FANTASTIC BEASTS SEQUEL FIRST CAST PHOTO WITH JUDE LAW
I'm sure most of you will agree with me that the first one was a ghastly boring affair (I remember slumbering off at least five times during it), a poorly written snoozefest, but FANTASTIC BEASTS is still, as you know, getting a
The Beasts arrive in December 2018, a year from now
sequel and today you can see the first cast photo! Titled THE CRIMES OF GRINDENWALD, it will again star Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, an expert on magical beasts, always lovely Ezra Miller as Credence, Johnny
Eddie Redmayne returns as Newt Scamander, maziologist
Depp as evil Grindenwald, alongside new additions Jude Law as young professor Dumbledore and Callum Turner as Newt's brother Theseus.
THE BEASTS ARE BACK! At the end of the first film, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert
Grindelwald was captured by MACUSA (Magical Congress of the
United States of America),
Jude Law joins the cast as younger professor Dumbledore
with the help of Newt Scamander.
But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escaped custody and has set
about gathering followers, most
Johnny Depp is again the evil magician Grindenwald!
unsuspecting of his true agenda: to
raise pure blood wizards up to rule over all non magical beings. In an
effort to thwart Grindelwald’s plans, Albus
Callum Turner joins the cast as Newt's brother Theseus
Dumbledore enlists his
former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the
dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are
Ezra Miller returns as enigmatic Credence
tested,
even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided
wizarding world! Stay tuned for the first trailer!
'THE MERCY' TRAILER WITH
COLIN FIRTH & RACHEL WEISZ
Mercy arrives next February!
Meanwhile, a stellar drama sailing into cinemas next February has just got its first trailer and poster, Rachel Weisz and Colin Firth starring THE MERCY! Colin plays yachtsman
Donald Crowhurst whose disastrous attempt to
win the 1968 Golden Globe Race ends up with him creating an outrageous
account of travelling the world alone by sea. The adventure ended in
disgrace and tragedy, after he duped family and race organisers (since
neither him nor his boat were ready for the ocean crossing, he started
sending false reports on his locations over the radio struggling to keep
up the pretence), finally taking his life.
A little bit of slightly irreverent garden mischief and mystery today with the first trailer for upcoming animated comedy SHERLOCK GNOMES which will sneak its way into cinemas around the world next March! It is the sequel which arrives seven years after 2011cinema movie hit Gnomeo and Juliet!
The Gnomes go missing next March
INTO THE GREAT UN- GNOME The rather stellar voice cast is again led by British stars James
McAvoy and Emily Blunt as Gnomeo and Juliet who are now married and have
just arrived to the English capital, where their biggest concern is
getting their new garden ready for spring. But when their friends and
family turn up missing, they call in the legendary detective SHERLOCK GNOMES (Johnny Depp).
The sworn protector of London’s garden gnomes arrives with his sidekick
Watson (Chiwetel Ejiofor) to investigate the case. The mystery lead the
garden
Elton John has written the music for the animated adventure
partiers on a rollicking adventure where they will meet all new
ornaments and explore an undiscovered side of the city. The voice cast
also includes Maggie
The original movie has earned around $100 million around the world
Smith, Michael Caine and even famous musicians Elton John (who also wrote the music for the film),
Ozzy Osbourne and Mary J. Blige.
Exciting new trailer has been released for Kenneth Branagh's latest big screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's most popular novel MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS along with colourful and glamorous set of more than a dozen character posters presenting all the major suspects aboard the luxurious train ride, and, boy, do they all look suspicious! Who looks most suspicious to you? Following the adventures of world's most famous detective Hercule Poirot, the murder mystery will try to solve its case November 10th when it hits cinemas around the world.
WHAT'S THE MYSTERY? The fourth adaptation of Agatha Christie's most beloved novel written
back in 1934, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS has the story set on a
Kenneth Branagh and Judi Dench
lavish train ride which unfolds into a stylish and suspenseful mystery.
It tells the story of thirteen stranded strangers and one man's race to
solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.
WHO ARE THE SUSPECTS?
British thespian Kenneth Branagh, who also directed the movie, plays legendary Christie’s detective Poirot stranded on the famous train during a
Johnny Depp and Tom Bateman
terrible snowstorm somewhere in old Yugoslavia. When a fellow passenger is murdered, Poirot discovers a great number of other passengers could be the
Penelope Cruz and Daisy Ridley
culprit. Johnny Depp is Mr. Ratchett, who believes his life is being threatened and attempts to hire Poirot but, due to his distaste, Poirot refuses
Derek Jacobi and Lucy Boynton
because he does not like his American face. Next morning he is killed on the train. The suspects include Judi Dench who portrays Princess Dragomiroff,
Willem Dafoe and Michelle Pfeiffer
Lucy Boynton as Countess Andrenyi, Tom Bateman as Bouc director of the train company, Derek Jacobi as Ratchett's valet Masterman, Michael
Marwan Kenzari and Sergei Polunin
Peņa as Marquez, Leslie Odom Jr. as Doctor Arbuthnot. Michelle Pfeiffer is Mrs. Hubbard and Daisy Ridley plays Mary Debenham. Josh
Manuel Garcia Rulfo and Olivia Colman
Gad is Ratchett's assistant Hector McQueen, Penelope Cruz is missionary Pilar Estravados, Willem Dafoe is undercover detective Gerhard Hardman amd Olivia Colman is Hildegarde Schmidt, a cook.
A month ago we've seen wonderful first cast photos and now the first trailer for Agatha Christie's MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS is finally here! Directed by Kenneth Branagh who also stars as famous detective Hercule Poirot, the film also stars Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Tom Bateman, Daisy Ridley and it will be out this November!
MURDER ON ORIENT EXPRESS
is set on a lavish train ride through
Europe which quickly unfolds into the thrilling mystery of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where
Kenneth Branagh leads the cast as Hercule Poirot
everyone's a suspect. One man must
race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.
'AGE BEFORE BEAUTY'
POLLY WALKER TO LEAD NEW BBC ONE TV SERIES
British stars will be seen in newly announced BBC One TV series AGE BEFORE BEAUTY as well! The six part family saga will have the cast
Polly Walker will play Bel
lead by our dear Rome star Polly Walker next to Robson Green, Sue Johnston and James Murray.
Married to Wesley (James Murray) for 25 years, Bel (Polly Walker) has
spent the last 18 years as a homemaker and mum to their twins, but
having just waved them off to university, now has a void in her life.
Enter Teddy (Robson Green), brother in law and long time best friend,
begging her to step in and rescue the family business - a down at heel
beauty salon in Manchester's Northern Quarter.
Like Bel, it could do with a bit of a face-lift. And possibly a clear
out, since it employs her high maintenance family: mother Ivy-Rae (Sue
Johnston), Northern Soul fanatic and spray tan technician, sisters
James Murray will play Wes
Leanne, Tina and Heidi, mother to Disney, plump, seven year old wannabe
Pageant Queen.
Into the mix comes beautiful 20 something Personal Trainer Lorelei who
seems to have caught Wes's eye… can Bel reconcile the demands of her
business, her warring family and the problems in her marriage?
Delightful photo treat comes to you today from the latest edition of 'Entertainment Weekly' who have published the first cast photos from the latest big screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's famous detective novel MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS directed by legendary Kenneth Branagh who also takes the lead role of the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, this time with some seriously huge moustaches :) He is tasked with finding a mysterious murderer aboard the famous train stuck in the middle of a blizzard somewhere in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Her cinematic highness Judi Dench stars as Princess Dragomiroff who is acting all helpless and confused which she actually isn't. Johnny Depp stars as Edward Ratchett, a paranoid, rich businessman with dark secrets! Michelle Pfeiffer is a loud and very annoying American on the train. Daisy Ridley is the quick thinking governess Mary Debenham. Penelope Cruz is Pilar Estravados, the missionary who actually isn't a stranger to rough situations. Sir Derek Jacobi is Masterman, Ratchett's butler, who has a spiky relationship with his boss! Willem Dafoe is Austrian professor Gerhard Hardman, armed in a number of ways. Tom Bateman is flirty louche director of the train company and a friend of Poirot’s! The lavish train ride through Europe which quickly unfolds into the thrilling mystery of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone's a suspect, should start in cinemas later this November. One man must race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.
FIRST 'DARK TOWER' TRAILER
SETS IDRIS ELBA AGAINST MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY
Your second movie treat for today is the long awaited first trailer for Stephen King's latest adaptation THE DARK TOWER, a Ron Howard produced science fiction film highly stylized epic adventure, which should finally arrive into theatres across the world after many years of problematic production at the beginning of August!
ELUSIVE DARK TOWER
The story of the movie actually continues the one from the books
rather than directly adapting one of them, and follows Idris Elba's
The Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, who roams an Old West like and post
apocalyptic landscape where "the world has moved on" in pursuit of the
man in black played by Matthew McConaughey. Also searching for the
fabled and powerful Dark Tower, in the hopes that reaching it will
preserve his dying world.
Located in the End World, amid a sea of singing red roses, the Dark
Tower is a link to other worlds and a bridge in the time space
continuum. The studio is envisioning this as a movie trilogy with two
seasons of a TV series in between the films.
The only thing I have for you today is the new TV trailer and posters that Disney has released for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES! The fifth movie in the adventure saga is to set sail May 26th this year with Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush and Orlando Bloom returning to their roles, and the addition of Brenton Thwaites and Javier Bardem!
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES will follow Captain
Jack Sparrow once again in a tough spot when he encounters deadly ghost
pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar (Javier
Bardem). The ghosts and Salazar have escaped from the Devil's Triangle,
determined to kill every pirate at sea, including Jack. Sparrow's only
hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a
powerful artefact that will give its possessor total control over the
seas. Geoffrey Rush returns as one legged pirate Barbossa, Orlando Bloom
as Will Turner after being absent from previous instalments, Kevin
McNally is Joshamee Gibbs and Stephen Graham is Scrum, David Wenham is
Scarfield. Young actressKaya Scodelario takes the female lead as an astronomer. Paul
McCartney will have a cameo in the movie as well.
The only thing I have for you today is the first teaser trailer that Disney has released for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES! The fifth movie in the adventure saga is to set sail May 26th next year with Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush and Orlando Bloom returning to their roles, with the addition of Brenton Thwaites and Javier Bardem!
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES will follow Captain
Jack Sparrow once again in a tough spot when he encounters deadly ghost
pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar (Javier
Bardem). The ghosts and Salazar have escaped from the Devil's Triangle,
determined to kill every pirate at sea, including Jack. Sparrow's only
hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a
powerful artefact that will give its possessor total control over the
seas. Geoffrey Rush returns as one legged pirate Barbossa, Orlando Bloom
as Will Turner after being absent from previous instalments, Kevin
McNally is Joshamee Gibbs and Stephen Graham is Scrum, David Wenham is
Scarfield. Kaya Scodelario takes the female lead as an astronomer. Paul
McCartney will have a cameo in the movie as well.
JUDI DENCH, JOHNNY DEPP, DEREK JACOBI JOIN THE CAST
In the whole sea of the upcoming movie or television projects based on Agatha Christie's works (click on her name tag below the post to see them all), surely one of the most intriguing ones will be Kenneth Branagh's MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS and rumour has it that it might have a rather stellar cast: Judi Dench and Johnny Depp have been cast alongside Michelle Pfeiffer and Daisy Ridley.
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS will see travellers stuck in the snowstorm in the
middle of old Yugoslavia with a murderer in the train, with Branagh himself playing Hercule Poirot, Depp will be Ratchett, Pfeiffer is Mrs.
Hubbard, Daisy Ridley is Mary Debenham. Judi Dench will portray Princess
Dragomiroff, and Lucy Boynton Countess Andrenyi. Tom Bateman will be
Bouc, while legendary Derek Jacobi is Masterman, Michael Peņa is
Marquez, and Leslie Odom Jr. will be Doctor Arbuthnot.
'COUNTERPART' SF SERIES
HARRY LLOYD JOINS THE CAST In the television world, Starz is casting for its new sf thriller
series COUNTERPART which already has two 10 episodes season ordered!
Harry Lloyd and Olivia Williams have just joined JK Simmons who leads
the cast as Howard Silk a lowly cog in a bureaucratic agency who
discovers that the agency he works for is really guarding a crossing
into a parallel dimension. Through Howard and his Counterpart on the
other side, the show will navigate themes of identity, what-ifs and lost
love. Olivia Williams will play his wife, a mysterious woman whose
secrets become the center piece of the first season’s story. Lloyd will
be a director at Howard’s agency whose carefully calibrated career
slowly begins to unravel as he sinks deeper into the world of espionage
and double lives.
'ATTRACTION' SF TRAILER
WILL LEAVE YOU STUNNED
And a stunning trailer for you coming from Russian 2017 sf movie ATTRACTION or Притяжение! Directed by Russian moviemaker Fedor Bondarchuk, it depicts the first arrival of alien ships onto planet Earth straight over Moscow ... and it seems they're not coming in a friendly manner at all judging from the mindblowing trailer below!
While his DEADPOOL movie is earning surprisingly big bucks in US cinemas and also around the world (it is well over $250 million now), 'Deadline' reports that Ryan Reynolds is considering joining Rebecca Ferguson in LIFE sf movie that I mentioned last week when she got the lead role. Coming from the scribes who wrote DEADPOOL, the new movie follows the crew of the
International Space Station, who, after retrieving a sample from Mars,
discover that it displays signs of life, and proves to be more
intelligent than expected.
'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM'
FIRST BBC MOVIE PHOTO IS HERE In TV news, check out the first photo from BBC's upcoming new TV
movie A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, the adaptation of famous Shakespeare's
play showing Maxine Peake as Queen Titania! Matt Lucas will appear as Bottom, John Hannah as Theseus,
Eleanor Matsuura as Hippolyta and newcomer Hiran
Abeysekera as Puck. The CGI rich project is set in the tyrannical court
of Athens and the magical forest around the city!
PINK TO SING A SONG FOR
'ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS' MOVIE
When it comes to clips, check out a video in which Pink talks about White Rabbit song that she recorded for ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS which also offers new glimpses into the sequel movie which comes out this May starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Rhys Ifans. There is also a new poster for the movie!
Now we know why our favourite Welshman in the world Luke Evans has opted out of US Army propaganda SAND CASTLE movie with Henry Cavill: he will take a role in THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN instead! He replaces Jared Leto joining Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramirez and Rebecca Ferguson in the film in which he will play the husband of Haley Bennett's character. In the adaptation of Paula Hawkins novel Emily Blunt plays a divorced woman fascinated by a couple she watches on her commute to work.
But events take a sinister turn when the wife (Bennett) disappears and the Girl on the Train starts to suspect she may be witness to a murder.
NEW SF TV SERIES
'TEMPEST' AT CW In TV news today, CW will produce utopian series TEMPEST about a
young woman living in a utopian spaceship who finds out the ship is
secretly powered by slaves and becomes enmeshed romantically and
politically in the dangerous rebellion brewing below the decks. AMAZON'S 'DARKOOVER' Amazon
is also going sf by turning DARKOVER sf novels into series!Marion
Zimmer Bradley's saga has 25 books and it has been translated into
almost 20 languages as a mix of fantasy and science fiction set on the
exotic planet of Darkover. 244 DEGREES OF FREEDOM Fox has bought sf series 244
DEGREES OF FREEDOM set in a world where robots have evolved in
intelligence, influence, and social status, and humans have been
relegated to a permanent underclass until one man is driven to lead a
rebellion against the machines, risking everything to uncover a
conspiracy that could spell the end of the human race.
DISNEY'S FIRST TRAILER FOR
ALICE THROUGH LOOKING GLASS
Disney has revealed the first trailer for their fairy tale movie ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS which is out next May! Alice (Mia Wasikowska) has spent the past few years following in her father's footsteps and sailing the high seas. Upon her return to London, she comes across a magical looking glass and returns to the fantastical realm of Underland and her friends the White Rabbit, Absolem, the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), who is not himself. The Hatter has lost his Muchness, so Mirana (AnneHathaway) sends Alice on a quest to borrow the Chronosphere, a metallic globe inside the chamber of the Grand Clock which powers all time. Returning to the past, she comes across friends - and enemies - at different points in their lives, and embarks on a perilous race to save the Hatter before time runs out. Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Fry, Alan Rickman and Michael Sheen also star.
It's a Disney day today, people, since the studio has announced a number of great news today, starting with pop star Shakira who will lend her voice to Gazelle and she will also sing the main song TRY EVERYTHING written by Sia in ZOOTOPIA! Gazelle will be the biggest pop star next March in ZOOTOPIA, the modern mammal metropolis in which the main hero an optimistic police bunny discovers that being the first bunny on a police force of big, tough animals isn’t so easy!
'GIGANTIC' JACK & MAGIC BEAN ANIMATED FILM But probably the biggest is the announcement of GIGANTIC, Jack and
the Magic Bean animated Disney movie directed by TANGLED's Nathan Greno
with the story set in Spain during the Age of Exploration, and
following adventure seeker Jack as he discovers a world of giants hidden
within the clouds. He hatches a grand plan with Inma, a 60-foot-tall
girl, and agrees to help her stop a group of villains called Storm
Giants! The movie is set for 2018 release after MOANA in 2016.The music
is being written by FROZEN composers!
DISNEY'S
'FINDING DORY'
NEW CHARACTERS REVEALED
They have also revealed the first image from FINDING DORY sequel arriving next summer to reunite Dory with friends Nemo and Marlin on a search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? With voices from Ellen DeGeneres and Diane Keaton, new characters will include a cantankerous octopus, a misguided beluga whale and a kind hearted whale shark!
DISNEY'S FIRST POSTERS FROM
'ALICE IN WONDERLAND: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS'
Disney has also released first two posters for live action adventure sequel ALICE IN WONDERLAND: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS which arrives into cinemas next May with the return of Johnny Depp as Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska as the title character Alice. Anne Hathaway will also return as White Queen and Helena Bonham Carter as Red Queen and Stephen Fry as Cheshire Cat! Joining Alice in her quest to save Mad Hatter, will be Rhys Ifans as Zanik Hightopp, the Mad Hatter's father and Ed Speleers as James Harcourt.
DISNEY'S RELEASES 1ST PHOTO
FROM STAR WARS ROGUE ONE Disney has also revealed the first cast photo from STAR WARS: ROGUE
ONE spin off which includes Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Forest Whitaker,
Mads Mikkelsen, Donnie Yen and Riz Ahmed. The movie with deal with the
stolen plans of Death Star and is directed by Gareth Edwards for
December 2016 release.
