTE PERIOD SET MOVIE POSTER!

  SHARDLAKE NOVELS TO 

BECOME TUDOR SET DETECTIVE SERIES AT DISNEY PLUS

Well, here is our first period set new series to be ordered for production this year: Disney Plus is set to turn CJ Sansom's SHARDLAKE novels into a four part Tudor era set series. Justin Chadwick will direct and sadly that is not a good news as he directed those two atrocities The Other Boleyn Girl and Becoming Elizabeth. The first book in the series, Dissolution, introduces readers to Dr Matthew Shardlake, a hunchback lawyer-turned-detective in Tudor England. He is sent by Thomas Cromwell, the ultimate Tudor powerbroker, to investigate the beheading of Robin Singleton, a commissioner responsible for disbanding monasteries after Henry VIII declared himself supreme head of the Church of England.

   NEW EMILY POSTER  

EMMA MACKEY IS BRONTE!

Emily will hit USA in February

Now, this one already played in cinemas around Europe and did not really get good grades marked as boring and uninspired, but EMILY movie on famous poet Emily Bronte will get a limited release in Northern America from February and you can see the new poster for it today. Starring Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson Cohen, Fionn Whitehead and Gemma Jones, EMILY imagines Emily Brontë's own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, 'Wuthering Heights.' Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into one of the greatest novels of all time.

TOM PARKER IS ONE HELLUVA HOT HENRY VIII IN NEW NETFLIX HISTORICAL SERIES BLOOD, SEX & ROYALTY WITH AMY JAMES KELLY AS ANNE BOLEYN

  BLOOD, SEX & ROYALTY  

IS STREAMING ON NETFLIX

I know we have had tons of shows done on Tudors and especially Henry VIII, but can we really resist a new one when it is (often deliciously nekkid) Tom Parker wearing the crown in it? BLOOD, SEX & ROYALTY a new historical documentary with live action scenes is already available for streaming over at Netflix as of November 23rd!  The three episode programme brings a modern take on the British royal drama! This steamy series offers a window into the lives of history's deadliest, sexiest and most iconic monarchs, in this season it is Henry VIII played by the super hunky Tom Parker with Amy James Kelly as Anne Boleyn. 

 

WHAT IS THE SHOW ABOUT?

In the 16th century, Anne Boleyn navigates treacherous sexual politics and rises to become Queen of England. She forges history as she reshapes King Henry VIII's worldview, but she's expected to give birth to a male heir and makes powerful enemies along the way.

WHO IS IN THE ROYAL CAST?

Max Parker stars Henry VIII, the king of England, still married to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, at the start of the series. He wants to have his marriage annulled so that he can marry Anne Boleyn. Amy James Kelly is Anne Boleyn, an outspoken woman at Henry’s court who succeeds in catching the king’s eye, causing a rift between the king and his current wife that will change England forever. Lois Brabin-Platt stars as Mary Boleyn, Callum Coates as Cardinal Wolsey tasked by Henry with securing his annulment from Catherine of Aragon, Stephen Fewell as Thomas Cromwell, Jhon Lumsden as George Boleyn, Sophie Boettge as Jane Boleyn, Adam Astill as Thomas Boleyn and Nikhita Lesler as Lady Worcester! Matas Dirginčius is King Francis of France!

HENRY VIII HISTORICAL MOVIE FIREBRAND WITH JUDE LAW & ALICIA VIKANDER FINALISES CAST OF ROYAL COURTIERS!

  JUDE LAW'S FIREBRAND  

ADS CAST FOR THE COURT

As Deadline reports, Henry VIII historical movie drama FIREBRAND in which Jude Law will play the king and Alicia Vikander the protagonist, his last wife Katherine Parr, has finalised the court entourage: Sam Riley and Eddie Marsan will portray noble brothers Thomas and Edward Seymour

Alicia Vikander and Jude Law will lead the cast

who loathed each other. Their sister Jane Seymour was Henry VIII’s third wife. Thomas Seymour and Katherine Parr were sweethearts before Parr caught Henry’s eye. After the monarch’s death, Thomas and Katherine were reunited. Film follows the marriage of Katherine to Henry, his sixth and final wife, and how she fell foul of her husband’s courtiers — namely his key adviser

Sam Riley and Simon Russell Beale take the supporting roles

Stephen Gardiner, the Bishop of Winchester, played by Simon Russell Beale. Hunting for high profile heretics, he sent Protestant martyr Anne Askew (Erin Doherty) to the Tower of London, hoping she would betray the queen. Katherine, a noted scholar and author, surrounded herself with a loyal entourage who watched out for her. The queen knew how to out-fox powerful

Junia Rees, Patsy Feran, Erin Doherty will also star in the film

adversaries and survive plots on her life. Katherine’s ladies will be played by Ruby Bentall as Cat, Bryony Hannah as Ellen, and Maia Jemmett as Dot. Queen Katherine formed a close bond with her step-daughters, Princess Mary (Patsy Ferran) and Princess Elizabeth (Junia Rees)!

14TH CENTURY SET GAME A PLAGUE TALE TO BE TURNED INTO A FRENCH TV SERIES! ERIN DOHERTY TO BE BURNT IN TOWER OF LONDON IN JUDE LAW'S HENRY VIII MOVIE FIREBRAND

  ERIN DOHERTY CAST IN  

JUDE LAW'S FIREBRAND

Just last week I told you that Alicia Vikander has replaced Michelle Williams in FIREBRAND historical movie in which Jude Law plays Henry VIII and

Erin Doherty starred in Chloe and Crown

Vikander will play his last wife Catherine Parr, and now from Daily Mail comes news that Chloe's Erin Doherty has been cast too as Protestant martyr Anne Askew, who was tortured at the Tower of London then burnt at the stake. Among other storylines, the film will also cover Henry's adviser Stephen Gardiner, the Bishop of Winchester (Simon Russell Beale), and his ruthless investigation to uncover high profile heretics, as part of a campaign to destroy Parr. Gardiner ordered Askew to be taken to the Tower, hoping she would betray the queen. But Askew refused to give up names, despite enduring torture so barbaric even the Tower's constable begged Henry to stop.

  A PLAGUE TALE GAME  

TO BECOME A TV SERIES

A Plague Tale is getting an adaptation

In other epic genre news, there are rumours coming from Allocine, that the French producers will turn Bordeaux based game developer Asobo's A PLAGUE TALE game into a television series directed by Mathieu Turi. Taking place in 14th century France, A PLAGUE TALE follows the story of Amicia de Rune and her brother, Hugo, who has been ill since birth. The pair flee their home from the French Inquisition and must navigate their way to safety while avoiding soldiers as well as rats that are carrying the black plague. The world wide popular video game has been sold in over one million copies since its release back in year 2019.

JUDE LAW'S HENRY VIII HISTORICAL DRAMA FIREBRAND ADS ALICIA VIKANDER AS QUEEN CATHERINE PARR

  JUDE LAW'S FIREBRAND  

CROWNS ALICIA VIKANDER

Alicia Vikander replaces Michelle Williams

Sad news, people, instead of Michelle Williams who was supposed to play the queen, FIREBRAND historical movie with Jude Law as Henry VIII has added Alicia Vikander as his last queen Catherine Parr, who was the only one to avoid banishment or death. By the time young Catherine Parr married the deteriorating, increasingly despotic King Henry VIII, she had no assurances of a happy marriage; in fact, she had no assurances of surviving this marriage at all. Of her predecessors, two were thrown out, one died in childbirth and two were beheaded. While Catherine tried to keep her head about her to navigate the politics of her position, she brought a secret agenda. She was Protestant, believed it her duty to marry Henry, for it would be the only position in which she could convert him, and the kingdom, from his pro-Catholic position. That faith was tested when the church resisted granting his divorce from his first wife so he could marry Anne Boleyn, who would later be beheaded. With arrests, torture, and executions of Protestants on the rise, Catherine invited a dangerous game that would leave

Jude Law will play king Henry VIII in his later years

one of them dead before long. The thriller is told through Catherine’s singular point-of-view of the psychological horror of living with a monster, and the remarkable will to not only survive, but thrive. Karim Ainouz is directing.

JUDE LAW TO STAR AS HENRY VIII IN FIREBRAND, MICHELLE WILLIAMS AS HIS LAST WIFE QUEEN CATHERINE PARR! SEE JAKE MCLAUGHLIN, KATHY BATES IN POWERFUL DRAMA HOME

  FIREBRAND EPIC THRILLER 

JUDE LAW IS HENRY VIII

I've already told you that Michelle Williams will play Catherine Parr in FIREBRAND historical thriller and now Jude Law has been crowned as Henry VIII! By the time young Catherine Parr married the deteriorating,

Jude Law has already played Henry V

increasingly despotic King Henry VIII, she had no assurances of a happy marriage; in fact, she had no assurances of surviving this marriage at all. Of her predecessors, two were thrown out, one died in childbirth and two were beheaded. While Catherine tried to keep her head about her to navigate the politics of her position, she brought a secret agenda. She was Protestant, believed it her duty to marry Henry, for it would be the only position in which she could convert him, and the kingdom, from his pro Catholic position. That faith was tested when the church resisted granting his divorce from his first wife so he could marry Anne Boleyn, who would later be beheaded. With arrests, torture, and executions of Protestants on the rise, Catherine invited a dangerous game that

Michelle Williams will play Henry's last wife Catherine Parr

would leave one of them dead before long. The thriller is told through Catherine’s singular point-of-view of the psychological horror of living with a monster and the remarkable will to not only survive, but thrive.

 

   HOME DRAMA MOVIE  

SEE JAKE MCLAUGHLIN & KATHY BATES IN THE LEAD ROLES

Home is out on VOD and cinemas December

We don't have an English language trailer yet, but you can check out the German one below as it is a directing debut of Franka Potente and it is out in US December 3rd.  It tells the story of Marvin Hacks (Jake McLaughlin), who comes home after spending more than 20 years in prison to find out that, even after two decades, his small American hometown has not forgotten the atrocity he committed. Despite the confrontation and hostility from the locals, Marvin will do what it takes to win back his place in society. He is welcomed back to his shabby, run-down family home by his terminally ill mother, Bernadette (Kathy Bates) and her male nurse and companion, Jayden (Lil Rel Howery).

MICHELLE WILLIAMS TO LEAD FIREBRAND 16TH CENTURY SET MOVIE AS HENRY VIII'S LAST QUEEN KATHERINE PARR!

 MICHELLE WILLIAMS TO LEAD 

FIREBRAND AS KATHERINE PARR

The shooting will start in early 2022

I cannot remember if we have seen her before in a costume drama, but Screen Daily reports today straight from Cannes that Michelle Williams will take the lead role in Karim Ainouz' FIREBRAND historical movie about Katherine Parr, the last of King Henry VIII's six wives. Jessica and Henrietta Ashworth are currently writing the script for this historical psychological horror film set at the dangerous Tudor court; a story of intrigue, agency and survival which tells how Katherine Parr outlasted Henry VIII’s brutal reign. 

 

  Kathe- rine Parr previously beautifully played by gorgeous Joely Richardson in ultra popular The Tudors series, was the queen of England and Ireland for four years before Henry's death. She had four husbands herself and was involved in raising Henry's heir, future queen Elizabeth and his ill son as well. She even acted as a regent while Henry was on a campaign in France and would have become the ruler of the country if he died in battle. She was also the first woman to publish a book in England under her own name. After Henry's death she assumed the role of

The film will start shooting sometime next year in England

Elizabeth's guardian and continued with publishing books. She was allowed to keep the Crown Jewels and act as his official dowager queen. Half a year after Henry's death she married her fourth husband baron Thomas Seymour but she died just a few months after that at childbirth when she was only 36.