DOMINIC WEST JOINS CONNOR SWINDELLS, JACK O'CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN IN BBC'S EPIC WAR SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES! LONG STORY SHORT TRAILER WITH RAFE SPALL, JOSH LAWSON

   DOMINIC WEST JOINS  

BBC'S SAS: ROGUE HEROES

A few weeks ago I told you that BBC is preparing a mammoth new war series SAS: ROGUE HEROES, a dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary

Dominic West has joined the cast of the series

circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two, and now we have Dominic West joining Connor Swindells, Jack O’Connell and Alfie Allen, in the cast. West will play Lieutenant Colonel Wrangel Clarke. Cairo, 1941. David Stirling (Swindells) - an eccentric young officer, hospitalised after a training exercise went wrong - is bored. Convinced that traditional commando units don’t work, he creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare. He fights for permission to recruit the toughest, boldest and brightest soldiers for a small undercover unit that will create mayhem behind enemy lines. More

Jack O'Connell, Connor Swindells and Alfie Allen will lead the cast

rebels than soldiers, Stirling’s team are every bit as complicated, flawed and reckless as they are astonishingly brave and heroic. Rich with action and set-pieces, SAS: Rogue Heroes is the exhilarating story of renegade men taking monumental risks in extraordinary circumstances. The six part saga comes from Steven Knight. 

LONG STORY SHORT TRAILER

WITH RAFE SPALL, JOSH LAWSON

Earlier this week I reported on Rafe Spall shooting a new Josh Lawson directed comedy LONG STORY SHORT, but one of our spylings has alerted us that the movie has not only been shot already but also has a

Long Story Short is playing in Australia

trailer and is airing in Australian cinemas, so check it out below. Serial procrastinator Teddy (Rafe Spall) thinks he has all the time in the world, but after an odd encounter with a stranger, he wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that he’s jumped forward a year in his life to his first anniversary. His wife Leanne is now heavily pregnant, with a full year of marriage behind them that he doesn’t remember living. Trapped in a cycle of time jumps, transported another year ahead every few minutes, Teddy is faced with a race against time as his life crumbles around him. With the help of his best friend Sam, Teddy tries to piece together where it all went wrong and, as his life flashes before his eyes, Teddy must learn how to live life in the precious moments to win back the woman he loves, even if it’s just for a second.

IT'S A SPALL SATURDAY: TIMOTHY SPALL JOINS LESLEY MANVILLE IN MAGPIE MURDERS TV SERIES, RAFE SPALL TO LEAD JOSH LAWSON'S ROMANTIC MOVIE LONG STORY SHORT

  MAGPIE MURDERS TV SERIES 

TIMOTHY SPALL CAST AS LEAD

We're having a Spall family day at the spy's today: BritBox has just cast Timothy Spall as the lead, next to Lesley Manville, in their upcoming adaptation

Timothy Spall will do the detective work

of Anthony Horowitz’s acclaimed and best selling crime novel MAGPIE MURDERS which begins production next week. In the series, a beguiling murder mystery with a solution that will both astonish and grip viewers, Spall will star as the clever and complex 1950s detective Atticus Pünd in the fictional novels by best selling mystery writer Alan Conway. The plot of Magpie Murders revolves around the character Susan Ryeland (Manville), an editor who is given an unfinished Conway manuscript and has little idea it will change her life. The series will air on Masterpiece PBS in USA next year. Stay tuned for additional casting updates.

 LONG STORY SHORT ROMANCE 

RAFE SPALL CAST AS LEAD

Rafe Spall will lead the new movie

Meanwhile, Timothy's darling son Rafe Spall has joined Oscar nominee Josh Lawson's romantic movie LONG STORY SHORT according to Variety. Lawson is also co starring in  the film he also wrote. The story of the movie follows Teddy (Rafe Spall), who wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he’s jumping forward to the next year of his life. He must use every precious moment wisely to keep from losing the love of his life, and to learn to love the life he’s losing. Zahra Newman, Ronny Chieng and Dena Kaplan also star in the film which will be offered to international buyers by Studiocanal!

LEWIS TAN, JOSH LAWSON, JOE TASLIM, TADANOBU ASANO, HIROYUKI SANADA, LUDI LIN TEAM UP FOR NEW MORTAL KOMBAT MOVIE ADAPTATION!

     'MORTAL KOMBAT' MOVIE

GETS ITS HEROES AND VILLAINS

Lewis Tan is set to take the lead role

We are ending our Asian Invasion Weekend today with a project coming straight from Hollywood which has gathered most of the Asian stars working in America in its cast. New Line has set March 2021 (which is when another 90s iconic epic adventure Masters of the Universe will also premiere its latest movie adaptation) date as the premiere for the new big screen adaptation of famous video game MORTAL KOMBAT but they already have most of the cast announced for the film which will be the first Mortal Kombat movie in more than twenty years and it is set to be directed by Simon McQuoid who will find himself for the first time behind the helm of a major blockbuster. The video game on which the movie is based is the best selling video game of 2019 so far. It has been sold in almost

Joe Taslim and Ludi Lin will be part of the team as well

50 million copies since it was first released in 1992 following a set of exotic martial arts heroes from different realms who are fighting for supremacy. Aquaman's James  Wan is producing.

     WHO IS IN THE CAST  

Josh Lawson will be evil Kano

The leading role has been reserved for super charismatic Lewis Tan whom we fell in love with in Into The Badlands series. Jessica McNamee will step into the role of Sonya Blade, commander of Earth's special forces, and Australian star Josh Lawson will portray Kano, a nasty leader of an international crime cartel who has a cybernetic eye. Aquaman's Ludi Lin will be Shaolin monk Liu Kang with powerful flying kicks who is the main defender of Earth, newcomer Sisi Stringer will portray sai wielding assassin Mileena and Mehcad Brooks will play special forces muscleman Jackson “Jax” Bridges. In addition, Thor's Tadanobu Asano is set to play Japanese God of thunder Raiden, while martial arts star Joe Taslim, whom

Australian actress Jessica McNamee will be Sonya Blade

we are watching in Cinemax action series Warrior, has landed the role of frosty ninja Sub-Zero. Hiroyuki Sanada is already down in South Australia where the filming is taking place and he is set to play undead ninja Scorpion! Chin Han will play Shang Tsung, a powerful but evil wizard who shapeshifts and takes the souls of those who he defeats.

RAFE SPALL AND JOSH LAWSON TO JUMP FORWARD IN TIME IN AUSTRALIAN COMEDY LONG STORY SHORT! HEARTBREAKING TRUE STORY I STILL BELIEVE TRAILER WITH SHANIA TWAIN, GARY SINISE, BRITT ROBERTSON, KJ APA

      'LONG STORY SHORT' WITH

RAFE SPALL & JOSH LAWSON

English star Rafe Spall takes the lead role

What can be better than four things we absolutely adore combined together: Australia, Studiocanal, Josh Lawson and Rafe Spall! The British star is already Down Under shooting Australian romantic comedy LONG STORY SHORT produced by our favourite Studiocanal! Zahra Newman, Ronny Chieng, Noni Hazlehurst, Dena Kaplan and Australian actor Josh Lawson also star in the movie which Lawson also writes and directs.

LONG STORY SHORT follows Teddy (Rafe Spall), who wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he’s jumping

Brisbane actor Josh Lawson stars in, directs and writes the movie

forward to the next year of his life. He must use every precious moment wisely to keep from losing the love of his life, and to learn to love the life he’s losing.

      'I STILL BELIEVE' TRAILER

WILL  BRING YOU TO TEARS!

The movie arrives to theatres next March

Speaking of weddings, there is one in new true story romantic drama I STILL BELIEVE which depicts the life of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope. K.J. Apa portrays Jeremy Camp in the heartbreaking drama, while Britt Robertson plays his ill girlfriend. The cast also includes music icon Shania Twain and Gary Sinise as his parents. The concert scene that dominates the trailer below was shot in front of live concert audience at a music festival in Alabama. The movie is out next March!

2018/19 SITCOMS: FOX REVIVES 'LAST MAN STANDING', ORDERS 'COOL KIDS'! CBS ORDERS NINA DOBREV, TONE BELL'S 'FAM', 'WELCOME TO NEIGHBOURHOOD', DAMON WAYANS JR SITCOM! NBC ORDERS 'ABBY'S'

  FRESHLY ORDERED COMEDIES

CBS ORDERS 'FAM' MULTICAM WITH NINA DOBREV, TONE BELL!

Last week was a black one for many shows as tons of them got cancelled, but this is also the time of the year when networks are ordering pilots into series.

Nina Dobrev and Tone Bell will be a couple in Fam!

CBS has cancelled Kevin Can Wait, Living Biblically, 9JKL and, sadly, our favourite Superior Donuts, as they're planning to fill Monday night with new comedies. They've ordered FAM multicam sitcom into series with Nina Dobrev as a young woman whose dreams of an upstanding life with her new fiancé are dashed when her younger train wreck half-sister comes to live with her to escape their train wreck of a father. Tone Bell, Odessa Adlon, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sheryl Lee Ralph also star. It will air in midseason!

CBS ALSO ORDERS JOSH LAWSON AND DAMON WAYANS MULTICAMS

Beside Murphy Brown revival, CBS will also have Cedric the Entertainer's new multicam WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD about the nicest guy in the Midwest (Josh Lawson) who moves his family into a tough neighbourhood in L.A. where not everyone appreciates his

Cedric will not welcome Josh Lawson to his neighbourhood nicely!

extreme neighbourliness. That includes their new next-door neighbor Calvin (Cedric). Sheaun McKinney, Tichina Arnold, Dreama Walker, Marcel Spears and Hank Greenspan also star. CBS will also have the untitled Damon Wayans Jr. comedy which revolves around Peter (Wayans)

Damon Wayans Jr and Felix Mallard will lead new sitcom at CBS

and Claire (Amber Stevens West), a couple who are tired of their mundane life and start to reconnect with their younger, cooler selves when an emerging pop star (Felix Mallard), who is drawn to their super-normal suburban life, moves in. Stephanie Weir and Chris Parnell also star. The two sitcoms will air from Autumn on Monday nights!
UPDATE The news is just in from CBS that they have replaced Josh Lawson with Max Greenfield in the sitcom! They have also revealed that Damon's sitcom will be titled HAPPY TOGETHER!

NBC SETS BAR AT 'S 'ABBY'S'  
NBC has picked up a multicam reminiscent of Cheers. ABBY'S is set at the best bar in San Diego, home to good prices, great company and, of course, Abby (Natalie Morales). This unlicensed, makeshift bar nestled in her

Natalie Morales will lead new NBC sitcom Abby's

backyard is the opposite of everything annoying about today’s party scene. There are no cell phones (not even to “look something up”), earning a seat at the bar takes time and losing a challenge means drinking a limey, sugary “not-beer” drink. As the oddball cast of regulars will tell you, hanging out at Abby’s is a coveted honour. But once you’re in, you’re family. Neil Flynn, Nelson Franklin, Jessica Chaffin, Leonard Ouzts and Kimia Behpoornia star.

FOX REVIVES LAST MAN STANDING AND PAIRS IT UP WITH COOL KIDS

Over at Fox the greatest news is that they are reviving Tim Allen's much adored LAST MAN STANDING which was shamelessly killed at ABC. With all the cast (Nancy Travis, Jonathan Adams, Amanda Fuller,

Revival is a glorious victory for Tim Allen and a kick in the face to ABC

Christoph Sanders and Jordan Masterson) returning it will be Fox's leading programme next season if it brings its massive ratings from ABC where it was their second most watched comedy. It will be joined at Fox by

The Cool Kids will join Last Man Standing at Fox

THE COOL KIDS! Starring Vicki Lawrence, Martin Mull, David Alan Grier and Leslie Jordan, it follows three guy friends in a retirement community who are the top dogs until they’re blown out of the water by the newest member of the community, a female rebel whose ready to challenge their place – it’s high school with 70 somethings. Stay tuned as I will be updating the post with new info as it arrives! The two comedies will air on Fridays from Autumn.

COMEDY FRIDAY: JAKE MCDORMAN JOINS 'MURPHY BROWN' REVIVAL AS HER SON! JOSH LAWSON TO LEAD 'WELCOME TO NEIGHBOURHOOD' SITCOM! DAX SHEPARD JOINS ASHTON KUTCHER'S 'RANCH'

  JAKE MCDORMAN JOINS 

'MURPHY BROWN' CBS REVIVAL AS HER GROWN UP SON

Jake McDorman will be Murphy's son Avery

TV comedy news today as we are in the middle of the casting season for new sitcom pilots! I've announced recently that MURPHY BROWN is returning to the small screens at CBS thirty years after its end, and now we have Jake McDorman cast as her grown up son! Candice Bergen returns as news anchor to a world of cable news, social media, fake news and a very different political and cultural climate, with all of the old cast returning too, from Faith Ford and Joe Regalbuto to Grant Shaud! McDorman will play her millennial adult journalist son Avery, who is following in his mother’s footsteps, perhaps too closely, and has his mother’s competitive spirit and quick wit. Nik Dodani joins the old cast as Pat, the director of social media for the news show who is tasked with bringing Murphy and the gang into the 21st century.

JOSH LAWSON TO LEAD 'WELCOME TO  NEIGHBOURHOOD' 

Josh Lawson will lead new CBS sitcom

After casting Cedric The Entertainer, CBS has added another lead to their multicam sitcom pilot WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOUR HOOD. Josh Lawson will play Dave, the nicest guy in the Midwest who moves his family into a tough neighbourhood in L.A. where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighbourliness. Cedric will play his next door neighbour who regards the new family with disdain and as a pack of interlopers, while Tichina Arnold will play his wife who judges them  by their knowledge of Scripture (non existent) and their church attendance record (shockingly poor!).

  DAX SHEPARD TO JOIN 

ASHTON KUTCHER'S 'THE RANCH'

Dax Shepard will guest star in about five episodes

And the third blond hunk for today will move to a ranch! You've probably heard that Danny Masterson will no longer be a part of Netflix's multicam sitcom THE RANCH and he will now be replaced by Dax Shepard in the comedy revolving around the dysfunctional Bennett family on their Colorado ranch! He will join the second part of the 20 episode third season as a former soldier who has come to town with some history concerning the Iron River Ranch. He meets the Bennetts and forms an immediate bond with Colt (Ashton Kutcher) and his father Beau (Sam Elliott), but his past has a way of catching up with him. Dax won't be a regular, however, as he will be the lead in another sitcom, BLESS THIS MESS at Fox in which he and Lake Bell play a NY couple which moves to Nebraska to live a simpler life. It doesn’t work out like they planned.