JONATHAN BAILEY, FELICITY JONES TO LEAD MARIA ROMCOM! NEIL PATRICK HARRIS IN UNCOUPLED NETFLIX COMEDY SERIES TRAILER! NEW OBI WAN KENOBI SERIES TRAILER & POSTER WITH EWAN MCGREGOR

 MARIA ROMCOM TO MAKE  

JONATHAN BAILEY & FELICITY JONES HOT & BOTHERED

While you are enjoying his hot self in Bridgerton, hotness personified Jonathan Bailey will star in MARIA, a young woman (Felicity Jones) with a history of running from reality. Struggling to accept her age, her boyfriend’s (Bailey) love and her father’s (Jason Isaacs) indifference, Maria spots an opportunity to feel young, free and desirable at her father’s wedding, where she meets Raffy, her new stepbrother. Their obvious, if inconvenient, sexual chemistry is made worse by the news that her father has been diagnosed with a terminal illness.

  UNCOUPLED TRAILER  

WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS

Netflix has released a funny trailer for their new comedy series UNCOUPLED starting July 29h! This eight part comedy follows Neil Patrick Harris as newly single Michael, who thought his life was perfect until his husband, hedge-fund manager Colin, blindsides him by walking out the door after 17 years. Overnight, Michael has to confront two nightmares: losing what he thought was his soulmate and suddenly finding himself a single gay man in his mid-forties in New York City. Check out the trailer below:

 

 NEW OBI-WAN KENOBI TRAILER 

AND A STUNNING POSTER

Obi Wan Kenobi arrives later this month

Disney Plus has, meanwhile, released a new trailer and poster for Ewan McGregor's OBI-WAN KENOBI sf series which hits the streamer May 27th with six episodes.  The story in the series begins 10 years after the 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. With Ewan McGregor reprising his role as the Jedi Master, Hayden Christensen returns in the role of Darth Vader. Joel Edgerton and Rupert Friend are also in the cast.

SEE THE CRAZY GORGEOUS TEASER FOR STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS SF SERIES TEASER! SEE EWAN MCGREGOR IN BOMBASTIC OBI WA KENOBI STAR WARS DISNEY PLUS TV SERIES TRAILER

 STRANGE NEW WORLDS 

STAR TREK GETS A TEASER

New series arrives this May!

New STAR TREK series STRANGE NEW WORLDS has got a launch date of May 5th over at Paramount + and the first ultra spectacular teaser as well and that is just one of our today's sf delights! It is interesting that the series has already been renewed for a second season. It will follow episodic adventures of the Enterprise’s original crew long before James T. Kirk was captain. Anson Mount, Rebecca Romjin, and Ethan Peck will be returning as Captain Pike, Number One, and Spock Celia Rose Gooding will play Uhura, Babs Olasanmokun will play Dr. M’Benga, and Jess Bush will play Christine Chapel; new characters on the bridge include Christina Chong as La'an Noonien-Singh, Melissa

Anson Mount takes the lead role of captain Pike

Navia as Erica Ortegas, and Bruce Horak as Hemmer. With other series in the franchise, Discovery and Picard proving a disappointment with the fans,

New series will be episodic in nature

the audience is having high hopes for this one which will have episodic stories rather than having a seasonal plot. That is something that we haven't seen in 17 years ever since Enterprise finished.

 

 

 OBI WAN KENOBI SERIES 

GETS A BOMBASTIC TRAILER

Obi Wan Kenobi launches May 25th

Disney Plus has announced the air date for their new Star Wars series OBI WAN KENOBI with first rather bombastic trailer: 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. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think, will you give this one a go even if you are not a fan of science fiction and Star Wars franchise?

 

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON THE BIGGEST SF TV SHOWS COMING TO THE SMALL SCREENS IN 2022: FROM STAR WARS TO STAR TREK SPINOFFS

 NEW 2022 SF TV SERIES 

OBI WAN KENOBI 

Disney + will finally fulfill Ewan McGregor's wish to return to the role he played in Star Wars movies in this six episode series. We must mention that Hayden Christensen will also return as Darth Vader. Set ten years after the events of Star Wars Episode III, the story centers on Obi-Wan's time on Tatooine, watching over the young Luke Skywalker. Joel Edgerton will also return as Luke's uncle with Rupert Friend, Simone Kessell and Indira Varma also starring.

 

 

HALO TV ADAPTATION

Paramount + is bringing us a highly anticipated ten episode video game adaptation HALO This sprawling series will be set in the game universe, but will also explore new stories that follow the epic 26th-century conflict between humanity's United Nations Space Command and an alien threat known as the Covenant. The series stars Pablo Schreiber and Natascha McElhone, with Steven Spielberg producing through his Amblin TV.

 

 

ROGUE ONE'S ANDOR

Beside Obi Wan, Disney Plus  is also bringing us ANDOR, a prequel series to Star Wars: Rogue One. Centered around Diego Luna as freedom fighter Cassian Andor, this 12 episode series traces the origins of the Rebellion. Tony Gilroy will be the show runner, and you will also see Adria Arjona, Stellan Skarsgard, Robert Emms, Fiona Shaw and Poldark's Kyle Soller in the cast.

 

 

NEW STAR TREK SERIES: STRANGE NEW WORLDS

Paramount + is bringing us a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series with the story taking the crew to a new planet every week like we had in the good old Star Trek series with the episodic approach. It will follow Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) at the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise which he was in charge of before Kirk! He has the help of his first officer Number One (Rebecca Romijn) and Science Officer Spock (Ethan Peck)! The series arrives May 2nd!

 

AMAZON'S THE PERIPHERAL

Beside Lord of the Rings, Amazon is also preparing sf series THE PERIPHERAL based on a book by William Gibson. Starring Jack Reynor, JJ Feild and Chloe Moretz it has the story set in the future when technology has subtly altered society, and follows a woman who discovers a secret connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own. Since it comes from Westworld producers, you can expect it to be visually ambitious.

MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE VICTORIAN TV SERIES WITH STUART MARTIN RENEWED FOR SEASON 2 AT PBS! EWAN MCGREGOR, HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN, RUPERT FRIEND, JOEL EDGERTON TO LEAD OBI WAN KENOBI STAR WARS TV SERIES

  MISS SCARLET & THE DUKE 

ARE RETURNING FOR SEASON 2

The first season was a rather big hit for PBS Masterpiece, with more than eight million people tuning in to watch MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE

A+E has opted out of the production

historical adventure series, and now it has been confirmed that it will return for the second run but without A + E Network who originally launched it. The series will return next year only to PBS. Kate Phillips starred in the six episode series as Eliza Scarlet whose father dies and leaves her penniless so she takes over his business – a private detective agency. To operate in the business better she joins Detective Inspector William Wellington of Scotland Yard, played by our dearest Stuart Martin, who is also known as “The Duke;” drinker, gambler and womaniser. Eliza and The Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship that will crackle and smoulder with sexual tension as they team up to solve crime in the murkiest depths of 1880’s London.

 OBI WAN KENOBI SERIES  

ANNOUNCES DISNEY + CAST

Disney + has announced cast for their new Star Wars TV series OBI WAN KENOBI which will be led by Ewan McGregor, who will now be joined by Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader, Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse as uncle Owen and his wife Beru with whom a baby Luke Skywalker is left after Anakin Skywalker turns to the dark side and becomes

Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Rupert Friend will star

Darth Vader! The cast will also have Rupert Friend, Indira Varma, Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie. The story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith where Kenobi, played by Ewan McGregor, faced his greatest defeat, the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker turned evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. Production starts next month.

POLDARK'S KYLE SOLLER & STELLAN SKARSGARD JOIN STAR WARS ROGUE ONE PREQUEL TV SERIES ON DISNEY PLUS

    'CASSIAN ANDOR' SERIES

BRINGS KYLE SOLLER TO STAR WARS UNIVERSE AT DISNEY +

I have to admit I found Mandalorian series painfully, even excru- ciatingly, dreary to watch, probably the most monotonous, poorly acted,

Kyle Soller will star in the new Star Wars TV series

unoriginally written and over pretentious crap with absolute lack of inspiration and freshness, but Disney + is still planning another new sf series based on Star Wars franchise, this time a prequel to Rogue One movie following Diego Luna's Cassian Andor character who in the film itself worked with the Rebel Alliance in order to unearth a design flaw in the killer Death Star base. The series has now added two more names to the cast, Poldark's Kyle Soller and also Stellan Skarsgard who will star in unknown roles with the plot also being kept under wraps. The sf spy thriller series, which was supposed to shoot this year, will also feature Andor's droid K-2SO. Tony Gilroy is penning the opening episode and will helm a few of the episodes too. Obi Wan Kenobi series is also in works with Ewan McGregor in the lead role.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON THE MANDALORIAN STAR WARS TV SERIES WHICH LAUNCHES DISNEY'S STREAMING SERVICE NEXT WEEK! NEW CHARACTER POSTERS

   'THE MANDALORIAN' STAR WARS

TV SERIES STARS NEXT WEEK

Apple launched its new streaming TV service last week and according to first reports they are satisfied with the initial success and they've already

The new series hits Disney + November 12th

ordered the second season of their new tentpole sf series See which launched it November 1st, and now Disney is ready to launch their own streaming service Disney + with their own tentpole science fiction series THE MANDALORIAN which has the honour to be their first programme ever when they hit the streaming space this Tuesday November 12th! It also has the honour of being the first ever television series in the Star Wars franchise bringing Jedis to the small screens after they've populated only the big ones for four decades! It is expected that Disney + will quickly take over the leading spot in the streaming service business as they will not only have all the Disney's classics, but  also Star Wars and Marvel movies and series. Disney has already renewed THE MANDALORIAN for the second season created and produced by Jon Favreau. The first season of the $120 million expensive series has eight

Gina Carano and Karl Weathers will also star in the new series

episodes directed by different people among which is also Hollywood star Bryce Dallas Howard whose father Ron Howard directed the highly unsuccessful Han Solo stand alone Star Wars movie. But unlike other streamers, Disney + won't give you all episodes at once, but will stream them

Pedro Pascal is The Mandalorian

one by one each week which means the last one should air two days after Christmas.

  A Lone Gun Fighter
The lead role has been given to Pedro Pascal who plays a lone gunfighter and bounty hunter with advanced combat skills and questionable moral character in the outer reaches of the galaxy from the time after the Empire has fallen in Return of the Jedi, and before the rise of the First Order in The Force Awakens which means it is a time when lawless chaos ruled in certain parts of the galaxy. He will be joined in the series by other characters that you can see in the posters in today's spotlight: former Rebel Shock Trooper turned mercenary Cara Dune (Gina Carano),

The series will also have droids and strange new alien creatures in the cast

bounty hunter leader Greef Carga (Carl Weathers) who hires the Mandalorian to track a valuable asset, lethal bounty hunter droid IG-11 (voiced by Taika Waititi), and an alien character whose name is Kuiil (Nick Nolte). Giancarlo Esposito will appear as Moff Gideon, a former governor under the Empire whose life changed after the Rebels destroyed the second Death Star.

DISNEY + REVEALS TRAILERS FOR LIVE ACTION LADY AND THE TRAMP, STAR WARS SERIES MANDALORIAN WITH PEDRO PASCAL, NOELLE CHRISTMAS MOVIE WITH ANNA KENDRICK, SHIRLEY MCCLAINE

      'LADY AND THE TRAMP' 

LIVE ACTION TRAILER IS HERE!

It is definitely a Disney weekend with Disney + new streaming service revealing trailers for its new movies and shows! The live action version

New Lady and the Tramp streams November 12th

of their classic LADY AND THE TRAMP will stream on November 12th and now they've announced the first trailer and poster.

The story of the film centres on a pampered house dog named Lady (Tessa Thompson) whose comfortable life slips away from her. Following a series of tense circumstances, Lady finds herself on the loose in the street. She manages to befriend a tough stray mutt named Tramp (Justin Theroux, but the dog itself was actually cast among real strays). A romance begins to blossom between them. However, their many differences, along with more drama in Lady's life, could threaten to keep them apart.

Speaking of Disney classics and dogs, Disney has also revealed the first look of Emma Stone as young Cruella de Vil from CRUELLA live action movie which will depict her youth. It looks offensively terrible. Beside dalmatians, the photo also reveals her costars Paul Walter Hauser and Joel Fry! That one hits theatres in May 2021!

      'NOELLE' TRAILER

BRINGS US SANTA'S DAUGHTER!

Anna Kendrick is Santa's daughter!

Also streaming there on that very same date is festive comedy movie NOELLE in which Anna Kendrick plays Santa's daughter!  The story of the film revolves around the daughter of the real Santa Claus, Noelle, whom she plays. When her father decides to retire, and her brother gets cold feat just before his first Christmas Eve, Noelle must take up the family business. Beside her and Bill Hader as her over pressured brother, legendary Shirley McClaine is also in the cast as Elf Polly, and elf nanny! The movie is directed by Mark Lawrence who also wrote the script for it!

      'THE MANDALORIAN' TRAILER

FOR NEW STAR WARS TV SERIES

The highlight of the day for most sf lovers was of course the first trailer for Star Wars universe set TV series THE MANDALORIAN which will

Mandalorian was directed by John Favreau

also start streaming on Disney + November 12th. Pedro Pascal plays the title role in the series set after the Return of the Jedi when the Empire was destroyed giving way to the New Republic. Mandalorian is, however, a citizen of the underworld, a lone gunfighter from the far corner of the galaxy, who operates outside the jurisdiction of the New Republic.Disney has also announced Obi Wan Kenobi series with Ewan McGregor returning to the role. The Jedi Knight series will start shooting next year. Since Disney is always milking the cow until it kills it, they are also preparing a third series which would focus on Diego Luna's Rogue One character Cassian Andor. 

NEW PHOTOS FROM CATHERINE THE GREAT EPIC MINI SERIES WITH HELEN MIRREN AND DISNEY'S MANDALORIAN STAR WARS TV SERIES WITH PEDRO PASCAL

'CATHERINE THE GREAT'

IMPERIAL COURT PHOTOS ARE IN

Sky Atlantic has released new photos which offer a few new glimpses into CATHERINE THE GREAT epic series which they're doing with HBO to air sometime this year. The lavish 18th century series will chart the latter years of

The new series will probably hit the small screens sometime this spring or summer

Catherine’s 34 year reign, as she turns Russia, which was mostly looked down upon by the rest of Europe before her, into one of the greatest powers of Europe.

CATHERINE THE GREAT
Written by Elizabeth I's Nigel Williams, the four part mini series will see Helen Mirren playing the legendary Russian monarch while Jason Clarke

Jason Clarke as Potemkin and Helen Mirren as Empress Catherine the Great. Together they've turned 18th century Russia into the leading power of Europe.

will play her long standing lover Russian General Grigory Potemkin. The series also stars Joseph Quinn as her son Grand Prince Paul, Georgina

Real Catherine was not a s skinny woman as Helen Mirren

Beedle as Princess Natalia, Antonia Clarke as Princess Sofia, Phil Dunster as Count Andrei Razumovsky, Adam el Hagar as Valerian Zubov, Paul Kaye as infamous rebel and impostor Emelyan Pugachev and Sam

The series was written by Nigel Williams

Palladio as Catherine's young lover Alexander Vasilchikov. Rory Kinnear is Panin, a skilful politician, advisor and governor to Catherine’s son, Richard Roxburgh is Prince Grigory Orlov, her most famous lover who helped her

The series will also air on HBO in Northern America

come to power by overthrowing her husband, Kevin McNally is his brother Alexei Orlov, Bodyguard's Gina McKee is her confidant and lifelong friend Countess Bruce, Clive Russell is The Fool!

'THE MANDALORIAN'

STAR WARS SPINOFF SERIES PICS

Disney's new streaming service Disney + has, meanwhile, revealed first photos from their Star Wars spinoff series THE MANDALORIAN, a ten

The budget of the new series was close to $100 million!

 episode science fiction adventure set in a galaxy far away and following  Boba Fett's home planet. Pedro Pascal leads the cast as a lone traveller through

The Mandalorian will air in ten hourlong episodes with different directors

galaxy of Mandalorian origin who flies in his own gunship Razor's Crest. Gina Carano portrays a character named Kara Dune, a former Rebel shock

Mandalorian will officially launch Disney + streaming service this November

trooper, while Carl Weathers will play Greef Karga the leader of a bounty hunter guild! Nick Nolte, Werner Herzog, Omid Abtahi and Giancarlo Esposito will also star in the series that will have its episodes directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, Taika Waititi and Jon Favreau who is the show's

Gina Carano is a Rebel shock trooper in the series

creator and executive producer. The new sf series will open Disney + when it launches November 12th this year. 

THE MANDALORIAN
After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before

Pedro Pascal plays the lead role of the Mandalorian

the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.

SF WEDNESDAY: PEDRO PASCAL TO LEAD THE MANDALORIAN STAR WARS TV SERIES FOR DISNEY'S NEW STREAMING SERVICE! JOHNNY LEE MILLER TO LEAD URSULA LE GUIN'S NINE LIVES MOVIE ADAPTATION

  PEDRO PASCAL

TO LEAD THE MANDALORIAN STAR WARS TV SERIES FOR DISNEY +

Pedro Pascal will be the Mandalorian

You know your trusted spy is not much of a fan of Star Wars, but some of you might be interested to hear that Disney's upcoming new streaming service is preparing a TV series from that universe and they've set Pedro Pascal to topline it in the lead role! Director Jon Favreau will produce THE MANDALORIAN science fiction series for Disney + with a plan for it to air next year. Star Wars characters Jango and Boba Fett's were also from the planet of Mandalore but this one, set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order, will see Pascal playing a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic. As Variety reports, Disney + has also announced work on a prequel series on the “Rogue One” character Cassian Andor, played by Diego Luna! The directors for THE MANDALORIAN episodes have already been set and they include actress Bryce Dallas Howard and Thor director Taika Waititi.

  JOHNNY LEE MILLER

Johnny Lee Miller will lead the new movie

TO LEAD NINE LIVES SF MOVIE

In other science fiction news today, one of the most popular sf writers Ursula  K. Le Guin, known for Earthsea saga, will see her sf novelette NINE LIVES adapted into a movie with Johnny Lee Miller and rapper Common set to lead the cast. As Deadline reports, set on a moon base for off-world drilling, the darkly comedic story follows two jaded workers whose excitement at the prospect of incoming human company is dashed when they are instead sent ten clones.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON 'SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY' WITH ALDEN EHRENREICH, EMILIA CLARKE, DONALD GLOVER, THANDIE NEWTON, PAUL BETTANY, WOODY HARRELSON

  'SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY'

FROM GALACTIC ZERO TO HERO

Solo hits cinemas May 25th worldwide!

Are you ready and excited, people? The ticket sales for Disney's SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY have started and the latest info is that they're surpassing the Black Panther ticket sales so far. It looks like it will be another box office hit from the Star Wars universe even though there were a lot of negative reactions on Alden Ehrenreich as the choice for the title role and there were also some major bumps along the road while the movie was in production and lost its original directors who apparently wanted to make it too parodic and were then replaced by good old Ron Howard. The film out May 25th in USA a day earlier in Europe, also

The movie will be longer than two hours!

 stars Emilia Clarke as Qi'Ra, Chewbacca and Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian. Thandie Newton and Paul Bettany.

SOLO'S SOLO STAR WARS STORY 
Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a

It's expected that Solo will earn between 150 and 200 million in the opening weekend

dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo befriends his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and meets the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian,

The movie is set before 1977's A New Hope movie

in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga's most unlikely heroes.

MEET THE CREW

As you know Alden Ehrenreich has been chosen to play a younger version of Han Solo, intergalactic smuggler, scoundrel and also a hero. Han Solo, captain of the Millennium Falcon, was one of the great leaders of the Rebel Alliance. Joonas Suotamo is hiding under the fur of his co-pilot Chewbacca whose wife you will also meet this time. Emilia Clarke is Qi'ra, who is only 18 years of age, but is already enmeshed in a life of crime, working for a gang

The crew of the Millennium Falcon is ready to meet you!

on Corellia. Donald Glover is Lando Calrissian, a smooth talking smuggler who will become a selfless leader of the rebellion against the Empire. Woody

Alden Ehrenreich is Solo, Joonas Suotamo is Chewbacca

Harrelson is Tobias Beckett, a survivor, always quietly working out angles to come out ahead. He's assembled a team of specialized scoundrels to carry out risky but profitable heists. Thandie Newton is Val! A no-nonsense and

Donald Glover is Lando, Emilia Clarke Qu'ira, Woody Harrelson Beckett

occasionally prickly woman who is a crack shot with a blaster rifle, she may be the most even-headed and capable member of Tobias Beckett's ragtag crew of scoundrels.