TRAILER AND CHARACTER POSTERS FROM ENCHANTING FANTASY ADVENTURE CHUDO YUDO BASED ON LEGENDARY RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE

     CHUDO YUDO   

RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE MOVIE IS IN CINEMAS

As last week over in sweet mother Russia they have started with the cinematic release of new expensive fairy tale movie CHUDO YUDO I thought I should share the trailer and character posters with you from the movie about the legendary dragon Chudo Yudo that guards the entrance into the Slavic underworld. He is a cunning shapeshifter and a master trickster, a dragon with multiple fire breathing heads. Sofia Lopunova, Mikita Voronov, Sergei Bezrukov, Victoria Isakova, our dearest Rinal Mukhametov, Alexander Semchev, Sergei Epishev and others star in the film that landed into Russian cinemas October 22nd 2026. The same team that worked on Little Humpback Horse has produced this one as well.

 

  WHAT IS THE STORY OF THE FILM?

The plot centers on Otrada (Sofia Lopunova), the daughter of powerful magicians Bolotnitsa (Viktoria Isakova) and Chernogor (Sergei Bezrukov). On Otrada's coming of age, it is discovered that she has been deprived of the magical powers she was supposed to have inherited from her parents. To remedy the situation, the young sorceress urgently needs to find a lover in the human world and marry him. Along with Otrada, her mysterious friend, Chudo-Yudo (Mikita Voronov), who can transform into anyone: a bird, an animal, and even a handsome prince, sets off into the human world.

 

NEW PERIOD SET TV SERIES FROM RUSSIA: 19TH CENTURY PRECINCT INSPECTOR WITH ALEXANDER USTYUGOV AND MARINA ALEKSANDROVA AND BOTKIN MEDICAL MELODRAMA

   NEW PERIOD SET SHOWS  

PRECINCT INSPECTOR TV SERIES

I have two new period set shows coming from Russia to present to you today as Hollywood is sleeping. PRECINCT INSPECTOR (Околоточный) is already streaming on Russian streamer Ivvy. The eight

The series started October 15th

 episode series is set in the late 19th century. In the small town of N, a horrific crime takes place: the entire Okhapkin family is murdered. The case is taken on by Ivan Khvatov (Alexander Ustyugov), an experienced police officer with a military background who had been on the verge of retirement. As the investigation unfolds, he discovers that the motive for the murders was a large sum of money obtained from the sale of a farmstead. As he gathers clues the investigation leads him to a respected aristocrat Count Dobuzhinsky who is mired in gambling debts. However, the Count’s sister, Countess Olga (Marina Aleksandrova), refuses to believe that her brother could be a murderer; she launches her own investigation to uncover the truth. While Olga is initially concerned with clearing her brother’s good name, her interest later shifts toward Khvatov himself and the other cases he is investigating.

 

 

BOTKIN MEDICAL TV MELODRAMA

There are also first images from adventure medical melodrama BOTKIN produced for online cinema Kion. The mid-19th century was an era when technological progress was already in full swing; yet, in St. Petersburg’s hospitals, bloodletting and the use of lead-based compresses remained common medical practices. Progressive physician Sergey Botkin (Yevgeniy Stychkin) employs the most cutting-edge methods, yet, beyond battling fatal diseases, he must also contend with outdated approaches to medicaltreatment. One day, Botkin discovers a young man named Vanya (Denis Vlasenko) in his office, who claims to have arrived from the future. Thus, a 19th-century medical genius and a modern-day medical student join forces, combining their knowledge and efforts to save people from illness.

GORGEOUS FIRST IMAGES FROM PUSHKIN'S FAIRY TALE MOVIE THE TALE OF THE SLEEPING PRINCESS AND THE SEVEN KNIGHTS

 1ST EPIC MOVIE IMAGES 

FROM SLEEPING PRINCESS & SEVEN KNIGHTS

Straight from Russia we have gorgeous first images from new fairy tale big screen movie THE TALE OF THE SLEEPING PRINCESS AND THE SEVEN KNIGHTS (Сказка о спящей царевне и семи богатырях) which is now in production and will arrive into cinemas December 2027 in time of holidays. Sarik Andreasyan is directing the film based on Pushkin's tale which will star Anton Khabarov as the Tsar, Liza Moryak as Kalisa, Ilya Masalsky as Prince Elisha, Veronika Zhuravleva as the Princess, while the seven knights will be played by Stanislav Bondarenko, Alexander Metelkin, Anton Pampushny, Leo Kandelaki, Yevgeny Shirikov, Anton Momot, and Anton Zhizhin.

 WHAT IS THE STORY OF THE FILM?

A young princess lives in a palace with her father and a stepmother who hides her wicked nature behind a mask of virtue. When a magic mirror declares the stepdaughter to be the fairest of them all, the envious queen decides to get rid of her rival. Left alone in a dense, dark forest, the girl finds shelter in the home of seven heroic brothers. Meanwhile, Prince Elisha sets out in search of his missing fiancée, unaware of the trials that lie ahead for them both.

VISIT THE 13TH CENTURY RUSSIA IN THE FIRST IMAGES FROM DANIIL OF MOSCOW HISTORICAL TV SERIES

    DANIIL OF MOSCOW   

FIRST IMAGES FROM NEW HISTORICAL SERIES

Straight from Russia today we have the first images from their new historical series DANIIL OF MOSCOW (Даниил Московский) which is being produced for their national broadcaster and for streamer Smotrim. While the role of Daniil Alexandrovich will be potrayed by Yuri Nasonov, the cast will also include Alexander Gorbatov, Sergey Bezrukov, Alexander Ustyugov, Angelina Poplavskaya, Anastasia Krasovskaya, Sergey Makhovikov, Yevgeny Romantsov and others. Daniil was the younger son of Alexander Nevsky and he was a peacekeeper who laid the foundations of Moscow and was the forefather of all their princes. The series continues Rossiya 1's lineup of their unforgettable historical sagas that included Sofia, Godunov, Grozniy and Prince Andrei.

  THE STORY IS SET IN YEAR 1280 

For forty years, the Russian lands have been under the yoke of the Golden Horde. Following the death of Alexander Nevsky, his domains were divided among his three sons: the eldest, Dimitri, rules in Vladimir; the middle son, Andrei, in Gorodets; and the youngest, Daniil, receives a modest patrimony along the banks of the Moskva River. The young Prince of Moscow strives to develop and fortify his territory, but he soon finds himself entangled in the dangerous intrigues of the Golden Horde and the power struggles between his own brothers. Daniel must endure a profound love and devastating losses, navigate through wars and conspiracies, and ultimately not only preserve his land but transform Moscow into the most powerful principality, destined to become the heart of Rus'.

 

GORGEOUS TRAILER FOR THE EPIC TV SERIES ADAPTATION OF PUSHKIN'S LEGENDARY NOVEL THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER IS HERE!

  THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER  

FIRST EPIC TV SERIES TRAILER IS HERE

Most of you know that I pretty much raised myself as a child reading famous classics, and Russian ones were among my favourites

The series will arrive soon to Iri and Kion

especially Pushkin! His legendary and only completed novel THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER (Капитанская дочка) is being adapted into an eight part series and today I have the first gorgeous trailer for you with English subs! The series will stream on Russian streamer Kion and will have its linear TV premiere on their national broadcaster Rossiya 1!

 

 WHAT IS THE STORY?

By the decision of his father, the sixteen-year-old nobleman Peter Grinev (Oleg Savostyuk) instead in the capital's guard goes to serve in the Belogorsk fortress. On the way during a fierce blizzard, he meets an unfamiliar Cossack - Emelian Pugachev (Evgeny Tkachuk) Not knowing who it is, Grinev, touched by pity and simplicity of the heart, shares with him his oath to elope. Arriving in the fortress, Peter falls in love with the daughter of commandant Masha (Evgenia Leonov) His feeling turns out to be mutual. However, Petya has a rival – Alexey Schwabrin (Yegor Koreshkov), a lieutenant, decorated and exiled to the Belogorsk because of a duel. From jealousy, Schwabrin tries to harm Grinev with all his might. Meanwhile, Pugachev declares himself Emperor Peter the Third, miraculously saved from death, and gathers a motley army. The Pugachev uprising is rapidly gaining strength, the rebels take one fortress after another. The capture of the Belogorsk fortress by the army of Pugachev will turn the fate of Grinev and Masha. They must chose between honor or life, bitter adulthood and sacrifice for the sake love. Our dear Sergey Bezrukov plays the role of Grinev's father. See the trailer below:

 

SEE THE REIMAGINING OF PUSHKIN'S TALE IN DUBROVSKY: RUSSIAN ZORRO PERIOD SET ADVENTURE TV SERIES

 DUBROVSKY: RUSSIAN ZORRO 

NEW TV SERIES STARTS AIRING THIS WEEK 

The series will start this week on Premier

Another new period set series coming over from Russia that I have to present to you is DUBROVSKY: RUSSIAN ZORRO which will start streaming on online cinema Premier September 30th and will air on linear TV3 sometime next winter. The eight episode series is a reimagining of the future of Vladimir Dubrovsky after the events of the novel of the same name from Alexander Pushkin and gives the hero the features of the famous avenger in the mask of Zorro. After wandering around the world for a long time, Vladimir Dubrovsky (Oleg Gaas) returns to the Russian Empire with a new name and a new face. Now he is a mysterious foreigner, Don Diego de laVega. In his native Kistenevka, the hero discovers that the landowners do what they want, and on the roads there are robbers using his name. Here he meets  his former beloved Masha again (Marina Vorozhishchev) and is drawn into a dangerous game against the family of the cruel Kirila Petrovich Troekrov (Alexander Semchev), with which Dubrovsky had old accounts to settle. Check out the teaser below and tell us what you think:

 

SEE DRAMA, LOVE AND LAVISH PALACES IN THE STORY OF HIS MAID 19TH CENTURY MOSCOW SET SERIES SECOND SEASON

   THE STORY OF HIS MAID  

New season starts next month!

COSTUME DRAMA SECOND SEASON!

After our visits to Austria and France, I have flown again over to Moscow to bring you latest period set news from Russia as they are the capital of the genre. After the successful first season at the beginning of the year, they are now ready to air the second season of THE STORY OF HIS MAID (История его служанки) costume telenovella which will arrive to their streamers Ivi and Start October 6th with thirty new episodes arriving each Tuesday and Friday till the end of November! 

  WHAT IS THE STORY OF THE NEW SEASON? 

As you remember the series set in Moscow of the 19th century follows a noble woman who has to work as a maid at a rich man's house in order to pay off family debts but at the same time he has to marry within a year to save his own inheritance. The whole world turns against the love of Anna Averina (Milana Bru) and Nikolai Sheremetyev (Matvey Lykov) – now the maid has to choose between her own happiness and the happiness of her beloved. Anna chooses the second and parts with the count right on the eve of the wedding - she can not allow the count to sacrifice for her position in society. But this does not cancel the deal: Anna will still remain in his house as the maid. And Nicholas still needs to find a bride to get an inheritance. In the second season in the life of the Count there is another young noblewoman – an educated, well-read and restrained architect  Apollinaria. At first, Nicholaswill treat her in a purely professional manner, but very soon the joint choosing of fountains, arches and shrubs for the garden will turn into an unexpected offer for him, which he will not be able to refuse. Or will he? Watch the gorgeous trailer below and tell us what you think!