NEW WW2 MOVIES: WOLVES OF WAR WITH ED WESTWICK, RUPERT GRAVES, MATT WILLIS, IMMORTAL WITH PAUL ANDERSON, RUSSIAN WAR EPIC PILOT: BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL WITH PYOTR FYODOROV

 NEW WW2 FILMS IN WORKS

WOLVES OF WAR MOVIE

A bunch of new WW2 set films have been announced recently, among them WOLVES OF WAR in which Ed Westwick and Matt Willis will play British officers who lead a team of allied commandos on a mission in Bavaria

Ed Westwick, Matt Willis, Rupert Graves will take the leads

near the end of the war to extract an American (Rupert Graves) held hostage by the Nazis. Giles Anderson is directing.

 

  IMMORTAL WW2 ACTION

Paul Anderson is set to lead WW2 movie IMMORTAL set in 1945, and following ex-soldier Aatami, played by (Jorma Tommila), who discovers gold in the deep wilderness of Lapland. When he attempts to take

Paul Anderson will be the villain in Immortal WW2 movie

his loot into the city, a squadron of Nazi soldiers led by a brutal SS officer (Paul Anderson) get in his way and a battle for the gold ensues between the lone soldier and the Nazis.This one is shooting this September in Findland.

PILOT: A BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL

Russia prepares at least one WW2 film a year, and this year it will be THE PILOT: A BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL (Лётчик) directed by

The Pilot will fly into cinemas this November

Renat Devletyarov. The film, which has a USA distributor already, will hit Russian cinemas in November. The film centers on an IL-2 pilot, played by Pyotr Fyodorov (from Duelist, Stalingrad, Sputnik, Blackout), who, back in December of 1941, crash lands in a remote forest clearing after an air assault, and must find his way back to friendly territory while battling hunger and extreme cold and evading packs of wolves and Nazi soldiers. It is a gripping story of survival, bravery and sacrifice in the face of chilling circumstances, made even more riveting due to its depiction of actual historical events. Check out the early trailer below:

CHUCK LORRE'S B POSITIVE AT CBS WITH THOMAS MIDDLEDITCH AND ANNALEIGH ASHFORD IS 1ST SITCOM TO GET SERIES ORDER THIS PILOT SEASON!

'B POSITIVE 'SITCOM

PICKED UP FOR FULL SEASON

While the 1st epic show to be officially cancelled this spring is History's Knightfall, the 1st comedy pilot to be ordered to series is B POSITIVE over at CBS. It was, admittedly, the only sitcom pilot to get fully shot before corona lockdown. Coming from Chuck Lorre (who also has Young Sheldon and Mom, two of TV's best watched sitcoms), it sees Thomas Middleditch

Since productions on Autumn shows usually start in July which is now unlikely, it is expected that the September new TV season launch might get pushed to January.

playing a therapist and newly divorced dad who is faced with finding a kidney donor when he runs into a rough-around-the-edges woman (Annaleigh Ashford) from his past who volunteers her own. Together they form an unlikely bond and begin a journey that will change both of their lives. Kether Donohue, Justin Baker, Sara Rue and Kamryn Kunody will also star. Stay tuned for other upfronts next week.

KATHARINE MCPHEE, EDDIE CIBRIAN TO LEAD COUNTRY COMFORT SITCOM FROM NANNY CREATOR AT NETFLIX! PLUS ALL OTHER 2020 COMEDY PILOT ORDERS

     'COUNTRY COMFORT' SITCOM

FROM THE NANNY CREATOR

It is that time of the year when networks are ordering pilots for possible new TV comedies and if you already miss Fuller House which ends this year,

Katharine McPhee will take the female lead

Netflix has ordered another new wholesome, family multicamera sitcom. COUNTRY COMFORT will star Katharine McPhee and Eddie Cibrian in the ten episode comedy series created, as Netflix reveals,  by former The Nanny executive producer Caryn Lucas.

  Country Comfort  
When her career and personal life get derailed, an aspiring young country singer named Bailey (Katharine McPhee) takes a job as a nanny for a rugged cowboy named Beau (Eddie Cibrian) and his five children (Ricardo Hurtado, Jamie Martin Mann, Pyper Braun,

Eddie Cibrian will star in Country Comfort

Shiloh Verrico and Griffin McIntyre). With a never-give up attitude and loads of Southern charm, this newbie-nanny is able to navigate the family dynamics and be the mother figure they’ve been missing. To her surprise, Bailey also gets the band she’s been missing in this musically talented family who help get her back on the road to stardom.

Pilots At Other Networks!

CBS has meanwhile, ordered a pilot for WE THE JURY, multicam sitcom  about a group of jurors who are sequestered together until they all agree on a verdict and they can’t even agree on lunch. They've also ordered Chuck Lorre's B POSITIVE about a dad trying to find a kidney donor, who forms an unlikely bond with a rough around the edges woman from his past who

Jim Jeffereis is getting his own sitcom

volunteers her own. ABC has ordered MY VILLAGE pilot about an empty nester mom who wonders how she ended up alone while her children live their best lives thousands of miles away. She decides her place is with her family and as she reinserts herself into their lives, her kids realize they might actually need her more than they thought. NBC has given a green light to JEFFERIES multicam sitcom starring Jim Jefferies as a fictionalized version of himself – a comedian with a unique and often controversial take on modern life, relationships and co-parenting with his best friend. NBC has also picked up a pilot for NIGHT SCHOOL about a unique mix of adults at a night school GED prep class who unexpectedly bond over their shared experience and find themselves helping each other both inside and outside of the classroom!