PRIME VIDEO ORDERS NEW STARGATE SF TV SERIES BASED ON THE LEGENDARY SF MOVIE

    NEW STARGATE   

SF TV SERIES ORDERED BY PRIME VIDEO

Prime Video has ordered a brand new TV series version of popular STARGATE movie which was already turned into two TV series before. This time Martin Gero will write, direct and executive produce it and Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich who created the original movie will also be executive producers. As you know Stargate is a military sci-fi franchise that centers on the Stargate, an ancient ring-shaped device that creates a stable wormhole, enabling near-instantaneous travel across the cosmos. 

 

THOSE ABOUT TO DIE PRODUCER ROLAND EMMERICH PLANNING NEW EPIC TV SERIES LAWRENCE IN ARABIA

   ROLAND EMMERICH  

TO SHOOT LAWRENCE IN ARABIA SERIES

While talking to Hollywood Reporter about the potential second season of Prime Video and Peacock's Ancient Rome epic series Those About to Die, which could have flashbacks into The Year of Four Emperors with all the Nero drama, Roland Emmerich has revealed that he might do a three season historical series LAWRENCE IN ARABIA his own take on the legendary Peter O'Toole movie. He is writing it with Anthony McCarten and says it will have more characters than the film. They are pitching it next month.

ANTHONY HOPKINS THOSE ABOUT TO DIE ANCIENT ROMAN SERIES WITH TOM HUGHES, RUPERT PENRY JONES GETS A SUMMER RELEASE DATE AND A TEASER

  THOSE ABOUT TO DIE   

EPIC SERIES GETS JULY STREAMING DATE

Ten episode series starts this July

It will stream on Peacock in USA from July 18th, but Roland Emmerich's new historical series THOSE ABOUT TO DIE has closed deals to stream on Prime Video around Europe! And Peacock is celebrating the announcement of the start date with a marvelous first teaser which you can see below.

  IN THE TEN EPISODE EPIC SERIES

Anthony Hopkins stars in the ten episode series as Emperor Vaspasian during the height of the Roman Empire when the population - bored, restless, and increasingly violent - is kept in line mainly by two things: free food and spectacular entertainment, in the form of chariot racing and gladiator fights. The races at Circus Maximus are controlled by four Patrician-owned corporations, the Blue, Red, White, and Green factions, and shares in the four factions are the most valuable things in Rome. Tom Hughes, Rupert Penry Jones, Iwan Rheon also star in the $150 million series.

 

ANTHONY HOPKINS THOSE ABOUT TO DIE ANCIENT ROMAN SERIES WITH TOM HUGHES, RUPERT PENRY JONES TO STREAM ON PRIME VIDEO IN EUROPE!

  THOSE ABOUT TO DIE   

OLD ROME SERIES TO STREAM ON PRIME VIDEO IN EUROPE

The show is shooting over in Italy

Although it will stream on Peacock in USA, Roland Emmerich's new historical series THOSE ABOUT TO DIE has closed deals to stream on Prime Video around Europe! Anthony Hopkins stars as Emperor Vaspasian during the height of the Roman Empire when the population - bored, restless, and increasingly violent - is kept in line mainly by two things: free food and spectacular entertainment, in the form of chariot racing and gladiator fights. The races at Circus Maximus are controlled by four Patrician-owned corporations, the Blue, Red, White, and Green factions, and shares in the four factions are the most valuable things in Rome. Tom Hughes, Rupert Penry Jones, Iwan Rheon also star in the $150 million series.

HENRY GOLDING, ALEX PETTYFER, CARY ELWES, TIL SCHWEIGER JOIN HENRY CAVILL'S MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE! SEE A MAGICAL WORLD IN TRAILER FOR MOVIE ADAPTATION OF MOZART'S MAGIC FLUTE! SEE MUNCH MOVIE TRAILER ON THE SCREAM PAINTER!

  HENRY CAVILL'S NEW FILM 

ADS HENRY GOLDING, ALEX PETTYFER, TIL SCHWEIGER

As if having Henry Cavill in the lead role wasn't enough of a hunk factor for Guy Richie's THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE, they have now added a bunch of new major hunks: Alex Pettyfer, Til Schweiger, Cary Elwes, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Alan Ritchson and Henry Zaga. The true story covers Winston Churchill’s and Ian Fleming’s secret WWII combat organization. The clandestine squad’s unconventional and ‘ungentlemanly’ fighting techniques against the Nazis helped change the course of the war and gave birth to the modern Black Ops unit. 

 THE MAGIC FLUTE TRAILER 

NEW MOZART ADAPTATION

The movie should arrive this March

I've announced this one years ago, but it seems that this European production, executive produced by Roland Emmerich is finally arriving to cinemas near you this year and we have a rather fun first trailer to prove it: the movie adaptation of Mozart's famous opera THE MAGIC FLUTE should play its way into theatres this March directed by Florian Sigl. 

 

  This captivating film follows a teen on two journeys: one into a prestigious boarding school to fulfill his aspirations as a singer, and another into a parallel world filled with fantasy and adventure. Tim (Jack Wolfe) has

Roland Emmerich produces

been dreaming his whole life about attending Mozart All Boys Music School, but already his first days there confront him with a hostile headmaster (F. Murray Abraham), the stresses of a first love, and serious doubts about the authenticity of his singing voice. When he discovers a mystical gateway in the school's library, he is pulled into the fantastic cosmos of Mozart's opera, The Magic Flute, where imagination has no limits and the Queen of the Night (Sabine Devieilhe) reigns. Iwan Rheon plays famous Papageno, with Jeanne Goursaud from Barbarians epic TV series also in the cast. Check out the lovely new trailer below and tell us what you think:

 VIAPLAY'S MUNCH MOVIE 

ON THE SCREAM PAINTER

Nordic streamer Viaplay which is now available in UK as well, has released MUNCH movie on the famous painter Edvard Munch and his The

Munch is out in European cinemas

Scream painting. Out from January 27th in cinemas and two months later on the streamer, the film sees him depicted across four stages in his life by a quartet of Norwegian actors Alfred Ekker Strande, Mattis Herman Nyquist, Ola G. Furuseth and Anne Krigsvoll. The film opens with the story of Munch’s first love, before showing the controversy around one of his early exhibitions. Munch’s admission to a psychiatric clinic will also be covered, where he is forced to make the biggest decision of his life, before the film relates the artist’s battle to save his works from the Nazis during World War II as death draws near. 

ANTHONY HOPKINS IS EMPEROR VESPASIAN IN GLADIATOR EPIC SERIES THOSE ABOUT TO DIE! BBC & PBS ORDER MOONFLOWER MURDERS FOLLOW UP WITH LESLEY MANVILLE! CHRONICLES OF AMBER NEW EPIC ADAPTATION?

 ANTHONY HOPKINS IS EMPEROR 

IN THOSE ABOUT TO DIE SERIES

Well, if crowning the emperor isn't a good sign that this one is moving ahead I don't know what is: as Deadline reports, Roland Emmerich has cast Anthony Hopkins as emperor Vespasian in Peacocks' new epic TV series about gladiators THOSE ABOUT TO DIE! The large scale drama is set within the spectacular, complex and corrupt world of gladiatorial sports in Ancient Rome introducing diverse characters across the many layers of Roman society where sports, politics and business intersect and collide. Emperor Vespasian of Rome and head of the Flavian bloodline, is battle tested, a rural upstart who claimed his throne after victory in a bloody 10-year civil war. He is aging and is despised by the Patricians jockeying for position in the Empire and looking to supplant his heirs to the throne the first chance they get.

MOONFLOWER MURDERS SERIES

ORDERED AT BBC AND PBS

After the success of Magpie Murders, the series is getting a follow up in MOONFLOWER MURDERS over at PBS and BBC even though the first series was produced by Britbox. Lesley Manville returns as editor turned sleuth Susan Ryeland with Timothy McMullan returning as famous literary detective Atticus Pünd. It will be based on another book by Anthony Horovitz which takes place after the Magpie story and focuses on the disappearance of a hotel employee, with the plot also having a story-within-a-story. 

  CHRONICLES OF AMBER  

EPIC SERIES MOVING AHEAD?

Stephen Colbert will produce the series

Although many have tried to do an adaptation of Roger Zelazny's CHRONICLES OF AMBER famous epic fantasy saga, it seems the production might move ahead as Stephen Colbert has now decided to executive produce it. Sold in more than fifteen million copies around the world and translated in over 40 languages, the series follows the story of Corwin, who is said to awaken on Earth with no memory, but soon finds he is a prince of a royal family that has the ability to travel through different dimensions of reality (called ‘shadows’) and rules over the one true world, Amber. The saga has been published in ten books.

KATE WINSLET TO LEAD HBO'S THE PALACE SERIES! ROLAND EMMERICH PRODUCING GLADIATOR SERIES THOSE ABOUT TO DIE FOR PEACOCK! ECHOES NETFLIX SERIES TRAILER WITH MICHELLE MONAGHAN, MATT BOMER

 KATE WINSLET TO LEAD 

THE PALACE TV SERIES

After her award winning gigs in Mildred Pearce and Mare of Easttown, Kate Winslet will star in another new mini TV series over at HBO. Titled THE PALACE it will be directed and produced by the amazing Stephen Frears. The only thing revealed of the plot is the following: it tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of an authoritarian regime as it begins to unravel! I've already told you that Winslet will also lead HBO'S THE TRUST mini series about a wealthy financier upset about how he and his wife are portrayed in a book based on his life.

  THOSE ABOUT TO DIE  

ANCIENT ROME SET SERIES

The series will shoot next year

Rival Peacock has given a straight to series order to Roland Emmerich's TV series adaptation of THOSE ABOUT TO DIE non fiction book by Daniel Mannix. The large-scale drama, set within the spectacular, complex and corrupt world of gladiatorial sports in Ancient Rome, introduces an ensemble of diverse characters across the many layers of Roman society where sports, politics and business intersect and collide. The $140 million worth series to start shooting next year in Italy, will have Saving Private Ryan's Robert Rodat as the writer. While the series will be epic in scope and have the spectacle of gladiators and chariot racing, it also has unexpected characters amidst palace intrigue and a dark criminal underworld. 

 ECHOES SERIES TRAILER  

FOR NETFLIX' NEW THRILLER

Netflix has sent us the first trailer for their August 19th thriller series ECHOES in which Michelle Monaghan plays identical twins Leni and Gina, who

Echoes start August 19th!

share a dangerous secret. Since they were children, Leni and Gina have secretly swapped lives, culminating in a double life as adults: they share two homes, two husbands and a child, but everything in their perfectly choreographed world is thrown into disarray when one of the sisters goes missing. As Gina digs into her sister’s mysterious disappearance the question becomes: Has Leni just run away? But from what? Or is she actually dead? Matt Bomer and Daniel Sunjata play the twins’ husbands in the seven episode drama.

SEE SANDRA BULLOCK IN NETFLIX THE UNFORGIVABLE MOVIE TRAILER! SEE FIRST MAGIC FLUTE MOVIE ADAPTATION PICS WITH IWAN RHEON PRODUCED BY ROLAND EMMERICH

   THE MAGIC FLUTE  

NEW PHOTOS ARE IN

Some time ago I've informed you about this one, but now we have a few new photos from THE MAGIC FLUTE movie adaptation produced by Roland Emmerich. This German adaptation of Mozart's famous opera is

Iwan Rheon is Papageno in The Magic Flute adaptation

shot in English and set in present day Europe following 17-year-old Tim Walker, who is sent from London to the Austrian alps to start his singing

Young Jack Wolfe plays dual lead roles in the adaptation

scholarship at the legendary Mozart boarding school. There, he discovers a century old forgotten passageway into the magical world of Mozart’s The

The movie is based on Mozart's famous opera

Magic Flute. Jack Wolfe stars  in the dual roles of protagonist Tim Walker and Prince Tamino. Iwan Rheon is Papageno. F. Murray Abraham is

The film will open in Germany at the end of 2022

playing Dr. Longbow, the headmaster of the boarding school in Austria. Stefi Celma is Papagena. The film will open at the end of the next year in German speaking countries.

 

  THE UNFORGIVABLE TRAILER  

The film will stream this December

WITH SANDRA BULLOCK

She was the star of a movie that was their best watched for a long time and now Sandra Bullock is back at Netflix in THE UNFORGIVABLE movie which arrives to Netflix December 10th also starring Viola Davis, Vincent D'Onofrio and Jon Bernthal! In the movie remake of an ITV television series, Sandra plays Ruth Slater, a woman seeking redemption after spending years in prison for a violent crime. She re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past. Check out the dramatic trailer below and tell us what you think:

JACK WOLFE IS PRINCE TAMINO IN MOVIE ADAPTATION OF MOZART'S MAGIC FLUTE WITH IWAN RHEON! FIRST POSTERS FROM MOVIE ADAPTATION OF PUCCINI'S TURANDOT WITH DYLAN SPROUSE

 MAGIC FLUTE REIMAGINATION

FINDS ITS PRINCE TAMINO

Beside the Asian Turandot, there is another opera that is getting its movie version: as Deadline reports, MAGIC FLUTE executive produced by Roland Emmerich has put Jack Wolfe in the role of 17 year old Tim Walker, who is sent from London to the Austrian alps to start his singing

Iwan Rheon and Jack Wolfe will lead the Magic Flute cast

scholarship at the legendary Mozart boarding school. There, he discovers a century old forgotten passageway into the magical world of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Wolfe is also play famous prince Tamino. F. Murray Abraham will play Dr. Longbow, the headmaster of the boarding school in Austria. Stefi Celma will be Papagena with Iwan Rheon as Papageno. Beside Elliot

First photo of Iwan Rheon in costume at the set of Magic Flute

Courtiour, Niamh McCormack, Tedros Teclebrhan, Waldemar Kobus, Jeanne Goursaud, Jasmin Shakeri, Larissa Sirah Herden, Asha Banks and Amir Wilson, the ensemble cast will also include opera stars such as French soprano Sabine Devieilhe, Mexican-French tenor Rolando Villazón and U.S. bass Morris Robinson.

TURANDOT MOVIE ADAPTATION

FIRST POSTERS ARE IN!

Speaking of operas, your trusted spy was the first one to inform you that China was turning Giacomo Puccini's TURANDOT opera into a film starring Guan Xiaotong and Dylan Sprouse and now we have the first

Dylan Sprouse takes the lead role

posters! The movie, which finished shooting under the helm of  Xiaolong Zheng, will also star French stars Sophie Marceau and Vincent Perez alongside Asian stars Hu Jun, Collin Chou and Lin Siyi!

TURANDOT a fantasy romance, follows Princess Turandot (Guan Xiaotong), who is cursed by a mysterious power emanating from three Mazovian bracelets that were given to her as birthday gifts. The life draining effects of the bracelets cause the princess to become cruel, and gradually she loses her humanity. Foreign princes who come to court her must solve three riddles, one for each bracelet, and only then will she be freed

Click to see the posters of Turandot in larger dimensions

from the power of the bracelets. In the event any of the questions is answered incorrectly, the attempted solver would be put to death. One day, Calaf (Dylan Sprouse), an ordinary citizen, risks his life to answer the riddles to save her and inadvertently uncovers his own extraordinary past.

AMY ADAMS TO ADAPT FOREST FAIRY SAGA WILLA OF THE WOOD INTO TV SERIES! ROLAND EMMERICH TO PRODUCE THE MAGIC FLUTE MOVIE ADAPTATION

  'WILLA OF THE WOOD'

GETS TV SERIES ADAPTATION

The book is expected to get sequels

A new small screen adaptation for you today: Deadline reports that Amy Adam's Bond Group and eOne are to turn Robert Beatty’s fantasy thriller WILLA OF THE WOOD into a TV series. The book, which was released summer 2018 by Disney Hyperion is expected to get new sequels.

  The story of the YA novel is set in a dark, mysterious forest where its ancient inhabitants, known as the Faeran, don’t trust the destructive, tree-cutting humans. Willa, the clan’s best forager and thief, has been taught to avoid humans at all costs. As Willa’s adventures offer her insight about mankind, she becomes a bridge between two competing worlds, but soon encounters conflict from all sides.

  'THE MAGIC FLUTE' MOVIE

FROM ROLAND EMMERICH

Speaking of adaptations, Deadline also reports that Pixomondo, the VFX firm which created dragons in Game of Thrones, has joined Roland

The production starts at the end of the year

Emmerich produced feature film adaptation of Mozart’s THE MAGIC FLUTE directed by Florian Sigl! They will do special effects and character animation in the film set in today’s Europe: when 17-year old Tim Walker is sent from London to the Austrian Alps to start his singing scholarship at the legendary Mozart boarding school, he discovers a century old forgotten passageway into the fantastic world of THE MAGIC FLUTE. In the opera itself, the Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro; instead, he learns the high ideals of Sarastro's community and seeks to join it.

1ST RADIOACTIVE TRAILER WITH ROSAMUND PIKE AS MARIE CURRIE! PATRICK WILSON, LUKE EVANS, AARON ECKHART, NICK JONAS, WOODY HARRELSON, DENNIS QUAID IN MIDWAY WW2 TRAILER AND POSTERS

 'RADIOACTIVE' TRAILER

 ROSAMUND PIKE IS CURRIE

Radioactive hits theatres next year

Our favourite StudioCanal has released the first teaser trailer and poster for period set biopic RADIOACTIVE in which Rosamund Pike plays famous Marie Currie and Sam Riley is her husband Pierre. It premiered this week at Toronto Film Festival and will hit cinemas next year. It is a story of the scientific and romantic passions of Marie and Pierre Curie, and the reverberation of their discoveries throughout the 20th century. Coming sometime next year, the film also stars Aneurin Barnard (as famous physicist Paul Langevin)! Anya Taylor Joy is also starring in the Marjane Satrapi directed drama which is based on a graphic novel by Lauren Redniss. 

 'MIDWAY' TRAILER SENDS

A STELLAR CAST INTO BATTLE

We have seen the first trailer for this one earlier this summer and it was a rather glorious spectacle of special effects and mindblowing action, and now we have not only a new trailer for MIDWAY World War II extravaganza, but also tons of characters posters depicting all the heroes of the movie. The super stellar cast of the war drama includes Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Nick Jonas, Ed Skrein, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Tadanobu Asano, Luke Kleintank, Darren Criss, Keean Johnson, Alexander Ludwig, Mandy Moore and Dennis Quaid! The movie will land into cinemas at the beginning of November ahead of the awards season.

 The Battle Of Midway
Directed by the king of disaster and action movies Roland Emmerich, the movie describes the infamous and crucial Battle of Midway. The clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theatre during the Second World War right after the disaster that happened at Pearl Harbour. The movie is based on the real  life events and focuses on the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their skills, fortitude and instincts to overcome the odds that were heavily stacked against them. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think!

EPIC TEASER FOR ROLAND EMMERICH'S MIDWAY WW2 SPECTACLE IS HERE WITH PATRICK WILSON, LUKE EVANS, DENNIS QUAID, NICK JONAS, AARON ECKHART, WOODY HARRELSON, MANDY MOORE, ED SKREIN

'MIDWAY' TRAILER

SENDS A STELLAR CAST TO WW2

Midway is on its way November worldwide

Roland Emmerich hasn't done a big scale war epic in a long time (this will be his first one after almost two decades and Patriot), but the first epic teaser trailer for his historical spectacle MIDWAY has been released today and it features a massively stellar cast led by Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Nick Jonas, Woody Harrelson, Mandy Moore, Ed Skrein, Alexander Ludwig, Dennis Quaid, Darren Criss, Aaron Eckhart, Tadanobu Asano and others in a film that will land into cinemas around the world this November!

THE STORY OF MIDWAY
 centres on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific

Our favourite star Patrick Wilson plays Lieutenant Commander Edwin Layton

Theater during the Second World War. The $100 million worth film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers

Welsh superstar Luke Evans is Lieutenant Commander Wade McClusky

who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome the odds. Check out the epic teaser trailer below:

PATRICK WILSON, LUKE EVANS, NICK JONAS, AARON ECKHART, DENNIS QUAID, MANDY MOORE, WOODY HARRELSON, ED SKREIN JOIN ROLAND EMMERICH'S $100 MILLION WW2 EPIC MOVIE 'MIDWAY'

   'MIDWAY' WW2 EPIC FILM

PATRICK WILSON, LUKE EVANS, NICK JONAS JOIN STELLAR CAST

Patrick Wilson will be Admiral Edward Layton

Well, this is certainly becoming a rather stellar and hunky cast indeed: war epic MIDWAY from director Roland Emmerich has just added new names to the cast which already includes Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Woody Harrelson, Mandy Moore and Ed Skrein! New additions to the cast include pop superstar Nick Jonas, Aaron Eckhart, Keean Johnson, Tadanobu Asano and Dennis Quaid!

Luke Evans is Commander McClusky

WHAT'S THE STORY?
Based on the true story of the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific theatre of World War II, the very expensive historical action movie (the budget is above $100M as 'Deadline' reports)  will chronicle the exploits of the soldiers and pilots at the heart of the conflict. The story follows the real soldiers and aviators who pulled off the unbelievable to turn the tide of the war in June 1942.

Nick Jonas has just joined the stellar cast

WHO WILL PLAY WHOM IN THE MOVIE?

Woody Harrelson will portray Admiral Chester Nimitz, Patrick Wilson will play Navy Rear Admiral Edward Layton who was a key intelligence officer during WWII, Luke Evans is taking over the role of Lieutenant Commander Wade McClusky and Keean Johnson will play an Airforce radioman!

ROLAND EMMERICH TO DIRECT 'MAYA LORD' 16TH CENTURY EPIC ADVENTURE! FINN WITTROCK, JESSIE BUCKLEY JOIN RENEE ZELLWEGER IN 'JUDY' GARLAND BIOPIC

  'MAYA LORD'

ROLAND EMMERICH TO DIRECT MAYAN EMPIRE ADVENTURE 

Roland Emmerich is directing Maya Lord

Some four years ago the spy informed you that Roland Emmerich got movie rights on MAYA LORD from John Coe Robbins and now it seems the production of the movie set in the 16th century is moving on! It will follow a solider, Guerrero, and a priest, Aguilar, who survive a violent shipwreck in the Yucatan Peninsula where they get captured by a fierce Mayan tribe. With no hope for escape, the brilliant and pragmatic adventurer Gonzalo Guerrero chooses to adopt the Mayan culture as his own, while the uncompromising Father Aguilar holds fast to his Christian faith. The conquistadors arrive and test the will of both men as they take different warring paths!

  'JUDY' GARLAND BIOPIC

FINN WITTROCK, JESSIE BUCKLEY JOIN RENEE ZELLWEGER

Finn Wittrock will play Judy's fifth husband

Deadline reports that Judy Garland biopic is getting new cast: Finn Wittrock will play her fifth husband Mickey Deans, while Jessie Buckley will be her assistant in JUDY which will see Renee Zellweger playing the famous actress in winter 1968, 30 years after The Wizard Of Oz. When she arrives in Swinging London to prepare for a sell-out run at The Talk of the Town, she battles with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans. Even her dreams of romance seem undimmed as she embarks on

Jessie Buckley will play in the movie which will also feature Judy's songs

 a courtship with Deans. And yet Garland is fragile. After working for 45 of her 47 years, she is exhausted; haunted by memories of a childhood lost to Hollywood and gripped by a desire to be back home with her kids.

NEW ANIMATED MOVIES: PEACEFUL BULL 'FERDINAND', BIBLICAL DONKEY IN 'THE STAR', SF 'STONERUNNER', ROLAND EMMERICH'S 'LOST AMAZON', 'THE SON OF BIGFOOT'

'FERDINAND'

THE PEACE LOVING BULL!

Tons of new animated movies ahead of us, with the latest big screen adaptation of beloved FERDINAND ready to bring us the peaceful bull to cinemas as soon as this December. Coming from the ICE AGE and RIO team, with the voices from Donald Sutherland and Adam DeVine, it will follow the little bull which prefers sitting quietly under a tree just smelling the flowers instead of butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, but one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen. The movie will feature hits from Adam Lambert, Shakira, Rihanna.

BIBLICAL 'THE STAR'

 THE FIRST EVER CHRISTMAS

Before that, this November, with the voices from Zachary Levy, Christopher Plummer, Steven Yeun, Sony will bring us THE STAR the story of the first Christmas following a small but brave donkey named Bo who yearns for a life beyond his daily grind at the village mill. One day he finds the courage to break free, and finally goes on the adventure of his dreams. On his journey, he teams up with Ruth, a lovable sheep who has lost her flock and Dave, a dove with lofty aspirations. Along with three wisecracking camels and some eccentric stable animals, Bo and his new friends follow THE STAR and become accidental heroes in the greatest story ever told – the first Christmas.

'STONERUNNER'

GALACTIC ANIMATED ADVENTURE
To be released sometime this year is also animated sf adventure STONE RUNNER!  In a distant future,  teenage boy Tyson stares out over the ruins of a long forgotten civilization which we soon come to realize is planet earth. He spends his days as a stonerunner, scavenging for priceless military technology hidden within the rubble. When he stumbles across a long abandoned sophisticated war machine a strange and powerful meeting of minds occurs and a strong friendship is formed. Together they find themselves caught up in a battle against the evil dictator Delacorte and his army of the Old Guard. For Tyson, it’s about choice, freedom and optimism in the face of all the odds!

'LOST AMAZON'

FROM ROLAND EMMERICH!

A lush adventure awaits us also in Roland Emmerich produced animated movie LOST AMAZON set for 2018 release. The story of the movie is set a long, long, long time ago somewhere deep in the Amazon Jungle and centres on Yano, son of the village chief, who is desperate to prove to his father that he can be a warrior. While he is often the laughing stock of the village, he and his spirit animal (the poisonous dart frog Fred whose venom makes the victims skin sprout instantly with wild tufts of hair) find themselves suddenly responsible for saving all the warriors of the tribe and the entire Amazon Forest when they are kidnapped by aliens. Yano's team will also include the village tomboy Ayira and her sidekick capybara, Capo, Nana (the Fred loving piranha) and a devious monkey Rupert!

'THE SON OF BIGFOOT'

FRENCH ENGLISH LG ANIMATION
Meanwhile, French and Belgian animated movie shot in English language THE SON OF BIGFOOT will arrive this August  following  teenage outsider Adam who sets out on an epic quest to uncover the mystery behind his long lost dad, only to find out that he is none other than the legendary Bigfoot! He has been hiding deep in the forest for years to protect himself and his family from HairCo., a giant corporation eager to run scientific experiments with his special DNA. As father and son start making up for lost time after the boy's initial disbelief, Adam soon discovers that he too is gifted with superpowers beyond his imagination. But little do they know, HairCo. is on their tail as Adam's traces have led them to Bigfoot!