Premiering July 4th over in New Zealand is their new comedy series MADAM in which Australian star Rachel Griffiths plays the head of a brothel with Martin Henderson as her husband. The ten
Madam starts her business this July
episode series sees her playing Mack Leigh who lives in small-town New Zealand with her husband Rob and their two sons.
What was meant to be a short visit became permanent thanks to the free
healthcare for their disabled son. When Mack discovers Rob’s been seeing
a sex worker, she’s surprisingly not angry but inspired. After all, sex
work is legal in New Zealand, and her marriage has lacked intimacy for
years. Always a renegade and a bit of an entrepreneur, Mack learns the
only brothel in town is run by a douchebag. With no money and no
experience, she decides to open her own ‘feminist, ethical brothel. Mack
forges Rob’s signature on a home loan, leases a motel, and recruits an
eclectic swagger of mostly rookie sex workers.
In TV news, 'Deadline' reports that NBC has cast Kristen Bell and Ted Danson for their new comedy series GOOD PLACE which has been ordered straight to series in 13 episodes! It centres on Eleanor (Bell, who will not be leaving HOUSE OF LIES for this), a woman from New Jersey who comes to realize that she hasn’t been a very good person. She decides to turn over a new leaf by learning what it actually means to be “good” or “bad,” and then trying to make up for her past behaviour. Danson plays Michael, who, through an unlikely set of circumstances, comes to be Eleanor’s guide through her self-designed self-improvement course.
NEW NBC SITCOM PILOTS
MARLON WAYANS COMEDY Speaking of NBC's comedies, they've also ordered a pilot for MARLON
multicamera sitcom which would star famous comedian Marlon Wayans!
Loosely inspired by his life, it centres on an inappropriate but
loving father (Wayans) committed to successfully co-parenting with his
polar opposite ex-wife. 'POWER LESS' COMEDY They've also ordered a pilot for POWERLESS
single camera sitcom set at one of the worst insurance companies in
America — with the twist being that it also takes place in the universe
of DC Comics. It will focus on POWERLESS folk working there who often
envy the men and women outside their window who make headlines with
their supernatural powers.
'MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN'
HOW TO EXPLAIN THE IMPOSSIBLE
The only trailer I have for you is the new one for Christian propaganda movie MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN out around Easter this March!
Based on the book 'Three Miracles From Heaven' by Christy Beam it revolves around a young girl suffering from a rare digestive disorder who finds herself miraculously cured after surviving a terrible accident. JenniferGarner and Martin Henderson play her parents, while Queen Latifah also features in the Patricia Riggen directed movie.
Three trailers today, starting with delightful animated one for NORM OF THE NORTH about a polar bear of many words, whose greatest gripe is simple: there is no room for tourists in the Arctic. But when a maniacal developer threatens to build luxury condos in his own backyard, Norm does what all normal polar bears would do: He heads to New York City to stop it. With a cast of ragtag lemmings at his side, Norm takes on the big apple, big business and a big identity crisis to save the day. Landing in New York, Norm begins life anew as a performing corporate mascot, only to discover that his new employers are directly responsible for the destruction of his polar home. It's out next January!
'STONEWALL' TRAILER
STARRING JEREMY IRVINE AND JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS
There's also the first trailer for Roland Emmerich's gay rights drama
starring Jeremy Irvine and Jonathan Rhys Meyers STONEWALL. It tells the
story of famous 1969 New York riots re-told through the perspective of a
young man named Danny (Jeremy Irvine), a Midwestener coming to terms
with his sexuality.
Danny's arrival in New York introduces him to leading activists fighting
for gay rights in the face of brutal police violence.The movie arrives
into theatres September 25th just in the preaward season.
NEW 'EVEREST' TRAILER
STARRING JAKE GYLLENHAAL, JOSH BROLIN, MARTIN HENDERSON AND EMILY WATSON
Want some freeze in the middle of summer heat? The second trailer for EVEREST is here for the movie inspired by true climbing expedition in which eight lives were lost ten years ago and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Martin Henderson, Jason Clarke, Emily Watson, JoshBrolin. EVERESTdocuments the awe inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.
