FESTIVE THURSDAY: NEW PHOTOS FROM BBC'S SERIES A CHRISTMAS CAROL WITH GUY PEARCE, JOE ALWYN, ANDY SERKIS! LET IS NOW NETFLIX HOLIDAY MOVIE TRAILER

  'A CHRISTMAS CAROL' 

NEW PHOTOS ARE HERE!

 The latest update on this year's Christmas programmes brings you new photos from BBC's and FX's new version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL! Guy Pearce is taking the lead role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the 3 part special which

Guy Pearce leads the cast as Scrooge himself

brings a unique and original take on the Charles Dickens’ iconic ghost story by Steven Knight (Taboo, Peaky Blinders) and a haunting, hallucinatory, spine-tingling immersion into Scrooge’s dark night of the soul.

The Rest Of The Cast
Andy Serkis will appear in the series as Ghost of Christmas Past; Stephen Graham as Jacob Marley; Charlotte Riley (who happens to be the

Joe Alwyn is Scrooge's poor clerk Bob Cratchit!

producers wife, talk about nepotism) as Scrooge's sister Lottie; Joe Alwyn as Scrooge's poor clerk Bob Cratchit; Vinette Robinson as Mary Cratchit; Jason

Andy Serkis is the Ghost of Christmas Past

Flemyng as the Ghost of Christmas Future (he replaced Rutger Hauer who died during the production); Kayvan Novak as Ali Baba and Lenny Rush as Tim Cratchit. Tom Hardy and Ridley Scott are producing.

  'LET IT SNOW' TRAILER

BRINGS A CHRISTMAS BLIZZARD

Continuing our announcements for upcoming festive films and series, today you can check out the trailer for Netflix movie LET IS SNOW, a

It will snow from November 8th!

movie adaptation of a book by Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle (translated by your spy for readers in Europe) which will hit Netflix streaming service November 8th! The teenage holiday movie is set in a small town on Christmas Eve, where a snowstorm brings together a group of young people. When a snowstorm hits a small midwestern town on Christmas Eve, a group of high school seniors find their friendships and love lives colliding thanks to a stranded pop star, a stolen keg, a squad of competitive dancers, a mysterious woman covered in tin foil, and an epic party at the local Waffle Town. Come Christmas morning, nothing will be the same. 

RUSSELL TOVEY JOINS TOM HIDDLESTON, HUGH LAURIE IN 'NIGHT MANAGER' MINI SERIES! JOHN GREEN'S & MAUREEN JOHNSON'S 'LET IT SNOW' GETS ADAPTATION! 'LEADING LADY' TRAILER WITH KATHY MCGRATH, GIL BELLOWS

  'THE NIGHT MANAGER' MINI

RUSSELL TOVEY JOINS TOM HIDDLESTON AND HUGH LAURIE

Well, this is certainly a rather nice cast: our most beloved and utterly charming Russell Tovey has joined BBC and AMC new mini series THE NIGHT MANAGER lead by our equally beloved Tom Hiddleston! The small screen adaptation of John le Carre's novel stars Tom Hiddleston as an ex soldier named Jonathan Pine, who is recruited for the British intelligence service by the mysterious Burr (Olivia Colman). Jonathan Pine is sent to investigate an alliance between Washington DC, Whitehall and a major arms dealer by infiltrating weapons trader Richard Onslow Roper's (Hugh Laurie) gang. Douglas Hodge, Tom Hollander and Alistair Petrie are also in the cast. 

  'LET IT SNOW' STORY BOOK

GETS 2016 MOVIE ADAPTATION 
Yet another book that your dearest Dezzy is translating this year, the collection of stories LET IS NOW from John Green (The Fault In Our Stars), Maureen Johnson (13 Little Blue Envelopes) and Lauren Myracle (Internet Girls) is finally moving on with the adaptation! Universal will release the film in December 2016! The project which I mentioned for the first time four years ago, will see PITCH PERFECT's Kay Cannon pen the script for the romantic festive film in which charming interconnected tales of love, romance, and breathtaking kisses are set in a little town stranded in a Christmas snowstorm. With sparkling white snowdrifts, beautiful presents wrapped in ribbons, and multicoloured lights glittering in the night through the falling snow a small town gets transformed into a romantic haven.

 'LEADING LADY' TRAILER

KATHY MCGRATH & GIL BELLOWS

Check out the delightful romantic trailer for new comedy movie LEADING LADY in which Katie McGrath plays an idealistic British drama school teacher, Jodi Rutherford, who persuades a cynical South African farmer to prepare her for a role in a major film as an Afrikaans war heroine. In return Jodi undertakes to direct the annual concert on the Willemse farm. Jodi's interaction with the quirky small town citizens and the stubborn Kobus, teaches her that: "there is more to life than lights... camera... and action!" Bok Van Blerk and Gil Bellows also star.