GRIPPING TRAILER FOR BBC EPIC WW2 SERIES WORLD ON FIRE WITH JONAH HAUER KING, SEAN BEAN, LESLEY MANVILLE, HELEN HUNT

      'WORLD ON FIRE' TRAILER 

FOR NEW BBC WW2 TV SERIES

Beside the info that Sky will air its Catherine the Great series from October 3rd (October 21st on HBO), there is another epic treat for you today: first

World on Fire will air sometime this Autumn on BBC One

trailer for BBC One's World War II series WORLD ON FIRE which will air its seven episodes sometime this Autumn and then also on Masterpiece in

Jonah Hauer King takes the lead male role in the series

USA. The emotionally gripping drama will star Jonah Hauer King, Sean Bean, Lesley Manville, Blake Harrison,  Arthur Darvill, Brian J.

The story of the series is set in four different nations

Smith, Max Riemelt, and Helen Hunt. From the siege of Warsaw, to Dunkirk, the fall of Paris and the battle of Britain, the series will be covering the first year of the war spanning four different nations.

WORLD ON FIRE TELLS 
the hidden human stories within the big historical events we think we know. From Harry, a young English translator in Warsaw caught up in negotiations

Sean Bean also stars in the new World War II series

with the Nazis and trying to smuggle his Polish lover Kasia out of the country, to Lois, the girl who is waiting for him at home, a young Mancunian factory

Lesley Manville is no stranger to period set drama series!

worker who will come to take all the opportunities the war can offer to live a different kind of life. To Nancy, a female US war correspondent who can’t find

Julia Brown also stars in the series next to Hauer King

peace unless her life is at risk, to the Rossler family in Berlin, worried for their soldier son and willing to do anything to protect their disabled daughter from the attentions of the ruling Nazi regime. These are the stories of the ordinary

The series covers only the first year of the war

people who shaped our world. Stories of loyalty and brutality, courage and fear, hopes, stories of love and loss, hopes and dreams forged in extraordinary times.

CHRISTINA HENDRICKS, EMILY WATSON IN WW1 'ANGEL MAKERS' MOVIE! 'ANIMORPHS', 'ROADSIDE PICNIC' SF BOOKS GET ADAPTATIONS! CHESTER SEE LEADS 'OVER THE TOP' SERIES AT ABC FAMILY

'ANGEL MAKERS' WW1 MOVIE

CASTS CHRISTINA HENDRICKS, EMILY WATSON AND MAX RIEMELT

A new historical movie for you and it already has a cast, a stellar one! As 'Deadline' reports Christina Hendricks, Emily Watson, Max Riemelt and Abbie Cornish have all joined WW1 drama THE ANGEL MAKERS! Jon Amiel is to direct the story, set in the Yorkshire Moors in 1917. Survival is key when the men leave to join the allied fight in France, leaving their wives to maintain the farms. At their disposal, an internment camp of German POWs, all too happy to offer up their services, ignite an air of dangerous romance. Affairs begin and lust blossoms into love as the women of Yorkshire Moors discover something far more powerful: independence. When the husbands return, everyone turns to Sarah Rigg (Christina Hendricks), the midwife and witch doctor at the heart of the village, to mix the potions that can save a life… or take it away.

NEW BOOK ADAPTATIONS

'ANIMORPHS' GETS A MOVIE  
Now, here's an interesting movie adaptation: Universal is planning on turning K.A. Applegate's bestselling series of novels ANIMORPHS into a movie! More than 50 novels in the series revolve around young people who come across a crashed alien spaceship. The dying alien gives them powers to transform into any animal they want. Using those powers the teenagers then fight against other aliens who have secretly invaded the planet disguised as humans. These books were previously adapted into a two season series over at Nickelodeon.
'ROADSIDE PICNIC' TV SERIES
Another adaptation, but this time a small screen one will be for beloved Russian sf novel ROADSIDE PICNIC from Arkady and Boris Strugatsky which is to be turned into TV series at WGN America! GAME OF THRONES director Alan Taylor is helming the story about an alien visitation to planet Earth, whose aftermath has led to the creation of “Zones” in the areas where the aliens had possibly landed. Such zones exhibit strange and dangerous phenomena not understood by humans, and contain artefacts with inexplicable, seemingly supernatural properties!

YOUTUBE STAR CHESTER SEE

IS 'OVER THE TOP' AT ABC FAMILY

You Tube star Chester See will produce and star in his own dramedy series at ABC Family titled OVER THE TOP! 'Deadline' reports that it will be based on his real-life experiences following a struggling artist trying to make a name for himself in the L.A. music scene. After a record deal fizzles and his hopes of stardom fall apart, he takes to YouTube and starts building a massive audience. The series documents the trials, tribulations and triumphs of becoming a digital star. At the end of every episode, See or one of his co-stars, including other YouTubers with their own followings, will record a song which can immediately be found on Facebook or YouTube.