Comedy all the way today, starting with the trailer for new Netflix multicam sitcom PRETTY SMART which arrives October 8th! After getting unexpectedly dumped by her boyfriend, Chelsea (Emily Osment) a high-brow, Harvard educated intellectual and aspiring novelist is forced to move in
Pretty Smart will stream in ten episodes at Netflix
with her bubbly, carefree, not so intellectual West Coast sister, Claire (Olivia Macklin), and her three lovably eccentric, not so intellectual roommates: Grant (Gregg Sulkin), a distractingly handsome personal trainer, Solana
Emily Osment and Gregg Sulkin lead the cast
(Cinthya Carmon), a former lawyer turned healer, and Jayden (Michael Hsu Rosen), a social media influencer. But Chelsea's tough, sometimes judgemental exterior starts to soften as she gets to know her new friends, and they begin to form an unlikely found family.
GHOSTS SITCOM AT CBS
UR HOUSE COMES WITH GHOSTS
Ghosts arrive October 7th to CBS
Meanwhile, CBS will launch their own new sitcom, though not a multicam, a day before. GHOSTS sees Utkarsh Ambudkar and Rose McIver playing ayoung couple, whose dreams come true when they inherit a beautiful country house, only to find it's both falling apart and inhabited by many of the deceased previous residents. It is a remake of the British comedy of the same name. But do not fool yourself, it looks to be missing any of the quality the original has.
GRAND DUKE OF CORSICA
TIMOTHY SPALL TRAILER IS OUT!
Grand Duke is out November in USA
Over in the movie world, check out the trailer for Timothy Spall's comedy movie THE GRAND DUKE OF CORSICA which arrives November 3rd written and directed by Daniel Graham. In 1221 a young man is set on his path to becoming St. Francis of Assisi (Matt Hookings). A thousand years later an architect (Timothy Spall) must build a mausoleum for a dying billionaire (Peter Stormare). Separated by history, these men's lives will be forever changed by a pandemic. As a deadly epidemic slowly begins to sweep Malta, a brilliant but cantankerous architect embarks
Grand Duke was both written and directed by Daniel Graham
upon an unusual commission for an eccentric billionaire who calls himself 'The Grand Duke of Corsica'. A state of emergency creates chaos but Alfred Rott, ever the professional, remains to finish the job.
Tons of first photos from upcoming features today (stay tuned for part 2 later this week), starting with WILD MOUNTAIN THYME in which Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan are paired up as two star-crossed lovers in Ireland
Jamie Dornan and Emily Blunt lead the cast of the romantic drama
who get caught up in their family's land dispute. Also starring Jon Hamm and Christopher Walken, the movie is both written and directed by John Patrick Shanley.
TIMOTHY SPALL'S
THE OBSCURE LIFE OF THE GRAND DUKE OF CORSICA
There's also the first photo from period set comedy drama THE OBSCURE LIFE OF THE GRAND DUKE OF CORSICA which sees
Timothy Spall leads the cast in the new movie
Timothy Spall playing a cantankerous and brilliant architect, Alfred Rott, who embarks upon a highly unusual commission for 'The Grand Duke Of
The movie currently has a December release date
Corsica' (Peter Stormare). A deadly malaria epidemic sweeps Malta but Alfred remains to finish the job. The movie is set for a December release!
'SUMMERLAND'
A STELLAR WW2 DRAMA MOVIE
A woman during World War II opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him, is the story of SUMMERLAND war movie drama which has Gemma Arterton in the lead role. She plays a folklore
It is not clear whether the movie will retain its July release date
investigator, who from her clifftop study during World War II debunks myths using science to disprove the existence of magic. The cast also includes
British actress Gemma Arterton plays the lead role in the movie
Penelope Wilton, Gugu Mbatha Raw and Tom Courtenay. The movie currently has a July release date in UK and USA. It is a directorial debut of Jessica Swale who also wrote the story.
This sounds like a beautiful story: one of Britain's biggest living thespians Timothy Spall is set to lead THE LAST BUS movie directed by Gillies MacKinnon. The new drama will tell the story of widower Tom (Timothy Spall) who, on the recent passing of his wife Mary (Phyllis Logan), uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O’Groats in Scotland to Land’s End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses. His encounters with local people make him a media phenomenon, though Tom is totally unaware of his growing fame.
Speaking of Timothy Spall, he is currently over at Malta shooting new
comedy movie THE OBSCURE LIFE OF THE GRAND DUKE OF CORSICA in which he
plays a cantankerous and brilliant architect, Alfred, who embarks on a
highly unusual commission in Malta for a man who calls himself 'The
Grand Duke Of Corsica' (Peter Stormare). An epidemic hits the Island
and all must flee, but Alfred remains to finish the job.
