SEE HALEY BENNETT, TOM STURRIDGE, BEN MILES, SAM RILEY, LEO SUTER IN WIDOW CLICQUOT PERIOD SET MOVIE DRAMA TRAILER

 WIDOW CLICQUOT  

PERIOD SET MOVIE TRAILER IS HERE

Toronto Film Festival had the privilege of premiering this one,  and from this July in Europe we will see the cinematic opening of  WIDOW CLICQUOT

It will start its run around Europe from July

historical movie drama which, set in France during the Napoleonic Wars, tells the true story of the “Grande Dame of Champagne,” also known as Madame Clicquot after marrying the scion of a wine making family.

  Though their marriage was arranged, a timeless love blossomed between Barbe-Nicole (Haley Bennett) and her poetic, unconventional husband, François (Tom Sturridge). After becoming a widow at age 27, she is determined to protect her family’s legacy. Determined to advance her husband's theories about soil chemistry, the configuring of vines, and revolutionary techniques in bottling, Barbe-Nicole wagers on the next harvest and her own blend of sparkling wine. Below you can check out the first trailer for the film that also stars Ben Miles, Paul Rhys, Sam Riley and our dearest Leo Suter!

 

SEE JUDE LAW AND ALICIA VIKANDER AS HENRY VIII AND HIS LAST WIFE IN FIREBRAND HISTORICAL MOVIE TRAILER

   FIREBRAND TRAILER  

WITH JUDE LAW AND ALICIA VIKANDER

Well, this one is finally coming to the cinemas June 14th so we have received the first trailer for FIREBRAND historical movie drama with Jude Law as King Henry VIII and Alicia Vikander as his last wife Katherine Parr. The film that also stars Amr Waked, Eddie Marsan, Simon Russell Beale, Sam Riley and Patsy Ferran, did not receive well criticism after it's festival run, but we will judge for ourselves. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think, is it lacking in fire and spark like the critics say? The film did have a rather long way to theatres from changing the lead actress to changing the title.

 

IN BLOOD SOAKED TUDOR ENGLAND
twice married, accomplished, and educated Katherine Parr (Vikander), reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of the tyrannical King Henry VIII (Law). Her consent to marry him carries great personal risk, given that her predecessors are either vanquished, beheaded, or dead. When Henry appoints her as Regent, the nation’s ruler during his absence when he departs to fight overseas, he lays a dangerous path for her. Henry’s courtiers, suspecting she’s sympathetic to radical Protestant beliefs that have taken root in the kingdom and are a threat to their power, scheme against her and cast doubts upon her fidelity to the increasingly ailing and paranoid King. Once Henry returns to England, his courtiers convince him to turn his fury on the nation’s radicals, including Katherine’s childhood friend Anne Askew, who becomes one of the scores of people convicted of treason and burned at the stake. Horrified and privately grieving, Katherine finds herself under ever-increasing scrutiny and suspicion. Knowing that even a whisper of scandal might lead to her downfall, Katherine must unleash her own scheme to fight for survival.

 

SEE NEW IMAGES FROM WIDOW CLICQUOT PERIOD SET MOVIE DRAMA WITH HALEY BENNETT, LEO SUTER, TOM STURRIDGE, SAM RILEY, BEN MILES

 NEW WIDOW CLICQUOT  

PERIOD SET MOVIE IMAGES

Toronto Film Festival had the privilege of premiering this one,  but sadly we still do not have the wide release date nor a trailer for WIDOW CLICQUOT historical movie drama which, set in France during the Napoleonic Wars, tells the true story of the “Grande Dame of Champagne,” also known as Madame Clicquot after marrying the scion of a winemaking family. Though their marriage was arranged, a timeless love blossomed between Barbe-Nicole (Haley Bennett) and her poetic, unconventional husband, François (Tom Sturridge). After becoming a widow at age 27, she is determined to protect her family’s legacy. Determined to advance her husband's theories about soil chemistry, the configuring of vines, and revolutionary techniques in bottling, Barbe-Nicole wagers on the next harvest and her own blend of sparkling wine. We do, however, have a few new images from the film that also stars Ben Miles, Paul Rhys, Sam Riley and our dearest Leo Suter!

NEW LOOK AT JUDE LAW & ALICIA VIKANDER AS HENRY VIII AND CATHERINE PARR IN FIREBRAND HISTORICAL MOVIE

 NEW FIREBRAND IMAGES 

WITH JUDE LAW AND ALICIA VIKANDER IN HISTORICAL DRAMA

Not that you will recognise them, especially Jude Law (that is him in the first photo) who changed fully in order to play Henry VIII in FIREBRAND historical drama which got standing ovations last night at Cannes, but everything gets ovations there, some other first review describe the film as empty and lacking in fire. Beside looking not as handsome as he normally does, Jude revealed that during the filming he also wore a specially-made perfume, to get into character, made out of 'blood, fecal matter and sweat'! Poor Alicia Vikander, who plays his last wife Catherine Parr in it.. Patsy Ferran portrays princess Mary and Junia Rees portrays Elizabeth. Erin Doherty portrays radical preacher Anne Askew, who was labelled a heretic by Henry and his supporters, while Sam Riley and Eddie Marsan play brothers Thomas and Edward Seymour, who were senior courtiers.

 

 FIREBRAND FOLLOWS

Catherine Parr, the final wife of Henry VIII, a feminist force to be reckoned with who outlived the notorious king; the fate of his previous wives being either divorced, dead or beheaded. She is named regent with the king warring abroad, and she’s done everything she can to push for a new future based on her radical Protestant beliefs. Law plays a royal on his way out, having returned from fighting with a dire medical condition. Palace intrigue abounds entailing Henry squaring off with the Seymours brothers, one of them having their eye on Catherine, and the king ultimately fading.

1ST IMAGES FROM IMPERIAL VACCINATION 18TH CENTURY CATHERINE THE GREAT HISTORICAL TV SERIES! SEE HALEY BENNETT AS THE GRANDE DAME OF CHAMPAGNE IN CLICQUOT 19TH CENTURY DRAMA

  FIRST HALEY BENNETT  

PHOTO FROM CLICQUOT MOVIE

First image of Haley Bennett from historical 19th century movie CLICQUOT has been released. She plays Barbe Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, also known as the Grande Dame of Champagne. This real-life historic figure defied convention to take over her late husband’s fledgling wine business in Reims in 1805 after being widowed at the age of 27.  Leo Suter, Tom Sturridge, Anson Boon and Sam Riley also star.

  IMPERIAL VACCINATION 

NEW HISTORICAL SERIES

In our spotlight on all the epic shows we can expect this year, your trusted spy has mentioned new Russian drama IMPERIAL VACCINATION (Царская прививка) and since they have officially finished shooting it over in mother Russian last month, I thought I could give you the first lavish images from it. Helmed by Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes director Yegor Anashkin, the series will air probably at the end of the year on Russia 1 national broadcaster and on their media platform Smotrim. The role of Empress Catherine II has been given to Irina Pegova, with Philip Yankovsky, Sergey Marin, Svetlana Smirnova-Katsagadzhieva, Yuri Kuznetsov, Marco Dinelli, Polina Rezaeva, Anton Denisenko, Maria Paley, Alexei Vedernikov also in the cast.

  IMPERIAL VACCINATION
is a fascinating story about how, for the first time in the history of Russia, mass vaccination was carried out, saving tens of thousands of lives. In 1768, at the height of the most severe smallpox epidemic that killed every tenth inhabitant of the country, Empress Catherine II decides to set a personal example for her subjects: together with her heir, Tsarevich Pavel, she is the first to be vaccinated against a terrible disease and declares vaccination mandatory for everyone - despite the court orders. intrigue, peasant riots and the impending war with Turkey, this decree must be carried out at all costs, otherwise the deadly virus will claim even more lives. Stay tuned as I will try to give you other fresh images from the series and the first trailer as soon as they arrive!

HALEY BENNNETT, LEO SUTER, SAM RILEY, TOM STURRIDGE TO LEAD CLICQUOT MOVIE ABOUT THE 19TH CENTURY CHAMPAGNE DYNASTY!

 CLICQUOT PERIOD DRAMA 

FINDS ITS CHAMPAGNE DYNASTY 

Here is the latest period set movie for you: as Deadline reports, Haley Bennett, our boo Leo Suter, Tom Sturridge, Anson Boon and Sam Riley will star in CLICQUOT, Thomas Napper's movie adaptation of novel The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman

Sam Riley, Leo Suter, Haley Bennett, Tom Sturridge

Who Ruled It by Tilar J. Mazzeo! Already shooting in France since last week, the movie chronicles the gritty journey in the early years of the Veuve Clicquot vineyard in 19th century France and brings to life the fascinating young woman behind the iconic orange label.

HENRY VIII HISTORICAL MOVIE FIREBRAND WITH JUDE LAW & ALICIA VIKANDER FINALISES CAST OF ROYAL COURTIERS!

  JUDE LAW'S FIREBRAND  

ADS CAST FOR THE COURT

As Deadline reports, Henry VIII historical movie drama FIREBRAND in which Jude Law will play the king and Alicia Vikander the protagonist, his last wife Katherine Parr, has finalised the court entourage: Sam Riley and Eddie Marsan will portray noble brothers Thomas and Edward Seymour

Alicia Vikander and Jude Law will lead the cast

who loathed each other. Their sister Jane Seymour was Henry VIII’s third wife. Thomas Seymour and Katherine Parr were sweethearts before Parr caught Henry’s eye. After the monarch’s death, Thomas and Katherine were reunited. Film follows the marriage of Katherine to Henry, his sixth and final wife, and how she fell foul of her husband’s courtiers — namely his key adviser

Sam Riley and Simon Russell Beale take the supporting roles

Stephen Gardiner, the Bishop of Winchester, played by Simon Russell Beale. Hunting for high profile heretics, he sent Protestant martyr Anne Askew (Erin Doherty) to the Tower of London, hoping she would betray the queen. Katherine, a noted scholar and author, surrounded herself with a loyal entourage who watched out for her. The queen knew how to out-fox powerful

Junia Rees, Patsy Feran, Erin Doherty will also star in the film

adversaries and survive plots on her life. Katherine’s ladies will be played by Ruby Bentall as Cat, Bryony Hannah as Ellen, and Maia Jemmett as Dot. Queen Katherine formed a close bond with her step-daughters, Princess Mary (Patsy Ferran) and Princess Elizabeth (Junia Rees)!

FIRST PHOTOS FROM DJANGO EPIC TV WESTERN SERIES WITH MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS, NOOMI RAPACE! MORFYDD CLARK, DOMINIC COOPER, SAM RILEY TO LEAD DUCHESS OF MALFI COSTUME DRAMA

  DJANGO EPIC TV SERIES 

FIRST PHOTOS FROM THE SET!

As we're nearing September we will be talking more about the new series currently in production or soon to air, and today we're treating you with the first photos from DJANGO ten part period set series which is currently

Matthias Schoenaerts takes the title role in the new series

shooting over in Romania with Matthias Schoenaerts in the lead! The series set in the 19th century will be one of the most expensive ones this season. Noomi Rapace will be Elizabeth, a powerful and merciless enemy of

Noomi Rapace is powerful lady Elizabeth in the new series

John Ellis (Nicholas Pinnock). Along with his fiancee Sarah, John Ellis is the founder of New Babylon, a city of outcasts which welcomes everyone from any background, race or creed. Lisa Vacari will play Sarah, who is also

The series will air in ten hourlong episodes

Django's lost daughter. Our dear Tom Austen will also star next to Jyuddah Jaymes, Eric Kole and Benny Opoku Arthur, who will play John Ellis’ three sons! Django finally finds Sarah in New Babylon after the rest of his

Nicholas Pinnock is Django's possible new son in law

family was slaughtered eight years earlier. Gaining John Ellis’ hostility, he insists he must stay, arguing the city is in danger. Sarah fears, however, that

Lisa Vacari is Sarah, Django's lost daughter

his very presence in itself puts New Babylon in jeopardy. The series will air on Sky's channels in Europe and on Canal + in France, Switzerland, Benelux.

   THE DUCHESS OF MALFI  

DOMINIC COOPER, SAM RILEY AND MORFYDD CLARK CAST

Speaking of period set projects, Deadline reports that our new Elven queen Galadriel Morfydd Clark will play THE DUCHESS OF MALFI in a new movie adaptation of John Webster's play which will also star Dominic Cooper, Sam Riley, Freddie Fox and Frank Dillane. To shoot in

The Duchess of Malfi will shoot this November  in Italy

November in Italy, it follows the recently widowed Duchess who falls in love with her steward Antonio. Their union sets in motion a conflict with her cruel and vengeful brothers, the Cardinal and Ferdinand, who enlist the spy Bosola to keep her from escaping their control.

ARMIE HAMMER IS MARRIED TO A GHOST IN FIRST TRAILER FOR NETFLIX REBECCA WITH KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS, KEELEY HAWES, ANN DOWD, SAM RILEY

     'REBECCA' TRAILER

STARRING ARMIE HAMMER

Cannot say I'm overly excited by this one, because the lead is just meh to me, and plus the previous adaptation of a Daphne du Maurier novel

Rebecca arrives October 21st at Netflix

wasn't really good (My Cousin Rachel), but here's the trailer for the latest movie version of her REBECCA which is hitting Netflix October 21st!

REBECCA follows a newly married woman (Lily James, who's as expressive and lively as a bowl of lukewarm yoghurt) who, after a whirlwind romance in Monte Carlo with her new husband, Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer), arrives at his imposing family estate on the English coast. She is naive and inexperienced, but begins to settle into the trappings of her new life. However, she finds herself at odds with the shadow of Maxim's first wife, the elegant and

Ben Wheatley has directed the latest adaptation of Daphe du Maurier's novel

refined Rebecca. Maxim's former wife has a haunting legacy that is kept alive by Manderley's sinister housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Kristin Scott Thomas). The better part of the cast includes Keeley Hawes, Ann Dowd and Sam Riley!

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!