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.

JAMIE BELL JOINS RICHARD GADD IN BBC AND HBO SERIES HALF MAN

  HALF MAN BBC SERIES  

CASTS RICHARD GADD AND JAMIE BELL

BBC and HBO have revealed that joining Richard Gadd in their new six episode series HALF MAN will be Jamie Bell. It follows estranged ‘brothers’ Niall (Bell) and Ruben (Gadd). When Ruben shows up unexpectedly at Niall’s wedding, it leads to an explosion of violence that catapults us back through their lives. Spanning almost 40 years from the 1980s to the present day, this ambitious series will cover the highs and lows of the brothers' relationship, from them meeting as teenagers to their falling out as adults – with all the good, bad, terrible, funny, angry, and challenging moments along the way. Half Man will capture the wild energy of a changing city - a changing world, even - and try to get to the bottom of the difficult question... What does it mean to be a man?

SEE ANDREW SCOTT AND PAUL MESCAL FALL IN LOVE IN ALL OF US STRANGERS FANTASY ROMANCE MOVIE TRAILER

 ALL OF US STRANGERS TRAILER 

MAKES ANDREW SCOTT AND PAUL MESCAL SHARE MORE THAN A KISS

The movie is out this December in USA

Searchlight Pictures have finally released a trailer for fantasy romance movie ALL OF US STRANGERS from director Paul Haigh in which Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal fall for each other. Based on a novel by Taichi Yamada, the movie starts one night in a near-empty tower block in contemporary London, where Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before. The movie is set to hit US cinemas December 22nd as a Christmas gift, with UK release from January 26th.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON ELTON JOHN'S FANTASY MUSICAL ROCKETMAN WITH TARON EGERTON, RICHARD MADDEN, JAMIE BELL, BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD

  ELTON JOHN'S 'ROCKETMAN'

BASED ON A TRUE FANTASY!

The film opens May 16th at Cannes Film Festival

If, after watching last year's Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, you feel nostalgic for some more legendary music, do not despair, later this month Elton John's biopic ROCKETMAN will land into theatres near you, from May 24th directed by Rhapsody's Dexter Fletcher! It is not exactly a biopic, Elton calls it a sort of a movie of fantasy stories based around his greatest hits but it does also describe how he started writing some of world's biggest ever hits and how he developed his unique image enjoying love and fun along the way.

The film opens May 31st in USA, 22nd in UK

ROCKET MAN
tells the story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music, through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin, as well as his struggles with depression, substance abuse, and acceptance of his sexual orientation. It is a musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.

WORLD'S FIRST R-RATED MUSICAL

The film is named after Elton's 1972 song

As you know, British actor Taron Egerton has been chosen to portray Elton himself (Justin Timberlake was the original choice), with our favourite Scotsman Richard Madden portraying his manager and lover John Reid (who was played by Aidan Gillen in Bohemian Rhapsody), and Jamie Bell as famous lyricist Taupin. Bryce Dallas Howard plays Elton's mother Sheila, with whom he did not always have the best of relationships. Charlie Rowe, Tate Donovan, Steven Mackintosh, Gemma Jones also star. Taron, who sings songs himself in the movie (he already sung Elton's I'm Still Standing in Sing animated movie), said that he was specially dedicated in portraying a very

Richard Madden plays Elton's manager and lover John Reid who also worked with Queen and his character thus appears in Bohemian Rhapsody as well.

intimate sex scene with Richard Madden, as it portrays an important part of Elton's life. The soundtrack contains 22 hits performed by the cast of the film and a new song (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again featuring Egerton and Elton. 

TARON EGERTON IS ELTON JOHN IN FANTASY BIOPIC ROCKETMAN WITH RICHARD MADDEN, JAMIE BELL, BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD! MARCO POLO'S PRODUCER TO MAKE HISPANIOLA EPIC TV SERIES ON COLUMBUS

'HISPANIOLA' EPIC TV SERIES

Hispaniola is based on Hans Koning's book

ON INFAMOUS CHRISTO- PHER COLUMBUS

 Marco Polo's writer John Fusco is set to produce another epic saga for TV! He will turn Hans Koning's novel Columbus: His Enterprise: Exploding the Myth into an epic series titled HISPANIOLA! Cavalry Media has envisioned it as a premium drama about unchecked power and the madness and brilliance bred by its pursuit. Based on Koning’s 1991 book, it will tell the brutal true story of Christopher Columbus and the first Wild West frontier, the tropical Caribbean island of Hispaniola that now encompasses the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Hispaniola is the site of the first permanent European settlement in the Americas, founded by Columbus on his voyages in 1492 and 1493.

'ROCKETMAN' TRAILER

TARON EGERTON IS ELTON JOHN

First full trailer and a poster arrive from United Kingdom for Elton John's ROCKETMAN, a movie inspired by his life. Taron Egerton (who actually

Rocketman will fly from May 31st!

sings all Elton's songs in the movie) plays Elton himself, with Jamie Bell playing Elton's long time composer Bernie Taupin, our dear Richard Madden as Elton's manager and lover John Reid and Bryce Dallas Howard as Elton's mother Sheila Farebrother. Charlie Rowe, Steven Mackintosh, Tate Donovan also star. The movie is not a classic biopic like Bohemian Rhapsody was, but a fantasy musical in which Elton's most famous songs were used to express important beats in his life at emotional moments describing how he went from a shy small town pianist to world's biggest pop superstar.

1ST TRAILER FOR 'ROCKETMAN' FANTASY MUSICAL ON ELTON JOHN'S LIFE WITH TARON EGERTON, JAMIE BELL, BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD! PLUS 1ST PHOTO OF RICHARD MADDEN AS HIS MANAGER AND LOVER

   'ROCKETMAN' TRAILER

 WITH TARON EGERTON, RICHARD MADDEN AND JAMIE BELL

We're launching the new working week with the first trailer for Elton John biopic ROCKETMAN with first photos of Taron Egerton as Elton himself and currently the most popular Brit Richard Madden as his manager and

Rocketman will hit theatres around the world next May

lover John Reid (you will hardly recognise him with the dark new hairdo) with whom he worked for more than twenty years. The movie, scheduled to start its cinematic life next May around the world, also stars Bryce Dallas Howard

Richard Madden plays Elton's manager and lover John Reid

as Elton's mother Sheila Eileen. Jamie Bell plays his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin whom he met when they both applied for a job at a record company back in the late 60s. Steven Mackintosh and Gemma Jones also star!

  ROCKETMAN
a mix of fantasy and reality, is a very honest and uncensored story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through becoming world wide pop superstar and his influential and enduring

The film was originally supposed to star Tom Hardy or James McAvoy

musical partnership with Bernie Taupin with whom he wrote the song which became the name of the movie itself. The movie will also mention Elton's drug abuse. Dexter Fletcher, who was brought in to finish Queen biopic

Jamie Bell and Taron Egerton as Bernie Taupin and Elton John

Bohemian Rhapsody, is directing this one as well. Taron Egerton is also singing the songs in the movie beside portraying Elton John, but that is no big surprise as we were all mindblown by his voice in the animated feature Sing in which he gave his voice to the smooth voiced gorilla.

RICHARD MADDEN TO BE TARON EGERTON'S LOVER AND MANAGER IN ELTON JOHN'S BIOPIC 'ROCKETMAN'! AMAZON PICKS UP ROBBIE AMELL'S SF COMEDY SERIES 'UPLOAD'

  RICHARD MADDEN JOINS

 TARON EGERTON IN 'ROCKETMAN'

While we are waiting to see whether his latest series The Bodyguard will replace Poldark in the primetime slot on BBC next Sunday (I have a feeling it

Richard Madden will play Elton John's manager

will), our dearest Richard Madden will try to get a few gigs set for Elton John!

As 'Variety' reports, he will play his manager John Reid in ROCKET MAN musical movie about his life. You already know that the latest Robin Hood Taron Egerton is actually playing Elton John in the film (and singing too), while Jamie Bell is also on board to play song writer Bernie Taupin! Reed, legendary music manager in the ’70s and ’80s who also helped with Queen’s rise to fame was John manager for thirty years till 1998. At some point they were also lovers, but their romance ended after five years following the leak of a letter from John’s accountants detailing Reid’s spending. The two would continue to work together professionally until 1998.

  ROBBIE AMELL'S 'UPLOAD'

GETS FULL UPLOAD ON AMAZON

Robbie Amell will lead new fantasy sitcom

Speaking of handsome gents, here's another one for you this Monday: Robbie Amell's new science fiction comedy series UPLOAD has been picked up by Amazon to series!  This new mix of a sitcom and fantasy series, will take place in the near future, where people who are near death can be “uploaded” into a virtual afterlife of their choice. In 2033, secretly romantic Brooklyn born Nora (Andy Allo) works customer service for a luxurious virtual reality environment. When handsome L.A. party boy Nathan’s (Robbie Amell) self driving car crashes, his high maintenance girlfriend uploads him permanently into Nora’s VR world.