PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON REBUS REBOOT TV SERIES WITH RICHARD RANKIN STARTING THIS MONTH

   REBUS REBOOT SERIES   

ARRIVING FINALLY THIS MONTH TO BBC

With our dear Richard Rankin in the lead role, Viaplay and BBC TV series reboot of REBUS detective show is ready to start this month, launching May

Rebus arrives to BBC next weekend

17th on BBC Scotland and then May 18th on BBC One as their new Saturday night show. Based on the best-selling books by Ian Rankin, new series reimagines the iconic character John Rebus (Richard Rankin) as a younger Detective Sergeant, drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal.

 

SET IN CONTEMPORARY SCOTLAND

new series follows John Rebus as he finds himself at a psychological crossroads! At odds with a job increasingly driven by corporate technocrats, involved in a toxic affair he knows he needs to end, and all but supplanted in his daughter's life by his ex-wife's wealthy new husband, Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play – either as a family man or a police officer. In a world of divisive politics and national discord, does the law still have meaning,

Richard Rankin leads the new show

or is everyone reverting to an older set of rules? And if so, why shouldn't Rebus do so too? 

 

 WHO ELSE IS IN THE CAST?

Brian Ferguson plays Rebus' brother Michael, Neshla Caplan is Michael's wife Chrissie, and Amy Manson is Rebus's ex-wife Rhona. Lucie Shorthouse will play Rebus' police partner DC Siobhan Clarke, Sean Buchanan is his mentor George Blantyre and Stuart Bowman a corrupt mobster Ger Cafferty. The series, planned for more seasons, will also be available on Viaplay streaming service. Check out the first teaser announcement below and tell us what you think.

SEE FIRST POSTERS FOR VIAPLAY'S REBUS SERIES REBOOT WITH RICHARD RANKIN IN THE LEAD

 REBUS REBOOT SERIES 

SEE THE FIRST POSTERS

After adding our dear Richard Rankin as the lead, Viaplay has unveiled posters for their TV series reboot of REBUS detective show which, set in contemporary

Rebus should arrive sometime next year

Scotland, follows John Rebus as he finds himself at a psychological crossroads! At odds with a job increasingly driven by corporate technocrats, involved in a toxic affair he knows he needs to end, and all but supplanted in his daughter's life by his ex-wife's wealthy new husband, Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play – either as a family man or a police officer. In a world of divisive politics and national discord, does the law still have meaning, or is everyone reverting to an older set of rules? And if so, why shouldn't Rebus do so too? Brian Ferguson plays Rebus' brother Michael, Neshla Caplan is Michael's wife Chrissie, and Amy Manson is Rebus's ex-wife Rhona. Lucie Shorthouse will play Rebus' police partner DC Siobhan Clarke, Sean Buchanan is his mentor George Blantyre and Stuart Bowman a corrupt mobster Ger Cafferty. The series, planned for more seasons, will arrive next year to Viaplay streaming service.

SEE DOMINA ANCIENT ROME SET EPIC SERIES SEASON TWO IMAGES, TRAILER AND AIR DATE! VIAPLAY UNVEILS FULL CAST FOR RICHARD RANKIN'S REBUS DETECTIVE TV SERIES REBOOT!

  DOMINA SEASON TWO  

Domina returns this July to MGM Plus

1ST EPIC IMAGES & TRAILER

It has been a very long wait indeed, but Sky and MGM Plus are finally bringing us the second season of everybody's favourite Ancient Rome set series DOMINA which is returning this summer! This historical series takes place during one of the most provocative periods in Roman history following the extraordinary rise of Gaius Augustus Caesar’s (Matthew McNulty) third wife, Livia Drusilla  (Kasia Smutniak). We also have an exciting first trailer for the long awaited series and you can check it out below. The first season was MGM's best watched debut series of the year when it aired for the first time and the second season will also consist of eight brand new episodes.

DOMINA SEASON TWO

chronicles the struggle for control of the Roman Empire, and of Rome’s imperial family, from a rare female perspective. In its first season, Livia Drusilla, the golden girl of the prominent Claudii family, returned to Rome after 10 years in exile, determined to regain everything that was stolen from her. Now, atop a fractious empire and a dysfunctional dynasty, she must fight to preserve her marriage to Gaius and find a way to seat one of her sons on the throne of the empire, as new and old rivals jockey for position in a world where it’s impossible to know who to trust.

 WHO IS IN THE CAST?

David Avery will play ambitious young aristocrat Domitius, who joins Gaius’ family through marriage and proves himself to be a thorn in Livia’s side.  Joelle will be Vipsania, who refuses to play the conventional power games expected of Roman aristocratic life. She is happily married to fellow outsider, Livia’s son Tiberius, and is a force for good in his life. Tiberius has been recast with Benjamin Isaac, he is now reluctant to fulfill his mother’s ambition for him and his brother to restore the Republic. .The returning cast includes Liah O’Prey (Julia), Ben Batt (Agrippa), Ewan Horrocks (Drusus), Claire Forlani (Octavia), Darrell D’Silva (Piso), Christine Bottomley (Scribonia) and Alais Lawson (Marcella). Beside airing on Sky across Europe this Summer including Italy and Germany, the second season will also return to MGM+ from July 9 for the viewers in Northern America. On Sky in UK it will air from September 13th!

 

 REBUS REBOOT SERIES 

UNVEILS FULL LEAD CAST

After adding our dear Richard Rankin as the lead, Viaplay has now unveiled the whole cast for their TV series reboot of REBUS detective show which, set in contemporary Scotland, follows John Rebus as he finds

Richard Rankin is the new Rebus

himself at a psychological crossroads! At odds with a job increasingly driven by corporate technocrats, involved in a toxic affair he knows he needs to end, and all but supplanted in his daughter's life by his ex-wife's wealthy new husband, Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play – either as a family man or a police officer. In a world of divisive politics and national discord, does the law still have meaning, or is everyone reverting to an older set of rules? And if so, why shouldn't Rebus do so too? Brian Ferguson has been cast as Rebus' brother Michael, Neshla Caplan as Michael's wife Chrissie, and Amy Manson as Rebus's ex-wife Rhona. Lucie Shorthouse will plaz Rebus' police partner DC Siobhan

Lucie Shorthouse, Sean Buchanan and Brian Ferguson

Clarke, Sean Buchanan is his mentor George Blantyre and Stuart Bowman a corrupt mobster Ger Cafferty. The series, planned for more seasons, will arrive next year to Viaplay streaming service.

RICHARD RANKIN IS NEW INSPECTOR REBUS AT VIAPLAY! CAST REVEALED FOR DISNEY + 19TH CENTURY LONDON SET BOXING DRAMA A THOUSAND BLOWS! MARIE ANTOINETTE GETS 2ND SEASON

   RICHARD RANKIN IS  

NEW INSPECTOR REBUS

Dicky Rankin is a hot new inspector Rebus

You already know that Nordic streamer Viaplay is planning a world expansion and it is already available in UK and some other European countries, and now they have added another English language series to their slate: Richard Rankin will play inspector REBUS in their new English original. The story follows 40-year-old Inspector John Rebus at a psychological crossroads following an altercation with an infamous Edinburgh gangster. At odds with a job increasingly driven by technocrats, involved in a toxic affair he knows he needs to end, and all but supplanted in his daughter’s life by his ex-wife’s wealthy new husband, Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play – either as a family man or a police officer. Ian Rankin, no relation with Richard himself, wrote more than 20 novels about inspector Rebus.

 

   MARIE ANTOINETTE  

RENEWED FOR A SECOND SEASON

Beside The Gold which has been renewed at BBC, French Canal + has just renewed their MARIE ANTOINETTE series as well with Emilia Schüle returning as the queen and Louis Cunningham as Louis XVI. At the height of their power, while Marie Antoinette and Louis face an unprecedented financial crisis, the incessant attacks of Provence and Chartres against the royal couple stir up the hatred of the nobles and disastrous consequences are looming with The Affair of the Necklace. From Versailles to the Palais-Royal, the revolt rumbles! The first season starts on PBS in USA this Sunday.

   A THOUSAND BLOWS ADS  

CAST TO 19TH CENTURY DRAMA

Disney + 19th century set boxing drama and their new British original A THOUSAND BLOWS has unveiled cast! Malachi Kirby and Francis Lovehall play Hezekiah and Alec, two best friends from Jamaica who find themselves thrust into the vibrant and violent world of London’s East End in

Malachi Kirby, James Nelson Jayce, Stephen Graham

the 1880s.! Drawn into the criminal underbelly of the thriving boxing scene, Hezekiah meets Mary Carr (Erin Doherty), leader of The Forty Elephants, the notorious all-female London gang, as they battle for survival on the streets. As Hezekiah sharpens his new skills, he comes up against Sugar

Jason Tobin and Erin Doherty will also star

Goodson (Stephen Graham), a seasoned and dangerous boxer and the two are soon locked into an intense rivalry that spills out way beyond the ring. Steven Knight's 12 episode series will also star Jason Tobin, James Nelson-Joyce, Hannah Walters, Nadia Albina, Morgan Hilaire, Jemma Carlton and Caoilfhionn Dunne.