OFFICIAL TRAILER AND CHARACTER POSTERS FOR ONE OF EUROPE'S MOST EPIC SERIES EVER RISE OF THE RAVEN DEPICTING THE 15TH CENTURY BATTLE OF BELGRADE

  RISE OF THE RAVEN 

OFFICIAL EPIC SERIES TRAILER IS HERE!

The series will be offered to broadcasters next week

Beta has announced that one of  the most epic European productions of all times, historical series RISE OF TH RAVEN will have its world premiere October 22nd at this year's Mipcom in Cannes, which is just in two days, and to celebrate it they have released a long trailer too and a series of character posters! The series will air next year. So far, we know it will air on TV2 in Hungary and Slovenia and ORF in Austria. I will inform you as soon as we hear news of other international broadcasters or a possible big streamer. In the meantime you can check out the new trailer below the post and tell us what you think.

 

THIS TEN PART SERIES EPIC TV SERIES

 depicts the extraordinary real-life feat of Hungarian army commander Janos Hunyadi (Gellért L. Kádár), who turned back the tide of the Ottoman Empire’s seemingly unstoppable advance into Europe when back in 1456 he won a bloody Battle of Belgrade against a vast Ottoman force twice the size of his troops who were sometimes armed with just slings and patriotic fervor. To this very day church bells ring every day at noon in honour of this victory. Franciska Törőcsik plays his first love Mara, Serbian princess, who had to marry Ottoman Sultan Murad (Murathan Muslu) in order to protect her people.

 

WHO IS IN THE CAST?

Alongside Hunyadi, played by Gellért L. Kádár stands his wife, Elizabeth Szilagyi, portrayed by Vivien Rujder. They are joined by a stellar international cast, including Austria’s Laurence Rupp as King Albert II,  Murathan Muslu, as sultan Murad II, Serbian Hollywood star Rade Serbedzija who plays Serbian despot Djuradj Brankovic, Mara's father, and Giancarlo Giannini. The series is based on a series of books by Ban Mor. Judging by the trailer the series will have a lot of historical inaccuracies, including Despina Mara dressed as an exotic sex slave in sultan's harem. In real history, she wasn't his concubine, but his official wife and sultana and remained true to her faith till death. She dressed in Serbian chaste clothes surrounded by an entourage of Orthodox monks and nuns and later on became one of the most respected noble women in Europe with her own court in Jezhevo. 

SEE WILDLY STUNNING TRAILER FOR ONE OF EUROPE'S MOST EPIC SERIES EVER RISE OF THE RAVEN DEPICTING THE 15TH CENTURY BATTLE OF BELGRADE

  RISE OF THE RAVEN 

FIRST WILDLY EPIC TRAILER IS HERE!

Beta has announced that one of  the most epic European productions of all times, historical series RISE OF TH RAVEN will have its world premiere October 22nd at this year's Mipcom in Cannes and they have released a wildly gorgeous trailer to celebrate it! The series will air next year.

THIS TEN PART SERIES EPIC TV SERIES

 depicts the extraordinary real-life feat of Hungarian army commander Janos Hunyadi (Gellért L. Kádár), who turned back the tide of the Ottoman Empire’s seemingly unstoppable advance into Europe when back in 1456 he won a bloody Battle of Belgrade against a vast Ottoman force twice the size of his troops who were sometimes armed with just slings and patriotic fervor. To this very day church bells ring every day at noon in honour of this victory. Franciska Törőcsik plays his first love Mara, Serbian princess, who had to marry Ottoman Sultan Murad (Murathan Muslu) in order to protect her people.

 

SEE FIRST POSTER FOR EXPENSIVE HISTORICAL SERIES RISE OF THE RAVEN DEPICTING THE 15TH CENTURY BATTLE OF BELGRADE

   RISE OF THE RAVEN  

FIRST EPIC TV SERIES POSTER IS HERE

Beta Film has issued the first poster for their new ten part series RISE OF THE RAVEN an epic adventure series that will air in Autumn 2024 on Hungarian

Rise of the Raven will arrive this Autumn

TV2 network, Austrian ORF and other national broadcasters around Europe.

 

STORY IS SET

 in 15th century Europe, when army commander Janos Hunyadi scores a decisive victory against all odds at the Battle of Belgrade, re-shaping the history of Europe. Hunyadi’s life is plagued by scandal, political power plays, and conspiracies between noble families from Italy, Poland, Austria, Serbia, and Hungary. His strongest allies are the women in his life: Elizabeth, the wife who not only stands by him, but fights alongside him, and Serbian princess Mara Brankovic, his first love, who was forced to become Sultan Murad wife. When the Ottoman Empire mobilises an army of unprecedented size to march west with the objective of conquering the Vatican and Europe, Hunyadi leads his small but mighty army to the battlefield, sealing a hard-fought victory. In celebration, Pope Callixtus III orders that churches all over the world shall ring their bells each day at noon. And even today, more than five centuries later, they still do.

 

 WHO IS IN THE CAST?

Alongside Hunyadi, played by Gellért L. Kádár stands his wife, Elizabeth Szilagyi, portrayed by Vivien Rujder. They are joined by a stellar international cast, including Austria’s Laurence Rupp as King Albert II,  Murathan Muslu, as sultan Murad II, Serbian Hollywood star Rade Serbedzija who, I imagine, plays Serbian despot Djuradj Brankovic, Mara's father, and Giancarlo Giannini. Meanwhile, Franciska Torocsik is Serbian princess Mara, later the Turkish sultana.

🎬🇭🇺Watch the first trailer for 'Rise of the Raven' - an epic #Hungarian drama series which tells the story of János Hunyadi who defeated the Ottoman army in 1456 at the Battle of Belgrade, halting its march across Europe.

Can't wait for the series to air! pic.twitter.com/t1CjNIEt4Z

— Balázs Orbán (@BalazsOrban_HU) April 23, 2023

BETA WRAPS PRODUCTION ON EXPENSIVE HISTORICAL SERIES RISE OF THE RAVEN SET IN 15TH CENTURY EUROPE

 RISE OF THE RAVEN SERIES 

BETA FINISHES PRODUCTION!

Beta Film has announced that they have finished production on new ten part series RISE OF THE RAVEN. The story of the epic adventure series that will air in Autumn 2024 on Hungarian TV2 network, Austrian ORF and probably other national broadcasters around Europe, is set in 15th-century Europe, when army commander Janos Hunyadi and his wife Erzsébet Szilágyi must battle scandals, political power plays, and conspiracies from Warsaw to Rome, Belgrade, and Vienna, while the Ottoman Empire threatens to overrun Europe. In honor of Hunyadi's decisive victory at the Battle of Belgrade, which reshaped the history of the continent, the noon bells ring all over the world to this day.

 

STELLAR INTERNATIONAL CAST 

  Alongside Hunyadi, played by Gellért L. Kádár stands his wife, Elizabeth Szilagyi, portrayed by Vivien Rujder. They are joined by a stellar international cast, including Austria’s Laurence Rupp, Cornelius Obonya, Murathan Muslu, Italy’s Francesco Acquaroli, Czech actor Karel Roden, Serbian Hollywood star Rade Serbedzija (Batman Begins, Mission: Impossible II) as well as Italian actors Thomas Trabacchi, Elena Rusconi and Giancarlo Giannini. It is produced by Serendipity Point Films, Twin Media, HG Media, MR Film, and Beta in coproduction with TV2 Network and ORF. See production clip below:

🎬🇭🇺Watch the first trailer for 'Rise of the Raven' - an epic drama series which tells the story of János Hunyadi who defeated the Ottoman army in 1456 at the Battle of Belgrade, halting its march across Europe.

Can't wait for the series to air! pic.twitter.com/t1CjNIEt4Z

— Balázs Orbán (@BalazsOrban_HU) April 23, 2023

THE SECOND SEASON OF NETFLIX' MOST POPULAR GERMAN EPIC TV SERIES EVER BARBARIANS IS STARTING THIS WEEK! SEE NEW CHARACTER POSTERS!

 BARBARIANS SEASON TWO 

RETURNS THIS WEEK ON NETFLIX

It is here, people, bar your gates and prepare for an attack! The second season of Netflix' most watched German series ever BARBARIANS is ready to launch

Barbarians return OctoberREADY

its streaming start from October 21st! The story continuous after the famous victory of German tribes against the Romans in legendary Battle of Teutoburg in which they have used lush forests to attack the invaders in a tight space. 

 

  WHAT'S THE STORY

A year after the Varus Battle in year 9 AD, the Roman troops have returned to Germania, stronger than ever, and Arminius is once again confronted with his Roman past. His brother has joined the Roman side topunish Arminius for his betrayal of Rome. While Thusnelda and Arminius try to unite the tribes against Rome and proclaim Arminius the king of the united German people, their childhood friend Folkwin makes a sinister challenge to the gods after parting his ways with them at the end of the first season.

 WHO IS IN THE CAST?

The cast led by our dear Laurence Rupp as Arminius, Jeanne Goursaud as Thusnelda and David Schutter as Folkwin Wolfspeer, is now joined by our favourite hunk Daniel Donskoy as Flavus, Arminius' brother raised in Rome, with Bernhard Schütz as Segestes, Robert Maaser as Odvulf and Murathan Muslu as the lead villain Maroboduus the Marcomanni King who brings his 70.000 men to the German cause but judging by the trailer seems to have some secret hots for our dear Flavus. Andrea Garofalo will play Aulus, with Katharina Heyer, and charismatic Alessandro Fella also joining the series! Set a year after general Varus’

defeat, the series now sees a new Roman general settled in Germania as Ari seeks to become king of all the tribes — but a rival stands in his way. This historical adventure series was created by Arne Nolting, Jan-Martin Scharf and Andreas Heckmann!

UNLEASH THE BARBARIANS! SEE TRAILER AND STREAMING DATE FOR THE SECOND SEASON OF NETFLIX' MOST POPULAR GERMAN EPIC TV SERIES EVER!

 BARBARIANS SEASON TWO 

TRAILER UNLEASHED BY NETFLIX

It is here, people, bar your gates and prepare for an attack! The trailer for the second season of Netflix' most watched German series ever BARBARIANS is

Barbarians return October 21st

here announcing the streaming start from October 21st! The story continuous after the famous victory of German tribes against the Romans in legendary Battle of Teutoburg in which they have used lush forests to attack the invaders in a tight space. 

 

  WHAT'S THE STORY

A year after the Varus Battle in year 9 AD, the Roman troops have returned to Germania, stronger than ever, and Arminius is once again confronted with his Roman past. His brother has joined the Roman side to

New season will also have six hourlong episodes

punish Arminius for his betrayal of Rome. While Thusnelda and Arminius try to unite the tribes against Rome and proclaim Arminius the king of the united

Our dearest Laurence Rupp is back as Arminius

German people, their childhood friend Folkwin makes a sinister challenge to the gods after parting his ways with them at the end of the first season.

 WHO IS IN THE CAST?

The cast led by our dear Laurence Rupp as Arminius, Jeanne Goursaud as Thusnelda and David Schutter as Folkwin Wolfspeer, is now

The first season was watched by more than 50 million people

joined by our favourite hunk Daniel Donskoy as Flavus, Arminius' brother raised in Rome, with Bernhard Schütz as Segestes, Robert Maaser as

Jeanne Goursaud is back as the brave Thusnelda

Odvulf and Murathan Muslu as the lead villain Maroboduus the Marcomanni King who brings his 70.000 men to the German cause but

David Schutter is one very angry Folkwin Wolfspear

judging by the trailer seems to have some secret hots for Flavus (oh, be still our hearts). Andrea Garofalo will play Aulus, with Katharina Heyer, and

Our dearest Daniel Donskoy is playing Flavus

charismatic Alessandro Fella also joining the series! Set a year after general Varus’ defeat, the series now sees a new Roman general settled in Germania as

Murathan Muslu is the powerful leader of German tribes

Ari seeks to become king of all the tribes — but a rival stands in his way. This historical adventure series was created by Arne Nolting, Jan-Martin Scharf and Andreas Heckmann!

BARBARIANS EPIC TV SERIES SEASON TWO DATE ANNOUNCED AT NETFLIX! DISNEY PLUS ANNOUNCES CAST FOR THEIR 18TH CENTURY EPIC TV SERIES BALLAD OF RENEGADE NELL

  BARBARIANS SEASON TWO  

STREAM DATE ANNOUNCED

And it proves that we will have a very rich TV Autumn indeed as BARBARIANS epic series season two arrives to Netflix October 21st! The cast will have Laurence Rupp as Arminius, Jeanne Goursaud as

Season two arrives October 21st!

Thusnelda, David Schutter as Folkwin Wolfspeer, our boy Daniel Donskoy as Flavus with Bernhard Schütz as Segestes, Robert Maaser as Odvulf and Murathan Muslu as the lead villain Maroboduus the Marcomanni King. Andrea Garofalo will play Aulus.

A year after the Varus Battle, the Roman troops have returned to Germania, stronger than ever, and Ari is once again confronted with his Roman past. His brother has joined the Roman side to punish Ari for his betrayal of Rome. While Thusnelda and Ari try to unite the tribes against Rome, Folkwin makes a sinister challenge to the gods.

 BALLAD OF RENEGADE NELL 

DISNEY'S EPIC TV SERIES LEAD CAST ANNOUNCED

Disney Plus has announced leading cast for their new British epic TV series THE BALLAD OF RENEGADE NELL, eight-part adventure and fantasy series about an 18th century young woman who finds herself unwittingly becoming the most famous highway woman in the country. Louisa Harland will play the quick-witted and courageous Nell, who ends

Joely Richardson, Craig Parkinson, Louisa Harland

up on an extraordinary adventure after she is framed for murder – a twist of fate that has far bigger consequences than Nell could ever dream of. Nick Mohammed is Billy Blind, a plucky but prickly spirit while Joely Richardson is eccentric newspaper magnate Lady Eularia Moggerhanger. Adrian Lester stars as Nell’s nemesis and political schemer the Earl of Poynton. Alice Kremelberg is young widow Sofia Wilmot, who teams up

Alice Kremelberg, Jake Dunn, Pip Torrens are a family

with master manipulator Poynton in a quest for her own independence, Frank Dillane is charming rogue Charles Devereux and Craig Parkinson is Nell’s kind-hearted father Sam. Pip Torrens is Sofia’s father, Lord Blancheford, while Jake Dunn is Thomas, her bullying brother. Enyi Okoronkwo is stable boy Rasselas and newcomers Bo Bragason and Florence Keen are Nell’s younger sisters Roxy and George.

1ST PHOTOS AND INTERNATIONAL CAST UNVEILED FOR HUNGARY'S MOST EXPENSIVE EPIC TV SERIES EVER ENGLISH LANGUAGE RISE OF THE RAVEN ABOUT THE 15TH CENTURY WARRIOR JANOS HUNYADI

  RISE OF THE RAVEN  

1ST PICS FROM EPIC TV SERIES

Oh, what a treat I have for you today: first photos and casting from Hungary's most expensive series ever RISE OF THE RAVEN which is currently in production near Budapest under Robert Lantos and Beta Film. As I told you before, based on Bán Mór’s bestselling novels, the ten part series follows Hungarian warrior Janos Hunyadi, who defeated the Ottoman army in 1456 at the Battle of Belgrade, halting its march across Europe. The show which cost well over $30 million already has broadcasters in Hungary and Slovenia and ORF in Austria. Set among the scandals, political power plays and court intrigues of medieval Europe, the series is nevertheless a human story at heart, with Gellért L. Kádár playing Hunyadi, and Vivien Rujder as his life partner, Elizabeth Szilagyi. They’re joined by an international cast that includes Austria’s Laurence Rupp from ''Barbarians”, Cornelius Obonya, Turkey's Murathan Muslu, Italy’s Francesco Acquaroli, Czech actor Karel Roden and Serbian star Rade Serbedzija alongside Italian actors Thomas Trabacchi and Elena Rusconi. The series should also feature Serbian princess Mara Brankovic who was Hunyadi's big love before she was forced to become the empress and wife of his greatest enemy the Turkish sultan Murad. Shooting all the way till June next year, the show will arrive sometime at the end of 2024!

TEASER & AIR DATE FOR BARBARIANS EPIC TV SERIES SEASON 2 ON NETFLIX! SEE SUSPENSEFUL TRAILER FOR BBC NEW MINI THRILLER SERIES THE CONTROL ROOM WITH IAIN DE CAESTECKER

 BARBARIANS EPIC TV SERIES 

2ND SEASON ARRIVES IN FALL

Netflix has unveiled Autumn return date and teaser for the season two of BARBARIANS epic series which scored amazing success last year. Jeanne Goursaud, Laurence Rupp and David Schütter return as

The first season was viewed by over 50 million people

Arminius, Thusnelda and Folkwin who managed to kick Romans out of Germania. The second season will send them on a new adventure of love, friendship and betrayal. A year after the Varus Battle, the Roman troops have returned to Germania, stronger than ever, and Ari is once again confronted  with his Roman past. His brother has joined the Roman side to punish Ari for his betrayal of Rome. While Thusnelda and Ari try to unite the tribes against Rome, Folkwin makes a sinister challenge to the gods! Joining in new roles are Daniel Donskoy, Robert Maaser, Murathan Muslu as villainous Maroboduus the Marcomanni King, Cynthia Micas, Katharina Heyer, Giovanni Carta and Alessandro Fella!

 

 

 THE CONTROL ROOM TRAILER 

FOR NEW BBC ONE SERIES

During the weekend, BBC One issued a trailer for their new three part drama THE CONTROL ROOM which tells the story of Gabe (Iain De Caestecker), an ordinary man who works as an emergency call handler for Ambulance Service in Glasgow. His world is turned upside down when he receives a desperate life-and-death call from a distressed woman who appears to know him. With Gabe under pressure to work out who she is, he makes a decision that threatens to have devastating consequences. It will stream on iPlayer too and on BBC this July. 

FIRST PHOTOS FROM BARBARIANS EPIC TV SERIES SEASON 2, THREE MUSKETEERS EPIC MOVIE WITH VINCENT CASSEL, ROMAIN DURIS, EVA GREEN, FRANCOIS CIVIL, BETA FILM'S PERIOD SET TV SERIES HOUSE OF PROMISES

 BARBARIANS EPIC TV SERIES 

FIRST SEASON 2 PHOTO

A bunch of first photos from epic projects today, starting with the season two of BARBARIANS epic series which scored amazing success this year on Netflix and has just started shooting six new episodes over in Poland. Jeanne Goursaud, Laurence Rupp and David Schütter return as

The first season was viewed by over 50 million people

Arminius, Thusnelda and Folkwin who managed to kick Romans out of Germania. The second season will send them on a new adventure of love, friendship and betrayal. Joining in new roles are Daniel Donskoy, Murathan Muslu, Cynthia Micas, Katharina Heyer, Giovanni Carta and Alessandro Fella!

  THE THREE MUSKETEERS  

PATHE RELEASES FIRST PHOTO

With the start of the $85 million production, Pathe has released first photo from THE THREE MUSKETEERS an epic two part movie adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' famous story. The shoot will last till next May! The cast includes François Civil, Eva Green and Vincent Cassel as

First look at the lavish new Three Musketeers movie

D’Artagnan, Milady and Athos. Eric Ruf is the Cardinal Richelieu, Vicky Krieps is queen Anne, Romain Duris is Aramis, Pio Marmaï is Porthos, Louis Garrel is King Louis XIII, Jacob Fortune-LLoyd sadly replaces

First movie will be titled D'Artagnan, second Milady

Oliver Jackson Cohen as Duke of Buckingham, Patrick Mille, Lyna Khoudri and Ralph Amoussou also star. The shooting will cover Louvre Palace, the Castles of Fontainebleau and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Fort la Latte and Chantilly, as well as the citadel of Saint-Malo.

  HOUSE OF PROMISES  

NEW SERIES FROM BETA FILM

Our favourite Beta Film has announced new period set 12 part drama HOUSE OF PROMISES set in the 1920's Germany and following young Vicky (Naemi Feitisch) who arrives from the provinces to a glamorous Berlin, in the vanguard of European modernity, though marked by great poverty. She scores a dream job as a saleswoman in the newly opened Jonass department store. At a dance bar she falls in love with the seemingly penniless pianist Harry (Ludwig Simon), who turns out to be the son of the department store owner Arthur Grünberg (Alexander Scheer). And so begins an impossible love across the class divide that nevertheless – or precisely because of it – outlasts time! It will air on RTL and NOWTV streamer.

EMILY BLUNT, JAMIE DORNAN, JON HAMM, CHRISTOPHER WALKEN IN WILD MOUNTAIN THYME TRAILER! NETFLIX RENEWS BARBARIANS GERMAN EPIC HIT TV SERIES!

 BARBARIANS EPIC SERIES 

RENEWED FOR SECOND SEASON

Beside Emily in Paris, Netflix has also just renewed German epic series BARBARIANS for another season which does not come as a surprise since it became the best watched German series on the streamer ever. It was a huge

Jeanne Gournaud will rule as the new queen of Germans

success in all of the territories in which Netflix is streaming. The series, which follows the events around the battle at Teutoburg in which German tribes have gloriously defeated Roman invaders back in the 9th century AD, will probably

Laurence Rupp returns as brave Arminius

see Arminius (Laurence Rupp) and Thusnelda (Jeanne Goursaud) as the King and Queen, after they've united the tribes against Romans. Rome, as nasty as it always was, will not accept defeat so easily, so we can expect lots of

David Schutter will return as the amazing Folkwin Wolfspear

new battles with Emperor Tiberius sending Germanicus with new legions. German hero Folkwin (David Schutter) should also be back, sadly broken-hearted after Thusnelda left him for Arminius to unite the tribes.

 

 WILD MOUNTAIN THYME

FIRST TRAILER WITH EMILY BLUNT AND JAMIE DORNAN

This one was released yesternight and it already created a negative buzz in Ireland: they did not like the accents in it over there and you will

The film will open in USA in December

 understand why when you check out the trailer for WILD MOUNTAIN THYME romantic movie by John Patrick Shanley, about the headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon (Emily Blunt) who has her heart set on winning her neighbour Anthony Reilly's love. The problem is Anthony (Jamie Dornan) seems to have inherited a family curse, and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer. Stung by his father Tony's (Christopher Walken) plans to sell the family farm to his American nephew (Jon Hamm), Anthony is jolted into pursuing his dreams in this comedic, moving and wildly romantic tale. The movie is out in USA December 11th!