DOMINIC WEST JOINS CONNOR SWINDELLS, JACK O'CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN IN BBC'S EPIC WAR SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES! LONG STORY SHORT TRAILER WITH RAFE SPALL, JOSH LAWSON

   DOMINIC WEST JOINS  

BBC'S SAS: ROGUE HEROES

A few weeks ago I told you that BBC is preparing a mammoth new war series SAS: ROGUE HEROES, a dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary

Dominic West has joined the cast of the series

circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two, and now we have Dominic West joining Connor Swindells, Jack O’Connell and Alfie Allen, in the cast. West will play Lieutenant Colonel Wrangel Clarke. Cairo, 1941. David Stirling (Swindells) - an eccentric young officer, hospitalised after a training exercise went wrong - is bored. Convinced that traditional commando units don’t work, he creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare. He fights for permission to recruit the toughest, boldest and brightest soldiers for a small undercover unit that will create mayhem behind enemy lines. More

Jack O'Connell, Connor Swindells and Alfie Allen will lead the cast

rebels than soldiers, Stirling’s team are every bit as complicated, flawed and reckless as they are astonishingly brave and heroic. Rich with action and set-pieces, SAS: Rogue Heroes is the exhilarating story of renegade men taking monumental risks in extraordinary circumstances. The six part saga comes from Steven Knight. 

LONG STORY SHORT TRAILER

WITH RAFE SPALL, JOSH LAWSON

Earlier this week I reported on Rafe Spall shooting a new Josh Lawson directed comedy LONG STORY SHORT, but one of our spylings has alerted us that the movie has not only been shot already but also has a

Long Story Short is playing in Australia

trailer and is airing in Australian cinemas, so check it out below. Serial procrastinator Teddy (Rafe Spall) thinks he has all the time in the world, but after an odd encounter with a stranger, he wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that he’s jumped forward a year in his life to his first anniversary. His wife Leanne is now heavily pregnant, with a full year of marriage behind them that he doesn’t remember living. Trapped in a cycle of time jumps, transported another year ahead every few minutes, Teddy is faced with a race against time as his life crumbles around him. With the help of his best friend Sam, Teddy tries to piece together where it all went wrong and, as his life flashes before his eyes, Teddy must learn how to live life in the precious moments to win back the woman he loves, even if it’s just for a second.

IT'S A SPALL SATURDAY: TIMOTHY SPALL JOINS LESLEY MANVILLE IN MAGPIE MURDERS TV SERIES, RAFE SPALL TO LEAD JOSH LAWSON'S ROMANTIC MOVIE LONG STORY SHORT

  MAGPIE MURDERS TV SERIES 

TIMOTHY SPALL CAST AS LEAD

We're having a Spall family day at the spy's today: BritBox has just cast Timothy Spall as the lead, next to Lesley Manville, in their upcoming adaptation

Timothy Spall will do the detective work

of Anthony Horowitz’s acclaimed and best selling crime novel MAGPIE MURDERS which begins production next week. In the series, a beguiling murder mystery with a solution that will both astonish and grip viewers, Spall will star as the clever and complex 1950s detective Atticus Pünd in the fictional novels by best selling mystery writer Alan Conway. The plot of Magpie Murders revolves around the character Susan Ryeland (Manville), an editor who is given an unfinished Conway manuscript and has little idea it will change her life. The series will air on Masterpiece PBS in USA next year. Stay tuned for additional casting updates.

 LONG STORY SHORT ROMANCE 

RAFE SPALL CAST AS LEAD

Rafe Spall will lead the new movie

Meanwhile, Timothy's darling son Rafe Spall has joined Oscar nominee Josh Lawson's romantic movie LONG STORY SHORT according to Variety. Lawson is also co starring in  the film he also wrote. The story of the movie follows Teddy (Rafe Spall), who wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he’s jumping forward to the next year of his life. He must use every precious moment wisely to keep from losing the love of his life, and to learn to love the life he’s losing. Zahra Newman, Ronny Chieng and Dena Kaplan also star in the film which will be offered to international buyers by Studiocanal!

RAFE SPALL AND JOSH LAWSON TO JUMP FORWARD IN TIME IN AUSTRALIAN COMEDY LONG STORY SHORT! HEARTBREAKING TRUE STORY I STILL BELIEVE TRAILER WITH SHANIA TWAIN, GARY SINISE, BRITT ROBERTSON, KJ APA

      'LONG STORY SHORT' WITH

RAFE SPALL & JOSH LAWSON

English star Rafe Spall takes the lead role

What can be better than four things we absolutely adore combined together: Australia, Studiocanal, Josh Lawson and Rafe Spall! The British star is already Down Under shooting Australian romantic comedy LONG STORY SHORT produced by our favourite Studiocanal! Zahra Newman, Ronny Chieng, Noni Hazlehurst, Dena Kaplan and Australian actor Josh Lawson also star in the movie which Lawson also writes and directs.

LONG STORY SHORT follows Teddy (Rafe Spall), who wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he’s jumping

Brisbane actor Josh Lawson stars in, directs and writes the movie

forward to the next year of his life. He must use every precious moment wisely to keep from losing the love of his life, and to learn to love the life he’s losing.

      'I STILL BELIEVE' TRAILER

WILL  BRING YOU TO TEARS!

The movie arrives to theatres next March

Speaking of weddings, there is one in new true story romantic drama I STILL BELIEVE which depicts the life of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope. K.J. Apa portrays Jeremy Camp in the heartbreaking drama, while Britt Robertson plays his ill girlfriend. The cast also includes music icon Shania Twain and Gary Sinise as his parents. The concert scene that dominates the trailer below was shot in front of live concert audience at a music festival in Alabama. The movie is out next March!