PERIOD SET FILM CRY TO HEAVEN TO STAR AARON TAYLOR JOHNSON, NICHOLAS HOULT, CIARAN HINDS, GEORGE MACKAY, MARK STRONG, PAUL BETTANY, COLIN FIRTH, THANDIE NEWTON AND ADELE

    CRY TO HEAVEN   

TOM FORD FINDS INCREDIBLY STELLAR CAST

Ready to start shooting next January, Tom Ford's new movie project CRY TO HEAVEN has gathered an almost insanely stellar cast which even includes a movie debut from Adele! Based on Ann Rice's novel the costume movie is set against a backdrop of opera in 18th century Italy and follows a Venetian noble and a castrated Calabrian singer as they try to find success in that world. Aaron Taylor Johnson, Nicholas Hoult, Owen Cooper, star next to Ciarán Hinds, George MacKay, Mark Strong, Paul Bettany, Thandie Newton, Daryl McCormack and Colin Firth who already worked with the fashion designer director in A Single Man.

SEE MURRAY BARTLETT, MARK STRONG, HENRY GOLDING, NICOLE KIDMAN, CHRISTINE BARANSKI IN NINE PERFECT STRANGERS TV SERIES SEASON 2 TRAILER

 NINE PERFECT STRANGERS 

SEASON TWO TRAILER IS HERE

Well, I thought the first season was mind numbingly boring but NINE PERFECT STRANGERS got a second season which arrives to Hulu May 21st after

Second season arrives to Hulu May 21st

more than a three year break. It will open with two episodes and then continue weekly. Henry Golding, Murray Bartlett, Christine Baranski, Annie Murphy, Dolly De Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, King Princess, Aras Aydin, Lucas Englander, Mark Strong, and Lena Olin play nine new strangers connecting in ways they could never imagine who are invited by Masha (Nicole Kidman) to join in a transformational wellness retreat in the Austrian Alps. Over the course of a week, she takes them to the brink. Will they make it? Will she? Masha is willing to try anything in the interest of healing all those involved.

MARK STRONG JOINS CALLUM TURNER IN NEW SF SERIES NEUROMANCER BASED ON THE CLASSIC SF BOOK

   NEUROMANCER SERIES  

MARK STRONG JOINS CALLUM TURNER

A few months ago I informed you that science fiction classic novel NEUROMANCER from William Gibson will be turned into a ten episode sf series with Callum Turner as the lead star over at Apple TV + and now we hear that Mark Strong has joined him as well. The story of the novel and the new series follows a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case (Callum Turner) who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high stakes crime with his partner Molly (Briana Middleton), a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes, aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets. Graham Roland will be the show runner and executive producer of the new television series in which Strong will play Armitage, Case and Molly’s mysterious employer, while Joseph Lee will play Hideo, a professional bodyguard.

SEE TRAILER AND AIR DATE FOR EPIC SF SERIES DUNE: PROPHECY WITH EMILY WATSON, OLIVIA WILLIAMS, TRAVIS FIMMEL, MARK STRONG

   DUNE: PROPHECY  

NEW TRAILER FOR EPIC SF SERIES

Max has released a new trailer for their new science fiction series DUNE: PROPHECY which will premiere November 17th set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides. Over in UK itwill air on Sky, while in Australia

The series will also stream on Foxtel and Sky

it will be available on Foxtel and Binge. It follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and in turn establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit. 

 

WHO IS IN THE CAST? 

 Olivia Williams and Emily Watson star as Tula and Valya Harkonnen, two sisters who have risen to power in the Sisterhood, a secret organization of women who will go on to become the Bene Gesserit  !Mark Strong stars as Emperor Javicco Corrino, a man from a great line of war-time Emperors, who is called upon to govern the Imperium and manage a fragile peace. Jodhi May is Empress Natalya, a formidable  royal who united thousands of worlds in her marriage to Emperor Corrin, while Travis Fimmel is Desmond Hart, a charismatic soldier with an enigmatic past who seeks to gain the Emperor’s trust at the expense of the Sisterhood! Sarah-Sofie Boussnina is Princess Ynez, an independent young princess dealing with the pressures of her responsibility as heir to the Golden Lion Throne. Shalom Brune-Franklin is Mikaela, a strong-willed Fremen woman who serves the royal family while longing for a home planet she’s never known. Faoileann Cunningham is Sister Jen, a fierce, unpredictable acolyte in training at the Sisterhood School who rarely reveals

Dune series arrives this November to Max

her emotional core. Aoife Hinds is Sister Emeline, a zealous acolyte descended from a long line of martyrs, who carries fervent religion to her training at the Sisterhood. Chloe Lea is Lila, the youngest acolyte at the Sisterhood School with a deep empathy beyond her years. Jade Anouka is Sister Theodosia, a talented and ambitious acolyte who harbours a dangerous secret about her past. Chris Mason is Keiran Atreides, a Swordmaster to a Great House whose ambition to live up to his family name is disrupted when he forms an unexpected connection to a member of the royal family. Josh Heuston is Emperor Javicco’s illegitimate son Constantine Corrino, Edward Favis is scheming political Harrow Harkonnen, Tabu stars as Sister Francesca, and Jihae is Reverand Mother Kasha! See the new trailer below and tell us what you think:

 

SEE NEW TEASER FOR EPIC SF SERIES DUNE: PROPHECY WHICH ARRIVES THIS AUTUMN WITH EMILY WATSON, OLIVIA WILLIAMS, TRAVIS FIMMEL, MARK STRONG

   DUNE: PROPHECY  

NEW TRAILER FOR EPIC SF SERIES

Max has released a new trailer for their new science fiction series DUNE: PROPHECY after the early teaser that we got in May. We still don't know the exact date but we now it will arrive this Autumn set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides. Over in UK it will air on Sky,

Emily Watson is Valya Harkonnen

while in Australia it will be available on Foxtel and Binge. It follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and in turn establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit. 

 

WHO IS IN THE CAST?

 Olivia Williams and Emily Watson star as Tula and Valya Harkonnen, two sisters who have risen to power in the Sisterhood, a secret organization of women who will go on to become the Bene Gesserit  !Mark Strong stars as Emperor Javicco Corrino, a man from a great line of war-time Emperors, who is called upon to govern the Imperium and manage a fragile peace. Jodhi May is Empress Natalya, a formidable royal who united thousands of worlds in her marriage to Emperor Corrin, while Travis Fimmel is Desmond Hart, a charismatic soldier with an enigmatic past who seeks to gain the Emperor’s trust at the expense of the Sisterhood! Sarah-Sofie Boussnina is Princess Ynez, an independent young princess dealing with the pressures of her responsibility as heir to the Golden Lion Throne. Shalom Brune-Franklin is Mikaela, a strong-willed Fremen woman who serves the royal family while longing for a home planet she’s never known. Faoileann Cunningham is Sister Jen, a fierce, unpredictable acolyte in training at the Sisterhood School who rarely reveals her emotional core. Aoife Hinds is Sister Emeline, a zealous acolyte descended from a long line of martyrs, who carries fervent religion to her training at the Sisterhood. Chloe Lea is Lila, the youngest acolyte at the Sisterhood School with a deep empathy beyond her years. Jade Anouka is Sister Theodosia, a talented and ambitious acolyte who harbours a dangerous secret about her past. Chris Mason is Keiran Atreides, a Swordmaster to a Great House whose ambition to live up to his family name is disrupted when he forms an unexpected connection to a member of the royal family. Josh Heuston is Emperor Javicco’s illegitimate son Constantine Corrino, Edward Favis is scheming political Harrow Harkonnen, Tabu stars as Sister Francesca, and Jihae is Reverand Mother Kasha! See the new teaser below:

 

SEE IAN MCKELLEN, GEMMA ARTERTON, MARK STRONG, ALFRED ENOCH, BEN BARNES IN THE CRITIC MOVIE TRAILER

    THE CRITIC TRAILER  

WITH IAN MCKELLEN & GEMMA ARTERTON

First trailer has been released for a film that actually premiered last year in Toronto but will hit UK cinemas September 13th starring Ian McKellen and

The Critic will open in UK this September

Gemma Arterton in the lead roles alongside Mark Strong, Alfred Enoch, Romola Garai, Ben Barnes and Lesley Manville. 

WHAT IS THE FILM ABOUT? 

 Based on Anthony Quinn's novel Curtain Call, THE CRITIC set in 1930s London, is a thrilling tale of ambition, blackmail, and desire with a dazzling anti-hero at its heart. When the most feared and vicious theatre critic in town Jimmy Erskine (Mckellen), finds himself suddenly in the cross hairs of the Daily Chronicle’s new owner David Brooke (Strong), he strikes a Faustian pact with struggling actress Nina Land (Arterton) who is desperate to win his favor. See the thrilling and super stylish trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

SEE IAN MCKELLEN, GEMMA ARTERTON, MARK STRONG, ALFRED ENOCH, BEN BARNES IN THE CRITIC MOVIE IMAGES

    FIRST THE CRITIC  

PICS WITH IAN MCKELLEN & GEMMA ARTERTON

First images have been released for a film that actually premiered last year in Toronto but will hit UK cinemas September 13th starring Ian McKellen and Gemma Arterton in the lead roles alongside Mark Strong, Alfred Enoch, Romola Garai, Ben Barnes and Lesley Manville.

WHAT IS THE FILM ABOUT?

Based on Anthony Quinn's novel Curtain Call, THE CRITIC set in 1930s London, is a thrilling tale of ambition, blackmail, and desire with a dazzling anti-hero at its heart. When the most feared and vicious theatre critic in town Jimmy Erskine (Mckellen), finds himself suddenly in the cross hairs of the Daily Chronicle’s new owner David Brooke (Strong), he strikes a Faustian pact with struggling actress Nina Land (Arterton) who is desperate to win his favor.

MAX RELEASES TEASER FOR THEIR EPIC SF SERIES DUNE: PROPHECY WHICH ARRIVES THIS AUTUMN WITH EMILY WATSON, OLIVIA WILLIAMS, TRAVIS FIMMEL, MARK STRONG

   DUNE: PROPHECY  

FIRST TEASER FOR EPIC SF SERIES

Max has released a teaser for their new science fiction series DUNE: PROPHECY which arrives this Autumn set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides. It follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and in turn establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit. Olivia Williams and Emily Watson star as Tula and Valya Harkonnen, two sisters who have risen to power in the Sisterhood, a secret organization of women who will go on to become the Bene Gesserit! Jodhi May is Empress Natalya, a formidable royal who united thousands of worlds in her marriage to Emperor Corrin, while Travis Fimmel is Desmond Hart, a charismatic soldier with an enigmatic past! Mark Strong also stars.

JODIE COMER FIGHTS TO SURVIVE APOCALYPSE IN FLOODED LONDON WITH A NEWBORN BABY IN THE END WE START FROM MOVIE TRAILER

  THE END WE START FROM  

The movie is out in USA this December

MOVIE TRAILER WITH JODIE COMER

In a role that critics says is the best she has given so far in her career, Jodie Comer leads new post apocalyptic British drama movie THE END WE START FROM which is ready to flood the cinemas December 8th also starring Joel Fry and Gina McKee and also Mark Strong. As London is submerged below floodwaters due to environmental crisis caused by climate changes, a woman (played by Jodie Comer) gives birth to her first child. Days later, her small family is torn apart and she and her baby are forced to leave their home in search of safety. They head north through a newly dangerous country seeking refuge from place to place.

TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL PERIOD SET FILMS: CLICQUOT WITH HALEY BENNETT, LEO SUTER, TOM STURRIDGE, CRITIC WITH IAN MCKELLEN, GEMMA ARTERTON, MARK STRONG, DOUGLAS BOOTH'S SHOSHANA, VIGGO MORTENSEN'S DEAD DON'T HURT

  TIFF PERIOD SET MOVIES  

WIDOW CLICQUOT

Toronto Film Festival has started and today we are spotlighting period set films that will premiere there, starting with WIDOW CLICQUOT which, set in France during the Napoleonic Wars, tells the true story of the “Grande Dame of Champagne,” also known as Madame Clicquot after marrying the scion of a winemaking family. Though their marriage was arranged, a timeless love blossomed between Barbe-Nicole (Haley Bennett) and her poetic, unconventional husband, François (Tom Sturridge). After becoming a widow at age 27, she is determined to protect her family’s legacy. Determined to advance her husband's theories about soil chemistry, the configuring of vines, and revolutionary techniques in bottling, Barbe-Nicole wagers on the next harvest and her own blend of sparkling wine. Ben Miles, Sam Riley and our dearest Leo Suter also star.

IAN MCKELLEN'S THE CRITIC

Gemma Arterton and Ian McKellen star as adversaries forced to take desperate measures to save their careers, in THE CRITIC set in 1936. As the new steward of London’s Chronicle, David Brooke (Mark Strong) seeks to revive the financially troubled daily as the country’s most-read family paper. In the firing line is long time theatre critic Jimmy Erksine (Ian McKellen), whose extravagant prose and personal “proclivities” are distasteful to David. Jimmy has a lot to lose as an elderly gay man in a culture and legal system deeply hostile to homosexuality. Yet he cannot resist writing the flamboyantly merciless critiques that are his trademark. Actor Nina Land (Arterton), for whom the married David secretly carries a torch, is a regular target for Jimmy’s most withering remarks. As pressure to appease his employer mounts, Jimmy concocts a plot to entrap both David and Nina, herself secretly in love with a married painter (Ben Barnes). But with the Blackshirts taking to the streets amid anti-queer police raids, Jimmy may be grossly overestimating his ability to emerge from his elaborate scheme unscathed.

DOUGLAS BOOTH'S SHOSHANA

Set in British Mandatory Palestine, this tense historical thriller from Michael Winterbottom traces the origins of one of the world’s most complex conflicts. The year is 1938, and tensions run high in Tel Aviv, wherethe British struggle to maintain order among a mixed Palestinian and Jewish population. Yet English police officer Thomas Wilkin (Douglas Booth) has made his home here and is madly in love with Shoshana (Irina Starshenbaum), daughter of Zionist Labour movement co-founder Dov Ber Borochov. As the paramilitary organization Irgun, led by poet Avraham Stern (Aury Alby), undertakes a violent campaign to evict the British authorities, Thomas and his superior officer Geoffrey Morton (Harry Melling) adopt a zero-tolerance policy toward the resistance, intensifying their tactics to include torture. Meanwhile, Shoshana receives death threats for daring to fraternize with a member of the occupying forces. She loves Thomas, but she also believes in the pursuit of her people’s independence. She will be forced to choose between the two. Our boy Daniel Donskoy also stars!

  GUY PEARCE'S THE CONVERT

Lee Tamahori’s action-filled historical epic stars Guy Pearce as Thomas Munro, a newly arrived preacher in a colonial town in early 19th-century New Zealand whose violent past is soon drawn into question and his faith put to the test, when he finds himself at the centre of a long-standing battle between two Māori tribes. The film does not have a release date yet in cinemas.

 

THE DEAD DON'T HURT

Set in the 1860s, Viggo Mortensen directed western THE DEAD DON'T HURT follows French-Canadian flower seller Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps)

The movie premiered this week at TIFF

and Danish carpenter Holger Olsen (Viggo Mortensen) who meet in San Francisco. Vivienne is irreverent, fiercely independent, and refuses to wed, but agrees to travel with Holger to his home near the quiet town of Elk Flats, Nevada. There, they begin a life together, Vivienne grows roses and waits tables at a tavern and Holger builds barns, until the couple are separated by Holger’s decision to fight for the Union in the burgeoning Civil War. Left on her own, Vivienne must fend for herself in a place controlled by corrupt Mayor Rudolph Schiller (Danny Huston) and his business partner, powerful rancher Alfred Jeffries (Garret Dillahunt). Alfred's violent, wayward son Weston (Solly McLeod) aggressively pursues Vivienne, who is determined to resist his unwanted advances.

BRANDON SKLENAR JOINS BLAKE LIVELY IN COLLEEN HOOVER'S IT ENDS WITH US MOVIE ADAPTATION! SEE COLIN MORGAN, MARK STRONG, FELICITY JONES IN SKY'S DEAD SHOT MOVIE TRAILER

 BRANDON SKLENAR JOINS 

BLAKE LIVELY IN IT ENDS WITH US MOVIE ADAPTATION

Brandon will play Atlas Corrigan

Our latest obsession, the incredibly hunky Brandon Sklenar has just joined Blake Lively in the movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover's IT ENDS WITH US. The story follows Lily Bloom, who comes from a complicated past and always has known the life she wants. While living in Boston, she meets neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni) and believes she may very well have found her soulmate. Soon, however, questions arise about their relationship, and to complicate matters her high school love interest, Atlas Corrigan (Sklenar), comes back into the picture, putting her relationship with Ryle in jeopardy.

  DEAD SHOT TRAILER WITH 

COLIN MORGAN, MARK STRONG AND FELICITY JONES

Sky has released a trailer for their new action thriller movie DEAD SHOT which arrives to the streamer May 12th. Filmed in Glasgow and originally known as Borderline, it boasts a rather stellar cast led by Colin Morgan, Mark Strong and Felicity Jones and was directed by Charles and Thomas Guard. The movie, which covers the 1970s turmoil in Northern Ireland, will have a cinematic release for the viewers in Northern America.

  THE STORY OF DEAD SHOT
When a border ambush goes wrong, a retired Irish paramilitary (Colin Morgan) witnesses the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife by an SAS officer (Aml Ameen). After outwitting the SAS, now wounded, and presumed dead, he escapes, taking his revenge to the dark and paranoid streets of 1970's London. Raw and suspenseful, DEAD SHOT is an adrenaline-fueled thriller that will leave audiences weighing up the true cost of revenge.

MARK STRONG IS EMPEROR CORRINO IN DUNE: THE SISTERHOOD EPIC TV SERIES WITH EMILY WATSON! CHRIS MASON ALSO JOINS CAST! TERRAFORMING MARS TO BECOME SF TV SERIES

 DUNE: THE SISTERHOOD 

MARK STRONG IS EMPEROR CORRINO IN THE PREQUEL SERIES

HBO Max sf series that already has Emily Watson, Shirley Henderson, Indira Varma and Travis Fimmel in the cast has just added Mark Strong and Chris Mason to the cast. DUNE: THE SISTERHOOD, based on Frank Herbert’s novel, is set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides and follows the Harkonnen Sisters (Watson and Henderson) as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect known as the Bene Gesserit. Mark Strong will be Emperor Javicco Corrino, a man from a great line of war-time Emperors, who is called upon to govern the Imperium and manage a fragile peace. Chris Mason will be Keiran Atreides, a Swordmaster to a Great House whose ambition to live up to his family name is disrupted when he forms an unexpected connection to a member of the royal family. 

  TERRAFORMING MARS  

TO BECOME A SF TV SERIES

The board game might become a TV series

Speaking of sf series, Deadline reports that board game TERRA- FORMING MARS will be turned into a sf TV series. Production company Cobal Knight is leaning towards a series but is also open for a feature take on the strategy game, which sees players compete to use resources and innovative technology to make the red planet inhabitable. Sold in over 1,5 million copies, the game highlights existential tropes like class struggle, colonialism, and ecological collapse. The adaptation will explore the unique human drama that inherently comes along with running a company tasked with creating oceans, building prosperous cities, and balancing the ecology of plant and animal life.

PERIOD SET THRILLER THE CRITIC ADS IAN MCKELLEN, GEMMA ARTERTON, MARK STRONG, LESLEY MANVILLE, BEN BARNES! THE WITCHES ARE BACK IN HOCUS POCUS SEQUEL MOVIE TEASER!

 PERIOD THRILLER THE CRITIC 

SETS A SUPERSTELLAR CAST

And my, my, superstellar it is: Anand Tucker's period set thriller movie THE CRITIC has cast Ian McKellen, Mark Strong, Gemma Arterton, Lesley Manville, Romola Garai and Ben Barnes! Based on Curtain Call novel, it is set in 1934 London, with McKellen as Jimmy Erskine, the most feared drama critic in town, and Arterton as Nina Land, the actress determined to win his favor. When Jimmy finds himself in the crosshairs of his newspaper’s new owner, David Brooke (Strong), Nina becomes entangled in a dangerous web of blackmail, deceit and murder.

 HOCUS POCUS 2 TRAILER 

BRINGS THE WITCHES BACK

Hocus Pocus is back this September

You have already seen this one since yesterday, but Disney has released a teaser for HOCUS POCUS 2 with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy back as the witchy Sanderson sisters! Out September 30th on Disney + the movie sequel takes place 29 years after the events of the beloved 1993 original, and Winifred, Sarah and Mary — witches that were executed in the 17th century — are looking for revenge. Now it is up to three high school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow’s Eve! Check out the teaser below:

CATE BLANCHETT, MARK STRONG TO LEAD TAR MOVIE ABOUT A FEMALE CONDUCTOR! SEE FROM SUPERNATURAL EPIX SERIES TRAILER ABOUT A TOWN THAT TRAPS EVERYONE WHO ENTERS

   CATE BLANCHETT   

Blanchett will lead the fictional story

TO CONDUCT AN ORCHESTRA IN TAR MOVIE

As Deadline reports, it will arrive next October and beside Cate Blanchett in the lead role,  TAR will also star Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Mark Strong, Allan Corduner, and Sylvia Flote. In the film the two time Oscar winner Blanchett will be playing fictional character Lydia Tár, an orchestra conductor widely considered one of the greatest at her craft, and the first ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra! It is the story of world renowned musician Lydia Tár who is just days away from recording the symphony that will take her to the very heights of her already formidable career. Todd Field wrote the script and is also directing over in Berlin. You remember him for previously directing other Kate - Winslet in the most amazing drama Little Children.

 FROM SUPERNATURAL SERIES 

EPIX RELEASES FIRST TRAILER

Epix has released trailer for their new supernatural horror series FROM which arrives February 20th next year. The story of the ten episode show will unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all

Harold Perineau leads the cast as the sheriff of the town

those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes

Eoin Bailey plays the father of the trapped family

down. The cast includes Catalina Sandino Moreno and Eion Bailey as married couple Jim and Tabitha Matthews, who are struggling in the aftermath of a personal tragedy and suddenly find their family trapped in the

The ten episode series arrives to Epix next February

town. Together they must find a way to keep their children safe, struggling to come to terms with this new reality even as they desperately search for a way back home! Harold Perrineau leads the cast as the sheriff of the little town.