IAIN GLEN TO LEAD 'CLEVERMAN' SF TV SERIES WITH FRANCES O'CONNOR! 'HOME FIRES' WW2 TV SERIES TRAILER WITH ED STOPPARD, FRANCESCA ANNIS! 'KEVIN FROM WORK' SITCOM TRAIELER WITH NOAH REID

IAIN GLEN TO LEAD

'CLEVERMAN' SF TV SERIES

A bunch of TV news today, starting with the news coming from Down Under where they are preparing a new sf series to be lead by GAME OF THRONES' Iain Glen! A six part high concept sf drama CLEVERMAN will be set in the near future where a group of nonhumans battle for survival in a world where humans feel increasingly inferior and want to silence, exploit and kill them. The story focuses on two estranged indigenous brothers who are forced together to fight for their own survival. Otherworldly creatures also emerge into this “real world” dystopian landscape. Frances O'Connor and Ryan Corr will also star.

'HOME FIRES' TRAILER

FOR NEW WORLD WAR 2 SERIES
Something that started airing last weekend in UK is ITV's new War drama HOME FIRES! Ed Stoppard, Samantha Bond and Francesca Annis lead the cast of the six part drama, which is based on 'Jambusters: The Story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War' by Julie Summers. With their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers experiencing bloodshed on the battlefields, the women of a small rural Cheshire community have quite the task ahead of them if they are to keep their world from falling apart.

'KEVIN FROM WORK' TRAILER

FOR NEW ABC FAMILY SITCOM

Meanwhile, ABC Family has released first trailer for their new sitcom KEVIN FROM WORK  which arrives this summer, following Kevin (Noah Reid), a young man who declares his unrequited love for his co-worker Audrey (Paige Spara) in a letter, believing he’ll never see her again after he accepts a job overseas. But when the opportunity falls through and Kevin is forced to return to his old job, how will he and Audrey continue to work together now that his feelings are no longer secret?

RODRIGO SANTORO IS JESUS IN 'BEN HUR' REMAKE? 'PLAYING IT COOL' TRAILER WITH CHRIS EVANS, IOAN GRUFFUDD, TOPHER GRACE! JOHN RHYS DAVIS IN 'SHANNARA' EPIC SERIES! NOAH REID, PAIGE SPARA IN 'KEVIN FROM WORK', SHOSHANA BUSH IN 'TOUGH COOKIE' SITCOM

IS RODRIGO SANTORO

JESUS IN 'BEN HUR' EPIC REMAKE?

We did lost track of the casting process for BEN HUR remake after the choices have turned out to be rather bland, but now they have a very interesting choice for the role of Jesus: according to 'The Hollywood Reporter' 300's Persian Emperor Xerxes Rodrigo Santoro could take the role! The epic drama will follow Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince in Jerusalem who is betrayed and sold into slavery. The story of his redemption runs parallel to the life and crucifixion of Jesus!. Morgan Freeman will be Ildarin who teaches BEN HUR how to drive chariots, Sofia Black D'Elia will play Ben-Hur's sister Tirzah, Toby Kebbell is Messala who sells him to slavery, HOMELAND's Nazanin Boniadi is BEN HUR's love interest Esther, while GAME OF THRONES' star Pedro Pascal is Pontius Pilate.

TELEVISION UPDATES

JOHN RHYS DAVIES IN 'SHANNARA'
In TV news, first info is that LORD OF THE RINGS star John Rhys Davies has joined SHANNARA epic fantasy series in which he will play King Eventine, Amberle’s (Poppy Drayton) grandfather, who has ruled the Elvin kingdom of Arborlon for decades!
NOAH REID IS 'KEVIN FROM WORK'
Over at ABC Family they have found lead stars for their two new sitcoms. First up is KEVIN FROM WORK in which  Noah Reid will play Kevin, an adorable but lonely young man unlucky in love who professes his love to his beautiful and quirky co-worker Audrey (Paige Spara), thinking he’ll never see her again after he accepts a job offer overseas. But then that job offer is rescinded and now they have to continue to work with each other. Matt Murray will be his best friend and confidant who is also a bit of a prankster; he’s always giving Kevin the not smartest advice.
SHOSHANA BUSH IS 'TOUGH COOKIE'
The other one is TOUGH COOKIE centring around a young mother who isn’t ready to parent and her daughter who doesn’t want to be parented. Shoshana Bush will play the lead role of Lilla, a strong-willed, successful publicist who got pregnant at a young age by a man she loved who dumped her, and she gave her baby girl up for adoption so she wouldn’t have to be reminded of him ever again. Now, she learns that her daughter, Eleanor, is slated for another round of foster care unless Lilla gives her a chance in a three-day trial that neither of them is looking forward to. Definitely not mother material, Lilla is shocked to see so much of herself in the outspoken, confident, take-no-prisoners Eleanor, and to her surprise, she doesn’t want Eleanor to go. Arturo del Purto will be Mickey, one of Lilla’s roommates, a neurotic hipster and something of a neat freak.

'PLAYING IT COOL' TRAILER

CHRIS EVANS, IOAN GRUFFUDD, TOPHER GRACE, ANTHONY MACKIE, MICHELLE MONAGHAN

You can also check out new trailer for delightful romantic comedy PLAYING IT COOL in which our beloved Chris Evans plays a writer who wants to write action but his publisher (Anthony Mackie)Bryan wants him to write about romance first. The problem is, the narrator doesn't believe in love. But when he meets Her (Michelle Monaghan), he falls for her, only to find out that she is already engaged to Stuffy (Ioan Gruffudd).The rather star studded cast also included Topher Grace, Aubrey Plaza, Ashley Tisdale, Luke Wilson...