SEE CALLUM TURNER IN THE FIRST IMAGES AND TRAILER FROM GEORGE CLOONEY'S PERIOD SET DRAMA MOVIE THE BOYS IN THE BOAT

   THE BOYS IN THE BOAT   

The movie is out these holidays

FIRST IMAGES FROM NEW CALLUM TURNER MOVIE

From the George Clooney directed big screen movie adaptation of Daniel James Brown's book THE BOYS IN THE BOAT we have the first images of our boy Callum Turner this time with a blond hair. Opening in cinemas around you this Christmas December 25th, this potential award winning1930's set movie also stars Joel Edgerton, James Wolk and Luke Slattery.

THE STORY OF THE BOYS IN THE BOAT
revolves around the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust into the spotlight and take on elite rivals from around the world. Stay tuned for the first trailer which is probably coming up soon, but in the meantime you can check out a behind the scenes video below and tell us what you think.

 

JONATHAN BAILEY, FELICITY JONES TO LEAD MARIA ROMCOM! NEIL PATRICK HARRIS IN UNCOUPLED NETFLIX COMEDY SERIES TRAILER! NEW OBI WAN KENOBI SERIES TRAILER & POSTER WITH EWAN MCGREGOR

 MARIA ROMCOM TO MAKE  

JONATHAN BAILEY & FELICITY JONES HOT & BOTHERED

While you are enjoying his hot self in Bridgerton, hotness personified Jonathan Bailey will star in MARIA, a young woman (Felicity Jones) with a history of running from reality. Struggling to accept her age, her boyfriend’s (Bailey) love and her father’s (Jason Isaacs) indifference, Maria spots an opportunity to feel young, free and desirable at her father’s wedding, where she meets Raffy, her new stepbrother. Their obvious, if inconvenient, sexual chemistry is made worse by the news that her father has been diagnosed with a terminal illness.

  UNCOUPLED TRAILER  

WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS

Netflix has released a funny trailer for their new comedy series UNCOUPLED starting July 29h! This eight part comedy follows Neil Patrick Harris as newly single Michael, who thought his life was perfect until his husband, hedge-fund manager Colin, blindsides him by walking out the door after 17 years. Overnight, Michael has to confront two nightmares: losing what he thought was his soulmate and suddenly finding himself a single gay man in his mid-forties in New York City. Check out the trailer below:

 

 NEW OBI-WAN KENOBI TRAILER 

AND A STUNNING POSTER

Obi Wan Kenobi arrives later this month

Disney Plus has, meanwhile, released a new trailer and poster for Ewan McGregor's OBI-WAN KENOBI sf series which hits the streamer May 27th with six episodes.  The story in the series begins 10 years after the events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat — the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. With Ewan McGregor reprising his role as the Jedi Master, Hayden Christensen returns in the role of Darth Vader. Joel Edgerton and Rupert Friend are also in the cast.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON ARTHURIAN LEGENDS HISTORICAL FANTASY THE GREEN KNIGHT FILM WITH DEV PATEL, JOEL EDGERTON, ALICIA VIKANDER

     THE GREEN KNIGHT    

IS ARRIVING THIS SUMMER

I'm not entirely sure why they keep trying to convince us that Dev Patel is, with his utter lack of screen presence, a lead star material, let alone a knight material, but he obviously has friends in high places. He leads another

The film should arrive to cinemas at the end of July

shamelessly revisionist take on history and myths in THE GREEN KNIGHT historical fantasy which will arrive to cinemas only July 30th. They've released new trailer too, and it looked to me like a parody or a bad comedy, but I don't think that was their goal. 

WHEN COURAGE MADE KINGS An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-

The film was directed by Pete Dragon's David Lowery

skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to define his

Alicia Vikander leads the female part of the cast

character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and kingdom by facing the ultimate challenger. From visionary filmmaker David Lowery comes a fresh and bold spin on a classic tale from the knights of the round table.

WHO ELSE IS IN THE CAST?

As you can see in some of the character posters (which are still the ugliest ones we've ever seen for any film), the rest of the equally bland cast also includes Ralph Ineson as the Green Knight himself, Joel Edgerton as

Although the legends itself is not violent, the film is R rated

Lord, Alicia Vikander as Essel, Sarita Choudhury as Mother, Sean Harris as King, Kate Dickie as Queen! The film has been postponed a couple of times and will hit theatres this summer.

MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE VICTORIAN TV SERIES WITH STUART MARTIN RENEWED FOR SEASON 2 AT PBS! EWAN MCGREGOR, HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN, RUPERT FRIEND, JOEL EDGERTON TO LEAD OBI WAN KENOBI STAR WARS TV SERIES

  MISS SCARLET & THE DUKE 

ARE RETURNING FOR SEASON 2

The first season was a rather big hit for PBS Masterpiece, with more than eight million people tuning in to watch MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE

A+E has opted out of the production

historical adventure series, and now it has been confirmed that it will return for the second run but without A + E Network who originally launched it. The series will return next year only to PBS. Kate Phillips starred in the six episode series as Eliza Scarlet whose father dies and leaves her penniless so she takes over his business – a private detective agency. To operate in the business better she joins Detective Inspector William Wellington of Scotland Yard, played by our dearest Stuart Martin, who is also known as “The Duke;” drinker, gambler and womaniser. Eliza and The Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship that will crackle and smoulder with sexual tension as they team up to solve crime in the murkiest depths of 1880’s London.

 OBI WAN KENOBI SERIES  

ANNOUNCES DISNEY + CAST

Disney + has announced cast for their new Star Wars TV series OBI WAN KENOBI which will be led by Ewan McGregor, who will now be joined by Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader, Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse as uncle Owen and his wife Beru with whom a baby Luke Skywalker is left after Anakin Skywalker turns to the dark side and becomes

Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Rupert Friend will star

Darth Vader! The cast will also have Rupert Friend, Indira Varma, Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie. The story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith where Kenobi, played by Ewan McGregor, faced his greatest defeat, the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker turned evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. Production starts next month.

VIGGO MORTENSEN, COLIN FARRELL, TOM BATEMAN, JOEL EDGERTON CAST IN THAI CAVE RESCUE FILM THIRTEEN LIVES! ITV'S DARLING BUDS OF MAY TV SERIES REMAKE THE LARKINS CASTS DAUGHTER OF THE FAMILY AND BLACKWASHES HER LOVE INTEREST

THIRTEEN LIVES RESCUE PIC

GETS A STELLAR CAST

And there are quite a lot of famous names in it: as Deadline reports, Thai cave rescue film THIRTEEN LIVES has just cast Viggo Mortensen (as expert in rescues), Colin Farrell (as veteran cave diver), Tom Bateman (as British diving officer), Joel Edgerton (as a cave diver) who will play the heroic rescuers who took part in a dangerous operation that cost one rescue diver his life while all of the boys, and the coach, were saved before

Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Tom Bateman will star in the movie

floodwaters completely filled the caves. The rest of the cast will consist of Asian actors. Ron Howard is directing the true story of the rescue of twelve boys and their soccer coach from a flooded, impenetrable cave system in Thailand in 2018. Thai families, the government, and a community of farmers and neighbors came together alongside volunteers from around the world to get them out of the Tham Luang Nang Non cave system in Chiang Rai Province.

 

  THE LARKINS TV SERIES  

FINDS THE DAUGHTER OF THE BELOVED LARKIN FAMILY

Earlier this winter I announced that ITV is preparing a new TV series adaptation of beloved classic Darling Buds of May titled THE LARKINS and

Sabrina Bartlett will be the oldest daughter

now they've cast the daughter of the family - Knightfall, Victoria and Poldark actress Sabrina Bartlett will play Mariette, the oldest child of the Larkin family led by Bradley Walsh and Joanna Scanlan who live more of less carefree on their idyllic farm in England where they indulge in laughs, family love and food, tons of food . But since everything these days has to be woke, her love interest has been blackwashed (but with a very cute actor) in the series and Tok Stephen will play Cedric Charlton, an accountant from the city, who arrives in sunny 1950s Kent to investigate the family's perhaps

Tok Stephen will be the blackwashed accountant in love

slightly dodgy tax affairs, and slowly finds himself drawn to both the country lifestyle, and Mariette herself. The series is based on H.E. Bates' novels, with the creators of The Durrells working on this six part adaptation.

1ST THE GREEN KNIGHT HISTORICAL FANTASY MOVIE TEASER WITH DEV PATEL AS SIR GAWAIN IS HERE!

'THE GREEN KNIGHT' TRAILER

BRINGS A NEW SIR GAWAIN

Dev Patel takes the role of Sir Gawain

Here's another colour blind rewrite of legends and history: first teaser for historical fantasy movie THE GREEN KNIGHT In which Dev Patel plays Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight (Ralph Ineson), a gigantic emerald skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to define his character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and kingdom by facing the ultimate challenger. The movie, which is supposed to be based on one of the most famous of Arthurian

The movie will hit cinemas May 29th this spring

legends, will also star Alicia Vikander, Sean Harris and Joel Edgerton, and is out May 29th! You can also check out the poster which is probably one of the ugliest ones we've seen in our spying career!

TIMOTHEE CHALAMET IS HENRY V IN DEPRESSIVE TRAILER FOR NETFLIX' THE KING HISTORICAL DRAMA WITH JOEL EDGERTON, ROBERT PATTINSON, BEN MENDELSOHN

      'THE KING' TRAILER 

PUTS HENRY V ON THE THRONE!

It will have its world premiere at Venice Film Festival next week, and will air later on this year on Netflix and in some selected theatres as well in

The film will hit Netflix this Autumn

Northern America and UK, but today you can watch the trailer for historical drama THE KING with Timothee Chalamet as King Henry V!  In the film, he first appears as Hal, wayward prince and reluctant heir to the English throne, who has turned his back on royal life and is living among the people. But when his tyrannical father (Ben Mendelsohn) dies, Hal is crowned King Henry V and is forced to embrace the life he had previously tried to escape. Now the young king must navigate the palace politics, chaos and war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life, including his relationship with his closest friend and mentor, the ageing alcoholic knight, John Falstaff (Joel

Robert Pattinson is Henry's enemy, the stubborn Dauphin of France

Edgerton). The cast also includes Robert Pattinson as the dauphin of France. It definitely isn't a very promising cast and the acting looks as bland as Chalamet, Edgerton, Pattinson usually get in their constant lack of any acting expressiveness, but you can judge it for yourself below: 

DRAMAS NOT TO MISS THIS AUTUMN: 'SERENITY' WITH MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, ANNE HATHAWAY, MELISSA MCCARTNEY'S 'CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?', 'BOY ERASED' WITH NICOLE KIDMAN, RUSSELL CROWE, JOEL EDGERTON, LUCAS HEDGE

   'SERENITY' TRAILER

STARRING ANNE HATHAWAY AND MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY!

A couple of drama movies not to miss this and next month in cinemas! SERENITY opens this November in Europe and then moves to USA in

Steven Knight directed the movie!

January. Matthew McConaughey stars as Baker Dill a fishing boat captain leading tours off a tranquil, tropical enclave called Plymouth Island. His quiet life is shattered, however, when his ex-wife Karen (Anne Hathaway) tracks him down with a desperate plea for help. She begs Dill to save her, and their young son, from her new, violent husband (Jason Clarke) by taking him out to sea on a fishing excursion, only to throw him to the sharks and leave him for dead. Karen's appearance thrusts Dill back into a life he'd tried to forget, and as he struggles between right and wrong, his world is plunged into a new reality that may not be all that it seems.

  'CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?'

 STARRING MELLISA MCCARTHY

Getting a rather strong awards buzz especially for Melissa McCarthy performance is CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? which should hit USA

The movie is based on a true life story

cinemas October 19th and then move to Europe next February.  Melissa McCarthy plays Lee Israel who made her living in the 1970's and 80's profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack (Richard E. Grant). The movie is an adaptation of the memoir Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer!

  'BOY ERASED' STARRING

NICOLE KIDMAN,RUSSELL CROWE, JOEL EDGERTON, LUCAS HEDGE

The movie premiered at Telluride Film Festival

Starting its cinematic life in Northern American theatres November 2nd and then moving around the world throughout the winter to reach Russia in March, is touching drama BOY ERASED based on the memoirs by Garrard Conley. It is written and directed by Joel Edgerton who also stars in the movie next to Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Lucas Hedges who takes the lead role of the son of a Baptist preacher who is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents. Russell and Nicole, Australians who have never worked together before, play his parents. Most states in America still haven't banned gay conversion therapy!

BEN MENDELSOHN IS KING, ROBERT PATTINSON PRINCE IN TIMOTHEE CHALAMET, JOEL EDGERTON'S HENRY V MOVIE 'THE KING' AT NETFLIX! MEET THE REST OF THE COURT!

   'THE KING' HENRY V FILM

ADS MEMBERS TO THE TIMOTHEE CHALAMET'S ROYAL COURT

Robert Pattinson will be the French Prince!

I must admit this cast has zero charisma to me, but maybe you won't agree. After adding Timothee Chalamet and Joel Edgerton as leads in THE KING movie, Netflix has rounded up the cast with Ben Mendelsohn, Robert Pattinson, Sean Harris and Lily Rose Depp.

  David Michôd directs the movie based on Shakespeare plays Henry IV and Henry V which follow a young disgraced prince Hal (Timothee Chalamet) who inherits the crown at a particularly turbulent time in English history and must learn what it means to be a king, guided by his one true friend, Falstaff (Joel Edgerton). The story is set at the time when England  waged the Hundred Year war against France which culminated with the famous 1415 Battle Of Agincourt!

Timothee Chalamet and Ben Mendelsohn are Henry V and Henry IV

 French prince The Dauphin will be played by Robert Pattinson while Ben Mendelsohn will play Hal's daddy King Henry IV!  Johnny's daughter Lily Rose Depp will portray French Princess Catherine, who will later on become

Tom Glynn Carney, Lily Rose Deep and Thomasin Mckenzie

the wife of Henry V! Sean Harris will play a character named William, while Tom Glynn-Carney will be noble rebel Hotspur and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie will be Henry V’s younger sister Princess Philippa! 

'THE KING' HENRY V MOVIE WITH TIMOTHEE CHALAMET GETS JOEL EDGERTON AS FALSTAFF! KEELEY HAWES JOINS WW2 SERIES 'JERUSALEM'! EMMA THOMPSON TO TURN 'HARROW ALLEY' INTO 17TH CENTURY TV SERIES AT HBO

   'THE KING' HENRY V FILM

 JOEL EDGERTON JOINS TIMOTHEE CHALAMET AT NETFLIX

Joel Edgerton played Rhamses the Pharaoh recently

News from the period set projects today! A few weeks ago I informed you that Timothee Chalamet is going to play Henry V in THE KING a new Netflix movie adaptation of Shake- speare's plays Henry IV and Henry V, which will deal with the king's youth, and now he is being joined by Joel Edgerton who will play his famous companion knight Falstaff who often appeared in his plays. Chalamet will be prince Hal of England who takes the crown as King Henry V! David Michod of War Machine is directing the whole project

Keeley Hawes joins Jerusalem

KEELEY HAWES JOINS

  'JERU- SALEM' WW2 SERIES
Although everybody's fave Momma Durrell Keeley Hawes is to play British Home Secretary in new BBC series Bodyguard with our dearest Richard Madden, it seems she will rule politics in JERUSALEM as well over at Channel 4! She has just joined their new period set World War 2 series in which Emma Appleton plays a young woman who joins British civil service in 1945 and agrees to spy on her own government for the Americans. Luke Treadaway, Matt Lauria, Brandon P. Bell and Stephen Campbell Moore also star in the WW2 drama in which Keeley Hawes will play her exacting boss at the civil service, who becomes an unlikely role model of what a woman can achieve in a man's world. This means Keeley will have a series within the same year on each of UK's three biggest channels.

   EMMA THOMPSON TO PRODUCE

'HARROW ALLEY' 17TH CENTURY HORROR SERIES AT HBO

Emma will also write the small screen adaptation

Meanwhile, another great British thespian Emma Thompson will produce a period set horror TV series based on a long lost script HARROW ALLEY over at HBO! The story is set during the black plague in the 17th century and follows an English town as it deteriorates. It revolves around the fortunes of two men, likeable but lawless rogue Ratsey and well meaning alderman Harry, who are both trying to survive the dangers of the time. The script was originally written by classic Hollywood writer Walter Newman and is often, as 'Deadline' reports, used in film classes becoming in certain way legendary.