SEE MATTHEW MACFADYEN, MICHAEL SHANNON IN FIRST TRAILER FOR NETFLIX' DEATH BY LIGHTNING PERIOD SET THRILLER TV SERIES

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TRAILER FOR NETFLIX NEW TV SERIES

Netflix has finally released a trailer for their new historical thriller mini TV series DEATH BYLIGHTNING which will arrive November 6th with Matthew MacFadyen and Michael Shannon leading the cast as American president James Garfield and his killer Charles Guiteau!

BASED ON THE NOVEL

Destiny Of The Republic by Candice Millard, the series follows Garfield  who was President in 1881 and was assassinated later that year, having previously served nine terms as a Congressman. He was elected as a Senator but declined this when he became President, despite having not sought the office. He was shot by Guiteau, who felt he had played a major role in Garfield’s election. Nick Offerman as vice president Chester Arthur, Betty Gilpin as the first lady Crete Garfield, Tuppence Middleton, Ben Miles, Kyle Soller will also appear in the cast of this period set series which arrives to the streamer next month.

 

SEE MATTHEW MACFADYEN, MICHAEL SHANNON IN FIRST IMAGES FROM NETFLIX' DEATH BY LIGHTNING PERIOD SET THRILLER TV SERIES

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FIRST IMAGES FROM NETFLIX TV SERIES

Netflix has announced a very dull 2025 movie and series offer this week, and among them is new historical thriller mini TV series DEATH BY LIGHTNING which we first announced back in February last year when it was revealed that Matthew MacFadyen and Michael Shannon will lead the cast playing American president James Garfield and his killer Charles Guiteau, and now we have the first images from it.

BASED ON THE NOVEL

Destiny Of The Republic by Candice Millard, the series follows Garfield  who was President in 1881 and was assassinated later that year, having previously served nine terms as a Congressman. He was elected as a Senator but declined this when he became President, despite having not sought the office. He was shot by Guiteau, who felt he had played a major role in Garfield’s election. Nick Offerman as vice president Chester Arthur, Betty Gilpin as the first lady Crete Garfield, Tuppence Middleton, Ben Miles, Kyle Soller will also appear in the cast of this period set series which should arrived to the streamer later this year.

SEE FIRST TRAILER AND IMAGES FROM NETFLIX PERIOD SET TIME TRAVELLING SERIES BODIES WITH STEPHEN GRAHAM AND KYLE SOLLER

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ARRIVING OCTOBER TO NETFLIX

In the depressively poor offer that Netflix has in store for us for the rest of the year, one of the series that we might give a try is time travelling crime series

The series streams from October 19th

BODIES which will stream from October 19th! The eight part thriller is a small screen adaptation of the 2015 graphic novel by Si Spencer. The story focuses on four detectives in four different London eras who find themselves investigating the same murder: 1890s overachiever Edmond Hillinghead (Kyle Soller), 1940s adventurer Karl Whiteman (Jacob Fortune Lloyd), 2010s Detective Sergeant Shahara Hasan (Amuka Okaflor) and Maplewood (Shira Haas), an amnesiac from post-apocalyptic 2050, who brings a haunting perspective. Together, the four set out to uncover a conspiracy spanning 150 years. Stephen Graham also stars. 

 

  MEET THE CHARACTERS

 LONDON, 1890. As Jack the Ripper stalks the streets, Inspector Edmond Hillinghead, the city’s most diligent detective, applies his skills to an even harder case. The victim is an unidentified male. The killer may have powerful allies. And Edmond’s darkest secret may be exposed if he gets too close to the truth! LONDON, 1940. As the Blitz rains bombs down on the city, Inspector Charles Whiteman reigns over its streets. He escaped the Nazis in Poland only to run the very rackets he’s supposed to shut down. But when he discovers a mysterious murder victim, his double life may be destroye. LONDON, 2014. As racist rioters wreak havoc in the name of their prejudiced patriotism, Detective Sergeant Shahara Hasan leads the fight against them. As a Muslim cop, she’s English to the core. But the corpse she’s uncovered may reveal something rotten deep below the surface. LONDON, 2050. As the mind-scrambling pulsewave plagues the last survivors of a terrifying techno-apocalypse, the amnesiac young woman known only as Maplewood can barely understand the body she’s discovered. But this ritual killing is identical to those from decades past-and the link between them all is stronger, and stranger, than anyone could dream…

POLDARK'S KYLE SOLLER & STELLAN SKARSGARD JOIN STAR WARS ROGUE ONE PREQUEL TV SERIES ON DISNEY PLUS

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BRINGS KYLE SOLLER TO STAR WARS UNIVERSE AT DISNEY +

I have to admit I found Mandalorian series painfully, even excru- ciatingly, dreary to watch, probably the most monotonous, poorly acted,

Kyle Soller will star in the new Star Wars TV series

unoriginally written and over pretentious crap with absolute lack of inspiration and freshness, but Disney + is still planning another new sf series based on Star Wars franchise, this time a prequel to Rogue One movie following Diego Luna's Cassian Andor character who in the film itself worked with the Rebel Alliance in order to unearth a design flaw in the killer Death Star base. The series has now added two more names to the cast, Poldark's Kyle Soller and also Stellan Skarsgard who will star in unknown roles with the plot also being kept under wraps. The sf spy thriller series, which was supposed to shoot this year, will also feature Andor's droid K-2SO. Tony Gilroy is penning the opening episode and will helm a few of the episodes too. Obi Wan Kenobi series is also in works with Ewan McGregor in the lead role.