CHRIS PINE POSTER FROM 'OUTLAW KING' EPIC ADVENTURE WITH AARON TAYLOR JOHNSON, MATT STOKOE, CALLAN MULVEY, BILLY HOWLE! CHRISTIAN CAMARGO, HERA HILMAR JOIN 'SEE' JASON MOMOA'S EPIC FANTASY SERIES

'SEE' EPIC FANTASY SERIES

 HERA HILMAR, CHRISTIAN CAMARGO JOIN JASON MOMOA

You will also watch Hera Hilmar in Mortal Engines

Just epic genre news for you today, spylings! Apple keeps casting stars for their ten part epic fantasy series SEE with the story set in a future when the human race has lost the sense of sight, and society has had to find new ways to interact, to build, to hunt, to survive. All of that is challenged when a set of twins with sight is born. Christian Camargo and Hera Hilmar are the latest ones to join the cast which already includes Jason Momoa (as Baba Voss, a fearless warrior, leader and guardian)! Christian Camargo will be Tamacti Jun, the head of Queen Kane’s (Sylvia Hoeks) army while

Christian Camargo will play the general of the Queen's army!

Da Vinci's Demons' Hera Hilmar is Maghra, a determined mother. Alfre Woodard will play Paris, an advisor and priestess.

'OUTLAW KING' POSTER

AND CHRIS PINE'S NEKKID WILLY!

Outlaw King starts streaming November 9th

And are you excited to see some mediaeval action over at Netflix who are releasing their OUTLAW KING November 9th? The movie will also be released in selected cinemas starring Chris Pine in a true David v Goliath story of how the great 14th Century Scottish OUTLAW KING Robert The Bruce used cunning and bravery to defeat and repel the much larger and better equipped occupying English army. Aaron Taylor Johnson is another Scottish hero James Douglas, Florence Pugh is Robert's wife Elizabeth de Burgh, with James Cosmo, Matt Stokoe, Callan Mulvey, Tony Curran and Billy Howle as Prince of Wales also in the cast. Charming info: you will see Chris Pine's rebellious willy in one of the scenes in which the Scottish king is bathing in a cold loch!

TOM BATEMAN, MARC WARREN, LEO SUTER TO LEAD ITV'S 19TH CENTURY INDIA SET TV SAGA 'BEECHAM HOUSE'! 'OUTLAW KING' SCOTTISH EPIC ADVENTURE TRAILER WITH CHRIS PINE, AARON TAYLOR JOHNSON!

   'BEECHAM HOUSE'

EPIC TV SERIES CAST REVEALED
Earlier this year I announced that ITV is preparing 19th century India set mini series BEECHAM HOUSE and now the cast has been revealed as well! Set on the cusp of the 19th century in Delhi before the British ruled in that

Tom Bateman is taking the lead role

region, the drama depicts the fortunes of the residents of BEECHAM HOUSE, an imposing mansion surrounded by acres of exotic woods and pristine lawns. Tom Bateman will play enigmatic, soulful John Beecham, a handsome former soldier who has purchased the magnificent mansion to begin a new life with his family. Wealthy and distinguished, John has witnessed profiteering and exploitation during his time with the controlling East India Company and has resolved to conduct his business as a trader in a more equitable manner. Determined to escape his previous life, John appears haunted by his past, but is inspired to become an honourable member of the region’s trading community. In spite of John’s good intentions his life is shrouded in mystery and when he arrives at the house with an ‘olive-skinned‘ child named August and two Indian nursemaids, Chanchal (Shriya

Leo Suter will play his brother

Pilgaonkar) and Maya (Trupti Khamkar), it causes speculation amongst the servants that he may be the boy’s father. One of the nursemaids, the beautiful Chanchal, is overly protective and particularly fond of the child. Could she be John’s lover and the mother of August? Lesley Nicol plays John’s robust, interfering mother Henrietta who has travelled from England to India to stay with her son. She is accompanied by a young family friend Violet (Bessie Carter) who she is determined to help form a union with John. The pair are accompanied by an old friend of John’s, Samuel Parker (Marc Warren) who has also left the East India Company and has returned to India for a fresh start. Samuel helps John to find his brother Daniel who he has not

Pallavi Sharda and Shriya Pilgaonkar will star in the series.

seen for 10 years. John convinces Daniel (Leo Suter) to leave the East India Company and join him at BEECHAM HOUSE. Gregory Fitoussi plays General Castillon, a French mercenary working for the Emperor at a time when the French are challenging the East India Company for India. Castillon is suspicious of John and his motives and conspires to stop John being granted a trading licence. Adil Ray is John’s neighbour Murad Beg who dislikes General Castillon intensely and agrees to help John secure a trading

Marc Warren, Gregory Fitoussi and Adil Ray will star in the series

licence. Murad’s daughter, Roshanara, (Kanika Kapur) has an English governess Margaret Osborne (Dakota Blue Richards) whose beauty and intelligence catches John’s attention. However, when beautiful Chandrika (Pallavi Sharda) arrives at Beecham House with her entourage she is shown to luxurious guest quarters and immediately insists on seeing August. What secrets does Chandrika bring with her to Beecham House? 

   'OUTLAW KING' TRAILER

CHRIS PINE IS THE BRUCE
Ahead of its premiere at Toronto Film Festival next month, Netflix has released trailer for OUTLAW KING which, out November 9th, sees Chris Pine playing Robert the Bruce who transforms from defeated nobleman to

Outlaw King hits Netflix November 9th worldwide

outlaw hero during the oppressive occupation of medieval Scotland by Edward I of England. Despite grave consequences, Robert seizes the Scottish crown

Chris Pine takes the lead role of Robert the Bruce

and rallies an impassioned group of men to fight back against the mighty army of the tyrannical King and his volatile son, the Prince of Wales. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh and Billy Howle also star.

NEW PHOTOS FROM PERIOD SET PROJECTS 'MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS' WITH SAOIRSE RONAN, MARGOT ROBBIE, 'OUTLAW KING' WITH CHRIS PINE, 'MEDICI MASTERS OF FLORENCE: MAGNIFICENT' EPIC SEASON 2, 'VANITY FAIR' WITH OLIVIA COOKE!

  2018 EPIC PROJECTS PICS

'MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS'!

Photo updates from some of our most anticipated 2018 period set projects this Saturday, people! The spy has found a few new photos from MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS which arrives (or possibly rides as you can see in one of

Notice the intricate details on Mary's gown!

the photos) into theatres this September starring two current Oscar nominees Saoirse Ronan as Mary and Margot Robbie as English queen Elizabeth

Mary Queen of Scots riding a horse in a magnificent blue gown

depicted at the time when the Scottish queen plotted against her cousin Elizabeth in order to take over her throne which only led to her own demise.

Jack Lowden (left) plays one of Mary's husbands

Jack Lowden, David Tennant, Guy Pearce, Martin Compston, Brendan Coyle and Joe Alvyn also star. Spy on it more here!

  CHRIS PINE'S 'OUTLAW KING'
Beautiful horses and strange hairdos can also be seen in two new photos from the sets of THE OUTLAW KING from Netflix in which Chris Pine plays

Chris Pine plays legendary Scottish hero  Robert the Bruce

Scottish legend Robert the Bruce who, back in the 14th century, tried to bring his country freedom from English oppression. Aaron Taylor Johnson is his

The movie will feature a lot of riding scenes and battles

right hand another Scottish hero James Douglas with Florence Pugh and Callan Mulvey also in the cast. Spy on it more here!

ITV'S 'VANITY FAIR' EPIC SAGA

British ITV has, meanwhile, revealed key art for their new period set series VANITY FAIR featuring Olivia Cooke as the lead heroine Becky Sharp who

Olivia Cooke as Becky Sharp from Thackeray's Vanity Fair

back in the 18th century tries to win better social status by hanging around aristocrats. Tom Bateman also stars. Spy on it more here!

  'MEDICI: MAGNIFICENT' SEASON 2
And a new photo arriving from Italy from the second season of MEDICI MASTERS OF FLORENCE: THE MAGNIFICENT airing sometime this

Alessandra Mastronardi as Lady de Medici in the second season

spring. The new photo shows Alessandra Mastronardi who stars in the story of Lorenzo de Medici (Daniel Sharman) who is now the star of the show alongside his brother Giuliano (Bradley James). Spy on it more here!

PHOTO WEEKEND: 1ST PHOTOS FROM HISTORICAL DRAMA 'OUTLAW KING' WITH CHRIS PINE, AARON TAYLOR JOHNSON, 'MARY SHELLEY' WITH ELLE FANNING, DOUGLAS BOOTH, TOM STURRIDGE, 'JOURNEY'S END' WITH SAM CLAFLIN, PAUL BETTANY, ASA BUTTERFIELD

  'OUTLAW KING'

 FIRST CHRIS PINE PHOTOS

Continuing our Photo Weekend, first up today, photos (from Daily Mail) from the British sets of Netflix' historical movie OUTLAW KING featuring the first look of Chris Pine as Scottish legend Robert the

Chris Pine rocks a strange new hairdo

Bruce! If you expected some handsome hero, you might be disappointed since he has the weirdest haircut in the role!

14TH CENTURY REBELS 
Set in the 14th century, the movie will follow Chris Pine's Robert The Bruce, the king who led his country to freedom from the oppressive rule

Robert and his faithful steed!

of England and their king Edward II in Scotland! Aaron Taylor Johnson is, meanwhile, set to portray his right hand man, another

Chris Pine and James Cosmo

14th century Scottish legend James Douglas! Robert and Douglas learned guerilla fighting tactics that led to years of surprise attacks,

Australian superstar Callan Mulvey

sacked castles and, finally, independence! Florence Pugh will play the female lead (probably  Robert's queen Elizabeth the Burgh), and as you

Alastair Mackenzie riding in the centre

can see from the photos the cast also includes James Cosmo, Billy Howle as the Prince of Wales, Alastair Mackenzie and Callan Mulvey as Lord John Comyn!

   'MARY SHELLEY'

NEW STELLAR CAST PHOTOS

Some new photos have also been revealed for a movie previously known as A Storm in the Stars and now just simply MARY SHELLEY! The first English language movie to be directed by a female Arabian

Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth and Tom Sturridge

director, has been pushed to summer 2018 release. It portrays the famous love affair between poet Percy Shelley (played by Douglas

Elle Fanning plays Shelley's wife Mary

Booth) and 18 year old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (played by Elle Fanning), which resulted in Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein. Tom

Boothe and Fanning play the legendary writing couple

Sturridge is Lord Byron, with Ben Hardy, Maisie Williams, Jack Hickey and Joanne Froggatt also in the cast which includes Hugh O'Connor as Coleridge!

  NEW 'JOURNEY'S END'

 PHOTOS FROM WWI TRENCHES

I've already shown you some of the first photos from the sets of World War I epic drama JOURNEY'S END but now we have three more! To

Always marvellous Sam Claflin leads the stellar cast

be out next February with a stellar cast lead by Sam Claflin, Paul Bettany, Tom Sturridge, Toby Jones and Asa Butterfield,  this

Asa Buttefield plays one of the youngest soldiers

historical drama is a big screen adaptation of RC Sherriff's JOURNEY'S END, the seminal British play about First World War. Set in a dugout

Saul Dibb is directing the WWI drama

in Aisne in 1918, it is the story of a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope (Sam Claflin), variously awaiting their fate.

PERIOD SET WEDNESDAY: FLORENCE PUGH JOINS CHRIS PINE, AARON JOHNSON IN 'OUTLAW KING' SCOTISH EPIC! 'QUACKS' BBC VICTORIAN SITCOM WITH RUPERT EVERETT, RORY KINNEAR, ANDREW SCOTT

FLORENCE PUGH IS

FEMALE LEAD IN 'OUTLAW KING'!

Florence will take the female lead

Sticking to our period set projects week, your first info for today comes from Netflix's epic adventure movie OUTLAW KING which has just cast Florence Pugh as the female lead next to Chris Pine and Aaron Taylor Johnson! As I've informed you before, Chris Pine plays legendary Robert The Bruce, the king who led his country to freedom from the oppressive rule of England in Scotland! Aaron Taylor Johnson is, meanwhile, set to portray his right hand man, another 14th century Scottish legend James Douglas! Florence Pugh has become famous this year with her role in Lady Macbeth movie and will also play King Lear's youngest daughter Cordelia next to Anthony Hopkins in another take on Shakespeare on BBC! She's obviously used to historical costumes.

'QUACKS' BBC SERIES

A PERIOD SET SITCOM INDEED

Speaking of BBC, they've released a trailer for their new period set comedy series QUACKS which will air on BBC 2! It's a raucous medical comedy set in Victorian London about four pioneers, friends and rivals -

Rorry Kinnear is Doctor Robert Lessing

fighting to make a mark on the world and save lives. Starring Rory Kinnear, Mathew Baynton, Tom Basden, Lydia Leonard and Rupert Everett.

MEDICINE AT ITS INFANCY  
The 1840s: a time when doctors were just as likely to kill their patients as cure them, when the medicine that we take for granted today was in its infancy, and when doctors experimented on themselves and each

Matthew Baynton plays a nervous psychiatrist

other. It’s an era when dentists numbed the pain with brandy, the insane were chained up, and the operating theatre was full of spectacle and showmanship where people would come to watch a surgeon beat his

Tom Basden will play a hedonistic dentist

amputation speed record. Robert (Rory Kinnear) is an extraordinary, ambitious showman surgeon who can take a leg off in 92 seconds. William (Mathew Baynton) is a nervous, kind psychiatrist (then

Rupert Everett will hate his patients as Dr Hendrick

called alienist) looking to transform mental care. John (Tom Basden) is a wild, hedonistic, dentist turned anaesthetist. Caroline (Lydia Leonard) is the headstrong, intelligent wife of Robert, who is

Lydia Leonard is Robert's intelligent wife

determined to fight against the male prejudices and patriarchy of Victorian society to realise her own medical ambition. Finally, there’s Dr Hendrick (Rupert Everett) - the President of the hospital and

Robert is a skilful, arrogant and quick witted showman

Physician to Royalty. He hates innovation and young people. And women. And patients. Andrew Scott will guest star as Charles Dickens.

AARON JOHNSON IS SCOTTISH LEGEND JAMES DOUGLAS NEXT TO CHRIS PINE'S ROBERT THE BRUCE IN 'OUTLAW KING' EPIC MOVIE! 'CALL ME BY YOUR NAME' SEXY CLIP AND POSTER WITH ARMIE HAMMER

  AARON TAYLOR JOHNSON JOINS

CHRIS PINE IN EPIC  'OUTLAW KING'

Great epic news today, people! Earlier this year I've informed you that Chris Pine will play Robert the Bruce, the hero of Scottish war for

Aaron won Golden Globe this year for Nocturnal Animals

independ- ence, and now Aaron Taylor Johnson has been cast as his right hand man, another 14th century Scottish legend James Douglas in Netflix's movie OUTLAW KING

  As 'Deadline' reports, as the son of the first noble to support William Wallace when he fomented the first movement toward independ- ence from the English, Douglas saw his father’s lands given away, and after being denied them by the English king, he joined Robert the Bruce as an outcast properly motivated to avenge his loss. Together, they learned guerilla fighting tactics that led to years of surprise attacks, sacked castles and, finally, independence. David Mackenzie is directing.

  'CALL ME BY YOUR NAME'

IN WHICH ARMIE HAMMER SHOWS HIS  SEDUCTIVE CHARMS

It is an adaptation of Andre Aciman's novel

You can also check out the first poster for Armie Hammer sexy new drama CALL ME BY YOUR NAME which is out this October in cinemas, following the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy (Timothee Chalamet) and a summer guest (Armie Hammer) at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. During the restless summer weeks, unrelenting but buried currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion as they test the charged ground between them and verge toward the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. 

CHRIS PINE TO PLAY ROBERT THE BRUCE IN 'OUTLAW KING' SCOTTISH EPIC! GLEN COOK'S 'THE BLACK COMPANY' SAGA TO BECOME EPIC FANTASY TV SERIES! 'THE EXCEPTION' TRAILER WITH JAI COURTNEY, CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER

CHRIS PINE IS 'OUTLAW KING'

ROBERT THE BRUCE EPIC

Now here's something wonderfully epic for you today: as 'Deadline' writes, a new Robert the Bruce epic movie is planned in Hollywood and Chris Pine is to wear the Scottish kilt! Netflix is to shoot OUTLAW KING epic period drama that will tell a different version than Braveheart did on Robert The Bruce, the king who led his country to freedom from the oppressive rule of England in Scotland. Ben Foster (who proved to be a very bad choice for epic roles with his under whelming performance in Warcraft) is apparently in talks to play James Douglas, the Scottish knight who became the king’s chief adviser. Beside depicting his efforts to gather the forces against Edward II, the movie will have a love story as well between him and his queen Elizabeth de Burgh who gave him strength to push out the English army.

'THE BLACK COMPANY' 

EPIC FANTASY TV SERIES

If you wondered what is David Goyer up to after Da Vinci's Demons, he is to executive produce a TV series out of epic fantasy novel saga THE BLACK COMPANY from Glen Cook with Eliza Dushku expected to play the dark sorceress The Lady, as 'Deadline' reports.

The ten book saga follows THE BLACK COMPANY, an elite mercenary unit that carries out the often nefarious deeds of the highest bidder across a Tolkienesque landscape. When these hard bitten men discover the prophecy that the embodiment of good has been reborn, they must re-examine their loyalties. The Lady, who rules over the Northern Empire, uses the Black Company to further her domination of a power structure rife with usurpers.

'THE EXCEPTION' TRAILER

STARRING JAI COURTNEY AND CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER

Meanwhile, the first trailer has finally been released for historical drama THE EXCEPTION starring Christopher Plummer and our most beloved Jai Courtney and scheduled for theatrical release this June! It sees Jai playing  a German soldier who tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation. Ben Daniels and Janet McTeer also star in the period set thriller action historical drama!