SEE THE WINTER KING ARTHURIAN TV SERIES TRAILER WITH IAIN DE CAESTECKER AND MGM PLUS AIR DATE!

 FIRST THE WINTER KING  

TRAILER FROM NEW SERIES  

MGM Plus has released first trailer from their upcoming TV series adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles and also some new character photos from the new show. THE WINTER KING will start August 20th on MGM Plus and it will also air later this year on ITVX in UK. In will also stream on Stan in Australia from August 21st!

  THE TEN PART SERIES
 is following Arthur Pendragon as he evolves from outcast to legendary warrior and leader. It is set in the 5th century long before Britain was united. In a land ofwarring factions and tribes when the world was brutal and lives were often fleeting. Iain De Caestecker stars as a young Arthur, who begins as an exiled bastard before becoming the greatest hope for Britain. Stuart Campbell is Derfel who transforms from left-for-dead orphan to the truest of all warlords. Ellie James is Nimue a priestess saved by Merlin because she can see the gods - he gives her power, wisdom and learning. Eddie Marsan is Uther, High King of all Dumnonia, old and battle tested. He commands incredible authority, over almost all, bar Merlin. Nathaniel Martello-White is Merlin, a politician, powerful, enlightened, and absolute. Fearless in the face of a King’s wrath he follows his connectionto his Gods in all things. Daniel Ings is Owain one of Arthur’s closest childhood friends and like a son to High King Uther. Valene Kane is Morgan, Arthur’s half-sister and another bastard child of King Uther. She is asharp-tongued and independent minded pagan and student of Merlin. Simon Merrells is Gundleus, King of rival kingdom Siluria. Imposing and savage, Gundleus is prepared to slaughter whoever he needs to secure power.

IAIN DE CAESTECKER TO LEAD NEW ARTHURIAN EPIC TV SERIES THE WINTER KING FOR ITVX! CHOCOLATE GETTING A NEW FRENCH TV SERIES VERSION!

  IAIN DE CAESTECKER   

TO LEAD THE WINTER KING EPIC TV SERIES AS KING ARTHUR

ITV's new streamer ITVX has announced cast for new epic TV series THE WINTER KING based on Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles! It will follow Arthur Pendragon as he evolves from outcast to legendary warrior and leader. It is set in the 5th century long before Britain was united. In a land of

Iain de Caestecker is the new Arthur

warring factions and tribes when the world was brutal and lives were often fleeting. Featuring an exciting range of established names and new talent the cast includes: Iain De Caestecker stars as a young Arthur, who begins as an exiled bastard before becoming the greatest hope for Britain. Stuart Campbell is Derfel who transforms from left-for-dead orphan to the truest of all warlords. Ellie James is Nimue a priestess saved by Merlin because she can see the gods - he gives her power, wisdom and learning. Eddie Marsan is Uther, High King of all Dumnonia, old and battle tested. He commands incredible authority, over almost all, bar Merlin. Nathaniel Martello-White is Merlin, a politician, powerful, enlightened, and absolute. Fearless in the face of a King’s wrath he follows his connection

Stuart Campbell and Ellie James will star in the new series

to his Gods in all things. Daniel Ings is Owain one of Arthur’s closest childhood friends and like a son to High King Uther. Valene Kane is Morgan, Arthur’s half-sister and another bastard child of King Uther. She is a

Simon Merrells and Daniel Ings will also star in the series

sharp-tongued and independent minded pagan and student of Merlin. Simon Merrells is Gundleus, King of rival kingdom Siluria. Imposing and savage, Gundleus is prepared to slaughter whoever he needs to secure power.

   CHOCOLAT BECOMING  

A NEW FRENCH TV SERIES

It will be a French language series

After the 2000 movie adaptation, Joanne Harris's international bestseller CHOCOLAT will get a French TV series version as well from Miramax TV and Atlantique productions. The series, that will use both the books from Joanne's series and the film as its source material, will follow a woman and her daughter who settle down in a small town in modern-day France and disrupt the community’s social balance when they open a chocolate shop. Bill Block and Pierre-Antoine Capton will executive produce. And in other French series news, BBC Two will air Marie Antoinette during the holidays, while Foxtel is already streaming it down in Australia, with PBS releasing it in USA next March. PBS has also renewed Miss Scarlet and the Duke for fourth season today and it is already shooting over in Serbia!

BENJAMIN WALKER, PETER MULLAN, AUGUSTUS PREW, SIMON MERRELLS, MAXIM BALDRY AND OTHERS JOIN LORD OF THE RINGS EPIC TV SERIES AT AMAZON

   LORD OF THE RINGS SERIES  

 REVEALS NEW CAST MEMBERS

A whole new slate of people who will be moving down to the Elven woods has been announced today when Amazon confirmed actors who will be joining the cast of their LORD OF THE RINGS series which will be the most expensive the world has ever seen. Benjamin Walker, Lenny Henry,

Simon Merrells, Ben Walker, Augustus Prew, Lloyd Owen, Cynthia Addai Robinson and Peter Tait have joined the cast

Peter Mullan and August Prew are probably the most famous among the new names that also include Lloyd Owen, Peter Tait, Simon Merrells, Maxim Baldry, Ian Blackburn, Kip Chapman, Anthony Crum, Maxine Cunliffe, Trystan Gravelle, Thusitha Jayasundera, Fabian McCallum, Geoff

Kip Chapman, Maxim Baldry, Anthony Crum will also star

Morrell, Alex Tarrant, Leon Wadham and Sara Zwangobani. As you remember, earlier this year we've already announced Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, Nazanin Boniadi, Tom Budge, Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Ema Horvath, Markella Kavenagh, Joseph Mawle, Tyroe Muhafidin, Sophia

Fabian McCallum, Leon Wadham, Alex Tarrant will also star

Nomvete, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Charlie Vickers, and Daniel Weyman as the first cast members. The series which has already been renewed for the second season will depict new events before Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring.

FIRST TRAILERS FOR KNIGHTFALL EPIC SERIES SEASON 2 WITH TOM CULLEN, MARK HAMILL, ED STOPPARD, JOHN CARTER, WW2 SERIES CATCH 22 WITH GEORGE CLOONEY, HUGH LAURIE, KYLE CHANDLER

    'KNIGHTFALL' EPIC SERIES

Knightfall continues March 25th!

FIRST TRAILER IS HERE!

Earliet this year we got the first teaser and now History has revealed the first trailer for the second season of their KNIGHTFALL epic series showing us Tom Cullen as Landry, the leader of the Templars, and Mark Hamill as a battle hardened Knight Templar veteran of the Crusades who survived a decade of captivity in the Holy Land and is tasked with training the new initiates to the Order. He probably won't agree morally with Landry who impregnated the French queen, even though she was the wife of his best friend

New season will have Spartacus: War of the Damned Aaron Helbing as the brand new show runner and executive producer

the king (Ed Stoppard), and then watched her getting killed by her husband for her treachery and adultery. The sword in the teaser obviously announces a divide within the order. The series will start airing March 25th!

THE SECOND SEASON WILL
explore this dark time in history from the Templar perspective, embracing an authentically grittier, darker, and more brutal Medieval period than has ever been seen before. Tom Forbes joins the cast as violent Prince Louis of France, Clementine Nicholson as his wife Princess of Burgundy, Genevieve Gaunt is his sister princess Isabella of France. Pádraic Delaney returns as  as Gawain, Simon Merrells as Tancrede, Julian Ovenden as William DeNogaret and Jim Carter as Pope Boniface VIII.

   1ST 'CATCH 22' TRAILER

GEORGE CLOONEY WW2 SERIES

Meanwhile, Hulu has set May 17th for the grand premiere of their new historical series CATCH 22 coming from George Clooney. Also starring Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler, Hugh Laurie as Major de Coverley), Giancarlo Giannini, Daniel David Stewart, Rafi Gavron, Austin Stowell, Graham Patrick Martin, Gerran Howell, Jon Rudnitsky, Kevin J. O’Connor, Pico Alexander, Tessa Ferrer, Lewis Pullman, Josh Bold, Jay Paulson and Julie Ann Emery, the series will have six episodes!

THE STORY OF CATCH 22
based on the novel by Joseph Heller, follows the incomparable, artful dodger, Yossarian (Christopher Abbott), a US Air Force bombardier in World War II who is furious because thousands of peoplehe has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy, but rather his own army which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to avoid his military assignments, he’ll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule which specifies that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers which are real and immediate is the process of a rational mind; a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but a request to be removed from duty is evidence of sanity and therefore makes him ineligible to be relieved from duty. Check out the trailer below!

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON HISTORY'S 'KNIGHTFALL' EPIC TV SERIES WITH TOM CULLEN, ED STOPPARD, JIM CARTER! NEW TRAILER AND PHOTOS

 HISTORY'S 'KNIGHTFALL'

EPIC TV SERIES STARRING TOM

The Knights will fall this Fall, December 6th

CULLEN

After our majestic Epic Weekend we are still in the same epic waters today as well, with the new trailer and cast photos for History's brand new epic adventure action television series KNIGHTFALL which starts airing worldwide Wednesday December 6th! The ten episode first season takes viewers inside the medieval politics and warfare of the Knights Templar, the most powerful, wealthy and mysterious military order of the Middle Ages who were entrusted with protecting Christianity’s most precious relics.

THE STORY OF KNIGHTFALL
begins after the fall of the city of Acre, the Templar’s last stronghold in the Holy Land, where the Holy Grail is lost. Years later, a clue emerges suggesting the whereabouts of the Grail and sends the Templars, led by the noble,

The King and Queen of France, Ed Stoppard and Olivia Ross

courageous and headstrong Templar Knight Landry (Tom Cullen), on a life or death mission to find the lost Cup of Christ. From their battles in the Holy Land, to their clash with the King of France, to the dark events leading to the demise of the Templar Order on Friday the 13th, 1307, a date which became

The Royal court of France, the royal family and De Nogaret

synonymous with bad luck, the story of the Knights Templar has never been fully told until now. Focusing on themes such as belief, sacrifice, politics, love, power and revenge,  KNIGHTFALL goes deep into the clandestine world of this legendary brotherhood of warrior monks to find out who these knights were, how they lived, and what they died believing.

KINGS, QUEENS AND A POPE

Beside Cullen,  Pádraic Delaney plays Gawain, once the greatest swordsman of the Templar Order who was crippled at Acre, while Simon Merrells is Tancrede, a steadfast, brave, and resolute knight who venerates

Simon Merrells is knight Tancrede

his Templar vows above all else. Jim Carter is Pope Boniface VIII, the Holy Leader of the Templar Knights and a stabilizing, incorruptible force within a chaotic medieval world! Olivia Ross is Queen Joan of Navarre, wife to King Philip IV of France and a powerful Queen in her own right; a devoted mother, formidable diplomat and keen strategist, while Ed Stoppard plays King Philip IV of France, the most powerful monarch in Europe who seeks to consolidate his power with the help of his Machiavellian right hand man and

Tom Cullen is the lead star of the new  series

pragmatic lawyer, William De Nogaret, played by Julian Ovenden! Meanwhile, Sabrina Bartlett plays Princess Isabella, Queen Joan and King Philip's daughter who would come to dominate the Kingdom of England as the She-Wolf of France.

THRILLING TV SERIES TRAILERS FOR EPIC ADVENTURE 'KNIGHTFALL' WITH TOM CULLEN AND 'WESTWORLD' SEASON 2 WITH THANDIE NEWTON, EVAN RACHEL WOOD, JAMES MARSDEN AND NEW CAST ADDITIONS

  'KNIGHTFALL' TRAILER

FOR HISTORY'S NEW TV SERIES

The new series will air on History and A&E

Two epic TV series trailers for you, starting with a new one for History Channel's KNIGHTFALL historical adventure series which will launch its ten episode run sometime this Autumn  following the legendary Knights Templar who were the most powerful, wealthy and mysterious military order of the Middle Ages, entrusted with protecting Christianity’s most prized relic—the Holy Grail, and harbouring secrets capable of great destruction. Tom Cullen leads the cast which also

Most of the series was shot last summer on Croatia's Dalmatian coast

includes Simon Merrells as knight Tancrede, Padraic Delaney as knight Gawain, Julian Ovenden, Bobby Schofield as Parcival, with

Tom Cullen is brave knight Landry

Home Fires' Ed Stoppard as King Philip IV, Olivia Ross as Queen Joan and Downton Abbey's Jim Carter as Pope Boniface VIII.

Ed Stoppard is King Phlip

THE CLOSER THEY ARE TO THE GRAIL,THE FURTHER THEY ARE FROM GOD
KNIGHTFALL, set in the 14th century, goes deep into the clandestine world of this legendary brotherhood of warrior monks. From their

Simon Merrells plays knight Tancrede

battles in the Holy Land, to their complex relationship with the King of France, to the betrayal that would ultimately lead to their tragic

Tom Cullen will lead the cast and Knight Templars

dissolution, the story of the Knights Templar has never been fully told until now. Check out the gorgeous new trailer below:

  'WESTWORLD' SEASON 2

UNSETTLING FIRST TRAILER

Comic Con also brought us the first, super exciting and also very gritty, trailer for the second season of last year's smash hit WESTWORLD which won't arrive to the small screens any time soon since it is set for 2018 airing. The new trailer shows the bloody

Westworld had 22 Emmy nominations last year

aftermath of the rebellion of the androids that played hosts in the Western themed park for the rich and bored, after they realised they might be more powerful than those who invented and made them.

  NEW CAST MEMBERS!

Neil Jackson joins the cast in the 2nd season

Returning to the cast will be Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, Ben Barnes, James Marsden, Rodrigo Santoro with new additions in Neil Jackson (a charming, resourceful man who finds himself in uncharted territory) and Jonathan Tucker (a commanding military officer) and also Katja Herbers (as a seasoned guest whose latest visit comes at the park’s darkest hour) while Talulah Riley who played the host at the entrance of Westworld has become series regular now. It is not known whether Anthony Hopkins is coming back or not!

HISTORY TO AIR 'KNIGHTFALL' EPIC TV SERIES WITH TOM CULLEN, ED STOPPARD, SIMON MERRELLS, JIM CARTER IN AUTUMN - NEW TRAILER AND POSTERS

'KNIGHTFALL' EPIC SERIES

TO LAUNCH THIS AUTUMN!

While we can expect second seasons of The Last Kingdom and White Princess this spring, there will be something mediaeval in Autumn for us as well since History Channel has just announced the launch of their new ten episode epic TV series KNIGHTFALL for this Autumn produced by Jeremy Renner who will guest star as well. Robin Hood's Dominic Minghella will be the showrunner.

 THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Knights Templar were the most powerful, wealthy and mysterious military order of the Middle Ages, entrusted with protecting the Holy Grail and harbouring secrets capable of destroying the Church itself. KNIGHTFALL goes deep into the inner sanctum of the clandestine world of this legendary brotherhood of warrior monks. From their battles in the Holy Land, to their clashes with both the King of France and Pope Boniface VIII, to the betrayal that would ultimately lead to their tragic dissolution on Friday the 13th (a date which became synonymous with bad luck) the story of the Knights Templar has never been fully told until now. KNIGHTFALL takes you inside the world to find out who these knights were, how they lived, and what they died believing. The series focuses on Templar leader Sir Landry, a brave warrior discouraged by the Templars' failures in the Holy Land who is reinvigorated by news that the Holy Grail has resurfaced. Tom Cullen, Julian Ovenden, Simon Merrells, Ed Stoppard and Jim Carter lead the cast.

'KNIGHTFALL' KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EPIC TV SERIES CASTS TOM CULLEN, SIMON MERRELLS, JULIAN OVENDEN, SABRINA BARTLETT, OLIVIA ROSS, PADRAIC DELANEY

'KNIGHTFALL' EPIC SERIES

CASTS ITS KNIGHTS AND QUEENS

Now, here's a new historical project for us to look forward to! History has announced the cast for their ambitious ten episode epic saga KNIGHT FALL produced by Jeremy Renner who will guest star as well. Robin Hood's Dominic Minghella will be the showrunner.

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
were the most powerful, wealthy and mysterious military order of the Middle Ages, entrusted with protecting the Holy Grail and harbouring secrets capable of destroying the Church itself. KNIGHTFALL goes deep into the inner sanctum of the clandestine world of this legendary brotherhood of warrior monks. From their battles in the Holy Land, to their clashes with both the King of France and Pope Boniface VIII, to the betrayal that would ultimately lead to their tragic dissolution on Friday the 13th (a date which became synonymous with bad luck) the story of the Knights Templar has never been fully told until now. KNIGHTFALL takes you inside the world to find out who these knights were, how they lived, and what they died believing.

TOM CULLEN LEADS THE CAST

The lead role went to Tom Cullen (World Without End, Downton Abbey) who stars as Landry, a veteran warrior of the Crusades, who becomes the leader of the Templars and serves as the driving force behind their quest to retrieve Christianity’s most prized relic: The Holy Grail. Bobby Schofield will be Parsifal, a young man of ordinary birth who will join the Knights Templar seeking revenge, but ultimately finds a higher purpose. Da Vinci's Demons' and Poldark's Sabrina Bartlett is Princess Isabella, Queen Joan and King Philip’s daughter, her upcoming wedding stands to forge a powerful political alliance for France! Julian Ovenden is De Nogaret, King Philip’s Machiavellian lawyer and right hand man. Sarah Sofie Boussnina plays Adelina, as a child she was rescued in the Holy Land by the Templar Knights, but now in her early 20s, she lives on the streets of Paris as a thief! Padraic Delaney is Gawain, once the greatest swordsman of the Templar Order whose role with them is at a crossroads! Spartacus and Dominion star Simon Merrells isTancrede, a veteran sergeant fanatically devoted to the Templar Knight cause and Olivia Ross is Queen Joan of Navarre, Queen of France and Queen Regnant of Navarre, a devoted mother, warrior, and a formidable diplomat and strategist.