PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO HISTORICAL ADVENTURE TV SERIES WITH SAM CLAFLIN, JEREMY IRONS, BLAKE RITSON

   COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO   

SAM CLAFLIN'S HISTORICAL EPIC TV SERIES

The series is hitting small screens this month

As of last week, December 11th to be more precise, over at Italian broadcaster RAI and French national broadcaster France TV,   Mediawan's English language historical series THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO with Sam Claflin and Jeremy Irons has officially started airing and will also hit Swiss national broadcaster RTS1 tonight, and in Sweden it will air on STI Play from December 18th. It will also air on TV3 in Russia and on BBC sometime next year directed by Palme d'Or and Oscar winner Bille August who shot it in France, Italy and Malta where they actually used the very same castle that was mentioned in Alexandre Dumas' book on which the series is based. Our dearest Sam Claflin has recently signed with a new agency in Hollywood, so let us hope it means more of him on our screens, but next year we will also watch him in Harlan Coben's series Lazarus at Prime Video and possibly also in Barbaric epic TV series over at Netflix if it gets finished.

THIS EIGHT PART EPIC SERIES

 sees Sam Claflin playing Edmond Dantes, whose future looks bright: he has just become a ship captain and is preparing to marry the love of his life, the beautiful Mercedes. However, he does not even suspect that he has enemies who, out of envy, are going to plot against him. Edmond is unfairly accused of Bonapartism and sent to the Chateau d'If prison without trial. After ten years in prison, Edmond loses all hope of salvation, but suddenly meets another prisoner - Abbe Faria, who had been digging an escape tunnel for many years, but mistakenly ended up in Dantes' cell. The new comrade tells Edmond about the treasures that are located outside the castle, but soon dies, and Dantes escapes alone. Now he is the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, who intends to take revenge on those who destroyed his life.

 WHO ELSE IS IN THE CAST?

Jeremy Irons plays Abbé Faria who has a decisive role in carrying out Cristo's revenge. Ana Girardot, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Blake Ritson, Karla-Simone Spence, Michele Riondino, Lino Guanciale, Greg Hughes, Luke Carroll, Gabriella Pession and Nicolas Maupas also star in Bille August directed series. Check out the Italian trailer below and tell us what you think. Are you excited to watch if it airs in your country?

SEE PIERRE NINEY AS THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO IN NEW TRAILER FOR HISTORICAL MOVIE ADVENTURE PLUS 1ST POSTER FROM SAM CLAFLIN MONTE CRISTO TV SERIES

 

   THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO   

NEW TRAILER WITH PIERRE NINEY IS HERE

New movie arrives to French cinemas this June

Beside Sam Claflin series, we are also getting a new COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO movie and today you can check out new trailer with Pierre Niney in the lead role of Edmond Dantès, a young sailor who was falsely accused of treason and is imprisoned without trial in the Château d’If, a grim island fortress near Marseille. After many years of captivity, he finally escapes and, under the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, plans to take revenge on those who have wrongly accused him. Directed by Musketeers helmers Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière this historical adventure movie will arrive this summer, June 28th to French cinemas based on Alexandre Dumas' famous classic novel. Check out the latest trailer below and tell us what you think:

COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO TV SERIES

Speaking of Mediawan's historical TV series THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO with Sam Claflin, Blake Ritson and Jeremy Irons, I have the first poster

First poster for Sam Claflin's Monte Cristo series

from it for you today. Claflin plays Edmond, a sailor who is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned without trial in the Château d’If, a grim island fortress off Marseille. After many years of captivity, he finally escapes and, under the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, plans to take revenge on those who have wrongly accused him. Irons plays Abbé Faria who has a decisive role in carrying out Cristo's revenge. Ana Girardot, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Karla-Simone Spence, Michele Riondino, Lino Guanciale, Gabriella Pession and Nicolas Maupas also star in Bille August directed series.

 

PAUL RUDD, NICK JONAS IN 'POWER BALLAD', ANTHONY HOPKINS IS HANDEL IN 'KING OF COVENT GARDEN', GLENN CLOSE, JEREMY IRONS, DON JOHNSON TO LEAD ENCORE COMEDY

  FRESH CASTING BULLETINS 

PAUL RUDD & NICK JONAS IN POWER BALLAD

We are swamped with fresh casting news at the end of the week, so position yourself tight and here we go: Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas have been set as leads in POWER BALLAD musical comedy from John Carney. Already shooting over in Dublin it will will follow the story of a wedding singer (Rudd), a rock star (Jonas), and the song that comes between them. 

  STELLAR CAST FOR SIMON CURTIS' ENCORE

Simon Curtis has set a stellar cast for his new comedy movie ENCORE in which Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson and Henry Winkler will play a group of veteran actors whose passion for their profession is reignited through a retirement home production! Close and Irons play former Broadway icons Marie and Nigel, who are new residents of a retirement home, where they discover a community of forgotten talents. Motivated to revive Nigel’s passion for theatre and embrace this new chapter in their life, Marie decides to stage a production with the residents, pulling everyone out of their past and into their present.

 

THE KING OF COVENT GARDEN

Beside being busy with new series and films that he has lined up in his schedule, Anthony Hopkins will also do a little music: it has been announced that he will lead THE KING OF COVENT GARDEN biopic as George Frideric Handel during the period the famed opera composer worked on his choral masterpiece “Messiah”. It will be a powerfully majestic celebration of genius breaking all the rules to create an anthem inspiring the popular imagination of global audiences.

JEREMY IRONS JOINS SAM CLAFLIN AND BLAKE RITSON IN THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO HISTORICAL ADVENTURE TV SERIES

 COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO 

JEREMY IRONS JOINS SAM CLAFLIN'S HISTORICAL EPIC TV SERIES

After Blake Ritson, the latest to join Mediawan's historical series THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO with Sam Claflin is Jeremy Irons. Claflin is Edmond, a sailor who is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned without

Sam Claflin, Jeremy Irons and Blake Ritson

trial in the Château d’If, a grim island fortress off Marseille. After many years of captivity, he finally escapes and, under the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, plans to take revenge on those who have wrongly accused him. Irons

Michele Riondino, Mikkel Boe Folsgaard and Lino Guanciale

plays Abbé Faria who has a decisive role in carrying out Cristo's revenge. Ana Girardot, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Blake Ritson, Karla-Simone Spence, Michele Riondino, Lino Guanciale, Gabriella Pession and Nicolas Maupas also star in Bille August directed series.

GWILYM LEE, MARK ROWLEY JOIN SAS: ROGUE HEROES WW2 SERIES SEASON 2! KIT HARINGTON, JEREMY IRONS, NAOMI SCOTT IN ETERNAL RETURN FANTASY MOVIE! JASON ISAACS JOINS FREIDA PINTO, VANESSA REDGRAVE IN THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS MOVIE

   SAS: ROGUE HEROES  

SEASON 2 ADS GWILYM LEE, MARK ROWLEY AND OTHERS

A bunch of our favourite period set genre actors have been added to BBC and MGM+ hit series SAS: ROGUE HEROES on the origins of the famous Special Forces unit. Second season is set in spring, 1943. With David Stirling

Our boy Gwilym Lee has joined the cast

(Connor Swindells) captured and Paddy Mayne (Jack O'Connell) now in charge of the SAS, their attention must turn from the conflict in North Africa to mainland Europe. But GHQ have cast doubt over the future of the regiment, while the creation of a new unit and a surprise arrival make things even more difficult for the men. Can they prove that the SAS remains essential to the war, wherever it may lead them? With Dominic West, Stuart Campbell and rest of the cast returning from the first season, they will be joined by our dearest boys Gwilym Lee as Bill Stirling, David Stirling’s brother and founder of the 2SAS regiment, and Con O’Neill as General Montgomery. They will serve alongside new recruits Mark Rowley and Jack

Jack Barton, Mark Rowley, Matteo Franco will also star

Barton, who will play SAS members Jock McDiarmid and John Tonkin respectively. Further new cast members for series two include Paolo De Vita, Anna Manuelli, Edward Bennett and Matteo Franco.

  ETERNAL RETURN MOVIE  

CASTS NAOMI SCOTT, KIT HARINGTON, JEREMY IRONS

Arriving to Cannes Market, according to Variety, is Yaniv Raz's fantasy movie ETERNAL RETURN which follows Cass (Naomi Scott), a young woman who has resigned herself to a life of emotional invulnerability until she meets Virgil (Kit Harington), a cartographer who makes maps to imaginary places. Along with his partner Malcolm (Jeremy Irons), a vibrant renaissance man, the pair relentlessly attempts to travel back in time to awaken Cass to love again. 

  JASON ISAACS JOINS  

THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS MOVIE ADAPTATION

Also in offer to buyers at Cannes will be a movie adaptation of children's book THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS which just saw Jason Isaacs joining Freida Pinto and Vanessa Redgrave in the cast. The story kicks off when a mysterious new boy called Ahmet enrolls at nine-year-old Alexa’s school and the two become friends. As Alexa learns that he is a refugee, separated from his family, she will do anything she can to help. With the grown-ups out of the way, Alexa and her school friends come up with a daring plan to reunite Ahmet with his family – marking the start of an extraordinary adventure that will take them all the way to Buckingham Palace.

MUNICH: EDGE OF WAR TRAILER WITH JANNIS NIEWOHNER, JEREMY IRONS, GEORGE MACKAY! ANDROIDS ARE BACK IN HBO'S RAISED BY WOLVES SF SERIES SEASON 2 TRAILER! SAVE THE CINEMA TRAILER WITH SAMANTHA MORTON, TOM FELTON

  MUNICH: EDGE OF WAR  

FIRST TRAILER IS  HERE!

Premiering at London Film Festival and then January 21st on Netflix is new war drama movie MUNICH: THE EDGE OF WAR for which today I can show you the first trailer which features a rather strong cast

Munich will stream this January!

indeed: our favourite German superstar wildly charismatic Jannis Niewöhner, George MacKay and Jeremy Irons! Based on a novel by Robert Harris, the film is set in Autumn, 1938: once again Europe is on the brink of war as Hitler eyes the nation of Czechoslovakia for his expansion of Nazi Germany. In Britain, the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain (Jeremy Irons), is desperately seeking a peaceful resolution to the conflict, in the hope to avoid a catastrophic war. Meanwhile, a British civil servant, Hugh Legat (George Mackay), and the German diplomat Paul von Hartmann (Jannis Niewöhner), travel to

Our beloved Jannis Niewohner takes the lead role

the Munich conference. Political Subterfuge threatens to destroy any hope of peace, as the pair face real danger while the eyes of the world are watching, in the hopes war will be averted. Jessica Brown Findlay plays Legat's wife.

 

 

 SAVE THE CINEMA TRAILER 

WITH SAMANTHA MORTON

Sky has sent us the trailer for their original movie SAVE THE CINEMA starring Samantha Morton, Jonathan Pryce and Tom Felton in the story of Liz Evans, who lives in Carmarthen South West Wales, and starts a

Save the Cinema will in cinemas and Sky Cinema

campaign in the 90s to save the local Cinema. With the help of a local politician they get Steven Spielberg to show a premiere of Jurassic Park at the Lyric in a bid to Save the Cinema.

 

 

  RAISED BY WOLVES SF SERIES 

 SEASON TWO TRAILER!

HBO has released first trailer for the second season of their wildly crazy sf series RAISED BY WOLVES which arrives February 3rd to HBO Max. In season two Android partners Mother (Amanda Collin) and Father (Abubakar Salim), along with their brood of six human children, join a

The second season arrives this February

newly formed atheistic colony in Kepler 22 b’s mysterious tropical zone. But navigating this strange new society is only the start of their troubles as Mother’s “natural child” threatens to drive what little remains of the human race to extinction.

 

JEREMY IRONS, JANNIS NIEWOHNER, GEORGE MACKAY FIGHT HITLER IN 1ST MUNICH: EDGE OF WAR PICS! SEE CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG IN NEW TRAILER WITH JACK WHITEHALL, JOHN CLEESE

  MUNICH: EDGE OF WAR  

FIRST PHOTOS ARE HERE!

Premiering at London Film Festival and then in January on Netflix is new war drama movie MUNICH: THE EDGE OF WAR for which today I can show you the first photos which feature a rather strong cast indeed: our

Our beloved Jannis Niewohner takes the lead role

favourite German superstar wildly charismatic Jannis Niewöhner, George MacKay and Jeremy Irons! Based on a novel by Robert Harris, the film is set in Autumn, 1938: once again Europe is on the brink of war as Hitler eyes

George Mackay is British civil servant Hugh Legat

the nation of Czechoslovakia for his expansion of Nazi Germany. In Britain, the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain (Jeremy Irons), is desperately seeking a peaceful resolution to the conflict, in the hope to avoid a

Jeremy Irons is British prime minister in the new movie

catastrophic war. Meanwhile, a British civil servant, Hugh Legat (George Mackay), and the German diplomat Paul von Hartmann (Jannis Niewöhner), travel to the Munich conference. Political Subterfuge threatens

The film will arrive to Netflix sometime next January

to destroy any hope of peace, as the pair face real danger while the eyes of the world are watching, in the hopes war will be averted. Jessica Brown Findlay plays Legat's wife.

 

  CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG 

NEW TRAILER IS HERE

Since this one was postponed to November 10th, we are now getting a new trailer for CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG comedy adventure which

Clifford will arrive November 10th

will hit cinemas and Paramount + streamer.  When middle schooler Emily Elizabeth (Darby Camp) meets a magical animal rescuer (John Cleese) who gifts her a little, red puppy, she never anticipated waking up to find a giant ten-foot hound in her small New York City apartment. While her single mom (Sienna Guillory) is away for business, Emily and her fun but impulsive uncle Casey (Jack Whitehall) set out on an adventure that will keep you on the edge-of-your-seat as our heroes take a bite out of the Big Apple. Based on the beloved Scholastic book character, Clifford will teach the world how to love big!

JANNIS NIEWOHNER, JEREMY IRONS, GEORGE MCKAY TO LEAD MUNICH PERIOD SET DRAMA FOR NETFLIX! THE ENDLESS TRENCH WAR EPIC TO REPRESENT SPAIN IN OSCARS FOREIGN FILM RACE

 NETFLIX'S MUNICH

GATHERS A STRONG CAST

Two war projects from Netflix today, starting with a rather strong cast for MUNICH which is currently shooting in Germany for a 2021 release. Jeremy Irons, our fave German star Jannis Niewohner, Robert Bathurst, Martin Kiefer, George McKay and Martin Wuttke as Adolf

Jannis Niewohner and Jeremy Irons will lead the cast

Hitler are starring in the Christian Schwochow directed movie based on Robert Harris' novel. Set in 1938, as Europe stands on the brink of war, the film follows Hugh Legat, British civil servant, and Paul von Hartmann, German diplomat, who travel to Munich for an emergency conference. As negotiations begin, the two old friends find themselves at the centre of a web of political subterfuge and very real danger.

 

THE ENDLESS TRENCH TO

REPRESENT SPAIN AT OSCARS

Spain has chosen sweeping war epic movie La Trinchera Infinita or THE ENDLESS TRENCH  for foreign film Oscar race. The film opens in USA November 6. 1936. In a little and remote inland town of Andalusia, Higinio is

The film had 15 Goya Award nominations

a tailor and a town councillor who has recently got married to Rosa. After the outbreak of Spanish Civil War by General Franco's coup d'etat, Higinio hides in his own house awaiting the right moment to escape with his wife but is caught in his attempt by his neighbour, Gonzalo, who blames Higinio for his brother's death and is looking for revenge him. Captured by Franco's soldiers, Higinio is driven along with other opposition prisoners to a nearby prison, but the unwitting distraction from one of the prisoners gives him a chance to escape and runs across the town to his house where he is to remain hidden in a secret bunker as long as the war lasts. In the meantime, Gonzalo pays his wife occasional visits in the belief that she knows his whereabouts, sometimes torturing her to extract a confession. 

NEW TRAILERS AND POSTERS FOR 19TH CENTURY REVENGE DRAMA 'BLACK 47' WITH HUGO WEAVING, JIM BROADBENT, 'AN ACTOR PREPARES' WITH JEREMY IRONS, JACK HUSTON, 'HAPPY PRINCE' WITH RUPERT EVERETT, COLIN MORGAN, COLIN FIRTH, EMILY WATSON

 'BLACK 47' TRAILER

REVENGE STORY STARRING JIM BROADBENT AND HUGO WEAVING

Black 47 should hit cinemas in UK this September

A bunch of new trailers and posters today, first up historical revenge thriller BLACK 47 which has a rather thespian cast including Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Rea, Moe Dunford with James Frecheville playing an Irish Ranger during the Great Famine of 1847, who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, but abandons his post to reunite with his family. Despite experiencing the horrors of war, he is shocked by the famine's destruction of his homeland and the brutalization of his people and his family. He swears vengeance. His old British Army comrade Hannah

The movie was directed and written by Lance Daly

(played by Hugo Weaving) is then dispatched to put an end to Feeney's uprising! The movie based on a story by P.J. Dillon hits British cinemas September 28th and Irish ones a few weeks before.

 'AN ACTOR PREPARES' TRAILER

AND POSTER WITH JEREMY IRONS

An Actor Prepares to come out next month!

New poster has also been released for another stellar movie AN ACTOR PREPARES starring Jeremy Irons, Matthew Modine and Jack Huston! After suffering a heart attack, a famous, hard drinking actor, Atticus Smith (Jeremy Irons) is forced to drive across country to make it in time for his daughter's wedding. Atticus’ only hope of making the wedding lies with his estranged son, Adam (Jack Huston), who wants nothing to do with him. As they set out on their trip, they become closer realizing they're more alike than they thought. This one hits Northern American cinemas August 31st directed by Steve Clark!

 'THE HAPPY PRINCE' POSTER

WITH RUPERT EVERETT & COLIN MORGAN & COLIN FIRTH

The Happy Prince finally arrives to US cinemas in October

A new trailer and a poster have also been released for Rupert Everett's (he stars, directs and writes) THE HAPPY PRINCE period set drama on famous Oscar Wilde, ahead of its Northern American release in October! The movie also features delightful Colin Morgan as his lover, famous poet Alfred Bosie and gorgeous Edwin Thomas as Robbie Ross. Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson and Colin Firth also star in the untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humour. 

'AN ACTOR PREPARES' TRAILER WITH JEREMY IRONS, JACK HUSTON! 'ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES' WW2 DRAMA POSTER WITH PIERCE BROSNAN!

  PIERCE BROSNAN TRAILER

FOR 'ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES' WW2 STORY

The first poster has been released for Pierce Brosnan WW2 set drama ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES in which he plays 

Green Lantern's Martin Campbell is directing the movie!

American Army Col. Richard Cantwell, who faces news of his terminal illness with stoic disregard. Determined to spend his weekend in quiet solitude, he commandeers a military driver to facilitate what is likely a final duck hunting trip and visit to his old haunts in Venice. As Cantwell's plans begin to unravel, a chance encounter with a young countess (Maria Valverde) begins to kindle in him the hope of renewal. Based on the last full-length novel Hemingway published in his lifetime, ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES captures a fleeting moment of immortality where time stands still.

  'AN ACTOR PREPARES' TRAILER

JEREMY IRONS & JACK HUSTON

The movie is out in Northern American cinemas August 31st!

You can also check out the first trailer for Jeremy Irons movie AN ACTOR PREPARES! After suffering a heart attack, a famous, hard-drinking actor, Atticus Smith (Jeremy Irons) is forced to drive across country to make it in time for his daughter's wedding. Atticus’ only hope of making the wedding lies with his estranged son, Adam (Jack Huston), who wants nothing to do with him. As they set out on their trip, they become closer realizing they're more alike than they thought.

NEW POSTERS FOR 'LIFE' WITH RYAN REYNOLDS, JAKE GYLLENHAAL, REBECCA FERGUSON, 'THEIR FINEST' WITH SAM CLAFLIN, GEMMA ARTERTON, BILL NIGHY, WW2 'ANOTHER MOTHER'S SON' WITH JOHN HANNAH, RONAN KEATING, JULIAN KOSTOV

'LIFE' SF MOVIE POSTER

WITH RYAN REYNOLDS AND JAKE GYLLENHAAL IN SPACE

Poster day today, starting with the brand new one for sf action thriller LIFE out this March with Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson playing some of the six astronauts aboard the space station which study a sample collected from Mars that could provide evidence for extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet. The crew determines that the sample contains a large, single celled organism - the first example of life beyond Earth. But things aren't always what they seem. As the crew begins to conduct research, and their methods end up having unintended consequences, the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.

'ANOTHER MOTHER'S SON' 

FOR WW2 MOVIE DRAMA
Also out this March is John Hannah and Ronan Keating World War II drama movie ANOTHER MOTHER'S SON! Based on the true story of Louisa Gould, the drama is set  on the Nazi-occupied island of Jersey. Lou (Jenny Seagrove) took in an escaped Russian POW (Julian Kostov) and hid him over the war's course. The tension mounts as it becomes clear that Churchill will not risk an assault to recapture the British soil, and the island-community spirit begins to fray under pressures of hunger, occupation and divided loyalty. Against this backdrop, Lou fights to preserve her family's sense of humanity and to protect the Russian boy as if he was her own.

'THEIR FINEST' POSTER

SAM CLAFLIN IN WW2 MOVIE

The first poster has been released for another WWII movie out this spring THEIR FINEST starring Sam Claflin, Gemma Arterton, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Richard E. Grant, Jeremy Irons and many others as  a British film crew that attempts to boost morale during World War II by making a propaganda film after the Blitzkrieg.

'JOURNEY'S END' WW1 POSTER WITH SAM CLAFLIN, PAUL BETTANY, TOM STURRIDGE, TOBY JONES! 'BIRDS LIKE US' ANIMATED MOVIE WITH ALICIA VIKANDER, JIM BROADBENT, JEREMY IRONS

'JOURNEY'S END' POSTER

FOR SAM CLAFLIN, PAUL BETTANY WORLD WAR ONE MOVIE

First poster has been released for period set movie with a gorgeous cast JOURNEY'S END which will star Sam Claflin, Paul Bettany, Tom Sturridge, Asa Butterfield, Toby Jones, in Saul Dibb (Suite Francaise, The Duchess) directed World War One story!

Based on RC Sherriff's seminal British play (which had Laurence Olivier in the original theatre cast) about World War One, the story of the movie is set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, following a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously awaiting their fate.

'BIRDS LIKE US' ANIMATED FILM

WITH ALICIA VIKANDER, JEREMY IRONS AND JIM BROADBENT

You can also check out the first photos from new animated movie BIRDS LIKE US which, although it is coming from Bosnia's Faruk Sabanovic, has a very strong voice cast including Alicia Vikander, Jim Broadbent, Jeremy Irons, Sheridan Smith! Based on the 11th century Persian masterpiece The Conference of the Birds by Farid al-Din ‘Attar the first Bosnian animated movie ever follows a motley crew of birds, doomed to one another, led by a bat, which embarks on a journey and faces storms, raging mountains, stars and the sea, all in search of happiness. Flung out of the safe haven of Birdabad into a world tormented by the Horror, the lovely Hupu, her silent husband Hasan, the ever-helpful little Mi and the tyrant Kondor are forced on an epic journey to find their way home.

'THEIR FINEST' WW2 TRAILER WITH SAM CLAFLIN, GEMMA ARTERTON, BILL NIGHY! NEW 'VICEROY'S HOUSE' POSTER WITH HUGH BONNEVILLE, MANISH DAYAL

'VICEROY'S HOUSE' POSTER

MOVIE STARRING HUGH BONNEVILLE AND MANISH DAYAL

Two British movies for you today, beginning with the new poster for VICEROY'S HOUSE which is out in cinemas this March with Hugh Bonneville as Lord Mountbatten and Gillian Anderson as Lady Mountbatten, with our most beloved Manish Dayal (100 Foot Journey) rounding up the cast!

 Story is set in Viceroy’s House in Delhi, the home of British invaders and exploiters of India. After 300 years, that dark rule is coming to an end and for six months in 1947 Lord Mountbatten, great grandson of Queen Victoria, assumed the post of the last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people. The story unfolds within this great house where the Mountbattens lived upstairs and downstairs lived their 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants. As the political elite converged on the house to wrangle over the birth of independent India, conflict erupted.

'THEIR FINEST' 1ST TRAILER

SAM CLAFLIN & GEMMA ARTERTON

A few weeks ago I showed you a clip from this April WW2 British movie THEIR FINEST, and today you can enjoy the first official trailer! Absolutely enchanting Sam Claflin and lovely Gemma Arterton lead the cast which also includes Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Jeremy Irons, Richard E. Grant, in a story about a British film crew that attempts to boost morale during World War II by making a propaganda film after the Blitzkrieg.