AD ASTRA TRAILER WITH LIV TYLER, TOMMY LEE JONES, DONALD SUTHERLAND, SENDS BRAD PITT AMONG STARS! SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD 17TH CENTURY WITCH TRIALS TV SERIES

'SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD' 17TH

CENTURY WITCHTRIAL SERIES

The book might be turned into series at FX

If, for some peculiar reason, you are into witches, here's a possible new TV series for you: FX has set Stephen Susco to adapt Robert McCammon's period set horror saga SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD into small screen series. The 2002 best selling two volume novel tells the dark and chilling tale about a witch-hunt in the seventeenth century Carolina colonies. The series centres around the main character Matthew Corbet, a clerk of a travelling magistrate who arrives to a Carolina town in 1699 to investigate the appearance of a witch who might not really be a witch but a victim? The novel later on spawned a whole series on Corbet's adventures.

'AD ASTRA' TRAILER

SENDS BRAD PITT INTO SPACE

Ad Astra finally arrives into cinemas this September

Your trailer for today comes from a movie that has been postponed many times (when you see the rather uninspired trailer below you will get the feeling why) but will finally land into cinemas this September! AD ASTRA (To the Stars in Latin) stars Brad Pitt as astronaut Roy McBride who travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.The movie directed by James Gray also stars Liv Tyler, Tommy Lee Jones and Donald Sutherland.

THE WHORES AND PIMPS ARE BACK IN THE 3RD SEASON TEASER FOR HARLOTS EPIC SERIES WITH JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY, LIV TYLER, ALFIE ALLEN, LESLEY MANVILLE

Harlots are back this July!

HARLOTS SEASON THREE

TEASES YOU WITH A TEASER

Brothel delights for you this weekend: Hulu has released first, very colourful, teaser for the third season of their epic TV series HARLOTS which arrives July 10th with new episodes. The cast is now joined by Alfie Allen as a new pimp Isaac Pincher who wants to take over London now that he's back after fighting in the Seven Years War. Ash Hunter plays his brother Hal with whom he

Liv Tyler's Lady Fitz will wear some insanely lavish costumes in season 3

leases a tavern that serves as a front for their sex business! Check out the first trailer below:

SEASON 3 OF HARLOTS
 set in 18th century Georgian London, continues to follow the fortunes of the Wells family. Margaret (Samantha Morton) has been sent to America in

The famous green jewel encrusted gown Lady Fitz will be wearing

chains and Lydia Quigley (Lesley Manville) is vanquished and in Bedlam. It seems that the Wells girls can finally free themselves of their mother’s feud,

With most of the old ones, some new whores will be back in town as well!

helped by allies such as Lady Fitz (Liv Tyler). But Charlotte Wells (Jessica Brown Findlay) soon learns that running a lucrative brothel brings enemies

Alfie Alen joins the show as the new ambitious pimp in London

as well as friends, including new pimp in town Isaac Pincher (Alfie Allen). Meanwhile Lydia still finds a way to bite, even in her darkest hour. Isaac

Will Lady Fitz get her daughter away from her evil brother?

Pincher is driven by his ambitions to achieve wealth and power. Compared to his more quiet and level headed brother Hal (Ash Hunter), he’s the

Emily Lacey will get flirty with Hal Pincher (behind her)

frontman. Back in London after fighting in the Seven Years War, Isaac wants to take over London. The brothers lease a tavern together, the Saracen’s Head,

Once a shiny whore, not any more! Lydia Quigley says Hi! from Bedlam!

which serves as a front for their ever-growing pimping business. Hal, meanwhile, enters into a relationship with Emily Lacey (Holli Dempsey), and they share an ambition to achieve something with their lives.

 NEW HUNKS IN HARLOTS

There will be two other new boys in the cast, and two stunning ones at that: our dearest Lex Shrapnel, whom we fell in love with in Medici: Masters of Florence, will play Lord James Croft, who has to hide his gay nature as the

Lex Shrapnel plays the good guy in Harlots as Lord James Croft

punishment for being gay at that time was hanging, and stunning Jack Greenlees will be new Justice Stuart Nox! Luke Hornsby and Aidan Cheng will, meanwhile, play boy whores.

HARLOTS EPIC SERIES SEASON 3 GETS AIRING DATE & CASTS ALFIE ALLEN, LEX SHRAPNEL, JACK GREENLEES, ASH HUNTER AS PIMP BROTHERS! MOLLY SHANNON IS LESBIAN EMILY DICKINSON IN WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY COSTUME COMEDY

'HARLOTS' SEASON 3

GETS AIRING DATE & NEW BOYS

Just two days ago your trusted spy informed you that Alex Sawyer will be joining the third season of Hulu's epic series HARLOTS and now we have

Alfie Allen will be a naughty pimp Isaac Pincher

more casting additions and also the airing date! Premiering on Hulu July 10th, the series which follows the life of two warring brothels in the 18th century London will also star Alfie Allen and Ash Hunter! 

Set in Georgian London, HARLOTS continues to follow the fortunes of the Wells family. Margaret (Samantha Morton) has been sent to America in chains and Lydia Quigley (Lesley Manville) is vanquished and in Bedlam. It seems that the Wells girls can finally free themselves of their mother’s feud, helped by allies such as Lady Fitz (Liv Tyler). But Charlotte Wells (Jessica

Ash Hunter is the seductive brother Hal Pincher

Brown Findlay) soon learns that running a lucrative brothel brings enemies as well as friends, including new pimp in town Isaac Pincher (Alfie Allen). Meanwhile Lydia still finds a way to bite, even in her darkest hour. Isaac Pincher is driven by his ambitions to achieve wealth and power. Compared to his more quiet and level headed brother Hal (Ash Hunter), he’s the frontman. Back in London after fighting in the Seven Years War, Isaac wants to take over London. The brothers lease a tavern together, the Saracen’s Head, which serves as a front for their ever-growing pimping business. Hal, meanwhile, enters into a relationship with Emily Lacey (Holli Dempsey), and they share an ambition to achieve something with their lives.

A NEW LORD AND A NEW JUSTICE

But those are not all the new boys in Harlots season three! Super charismatic Medici star Lex Shrapnel will play Lord James Croft, who visits brothels

Lex Shrapnel and Jack Greenlees are gorgeous new boys in town!

seeking young men for gay pleasures, while handsome Jack Greenlees will be new Justice in town who will help solve the murder of Charlotte Wells.

'WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY' 

DICKINSON WAS A LESBIAN!

Wild Nights with Emily hits cinemas next month

Speaking of period set projects, check out the terrible, but also fun, looking uber cheap trailer for WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY a costume comedy drama in which Molly Shannon plays famous poet Emily Dickinson in the lesbifriendly version of her life because the movie  is a dramatisation of the little known side of the writer Emily Dickinson's life, in particular her relationship with another woman. As the trailer says, she was one step ahead of her time, but men refused to follow her. This delightful silliness will be touring movie festivals throughout spring and summer around Europe and the states, with the limited Northern American release in April.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON THE 2ND SEASON OF 'HARLOTS' EPIC TV SERIES WITH SAMANTHA MORTON, LESLEY MANVILLE, JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY, LIV TYLER! CHARACTER PHOTOS!

Hulu has officially ordered the third season of Harlots on September 24th! 

 'HARLOTS' SEASON 2

CHARACTER PHOTOS ARE IN!

The whores return with revenge July 11th!

Sorry, people, for not posting this spotlight in our usual Sunday primetime slot, but the spy's headquarters were experiencing some technical trouble yesterday! We are back with the full swing today with premium spotlight on the second season of Hulu's popular 18th century series HARLOTS which arrives Wednesday, July 11th with eight brand new episodes following the hard lives of Covent Garden prostitutes who entertain, threaten and sometimes even kill their rich customers in Georgian London. Today you can enjoy the character photos for the second season with our beloved harlots in silk and brocade!

2ND SEASON OF HARLOTS 

will again follow the Wells family, led by matriarch Margaret (Samantha Morton). When her daughter Charlotte (Jessica Brown Findlay) places

Samantha Morton's Margaret Wells will have her hands full!

herself in the brothel of arch-rival bawd Lydia Quigley (Lesley Manville) in order to secretly help her mother by digging up her enemy's secrets, their toxic

Jessica Brown Findlay's Charlotte will be stuck at Lydia's whore house!

and deep-set rivalry is taken to a dangerous new level. Meanwhile, alluring and wealthy socialite Lady Fitz (Liv Tyler) is drawn by Charlotte into the plot

Liv Tyler joins the second season as Lady Fitz who doesn't really like Lydia

against Lydia, as well. As you can see from the trailer some characters will be lost forever, some new will arrive as well!

OTHER SEASON 2 TITBITS!

Season two fill also see the downfall of Margaret's long time friend, fellow bawd Nancy, the tomboy who wears pirate clothes, while Charlotte will see her

Eloise Smyth is back as Margaret's younger daughter Lucy

loyalties gravely tested. Margaret's younger daughter Lucy will fall under Lord Fallon's spells. In the end Margaret will have to save both of her daughters

Lesley Manville is back as Lydia who is experiencing a little trouble in business

from disaster! The series hails from the creative team of Moira Buffini, Alison Newman, Alison Owen, Debra Hayward and Alison Carpenter, with Coky Giedroyc returning as lead director and Grainne Marmion producing.

'HARLOTS' SEASON 2 TRAILER AND POSTER ARE HERE WITH SAMANTHA MORTON, LESLEY MANVILLE, LIV TYLER, JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY!

 'HARLOTS' SEASON 2

FIRST TRAILER AND POSTER!

Believe it or not, people, Hulu has finally decided to give us a full trailer and poster for the second season of their popular 18th century series HARLOTS

The whores return with revenge July 11th!

which arrives July 11th with eight brand new episodes following the hard lives of Covent Garden prostitutes who entertain, threaten and sometimes even kill their rich customers in Georgian London.

2ND SEASON OF HARLOTS 

will again follow the Wells family, led by matriarch Margaret (Samantha Morton). When her daughter Charlotte (Jessica Brown Findlay) places herself in the brothel of arch-rival bawd Lydia Quigley (Lesley Manville) in order to secretly help her mother by digging up her enemy's secrets, their toxic and deep-set rivalry is taken to a dangerous

Liv Tyler joins the cast as Lady Fitz who also wants to destroy Lydia Quigley

new level. Meanwhile, alluring and wealthy socialite Lady Fitz (Liv Tyler) is drawn by Charlotte into the plot against Lydia, as well. As you can see from the trailer some characters will be lost forever, some new will arrive as well!

PERIOD SET MONDAY: 1ST 'LES MISERABLES' BBC EPIC TV SERIES PHOTOS WITH DOMINIC WEST, ELLIE BAMBER! 'HARLOTS' 2ND SEASON TRAILER WITH LIV TYLER, SAMANTHA MORTON, JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY

 1ST 'LES MISERABLES'

 PHOTOS FROM PARIS ARE HERE!

Period set Monday today! You already know that BBC is preparing an epic new mini series on LES MISERABLES and today we have the first photos

Dominic West plays Jean Valjean in Andrew Davies written series

from the set published over at Daily Mail showing stars Dominic West and Ellie Bamber in action!

THE STORY OF LES MISERABLES
will follow Dominic as Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert (David Oyelowo). Set against a backdrop of post-

Ellie Bamber plays Cosette in the new series

Napoleonic France as unrest beings to grip the city of Paris once more it will also see Lily Collins as Fantine, Olivia Colman as Madame Thenardier and Josh O'Connor and Joseph Quinn also in the cast.

 'HARLOTS' SEASON 2

FIRST TEASER AND PHOTOS!

Hulu has, meanwhile, published first teaser for the second season of their HARLOTS costume drama which starts July 11th! Liv Tyler joins the series set against the backdrop of 18th century Georgian London, which follows the

Liv Tyler will be a lady of a much higher status than we've seen so far in Harlots

Wells family, led by matriarch Margaret (Samantha Morton). When her daughter Charlotte (Jessica Brown Findlay) places herself in the home of arch-rival bawd Lydia Quigley (Lesley Manville), their toxic and deep-set rivalry is taken to a dangerous new level. Meanwhile, alluring and wealthy

Liv's character is very rich but has a controlling brother

socialite Lady Fitz (Liv Tyler) is drawn by Charlotte into the plot against Lydia, as well. The premiere will be a two hour event! Stay tuned for a spotlight as soon as we put our hands on more photos!

PERIOD SET THURSDAY: RUPERT EVERETT, DAMIAN HARDUNG, JOHN TURTURRO TO LEAD 'NAME OF THE ROSE' TV SERIES! LIV TYLER JOINS 'HARLOTS' COSTUME DRAMA SEASON 2

  'THE NAME OF THE ROSE'

TO BECOME TELEVISION SERIES

Damian Hardung will star in the eight episode series

News from the epic TV series front today as well, starting with the ones coming from Italy, where their national broadcaster RAI will, after scoring major success with Medici saga, venture into adapting Umberto Eco's novel THE NAME OF THE ROSE into TV series. John Turturro and Rupert Everett have already been cast as leads!

  The story which was already turned into a Jean Jacques Annaud movie with Sean Connery, follows William of Baskerville, a 14th century Franciscan monk, as he investigates a series of unusual deaths at a remote monastery. John Turturro will take the role of William of Baskerville, Rupert Everett will be Inquisitor Gui and Damian Hardung will be William's apprentice, Benedictine novice Adso.

  LIV TYLER JOINS

'HARLOTS' EPIC SEASON 2

Hulu is preparing the production of the second season of their historical drama HARLOTS and Liv Tyler, whom we will watch this Saturday

Liv Tyler will play Lady Isabella in the second season

  on BBC next to Kit Harington in Gunpowder epic drama, has been added to the cast.  Set in the 18th century Georgian London, HARLOTS follows the Wells family, led by matriarch Margaret (Samantha Morton). When her daughter Charlotte (Jessica Brown Findlay) places herself in the home of arch rival bawd Lydia Quigley (Lesley Manville), their toxic and deep set rivalry is taken to a dangerous new level. Liv Tyler will be Lady Isabella Fitzwilliam. Long-held secrets keep her in the thrall of Lydia Quigley, and she is an increasingly desperate victim of Lydia’s blackmail. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Lady Fitz will find an unexpected friend and ally in courtesan Charlotte Wells.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON BBC'S EPIC NEW TV SERIES 'GUNPOWDER' WITH KIT HARINGTON, TOM CULLEN, LIV TYLER! NEW TRAILER!

  'GUNPOWDER' EPIC MINI SERIES

 FIRST EPIC TRAILER RELEASED!

Your Monday delight is the first trailer released by BBC for their new three part mini series GUNPOWDER which will start airing Saturday October 21st! Kit Harington plays famous rebel Robert Catesby who, back in 1605

Kit Harington has revealed that he is actually related to Catesby

tried to blow up the king and the parliament. Guy Fawkes, another famous rebel, is played by Tom Cullen, with Liv Tyler also in the cast.

BLOW UP THE KING AND ALL HIS MEN TO HELL
England, 1603. Elizabeth I is dead and King James of Scotland has taken the throne. With the country at war with Catholic Spain, English Catholics are

The series hits the small screens in two weeks

persecuted and priests caught saying Mass are punished with death. Several attempts have already been made on the new King’s life. All so far have failed.

Tom Cullen is famous Guy Fawkes the symbol of the rebellion

But deep in the heart of the Warwickshire countryside a new plot is brewing. A plot that will become legend, and leave a mark on the country that will still be felt over 400 years later. The three part historical drama follows the story of

Derek Riddell plays the infamous King James

the Gunpowder Plot, the attempt by a group of provincial English Catholics to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I in order to help restore

The series will have a Saturday evening airing slot

a Catholic to the throne. Although to this day people mostly associate the famous Gunpowder Plot with Guy Fawkes, the mastermind was nobleman Robert Catesby, a 30 year old committed Catholic at a time when Protestant

Liv Tyler plays Catesby's cousin who is worried about the success of the plot

England persecuted the church’s members relentlessly. He himself lost both his father and wife and is forced to raise his little himself on his own. That is when he starts recruiting help for his plot among family and supporters. Liv

Guy Fawkes is still celebrated with bonfires every November 5th!

Tyler plays his cousin Anne Vaux, who gets caught up in the plot. The cast also includes Peter Mullan, Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley, Robert

The last episode will air November 4th, a day earlier than the famous date

Emms, Derek Riddell and Mark Gatiss as Robert Cecil, the chief of the king's spies whose network of informants pursued the plotters in a game of cat and mouse.

OUR VERDICT  Borderline unwatchable due to its bloodthirsty depiction of violence under the superficial guise of historical accuracy, this monotonous, dragged out piece of television programming with Kit Harington's utterly bland acting and lack of any expression, is an unnecessary, base and vulgar gorefest catering to the insatiable hunger of modern audience for savage brutality.

REMEMBER, REMEMBER 5TH OF NOVEMBER? BBC RELEASES PHOTOS AND TRAILER FOR 'GUNPOWDER' EPIC MINI SERIES WITH KIT HARINGTON, LIV TYLER

  'GUNPOWDER' EPIC MINI SERIES

BBC RELEASES FIRST TRAILER AND PHOTOS WITH KIT HARINGTON

Something positively delicious this Monday! BBC has released first images and a promo teaser for their upcoming new epic mini series GUNPOWDER which should air sometime this Autumn (twould be fun if it starts on the 5th of November!)! Kit Harington plays famous rebel

Kit Harington has revealed that he is actually related to Catesby

Robert Catesby who, back in 1605 tried to blow up the king and the parliament. Guy Fawkes, another famous rebel, is played by Tom Cullen, with Liv Tyler also in the cast.

BLOW UP THE KING AND ALL HIS MEN TO HELL
The three part historical drama follows the story of the Gunpowder Plot, the 1605 attempt by a group of provincial English Catholics to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I in order to help restore

The series will have a Saturday evening airing slot

a Catholic to the throne. Although to this day people mostly associate the famous Gunpowder Plot with Guy Fawkes, the mastermind was nobleman Robert Catesby, a 30 year old committed Catholic at a time when Protestant England persecuted the church’s members

Liv Tyler plays Catesby's cousin who is worried about the success of the plot

relentlessly. He himself lost both his father and wife and is forced to raise his little himself on his own. That is when he starts recruiting help for his plot among family and supporters. Liv Tyler plays his cousin Anne Vaux, who gets caught up in the plot. The cast also includes Peter

Guy Fawkes is still celebrated with bonfires every November 5th!

Mullan, Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley, Robert Emms, Derek Riddell and Mark Gatiss as Robert Cecil, the chief of the king's spies whose network of informants pursued the plotters in a game of cat and mouse.

LIV TYLER JOINS KIT HARINGTON'S 'GUNPOWDER' 17TH CENTURY TV SERIES! JACK DAVENPORT TO LEAD 'DOOMSDAY' ABC SERIES! JULIA ORMOND, JOSEPH QUIINN JOIN MATTHEW MACFADYEN'S 'HOWARD'S END' MINI SERIES

'GUNPOWDER' EPIC TV SERIES

LIV TYLER JOINS KIT HARINGTON

OK, people, we're back after a three day break, the longest one in our history (not that any of you lazy bastards actually noticed - which makes the spy a bit depressed), we were without internet, but I do have delish news, beginning with new casting update for GUN POWDER epic mini series which I announced last winter. Joining Kit Harington in the lead role are now Liv Tyler and Mark Gattis!

It will be the story of GUN POWDER Plot, the 1605 attempt by a group of provincial English Catholics to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I in order to help restore a Catholic to the throne. The plot was foiled on November 5 when authorities at Westminster Palace found Guy Fawkes guarding the explosives. While he played a pivotal role, Fawkes did not devise the plan. The man behind it was Robert Catesby (Harington), a 30 year old Warwickshire gentleman and committed Catholic at a time when Protestant England persecuted the church’s members relentlessly. Harington, who is a direct descendant of Catesby, is also producing!

'DOOMSDAY' ABC SERIES

JACK DAVENPORT TO LEAD

Meanwhile, another of our fave epic stars, always delightful Jack Davenport has been cast by American ABC to lead the pilot for their DOOMSDAY about U.S. government's secret think tank featuring the most creative minds in science and entertainment that is tasked with dreaming up man made disaster scenarios and their possible solutions. When a catastrophe occurs that’s ripped from the pages of the missing doomsday book, the team is brought back to work to prevent the disasters of their own making. Davenport will play Warren, a well-known intellectual playwright turned middle brow action screenwriter. Member of the former Doomsday Project think tank, he is imaginative and creative and sees the world like a story which helps him think like (and even empathize with) the enemy.

'HOWARD'S END' MINI SERIES

 LIV TYLER, JOSEPH QUINN, JULIA ORMOND JOIN THE CAST

I announced last week that BBC and Starz are going to produce period set mini TV series on HOWARD'S END with Matthew MacFadyen and now we have new cast members including Joseph Quinn (whom we fell in love with in Dickensian), Julia Ormond and Alex Lawther among others!

Telling the story of two couples caught in a swirling landscape of social and class divisions in turn of the century England, the four part series focuses on Margaret Schlegel (Hayley Atwell), an idealistic, woman who is courted by the older Henry Wilcox (Matthew Macfadyen), a conservative businessman, after his wife Ruth Wilcox (Julia Ormond) dies unexpectedly. Meanwhile, Margaret’s passionate and capricious younger sister Helen Schlegel (Philippa Coulthard) takes up the cause of Leonard Bast (Joseph Quinn), a young bank clerk who falls on hard times at work and at home with his partner Jacky (Rosalind Eleazar). In the absence of their parents, who have died, the sisters’ loving but interfering Aunt Juley (Tracey Ullman) tries to keep the young ladies and their brother Tibby (Alex Lawther) on the straight and narrow.