FIRST LOOK AT HARRIS DICKINSON, JOSEPH QUINN, PAUL MESCAL AS THE BEATLES IN THE FOUR MOVIE CINEMA EXPERIENCE WITH JAMES NORTON, HARRY LLOYD, DAVID MORRISSEY

    THE BEATLES   

FIRST IMAGES FROM FOUR MOVIE EXPERIENCE

It will be one of the most star studded movie projects ever and we have the first images to prove it: THE BEATLES A Four Film Cinema Experience will see Paul Mescal starring as Paul McCartney. Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr. It will be a long wait, though, because the four films directed by Sam Mendes, each from the perspective of a different Beatle, are set to be released on the same day - 7th April 2028. The stellar cast also includes Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney, James Norton as Brian Epstein, Mia McKenna-Bruce as Maureen Starkey, Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono, Aimee Lou Wood as Pattie Boyd, Harry Lloyd as George Martin and David Morrissey as Jim McCartney. Leanne Best will play Mimi Smith, Bobby Schofield will play Neil Aspinall, Daniel Hoffmann-Gill will play Mal Evans, Arthur Darvill will play Derek Taylor and Adam Pally will play Allen Klein. Each of the four movies will tell the story of one of the famous music group members and will be, strangely enough, released at the same time. Who do you think will be most popular?

SEE THE STUNNING FIRST TRAILER FOR GLADIATOR II WITH PAUL MESCAL, JOSEPH QUINN, CONNIE NIELSEN

   GLADIATOR II  

FIRST TRAILER FOR THE EPIC SEQUEL

Vanity Fair showed us the first images last week and today we have the first trailer for GLADIATOR II which stars Paul Mescal in the lead role of Lucius Verus alongside Pedro Pascal as Marcus Acacius,

Gladiator II will arrive this November to cinemas

and Connie Nielsen who returns to the story that will continue November 22nd when the film hits cinemas ahead of the festive season.Two relatively young brothers rule the vast empire, with Fred Hechinger as Emperor Caracalla and Joseph Quinn as Emperor Geta.

 

  GLADIATOR II
 continues decades after the first movie in which Russell Crowe played his father, now Lucius has come of age and has gotten far away from his mother, as Variety reveals. While he was still a child, Lucilla sent him to the northern coast of Africa, to a region called Numidia that was (at that point) just outside the reach of the Roman Empire. He never fully understood why, and as he grew stronger, so did his resentment even if his mother’s reasons had been pure. As Gladiator II begins, Mescal’s Lucius, according to Variety, has a wife and child, and lives a relatively peaceful life with them until conquerors from his homeland begin to encroach. He’s taken root in a seacoast town in Numidia. He’s a blue-eyed, fair-skinned man with red hair, and he couldn’t be more different from the inhabitants, director Ridley Scott reveals. It’s one of the last surviving civilizations, as the Romans begin to descend in North Africa and take it all over. Leading that charge is Pedro Pascal’s Marcus Acacius, a Roman general said to have trained as a junior officer under Crowe’s character, although he wasn’t seen in the first movie. Lucius, once the grandson of the emperor of Rome, finds himself a prisoner of it. But when he gets to Rome as a prisoner and has a first round in the arena, he sees his mother—to his shock. He doesn’t know whether she’s alive or not. And she’s now with the general who he came face-to-face with on the wall in Numidia. Lucilla doesn’t recognize the battered creature in the Colosseum as her son, and has no idea about the bloody history between him and the man she loves.

 

BEHOLD THE FIRST IMAGES OF PAUL MESCAL, JOSEPH QUINN, CONNIE NIELSEN IN RIDLEY SCOTT'S EPIC SEQUEL TO GLADIATOR

   GLADIATOR II  

FIRST IMAGES FROM THE EPIC SEQUEL

Vanity Fair has decided to spoil us this Monday and launch the beginning of the new week with first highly anticipated images from GLADIATOR II which give us the exclusive first look at Paul Mescal in the lead role of Lucius Verus alongside Pedro Pascal as Marcus Acacius, with new pictures also giving us a glimpse at Connie Nielsen who returns to the story that will continue November 22nd when the film hits cinemas ahead of the festive

Paul Mescal got some muscles for the role of Lucius

season.Two relatively young brothers rule the vast empire, with Fred Hechinger as Emperor Caracalla and Joseph Quinn as Emperor Geta.

 

THE STORY OF GLADIATOR II
 continues decades after the first movie in which Russell Crowe played his father, now Lucius has come of age and has gotten far away from his mother, as Variety reveals. While he was still a child, Lucilla sent him to the northern coast of Africa, to a region called Numidia that was (at that point) just outside the reach of the Roman Empire. He never fully understood why, and as he grew stronger, so did his resentment even if his mother’s reasons had been pure. As Gladiator II begins, Mescal’s Lucius, according to Variety, has a wife and child, and lives a relatively peaceful life with them until conquerors from his homeland begin to encroach. He’s taken root in a seacoast town in Numidia. He’s a blue-eyed, fair-skinned man with red hair, and he couldn’t be more different from the inhabitants, director Ridley Scott reveals. It’s one of the last surviving civilizations, as the Romans begin to descend in North Africa and take it all over. Leading that charge is Pedro Pascal’s Marcus Acacius, a Roman general said to have trained as a junior officer under Crowe’s character, although he wasn’t seen in the first movie. Lucius, once the grandson of the emperor of Rome, finds himself a prisoner of it. But when he gets to Rome as a prisoner and has a first round in the arena, he sees his mother—to his shock. He doesn’t know whether she’s alive or not. And she’s now with the general who he came face-to-face with on the wall in Numidia. Lucilla doesn’t recognize the battered creature in the Colosseum as her son, and has no idea about the bloody history between him and the man she loves.

 

KIT CONNOR, COSMO JARVIS, JOSEPH QUINN, WILL POULTER TO LEAD WARFARE MOVIE, ALAN RITCHSON TO LEAD NETFLIX SF MOVIE WAR MACHINE

 LATEST MOVIE BULLETINS 

WARFARE AND WAR MACHINE MOVIES

Just two short movie bulletins for you today with latest castings news from Hollywood. First up, a rather stellar ensemble is being assembled for WARFARE movie to be directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland! Not much is known about the story as the plot is being kept under tight wraps (Deadline says it will be about Naval Special Warfare Task Unit) but the cast gathered for it is very impressive: Heartstopper's cutie Kit Connor and Shogun's Cosmo Jarvis alongside Will Poulter, Charles Melton, our dear Joseph Quinn and Finn Bennett are the latest to join! Meanwhile, Alan Ritchson is set to lead sf movie WAR MACHINE for Netflix. Patrick Hughes directs the film set in the final 24 Hours of the world’s toughest selection process, when a team of Army Rangers encounter a threat beyond their imagination.

JOSEPH QUINN IS EMPEROR CARACALLA IN GLADIATOR SEQUEL! TRAILER AND AIR DATE FOR NEW BBC PERIOD SET SERIES TEN POUND POMS! SEE AN ENCHANTING TRAILER FOR DISNEY'S NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURE WISH WITH CHRIS PINE

  GLADIATOR SEQUEL  

TO AD JOSEPH QUINN WITH CONNIE NIELSEN RETURNING

Joseph Quinn will be emperor Caracalla

After adding Paul Mescal in the lead role, the sequel to Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR has now also added Joseph Quinn as emperor Caracalla with Connie Nielsen in negotiations to return to her original role of Lucilla who is the mother of Lucius, now the protagonist of the movie and portrayed by Mescal. The film is currently set for a November 22nd, 2024 release in cinemas. Fans' favourite Joseph Quinn is no stranger to historical drama and if you follow our blog for more than a decade you know that he first shone in period set series Dickensian, Les Miserables, Howard's End and Catherine the Great. 

 TEN POUND POMS TRAILER 

AND AIR FOR BBC SERIES

BBC One has announced a launch date and also the first trailer for their new six part period set series TEN POUND POMS which will officially launch on Sunday May 14th and will air weekly, but all episodes will be immediately available on iPlayer. The major new drama series starring Michelle Keegan, Faye Marsay and Warren Brown follows a group of Brits as they leave post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on a life-altering adventure on the other side of the world! In Australia it will stream on Stan.

 

 DISNEY'S WISH TRAILER 

A NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURE

I forgot to show you this one last night, but here it is now: Disney has released first trailer for their new enchanting animated adventure movie WISH which will debut in theatres around you November 22nd  set in the fantastical kingdom of Rosas, which is ruled over by a king voiced by Chris Pine. A number of Disney's recent animated movies, including Encanto and Strange World, has flopped at the box office, so it will be interesting to see if this one will score success. 

 

THE STORY OF WISH  

Written and directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, WISH is set in Rosas, a fantastical land located off the Iberian Peninsula. Our heroine, Asha, lives in Rosas, known as the kingdom of wishes. People come from everywhere to give their wishes to a magical king who promises to grant their deepest desires — someday. Only he can decide which wishes will come true and when. Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force — a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe — the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico — to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON LAVISH EPIC TV SERIES CATHERINE THE GREAT WITH HELEN MIRREN, JASON CLARKE, JOSEPH QUINN, RICHARD ROXBURGH! CAST PHOTOS AND TRAILER!

  'CATHERINE THE GREAT'

ALL BOW, THE EMPRESS IS HERE!

Catherine arrives this October to the small screens

From yesterday's visit to the exotic queen of Jhansi, we are moving today to Matushka Rosiya and the lavish imperial court of CATHERINE THE GREAT, epic new historical mini series starring Helen Mirren as Russia's most famous tzarina who made her country bigger than it ever was before and turned her palace into Europe's centre of glamour and glitz and also scandal! The four episode saga is ready to start October 3rd at Sky Atlantic in UK, Italy, Germany, Spain and Austria, and then on October 21st over at HBO in USA and Canada (I'm not fully sure, but I'm guessing it will also air on HBO's cable channels around the world, so

The focus of the story is the relationship between Catherine and Potemkin

you might catch it there if you are not from the mentioned territories). Unlike most other series which usually dealt with her arrival on the throne after

Catherine wears a lot of glamorous wintery outfits in the series

throwing down her husband (which is the case with another one that is currently in production The Great with Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult)

The series will also hit HBO from October 21st

this one will depict Catherine's older years when she spent her time chasing hot young hunks and enjoying her relationship with Count Potemkin.

Helen Mirren is actually to thin, the real Catherine was rather fat in her late years

Born in 1729 she became Empress of Russia in 1762, and reigned until her death in 1796 which makes her the country’s longest ruling female leader.

Jason Clarke plays Catherine's commander and lover Potemkin

During her reign she managed to turn Russia into a power that became a top player in Europe instead of being ignored by the rest of the continent, she

Richard Roxburgh is Catherine's old lover Grigory Orlov

spread the territory of the empire and made the number of its citizens almost ten times bigger, and although she tried to modernize certain systems in the

The empress wears traditional Russian kokoshnik headdress during her secret wedding

country, she also made the number of enslaved pheasants bigger than ever before as she was very prone to gifting her lovers and friends with estates and whole villages and towns to rule.

Catherine The Great 
 delves into the politically tumultuous and sexually charged court of the most powerful female monarch in history. Catherine wielded supreme power

Rory Kinnear is Catherine prime minister Panin

throughout Russia for nearly half of the 18th century – strong-minded, independent, brilliantly intelligent and sexually liberated, she was the

Antonia Clarke plays grand princess Sophia

definition of the modern woman. The story follows Catherine towards the end of her reign and her passionate affair with Grigory Potemkin. Amid scandal,

Potemkin spent his life overseeing Catherine's wars against the Ottomans

intrigue and immense conflict, this is a story of obsessive love. Unable to publicly marry and famously promiscuous, they develop a unique and devoted relationship, overcoming their adversaries and together shaping Russia as we know it today.

Who Are The Imperial Courtiers?

 Beside Joseph Quinn as her son Grand Prince Paul, Jason Clarke as her lover Prince Grigory Potemkin, Antonia Clarke as Paul's wife Princess Sophia and Adam El Hagar as general Valerian Zubov who had an affair

Joseph Quinn is Grand Prince Paul, Antonia Clarke Grand Princess Sofia

with the much older empress, the cast will also have Rory Kinnear as Panin, a skilful politician, advisor and governor to Catherine’s son, Richard

Gina McKee is Countess Praskovya Bruce, Catherine's confidante

Roxburgh as Prince Grigory Orlov, her most famous lover who helped her come to power by overthrowing her husband, Kevin McNally as his brother

Thomas Doherty is Pyotr Zavadovsky

Alexei Orlov, Bodyguard's Gina McKee as her confidant and lifelong friend Countess Bruce, Clive Russell as The Fool, Paul Kaye as infamous

Pop star Sam Palladio is one of Catherine's lovers Vasilchikov

Pugachev, Sam Palladio as Catherine's young lover Alexander Vasilichikov, and Paul Ritter as general Suvorov! Thomas Doherty will be Peter

Helen Mirren's ancestors are actually Russian!

Zavadovsky; Raphael Acloque is Platon Zubov, James Northcoate is Alexander Bezborodko and Andrew Rothney is Alexander Dmitriev Mamonov.

HELEN MIRREN WILL SHARE HER THRONE WITH NOONE IN HBO'S CATHERINE THE GREAT TRAILER! JAI COURTNEY JOINS KATE BECKINSALE IN JOLT ACTION COMEDY

   JAI COURTNEY JOINS

Kate Beckinsale will give herself some jolts

KATE BECKIN SALE IN JOLT ACTION COMEDY MOVIE

Well, they will certainly make a hot couple on the big screens! Australian superhunk Jai Courtney has just joined British beauty Kate Beckinsale in action comedy JOLT together with Stanley Tucci, Bobby Cannavale and Laverne Cox!

JOLT
directed by Hysteria's Tanya Wexler, will see Beckinsale play Lindy, an acid-tongued woman with rage issues. Lindy controls her temper by shocking herself with an electrode vest. One day she makes a connection with Justin (Jai Courtney), which gives her a glimmer of hope for a shock-free future but

Australian superstar Jai Courtney takes the lead male role

when he’s murdered, she launches herself on a revenge fuelled rampage in pursuit of his killer. Meanwhile, detective Vicars (Bobby Cannavale) and detective Nevin (Laverne Cox) mark Lindy as their chief suspect.

   'CATHERINE THE GREAT'

HBO VERSION OF THE TRAILER

I've already showed you Sky's trailer for it, but now HBO has released their own one for CATHERINE THE GREAT four part mini historical series with Helen Mirren! The series will follow the late years of the 18th century

Helen Mirren already played English queens Elizabeth I and II

Russian tzarina as she enters the relationship with Grigory Potemkin (Jason Clarke). Amid scandal, intrigue and immense conflict, Russian empress

The series will air on Sky in Europe, and HBO in USA this Autumn

Catherine the Great develops a unique and devoted relationship with him as they overcome their adversaries and serve as the architects of modern-day

The series follows the relationship between Catherine and Potemkin

Russia. The cast will also include Joseph Quinn, Gina McKee, Rory Kinnear, and Richard Roxburgh. Check out HBO's trailer below which is much more dynamic and atmospheric than the Sky's one.