PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON KENNETH BRANAGH'S 'MURDER ON ORIENT EXPRESS' WITH CHARACTER POSTERS OF JUDI DENCH, JOHNNY DEPP, MICHELLE PFEIFFER, DEREK JACOBI, TOM BATEMAN, DAISY RIDLEY, PENELOPE CRUZ, WILLEM DAFOE

'MURDER ON ORIENT EXPRESS'

CHARACTER POSTERS ARE HERE!

The train arrives to your town this November!

Exciting new trailer has been released for Kenneth Branagh's latest big screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's most popular novel MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS along with colourful and glamorous set of more than a dozen character posters presenting all the major suspects aboard the luxurious train ride, and, boy, do they all look suspicious! Who looks most suspicious to you? Following the adventures of world's most famous detective Hercule Poirot, the murder mystery will try to solve its case November 10th when it hits cinemas around the world.

WHAT'S THE MYSTERY?
The fourth adaptation of Agatha Christie's most beloved novel written back in 1934, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS has the story set on a

Kenneth Branagh and Judi Dench

lavish train ride which unfolds into a stylish and suspenseful mystery. It tells the story of thirteen stranded strangers and one man's race to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.

WHO ARE THE SUSPECTS?

British thespian Kenneth Branagh, who also directed the movie, plays legendary Christie’s detective Poirot stranded on the famous train during a

Johnny Depp and Tom Bateman

terrible snowstorm somewhere in old Yugoslavia. When a fellow passenger is murdered, Poirot discovers a great number of other passengers could be the

Penelope Cruz and Daisy Ridley

culprit. Johnny Depp is Mr. Ratchett, who believes his life is being threatened and attempts to hire Poirot but, due to his distaste, Poirot refuses

Derek Jacobi and Lucy Boynton

because he does not like his American face. Next morning he is killed on the train. The suspects include Judi Dench who portrays Princess Dragomiroff,

Willem Dafoe and Michelle Pfeiffer

Lucy Boynton as Countess Andrenyi, Tom Bateman as Bouc director of the train company, Derek Jacobi as Ratchett's valet Masterman, Michael

Marwan Kenzari and Sergei Polunin

Peņa as Marquez, Leslie Odom Jr. as Doctor Arbuthnot. Michelle Pfeiffer is Mrs. Hubbard and Daisy Ridley plays Mary Debenham. Josh

Manuel Garcia Rulfo and Olivia Colman

Gad is Ratchett's assistant Hector McQueen, Penelope Cruz is missionary Pilar Estravados, Willem Dafoe is undercover detective Gerhard Hardman amd Olivia Colman is Hildegarde Schmidt, a cook.

GORGEOUS NEW POSTER FOR 'MURDER ON ORIENT EXPRESS' WITH JUDI DENCH, KENNETH BRANAGH, DEREK JACOBI, JOHNNY DEPP, 'EARLY MAN' ANIMATED ADVENTURE WITH TOM HIDDLESTON, EDDIE REDMAYNE

  'MURDER ON ORIENT EXPRESS'

GETS A POSH NEW POSTER

Everyone is a suspect this November!

A gorgeous new UK poster has been released for Kenneth Branagh's MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS which should arrive into cinemas this November bringing with it a lavish train ride that unfolds into a stylish and suspenseful mystery. Based on the novel by Agatha Christie, it tells of thirteen strangers in the train stranded in snowy Yugoslavia and one man's race to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again. Branagh also leads the cast as Hercule Poirott joined by Judi Dench, Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Michelle Pfeiffer, Derek Jacobi, Tom Bateman, Daisy Ridley, Adam Garcia and Olivia Colman!

  NEW 'EARLY MAN' TRAILER

WITH VOICES FROM TOM HIDDLESTON & EDDIE REDMAYNE

Stone Age vs the Bronze Age

A new poster has also been released for another British movie: prehistoric animated adventure EARLY MAN with the voice of Tom Hiddleston! Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures roamed the earth, EARLY MAN tells the story of courageous caveman hero Dug (Eddie Redmayne) and his best friend Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston) and his Bronze Age City to save their home. The movie is set to be released next January!

MARTIN COMPSTON CAST AS 'MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS' 3RD HUSBAND NEXT TO SAOIRSE RONAN, JACK LAWDEN, MARGOT ROBBIE! EDGAR RAMIREZ, PENELOPE CRUZ, RICKY MARTIN IN 'ASSASSINATION OF VERSACE' PICS

'MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS'

MARTIN COMPSTON IS BOTHWELL

Just a week ago she got one husband and now she's got another one: after Jack Lawden was cast as Lord Darnley in MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, in which Saoirse Ronan plays the title role, British actor Martin Compston has been cast as her third husband Earl of Bothwell! She was first married to king of France, then moved over to Scotland after his death where she had to fight for her throne marrying nobles in the process and also trying to take away the throne of England from Queen Elizabeth who in the end had her royal head chopped off, although Mary did win in the way that her son James I became Elizabeth's heir and managed to unite England and Scotland under his royal rule. Margot Robbie plays the English monarch.

'ASSASSINATION OF VERSACE'

FIRST PHOTOS REVEALED!

Meanwhile, FX and Entertainment Weekly have uncovered the first glamorous photos of the lead stars of the second season of AMERICAN

The series will air early next year

 CRIME STORY titled THE ASSASSI- NATION OF GIANNI  VERSACE. Exploring the shocking murder of famous fashion designer Gianni Versace by serial killer Andrew Cunanan, its ten episodes will be based on Maureen Orth's book Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History! With Edgar Ramirez starring as Gianni Versace, Penelope Cruz will put a platinum wig to portray his sister Donatella, with pop star Ricky

Penelope Cruz as Donatella Versace

 Martin as his long time lover Antonio D'Amico and Max Greenfield (as their brother Santo Versace) and Darren Criss also in the cast.

 THE FINAL MURDER VICTIM
To air sometime early next year, with parts of it shot in Versace's former villa, THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE will chronicle the 1997 murder of Versace which shook the world. Serial killer Andrew Cunanan shot Versace dead on the steps of his luxurious

Edgar Ramirez is shockingly similar to Versace

Miami Beach home after committing several other murders. He committed suicide eight days later. A violent psychopath, Cunanan’s lifestyle was promiscuous and drug fueled, and he became notorious for

Ricky Martin as Antonio D'Amico, Versace's lover

picking up rich men in bars by making claims about a lifestyle he never lived. He claimed Versace as his fifth and final murder victim.

'MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS' TRAILER WITH KENNETH BRANAGH, JUDI DENCH, DEREK JACOBI, JOHNNY DEPP! POLLY WALKER TO LEAD NEW BBC SERIES 'AGE BEFORE BEAUTY'

'MURDER ON ORIENT EXPRESS'

FIRST MYSTERY TRAILER IS HERE

A month ago we've seen wonderful first cast photos and now the first trailer for Agatha Christie's MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS is finally here! Directed by Kenneth Branagh who also stars as famous detective Hercule Poirot, the film also stars Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Tom Bateman, Daisy Ridley and it will be out this November!

MURDER ON ORIENT EXPRESS
is set on a lavish train ride through Europe which quickly unfolds into the thrilling mystery of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where

Kenneth Branagh leads the cast as Hercule Poirot

everyone's a suspect. One man must race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.

'AGE BEFORE BEAUTY'

POLLY WALKER TO LEAD NEW BBC ONE TV SERIES

British stars will be seen in newly announced BBC One TV series AGE BEFORE BEAUTY as well! The six part family saga will have the cast

Polly Walker will play Bel

lead by our dear Rome star Polly Walker next to Robson Green, Sue Johnston and James Murray.

Married to Wesley (James Murray) for 25 years, Bel (Polly Walker) has spent the last 18 years as a homemaker and mum to their twins, but having just waved them off to university, now has a void in her life. Enter Teddy (Robson Green), brother in law and long time best friend, begging her to step in and rescue the family business - a down at heel beauty salon in Manchester's Northern Quarter. Like Bel, it could do with a bit of a face-lift. And possibly a clear out, since it employs her high maintenance family: mother Ivy-Rae (Sue Johnston), Northern Soul fanatic and spray tan technician, sisters

James Murray will play Wes

 Leanne, Tina and Heidi, mother to Disney, plump, seven year old wannabe Pageant Queen. Into the mix comes beautiful 20 something Personal Trainer Lorelei who seems to have caught Wes's eye… can Bel reconcile the demands of her business, her warring family and the problems in her marriage?

'MURDER ON ORIENT EXPRESS' CAST PHOTOS WITH KENNETH BRANAGH, JUDI DENCH, JOHNNY DEPP, MICHELLE PFEIFFER! 'DARK TOWER' EPIC TRAILER WITH MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, IDRIS ELBA

 'MURDER ON ORIENT EXPRESS'

FIRST CAST PHOTOS REVEALED

Delightful photo treat comes to you today from the latest edition of 'Entertainment Weekly' who have published the first cast photos from the latest big screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's famous detective novel MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS directed by legendary Kenneth Branagh who also takes the lead role of the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, this time with some seriously huge moustaches :)  He is tasked with finding a mysterious murderer aboard the famous train stuck in the middle of a blizzard somewhere in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Her cinematic highness Judi Dench stars as Princess Dragomiroff who is acting all helpless and confused which she actually isn't. Johnny Depp stars as Edward Ratchett, a paranoid, rich businessman with dark secrets! Michelle Pfeiffer is a loud and very annoying American on the train. Daisy Ridley is the quick thinking governess Mary Debenham. Penelope Cruz is Pilar Estravados, the missionary who actually isn't a stranger to rough situations. Sir Derek Jacobi is Masterman, Ratchett's butler, who has a spiky relationship with his boss! Willem Dafoe is Austrian professor Gerhard Hardman, armed in a number of ways. Tom Bateman is flirty louche director of the train company and a friend of Poirot’s! The  lavish train ride through Europe which quickly unfolds into the thrilling mystery of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone's a suspect, should start in cinemas later this November. One man must race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.

FIRST 'DARK TOWER' TRAILER

SETS IDRIS ELBA AGAINST MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY

Your second movie treat for today is the long awaited first trailer for Stephen King's latest adaptation THE DARK TOWER, a Ron Howard produced science fiction film highly stylized epic adventure, which should finally arrive into theatres across the world after many years of problematic production at the beginning of August!

ELUSIVE DARK TOWER

The story of the movie actually continues the one from the books rather than directly adapting one of them, and follows Idris Elba's  The Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, who roams an Old West like and post apocalyptic landscape where "the world has moved on" in pursuit of the man in black played by Matthew McConaughey. Also searching for the fabled and powerful Dark Tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world. Located in the End World, amid a sea of singing red roses, the Dark Tower is a link to other worlds and a bridge in the time space continuum. The studio is envisioning this as a movie trilogy with two seasons of a TV series in between the films.

JACK REYNOR TO LEAD 'ELECTRIC DREAMS' SF SERIES 'IMPOSSIBLE PLANET' 2ND EPISODE! RICKY MARTIN JOINS EDGAR RAMIREZ, PENELOPE CRUZ IN 'VERSACE' MINI SERIES! BBC 'MINIATURIST' PERIOD SET SERIES 1ST PHOTO

'ELECTRIC DREAMS' SF SERIES

 JACK REYNOR IN 2ND EPISODE

TV news today, starting with Channel 4 and US Amazon's anthology sf series Phillip K. Dick's ELECTRIC DREAMS which will have ten episodes each with different stars, stories and directors. Jack Reynor and Benedict Wong have been announced as the stars of the second episode, based on Dick's story Impossible Planet.

Written and directed by The Night Manager’s David Farr, it will see them playing two disillusioned, disenchanted and indifferent space tourism employees who take up an elderly woman’s (Geraldine Chaplin) request for a trip back to Earth, the existence of which is a long debunked myth. She appears easily confused, plus she’s rich – so, for the right payment, what’s the harm in indulging her fantasies? However, as their journey unfolds, their scam begins to eat away at them and they ultimately find themselves dealt a bitter sweet surprise. Timothy Spall will lead the Tom Harper directed first episode based on The Commuter story.

'THE MINIATURIST' BBC SERIES

CASTS ANYA TAYLOR JOY, ALEX HASSELL AND ROMOLA GARAI

I've announced this one last year, but now we have the cast: Alex Hassell, Romola Garai and Anya Taylor Joy will star in BBC's period set three part series THE MINIATURIST based on Jessie Burton novel!  Set in 1686 Amsterdam it tells the story of Nella (Taylor-Joy) who moves to the city to become the wife of a wealthy merchant. Nella is given a miniature version of her new home, which is furnished by a Miniaturist, whose creations start to reflect real events in the house. She then starts to discover the secrets of the house and its inhabitants including her cold sister-in-law Marin (Garai).

'VERSACE' TV SERIES

RICKY MARTIN AS GAY LOVER

Over at FX it seems they are gathering Latin stars in the cast for their new mini series VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY. The series has now added Ricky Martin under Ryan Murphy's direction. Edgar Ramirez and Penelope Cruz have already been cast in the lead roles.

In its ten episode run VERSACE will examine the shocking July 1997 assassination of Gianni Versace (Edgar Ramirez) on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion by sociopath and serial killer Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss). Ricky Martin will play Versace’s longtime gay partner Antonio D’Amico while Penelope Cruz is set to portray Versace’s sister Donatella.

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PENELOPE CRUZ BOARDS

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

You know we are quite excited about Kenneth Branagh's movie adaptation of Agatha Christie's classic MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS in which he will also play Hercul Poirot, and now the cast which already includes Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Tom Bateman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny Depp and Daisy Ridley, will also have Penelope Cruz as 'Deadline' reports!

Based on the beloved 1934 Agatha Christie novel, the mystery begins after an American businessman is murdered aboard the train stuck in the blizzard in Yugoslavia and Poirot the detective tries to solve the murder, finding out eventually that 13 people all had something to do with the murder victim.

 'DELICIOUS' TRAILER

DAWN FRENCH COMEDY SERIES

Speaking of good British stories, Sky One has released the first trailer for their new comedy series DELICIOUS which starts airing its four episodes this December starring popular comedian Dawn French alongside Iain Glen and Emilia Fox.

TROUBLE IS COOKING!
Set in the stunning Cornish countryside, DELICIOUS is a surprising and compelling story of love, heartbreak, food and female friendship. When your best friend is your husband's ex, can you ever really be friends or will your secrets eventually overwhelm you? Sensual and passionate cook Gina (Dawn French) was once married to Leo Vincent, a successful entrepreneur, chef and hotel owner, with whom she has a daughter. Leo made his fortune from his exceptional Italian cooking - a family tradition he inherited from his ex-wife - and runs the idyllic Penrose Hotel in the Tamar Valley. Since divorcing Gina, Leo's culinary empire has continued to grow, with the fruits of success now being shared with his new wife Sam. However, Leo is keeping a secret which is set to upturn all of their lives. In a friendship already born out of betrayal, Gina and Sam face the secrets and scandal that will bind them together in the most unlikely of circumstances.

'TULIP FEVER' PERIOD SET TRAILER WITH ALICIA VIKANDER, JUDI DENCH, CHRISTOPH WALTZ, DANE DEHAAN! ALICIA VIKANDER IS NEW LARA CROFT! PENELOPE CRUZ TO LEAD 'LAYOVER'

ALICIA VIKANDER 

IS NEW LARA CROFT!

I remember back years ago when we first started writing about her and now she is probably the quickest rising female Hollywood star with an Oscar in her hand. So what is next for Alicia Vikander after so many amazing dramatic roles? Well, Warner Bros. and MGM have revealed officially today that she is their new lead star for LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER reboot! As Hollywood Reporter writes, the new movie will show the famous adventurer in a much younger stage of her life, showing her origin story! Later this year we will first watch her beside her boo Michael Fassbender in THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS.

PENELOPE CRUZ

TO LEAD 'LAYOVER' MOVIE
Since we're femalecentric today, another lovely lady from Hollywood, Penelope Cruz has been cast in the lead role in LAYOVER, the big screen adaptation of Lisa Zeidner book! The book revolves around Claire Newbold, a successful travelling saleswoman who decides to go on the lam from her life. She develops elaborate scams for sneaking into hotel rooms, alone or with a guest, and a passion for swimming in their pools. A master of reinvention, she is fierce, funny and falling apart, and the story follows the atypical heroine as she goes off the deep end, and has to find her way back to shore.

'TULIP FEVER' TRAILER WITH

ALICIA VIKANDER, JUDI DENCH, CHRISTOPH WALTZ, DANE DEHAAN

And speaking of Alicia Vikander we finally get the first trailer for her period set movie  TULIP FEVER in which she plays a married woman who begins a passionate affair with the artist (Dane DeHaan) hired to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market of the 17th century Netherlands, in hopes to build a future together. An incredibly stellar cast also includes Christoph Waltz as her husband, Holliday Grainger, Judi Dench, Kevin McKidd, Matthew Morrison, Tom Hollander, Jack O'Connell...