SEE EPIC TRAILER FOR LUC BESSON'S DRACULA: A LOVE STORY WITH CALEB LANDRY JONES, MATILDA DE ANGELIS AND CHRISTOPH WALTZ

  DRACULA: A LOVE TALE  

EPIC MOVIE TRAILER IS HERE!

French filmmaker Luc Besson has released a rather epic trailer for DRACULA: A LOVE TALE an upcoming gothic horror film written and directed by him and based on the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. It stars Caleb Landry Jones, Christoph Waltz and Matilda De Angelis and should be released in France on 30 July 2025. You can check out the trailer with the English subtitles below and tell us what you think. 

 A STORY SPANNING CENTURIES

Hailed as probably most expensive French movie of the year, it has the story set in the 15th century, following Prince Vladimir who blasphemes and denies God after the death of his beloved wife. He becomes a vampire, condemned to wander the centuries. When, 400 years later, he meets a young woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to his dead wife, he's ready to do anything to win her over. The story spans centuries exploring the curse of immortality. 

 

NETFLIX REVEALS STREAM DATE AND A TEASER FOR THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET PERIOD SET ITALIAN SERIES

 LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET 

SEASON TWO SERIES TRAILER IS HERE

Quite unexpectedly, the 2nd season of Italy's period set series THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET has been announced for October 30th over at Netflix. Lidia (Matilda de Angelis) is not allowed to be a lawyer because she is a woman. So this time she aims even higher, she wants to change the law. While she continues to collaborate with her brother Enrico (Eduardo Scarpetta), tackling new cases and fighting for women’s rights, she wants to convince him to run for Parliament so that her law can finally find a voice. Lidia is completely done with love, especially with Jacopo (Pier Luigi Pasino), responsible for having sold the family villa and on a collision course with all the Poëts. But Jacopo and Lidia are forced to meet again to share, reluctantly, a secret investigation that concerns them closely, rediscovering the complicity and fun that has always bound them. Giving a hard time to the protagonists, the new King’s Attorney, Fourneau (Gianmarco Saurino), a man of the institutions who unexpectedly treats Lidia as his equal, prompting her to question the complex and contradictory relationship she has with feelings, and the cost of personal renunciation that she is sustaining in the name of her ideals. 

1ST LOOK AT WINTER KING ARTHURIAN EPIC TV SERIES! 1ST IMAGES FROM PERIOD SET MOVIES THE CONVERT WITH GUY PEARCE, FRANZ KAFKA BIOPIC THE GLORY OF LIFE, WW2 ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES WITH LIEV SCHREIBER, JOSH HUTCHERSON

 FIRST THE WINTER KING  

IMAGES FROM NEW SERIES  

ITVX has released first images from their upcoming TV series adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles and I must admit they look cheap as hell and not very promising. THE WINTER KING will air later this year following Arthur Pendragon as he evolves from outcast to legendary warrior and leader. It is set in the 5th century long before Britain was united. In a land ofwarring factions and tribes when the world was brutal and lives were often fleeting. Iain De Caestecker stars as a young Arthur, who begins as an exiled bastard before becoming the greatest hope for Britain. Stuart Campbell is Derfel who transforms from left-for-dead orphan to the truest of all warlords. Ellie James is Nimue a priestess saved by Merlin because she can see the gods - he gives her power, wisdom and learning. Eddie Marsan is Uther, High King of all Dumnonia, old and battle tested. He commands incredible authority, over almost all, bar Merlin. Nathaniel Martello-White is Merlin, a politician, powerful, enlightened, and absolute. Fearless in the face of a King’s wrath he follows his connectionto his Gods in all things. Daniel Ings is Owain one of Arthur’s closest childhood friends and like a son to High King Uther. Valene Kane is Morgan, Arthur’s half-sister and another bastard child of King Uther. She is asharp-tongued and independent minded pagan and student of Merlin. Simon Merrells is Gundleus, King of rival kingdom Siluria. Imposing and savage, Gundleus is prepared to slaughter whoever he needs to secure power. The series will air on MGM+ in USA.

 

  FIRST IMAGES FROM  

GUY PEARCE'S THE CONVERT

A bunch of first images from different period set movies for you today, starting with THE CONVERT, a historical drama from Oscar winner Lee Tamahori in which Guy Pearce plays  a lay preacher who arrives at a British settlement at New Zealand in 1830s. His violent past is soon drawn into question and his faith put to the test, as he finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Maori tribes.

THE GLORY OF LIFE

There is also Franz Kafka biopic, a story of the famous Czech writer which is being offered to buyers at Cannes. The love story between Kafka (Sabin Tambrea) and Dora Diamant (Henriette Confurius) is set in 1923 on the Baltic Sea coast, a year before the author died from tuberculosis. The worldly wise Diamant, who was working in a Jewish community, took him to Berlin, and as Kafka’s health deteriorates rapidly, they traveled together to a sanatorium in Austria. The memory of their time together will shape Diamant for the rest of her life!

ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES MOVIE ADAPTATION

There are also first images from the movie adaptation of Hemingway's ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES with Liev Schreiber, Josh Hutcherson and Matilda de Angelis scheduled for Fall. Set in post WW2 Venice Italy, American Army Col. Richard Cantwell, haunted by the war, is a bona fide hero who faces news of his illness with stoic disregard. Determined to spend a weekend in quiet solitude, he commandeers a military driver to facilitate a visit to his old haunts in Venice. As Cantwell's plans begin to unravel, a chance encounter with a remarkable young woman begins to re kindle in him the hope of renewal.

NETFLIX RELEASES TRAILER FOR NEW PERIOD SET TV SERIES THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET ABOUT ITALY'S FIRST EVER LAWYER FROM THE 19TH CENTURY

 NETFLIX SERIES TRAILER FOR 

THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET HISTORICAL TV SERIES

Lidia Poet arrives February 15th

Netflix has just released a trailer for their new period set mini series THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET which should arrive February 15th directed by Matteo Rovere and starring Matilde de Angelis.

 

  THE STORY

Turin, late 1800s. A ruling by the Court of Appeal of Turin declares Lidia Poët's enrollment in the register of lawyers illegitimate, thus preventing her from practicing the profession because she is a woman. Penniless but full of pride, Lidia finds a job at her brother Enrico's law firm, while she prepares the appeal to overturn the Court's conclusions. Through a gaze that goes beyond her time, Lidia assists the suspects by seeking the truth behind appearances and prejudices. Jacopo (Eduardo Scarpetta), a mysterious journalist and Lidia's brother-in-law, passes her information and guides her into the hidden worlds of a magniloquent Turin. The series reinterprets the true story of Lidia Poët, the first lawyer in Italy, in a light procedural key. Pier Luigi Pasino is Enrico Poët, brother of Lidia, while Sara Lazzaro and Sinéad Thornhill are respectively Teresa Barberis, wife of Enrico, and Marianna Poët, their daughter.

UPDATES ON UPCOMING NEW EUROPEAN PERIOD SET SHOWS: 19TH CENTURY SET LIDIA POET AND BRIGANTI FROM ITALY, AND MOUNTAIN WILL BLOOM FROM FRANCE

  LIDIA POET TV SERIES  

1ST MATILDA DE ANGELIS PHOTO

I'm bringing you a very special treat today: updates on some of the European costume drama that we can expect in the future, beginning with the first

First look at Matilda de Angelis as Lidia Poet

photo of Leonardo's Matilda de Angelis in her new Netflix series LIDIA POET. It is from the set, so not of best quality but it gives you an idea of the costumes she will be wearing in it. Matilda, whom you remember from HBO's The Undoing series and Aidan Turner's Leonardo, leads this new Italian Netflix procedural series which reconstructs the true story of the Italian woman who in late 19th century Turin fought a legal battle to be allowed to practice as a lawyer after she was forbidden to do so by a court order. Then in 1883, after the legal battle, she became Italy’s first female lawyer. Romulus helmer Matteo Rovere is directing. Stay tuned for more info on the series as we get new updates.

  BRIGANTI TV SERIES  

SETS LEAD CAST AT NETFLIX

Another of the Italian period set series coming soon to Netflix, BRIGANTI, has set main cast. This action packed six episode series started shooting last month in Italy. It will follow the adventurous transformation of Filomena (Michela de Rossi), from an obedient wife to a ruthless

Michella de Rossi and Matilda Lutz take female leads

brigandess in mid 19th century: hunted and on the run, she seeks shelter in the woods where she meets a band of brigands ready for anything. Her determination and her cunning will save her life and she, joining them, decides to to give back to the south what had been stolen from them: Garibaldi’s gold. On this path she will meet two women, Michelina (Matilda

Marlon Joubert, Giulio Beranek and Gianmarco Vettori also star

Lutz) and Ciccilla (Ivana Lotito), sometimes allies, sometimes enemies, equally determined and unpredictable. Inspired by real characters, a modern, epic tale will also star  Marlon Joubert, Orlando Cinque, Gianmarco Vettori, Federico Ielapi, Giulio Beranek and Adriano Chiaramida. The series will stream on Netflix next year.

 AND MOUNTAIN WILL BLOOM 

1ST PICS FROM FRENCH SERIES

Up in France, we have first photos from France television's new mini series AND MOUNTAIN WILL BLOOM (Et la montagne fleurira), a six part saga based on Françoise Bourdon’s novel “Le Mas des Tilleuls,”! Set in 1837 in

Guillaume Arnault leads the cast of the new series

Provence, it follows a man, Jean Baptiste (Guillaume Arnault), who was banned from this childhood home by his father after being wrongfully accused of having abused his step mother, Seraphine (Hélène de Fougerolles).

The six part series will air on France Television

Jean Baptiste runs away to live with his aunt and eventually become a merchant of rare flowers and finds love with Lila. But his happiness is crushed when a revolt spreads across Provence, forcing him to reclaim rights over his family property and confronts wounds from his childhood.

ITALIAN FRIDAY: MISS FALLACI TAKES AMERICA PERIOD SET MINI SERIES SOLD TO PARAMOUNT + AND MANY EUROPEAN MARKETS! SEE SERGIO CASTELLITTO, MATILDA DE ANGELIS, BERENICE BEJO IN A BOOKSHOP IN PARIS TRAILER

 MISS FALLACI TAKES AMERICA 

NEW PERIOD SET TV SERIES

And here is your period set project for today: Paramount + will air, sometime next year, MISS FALLACI TAKES AMERICA mini series on the life of Italian celebrity journalist Oriana Fallaci. The series which will also air in UK, Germany, Ireland and over 20 other European countries portrays

The series has been sold to Europe ahead of the production start

Fallaci’s early life as an Italian journalist in Hollywood in the 1950s as she worked as an entertainment correspondent. With a disenchanted gaze, Fallaci observes the society and customs of America during the time and is fascinated by its contradictions. Miriam Leone is in talks to lead.

  A BOOKSHOP IN PARIS  

ILL MATERIALE EMOTIVO

Speaking of Italy, check out a charming trailer for their movie A BOOKSHOP IN PARIS which is currently out in their cinemas as the story of Vincenzo (Sergio Castellitto), a Paris bookseller dedicated to the search

Castellitto has also directed the movie

for rare volumes, a passion in line with his profession. His day is not only occupied by antiques books, but also by his paraplegic daughter, Albertine (Matilda De Angelis), whom he takes care of. Due to an accident, the young woman left the university and abandoned any form of social life, giving up friends. In addition, Albertine no longer speaks and her father tries to encourage her every day, conversing with her, despite the fact that the dialogue is unique. This sometimes monotonous and sometimes routine life of Vincenzo is upset by Yolande (Bérénice Bejo), a young woman who bursts into his life like a storm followed by a wonderful rainbow ... 

MATTHEW FOX TO LEAD PEACOCK'S LAST LIGHT MINI TV SERIES! 19TH CENTURY SET LIDIA POET & BRIGANTI AMONG NETFLIX' NEW ITALIAN PERIOD SET ORIGINAL SERIES!

 NEW NETFLIX PERIOD SET ORIGINALS COMING FROM ITALY

LIDIA POET AND BRIGANTI

Matilda de Angelis will lead Lidia Poet

Netflix has unveiled their upcoming new Italian original series slate and there are two period set ones among them. Matilda De Angelis (from Leonardo and The Undoing) will play LIDIA POET in this procedural series which reconstructs the true story of the Italian woman who in late 19th century Turin fought a legal battle to be allowed to practice as a lawyer after she was forbidden to do so by a court order. She became Italy’s first female lawyer. Romulus helmer Matteo Rovere is directing. BRIGANTI will be a feminist epic set in Italy’s South during the 19th century involving a woman named Filomena who joins a group of brigands and pursues a treasure of gold ingots that had been stolen from a Sicilian bank by Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi. 

  MATTHEW FOX TO LEAD 

LAST LIGHT MINI SERIES

Speaking of new series, Peacock is preparing new apocalyptic mini series LAST LIGHT based on Alex Scarrow's book. In the series that

Matthew Fox returns to television

follows a family fighting to survive in a world that has been suddenly thrown into chaos, Matthew Fox will be petro chemist Andy Nielsen who knows how dependent the world is on oil. Fearing the fallout that would occur should the supply be disrupted, Andy’s worst imaginings are realized during a business trip to the Middle East, when oil supplies get contaminated by an infectious agent, causing society to implode in the face of global disaster. Meanwhile, his daughter is at home in London, and his wife Elena (Joanna Froggatt) and young son are in Paris, leaving the family separated. In order to find one another, they’ll sacrifice everything. The five episode series will see Fox' return to the small screens after more than ten years.