Apple launched its new streaming TV service last week and according to first reports they are satisfied with the initial success and they've already
The new series hits Disney + November 12th
ordered the second season of their new tentpole sf series See which launched it November 1st, and now Disney is ready to launch their own streaming service Disney + with their own tentpole science fiction series THE MANDALORIAN which has the honour to be their first programme ever when they hit the streaming space this Tuesday November 12th! It also has the honour of being the first ever television series in the Star Wars franchise bringing Jedis to the small screens after they've populated only the big ones for four decades! It is expected that Disney + will quickly take over the leading spot in the streaming service business as they will not only have all the Disney's classics, but also Star Wars and Marvel movies and series. Disney has already renewed THE MANDALORIAN for the second season created and produced by Jon Favreau. The first season of the $120 million expensive series has eight
Gina Carano and Karl Weathers will also star in the new series
episodes directed by different people among which is also Hollywood star Bryce Dallas Howard whose father Ron Howard directed the highly unsuccessful Han Solo stand alone Star Wars movie. But unlike other streamers, Disney + won't give you all episodes at once, but will stream them
Pedro Pascal is The Mandalorian
one by one each week which means the last one should air two days after Christmas.
A Lone Gun Fighter The lead role has been given to Pedro Pascal who plays a lone
gunfighter and bounty hunter with advanced combat skills and
questionable moral character in the outer reaches of the galaxy from the
time after the Empire has fallen in Return of the Jedi, and before the
rise of the First Order in The Force Awakens which means it is a time
when lawless chaos ruled in certain parts of the galaxy. He will be
joined in the series by other characters that you can see in the posters
in today's spotlight: former Rebel Shock Trooper turned mercenary Cara
Dune (Gina Carano),
The series will also have droids and strange new alien creatures in the cast
bounty hunter leader Greef Carga (Carl Weathers) who
hires the Mandalorian to track a valuable asset, lethal bounty hunter
droid IG-11 (voiced by Taika Waititi), and an alien character whose name
is Kuiil (Nick Nolte). Giancarlo Esposito will appear as Moff Gideon, a
former governor under the Empire whose life changed after the Rebels
destroyed the second Death Star.
It is definitely a Disney weekend with Disney + new streaming service revealing trailers for its new movies and shows! The live action version
New Lady and the Tramp streams November 12th
of their classic LADY AND THE TRAMP will stream on November 12th and now they've announced the first trailer and poster.
The story of the film centres on a pampered house dog named Lady
(Tessa Thompson) whose comfortable life slips away from her. Following a
series of tense circumstances, Lady finds herself on the loose in the
street. She manages to befriend a tough stray mutt named Tramp (Justin
Theroux, but the dog itself was actually cast among real strays). A
romance begins to blossom between them. However, their many differences,
along with more drama in Lady's life, could threaten to keep them
apart.
Speaking of Disney classics and dogs, Disney has also revealed the first look of Emma Stone as young Cruella de Vil from CRUELLA live action movie which will depict her youth. It looks offensively terrible. Beside dalmatians, the photo also reveals her costars Paul Walter Hauser and Joel Fry! That one hits theatres in May 2021!
'NOELLE' TRAILER
BRINGS US SANTA'S DAUGHTER!
Anna Kendrick is Santa's daughter!
Also streaming there on that very same date is festive comedy movie NOELLE in which Anna Kendrick plays Santa's daughter! The story of the film revolves around the daughter of the real Santa Claus, Noelle, whom she plays. When her father decides to retire, and her brother gets cold feat just before his first Christmas Eve, Noelle must take up the family business. Beside her and Bill Hader as her over pressured brother, legendary Shirley McClaine is also in the cast as Elf Polly, and elf nanny! The movie is directed by Mark Lawrence who also wrote the script for it!
'THE MANDALORIAN' TRAILER
FOR NEW STAR WARS TV SERIES
The highlight of the day for most sf lovers was of course the first trailer for Star Wars universe set TV series THE MANDALORIAN which will
Mandalorian was directed by John Favreau
also start streaming on Disney + November 12th. Pedro Pascal plays the title role in the series set after the Return of the Jedi when the Empire was destroyed giving way to the New Republic. Mandalorian is, however, a citizen of the underworld, a lone gunfighter from the far corner of the galaxy, who operates outside the jurisdiction of the New Republic.Disney has also announced Obi Wan Kenobi series with Ewan McGregor returning to the role. The Jedi Knight series will start shooting next year. Since Disney is always milking the cow until it kills it, they are also preparing a third series which would focus on Diego Luna's Rogue One character Cassian Andor.
Sky Atlantic has released new photos which offer a few new glimpses into CATHERINE THE GREAT epic series which they're doing with HBO to air sometime this year. The lavish 18th century
series will chart the latter years of
The new series will probably hit the small screens sometime this spring or summer
Catherine’s 34 year reign, as she
turns Russia, which was mostly looked down upon by the rest of Europe
before her, into one of the greatest powers of Europe.
CATHERINE THE GREAT
Written by Elizabeth I's Nigel Williams, the four part mini series will see Helen Mirren playing the legendary Russian monarch while Jason Clarke
Jason
Clarke as Potemkin and Helen Mirren as Empress Catherine the Great.
Together they've turned 18th century Russia into the leading power of
Europe.
will play her long standing lover Russian General Grigory Potemkin. The series also stars Joseph Quinn
as her son Grand Prince Paul, Georgina
Real Catherine was not a s skinny woman as Helen Mirren
Beedle as Princess Natalia, Antonia Clarke as Princess Sofia, Phil Dunster as Count Andrei Razumovsky, Adam el Hagar as Valerian Zubov, Paul Kaye as infamous rebel and impostor Emelyan Pugachev and Sam
The series was written by Nigel Williams
Palladio
as Catherine's young lover Alexander Vasilchikov. Rory Kinnear is Panin, a skilful politician, advisor
and governor to Catherine’s son, Richard Roxburgh is Prince Grigory
Orlov, her most famous lover who helped her
The series will also air on HBO in Northern America
come to power by
overthrowing her husband, Kevin McNally is his brother Alexei Orlov,
Bodyguard's Gina McKee is her confidant and lifelong friend Countess
Bruce, Clive Russell is The Fool!
'THE MANDALORIAN'
STAR WARS SPINOFF SERIES PICS
Disney's new streaming service Disney + has, meanwhile, revealed first photos from their Star Wars spinoff series THE MANDALORIAN, a ten
The budget of the new series was close to $100 million!
episode science fiction adventure set in a galaxy far away and following Boba Fett's home planet. Pedro Pascal leads the cast as a lone traveller through
The Mandalorian will air in ten hourlong episodes with different directors
galaxy of Mandalorian origin who flies in his own gunship Razor's Crest. Gina Carano portrays a character named Kara Dune, a former Rebel shock
Mandalorian will officially launch Disney + streaming service this November
trooper, while Carl Weathers will play Greef Karga the leader of a bounty hunter guild! Nick Nolte, Werner Herzog, Omid Abtahi and Giancarlo Esposito will also star in the series that will have its episodes directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, Taika Waititi and Jon Favreau who is the show's
Gina Carano is a Rebel shock trooper in the series
creator and executive producer. The new sf series will open Disney + when it launches November 12th this year.
THE MANDALORIAN After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett,
another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is
set after the fall of the Empire and before
Pedro Pascal plays the lead role of the Mandalorian
the emergence of the First
Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches
of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.
TO LEAD THE MANDALORIAN STAR WARS TV SERIES FOR DISNEY +
Pedro Pascal will be the Mandalorian
You know your trusted spy is not much of a fan of Star Wars, but some of you might be interested to hear that Disney's upcoming new streaming service is preparing a TV series from that universe and they've set Pedro Pascal to topline it in the lead role! Director Jon Favreau will produce THE MANDALORIAN science fiction series for Disney + with a plan for it to air next year. Star Wars characters Jango and Boba Fett's were also from the planet of Mandalore but this one, set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order, will see Pascal playing a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic. As Variety reports, Disney + has also announced work on a prequel series on the “Rogue One” character Cassian Andor, played by Diego Luna! The directors for THE MANDALORIAN episodes have already been set and they include actress Bryce Dallas Howard and Thor director Taika Waititi.
JOHNNY LEE MILLER
Johnny Lee Miller will lead the new movie
TO LEAD NINE LIVES SF MOVIE
In other science fiction news today, one of the most popular sf writers Ursula K. Le Guin, known for Earthsea saga, will see her sf novelette NINE LIVES adapted into a movie with Johnny Lee Miller and rapper Common set to lead the cast. As Deadline reports, set on a moon base for off-world drilling, the darkly comedic story follows two jaded workers whose excitement at the prospect of incoming human company is dashed when they are instead sent ten clones.
