NEW BOOK ADAPTATIONS: EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT, THE BODYGUARD OR GUARDING STARS, IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER, YOU DESERVE EACH OTHER

   NEW BOOK ADAPTATIONS  

EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL & NOTHING HURT

Ben Reeves' book will become a movie

A bunch of new book adaptations today for you, starting with Marc Turletaub who will helm movie adaptation of Ben Reeves novel EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT which tells the story of Travis, who lives with his cat in a small, gray town. His job is to offer people comfort in their final hours of life, which he does without complaint or judgment. But when Travis meets Dalia, a midwife, and her boisterous eight-year-old daughter Layla, who live across the hall, he begins to understand what it means to be truly alive and what might be irrevocably lost in death. No news on the possible stars yet, but stay tuned, we will continue following the project.

 

THE BODYGUARD OR GUARDING STARS

 Netflix is already making a festive feature film based on Katherine Center's THE BODYGUARD. Titled GUARDING STARS it will see Leighton Meester play executive

The Bodyguard will become Guarding Stars film

 protection agent Hannah Brooks whose security firm assigns her to guard Hollywood’s most famous heartthrob, Jack Stapleton (Jared Padalecki). Once the world’s favorite action star, Jack has retreated to his family’s Montana ranch after a scandal and a tragedy left him wary of the public eye. He doesn’t want his ailing mother (Andie MacDowell) to know about a stalker threatening him, so he insists Hannah pose as his girlfriend rather than his bodyguard. Thrust into close quarters, Hannah must juggle her professional instincts with the warmth of Jack’s family and the disarming kindness of the man she’s meant to protect. As the danger escalates and secrets surface, Hannah must decide whether to keep her heart locked down or risk it all for a man who might be far more than a client. 

 

 

IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER

Nina Dobrev will lead the movie version

Peter Hutchings is set to direct Nina Dobrev, Tyler Hoechlin and Virginia Gardner in  the big screen adaptation of IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER major bestseller from Tessa Bailey. Dobrev plays Piper Bellinger a glamorous LA It Girl whose glittering world comes crashing down after a viral mishap gets her cancelled overnight. Cut off from her wealthy family’s safety net, she’s exiled to a rugged fishing town with one ultimatum: fix up her late father’s dive bar – or lose everything. There, she butts heads with Brendan, a gruff sea captain who has zero patience for influencers. He’s the last person she expected – and exactly what she needs.

 

YOU DESERVE EACH OTHER

Prime Video is preparing a romantic comedy movie out of Sarah Hogle's massive hit YOU DESERVE EACH OTHER which will see our

Meghann Fahy and Penn Badgley will st ar

 lovely Meghann Fahy play Naomi Westfield who has the perfect fiancé: Nicholas Rose (Penn Badgley) who holds doors open for her, remembers her restaurant orders, and comes from the kind of upstanding society family any bride would love to be a part of. They never fight. They’re preparing for their lavish wedding that’s three months away. And she is miserably and utterly sick of him. Naomi wants out, but there’s a catch: whoever ends the engagement will have to foot the nonrefundable wedding bill. When Naomi discovers that Nicholas, too, has been feigning contentment, the two of them go head-to-head in a battle of pranks, sabotage, and all-out emotional warfare. Justin Long, Kyle MacLahlan will also star.

 

SEE PIERCE BROSNAN AND ELLEN BARKIN ROB BANKS IN NETFLIX MOVIE THE OUT-LAWS WITH NINA DOBREV AND ADAM DEVINE

  THE OUT-LAWS TRAILER  

ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY!

The movie streams July 7th on Netflix

Netflix has released a trailer for their July 7th action comedy movie THE OUT-LAWS which follows Owen Browning (Adam Devine) a straight-laced bank manager about to marry the love of his life, Parker (Nina Dobrev). When his bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws (Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin) who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws. The movie was produced by Adam Sandler and directed by Tyler Spindel who is a comedian himself. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think: will you tune in next month?

SEE ERIC DANE, FAMKE JANSSEN, NINA DOBREV, LOGAN MARSHAL GREEN, ABIGAIL COWEN, TOM LEWIS IN PERIOD SET MOVIE ADAPTATION OF FRANCINE RIVERS' REDEEMING LOVE

  REDEEMING LOVE TRAILER  

LOVE WILL SAVE US ALL

When Francine Rivers wrote her classic romance novel REDEEMING LOVE back in 1991, she probably did not expect that it would be sold into more than

The film arrives to cinemas January 21st

three million copies and get translated into over 30 languages, and now it has been adapted by D.J. Caruso, into a period set romance movie out January 21st.  Set in the 1850s Gold Rush in California, the story is inspired by the Book of Hosea from the Bible, and its central theme is the redeeming love of God towards sinners. Tom Lewis, Abigail Cowen, Eric Dane, Famke Janssen, Logan Marshal Green and Nina Dobrev star in a powerful story of relentless love and perseverance as a young couple’s relationship clashes with the harsh realities of the California Gold Rush of 1850. It is a life-changing story of the power of unconditional and all-consuming love.

CHACE CRAWFORD, NINA DOBREV, BILLY MAGNUSSEN CAST IN SNOWY REUNION MOVIE! WAR BELOW WW1 MOVIE TRAILER WITH SAM HAZELDINE! THE WOLF AND THE LION FAMILY ADVENTURE TRAILER

 REUNION THRILLER MOVIE 

CHACE CRAWFORD, NINA DOBREV, BILLY MAGNUSSEN CAST

Tis a rather hot cast indeed: as Variety reports ensemble comedy movie REUNION will feature Chace Crawford, Billy Magnussen, Nina Dobrev, Jamie Chung, Jillian Bell and Michael Hitchcock in the film

Billy Magnussen and Chace Crawford will lead the cast

about a murder that takes place during a high school reunion party. The story puts a whodunit spin on the genre of awkward, post-graduation gatherings with former classmates — it unfolds during a snowstorm that leaves guests trapped in an isolated mansion. Chris Nelson is directing over in Los Angeles.

 

 THE WAR BELOW TRAILER 

 HOPE RUNS DEEP

Released this month both in United Kingdom and United States is World War I drama movie THE WAR BELOW written and directed by J.P. Watts. During World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel

The War Below has had an internet release this month in UK and USA

underneath no man's land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the deadly stalemate of the Battle of Messines. The film, based on true events, stars Sam Hazeldine, Tom Goodman Hill, Kris Hitchen, Elliot James Langridge and others.

 

 THE WOLF AND THE LION 

NEW FAMILY ADVENTURE

After Mia and the White Lion, the same producers are bringing us THE WOLF AND THE LION family adventure, a French movie shot in English

The movie hits Europe this Autumn

language for the international audience with the film ready to roll out in European cinemas from October all the way till January. Molly Kunz, Graham Greene, Charlie Carrick and Evan Buliung star in the film directed by Gilles de Maistre. After her grandfather's death, 20 year old Alma decides to go back to her childhood home – a little island in the heart of the majestic Canadian forest. Whilst there, she rescues two helpless cubs: a wolf and a lion. They forge an inseparable bond, but their world soon collapses as the forest ranger discovers the animals and takes them away. The two cub brothers must now embark on a treacherous journey across Canada to be reunited with one another and Alma once more.

NEW MOVIE ADAPTATIONS FOR SF NOVEL THE FIRST FIFTEEN LIVES OF HARRY AUGUST, AND REDEEMING LOVE HISTORICAL ROMANCE WITH LOGAN MARSHALL GREEN, ERIC DANE, NINA DOBREV, FAMKE JANSSEN

'1ST 15 LIVES OF HARRY AUGUST'

TO BE TURNED INTO A SF FILM

Wes Ball will direct the sf adaptation

As we've had a week of very interesting movie scripts, here's yet another one for you: as Deadline reports Wes Ball (Maze Runner) will direct the movie adaptation of THE FIRST FIFTEEN LIVES OF HARRY AUGUST an award winning science fiction novel by Claire North! Produced by Amblin Partners, the story of the upcoming movie follows a man who is repeatedly born into the same life, remembers all his past experiences, and seeks to save the world by outmanoeuvring a similarly gifted rival who’s willing to make any sacrifice to attain a godlike knowledge.

STELLAR 'REDEEMING LOVE'

HISTORICAL NOVEL ADAPTATION

The book has been translated into more than 30 languages

Speaking of adaptations, we are getting a  a contemporary retelling of the biblical book of Hosea in the big screen version of historical romance REDEEMING LOVE by Francine Rivers. Lots of well known names in the cast: Logan Marshall Green, Abigail Cowen, Nina Dobrev, Famke Janssen, Tom Lewis, Eric Dane! D.J. Caruso directs the 2021 movie which takes place against the romantic backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850. The story centres on Angel (Abigail Cowen), who was sold into prostitution as a child. She has survived through hatred and self-loathing until she meets Michael Hosea (Tom

The movie is currently seeking  a distributor for spring 2021 release

Lewis) and discovers there is no brokenness that love can’t heal. The movie has been already shot in South Africa and is seeking distributor for a spring 2021 cinema release.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON SUPER DELIGHTFUL NEW CBS MULTICAMERA SITCOM 'FAM' WITH TONE BELL AND NINA DOBREV

'FAM' SITCOM

WITH TONE BELL & NINA DOBREV

Fam starts its 13 episode run next week!

The year behind us was really good for some of the multicamera sitcoms (Neighbourhood at CBS ruled Monday nights and Big Bang Theory Thursdays, Last Man Standing dominated Friday nights for Fox with its glorious, record breaking return together with his sister sitcom Cool Kids) and really bad for some others (the audience does not appreciate backstabbing and thus Conners at ABC did not manage to reach the heights of legendary Roseanne, while Happy Together did not impress at CBS). The biggest and the most embarrassing flop was definitely the return of Murphy Brown after almost thirty years, but the audience did not like its hateful and critical tone, so it is getting replaced on Thursday nights at CBS by warm new family sitcom FAM from January 10th! It can be expected that Murphy Brown and Happy Together won't be getting second seasons.

NEW MULTICAM SITCOM FAM
stars Nina Dobrev and  our beloved Tone Bell as a young woman and her adoring fiancé whose vision of a perfect life with his wonderful family is radically altered when her 16 year old, out of control half sister unexpectedly

Tone Bell and Nina Dobrev are starring together again after Dog Days

comes to live with her. Clem’s upbringing and teen years left a lot to be desired, but she pulled herself up, and built a fantastic life — great job, terrific apartment, and an amazing fiancé, Nick, a college professor from a well-to-do "normal" family. Nick's warm and supportive parents, Rose (Sheryl Lee Ralph) and Walt (Brian Stokes Mitchell), embrace Clem and complete the family she always wanted. But when Clem’s wild child half sister, Shannon (Odessa Adlon), appears on their doorstep to escape their train wreck of a

Walt, Rose and Shannon are Clem and Nick's new Fam!

dad (Gary Cole), Nick agrees that Clem can help her avoid all the mistakes she made, and they invite her to move in. As the family Clem chose and the family she has blend, Clem realizes that this happy fam may be the perfection she's been seeking.

NEW TRAILERS AND POSTERS FOR 'A SIMPLE FAVOUR' WITH BLAKE LIVELY, ANNA KENDRICK, 'DOG DAYS' COMEDY WITH TONE BELL, EVA LONGORIA, NINA DOBREV, VANESSA HUDGENS

    'A SIMPLE FAVOUR' TRAILER

BLAKE LIVELY IS MISSING!

A Simple Favour is out this September

A brand new trailer and some new posters have been released for September 21st mystery thriller A SIMPLE FAVOUR starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick! The big screen adaptation of  Darcey Bell best selling novel also stars Rupert Friend, Eric Johnson and Linda Cardellini.

A SIMPLE FAVOUR  revolves around Stephanie (Anna Kendrick), a mommy vlogger who seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily's (Blake Lively) sudden disappearance from their small town. Stephanie is joined by Emily's husband Sean (Henry Golding) in this stylish thriller filled with twists and

A Simple Favour is based on a Darcey Bell bestselling novel

betrayals, secrets and revelations, love and loyalty, murder and revenge.The movie was previously also known as What Happened to Emily?

    'DOG DAYS' TRAILER

A COMEDY THAT'S OFF THE LEASH

A new trailer is also out for next month's delightful ensemble comedy DOG DAYS starring Nina Dobrev, Eva Longoria and Vanessa Hudgens! The

Dog Days are hitting UK, USA and Canadian cinemas August 10th

story of the movie follows a group of interconnected people in Los Angeles who are brought together by their lovable canine counterparts. Tone Bell also stars.

2018/19 SITCOMS: FOX REVIVES 'LAST MAN STANDING', ORDERS 'COOL KIDS'! CBS ORDERS NINA DOBREV, TONE BELL'S 'FAM', 'WELCOME TO NEIGHBOURHOOD', DAMON WAYANS JR SITCOM! NBC ORDERS 'ABBY'S'

  FRESHLY ORDERED COMEDIES

CBS ORDERS 'FAM' MULTICAM WITH NINA DOBREV, TONE BELL!

Last week was a black one for many shows as tons of them got cancelled, but this is also the time of the year when networks are ordering pilots into series.

Nina Dobrev and Tone Bell will be a couple in Fam!

CBS has cancelled Kevin Can Wait, Living Biblically, 9JKL and, sadly, our favourite Superior Donuts, as they're planning to fill Monday night with new comedies. They've ordered FAM multicam sitcom into series with Nina Dobrev as a young woman whose dreams of an upstanding life with her new fiancé are dashed when her younger train wreck half-sister comes to live with her to escape their train wreck of a father. Tone Bell, Odessa Adlon, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sheryl Lee Ralph also star. It will air in midseason!

CBS ALSO ORDERS JOSH LAWSON AND DAMON WAYANS MULTICAMS

Beside Murphy Brown revival, CBS will also have Cedric the Entertainer's new multicam WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD about the nicest guy in the Midwest (Josh Lawson) who moves his family into a tough neighbourhood in L.A. where not everyone appreciates his

Cedric will not welcome Josh Lawson to his neighbourhood nicely!

extreme neighbourliness. That includes their new next-door neighbor Calvin (Cedric). Sheaun McKinney, Tichina Arnold, Dreama Walker, Marcel Spears and Hank Greenspan also star. CBS will also have the untitled Damon Wayans Jr. comedy which revolves around Peter (Wayans)

Damon Wayans Jr and Felix Mallard will lead new sitcom at CBS

and Claire (Amber Stevens West), a couple who are tired of their mundane life and start to reconnect with their younger, cooler selves when an emerging pop star (Felix Mallard), who is drawn to their super-normal suburban life, moves in. Stephanie Weir and Chris Parnell also star. The two sitcoms will air from Autumn on Monday nights!
UPDATE The news is just in from CBS that they have replaced Josh Lawson with Max Greenfield in the sitcom! They have also revealed that Damon's sitcom will be titled HAPPY TOGETHER!

NBC SETS BAR AT 'S 'ABBY'S'  
NBC has picked up a multicam reminiscent of Cheers. ABBY'S is set at the best bar in San Diego, home to good prices, great company and, of course, Abby (Natalie Morales). This unlicensed, makeshift bar nestled in her

Natalie Morales will lead new NBC sitcom Abby's

backyard is the opposite of everything annoying about today’s party scene. There are no cell phones (not even to “look something up”), earning a seat at the bar takes time and losing a challenge means drinking a limey, sugary “not-beer” drink. As the oddball cast of regulars will tell you, hanging out at Abby’s is a coveted honour. But once you’re in, you’re family. Neil Flynn, Nelson Franklin, Jessica Chaffin, Leonard Ouzts and Kimia Behpoornia star.

FOX REVIVES LAST MAN STANDING AND PAIRS IT UP WITH COOL KIDS

Over at Fox the greatest news is that they are reviving Tim Allen's much adored LAST MAN STANDING which was shamelessly killed at ABC. With all the cast (Nancy Travis, Jonathan Adams, Amanda Fuller,

Revival is a glorious victory for Tim Allen and a kick in the face to ABC

Christoph Sanders and Jordan Masterson) returning it will be Fox's leading programme next season if it brings its massive ratings from ABC where it was their second most watched comedy. It will be joined at Fox by

The Cool Kids will join Last Man Standing at Fox

THE COOL KIDS! Starring Vicki Lawrence, Martin Mull, David Alan Grier and Leslie Jordan, it follows three guy friends in a retirement community who are the top dogs until they’re blown out of the water by the newest member of the community, a female rebel whose ready to challenge their place – it’s high school with 70 somethings. Stay tuned as I will be updating the post with new info as it arrives! The two comedies will air on Fridays from Autumn.

STARZ ORDERS 'SPANISH PRINCESS' WHITE QUEEN & WHITE PRINCESS FOLLOW UP EPIC SERIES! 'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE' TRAILER WITH BILL NIGHY, MATTHEW GOODE, ELEANOR TOMLINSON! 'YOUNG & HUNGRY' CANCELLED EMILY OSMENT TO LEAD '25' SITCOM! TONE BELL, NINA DOBREV TO LEAD 'FAM' SITCOM

  'THE SPANISH PRINCESS' 

STARZ ORDERS NEW EPIC SAGA

TV day today, starting with an amazing piece of news for all of you who loved Starz' brilliant epic series White Princess last year! The follow up to

This will be third series based on Gregory's books

BBC's White Queen will now get its own follow up in THE SPANISH PRINCESS based on Philippa Gregory’s best selling books The Constant Princess and The King’s Curse.

THE SPANISH PRINCESS will follow Catherine of Aragon, the beautiful young princess of Spain who was promised the English throne since she was a child. She arrives in a grey, rain lashed England with her glorious and diverse court including her lady in waiting Lina – an African Moor. She is Princess of Wales now, but when her husband Prince Arthur dies suddenly, the throne seems lost to Catherine. Until she claims her marriage was never consummated and that as a virgin she may set her sights on the new heir, the charismatic and headstrong Prince Harry who will one day rule as King Henry VIII.

  MULTICAM SITCOM PILOTS 

EMILY OSMENT TO LEAD '25' 

Emily Osment is moving to 25 at CBS

Good and bad news from the TV comedy world. Sad news is that Freeform is ending its sitcom Young and Hungry with the remaining ten episodes of the fifth season which will air from June 20th. The good news is that its star Emily Osment has booked a lead role in new CBS multicam sitcom pilot 25 which follows twenty something Kyle (Matt Shively), who comes to Austin to finally convince his old best friend from camp, Kate (Osment), that they are perfect for each other. Unfortunately, she just got engaged. A lot of guys would give up; Kyle is not one of those guys. But to Kyle’s surprise, even though he came to town looking for “the one,” he might end up with much more than that.

TONE BELL AND NINA DOBREV TO LEAD 'FAM' SITCOM AT CBS
Another of our favourite comedians Tone Bell, whose Disjointed has just been cancelled, will take the lead in CBS multicam sitcom FAM next to Nina

Tone Bell also starred in Truth Be Told sitcom

Dobrev who plays a woman whose dreams of an upstanding life with her new fiancé, Jay (Tone Bell), and his upstanding family are dashed when her train wreck younger half sister (Odessa Adlon) comes to live with her to escape their train wreck of a father. Bell's Jay is a sophisticated NYU history professor who comes from old money but is refreshingly unaffected and down-to-earth despite his refined background. Deeply in love with Clem (Dobrev), he proposes to her — much to the delight of his parents, Walt (Brian Stokes Mitchell) and Rose (Sheryl

Nina Dobrev will take the female lead in Fam CBS sitcom pilot

Lee Ralph), who think Clem is a real catch. But he learns that Clem has not been completely honest about a few key elements in her life: For example, her father isn’t actually dead — and it drives a wedge of mistrust between them that might not be easily mended.

  'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE' 

BBC MINI SERIES TRAILER!

Over across the pond, BBC has released trailer for Agatha Christie's ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE three part mini series which was postponed so that Edd Westwick's scenes could be reshot with Christian Cooke! Also

Click on the photo to see the whole cast in bigger size

starring Bill Nighy, Matthew Goode, Eleanor Tomlinson, Luke Treadaway, it is set at Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is

Bill Nighy leads the stellar cast in the new mini series

arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence. The mysterious Dr Arthur Calgary returns from a trip to the Arctic claiming he has proof Jack is innocent. And if Jack was not the killer, then it must have been somebody else at Sunny Point. But who?