NETFLIX REVEALS CAST FOR THEIR NEW TV SERIES ADAPTATION OF GROWN UPS NOVEL ABOUT A DUBLIN FAMILY CLAN

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NETFLIX ANNOUNCES LEAD CAST

Netflix has announced lead cast for their new TV series adaptation of Marian Keyes novel GROWN UPS which, set in south county Dublin, follows the chaotic lives of the Casey clan, a noisy, tight-knit Irish family, who are bound together by a tangled web of loyalty, resentment, money, memory, 

Robert Sheehan, Sarah Greene and Barry Ward will star

and love. When the rock of the family, the “good son,” dies unexpectedly, it sets off a seismic emotional reckoning. Over the course of the next year, the Caseys will fall in and out of love, confront old wounds and make some new ones. They’ll be forced to face not only their grief, but the exhausting, 

Sinead Cusack, James Agnew and Aisling Bea will also star

relentless, and often ridiculous struggle of being an adult. Despite their age and responsibilities, the Caseys are far from grown up. Sarah Greene, Barry Ward, Aisling Bea, Robert Sheehan, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Adrian Dunbar, Sinead Cusack, Karin Hanczewski, James Agnew and Katelyn Rose Downey will star.

1ST THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY TV SERIES TRAILER WITH TOM HOPPER, ROBERT SHEEHAN! NETFLIX TO TURN SALMAN RUSHDIE'S MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN INTO TV SERIES

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SALMAN RUSHDIE TV ADAPTATION

The book was turned into a movie back in 2012

Two Netflix projects about kids with special powers, starting with TV series adaptation of Salman Rushdie's MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN which  follows the life of Saleem Sinai, born on the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the time of India’s independence. His every act is mirrored and magnified in events that sway the course of India’s national affairs; his health and wellbeing are inextricably bound to those of his nation; his life is inseparable, at times indistinguishable, from the history of his country. Perhaps most remarkable are the telepathic powers linking him with India’s 1,000 other “midnight’s children,” all born in that initial hour and endowed with magical gifts.

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FIRST TRAILER IS HERE!

Netflix has released a trailer for their new fantasy series THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY which will roll out February 15th based on the Dark Horse comic

Academy opens its doors next February

books. It stars Tom Hopper, Robert Sheehan and Ellen Page.

On the same day in 1989, forty-three infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a billionaire industrialist, who creates THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY and prepares his “children” to save the world. But not everything went according to plan. In their teenage years, the family fractured and the team disbanded. Now, the six surviving thirty-something members reunite upon the news of Hargreeves’ passing. They have to work together to solve a mystery surrounding their father’s death. But the estranged family once again begins to come apart due to their divergent personalities and abilities, not to mention the imminent threat of a global apocalypse.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON PETER JACKSON'S MORTAL ENGINES POST APOCALYPTIC ADVENTURE WITH ROBERT SHEEHAN, HERA HILMAR, HUGO WEAVING! CHARACTER POSTERS AND TRAILER

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APOCALYPSE COMES ON WHEELS!

Are you excited, spylings? The cities on wheels from MORTAL ENGINES are tumbling into your cinemas beginning of December finally bringing

Mortal Engines arrive this December

Philip Reeve's famous YA saga onto the big screens. Christian Rivers, who worked as storyboard artist on LOTR, Hobbit and all other Peter Jackson's movies, is directing the film produced by Jackson himself. The $100 million movie, set in a post apocalyptic world ravaged by the surviving cities which now roam around on giant wheels eating each other for fuel, covers the first book of Reeve's saga which has four novels (translated by your spy for the readers in his country).

IN MORTAL ENGINES  

Peter Jackson has a cameo in the movie!

Tom is a twenty something Londoner who has only ever lived inside his travelling hometown, and his feet have never touched grass, mud or land. His first taste of the outside comes quite abruptly: Tom gets in the way of the masked Hester's attempt to kill Thaddeus Valentine, a powerful man she blames for her mother’s murder, and both Hester and Tom end up thrown out of the moving "traction" city, to fend for themselves. Trying to stop the predator city who wants to devour everything in front of itself, Hester joins forces with Tom Natsworthy and Anna Fang, a dangerous outlaw aviator with a bounty on her head.

THE HEROES AND THE AVIATORS

The steampunk world has a rather rich gallery of characters lead by Robert Sheehan as Tom Natsworthy, a low-class apprentice historian of London

Robert Sheehan is lowly historian apprentice Tom Natsworthy!

thrown out of the city and forced to ally himself with Hester and the resistance. Hera Hilmar is Hester Shaw, a disfigured, fugitive assassin with a personal vendetta against Thaddeus played by Hugo Weaving. He is the

Hera Hilmar's Hester Shaw is a lot less disfigured in the movie than in the books

Head of the Guild of Historians and the father of Katherine Valentine (Leila George) who is a girl from London's elite circles. Jihae is Anna Fang, a pilot and leader of the Anti-Traction League, a resistance group banding against the

Hugo Weaving is conniving head historian Thaddeus Valentine

moving cities devouring Earth's resources. Ronan Raftery is Bevis Pod, an apprentice engineer whom Katherine befriends. Patrick Malahide is Magnus Crome, the very evil Mayor of London. Stephen Lang is Shrike, the

Jihae is rebel aviator Anna Fang who has her own flying ship!

last of an undead battalion of soldiers known as Stalkers, who were war casualties reanimated with machine parts. He raised Hester and now works for Crome.

SF SATURDAY: 'UMBRELLA ACADEMY' CHARACTER POSTERS WITH TOM HOPER, ROBERT SHEEHAN! KYLE SCHMID JOINS ALEX PETTYFER IN 'THE I LAND' SF SERIES! EMMETT SCANLAN AS LOBO IN 'KRYPTON' SEASON 2

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KYLE SCHMID JOINS ALEX PETTYFER & KATE BOSWORTH

Kyle Schmid joins the cast of the new sf show

SF news all the way today, spylings, starting with the update from Netflix who have just added gorgeous Kyle Schmid to the cast of their new  THE I LAND sf series which already includes Kate Bosworth and Alex Pettyfer! When ten people wake up on a treacherous island with no memory of who they are or how they got there, they set off on a trek to try to get back home. They soon discover this world is not as it seems. Faced with the island’s extreme psychological and physical challenges, they must rise to their better selves — or die as their worst ones. Kyle Schmid will play a hippie who has a generally laid-back vibe, even in the face of real danger.

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EMMETT SCANLAN IS LOBO!

SyFy has revealed the first look of a new cast member in the second season of their KRYPTON series: Emmett J. Scanlan as the legendary villain Lobo!

Emmett Scanlan will be the crazy wild Lobo

The ruthless bounty hunter who murdered his entire species will appear in the new season of the epic adventure which follows Superman's grandfather back on their home planet. Like Superman, Lobo also has superhuman strength and is almost immortal. As The Hollywood Reporter reveals, season two of KRYPTON will expand beyond Kandor to other planets as Doomsday is unleashed. The Superman prequel will also delve into the origins of Brainiac and get a better sense of the true threat the character poses.

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REVEALS CHARACTER POSTERS

Netflix has, meanwhile, released first character poster for their new fantasy series THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY which will roll out February 15th based on the Dark Horse comic books. It stars Tom Hopper, Robert Sheehan and Ellen Page.

WELCOME TO ACADEMY 
On the same day in 1989, forty-three infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a billionaire industrialist, who creates THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY and prepares his “children” to save the world. But not everything went according to plan. In their teenage years, the family fractured and the team disbanded. Now, the six surviving thirty-something members reunite upon the news of Hargreeves’ passing. They have to work together to solve a mystery surrounding their father’s death. But the estranged family once again begins to come apart due to their divergent personalities and abilities, not to mention the imminent threat of a global apocalypse.

SPOTLIGHT ON PETER JACKSON'S 'MORTAL ENGINES' FANTASY ADVENTURE WITH NEW TRAILER AND POSTER STARRING ROBERT SHEEHAN, HERA HILMAR, HUGO WEAVING!

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FIRST TRAILER IS FINALLY OUT!

It is definitely this year's most anticipated movie! Earlier last winter I showed you the teaser for Peter Jackson's MORTAL ENGINES and now we finally

The Engines will roll this December!

have the exciting trailer and poster for the fantasy extravaganza which will tumble into cinemas around the world December 14th ahead of Christmas Holidays! As you know the movie is the big screen adaptation of Philip Reeve's super popular novel saga which is finally getting its film version.

 

MORTAL ENGINES has the story set thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, and humankind has adapted and a new way of living. Gigantic moving cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns on which they feed upon as they need the supplies and metal to keep on moving. Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan), who hails from a Lower Tier of the great traction city of

Tom and Hester begin their adventure in the track holes left behind London

London, finds himself fighting for his own survival after he encounters the dangerous fugitive Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar). Two opposites, whose paths should never have crossed, forge an unlikely alliance that is destined to change the course of the future.

WHO IS IN THE CAST?

The main villain is Hugo Weaving who plays Thaddeus Valentine, London's chief historian and explorer who actually hides a dark secret: he is looking for a deadly weapon that would give London power upon all other cities.

Coming to rescue Tom and Hester after they fall out of London is Jihae as Anna Fang (above) who will take them with her flying ship to Airhaven, a city floating above clouds. Leifur Sigurdarson (above) plays another flying captain Nils Lindstrom who also helps them.

The cast also includes one of our fave Irish boys Ronan Raftery as another London apprentice Bevis Pod, Leila George as his love Katherine Valentine, Thaddeus' daughter! Patrick Malahide is the ruler of London evil Magnus Crome while Stephen Lang plays robotic soldier Shrike. 

'GENIUS' SEASON 2 TRAILER WITH ANTONIO BANDERAS AS PABLO PICASSO! GEORGE CLOONEY TO LEAD HULU'S WW2 EPIC SERIES 'CATCH 22'

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LEAD 'CATCH 22' WW2 SERIES

It will be a six episode mini series

Two period set series for you today. 'Deadline' reports that George Clooney will topline Hulu's new WW2 series CATCH 22 based on Joseph Heller's book. Set in Italy during World War II, it is the story of the incomparable, artful dodger Yossarian, a bombardier for the U.S. Air Force, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. If Yossarian makes any attempt to avoid the perilous missions he’s assigned, he’ll be in violation of CATCH 22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule which specified that people who were crazy were not obliged to fly missions, but anyone who applied to stop flying was showing a rational concern for his safety and was, therefore, sane and had to fly.

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WITH ANTONIO BANDERAS

Genius: Picasso will start airing in April

A month or two ago I showed you the first photos from the second season of anthology series GENIUS which will now describe Picasso's life and today we have a trailer too! Antonio Banderas, who was born in the same Spanish town as Pablo Picasso, portrays famous painter from his 40s until 1973 death.

 TV SERIES GENIUS: PICASSO
 set to air April 24th later this year on National Geographic, will see its ten episodes exploring how the Andalusian artist’s passionate nature and

Antonio Banderas was born in the same Spanish city as Picasso

relentless creative drive were inextricably linked to his personal life, which included tumultuous marriages, numerous affairs and constantly shifting political and personal alliances. Picasso produced around 50,000 artworks during his life. Clémence Poésy will take on the role of French painter and

The series will air in ten hour long episodes

author Francoise Gilot, who had two children with Picasso, with Poppy Delevingne as Picasso’s lover and muse Marie Thérèse Walter, the mother of his first daughter Maya. Alex Rich plays the young Picasso with Robert Sheehan, Seth Gabel also in the cast.

1ST 'MORTAL ENGINES' FANTASY ADVENTURE TRAILER FROM PETER JACKSON IS HERE BASED ON PHILIP REEVE'S APOCALYPTIC SAGA

'MORTAL ENGINES'

FIRST TRAILER UNLEASHED!

What a treat for you this Monday! Universal has released the first teaser trailer for Peter Jackson's MORTAL ENGINES sf adventure which hits

Produced by Peter Jackson, the movie is directed by Christian Rivers

theatres December 18th next year, exactly a year from now based on Philip Reeve's Award winning series of fantasy books!

THE LAND OF MOVING CITIES
Thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living has evolved. Gigantic moving

Mortal Engines are based on Philip Reeve's award winning saga

cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns. Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan), who hails from a Lower Tier of the

Ronan Raftery and Hugo Weaving also star in the movie

great traction city of London, finds himself fighting for his own survival after he encounters the dangerous fugitive Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar). Two

The story is set in a world of moving, mechanical cities

opposites, whose paths should never have crossed, forge an unlikely alliance that is destined to change the course of the future.

TOM HOPPER, ROBERT SHEEHAN, DAVID CASTANEDA, ELLEN PAGE TO LEAD NETFLIX SUPERHERO SERIES 'THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY'

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TOM HOPPER TO LEAD NEW NETFLIX SUPERHERO SHOW

Don't you just love when some of your fave stars return to the small screens? We're super excited to hear that our most beloved Tom Hopper

Tom Hopper will lead the cast!

of Merlin and Black Sails will be leading new series THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY over at Netflix based on a graphic novel by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba which follows the estranged members of a dysfunctional family of superheroes known as the Umbrella Academy as they work together to solve their father’s mysterious death while coming apart at the seams due to their divergent personalities and abilities. Ellen Page has previously been cast as the black sheep of the family, Vanya, the only one without super powers.

LUTHER
Tom Hopper will play Luther who was groomed by his father from an early age to be the leader of THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY, a responsibility that has always weighed heavily on him. He is resilient, a workaholic, and possesses the ability of heightened physical strength. Upstanding to a fault, he always tries to do the right thing, even if that means putting others before himself.

 ALLISON

His sister Allison will be played by Emmy Raver Lampman! She a beautiful and elegant  former world famous movie star who possesses the power of suggestion - anything she says aloud comes to pass. Her life seems

David Castaneda will play Diego

perfect from the outside, but her ability has undermined every relationship she's ever had. With her career on the decline and her marriage in shambles, she refuses to use her power as she seeks a more authentic life.

DIEGO
David Castaneda will play Diego, a skilled, intense vigilante who has a real problem with authority. He isn't as naturally strong or smart as his siblings, so he's worked three times as hard for everything. Believing he should have been the leader of his family instead of his brother, he carries a massive chip on his shoulder that makes him hostile to just about everyone.

NUMBER FIVE

Their brother Number Five appears to be a thirteen year old boy, but in actuality he is a 58 year old man trapped in the body of a child. Played by

Rob Sheehan is shooting Mortal Engines currently

Aidan Gallagher, he doesn't suffer fools and is the smartest person in the room. He's haunted by the things he's seen and done, and is on the verge of losing his grip on reality.

 KLAUS
Another familiar name in the cast is Robert Sheehan as Klaus, a drug addict and lovable mess of a human being and yet, if you ask him, any day now his life is going to turn around. He's a classic "middle child" - a disarming pleaser who is seemingly everyone's friend, but will rob you blind without thinking twice.

ANTONIO BANDERAS, ALEX RICH TO LEAD 'GENIUS' 2ND SEASON AS PABLO PICASO! BLAKE RITSON IS SUPERMAN'S NEMESIS BRAINIAC IN 'KRYPTON' TV SERIES!

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 ANTONIO BANDERAS AND ALEX RICH TO PLAY PABLO PICASO

If you enjoyed the first season of National Geographic anthology series GENIUS in which Geoffrey Rush played Einstein, you will be happy

Alex Rich will play a young Pablo Picaso

to hear that they have the cast for the second season which will focus on Pablo Picaso! Antonio Bande- ras and Alex Rich will play him older and younger. Cléme- nce Poésy (as French painter and author Francoise Gilot, who had two children with him), Robert Sheehan (as Carlos Casa- gemas, a poet, Picasso’s closest friend), Poppy Dele- vingne (as Picaso's lover and muse), Aisling Franciosi (as Fernande Olivier, a French artist and model who Picasso painted more than 60 portraits of) and Sebastian Roché (as Francoise’s tyrannical father) will also star! Some of the stars from the first season will return to the cast like, for example, Samantha Colley who will again play Dora Maar!

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BLAKE RITSON IS BRAINIAC 

Blake Ritson will be a villain in Krypton

While we are still waiting for SyFy to announce the airtime finally (it is not happening any time this year) their KRYPTON series is casting new names! Da Vinci's Demons' Blake Ritson will be a baddie again playing Brainiac, a parasitic, hyper advanced alien android of immense intelligence, one of Superman’s oldest and most dangerous foes. As you know, KRYPTON is set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet following Superman’s grandfather (Cameron Cuffe), whose House of El was ostracised and shamed, as he fights to redeem his family’s honour and save his beloved world from chaos. Paula Malcomson has also joined the cast as Charys, the matriarch of House El who helps her son Seg navigate the treacherous pitfalls of Kandor City, their Kryptonian home embattled with oppression and revolt. It is interesting that the cast already has another Da Vinci's Demons star Elliot Cowan. The pilot was shot last year in Serbia.