SEE JOSEPH FIENNES MANAGE ENGLAND'S FOOTBALL TEAM IN DEAR ENGLAND BBC MINI TV SERIES TRAILER

   DEAR ENGLAND TRAILER  

WITH JOSEPH FIENNES IN THE LEAD 

Hitting BBC One next Sunday, May 24th is four part mini series DEAR ENGLAND a fictionalised account of Gareth Southgate’s time managing the England men’s football team. With the worst team track record for penalties in the world when he takes over as manager, Gareth knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt to take England back to the promised land. The country that gave the world football has delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t the England team win at their own game? Joseph Fiennes takes the lead role with Will Antenbring as Harry Kane. 

 

SPOTLIGHT ON YOUNG SHERLOCK TV SERIES WITH HERO FIENNES TIFFIN, JOSEPH FIENNES, MAX IRONS, NATASCHA MCELHONE AND COLIN FIRTH

   YOUNG SHERLOCK   

NEW TV SERIES STARTS NEXT MONTH

Sherlock starts March 4th next year

First trailer that was released from Guy Ritchie's new period set television series YOUNG SHERLOCK with young Hero Fienness Tiffin in the lead role has broken record becoming Prime Video's best watched trailer ever with 223 million views in first seven days. To stream from March 4th on Prime Video, this brand new costume drama adventure follows the origin story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved detective in a re-imagining of the iconic character’s early days. Sherlock Holmes is a disgraced young man, raw and unfiltered, when he finds himself wrapped up in a murder case that threatens his liberty. His first ever case unravels a globe trotting conspiracy that changes his life forever. Unfolding in 1870s Oxford

Hero Fienness Tiffin takes the lead role

 and adventuring abroad, the series will expose the early antics of the anarchic adolescent who is yet to evolve into Baker Street’s most renowned resident.

 

  WHO IS IN THE CAST?

 Dónal Finn stars as James Moriarty, Joseph Fiennes as Sherlock's father Silas Holmes even though in real life he is Hero's uncle (Tiffin is the son of Joseph's and Ralph's sister Martha, the director), Natascha McElhone as his mother Cordelia Holmes, Zine Tseng as Princess Gulun Shou’an, Max Irons, another son of a famous actor, as Mycroft Holmes, an older brother to Sherlock, and Colin Firth as Sir Bucephalus Hodge. Check out the trailer below:

 

FIRST YOUNG SHERLOCK TV SERIES TRAILER AND STREAM DATE WITH HERO FIENNES TIFFIN, JOSEPH FIENNES, MAX IRONS, NATASCHA MCELHONE AND COLIN FIRTH

   YOUNG SHERLOCK   

FIRST TRAILER FOR NEW TV SERIES

Sherlock starts March 4th next year

First trailer has been released from Guy Ritchie's new period set television series YOUNG SHERLOCK with young Hero Fienness Tiffin in the lead role. To stream from March 4th on Prime Video, this brand new costume drama adventure follows the origin story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved detective in a re-imagining of the iconic character’s early days. Sherlock Holmes is a disgraced young man, raw and unfiltered, when he finds himself wrapped up in a murder case that threatens his liberty. His first ever case unravels a globe trotting conspiracy that changes his life forever. Unfolding in 1870s Oxford and adventuring abroad, the series will expose the early antics of the anarchic adolescent who is yet to evolve into Baker Street’s most renowned resident.

 

  WHO IS IN THE CAST?

 Dónal Finn stars as James Moriarty, Joseph Fiennes as Sherlock's father Silas Holmes even though in real life he is Hero's uncle (Tiffin is the son of Joseph's and Ralph's sister Martha, the director), Natascha McElhone as his mother Cordelia Holmes, Zine Tseng as Princess Gulun Shou’an, Max Irons, another son of a famous actor, as Mycroft Holmes, an older brother to Sherlock, and Colin Firth as Sir Bucephalus Hodge. 

 

FIRST YOUNG SHERLOCK TV SERIES IMAGES WITH HERO FIENNES TIFFIN, JOSEPH FIENNES, MAX IRONS, NATASCHA MCELHONE AND COLIN FIRTH

   YOUNG SHERLOCK   

FIRST IMAGES FROM NEW TV SERIES

First images have been released from Guy Ritchie's new period set television series YOUNG SHERLOCK with young Hero Fienness Tiffin in the lead role. To air sometime next year on Prime Video, this brand new costume drama adventure follows the origin story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved detective in a re-imagining of the iconic character’s early days. Sherlock Holmes is a disgraced young man, raw and unfiltered, when he finds himself wrapped up in a murder case that threatens his liberty. His first ever case unravels a globe trotting conspiracy that changes his life forever. Unfolding in 1870s Oxford and adventuring abroad, the series will expose the early antics of the anarchic adolescent who is yet to evolve into Baker Street’s most renowned resident.

  WHO IS IN THE CAST?

 Dónal Finn stars as James Moriarty, Joseph Fiennes as Sherlock's father Silas Holmes even though in real life he is Hero's uncle (Tiffin is the son of Joseph's and Ralph's sister Martha, the director), Natascha McElhone as his mother Cordelia Holmes, Zine Tseng as Princess Gulun Shou’an, Max Irons, another son of a famous actor, as Mycroft Holmes, an older brother to Sherlock, and Colin Firth as Sir Bucephalus Hodge. 

MAX IRONS JOINS YOUNG SHERLOCK TV SERIES WITH HERO FIENNES TIFFIN, JOSEPH FIENNES AND COLIN FIRTH

    MAX IRONS JOINS   

THE CAST OF YOUNG SHERLOCK SERIES

Jeremy's son Max will be Mycroft Holmes

The latest to join Guy Ritchie's new TV series YOUNG SHERLOCK is Max Irons who will play Mycroft Holmes, an older brother to Hero Fiennes Tiffin's young Sherlock who at age 19, is disgraced, raw, unfiltered, and unformed, when he finds himself caught up in a murder mystery at Oxford University which threatens his freedom. Diving into his first-ever case with a wild lack of discipline, Sherlock manages to unravel a globe-trotting conspiracy that will change his life forever. Dónal Finn also joins the cast as James Moriarty, with previously announced Joseph Fiennes (Silas Holmes), Natascha McElhone (Cordelia Holmes), Zine Tseng (Princess Gulun Shou’an) and Colin Firth (Sir Bucephalus Hodge). The show is being done for Prime Video streamer.

YOUNG SHERLOCK SERIES: COLIN FIRTH JOINS JOSEPH AND HERO FIENNES AND NATASCHA MCELHONE IN GUY RITCHIE'S SERIES

 YOUNG SHERLOCK SERIES 

COLIN FIRTH JOINS THE MAIN CAST

After casting Joseph Fiennes and Natascha McElhone as parents of Hero Fiennes Tiffin's YOUNG SHERLOCK over at Prime Video, Guy Ritchie has cast Colin Firth as Sir Bucephalus Hodge. The series will re-imagine Sherlock Holmes at age 19. Disgraced, raw, unfiltered, and unformed, he finds himself caught up in a murder mystery at Oxford University which threatens his freedom. Diving into his first-ever case with a wild lack of discipline, Sherlock manages to unravel a globe-trotting conspiracy that will change his life forever.

JOSEPH FIENNES, NATASCHA MCELHONE TO PLAY HERO FIENNES TIFFIN'S PARENTS IN YOUNG SHERLOCK TV SERIES

 YOUNG SHERLOCK SERIES 

ADS JOSEPH FIENNES, NATASCHA MCELHONE

We already announced that Hero Fiennes Tiffin will lead Guy Ritchie's YOUNG SHERLOCK series but we now hear that Joseph Fiennes is joining his real life nephew as his father Silas Holmes with Natascha McElhone as his mum Cordelia. Silas is a scientist, explorer and self-made businessman, while Cordelia is a devoted mother, artist and matriarch of the Holmes clan. Prime Video's eight episode series follows the 19-year-old, disgraced, raw, unfiltered, and unformed genius, when he finds himself caught up in a murder mystery at Oxford University that threatens his freedom. Diving into his first-ever case with a wild lack of discipline, Sherlock manages to unravel a globe-trotting conspiracy that will change his life forever.

SEE JOSEPH FIENNES, JARED HARRIS IN NEW 17TH CENTURY MINI TV SERIES ROYAL KILL LIST ON KING CHARLES I

 ROYAL KILL LIST SERIES 

WITH JOSEPH FIENNES AND JARED HARRIS

Sky History has announced March 12th as the start date for their three part docu historical mini series ROYAL KILL LIST which goes back to January 1649, when for the first and only time, a British

The series starts this March

monarch, King Charles I, was publicly executed,having been tried and convicted of treason by Parliament. This heralded ten years of Britain as a republic before, in May 1660, the monarchy was restored with the accession of King Charles II. While publicly planning his own lavish coronation to take place the following year, in April 1661, the new king had, behind the scenes, ordered an exhaustive search for the death warrant ordering his father’s execution. On finding it and the 59 signatories appended to it, Charles ordered the biggest manhunt in royal history. Told through dramatic reconstruction, with the actors serving as primary storytellers – Sheila Atim for the Royalists, Jared Harris for the Regicides, and Joseph Fiennes for King Charles II – the mini-series plays out as a Jacobean tragedy detailing the king’s lifelong obsession to hunt down, try and kill all those responsible for his father’s execution and his own desperate flight into exile.

JOSEPH FIENNES, JARED HARRIS SET FOR NEW 17TH CENTURY MINI TV SERIES ROYAL KILL LIST ON KING CHARLES I

 ROYAL KILL LIST SERIES 

WITH JOSEPH FIENNES, JARED HARRIS

Sky History has announced work on three part docu historical mini series ROYAL KILL LIST which goes back to January 1649, when for the first and only time, a British monarch, King Charles I, was publicly executed,

It will be a three part docu series

having been tried and convicted of treason by Parliament. This heralded ten years of Britain as a republic before, in May 1660, the monarchy was restored with the accession of King Charles II. While publicly planning his own lavish coronation to take place the following year, in April 1661, the new king had, behind the scenes, ordered an exhaustive search for the death warrant ordering his father’s execution. On finding it and the 59 signatories appended to it, Charles ordered the biggest manhunt in royal history. Told through dramatic reconstruction, with the actors serving as primary storytellers – Sheila Atim for the Royalists, Jared Harris for the Regicides, and Joseph Fiennes for King Charles II – the mini-series plays out as a Jacobean tragedy detailing the king’s lifelong obsession to hunt down, try and kill all those responsible for his father’s execution and his own desperate flight into exile.

HULU AND BBC 'HARD SUN' PRE APOCALYPTIC CRIME SERIES WITH JIM STURGESS! ALEXIS BLEDEL JOINS JOSEPH FIENNES, ELISABETH MOSS IN 'HANDMAID'S TALE' SF SERIES

JIM STURGESS' 'HARD SUN' 

PRE APOCALYPTIC TV SERIES!

News coming from Hulu today for you, beginning with the newly announced pre–apocalyptic crime drama HARD SUN which they will produce in six episodes together with BBC!

Set in contemporary London, it centres on detectives Robert Hicks (Jim Sturgess) and Elaine Renko (Agyness Deyn), partners and enemies who seek to enforce the law and protect their loved ones in a world that every day slips closer to certain destruction. Hicks is a family man and a great, committed officer. He’s also profoundly corrupt. Renko is a difficult and damaged, but utterly incorruptible officer. Thus, the two cops stand on different ends of the social and moral spectrum and also seriously distrust one other – and for good reason. But they must somehow learn to work together if they’re going to survive until the end of the world.

'THE HANDMAID'S TALE' SERIES

ALEXIS BLEDEL JOINS JOSEPH FIENNES IN THE CAST

Hulu has also cast Gilmore Girls star Alexis Bledel for their April 26th dystopian sf series THE HANDMAID'S TALE where she will play Ofglen, a pious rule follower, loyal to the oppressive Gilead system, who turns out to be daring and subversive.

DYSTOPIA OF GILEAD
The adaptation of Margaret Atwood novel is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what formerly was part of the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism regime that treats women as property of the state. As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred (Elisabeth Moss) is a Handmaid in the  Commander’s (Joseph Fiennes) household, one of the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate a devastated world.

1ST PHOTOS FROM 'A HANDMAID'S TALE' DYSTOPIAN TV SERIES WITH JOSEPH FIENNES, ELISABETH MOSS! 'THE WOODS' SF COMIC BOOK TO BECOME TV SERIES

'THE WOODS' COMIC BOOK

TO BE ADAPTED INTO SERIES

In TV news this Saturday, SyFy has announced that they're developing new sf series based on THE WOODS comic book to be produced and helmed by San Andreas director Brad Peyton!

THE WOODS is set in Wisconsin where an entire high school campus, including the 300 students, teachers, parents and workers who happened to be there at the time, vanishes without a trace and reappears in the middle of the thick woods on the moon of a distant planet. Now their normal lives have suddenly and dramatically changed as they must survive the eerie and dangerous environment while desperately trying to find a way to get back home.

'A HANDMAID'S TALE' 

1ST PHOTOS FROM THE TV SERIES

Meanwhile, Hulu has released first pictures from their upcoming new series A HANDMAID'S TALE based on Margaret Atwood's novel which will air next April starring Elisabeth Moss,  Joseph Fiennes and Yvonne Strahovski!

A HANDMAID'S TALE is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly part of the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalist regime that treats women as property of the state. As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred (Elisabeth Moss) is a Handmaid in the Commander’s (Joseph Fiennes) household, one of the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate a devastated world. In this terrifying society where one wrong word could end her life, Offred navigates between Commanders, their cruel Wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids – where anyone could be a spy for Gilead – all with one goal: to survive and find the daughter that was taken from her.

NEW ADAPTATIONS: JOSEPH FIENNES TO LEAD 'A HANDMAID'S TALE' TV SERIES, BBC TO ADAPT SEVEN AGATHA CHRISTIE'S NOVEL INTO SERIES, 'CUCKOO SONG' YA NOVEL TO BECOME MINI TV SERIES

JOSEPH FIENNES TO LEAD

'A HANDMAID'S TALE' TV SERIES  
We're talking about new book adaptations today, starting with the news coming from the small screen adaptation of Margaret Atwood's A HANDMAID'S TALE which has just cast Joseph Fiennes in the lead male role!

Hulu's ten episode series is set in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly part of the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism that treats women as property of the state. As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred (Elisabeth Moss) is a Handmaid in the Commander’s (Joseph Fiennes) household, one of the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate a devastated world. In this terrifying society where one wrong word could end her life, Offred navigates between Commanders, their cruel Wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids – where anyone could be a spy for Gilead – all with one goal: to survive and find the daughter that was taken from her. Max Minghella, Ann Dowd, Samira Wiley and Madeline Brewer will also star. 

BBC TO ADAPT SEVEN MORE

AGATHA CHRISTIE'S NOVELS  
A word comes over from BBC that they will adapt seven of Agatha Christie's novels into series after And Then There Were None and The Witness for the Prosecution which is currently in production with Kim Cattrall in the lead role. The first among the books which will be adapted in next four years is Ordeal By Innocence which explores the psychology of innocence, while Death Comes As The End, a murder mystery set in Ancient Egypt, and The ABC Murders, a race against time to stop a serial killer who is operating across 1930s Britain, have also been confirmed so far!

'CUCKOO SONG' YA NOVEL

TO BE TURNED INTO TV SERIES
Meanwhile, UK's Catalyst Global Media is planning to make a four part TV series out of Frances Hardinge's YA fantasy novel CUCKOO SONG in which the story is set in 1920s England where a young girl wakes after an accident to find herself and the life around her eerily altered. Her diary is of no help to her memory loss because all of the pages have been ripped out, her sister seems frightened of her and her parents whisper behind closed doors. She soon unearths a magical world and embarks on a quest to repair her broken family which is still haunted by the events of World War I.

TARON EGERTON, GUGU MBATHA RAW FOR 'ROBIN HOOD: ORIGINS' MOVIE! MICHAEL LANDES TO LEAD 'HOOTEN AND THE LADY' ADVENTURE TV SERIES! 'RISEN' EPIC POSTER WITH JOSEPH FIENNES

 'ROBIN HOOD: ORIGINS'

TO CAST TARON EGERTON AND GUGU MBATHA RAW AS LEADS?

While Disney is still planning their NOTTINGHAM AND HOOD in the large scale vein of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, rival project ROBIN HOOD: ORIGINS is already casting. After making a choice of Taron Egerton (Jack Huston, Jack Reynor were also considered) in the lead role, they're now considering between Gugu Mbatha Raw (BELLE) and Eve Hewson (THE KNICK, also known as daughter of irritating Bono Vox) for the female lead. This grittier version will see Robin Hood arrive back from the Crusades and recruit his band of Merry Men after finding corruption has spread across Sherwood Forest and Nottingham.

MICHAEL LANDES TO LEAD

'HOOTEN & THE LADY' INDIANA JONES STYLE TV SERIES
A new TV adventure awaiting us next summer? Yep, British Sky 1 has cast Michael Landes and Ophelia Lovibond as leads in their ambitious new Indiana Jones style adventure series HOOTEN AND THE LADY with eight episodes scheduled for shooting next month in Rome and then across the Globe! Ophelia Lovibond will be Lady Alexandra Lindo Parker of the British Museum, who teams with adventurer Hooten - played by Michael Landes. Together, the pair track down fabled treasures from the past, including the lost Amazonian golden city of Z, the Buddha's missing scroll and the lost tomb of Alexander the Great.

NEW 'RISEN' EPIC POSTER

WITH JOSEPH FIENNES!

And you can check out the first poster for historical thriller action movie RISEN out next January - Biblical story following Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a powerful Roman Military Tribune, and his aide Lucius (Tom Felton), who are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumours of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem!

STUNNING 'DANISH GIRL' TRAILER WITH EDDIE REDMAYNE, ALICIA VIKANDER, BEN WHISHAW! 'RISEN' ROMAN ERA TRAILER WITH JOSEPH FIENNES, TOM FELTON. '5TH WAVE' SF TRAILER WITH CHLOE MORETZ

'THE DANISH GIRL' TRAILER 

EDDIE REDMAYNE SHARES A KISS WITH BEN WHISHAW

Three trailers for you today, the first being the one for Tom Hooper's drama THE DANISH GIRL in which Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne (could easily get it next year too) plays artist Lili, previously known as Einar Wegener, who became one of the world's first known recipients of gender transformation surgery in 1930. The movie, which will arrive into US cinemas at the end of November and around Europe in January, also stars Alicia Vikander who portrays the artist's wife Gerda Wegener, with Amber Heard, Matthias Schoenaerts and Ben Whishaw also in the cast!

'RISEN' EPIC TRAILER 

JOSEPH FIENNES & TOM FELTON

 The second trailer for today is also the second one for historical thriller set in the Roman age RISEN  which is out next January,  Biblical story of the Resurrection, as told through the eyes of a non-believer. Clavius  (Joseph Fiennes), a powerful Roman Military Tribune, and his aide Lucius (Tom Felton), are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumours of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem. Kevin Reynolds (WATER WORLD, TRISTAN AND ISOLDE, ROBIN HOOD) directs.

'THE 5TH WAVE' SF TRAILER 

ALIENS ARE ATTACKING!

With the premiere scheduled for January, the first trailer has finally been released for the big screen adaptation of Rick Yancey's YA novel THE 5TH WAVE starring Chloe Moretz Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth decimated. The 1st wave was a permanent blackout of power, setting earth back into the Stone Age. The 2nd wave a massive tsunami, killing off all coastal cities. The 3rd wave a plague caused by birds, leaving only the unlucky alive. The 4th wave humans with activated alien brains. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, 16-year-old Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. As she prepares for the inevitable and lethal 5th wave, Cassie meets a young man who may become her final hope. Nick Robinson and Ron Livingston also star.

SEE DOUBLE TOM HARDY IN 'LEGEND' TRAILER WITH EMILY BROWNING! JOSEPH FIENNES TO TAKE 'THE LAST RACE' IN 'CHARIOTS OF FIRE' FOLLOW UP MOVIE

  JOSEPH FIENNES TO LEAD

'THE LAST RACE' CHARIOTS OF FIRE FOLLOW UP MOVIE

As 'Deadline' reports Joseph Fiennes will lead the cast in CHARIOTS OF FIRE follow up movie THE LAST RACE which will follow Scottish runner Eric Liddell after his win at the 1924 Paris Olympics,  looking at his life in China, where he worked as a missionary and died in 1945 in a Japanese internment camp.

  He was originally born in China in 1902 to Christian missionaries. His faith was of profound importance to him. He won gold in the 400m race in the 1924 Olympics but refused to take part in the 100m as it took place on the Sabbath. After returning to China, he was eventually sent to a Japanese internment camp in 1943 following Japan’s invasion of China six years earlier. He would die there of a brain tumour.

  SEE DOUBLE TOM HARDY 

IN 'LEGEND' ACTION PACKED TRAILER WITH EMILY BROWNING

The only trailer I have for you today is for Tom Hardy's and Emily Browning's new movie LEGEND!  From Oscar winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) comes the true story of the rise and fall of London’s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ron Kray, both portrayed by Tom Hardy in a double performance. It's a classic crime thriller taking us into the secret history of the 1960s and the extraordinary events that secured the infamy of the Kray twins.