FIRST GUESTS ANNOUNCED FOR THE LUXURY SAINT TROPEZ HOTEL IN THE FOURTH SEASON OF HBO SERIES THE WHITE LOTUS

   THE WHITE LOTUS   

FIRST SEASON 4 CAST ADDITIONS 

Who will be checking into a five star hotel is what we have been wondering ever since the third season of THE WHITE LOTUS ended with a (literal) bang over in Thailand, and now we have the first casting additions: Steve Coogan, newcomer Caleb Jonte Edwards, Alexander Ludwig and AJ Michalka are the first known names in the cast. There are also rumours that Helena Bonham Carter and Chris Messina might also join the new HBO series season which will this time take our guest over to France with Château de La Messardière in Saint-Tropez their welcoming new luxury resort.

SEE STEVE COOGAN AND HARRIET WALTER IN FIRST TRAILER FOR BRIAN AND MAGGIE STEPHEN FREARS' MINI SERIES ON THATCHER

  BRIAN AND MARGARET  

FIRST TRAILER FROM NEW TV SERIES

Channel 4 will release it sometime this year, but we have the first trailer from their two part mini series BRIAN AND MARGARET by Stephen Frears, which features Steve Coogan as Brian Walden, the much feared inquisitor and Harriet Walter as prime minister Margaret Thatcher. The series is based on Rob Burley’s book Why is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV.

  THE STORY OF THE SERIES IS SET

in 1989. When Brian and Margaret came together for their last ever TV interview, little did they know they were about to embark on one of the most famous political exchanges of all time. The 45-minute showdown became a national talking point and set in train a series of events that ended with Margaret’s resignation. Afterwards, they never spoke again…

 

SEE STEVE COOGAN GET SOME PENGUIN LESSONS IN THE HEARTWARMING TRAILER FOR HIS DELIGHTFUL NEW MOVIE

   THE PENGUIN LESSONS  

MOVIE TRAILER WITH STEVE COOGAN

The lessons start next April

After the Toronto world premiere of Peter Cattaneo's THE PENGUIN LESSONS movie set in 1976 it will hit cinemas in April and today we have the first trailer. Tom (Steve Coogan) lands in Buenos Aires to take up a teaching position at a prestigious English boarding school. The city is in the midst of political violence, but the headmaster (Jonathan Pryce) insists his school simply keep calm and carry on. That suits Tom just fine. When a coup d’état shuts down the school, he hops next door to Uruguay to party. A romantic foray leads to a walk along the beach, which leads to the sight of a penguin drenched in oil from a spill. Against his better judgment, Tom rescues the bird, which unlocks its undying loyalty. He's forced to sneak the flightless beast back to Argentina, and thus begins a strange and beautiful friendship.

 

SEE STEVE COOGAN AND HARRIET WALTER IN FIRST IMAGES FROM BRIAN AND MARGARET STEPHEN FREARS' MINI SERIES ON THATCHER

  BRIAN AND MARGARET  

FIRST LOOK FROM NEW TV SERIES

Channel 4 will release it sometime next year, but we have the first images from their two part mini series BRIAN AND MARGARET by Stephen Frears, which features Steve Coogan as Brian Walden, the much feared inquisitor and Harriet Walter as prime minister Margaret Thatcher. The series is based on Rob Burley’s book Why is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV.

  THE STORY OF THE SERIES IS SET

in 1989. When Brian and Margaret came together for their last ever TV interview, little did they know they were about to embark on one of the most famous political exchanges of all time. The 45-minute showdown became a national talking point and set in train a series of events that ended with Margaret’s resignation. Afterwards, they never spoke again…

 

WHEN IS DOMINA EPIC TV SERIES SECOND SEASON ARRIVING? THE LOST KING MOVIE POSTER AND TRAILER WITH SALLY HAWKINS, HARRY LLOYD, STEVE COOGAN

 DOMINA SECOND SEASON 

TO ARRIVE IN LATE 2023

Although it was the best viewed debut series on Epix in 2021, the wait for DOMINA series season two will be long as it will start shooting in early 2023 with airing planned for the end of the next year. The series that sees Kasia Smutniak playing Livia Drusilla who helped her husband Gaius Julius Caesar (Matthew McNulty) reach and hold onto the imperial throne of Ancient Rome, will see most of the old cast returning and we can probably expect new cast announcements this Autumn. Season two will plunge us back into the intrigue and corruption of ancient Rome, as the indomitable Livia Drusilla fights to maintain her position in a world in which the quest for power is pursued at any cost. This time Livia’s hands will get very dirty, and the price will be higher than even she can imagine.

 

  THE LOST KING TRAILER  

FOR NEW STEPHEN FREARS FILM

The film is out this October

After I thank you all spylings for helping us cross our 9,000,000th visitor last week, I will treat you for your help in achieving such a high number of page hits with the first poster for THE LOST KING, the latest movie drama from famous Stephen Frears who gave us Philomena, The Queen and Dangerous Liaisons. Out this October it stars Sally Hawkins, Harry Lloyd and Steve Coogan.

 

In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a carpark in Leicester. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with scepticism by experts and academics. THE LOST KING is the life-affirming true story of a woman who refused to be ignored and who took on the country's most eminent historians, forcing them to think again about one of the most controversial kings in England's history. You can also check out the first trailer below!

CATE BLANCHETT, RALPH FIENNES, JOE ALWYN, ROONEY MARA TO LEAD BBC'S BRIDESHEAD REVISITED REMAKE TV SERIES! STEPHEN FREARS, STEVE COOGAN TO SEARCH FOR RICHARD III IN THE LAST KING

 BRIDESHEAD REVISITED

PUTS CATE BLANCHETT AND RALPH FIENNES IN A CASTLE

Although she did star in a number of TV series now, I don't think we've ever seen Cate Blanchett on BBC before, but there is first time for

Blanchett will be pious Lady Marchmain

everything: she and Ralph Fiennes will lead the cast of BRIDESHEAD REVISITED mini series, but, sadly, the lead will go to Andrew Garfield (what a wildly dull casting choice). The adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel will be directed by Call Me By Your Name's Luca Guadagnino for Mammoth Screen. As Daily Mail reveals, it tells the story of Ryder (Garfield) and his friendship with aristocratic family, the Flytes (Fiennes and Blanchett), who live in the palatial Brideshead Castle. Ryder has relationships with two of the Flytes: Sebastian (to be played by Joe Alwyn), who he befriends at Oxford University, and Julia (Rooney Mara), as the 1945 book explores themes of

Fiennes will be Lord Marchmain, Alwyn his son Sebastian

aristocratic nostalgia, Catholicism, and homosexuality. HBO will air the series in USA, apparently. The producers are currently casting other roles as well so that the shooting could start next spring in United Kingdom and also in Venice.

 THE LOST KING MOVIE 

TO SEARCH FOR RICHARD III

Speaking of Brits, Stephen Frears is set to direct Steve Coogan (again after Philomena) in British comedy movie THE LOST KING which Coogan also wrote inspired by the remarkable 2012 true story of finding Brit monarch King Richard III’s remains under a Leicester car park. As Deadline reports, Coogan will co-star in the Pathe's film as the husband of Philippa

The search is on for the lead actress in the movie

  Langley, the woman who undertook the search for King Richard’s remains, which had been lost for more than 500 years. The movie will put a spotlight on Langley, whose obsessive search was derided by many. In 2012, she led the charge to exhume Richard’s skeleton, which she believed to be under a car park in the UK city of Leicester. In the global media circus that followed the discovery, Langley’s role was often overlooked.

IAN SOMERHALDER TO LEAD 'V-WARS' VAMPIRE SERIES FOR NETFLIX! 'IDEAL HOME' TRAILER WITH PAUL RUDD, STEVE COOGAN AS A VERY GAY COUPLE

IAN SOMERHALDER  

 TO LEAD 'V-WARS' AT NETFLIX

Ian has previously starred in Vampire Diaries

Netflix has ordered a ten episode small screen adaptation of Jonathan Mabbery's best selling book V-WARS and has set Ian Somerhalder as the lead star!

In the series that chronicles the first Vampire War, he will be Dr. Luther Swann, who enters a world of untold horror when a mysterious disease transforms his best friend, Michael Fayne, into a murderous predator who feeds on other humans. As the disease spreads and more people are transformed, society fractures into opposing camps pitting normal people against the growing number of these “vampires.” Swann races against time to understand what’s happening, while Fayne rises to become the powerful underground leader of the vampires.

  'IDEAL HOME'

SEES PAUL RUDD AND STEVE COOGAN BLISSFULLY GAY

The comedy has already played in Australian cinemas

First trailer and poster have been released for June 2018 comedy IDEAL HOME starring Paul Rudd, Steve Coogan and Jake McDorman.  In this hilarious comedy movie Steve Coogan and Paul Rudd star as Erasmus and Paul, a bickering gay couple whose life is turned inside out when a ten-year old boy shows up at their door claiming to be Erasmus' grandson. Neither Paul, nor Erasmus, are ready to give up their extravagant lifestyles to be parents, but maybe this little kid has thing or two to teach them about the value of family. Jake McDorman plays Erasmus' son who goes to jail and leaves his son to his father.

SMALL MOVIES MONDAY: 'CARRIE PILBY' WITH WILLIAM MOSELEY, GABRIEL BYRNE, NATHAN LANE, 'THE DINNER' WITH RICHARD GERE, LAURA LINNEY, STEVE COOGAN, CHLOE SEVIGNY, 'BLACK BUTTERFLY' WITH ANTONIO BANDERAS, JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS

'CARRIE PILBY' TRAILER

 NATHAN LANE & WILLIAM MOSELEY

Small movies Monday for you today, starting with the first trailer and poster for the movie adaptation of CARRIE PILBY a best selling novel from Caren Lissner in which Bel Powley plays a girl of high intelligence who struggles to make sense of the world as it relates to morality, relationships, sex and leaving her apartment. Beside Powley in the title role, the cast also includes Nathan Lane as her shrink, with William Moseley, Gabriel Byrne and Jason Ritter also in the cast. The movie should be out in US cinemas beginning of April.

'BLACK BUTTERFLY' POSTER

JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS VS ANTONIO BANDERAS
The first poster has also been released for the remake of French thriller Papillon Noir by Herve Korian now titled BLACK BUTTERFLY. Antonio Banderas plays Paul, a down on his luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light. Piper Perabo and Abel Ferrara also star in the movie which is out sometime later this year.

'THE DINNER' TRAILER

RICHARD GERE & STEVE COOGAN

First trailer and poster have also been released for intense drama thriller THE DINNER the movie adaptation of Herman Koch's novel. Starring Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney and Chloe Sevigny and out this May it offers a look at how far parents will go to protect their children.