Netflix has set main cast for their new eight part series on the famous political dynasty KENNEDY which begins in the 1930s and charts the improbable ascent of Joe (Michael Fassbender) and Rose Kennedy (Laura
Nick Robinson, Michael Fassbender, Laura Donnelly will star
Donnelly) and their nine children, including rebellious second son Jack (Joshuah Melnick), who struggles to escape the shadow of his golden boy older brother Joe Jr. (Nick Robinson). Following love, lives, rivalries and tragedies of the Kennedy family, the series will also star Ben Miles as Eddie
Joshuah Melnick, Ben Miles and Cole Doman will also star
Moore, longtime aide to Joe Kennedy Sr.; Lydia Peckham as Rosemary Kennedy, Joe and Rose’s eldest daughter; Saura Lightfoot-Leon as Kick Kennedy, JFK and RFK’s sister; Cole Doman as JFK’s best friend Lem Billings and Imogen Poots as Gloria Swanson.
And they are not the only stars in it, beside Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett, who play legendary intelligence agent George Woodhouse and his beloved wife Kathryn, BLACK BAG film also has Pierce Brosnan, Tom Burke, Rene Jean Page and Naomie Harris in the cast. When his wife is suspected
of betraying the nation, George faces the ultimate test – loyalty to
his marriage or his country. The thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh will be released March 14th in the cinemas and you can check out the trailer too below and tell us what you think, will you be watching when it comes out or will you give it a skipity skip?
And they are not the only stars in it, beside Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett, who play legendary intelligence agent George Woodhouse and his beloved wife Kathryn, BLACK BAG film also has Pierce Brosnan, Tom Burke, Rene Jean Page and Naomie Harris in the cast. When his wife is suspected of betraying the nation, George faces the ultimate test – loyalty to his marriage or his country. The thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh will be released March 14th in the cinemas.
Showtime on Paramount Plus and George Clooney are producing the remake of French series The Bureau which will be titled THE AGENCY, but it will not be Clooney in the lead but Michael Fassbender. He will play Martian, a covert CIA agent ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites. His career, his real identity and his mission are pitted against his heart; hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage. Jeffrey Wright will also star.
Five years ago your spy informed you that Michael Fassbender is preparing an epic film on Irish hero CUCHULAIN. Speaking to British Digital Spy Fassy, who is currently portraying another hero from Assassins' Creed in cinemas, has revealed last week that he is still working on that project, but it seems the theme has spread to wider Irish mythology, as a big screen movie now called IRISH MYTHS. The epic movie would be based on the rich world of ancient Irish mythology with Cuchulain, Gaelic parallel to Greek Achilles, being one of the characters from the world in which men and women fight as equals alongside each other and the connection to nature and the animal world is a very real one.
DEZZY'S HISTORY LESSON Cuchulain is the central character in the Ulster Cycle, an epic series
of Old Irish legends that date from around the 8th century. Set in the
northern part of Ireland, the saga relates the story of the Ulaid tribe
headed by King Conchobar, and particularly its conflict with the rival
Connachta tribe led by Queen Mebh. The most prominent figure in the
legends is Conchobar's nephew Cuchulain, who has semi-divine ancestry
and superhuman fighting skills. In the most famous story, known as the
Cattle Raid of Cooley, he is the only man capable of resisting the vast
army sent by Medb to steal Conchobar's prized white bull.
It's new posters day this sleepy postfestive Tuesday with Hollywood still in deep slumber. A rather hot new international poster has been revealed for Michael Fassbender's TRESPASS AGAINST US on which you can admire his rather flawless pecs!
To smuggle its way into cinemas from January till March around
Europe, UK and USA, TRESPASS AGAINST US also stars Brendan Gleeson as
the patriarch of a crime family with our dearest Fassy playing his son
who is trying hard to find a way to escape the criminal ways of his
outlaw family. Rory Kinnear, Killian Scott, Sean Harris round up the
cast of British and Irish actors.
'BLIND' MOVIE POSTER
ALEC BALDWIN & DEMI MOORE
There is also the first poster for the movie which brings us a rather strange combination of Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore alongsideDylan McDermott!
BLIND is about bestselling novelist, Bill Oakland who loses his wife and his sight in a vicious car crash. Five years later Socialite Suzanne Dutchman is forced to read to Bill in an intimate room three times a week as a plea bargain for being associated with her husband's insider trading. A passionate affair ensues, forcing them both to question whether or not it's ever too late to find true love. But when Suzanne's husband is let out on a technicality, she is forced to choose between the man she loves and the man she built a life with.
'LIFE' SF POSTER
SENDS RYAN REYNOLDS & JAKE GYLLENHAAL INTO SPACE
A new one has also been released for science fiction action thriller LIFE which hits European, Russian, UK and USA cinemas next March starring Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson and Jake Gyllenhaal as astronauts aboard the space station who study a sample collected from Mars that could provide evidence for extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet. The crew determines that the sample contains a large, single celled organism - the first example of life beyond Earth. But things aren't always what they seem. As the crew begins to conduct research, and their methods end up having unintended consequences, the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.
Believe it or not, people, winter is very close and with it the end of the year with festive December movie season in cinemas. Although we don't have any Hobbits or Lord of the Rings to bring up the magic, we will have our dose of epic fun in the big screen adaptation of ultra popular video game ASSASSIN'S CREED with Michael Fassbender as the hooded knife throwing vigilante Callum Lynch which will sweep the movie theatres this Christmas week! Tell me, how excited are you? The talks of possible sequels are already circling around, and some stories say certain scenes for the second part have already been shot during the shooting of the first upcoming movie.
THE STORY
Career criminal Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) is rescued from his
own execution by Abstergo Industries, the modern day incarnation of the
Templar Order. He is forced to participate in the Animus Project and
relive the memories (through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his
own genetic memories) of his 17th century ancestor Aguilar de Nerha
(also played by Fassy), an Assassin during the Spanish Inquisition. As
Lynch continues to experience Aguilar's memories, he begins to gain the
knowledge and skills necessary to confront the Templars, age-old enemies
of the Assassins, in the present day.
MARION COTILLARDAND JEREMY IRONS STAR
With Michael Fassbender playing the lead role, the lead female one is portrayed by French star Marion Cotillard! She plays the leading scientist of the Animus project at Abstergo Foundation which is dedicated to the "perfection" of humankind and is owned by her father played by Jeremy Irons. Callum's father is, meanwhile, portrayed by Brendan Gleeson. The $200 million worth movie adventure is directed by Justin Kurzel who already worked with Fassy and Cotillard together on Macbeth. The premiere of the movie has been pushed four times so far before the movie got its Christmas 2016 opening date. The "Leap of Faith" stunt seen on the poster, in which Callum is jumping into air from a tower wasn't done by special effects but by one of the stuntmen who did a record breaking 125 feet high free fall.
The first rather intriguing and Tarsem style visually magnificent trailer has been revealed for NBC's freshly ordered fantasy series EMERALD CITY! NBC's
modernized take on the Wizard of Oz tale starsFlorence Kasumba as the
Wicked Witch of the East, Adria Arjona is Dorothy Gale and Oliver
Jackson-Cohen is Lucas, her love interest. Joely Richardson is Glinda
and Vincent D’Onofrio the Wizard of Oz. It is set in a mystical land of
competing kingdoms, lethal warriors, dark magic and a bloody battle for
supremacy, the fabled Land of Oz in a way you’ve never seen before,
where wicked witches don’t stay dead for long and a young girl becomes a
headstrong warrior who holds the fate of kingdoms in her hands.
'ASSASSIN'S CREED' POSTER
WITH MICHAEL FASSBENDER
Meanwhile, a new poster has been revealed for December 2016 movie version of ASSASSIN'S CREED video game! Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories,
Callum Lynch (MichaelFassbender) experiences the adventures of his
ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is
descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses
incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful
Templar organization in the present day. Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson also star.
Definitely one of our most beloved TV faces this year, uber dashing and ultra charismatic British thespian James Norton is on fire after WAR AND PEACE and beside scoring a role in the remake of FLATLINERS sf movie alongside Diego Luna and Nina Dobrev (about a group of young doctors who conduct near death experiments with dark consequence), he will also join Lesley Manville, Diane Keaton, Brendan Gleeson in
HAMPSTEAD It is a part of London famous as quiet countryside in the
middle of the city. Living there is American widow Emily Walters
(Diane Keaton), who can’t quite focus on the things that need attention, like
her lovely old apartment, her finances and even her son. One day while
looking out from her attic window, she spies a ramshackle hut, which
appears to be inhabited by an unkempt man Donald (Brendan Gleeson). She
witnesses him being attacked by a group of professional thugs. Shocked,
she calls the police and watches, through her binoculars, as help
arrives. The next day she ventures into the woods in search of the man.
Donald has lived quietly and harmoniously there for 17 years but now his
lifestyle is under threat – his home is the target of property
developers who’ve started using heavy-handed tactics to remove him.
'LIGHT BETWEEN THE OCEANS'
NEW TRAILER WITH MICHAEL FASSBENDER, RACHEL WEIS AND ALICIA VIKANDER
Earlier last winter we were left quite stunned by the first trailer for Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander drama THE LIGHT BETWEEN THE OCEANS and now comes the second one equally mesmerizing! Out this September it set after the World War One, following Tom Sherbourne and his wife Isabel who live on a remote island in Western Australia, where they discover a shipwrecked boat with a dead man and a baby girl! Having always dreamt of having a baby, they decide to raise the baby as their own, until suddenly a woman (Rachel Weisz) appears claiming to be her mother!
I know you've been waiting for this for a long time so you have my permission to pee yourselves from excitement because 20th Century Fox has finally released the first trailer for their massive big screen adaptation of ASSASSIN' S CREED ultra popular video game! Hitting cinemas this December the $125 million adventure movie stars Michael Fassbender in the lead role!
THE 15TH CENTURY SPAIN Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories,
Callum Lynch (MichaelFassbender) experiences the adventures of his
ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is
descended from a mysterious secretsociety, the Assassins, and amasses
incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful
Templar organization in the present day.
MICHAEL FASSBENDER LEADS THE CAST WITH MARION COTILLARD
Beside Michael Fassbender in the lead role, the movie also stars Marion Cotillard who already starred with him this year in MACBETH which was, strangely enough, directed by JustinKurzel who is helming ASSA- SSIN'S CREED as well, so this is the second movie the trio is doing together. Jeremy Irons and Brendan Gleeson play their respective fathers with Callum Turner from WAR AND PEACE also starring. The studio has already announced the shooting of the sequel with the whole cast returning!
Probably the main television news of the day is that young star Finn Jones, whom you mostly remember by that delight- fully gay role of his in GAME OF THRONES as Ser Loras the Knight of Flowers, will take the lead role in Netflix series adaptation of Marvel's IRON FIST! The expert of ancient martial arts, who, as 'EW' reports, at age of 9 travels with his family from New York to a lost mystical city called K’un-L’un. After some tragic twists of fate, he is adopted by the city’s ruler and taught advanced martial arts and the mystical power of the Iron Fist that gives him enhanced healing, telepathy, along with super strength and reflexes. As an adult, Rand returns to his native New York and begins a career as a superhero. DEXTER's Scott Buck will be the show runner. After Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, it will be fourth Marvel series at Netflix.
'ALIEN: COVENANT' CASTS
JUSSIE SMOLLETT AND OTHERS
In movie news, the cast is being rounded up for Ridley Scott's science fiction prequel sequel ALIEN: COVENANT, the second movie in his ALIEN prequel trilogy started two years ago by PROMETHEUS! The first batch of young actors to join Michael Fassbender, who reprises his original role of android David, includes EMPIRE's superstar Jussie Smollett along with Amy Seimetz, Carmen Ejogo (Selma) and Callie Hernandez! The movie which will take place ten years after the previous one will also have Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride and Demián Bichir in the cast together with Australian star Alex England whom you are watching this weekend in GODS OF EGYPT! Billy Crudup is also in talks.
THE STORY To open in cinemas October next year, ALIEN: COVENANT will follow the
crew of the colony ship Covenant, travelling to a remote planet on the
far side of the galaxy. They discover what they think is an uncharted
paradise, but it actually turns out to be a dark, dangerous world. And
the sole inhabitant is the "synthetic" David (Michael Fassbender),
survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.
'MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY'
WITH DEV PATEL, JEREMY IRONS
Your trailer for today is an inspiring one for ensemble drama movie THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY starring Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Stephen Fry and Toby Jones! Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
Earlier this winter I've informed you that ABC is preparing a TV movie remake of DIRTY DANCING and that Abigail Breslin will play Baby, played originally by Jennifer Grey, and now we have new casting updates! Hot actor and dancer (he was the one dancing with Pink in her TRY video) Colt Prattes will take on the Patrick Swayze's role of Johnny Castle. There are also some rumours around the net that WILL AND GRACE's Debra Messing has joined the cast too and will play Baby's mother. The three hour special, set in the 60's, will again follow the two of them falling for each other during dance classes at a summer camp!
'LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS' TRAILER IS HERE!
WITH MICHAEL FASSBENDER, RACHEL WEISZ, ALICIA VIKANDER
And your trailer for today is the long awaited first one for new Michael Fassbender movie THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS the adaptation of M.L. Stedman's bestselling novel. The movie is out in cinemas this September. Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender), a lighthouse keeper, and his wife Isabel (Alicia Vikander) are living off the coast of Western Australia. When they discover a baby girl who has washed up on a lifeboat, they decide to adopt her as their own child. But as the child grows older, they discover the consequences of passing off the child as their own, especially after they meet a woman (Rachel Weisz), who lost her baby daughter and husband at sea around the same time Tom and Isabel adopted their child. It is the movie thanks to which Fassy and Vikander have started that real life relationship.
Only a couple of visual treats for you for the beginning of the last week this year! This week's cover of Entertain- ment Weekly gives you the first look at Benedict Cumber -batch as DOCTOR STRANGE! We probably should not expect a trailer any time soon since the shooting is still on! This film will be somewhat different from others in the Marvel Universe with Cumberbatch playing a surgeon who turns into a powerful sorcerer! The unusual cast also includes Tilda Swinton (as the female Ancient One), Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Scott Adkins and Mads Mikkelsen (as the main villain whose name is yet to be revealed)!
MICHAEL FASSBENDER IN
NEW 'ASSASSIN'S CREED' PHOTO We also have a new photo of Michael Fassbender in the adaptation of
famous video game ASSASSIN'S CREED revealing more of his hooded costume.
In a film opening in a year's time, he will play both the modern
assassin and his 15th century ancestor whose memories he can use through
technology. Marion Cotillard, Brendan Gleeson and Jeremy Irons also
star.
Our most favourite thespian, and without any doubt the best living actress of the younger generation, magically gorgeous Cate Blanchett will yet again play one of the classic stars of Hollywood. As you remember, she got an Oscar for her magnificent portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in AVIATOR and now she will play Lucille Ball in an untitled biopic on the famous actress to be written by another Oscar winner - Aaron Sorkin. The story of the movie, which has the support from Ball's family and children, will focus on Lucille Ball's 20-year marriage to her 'I Love Lucy' co-star Desi Arnaz, which lasted from 1940 to 1960! Together they invented the multi camera format on 'I Love Lucy', and the concept of syndicating TV shows, which revolutionized the industry.
GERARD BUTLER
IN 'HEADHUNTER'S CALLING'
Meanwhile, Scottish hunk Gerard Butler will lead THE HEADHUNTER'S
CALLING drama which will revolve around Butler's high flying headhunter
character, who is well on his way to achieving his longtime work goal of
taking over the company when his 10-year-old son falls ill and his
personal and professional priorities clash.
BRANAGH TO HELM ARTEMIS FOWL And after directing THOR and CINDERELLA and preparing
to helm a new version of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, dearest Kenneth
Branagh might also direct Disney's movie adaptation of Eoin Colfer's YA
series ARTEMIS FOWL about a young anti hero criminal mastermind who
plots to steal gold from the Fairy People and crosses hairs with some
of the most dangerous criminals in the world.
'MACBETH' GETS GORGEOUS
NEW POSTER AND TRAILER
And the new poster for the latest big screen adaptation of Shakespeare's MACBETH is all kinds of gorgeous. You can also check out the latest trailer for the historical drama which is out this October in UK and December in USA. It follows the classic story about General Macbeth (Michael Fassbender) whose ambitious wife (Marion Cotillard) helps him take over the throne from the ruling Scottish king not choosing the means to achieve their ruthless goals. David Thewlis and Jack Reynor also star in the 11th century historical epic.
Here's a visual treat for you: the first look at Michael Fassbender in the movie adaptation of popular video game ASSASSIN'S CREED! Also starring Marion Cotillard and directed by Justin Kurzel, it arrives to cinemas next year! Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day.
NEW 'MACBETH' POSTERS
WITH MICHAEL FASSBENDER AND MARION COTILLARD And believe it or not, before doing this MACDEATH above, all three of
them, Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, and Justin Kurzel, did the new big screen version
of MACBETH together for which you can see the new posters today. Opening
October 2nd in UK, it follows Macbeth, a duke of Scotland, who
receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become
King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his
wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself. David
Thewlis and Jack Reynor also star.
FIRST 'JEKYLL & HYDE' CLIP
FOR NEW ITV HISTORICAL SERIES
Meanwhile, ITV has released the first clip from their new epic series JEKYLL & HYDE in which Tom Bateman plays Robert Jekyll, the grandson of the original doctor, as he seeks to discover his real identity, his true family history and the nature of his ‘curse.’ Jekyll transforms into Hyde in moments of extreme anger, stress and when his or the lives of others are threatened! Richard E. Grant plays Sir Roger Bulstrode who heads the secret government department M10 known as ‘The Invisible Men!
EVAN M. WILLIAMS JOINS GEORGE BLAGDEN & ALEXANDER VLAHOS
While we are anxiously awaiting Autumn to bring us one of our most anticipated of the epic English language series VERSAILLES from French Canal + new casting updates are arriving from the set. The latest one to join our beloved George Blagden and magnetically charismatic Alexander Vlahos is Canadian hunk Evan M. Williams who is set to play Chevalier de Lorainne, favourite of Monsieur (Alexander Vlahos), the brother of King Louis XIV (George Blagden).
Ten episodes of VERSAILLES will be set in a world of power, betrayal,
lust, love, and declarations of war taking us into the most opulent
period in history, where the cult of celebrity was born. The year is
1667 and King Louis XIV is a 28-year-old monarch on the cusp of
greatness. A 17th century rock star and an utterly ruthless leader, he
will stop at nothing to achieve his vision of creating the most
beautiful palace in Europe and seizing absolute control of France and
his enemies.
'EVEREST' MOVIE TRAILER WITH
JAKE GYLLENHAAL, EMILY WATSON AND SAM WORTHINGTON
Your first trailer today is for action drama based on a true story EVEREST inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain! Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Sam Worthington, Emily Watson and Jason Clarke, it documents the 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.
'MACBETH' FULL TRAILER
WITH MICHAEL FASSBENDER AND MARION COTILLARD
Last month I showed you first clips from long awaited new movie adaptation of Shakespeare's MACBETH and now we finally get the first trailer! Directed by Justin Kurzel and bringing the 11th century epic drama into British cinemas October 7th, this fresh new take on the famous historical play will see popular Michael Fassbender portraying the devious Macbeth, a Scottish lord who will stop at nothing to become King with his ambitions fired up by his devoted and cruel wife Lady Macbeth played by Marion Cotillard. David Thewlis and Jack Reynor also star.
