1ST TRAILER FOR DISNEY PLUS 19TH CENTURY ITALY SET HISTORICAL SERIES LIONS OF SICILY

     LIONS OF SICILY SERIES   

FIRST OFFICIAL TRAILER IS HERE

The series starts October 25th!

 

A month or so ago your trusted spy showed you the first images but now we have the first official trailer along with the airing date for LIONS OF SICILY eight episode historical drama that will arrive to Disney + October 25th based on the popular novels by Stefania Auci which have been translated in many countries around the world! This lavish costume family saga is following the story of the Florio family through many decades of the 19th century. It was directed by renowned Italian director Paolo Genovese. You can check out the first Italian trailer below and tell us how you like it, will you be tuning in next month?

  THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND

 Brothers Paolo (Vinicio Marchioni) and Ignazio (Paolo Briguglia) who are two small spice merchants who have escaped from a Calabria stuck in the past and in search of social redemption. In Sicily they invent a future, turning a small, run-down shop into a flourish business activity that young Vincenzo (Michele Riondino), with his revolutionary ideas, will transform into an economic empire. However, overwhelming Vincenzo’s life and that of the entire family is the disruptive arrival of Giulia (Miriam Leone), a strong and intelligent woman who is in contrast with the rigid rules of the society of the time. A family saga filled with love, family, success, wars and revolutions, the story takes place in Sicily from 1800 until the Proclamation of the Kingdom in Italy in 1861. Also starring are Donatella Finocchiaro as Giuseppina, Eduardo Scarpetta as Ignazio Florio - Vincenzo’s son, Ester Pantano as young Giuseppina and Adele Cammarata as Giovanna D’Ondes.

1ST IMAGES AND AIR DATE FOR DISNEY HISTORICAL SERIES LIONS OF SICILY! SEE BALLOON TRIP AROUND THE WORLD IN LORD OF THE WIND INSPIRING MOVIE TRAILER

     LIONS OF SICILY   

FIRST OFFICIAL IMAGES

A few days ago I showed you first set images but now we have first official ones along with the airing date for LIONS OF SICILY eight episode historical drama that will arrive to Disney + October 25th based on the popular novels by Stefania Auci! This lavish costume family saga is following the story of the Florio family through many decades of the 19th century.

  THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND

 Brothers Paolo (Vinicio Marchioni) and Ignazio (Paolo Briguglia) who are two small spice merchants who have escaped from a Calabria stuck in the past and in search of social redemption. In Sicily they invent a future, turning a small, run-down shop into a flourish business activity that young Vincenzo (Michele Riondino), with his revolutionary ideas, will transform into an economic empire. However, overwhelming Vincenzo’s life and that of the entire family is the disruptive arrival of Giulia (Miriam Leone), a strong and intelligent woman who is in contrast with the rigid rules of the society of the time. A family saga filled with love, family, success, wars and revolutions, the story takes place in Sicily from 1800 until the Proclamation of the Kingdom in Italy in 1861. Also starring are Donatella Finocchiaro as Giuseppina, Eduardo Scarpetta as Ignazio Florio - Vincenzo’s son, Ester Pantano as young Giuseppina and Adele Cammarata as Giovanna D’Ondes. I hope we will be getting a trailer soon, probably with the arrival of Autumn later this year.

    LORD OF THE WIND  

INSPIRING MOVIE TRAILER

The story of Fyodor Konyukhov's round-the-world balloon flight is told in a Russian movie for which we just got a new trailer. He completed it in 2016 in 11 days and set a world record. LORD OF THE WIND (Повелитель ветра), out October,

Lord of the Air arrives this October

follows famous Russian traveler Konyukhov (Fedor Bondarchuk), who has conquered the earth's poles, oceans and the highest peaks, and now sets off on a new, most dangerous journey. He will have to circumnavigate the Earth in a balloon all alone. The flight is prepared by a whole team, but it is impossible to foresee all the dangers that await the traveler in extreme conditions. Konyukhov falls into a hurricane - without communication, without sleep, almost without air, he has to go only forward in order to return to those he loves. And the whole world, with bated breath, is watching the man who challenged the elements. See the stunning trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

1ST IMAGES FROM NEW HISTORICAL SERIES CHIEF OF WAR WITH JASON MOMOA, A THOUSAND BLOWS WITH STEPHEN GRAHAM, A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW WITH EWAN MCGREGOR, DECAMERON, LIONS OF SICILY

 NEW HISTORICAL SERIES 

CHIEF OF WAR

This one has started shooting last November at Hawaii before moving in February to New Zealand where the series had been shooting till June for Apple TV Plus! Jason Momoa leads the cast of the series set in the late 18th Century when the four major kingdoms of Hawaii were constantly in a state of war. Legendary warrior Kaʻiana is pulled into battle when Seers and visions name him as the one who will fulfill an Ancient Prophecy that will bring peace to all of Hawaii.

A THOUSAND BLOWS

We also have two set photos showing Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty at the sets of A THOUSAND BLOWS mini series which follows the fortunes of Hezekiah and Alec, two best friends newly arrived from Jamaica. Fighting for survival in the violent melting pot of Victorian London's East End, they come up against Sugar Goodson, a dangerous, veteran boxer, played by Stephen Graham. Warrior's Jason Tobin also stars in the twelve episode 19th century Disney Plus series.

A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW

Ewan McGregor is also looking dashing and swell in full costume for his new historical series A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW from Showtime and

Ewan McGregor as count Rostov

Paramount+ based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Amor Towles. He stars as Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel's doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him a doorway into a much larger world of emotional discovery. The series also stars Ewan's love partner Mary Elisabeth Winstead and our dear John Heffernan! I hear the shooting that started back in February was almost over when it was suspended this month due to the actors' strike. 

THE DECAMERON

I was not sure whether to even include this one or not, as the cast seems beyond atrocious for a historical series and plus it is being done for Netflix, but you can check out first set images from their new eight episode series adaptation of the famous THE DECAMERON! In 1348, as the Black Death strikes hard in the city of Florence. A handful of nobles are invited to retreat with their servants to a grand villa in the Italian countryside and wait out the pestilence with a lavish holiday. But as social rules wear thin, what starts as a wine-soaked sex romp in the hills of Tuscany descends into an all out scramble for survival.

THE LIONS OF SICILY

Another Italy set series to expect is the adaptation of beloved historical saga THE LIONS OF SICILY over at Disney Plus. It follows the Florio family where brothers Paolo (Vinicio Marchioni) and Ignazio (Eduardo Scarpetta) are two small spice merchants who have escaped from a Calabria stuck in the past and in search of social redemption. In Sicily they invent a future, turning a small, run-down shop into a flourish business activity that young Vincenzo, with his revolutionary ideas, will transform into an economic empire. However, overwhelming Vincenzo's life and that of the entire family is the disruptive arrival of Giulia (Miriam Leone), a strong and intelligent woman who is in contrast with the rigid rules of the society of the time.

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  CHRIS EVANS JOINS   

EMILY BLUNT IN PAIN HUSTLERS

Well that will be the hottest pair up ever: Chris Evans is in negotiations to join Emily Blunt's PAIN HUSTLERS movie at Netflix. She plays Liza Drake, a high-school dropout dreaming of a better life for her and her young daughter. Liz lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical startup in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida. Her charm, guts and drive catapult the company and her into the high life, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences.

  THE LIONS OF SICILY 

FOR DISNEY PLUS ITALIA

We are usually used to getting Italian originals from Sky and Netflix, but now Disney Plus Italia has also announced an original new series and it will be in our favourite historical genre. The production has already commenced

The series will be based on a book

on THE LIONS OF SICILY, a family saga based on Stefania Auci’s bestseller “The Florios of Sicily.” Paolo Genovese is directing this saga which will have eight episodes set between 1800 and 1861, with the story following the Florio family where brothers Paolo and Ignazio are two small spice merchants who have escaped from a Calabria stuck in the past and in search of social redemption. In Sicily they invent a future, turning a small, run-down shop into a flourish business activity that young Vincenzo, with his revolutionary ideas, will transform into an economic empire. However, overwhelming Vincenzo’s life and that of the entire family is the disruptive arrival of Giulia, a strong and intelligent woman who is in contrast with the

Miriam Leone, Vinicio Marchioni, Michele Riondino star

rigid rules of the society of the time. Michele Riondino, Miriam Leone, Donatella Finocchiaro, Vinicio Marchioni, Eduardo Scarpetta, Paolo Briguglia, Ester Pantano and Adele Cammarata, are all members of the cast. 

   LUCK MOVIE TRAILER 

APPLE'S ANIMATED COMEDY

Luck streams August 5th on Apple TV +

Apple TV Plus has released first trailer for their animated comedy movie LUCK which will hit the streamer August 5th telling the story of Sam Greenfield, the unluckiest person in the world, who when she stumbles into the never-before-seen Land of Luck, sets out on a quest to bring some good luck home for her best friend. But with humans not allowed, her only chance is teaming up with the magical creatures who live there to do it. Peggy Holmes directed the movie. The voice cast has some not so likeable people in it including Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Simon Pegg,  beside Flula Borg, Lil Rel Howery, Colin O’Donoghue, John Ratzenberger and Adelynn Spoon Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think? Will you be watching?