BLOODAXE PRIME VIDEO'S NEW VIKING EPIC TV SERIES ADS NEW CAST MEMBERS FOR SEASON TWO INCLUDING KIERAN BEW AND GEORGE BURGESS

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ADS NEW CAST FOR SECOND SEASON

Even though the first season is yet to air in early 2027, Prime Video is already gathering cast for the second season of BLOODAXE historical series which started production over in Ireland. Coming from Tudors and Vikings creator Michael Hirst and his son Horatio it follows the rise of Norse raider

George Burgess, Kieran Bew and Gard Lokke join the cast

 Erik Bloodaxe (Xavier Molyneux) and his wife, Gunnhild (Jessica Madsen), the Mother of Kings. Gard Løkke will be new series regular, while Melina Åkerman, our dearest Kieran Bew, Sebastian Bull and George Burgess will appear in recurring roles.

IT'S A CHAOS IN 19TH CENTURY CHINATOWN IN HBO MAX' WARRIOR EPIC TV SERIES SEASON 3 TRAILER!

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LET THE WAR BEGIN!

It seems like we waited forever after it was transferred from Cinemax to HBO Max, but the air date for the third season of fan favourite WARRIOR series is finally closing upon us: new season will premiere June 29th with a

Warrior returns June 29th on Max

three episode launch and you can check out the brand new longer trailer below. In the wake of the race riots that upended Chinatown in season two, Mai Ling (Dianne Doan) uses her government connections to consolidate power, while Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji) and the Hop Wei must find new ways to survive. Tom Weston Jones, Kieran Bew, Joe Taslim, Dean Jagger, Olivia Cheng, Hoon Lee, Langley Kirkwood, Mark Dacascos all return to the 19th century set martial arts saga based on the original writings from legendary Bruce Lee. Telly Leung has joined season three as Marcel, a nomadic Chinese nightclub singer, working on the Barbary Coast; Kevin Otto as Horace Clark, Bill’s (Kieran Bew) condescending brother-in-law and owner of a successful cement factory; Adam Rayner as Douglas Strickland III, a ruthless railroad baron and an old friend of Nellie’s husband; Nick Cordileone as Edmund Mosely, a Secret Service agent who comes to San Francisco to pursue an important case. Dominique Maher as Catherine Archer, a political booster who takes an interest in Mayor Buckley; Neels Claasen as Benjamin Atwood, the newly-appointed Chief of the San Francisco Police; Sean Marco as Stewart Gumm, Mayor Buckley’s conniving right-hand man; Jazzara Jaslyn as Eliza Pendleton, a wealthy socialite who takes an interest in Mai Ling; Colin Moss as Franklin Thayer, a charismatic candidate for San Francisco Mayor; Sizo Mahlangu as Isaac, the ruthless lieutenant to Happy Jack and a notorious Barbary Coast gangster. Season two ended in December 2020, so it has been a very long wait, but although the series had modest viewings in linear airing, it reached legendary numbers when both seasons started streaming on HBO Max, so the third season was ordered, with possible fourth coming our way too!

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON CINEMAX' 19TH CENTURY EPIC ACTION SERIES WARRIOR SECOND SEASON WITH ANDREW KOJI, KIERAN BEW, TOM WESTON JONES

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BRINGS FRESH TROUBLE TO 19TH CENTURY CHINATOWN

Second season starts October 2nd!

Among other new and old shows, next month will also bring us the 2nd season of the fan favourite series WARRIOR which will kick its way onto Cinemax October 2nd! The 10 episode series will also be available on demand at MaxGo.Com.

Set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the late 19th century, it again follows Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji), a martial arts prodigy who emigrated from China under mysterious circumstances. After proving his worth as a fighter, Ah Sahm becomes a hatchet man for the Hop Wei, one of Chinatown’s most powerful tongs! Season two follows rival tongs, the Hop Wei and the Long Zii,

Amazingly charismatic Andrew Koji takes the lead role again

as they fight for dominance amidst the growing anti-Chinese racism that threatens to destroy them all. After barely surviving last season’s disastrous showdown, Ah Sahm is back with the Hop Wei and determined to wreak

New season will, according to rumours, also air on HBO and HBO Max later on

vengeance on Long Zii’s new leader, Mai Ling (Dianne Doan), who also happens to be his sister. Spending his nights honing his martial arts skills at a notorious Barbary Coast fight pit run by a savvy, opportunistic woman named

The first season was an absolute extravaganza of action scenes and martial arts

Rosalita Vega (Maria Elena Laas), Ah Sahm harbours ambitions to topple Hop Wei head Father Jun (Perry Yung). To accomplish this, he pushes tong heir Young Jun (Jason Tobin) into a new opium deal and welcomes the

Ah Sahm will be helping Young Jun to take over his father's tong

arrival of an enthusiastic new recruit and fighter, Hong (Chen Tang). As the two tongs fight for dominance over the course of the season, both face numerous outside threats, including from the brutal Fung Hai tong and its nihilistic leader Zing (Dustin Nyugen), the embittered Irish labour

Olivia Cheng returns as the superresorceful madame and businesswoman

movement led by tough-as-nails bar owner Dylan Leary (Dean Jagger), and the hostile local government under the politically spineless Mayor Blake (Christian McKay) and his scheming deputy, Walter Buckley (Langley Kirkwood). With the stakes mounting and tensions with her brother

Tom Weston Jones and Kieran Bew return as Chinatown's policemen

growing, Mai Ling struggles to control her new partner Zing, and lover and tong lieutenant, Li Yong (Joe Taslim). Meanwhile, brothel madame Ah Toy (Olivia Cheng) continues to pursue her secret and violent agenda and slowly becomes intrigued by Nellie Davenport (Miranda Raison), a wealthy widow

Ah Toy will continue helping Ah Sahm for her own reasons and possibly love?

using her fortune to rescue young Chinese sex workers. Struggling to get out from the Fung Hai’s grip, debt-ridden police sergeant Bill O’Hara (Kieran Bew) faces growing suspicion from his subordinate (Tom Weston Jones) while fixer and profiteer Wang Chao (Hoon Lee) continues to play both sides. Socialite turned businesswoman Penny Blake (Joanna Vanderham) works to keep her father’s factory open using Chinese labour and must adjust

The series is based on the writings of Bruce Lee

to the arrival of her young, rebellious sister Sophie (Celine Buckens) who begins to cross family lines in favour of the Irish labour movement. Between the local political turmoil and the escalating gang violence, tensions in Chinatown threaten to boil over into a full-scale war that will raise the stakes and its survival of the fittest for those left standing.
 

WARRIOR EPIC TV SERIES SEASON 2 TEASER IS HERE WITH ANDREW KOJI, KIERAN BEW, TOM WESTON JONES, JOE TASLIM, DIANNE DOAN, OLIVIA CHENG, DEAN JAGGER

  'WARRIOR' SEASON 2

TRAILER & AIRING DATE ARE HERE

In recent few years not many historical shows have been successful enough to get a second season  (just this and last year we had flops in Beecham House, Sanditon, Belgravia, this year in Luminaries, Barkskins

Warrior returns with the second season this October at Cinemax

etc) and I think it was mostly due to them lacking likeable heroes: one series that definitely did not have that problem is WARRIOR which scored an unexpected success two years ago at Cinemax thanks to its rich gallery of

Jason Tobin will return as Ah Sahm's boss Young Jun

characters which all had their engaging backstories and their own, well developed goals and aims and personalities. The good news is that the show,

At one point Cinemax opted not to do scripted programmes anymore so the second season was in danger of being cancelled or losing home.

which followed young man Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji) who arrives to America from China looking for his long lost sister who in the meantime became the

Miranda Raison will be a wealthy widow who helps whores

leader of a powerful Asian gang, is coming back this October with the second season and you can watch the trailer for it below. The series will also be available on demand on MaxGo.com

The Ten Episode 2nd Season
based on the writings of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, is a gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the late 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji), a martial arts prodigy who emigrates from China to

Tom Weston Jones and Kieran Bew will patrol Chinatown again!

San Francisco under mysterious circumstances. After proving his worth as a fighter, Ah Sahm becomes a hatchet man for the Hop Wei, one of Chinatown’s

Dianne Doan is back as Ah Sahm's sister, now a powerful tong boss

most powerful Tongs (Chinese organized crime family). Season two follows rival Chinatown Tongs as they fight for dominance amidst the growing anti-Chinese fervour that threatens to destroy them all.

The Gang Is Back!

Back to Chinatown this season as well are amazing characters we grew to love or hate in season one: Kieran Bew as Chinatown's troubled constable

Olivia Cheng is the madame with ambitious goals of building an empire

O'Hara, always amazing Tom Weston Jones as his trusted assistant, Celine Buckens, Olivia Cheng as Ah Toy, the madame with a goal of her

Dean Jagger is back as the leader of Irish workers and a brute

own, Dianne Doan as Ah Sahm's sister Mai Ling who is now the new leader of her tong, Dean Jagger as the ruthless leader of the Irish workers,

Maria Elena Laas is Rosalita Vega, a notorious fightclub owner

Langley Kirkwood as mayor's main crook, Hoon Lee, Christian McKay as the corrupted mayor, Joe Taslim as Mai Ling's bodyguard, Jason Tobin,

Perry Yung is back as resourceful arms dealer of Chinatown

Joanna Vanderham as the mayor's shameless wife, and Perry Yung. New season two series regulars include Dustin Nguyen, Chen Tang, Miranda Raison and recurring series regular Maria Elena Laas.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON MARTIAL ARTS 19TH CENTURY SAGA WARRIOR WITH ANDREW KOJI, KIERAN BEW, TOM WESTON JONES, DEAN JAGGER, JOE TASLIM

'WARRIOR' EPIC TV SERIES 

THIS ISN'T CHINA, BUT CHINATOWN

Are you in the mood for some period set martial arts, spylings? If you are, Cinemax is ready to give you their new action packed series WARRIOR

Warrior hits Cinemax April 5th!

starting April 5th! The ten episode saga stars Andrew Koji, our dearest Kieran Bew, Olivia Cheng, Langley Kirkwood, Christian McKay, always amazing Tom Weston Jones, Joe Taslim, Dean Jagger, based on the writings of the legendary Bruce Lee!

WARRIOR
 is action packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco's Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji), a martial arts prodigy who emigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances. After proving

The new epic series will air in ten episodes

his worth as a fighter, Ah Sahm becomes a hatchet man for the Hop Wei, one of Chinatown's most powerful tongs (Chinese organized crime family). Befriended by Wang Chao (Hoon Lee), a fixer and profiteer in Chinatown, Ah Sahm is taken under the wing of Young Jun (Jason Tobin), the hard partying son of the Hop Wei's leader, Father Jun (Perry Yung), who is facing an imminent opium war with a rival tong. As he is indoctrinated in the rules of Chinatown gangs, Ah Sahm wins the confidence of a canny brothel madam, Ah Toy (Olivia Cheng), revealing to her the true intentions of his journey to America. Over the course

Andrew Coji is incredibly charismatic and handsome as Ah Sahm

of the season, Ah Sahm crosses boundaries inside and outside Chinatown, bringing him into contact with tong rivals Mai Ling (Dianne Doan), a

The series is executive produced by Banshee's Jonathan Tropper

beautiful and ruthless Chinese woman who has achieved a position of power in one of the tongs, and Li Yong (Joe Taslim), a tong lieutenant and Kung Fu

Dean Jagger plays the leader of Irish labourmen!

master. As violence erupts, Sergeant "Big Bill" O'Hara (Kieran Bew) and Richard Henry Lee (Tom Weston Jones), a transplanted southerner and

Warrior wasn't filmed in San Francisco, but actually in Cape Town, South Africa

rookie cop, are tasked with forming a Chinatown squad. Meanwhile, working class leader and tough Irishman Dylan Leary (Dean Jagger) is fighting for all

Tom Weston Jones absolutely shines as righteous cop Richard Lee

Irish labourers by trying to inflict as much damage as possible on the Chinese immigrants he says are stealing their jobs. Amidst the strife, power hungry San Francisco Mayor Samuel Blake (Christian McKay) and Deputy Mayor

Kieran Bew is unrecognisable as corrupted cop Big Bill O'Harra

Walter Buckley (Langley Kirkwood), who has his own political aspirations, engage in widespread corruption, while the mayor's young wife, Penny (Joanna Vanderham), finds herself trapped in a loveless marriage.

KATE WINSLET AND SAOIRSE RONAN TO GO LESBIAN IN GOD'S OWN COUNTRY'S FRANCIS LEE'S 19TH CENTURY DRAMA AMMONITE! WARRIOR TRAILER FOR 19TH CENTURY MARTIAL ARTS TV SAGA WITH ANDREW KOJI, KIERAN BEW, TOM WESTON JONES

   'AMMONITE' DRAMA TO

SEND KATE WINSLET & SAOIRSE RONAN INTO 19TH CENTURY

Kate Winslet will topline Ammonite drama

In casting news, Francis Lee, whose outstandingly brilliant God's Own Country is one of the best movies we've seen this decade and more, has just cast Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan for his new period set drama AMMONITE!

With the shooting planned to start next March, the movie, set in a UK coastal town in the 1840s, will have its story following the unlikely romance between palaeontologist Mary Anning and a London woman of means to whom she must unexpectedly play nursemaid. The film comes from the King's Speech and Lady Macbeth producers!

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1800'S STREETS OF CHINATOWN

Your action packed treat for this snowy Saturday is the first teaser that Cinemax has released for their new period set action series WARRIOR which arrives next year starring Andrew Koji, Kieran Bew, Langley

The Warrior should start sometime early next year on Cinemax

Kirkwood, Jason Tobin and Tom Weston Jones! Inspired by an idea from martial arts legend Bruce Lee, it is set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco's Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. It follows a

Andrew Koji takes the lead role in the new action packed series

martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown's most powerful organized crime families. 

CASTING REVEALED FOR CINEMAX NEW 19TH CENTURY MARTIAL ARTS TV SERIES 'THE WARRIOR' WITH KIERAN BEW, TOM WESTON JONES, JOE TASLIM, ANDREW KOJI, LANGLEY KIRKWOOD!

'THE WARRIOR' EPIC SERIES

INSPIRED BY BRUCE LEE

Beowulf's Kieran Bew leads the cast

Not much to report today, except some really nice casting news for new period set action series THE WARRIOR, a Bruce Lee inspired martial arts television saga by Cinemax! Fast and Furious Justin Lin will produce the Tong Wars ten episode series, inspired by the writings and work of martial arts icon Bruce Lee!

THE STORY OF THE WARRIOR
 will be set against the backdrop of the brutal Tong Wars in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the late 1800s! The cast is led by Andrew Koji as Ah Sahm, a

Joe Taslim is a kung fu master!

martial arts prodigy who travels from China to San Francisco and ends up becoming a hatchet man for the most powerful tong in Chinatown! Kieran Bew will play Officer “Big Bill” O’Hara, a hard drinking Irish cop charged with forming a Chinatown squad  and Tom Weston Jones will be Richard Lee, a transplanted Southerner and rookie cop! Olivia Cheng will appear as Ah Toy, Chinatown’s most accomplished courtesan and madame, while Jason Tobin is Young Jun, the hard partying son of a powerful tong boss. Dianne Doan will play Mai Ling, a beautiful and ruthless Chinese woman who, through sheer force of will, has achieved a position of power in one of the

You watched Tom Weston Jones in Dickensian & in BBC's upcoming Troy

tongs! Dean Jagger will be Dan Leary, the unofficial godfather of the Irish community of San Francisco and leader of the Workingmen’s party. Christian McKay will govern San Francisco as Mayor Samuel Blake and

Game of Thrones' Dean Jagger will be an Irish ruffian!

Joanna Vanderham will portray Penelope Blake, the aristocratic heir to a rail road fortune trapped in a loveless marriage to the mayor! Joe Taslim is Li Yong, a tong Lieutenant and kung fu master while Langley Kirkwood will

Dominion's Langley Kirkwood will be an ambitious deputy major!

be Walter Buckley, a Civil War veteran and Deputy Mayor with his own political aspirations! Perry Yung is Father Jun, the leader of the most powerful tong in Chinatown.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON 'BEOWULF' EPIC FANTASY TV SERIES WITH KIERAN BEW, ED SPELEERS, WILLIAM HURT, ELLIOT COWAN, JOE SIMS, JOANNE WHALLEY

'BEOWULF' EPIC TV SERIES

RETURN TO THE SHIELDLANDS
We've started our festive end of December yesterday with INDIAN SUMMERS and all till the end of the month I will be reminding you or presenting you with all the new historical and epic shows that are launching around the New Years! Today you can check out our final premium spotlight on ITV's new fantasy series BEOWULF: RETURN TO THE SHIELDLANDS which will bring mythical family adventure to the small screens from Sunday, January 3rd, and later on January ... ... 23rd at Esquire Network in USA as well! Filled with our most beloved hunks Kieran Bew and Elliot Cowan from DA VINCI'S DEMONS, Ed Speleers from ERAGON and DOWNTON ABBEY and Joe Sims from BROADCHURCH, the 13 part drama will follow the adventures of the famous mythical hero BEOWULF.

BRITAIN'S DARK AGES  
The series is set in the mythical Shieldlands, a place of spectacle and danger populated by both humans and fantastical creatures. Essentially, a western set in the Dark Ages of Britain’s mythic past, in which BEOWULF who, after spending many years wandering as a mercenary warrior, returns to Herot to pay his respects to the recently deceased Thane, Hrothgar - the man who raised him. But when Herot is attacked by the terrifying monster Grendl, Beowulf has no choice but to hunt it down, winning favour with Herot’s new female Thane, and the wider community, in the process. And so begins a personal journey that sees this mighty and capable man slowly reconnect with the notion of family and home.

THE STARSTUDDED CAST

Kieran Bew plays the lead role of Beowulf, William Hurt will play Hrothgar, Joanne Whalley takes on the role of Rheda. David Harewood will play Scorann, a born warrior, fearsome fighter and man of great honour, Ed Speleers has been cast in the role of Slean, David Ajala will play Rate and the cast will also see warriors or villains played by our favourite Bristol hunk Joe Sims, Elliot Cowan, Lee Boardman, David Bradley and Emmet J Scanlan.

KIERAN BEW IS BEOWULF

Beowulf is an exceptional and intelligent warrior with a reputation as a fearless ‘hero’ that he struggles to live up to and accept. What BEOWULF realises upon arriving to Herot is that what it needs to survive isn’t a Reeve who will ‘go by the book’ but one who’ll do what it takes to ensure its survival. He knows he has to step up for this community to stand a fighting chance.

JOANNE WHALLEY IS REDA

Capable, intelligent, tough when she needs to be and Herot’s Thane, Rheda proves herself as a leader and at times dangerous politician.

ED SPELEERS IS SLEAN

Rheda’s son. Ambitious, intelligent and greedy but never the fighter his father was. Brave and with a burning desire to be a great warrior but lacking the natural talent that BEOWULF is blessed with, his feelings of inadequacy and insecurity have left their mark. He believes the rule of law is vital in Herot’s progression but that doesn’t mean he necessarily follows it himself.

 WILLIAM HURT IS HROTHGAR

The Thane of Herot who adopted Beowulf and aimed to mold the then boy into a leader - a boy who, in Hrothgar’s eyes, was inherently more capable than his own son.