HENRY CAVILL TO LEAD WARHAMMER EPIC TV SERIES AT AMAZON! MELISSA MCCARTHY TO LEAD NEW RICHARD CURTIS CHRISTMAS COMEDY MOVIE! NIGHT COURT, HOW I MET YOUR FATHER SITCOMS SET AIRING DATES! CBS ORDERS THEY'RE WITH ME MULTICAM

  HENRY CAVILL TO LEAD 

WARHAMMER TV SERIES

If you thought that after being ditched by DC as Superman and leaving Witcher, our Henrylicious Cavill would break down and cry, you thought wrong! He has just announced that he is producing WARHAMMER series adaptation at Amazon and he will also star in the epic series based on a miniature wargame in which players enact battles using miniature models of warriors and fighting vehicles. It is set in the distant future, where a stagnant human civilization is threatened by hostile aliens and supernatural creatures. The models in the game are a mix of humans, aliens, and supernatural monsters, wielding futuristic weaponry and supernatural powers.

 MELISSA MCCARTHY TO LEAD 

NEW RICHARD CURTIS COMEDY

It's comedy all day today, people, starting with Love Actually's Richard Curtis who is penning new New York set untitled Christmas comedy movie at Universal and Working Title with Melissa McCarthy in the lead. To stream at Peacock, the film will be a fairy-tale comedy about a workaholic man who enlists the help of a magical genie to help win his family back before Christmas. Sam Boyd will direct. 

  NEW JANUARY SITCOMS

Meanwhile, two multicam sitcoms have been announced for January. NIGHT COURT will start on NBC January 17th with  Melissa Rauch starring as Judge Abby Stone (the daughter of the original series’ Judge Harry Stone) and John Larroquette returning as slick attorney Dan Fielding in the sitcom that follows the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court! Hulu has, meanwhile, announced January 24th as the returning date for HOW I MET YOUR FATHER season two with Hilary Duff, Christopher Lowell, Tom Ainsley, Suraj Sharma, Kim Cattrall, and Josh Peck returning to the cast of the new season that will, if I got it right, now have 20 episodes! In other sitcom news, CBS has ordered THEY'RE WITH ME multicam about Jackie and Eli who knew right away they were soulmates… too bad their souls come with so much baggage — each has a messed-up 20-something kid and a dependent parent. It is a modern take on a blended family where, instead of young children, Jackie and Eli both come with two generations of intrusive adults. Forget about an empty nest; the number of birds and eggs has doubled.

WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN EPIC SERIES TEASER WITH MICHELLE YEOH, LAURENCE O'FUARAIN! HOW I MET YOUR FATHER TV COMEDY TRAILER WITH KIM CATTRALL, HILARY DUFF IS HERE! CHARLIE COX, OLGA KURYLENKO TO LEAD NETFLIX TREASON SERIES

 THE WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN 

FIRST TEASER TRAILER

The arrival of Witcher's second season today also brought us first teaser for THE WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN spin off series which arrives sometime this year set in an elven world 1,200 years before the timeline of the original

The series should arrive sometime later this year

series and describing the creation of the first prototype Witcher, and the events that lead to the pivotal Conjunction of the Spheres, when the worlds of

Laurence O'Fuarain takes the male lead in the series

monsters, men, and elves merged to become one. Michelle Yeoh stars as a sword-elf named Scian, who is on a quest to retrieve a sacred stolen sword.

Michelle Yeoh plays an Elven swordswoman

Laurence O’Fuarain leads the cast as a warrior named Fjall, who will team up with a band of allies in a quest for vengeance. Jacob Collins Levy also stars!

 

 

 NETFLIX ORDERS TREASON 

SERIES STARRING CHARLIE COX AND OLGA KURYLENKO

What a lovely pairing, right? As Netflix informs us today, they have ordered a six part drama series TREASON starring Olga Kurylenko, Charlie Cox and Oona Chaplin.  It follows Adam Lawrence, trained and groomed by MI6, whose career seems set. But when the past catches up with

Charlie Cox and Olga Kurylenko will lead the six part drama

him in the form of Kara, a Russian spy with whom he shares a complicated past, he is forced to question everything and everyone in his life. A triangular relationship forms between Kara, Adam and his wife, Maddy; three people who are trying to expose each other’s secrets, navigate political and diplomatic relationships, whilst hanging onto their personal lives, and those they love most.

 

 HOW I MET YOUR FATHER 

HULU'S SITCOM TRAILER IS OUT

Hulu has released trailer for their new multicam sitcom HOW I MET YOUR FATHER which arrives January 18th with first two episodes. The story  takes

New multicam sitcom arrives January 18th

place in the near future, as Sophie (Kim Cattrall and Hilary Duff) tells her son the story of how she met his father. Then it catapults us back to the year 2022, where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends — Jesse (Chris Lowell), Valentina (Francia Raisa), Charlie (Tom Ainsley), Ellen (Tien Tran) and Sid (Suraj Sharma) — are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options! The series is a spin off of How I Met Your Mother which ended seven years ago. Josh Peck will recur as Drew, the handsome vice principal at Jesse’s elementary school.

SEE BETTE MIDDLER, KATHY NAJIMY, SARAH JESSICA PARKER IN HOCUS POCUS 2! 1ST HOW I MET YOUR FATHER SITCOM CAST PHOTO! SHAZAD LATIF IS CAPTAIN NEMO IN DISNEY'S NAUTILUS EPIC TV SERIES

 HOW I MET YOUR FATHER 

1ST SPINOFF SITCOM PHOTO

Hulu has released first cast photo for their spin off sitcom HOW I MET YOUR FATHER which arrives early next year with Hilary Duff as Sophie who tells her son the story of how she met his father (Chris Lowell). It will begin in 2021, where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends are in the

Click to see the cast of How I Met Your Father sitcom

midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options. Francia Raisa, Tom Ainsley, Tien Tran, Josh Peck and Suraj Sharma also star with Kim Catrall playing older Sophie. The series arrives January 18th!

 HOCUS POCUS SEQUEL 

1ST PHOTO WITH SANDERSONS

Disney + has unveiled first photo of Bette Middler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker as legendary Sanderson sister in the sequel to cult Halloween movie HOCUS POCUS which arrives Autumn 2022 28 years after the original. The three witches will be joined by Doug Jones from the

Hocus Pocus will arrive next Autumn to Disney +

original cast as zombie Billy Butcherson.The new cast includes Hannah Waddingham, Tony Hale and Sam Richardson! In it, three young women accidentally bring back the Sanderson Sisters to modern day Salem and must then figure out how to stop the child-hungry witches from wreaking havoc on the world.

 NAUTILUS DISNEY + SERIES 

SHAZAD LATIF TO LEAD

In other news from Disney +, they have revealed Shazad Latif as Captain Nemo in NAUTILUS epic TV series! The ten episode adaptation will see him play famous Jules Verne's character Captain Nemo, the enigmatic Indian

Shazad Latif will be captain Nemo in Nautilus series

prince who steals a fantastical submarine from the East India Company and sets sail in search of adventure under the sea. Michael Matthews has been announced as the director of the new series with James Dormer as the executive producer. The shooting of the new series will start next month down in Australia.

HILARY DUFF, CHRIS LOWELL, TOM AINSLEY, SURAJ SHARMA TO LEAD HOW I MET YOUR FATHER SPIN OFF SITCOM! ITV UNVEILS CAST FOR CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON PERIOD SET MINI SERIES

 HOW I MET YOUR FATHER 

SPINOFF SITCOM UNVEILS CAST!

Hilary Duff is leading the sitcom cast

Hulu has set most of the cast for their spin off comedy series HOW I MET YOUR FATHER which will take place in the near future, with Hilary Duff playing Sophie who tells her son the story of how she met his father Jesse (Chris Lowell). The retelling catapults us back to the year 2021, where Sophie and her close knit group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options. Francia Raisa is set to play Sophie’s roommate Valentina, an aspiring stylist, with Tom Ainsley as aristocratic Charlie, an aspiring model who fell in love

Tom Ainsley, Suraj Sharma, Chris Lowell take the male leads

with Valentina and moved after her to New York. Tien Tran will play Chris Lowell's character's adopted sister who is a lesbian, with Suraj Sharma as Jesse's best friend and roomate who owns a bar. It will be a multicamera sitcom.

 

   THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON NEW SERIES  

ITV SETS COSTUME DRAMA CAST

ITV has unveiled lead cast for their new period set TV series THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON a four part adaptation of Sara Collins novel.  Karla Simone Spence leads the cast as Frannie Langton, young protagonist born into a life of slavery who is fighting to tell her own

Karla Simone Spence takes the title role

story. Sophie Cookson is Madame Marguerite Benham and Patrick Martins is Laddie Lightning! Set against the dazzling opulence of Georgian London, the series narrates Frannie’s journey from a Jamaican plantation to the grand Mayfair mansion of celebrated scientist George Benham (Stephen Campbell Moore) and his exquisitely beautiful wife, Madame Marguerite Benham. In a misguided and monstrous gesture Frannie is gifted to Benham by the man who owns her, John Langton (Steven MacIntosh), and she is employed as a maid in the household much to her chagrin. As the plot twists and turns, events take a fateful turn as the Benhams are found murdered in their beds, with Frannie lying next to Marguerite. Frannie is accused of murder; a murder she has no recollection of, other than she couldn’t possibly have killed her mistress because she was devoted to her.

Sophie Cookson, Steven MacIntosh, Stephen Campbell Moore

Dragged away to prison, Frannie attempts to piece together the events of that night. She is deep into a laudanum addiction and unable to recall what happened. Will Frannie recall the haunting events of that night? All she knows is she loved Marguerite passionately and cannot believe she would have hurt her. But if not Frannie, who did commit the double murder? Others have motive, but only Frannie is accused and she will hang if found guilty. What hope does she have of clearing her name? Henry Pettigrew also stars.

NEW SITCOMS COMING TO TV SOON: 'THE ODD COUPLE' WITH MATTHEW PERRY, THOMAS LENNON, DARREN STAR'S 'YOUNGER' WITH SUTTON FOSTER, HILARY DUFF, DEBI MAZAR, NICO TORTORELLA

 'THE ODD COUPLE' AT CBS TO

PERFECTLY MISMATCH MATTHEW PERRY AND THOMAS LENNON

Today I'm presenting you two new comedy series which will hit the small screens in next few weeks, starting with the remake of THE ODD COUPLE which starts at CBS February 19th! Matthew Perry stars as sports writer, ladies' man, and famous curmudgeon, Oscar Madison,  in this half hour comedy. Oscar's life seems almost perfect... sure he's divorced and his apartment is a mess, but he's the host of a well-known sports show, and is enjoying his bachelor lifestyle in New York City. That is until his college friend, Felix (Thomas Lennon), shows up at Oscar's apartment having just been dumped by his wife. Oscar does his best to console his old buddy and get him back on the dating horse, but his attempts uncover just how unresolved his own feelings are about his ex. Lauren Graham will guest star as Oscar's ex wife!

  DARREN STAR'S 'YOUNGER' 

WITH HILARY DUFF, DEBI MAZAR AND SUTTON FOSTER

Starting January 13th over at TV Land is Darren Star's new comedy series YOUNGER starring Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar, Nico Tortorella and Miriam Shor! YOUNGER follows 40-year-old Liza (Sutton Foster), a suddenly single mother who tries to get back into the working world, only to find out it's nearly impossible to start at the bottom at her age. When a chance encounter with a 20-something guy at a bar convinces her she looks younger than she is, Liza tries to pass herself off as 26 - with the help of a makeover, courtesy of her best friend Maggie (Debi Mazar). Armed with new confidence, she lands a job as an assistant to the temperamental Diana (Miriam Shor) and teams up with her new co-worker and fellow 20-something Kelsey (Hilary Duff) to make it in the career of her dreams.