After the first teaser a few weeks ago, Netflix has released official trailer with Eric Bana and Sam Neill as leads in their new mini series UNTAMED which arrives July 17th. Eric Bana
plays Kyle Turner, a special agent for the National Parks Service who
works to enforce human law in nature’s vast wilderness. The
investigation of a brutal death sends Turner on a collision course
with the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past.
Neill will play Paul Souter who has been the chief park ranger in
Yosemite for half his life. He’s a dedicated husband, father,
grandfather, and friend to Turner. He’s comfortable in all facets of his
job, whether it’s dealing with crime inside the park or with the
bureaucracy around it. Rosemarie DeWitt will play Turner's ex wife, with Wilson Bethel as Shane Maguire, a former army ranger,
who now uses his skills as the park’s Wildlife Management Officer.
Maguire’s a loner, preferring to live by himself in the wilderness where
it’s easier to follow his own rules.
Australian Foxtel and streamer Binge have released a trailer for the third season of their THE TWELVE series with Sam Neill in the lead role as a prosecutor with a new case and twelve new jury members in each season.
Out August 4th, new season titled THE TWELVE: CAPE ROCK KILLER is unlike any other as things get personal for Brett Colby (Sam Neill)
after he is thrust into a murder trial to defend the husband of a
life-long friend accused of a heinous murder. As the trial unravels a
deeper mystery, a 1968 cold case murder of two teens is re-opened, and
the twelve jurors sworn in for the trial find their own lives changed by
the experience. Ewen Leslie leads the jury with Danielle Cormack also in the cast. The eight episode series also airs on BBC in UK.
Netflix has released a teaser with Eric Bana and Sam Neill as leads in their new mini series UNTAMED which arrives July 17th. Eric Bana
plays Kyle Turner, a special agent for the National Parks Service who
works to enforce human law in nature’s vast wilderness. The
investigation of a brutal death sends Turner on a collisioncourse
with the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past.
Neill will play Paul Souter who has been the chief park ranger in
Yosemite for half his life. He’s a dedicated husband, father,
grandfather, and friend to Turner. He’s comfortable in all facets of his
job, whether it’s dealing with crime inside the park or with the
bureaucracy around it. Rosemarie DeWitt will play Turner's ex wife, with Wilson Bethel as Shane Maguire, a former army ranger, who now uses his skills as the park’s Wildlife Management Officer. Maguire’s a loner, preferring to live by himself in the wilderness where it’s easier to follow his own rules.
After the success of the first season and the second one winning numerous nominations for Australian Academy Awards, Foxtel's legal drama THE TWELVE which deals with new set of twelve jury
Ewen Leslie will be one of the new jurors
members in each season is returning for the third one as well with Sam Neill returning as the lawyer. Our dear Ewen Leslie is new in the cast together with Danielle Cormack, Eryn Jean Norvill, Sarah Peirse, and William Zappa, Phoenix Raei, Hanah Tayeb, Nathalie Morris, Catherine Moore, Bolude Watson, Bessie Holland, Stuart Daulman, Paul Tassone, Charles NapoleonAn, Libby Stone, and newcomer Claire Leach. Tracy Mann, Marlon Williams, and Hannah Diviney are in supporting roles with Kaila Ferrelli back as Colby’s legal assistant. This time, in eight new episodes jury’s attention will be focused on a mystery from the 1960s. The series also airs on BBC in UK.
Netflix has added Eric Bana and Sam Neill as leads in their new mini series UNTAMED. Eric Bana plays Kyle Turner, a special agent for the National Parks Service who works to enforce human law in nature’s vast wilderness. The investigation of a brutal death sends Turner on a collision course with the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past.
Neill will play Paul Souter who has been the chief park ranger in Yosemite for half his life. He’s a dedicated husband, father, grandfather, and friend to Turner. He’s comfortable in all facets of his job, whether it’s dealing with crime inside the park or with the bureaucracy around it. Rosemarie DeWitt will play Turner's ex wife.
Foxtel and Binge have released a trailer for the second season of award winning Australian series THE TWELVE which returns July 11th with Sam Neill and FrancesO Connor in the lead roles. After the first season which followed twelve members of a court jury in urban surroundings, season two will take us to Western Australia, to the rural township of Tunkwell! When local landowner and respected town matriarch, Bernice Price (Kris McQuade), is found dead at the bottom of her farms pump well, two ex-lovers stand accused of her murder.
Twelve ordinary citizens from diverse backgrounds have been plucked from the township and its surrounds to decide the fate of the co-accused – was Bernice the victim of a crime of passion, a workplace accident or just misfortune? Erroll Shand also stars.
Peacock has released a teaser for their new limited series APPLES NEVER FALL which launches March 14th on the streamer with Sam Neill and Annette Bening in the lead roles. The seven episode series, based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel, centers on the seemingly picture-perfect Delaney family. Former tennis coaches Stan and Joy have sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. While they look forward to spending time with their four adult children (Jake Lacy, Alison Brie, Conor Merrigan-Turner, Essie Randles), everything changes when a wounded young woman knocks on Joy and Stan’s door, bringing the excitement they’ve been missing.
But when Joy suddenly disappears, her children are forced to reexamine their parents’ so-called perfect marriage as their family’s darkest secrets begin to surface.
After the success of the award winning Australian ten part drama THE TWELVEFoxtel has announced the start of production and new cast for the second season of the court drama. Sam Neill remains as the lawyer from the first season with Frances O'Connor joining him alongside Tasma Walton,
Anthony Hayes, Myles Pollard, Gerald Lepkowski, Katherine Pearson, Caroline Brazier, Kaila Ferrelli, Jennah Bannear and Steve Le Marquand! The drama will again follow a trial as seen through the lens of the 12 new jury members, ordinary members of the public with their own realities and struggles.
If you are searching for something to watch this Easter Sunday afternoon with your family, there is something already ready and available: airing as of last Friday, April 7th on Sky's channels in Europe (United Kingdom, Germany and Italy), Stan streamer in Australia and MGM + for the audience in Northern America, is THE PORTABLE ADVENTURE fantasy adventure film directed by Jeffrey Walker and starring Sam Neill (who replaced Guy Pearce in this role), Patrick Gibson, Christoph Waltz, and Miranda Otto. This Jim Henson company produced and designed movie is actually a big screen movie adaptation of the first book in Tom Holt’s popular J.W. Wells & Co. book series!
STORY OF THE MOVIE CENTRES
on Paul Carpenter (Patrick Gibson) and Sophie
Pettingel (Sophie Wilde), lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at
the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co., and become increasingly
aware that their employers are anything but conventional. Charismatic
villains Humphrey Wells (Christoph Waltz), the CEO of the company, and
middle manager Dennis Tanner (Sam Neill) are disrupting the world of
magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical
practices, and Paul and Sophie discover the true agenda of the vast
corporation. You can check out the trailer below and tell us what you thinik:
Two trailers for you today, starting with black comedy movie THE TROUBLE WITH JESSICA which will be offered to buyers at Berlin. Successful professional London couple Sarah (Shirley Henderson) and Tom are in deep financial trouble. Their situation takes a terrifying nosedive with the shocking behavior of uninvited dinner guest, Jessica (Indira Varma). Faced with the moral dilemma of their lives - and dragging their best friends Richard (Rufus Sewell) and Beth (Olivia Williams) with them - they make a series of choices that could either be their salvation or destruction. In short: the two couples find themselves having to move a dead body to ensure their imminent house sale doesn’t collapse.
THE PORTABLE DOOR TRAILER
FOR NEW SKY ORIGINAL MOVIE
Coming freshly from Sky today is first trailer for their fantasy movie THE PORTABLE DOOR which is out in cinemas in March and on Sky Cinema April 7th! It follows Paul Carpenter (Patrick Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Sophie Wilde), the lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co. They become steadily aware that their employers are anything but conventional. Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells (Christoph Waltz), the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner (Sam Neill) are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices, and Paul and Sophie discover the true agenda of the vast corporation where they work. Miranda Otto also stars.
You already know that your trusted spy loves everything Australian, their actors, films and shows, so let us rejoice together in the news that June 21st over at Foxtel
The Twelve will commence June 21st
new event series THE TWELVE finally starts starring Sam Neill as the judge in this courtroom drama that tells the story of 12 ordinary Australians who are selected for jury duty in a murder trial as traumatising as it is controversial, in which a woman stands accused of killing her teenage niece.
Behind the façade of their anonymity, these twelve ordinary people bring with them their own histories. Lives that are as complex as the trial, full of dreams, secrets, hope, fears, personal trauma, and prejudice. Through the multiple lenses of these jurors, audiences will see the fragility and imbalances of the law, and the chaotic and flawed way we attempt to determine justice in our society. Over ten episodes the limited series will explore the lives and loves of the people who will decide the fate of the accused, their histories, their conflicts, their families, their secrets. This includes a gentle suburban mum whose husband’s adoration may be hiding coercion, a builder torn away from his responsibilities, a star student struggling with being a role model to his indigenous community, a chronic gambler with money problems and a brash millennial plagued by traumatic memories. The values they bring and the challenges they confront will shape the different ways they react to the unfolding trial.
It will be a new retelling of Odysseus and his story with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche leading THE RETURN movie. After 20 years away, Odysseus (Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The King has finally returned home but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.His beloved wife Penelope (Binoche) is now a prisoner in her own home, hounded by her many ambitious suitors to choose a new husband, a new king. Their son Telemachus, who has grown up fatherless, is facing death at the hands of the suitors who see him as an obstacle in their relentless pursuit of Penelope and the kingdom. Uberto Pasolino directs.
OPERATION NAPOLEON CASTS
JACK FOX AND IAIN GLEN
A coproduction betwen Iceland and Germany, based on the novel by Arnaldur Indriðason, OPERATION NAPOLEON movie will star our Sanditon hunkster Jack Fox and Iain Glen! Taking viewers from modern Iceland to America and Nazi Germany at the end of World War II, it follows young Icelandic lawyer Kristin, who gets drawn into the vortex of an international conspiracy when she receives grainy footage of an old airplane wreck, recently revealed by the melting of one of Iceland’s largest glaciers.
The old German World War II plane not only brings ruthless criminals onto the scene, but also CIA vice director William Carr, who had already been secretly trying to remove the wreck for a long time. Kristin places herself in great danger, refusing to rest until the key has been discovered that will solve the riddle of Operation Napoleon!
JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION
A MINDBLOWING NEW TRAILER
The adventure ends this June
And some crazy dinosaur fun in a stunning new trailer for JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION fantasy adventure which brings dinos back to cinemas June 10th! Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Scott Haze lead the cast of Colin Trevorrow's movie. Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, dinosaurs now live and hunt alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures in a new Era! Check out the insane trailer below and tell us what you think!
Disney Plus has announced the air date for their new Star Wars series OBI WAN KENOBI with first poster: Ewan McGregor starring space saga will arrive May 25th and the story will begin 10 years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith where Obi Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat — the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader! Hayden Christiansen will be back as Darth, with Joel Edgerton, Simone Kessell, Indira Varma and Kumail Nanjiani in the cast as well. There are rumours that Rupert Friend will play Grand Inquisitor in the new series.
REBEL MOON MOVIE
ZACK SNYDER ADS CAST
Since we are all science fiction today, more news from the genre coming over from Zack Snyder and the sf action movie REBEL MOON that he will
Rebel Moon will start shooting later this year
start shooting later this year and that will next year stream on Netflix. Beside releasing intriguing concept art images, he also announced additional cast
Zack Snyder also co wrote the script beside directing the movie
which is joining Sofia Butella who was previously revealed as the lead star. The story of this new sf movie revolves around a peaceful colony on the edge of
This is the first film after Snyder struck a first look deal with Netflix
the galaxy, which is threatened by the army of evil tyrant Balisarius. To confront him, the settlers send a girl with a mysterious past to find support on
Zack Snyder has released first concept art images
some of the neighboring planets. Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou and Doona Bae have now been added to the cast as well. Jena Malone, Staz Nair and Sky Yang will also star in the film.
JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION
TRAILER IS HERE WITH DINOS!
Dominion arrives to cinemas this June
Universal has, meanwhile, released first trailer for their sf spectacle JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION which brings dinosaurs back June 10th! This summer, experience the epic conclusion to the Jurassic era as two generations unite for the first time. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are joined by Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill in a bold, timely, and breathtaking new adventure that spans the globe. From Jurassic World architect and director Colin Trevorrow, Dominion takes place four years after Isla Nublar has been destroyed. Dinosaurs now live and hunt alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all,
Chris Pratt leads the cast of Jurassic World Dominion
whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history’s most fearsome creatures.
I tuned into Australian ABC upfronts earlier this week and their shows announced for next year really, and sadly, do not deserve any mention here, and
Sam Neill will be a lawyer in The Twelve
they said it is still too early to decide whether Sam Reid's The Newsreader, which was an absolute breakout hit of the season, will be getting a new season. But their rival Foxtell did announce new THE TWELVE ten part series following 12 jurors – ordinary Australians with struggles of their own – who are tasked with deciding the case of a woman (Kate Mulvaney) accused of killing a child. Sam Neill will play a lawyer involved in the case, while Brooke Satchwell and Hazem Shammas will play jury members.
THE SCORE TRAILER
A MUSICAL CRIME ROMANCE
The Score does not have a release date yet
Meanwhile, over in Britain, we have an interesting trailer for THE SCORE an unusual musical heist movie with Will Poulter and Johnny Flynn. The story of the movie revolves around small time crooks Mike (singer and actor Johnny Flynn who also wrote the songs for the movie) and Troy (Will Poulter), who are off on a new gig that will presumably change their lives. As they wait for a rendezvous hand-over at a secluded roadside cafe, Troy ends up smitten by the waitress Gloria (Naomi Ackie). As his feeling for her grow stronger and more sure, he starts questioning his life choices so far, while his real threat inches closer by the minute.
This is one of those series that get their second season ordered even before the first one has even aired, at least that is the latest gossip I've
First three episodes will stream October 22nd
heard: Apple TV + has renewed INVASION sf series and the shooting should start in January over in United Kingdom and South Africa. The first season will, meanwhile, launch October 22nd as a character driven ten episode cataclysmic show from Simon Kinberg and David Weil, with three episodes streaming then and the rest airing weekly on Fridays. Sam Neill, Shamier Anderson, Golshifteh Farahani, Firas Nassar and Shioli Kutsuna star in the series that, set across multiple continents, follows an alien invasion through different perspectives around the world with events happening from rural America to metropolitan Japan!
INVASION STARTS WITH
inexplicable and seemingly unrelated incidents that
begin happening around the world, ranging from power outages to the
destruction of infrastructure and homes!
But what was once thought of as being individual incidents very
Invasion sf tv series will stream in ten episodes in the first season
quickly
are realized to be connected and being caused by something “not of our
Earth”.
Soon it will come to light that this encounter may not be some
characters’ only or first encounters with extraterrestrial life. The
question will
be how characters can keep themselves and their loved ones
safe when faced with immediate threats, while the larger concern about
humanity surviving looms.
WHO IS UNDER THE INVASION?
Sam Neill is Sheriff John Bell Tyson, a rural American lawman on the verge of retirement.
Shamier Anderson is Trevante Ward, a homesick soldier stationed in Afghanistan.
Golshifteh Farahani is Aneesha Malik, a Syrian
It is believed that the series cost $200 million to make which is shocking given that Apple has almost no marketing for it!
immigrant mother who sacrificed her career to raise a family; Firas Nassar plays her husband.
Billy Barratt is a British schoolboy with a crush on his classmate.
Shioli Kutsuna is Mitsuki, a Japanese aerospace technician who is in a love affair with a fellow astronaut.
Already filming over in Italy is Camille Delamarre's action movie ASSASSIN CLUB which stars Henry Golding, Sam Neill and Noomi
Henry Golding is leading the cast
Rapace! It takes place in the world of international spies and elite assassins. In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines (Henry Golding) is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers all the targets are also assassins unknowingly hired to kill each other. Rapace plays Falk, the only assassin with skills to match his own. Under the guidance of his mentor Jonathan Caldwell (Neill), Morgan must defeat Falk and the other assassins to keep himself and his girlfriend Sophie (Daniela Melchior) alive.
Sean Bean will lead the four part series
SEAN BEAN TO LEAD
MARRIAGE BBC SERIES
From BBC come news today on new TV series which will star Sean Bean and Nicola Walker. The four part MARRIAGE sees married couple Ian (Bean) and Emma (Walker) negotiate the ups and downs of their 30-year marriage. We see them dealing with the insecurities, the ambiguities, the hopes and the fears that are part of all marriages, as the drama explores the risks and the gifts of a long term intimate relationship. It is an up-close portrait of a marriage - sometimes funny, sometimes moving, always revealing.
FOUNDATION SF SERIES
AVAILABLE FROM TODAY
And just to remind you that first two episodes of Apple TV + epic sf series FOUNDATION are streaming as of today and the first reactions call it a visual feast for the eyes. Taking Isaac Asimov's sf classic as inspiration it
First two episodes are available as of today at Apple TV
stars Jared Harris as a mathematician who predicts the end of galaxy is close. Lee Pace plays the emperor of the galaxy in the ten episode series, a complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire.
comfortable in all facets of his
job, whether it’s dealing with crime inside the park or with the
bureaucracy around it. Rosemarie DeWitt will play Turner's ex wife, with Wilson Bethel as Shane Maguire, a former army
ranger,
who now uses his skills as the park’s Wildlife Management Officer.
Maguire’s a loner, preferring to live by himself in the wilderness where
it’s easier to follow his own rules.
