TV NEWS: GREGG SULKIN JOINS FORSYTES SAGA SEASON 3, DOUGLAS BOOTH, MARISA TOMEI, LUKE PASQUALINO, KELLY MACDONALD IN WAR SEASON 2, BEN MILES, SHAZAD LATIF, FRA FEE JOIN FIRST WOMAN

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GREGG SULKIN IN FORSYTES SEASON 3

We announced recently that Channel 5 and PBS Masterpiece series THE FORSYTES is getting a third season even before the second one

Gregg Sulkin joins The Forsytes

 has aired, and now we know that Gregg Sulkin and Gabriel Antunes will be joining the cast. The third season that has begun shooting in Croatia! When Forsytes try to get some respite in the glamorous French Riviera, they quickly realize that they can’t escape their family drama. The casino, the beach and a luxurious hotel are all settings for the third chapter, which brings new characters into the family’s lives.Season two will, meanwhile, premiere soon in UK on Channel 5 with Richard Rankin joining the regular cast.

 

THE WAR SECOND SEASON CAST

Although the first season in which Dominic West and Sienna Miller play stars in high stake divorce case is yet to air later this year on Sky and HBO, the cast has now been set for the second season which will deal with a new case with new actors. Season 2 will see rival law firms Cathcarts

Luke Pasqualino, Kelly MacDonald, Douglas Booth

 and Taylor & Byrne take on an explosive defamation case. With Marisa Tomei, Kelly Macdonald, David Harewood and Richard Schiff as leads, the cast will also have Douglas Booth, Linus Roache, Luke Pasqualino, Claire Skinner, Omari Douglas, Kadiff Kirwan, Charles Edwards, Rebecca Front, Alexandra Maria Lara, Violet Braeckman, Sasha Behar, Sid Phoenix, Cornelius Booth and Megan Channell. 

  

FIRST WOMAN ADS CAST AT ITV AND ZDF

Meanwhile, ITV and ZDF series FIRST WOMAN has also added new cast. Andrea Riseborough plays a biologist in a groundbreaking research project and the first woman to set foot on the moon, who disappears,

Christian Ochoa Lavernia, Ben Miles, Shazad Latif

 throwing suspicion on her fellow astronauts and a rival Chinese base. Thousands of miles away on Earth, her husband, Ben (Ashley Walters), searches for the truth. They are now joined by Ben Miles, Christian Ochoa Lavernia, Fra Fee, Shazad Latif and Jimmy Akingbola.

ANNE HATHAWAY, TAHAR RAHIM, MARISA TOMEI, MATTHEW BRODERICK IN SHE CAME TO ME ROMCOM! MIKE MYERS TO PLAY SEVEN CHARACTERS IN PENTAVERATE SITCOM WITH JENNIFER SAUNDERS, DEBI MAZAR, KEEGAN MICHAEL KEY

   ANNE HATHAWAY TO LEAD  

SHE CAME TO ME ROMANTIC COMEDY WITH TAHAR RAHIM

Cannes Market is coming at the end of the month, so you will be hearing about projects sold there. One in the offer there will be SHE CAME TO ME romantic movie from Rebecca Miller, set to star Anne Hathaway, Tahar Rahim, Marisa Tomei, Joanna Kulig and Matthew Broderick in a multi-generational story set against the backdrop of New York: a composer suffering

Anne Hathaway and Tahar Rahim will star in the romcom

from writer’s block rediscovers his passion after an adventurous one-night stand, a couple of gifted teenagers fight to prove to the parents that their young love is something that can last forever, and for the woman who seemingly has it all, love arrives in the most unexpected places.

NETFLIX' PENTAVERATE COMEDY

GIVES MIKE MYERS COMPANY

Netflix has set a new half hour limited comedy series in which Mike Myers will play seven different characters. The six part THE PENTAVERATE will also star Keegan-Michael Key, Debi Mazar, Richard McCabe and Jennifer Saunders! Asking the question “What if a

Debi Mazar, Mike Myers, Jennifer Saunders will star

secret society of five men has been working to influence world events for the greater good since the Black Plague of 1347?” the series follows one unlikely Canadian journalist who finds himself embroiled in a mission to uncover the truth and just possibly save the world himself. Remember, the Pentaverate must never be exposed!

DISNEY PLANNING 'PRINCE CHARMING' MOVIE! KELLY ROWLAND IS MAMA LYON, MARISA TOMEI A BILLIONAIRE IN 'EMPIRE' SEASON TWO!

 'PRINCE CHARMING' GETTING

HIS OWN MOVIE AT DISNEY!

Are you in the mood for more fairy tales at the big screen? After huge success that they've scored this year with CINDERELLA Disney is planning to venture again into the same direction but with a certain twist. According to today's news they are planning a separate movie on PRINCE CHARMING which would bring a revisionist view on the charming nobleman. As you know Richard Madden portrayed PRINCE CHARMING brilliantly in this year's CINDERELLA and by Josh Dallas in OUAT and Chris Pine in INTO THE WOODS but it isn't known if the prince will be that one or from SNOW WHITE. Disney has a whole sea of fairy tale movies in production from BEAUTY AND THE BEAST with Luke Evans, Ian McKellen, Dan Stevens and Emma Thompson to THE JUNGLE BOOK, DUMBO, MULAN and new ALICE IN WONDERLAND sequel.

 'EMPIRE' SECOND SEASON

KELLY ROWLAND AND MARISA TOMEI JOIN THE CAST OF OSCAR NOMINEES
Yet another star to join the second season of  this year biggest TV hit EMPIRE is r'n'b star Kelly Rowland and she isn't the only r'n'b star to join since Alicia Keys and Neyo will also join Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Howard and Jussie Smollett in the cast. In the super popular series which follows a hip hop music mogul and his complex family situation Kelly will play Lucious Lyon's (Terrence Howard) mother in flashback scenes. In the whole slate of Oscar winners and nominees in the cast, Marisa Tomei is the new addition too and will play a billionaire venture capitalist whose keen business sense is only rivalled by her eye for the ladies! I reported earlier that Adam Rodriguez will play Cookie Lyon's new love interest while Chris Rock, Lenny Kravitz and Oprah Winfrey will also guest star.