NEW MOVIE ROLES FOR LUKE BRACEY, BRYAN BROWN, GREGG SULKIN, TOM BATEMAN, MARK SHEEN, JAIME PRESSLY, GEMMA WHELAN

   CASTING NEWS REEL  

LUKE BRACEY IN OUVERTURE

I have a number of fresh casting news for you  today so I am putting them all in one news bulletin post: over in Australia Bruce Beresford is preparing a comedy movie OUVERTURE in which Luke Bracey plays a successful stage designer who returns to his small Australian hometown to say goodbye to his dying mother. Bryan Brown, Susie Porter and Celia Massingham will also star.

GREGG SULKIN IN THE PET NUP

Meanwhile, Gregg Sulkin, Emeraude Toubia, Halston Sage and Jaime Pressly have joined Elaine Del Valle's romantic comedy THE PET NUP: While a recently divorced couple navigates new life and love apart, the arrangement in their “Pet-Nup” forces them to extremes as they fight for custody of the one thing in their life that can’t be split in two: their dog. 

STARS FOR NEW KENNETH BRANAGH FILM

Although the plot is kept under wraps for some reason, Kenneth Branagh has gathered a number of known names for his latest movie production THE LAST DISTURBANCE OF MADELINE HYNDE. This contemporary psychological so far has Patricia Arquette, Michael Sheen, Tom Bateman, Vicky McClure, Michael Balogun, Kristina Tonteri-Young and Karla Crome in the cast alongside Aiysha Hart and Gemma Whelan.

JUDI DENCH, CIARAN HINDS, JAMIE DORNAN CAST IN KENNETH BRANAGH'S DRAMA BELFAST BASED ON HIS CHILDHOOD! DAISY RIDLEY, KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS IN WW2 FILM WOMEN IN THE CASTLE

     'BELFAST' MOVIE 

SETS JUDI DENCH AS KENNETH BRANAGH'S GRANDMOTHER

According to Belfast Telegraph Kenneth  Branagh is secretly shooting a new movie BELFAST based on his own childhood with Judi Dench playing his grandmother, Ciaran Hinds his grandad, Jamie Dornan playing his father and Caitriona Balfe his mother. The semi

Kenneth Branagh said that his parents were related with the half of Belfast and that he went to school with the other half

autobiographical film inspired by his early childhood growing up in Northern Ireland surrounded by a large extended family, will see Jude Hill playing him as a young boy in the late 1960s.  He visited his grandparents twice a week, but when he was nine, his dad, a joiner, and mum, who worked in a chip shop, moved to Reading, Berkshire, to escape the tumult in Northern Ireland.

     'WOMEN IN THE CASTLE' 

SENDS DAISY RIDLEY AND KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS TO WW2

There is another period set movie that has just announced its ensemble cast: Daisy Ridley, Kristin Scott Thomas and Nina Hoss, will star in Jane Anderson's big screen adaptation of Jessica Shattuck's book WOMEN IN THE CASTLE about three widows of conspirators involved in

The movie will be an adaptation of a bestselling novel

an assassination attempt on Hitler. The story of the three German women, set during and after World War II, explores how each deals with the fallout of her personal life and the devastation around her differently. The characters are fictional. Anderson previously directed Glenn Close in The Wife.

KENNETH BRANAGH'S DEATH ON THE NILE TRAILER SETS SAIL WITH ARMIE HAMMER, TOM BATEMAN, GAL GADOT, DAWN FRENCH, JENNIFER SAUNDERS, ANNETTE BENNING, RUSSELL BRAND

     'DEATH ON THE NILE'

 HERCULE POIROT IS BACK!

Here's another new trailer for you: I cannot say I was thrilled with his previous Agatha Christie adaptation, but Kenneth Branagh's DEATH ON THE NILE will be out in cinemas October 23rd with him directing and

The ship sets sail October 23rd!

playing famous detective Hercule Poirot. Tom Bateman leads the cast with Annette Benning, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders with another British comedian Russell Brand, Armie Hammer, Gal Gadot!  

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short. Set against an epic landscape of sweeping desert vistas and the majestic Giza pyramids, this tale of unbridled passion and incapacitating jealousy features a

Legendary duo Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French star in the film too! Jennifer will play a rich cleptomaniac, and Dawn will be her nurse.

cosmopolitan group of impeccably dressed travellers, and enough wicked twists and turns to leave audiences guessing until the final, shocking denouement.

JUDI DENCH IS LEADER OF FAIRIES IN DISNEY'S STUNNING ARTEMIS FOWL TRAILER WITH FERDIA SHAW, COLIN FARRELL

'ARTEMIS FOWL' TRAILER

 HAS JUDI DENCH AS THE HEAD OF ALL POWERFUL FAIRIES

Disney has decided to launch the new week with a new trailer for their family fantasy adventure ARTEMIS FOWL which arrives into theatres May

Artemis Fowl is out May 29th around the world

29th as a big screen adaptation of Eoin Colfer's popular novel directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Judi Dench (Commander Root, the fairy head of the LEPrecon), Colin Farrell, and little Ferdia Shaw.

Artemis Fowl is a spellbinding adventure that follows the journey of 12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl, a descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds, as he seeks to find his father who has mysteriously disappeared. With the help of his loyal protector Butler, Artemis sets out to find him, and in doing so uncovers an ancient, underground civilization - the amazingly advanced world of fairies.

The movie is a big screen adaptation of beloved novels by Eoin Colfer

Deducing that his father's disappearance is somehow connected to the secretive, reclusive fairy world, cunning Artemis concocts a dangerous plan, so dangerous that he ultimately finds himself in a perilous war of wits with the all-powerful fairies.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON KENNETH BRANAGH'S ALL IS TRUE SHEAKESPEARE'S FINAL YEARS FILM WITH JUDI DENCH, IAN MCKELLEN

'ALL IS TRUE'

The movie is out May 10th in limited US cinemas

WHEN THE PLAY ENDS

This one already went through UK and US cinemas (in limited release in the pre award season) but is getting a wider US release next month May 10th! ALL IS TRUE is Kenneth Branagh's project which he not only directed, but also plays the lead role together with other two legendary British thespians Judi Dench and Ian McKellen! Written by Ben Elton, the historical movie offers a look at the final days in the life of renowned playwright William Shakespeare.

SHAKESPEARE'S FINAL YEARS

Sir Ian McKellen is Will's patron and possibly love.

This small scale movie is set  in the summer of 1613, when, just 14 years after it had been built, the Globe Theater burned to the ground due to errant sparks from a stage cannon during a performance of ALL IS TRUE, the original title of a play believed to have been written by Shakespeare and John Fletcher that a decade later was renamed Henry VIII. Evidently demoralized by the destruction of his theatre, the 49 year old playwright (Kenneth Branagh) retreated to rejoin his wife (Judi Dench) and two daughters, of whom he had seen very

Judi Dench plays Will's wife who was 8 years older than him.

little for some 20 years. Pressing even harder on him are thoughts of his son Hamnet, whom he had scarcely known before his death at age 11 a decade earlier.

JUDI DENCH AND IAN MCKELLEN

His illiterate wife Anne is played by Judi Dench! She resents his disruptive arrival after so long! Lydia Wilson plays Will's daughter Susanna Hall

Kenneth Branagh has directed five films based on Shakespeare!

accused of being unfaithful to her husband John (Hadley Fraser). Kathryn Wilder plays Will's unmarried younger daughter Judith, Hamnet's twin sister

Interior scenes were shot using only candle light!

who can't even read and thinks her father wishes she died instead of her brother. Ian McKellen is dandy Earl of Southampton, the writer's patron and maybe something more. 

JODIE COMER JOINS ARMIE HAMMER, GAL GADOT, KENNETH BRANAGH IN AGATHA CHRISTIE'S DEATH ON THE NILE! CELIA IMRIE, RUPERT PENRY JONES LEAD CAKEBAKING ROMANCE LOVE SARAH!

'DEATH ON THE NILE'

JODIE COMER JOINS ARMIE HAMMER, GAL GADOT, KENNETH

Jodie Comer will play one of the leads

BRANAGH

A new star has joined the latest movie adaptation of Agatha Christie's DEATH ON THE NILE! Director and actor Kenneth Branagh has revealed that White Princess star Jodie Comer will form the film's leading trio with Armie Hammer and Gal Gadot! In the film scheduled for December 2019 Branagh will again play famous detective Hercule Poirot beside directing the movie. 

The film will see him investigating a murder during a luxurious cruise on the Nile River that he just happens to be on. But just as he identifies a motley collection of would-be killers, several of the suspects also meet their demise, which only deepens the mystery. His new adventure was teased in the end of his previous adaptation Murder on the Orient Express which featured a massively stellar cast but lacked in quality and atmosphere.

CELIA IMRIE TO BAKE CAKES

WITH RUPERT PENRY JONES IN LOVE SARAH ROMANTIC DRAMA

One of our absolute faves, British thespian Celia Imrie is heading to the kitchen! As Screen Daily reports, she will join Bill Paterson, Shannon Tarbet, Shelley Conn and Rupert Penry Jones in LOVE SARAH,

Israeli-British chef and food writer Yotam Ottolenghi is providing the cakes and pastries that will be used in the film.

which follows a young woman who enlists the help of her mother’s best friend and her eccentric estranged grandmother to fulfil her late mother’s dream of opening a bakery in Notting Hill. The shooting is under way in London.

NEW PHOTOS FROM STARZ' CATHERINE OF ARAGON EPIC TV SERIES THE SPANISH PRINCESS AND KENNETH BRANAGH'S ARTEMIS FOWL FANTASY ADVENTURE WITH JUDI DENCH AS COMMANDER ROOT!

    NEW 'THE SPANISH PRINCESS' 

PHOTOS FROM ENGLISH COURT

We continue with the First Look exclusives that Entertainment Weekly has published in their latest issue with new photos from Starz' epic drama THE SPANISH PRINCESS which will probably hit the small screens sometime next spring. One of the photos reveals Charlotte Hope as Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon as she arrives to England with her entourage in order to marry prince Arthur, Henry VIII's (Ruairi O'Connor) brother. The second photo shows Laura Carmichael as Maggie Pole. Elliot Cowan will play the King of England! Among the characters there will also be a black woman who served as Catherine’s lady-in-waiting for 24 years.

    'ARTEMIS FOWL' PHOTOS

OF JUDI DENCH AS ROOT!

Entertainment Weekly has also revealed first look of Dame Judi Dench in Kenneth Branagh's directed fantasy adaptation of Eoin Colfer's YA novel ARTEMIS FOWL in which she plays Elven but also fierce looking Commander Root the chief of the fairy police. As Branagh has confirmed, her character will be a gravelly, Churchillian, curmudgeonly figure! Out next August, the film follows 12 year old Artemis Fowl who gets into battle against a powerful and hidden race of fairies who may be behind his father's disappearance.

FIRST TRAILER FOR WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BIOPIC ALL IS TRUE IS HERE WITH KENNETH BRANAGH, JUDI DENCH AND IAN MCKELLEN!

   1ST 'ALL IS TRUE' TRAILER

FROM KENNETH BRANAGH FILM WITH JUDI DENCH, IAN MCKELLEN

All is True arrives next February!

1st trailer has been released for Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare drama ALL IS TRUE which also stars Judi Dench and Ian McKellen! The story is set in 1613 when Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family. Haunted by the death of his only son Hamnet, he struggles to mend the broken relationships with his wife (Judi Dench) and daughters. In so doing, he has to examine his own failings

Isn't Sir Ian McKellen lovely as Lord Southampton?

as husband and father. His very personal search for the truth uncovers secrets and lies within a family at war. Sir Ian McKellen is his patron, the Earl of

The movie will get a limited week long release in December ahead of the awards season but will get official release date in 2019

Southampton. Official movie release is set for February but it will play in selected theatres before Christmas ahead of Oscars nomination race.

1ST TRAILERS REVEALED FOR DISNEY'S MAGICAL ADVENTURE ARTEMIS FOWL WITH JUDI DENCH & KENNETH BRANAGH AND THE VANISHING ISOLATED ISLE THRILLER WITH GERARD BUTLER

  'THE VANISHING'

TRAILER PUTS GERARD BUTLER IN A LIGHTHOUSE

Two trailers for you today, starting with the first one for Gerard Butler's latest action thriller THE VANISHING which is actually based on a real

Previously known as Keepers, it is out January

event, the Flannan Isle mystery. A small relief boat approaches the Isle, a tiny isolated island no bigger than a football pitch, 20 miles off a rugged coast. Its aim is to routinely replace the three lighthouse keepers, after 6 weeks alone manning the light. It nears the dock and none of the men greet them. The winch is broken. A call. Nothing. Experienced keepers Thomas (Peter Mullan), James (Gerard Butler) and Donald (Connor Swindells) have vanished. The lamps are clean and refilled; the table is laid for dinner. There is an upturned chair. Two sets of yellow oilskins are missing... The men were never found.

 1ST 'ARTEMIS FOWL' TRAILER

JUDI DENCH AS A COMMANDER

Artemis Fowl is out next August

Disney has, meanwhile, released the first trailer for Kennet Branagh directed adaptation of ARTEMIS FOWL young adult novel by Eoin Colfer. Ready to hit cinemas August next year it sees young Ferdia Shaw playing 12 year old genius Artemis Fowl, a descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds, who finds himself in a battle of strength and cunning against a powerful, hidden race of fairies who may be behind his father's disappearance. A rather unexpected name in the cast is Judi Dench as Commander Root, but maybe not so surprising given that Branagh is directing.