DIOR CLASHES WITH CHANEL IN NEW LOOK TV SERIES TRAILER WITH BEN MENDELSOHN, JULIETTE BINOCHE, GLENN CLOSE, JOHN MALKOVICH, EMILY MORTIMER

 THE NEW LOOK TRAILER 

PITS DIOR AGAINST COCO CHANEL

And it is quite a stellar trailer too. Apple TV Plus has issued trailer for their THE NEW LOOK mini series which will start streaming its ten episodes February 14th set in Paris after the Nazi occupation of the French capital when it became the heart of a fashion revival led by Christian Dior (Ben Mendelsohn) but it caused his clash with Coco Chanel (Juliette Binoche) who reigned the fashion world before that. Maisie Williams also stars as Catherine Dior, Emily Mortimer as Elsa Lombardi, John Malkovich as Lucien Lelongand, Claes Bang as Spatz with Glenn Close as one of the lead fashion editors of the time. Our French hunkster Hugo Becker also stars. Cristóbal Balenciaga, Pierre Cardin, Hubert de Givenchy and Pierre Balmain will also be featured as they were their contemporaries. Alex Jennings and our boy Jannis Niewohner also star. The series which opens with three episodes will have modern soundtrack. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think:

SEE GLENN CLOSE AS HARPER'S BAZAAR'S CHIEF EDITOR IN DIOR AND CHANEL FASHION TV SERIES THE NEW LOOK

 THE NEW LOOK TV SERIES 

GLENN CLOSE AS FASHION EDITOR

After the first images that Apple has released from their February 14th series THE NEW LOOK we now also have two images of Glenn Close as Harper's Bazaar's editor Carmel Snow. Starring Ben Mendelsohn as Christian Dior and Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel, the series centers on the fashion designers and their contemporaries as they navigated the horrors of World War II and launched modern fashion. John Malkovich stars as Lucien Lelong, Emily Mortimer as Elsa Lombardi, and Claes Bang as Spatz. As Dior rises to prominence with his groundbreaking, iconic imprint of beauty and influence, Chanel’s reign as the world’s most famous fashion designer is put into jeopardy in the ten episode show.

1ST THE NEW LOOK DIOR AND COCO CHANEL TV SERIES IMAGES WITH BEN MENDELSOHN, JULIETTE BINOCHE, JOHN MALKOVICH

 THE NEW LOOK TV SERIES 

ON DIOR AND COCO CHANEL

It will not arrive this year as it is set for February 14th launch at Apple TV Plus, but we have the first images from THE NEW LOOK mini TV series which will revolve around the fashion war between Christian Dior and Coco Chanel, played by Ben Mendelsohn and Juliette Binoche. The series will have a three episode premiere with the rest airing weekly till April. 

 

  THE SERIES IS SET

against he World War II Nazi occupation of Paris, and focuses on the pivotal moment in the twentieth century when the French city led the world back to life through its fashion icon Christian Dior. As Dior rises to prominence with his groundbreaking, iconic imprint of beauty and influence, Chanel’s reign as the world’s most famous fashion designer is put into jeopardy. The interwoven saga follows the surprising stories of Dior’s contemporaries and rivals from Chanel to Pierre Balmain, Cristóbal Balenciaga and more, and provides a stunning view into the atelier, designs and clothing created by Christian Dior through collaboration with the House of Dior. Mendelsohn stars as Christian Dior and Binoche as Coco Chanel, along with Maisie Williams as Catherine Dior, John Malkovich stars as Lucien Lelong, Emily Mortimer stars as Elsa Lombardi and Claes Bang stars as Spatz.

 

HOLLYWOOD SPY'S GUIDE THROUGH ALL THE NEW PERIOD SET SHOWS OF 2023: FROM WILD WEST, 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND, 15TH CENTURY BELGRADE, PARIS, HAWAII AND TUDOR COURT TO IMPERIAL RUSSIA AND NAUTILUS

 2023 PERIOD SET SERIES 

THE ULTIMATE LIST IS HERE

Well, it is not especially ultimate as, unlike 2022 that gave us quite a lot of shows on queens and empresses, freshly launched 2023 looks rather bleak when it comes to our favourite period set genre. Out of the returning shows we

Django should start very soon on Sky

can expect new seasons of Valhalla, Wheel of Time, Serpent Queen, Sisi, Empress, Gilded Age, Domina and Sanditon, but here are the new ones: Sky should finally launch its wild west set adventure DJANGO starring Matthias Schoenaerts as the legendary gunslinger searching for his daughter. FX might finally bring us the new adaptation of SHOGUN sometime this year starring Cosmo Jarvis as the 17th century sailor who becomes a samurai. Hiroyuki Sanada and Tadanobu Asano also star. BBC will probably give us GALLOWS POLE set in the 18th century industrial revolution in Yorkshire, and possibly TEN POUND POMS with Michelle Keegan in which a group of Brits leave post-

A sneaky spy peek into Ten Pound Poms set

war Britain in 1956 to embark on an adventure in Australia. Amazon Prime Video has already set cast for MY LADY JANE which brings the history of the saddest queen of England ever - she ruled just a few weeks. Dominic Cooper stars.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM ITV?

British channel ITV and their newly launched streamer ITVX are to bring us TOM JONES series which will also air on PBS Masterpiece this spring starring Solly McLeod as the titular hero of the four part picaresque

Tom Jones will have just four episodes this spring

story about young man's complicated journey to find real love in the 18th century England. We might also get to see Iain De Caestercker as King Arthur in THE WINTER KING in which a former warrior now turned monk, tells the story of how Arthur became the lord of war despite the illegitimacy of his throne.

2023 OFFER FROM NETFLIX

Netflix does not really have much in offer from the genre. February should bring us Italian series THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET with Matilda de Angelis. Forbidden from practicing law, a woman prepares an appeal to overturn the court's decision in this true 19th century story of Lidia Poët, Italy's first female lawyer. Poe's THE FALL OF THE HOUSE

Lidia Poet will start this February on Netflix

OF USHER should also arrive to the streamer sometime this year starring Bruce Greenwood, Zach Gilford, Mark Hamil and Carla Gugino.

 

  FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

Beside the new season of Catherine the Great series, this time titled VELIKAYA: THE GOLDEN AGE in which Liza Boyarska takes over the

Liza Boyarskaya is new Catherine the Great in Velikaya

role of the Russian empress in the later years of her rule,  we will also see Catherine the Great, this time played by Irina Pegova, in THE IMPERIAL

Irina Pegova is Catherine in The Imperial Vaccination

VACCINATION about the time when Catherine had to make her people accept the first flu vaccines by taking it first herself. That one will air on Russia 1 broadcaster sometime this year.

APPLE TO LEAD THE GENRE

Surprisingly enough, Apple TV Plus will probably dominate the genre this year. They have THE BUCCANEERS set in the 1870s when a bunch of rich American girls are trying to find a posh English husband during

First look at The Buccaneers TV series set

the London debutante season. They should also show us THE NEW LOOK in which Ben Mendelhson and Juliette Binoche play Dior and Coco Chanel in the story that explores the rise of fashion designer Christian Dior, as

Ben Mendehlson as Dior in The New Look

he dethrones Coco Chanel and helps return spirit and life to the world with his iconic imprint of beauty and influence. Hugo Becker, John Malkovich and

Masters of the Air continues Band of Brothers anthology

Emily Mortimer also star. It is possibly that we will also finally see MASTERS OF THE AIR which follows the American bombers during the

Jason Momoa will be Chief of War

WW2 with Callum Turner and Austen Butler in the lead roles. Jason Momoa is, meanwhile, bringing CHIEF OF WAR about the historical struggle for power on his islands of Hawaii. 

  WHAT IS DISNEY PREPARING

We are also not used to getting costume drama from Disney Plus, but this year they are bringing us THE BALLAD OF RENEGADE NELL about an 18th century female renegade who will cross paths with Queen Anne and play

Shazad Latif as captain Nemo in Nautilus

a role in the power struggles that were being played out over the European battlefields. We might also see Shazad Latif as Captain Nemo in

The Lions of Sicily first look at the sets

NAUTILUS epic TV seafaring adventure and also the adaptation of THE LIONS OF SICILY which follows the 19th century Florio family which turned a small shop in Sicily into a flourish business activity that became an

Balenciaga might be scraped due to the recent scandal

economic empire! Disney should also give us BALENCIAGA series about the famous Spanish designer and fashion legend it if hasn't been cancelled due to the recent scandal.

RISE OF THE RAVEN

Now, I am not sure this one will be done for airing this year, but it might: RISE OF THE RAVEN is this year's most expensive epic series from Central Europe done for Hungarian TV2, Austrian ORF and our dear Beta Film. Based on Bán Mór’s bestselling novels, the ten part series follows Hungarian warrior Janos Hunyadi, who defeated the Ottoman army in 1456 at the Battle of Belgrade, halting its march across Europe. Set among the scandals, political power plays and court intrigues of medieval Europe, the $30 million series is nevertheless a human story at heart, with Gellért L. Kádár playing Hunyadi, and Vivien Rujder as his life partner, Elizabeth Szilagyi. Laurence Rupp, Murathan Muslu and Rade Sherbedgia also star.

1ST LOOK AT CHEVALIER MARIE ANTOINETTE COURT SET MOVIE, EMMA MACKEY, OLIVER JACKSON COHEN IN EMILY BRONTE BIOPIC, SHAZAD LATIF IN DISNEY'S NAUTILUS EPIC ADVENTURE, BEN MENDELSOHN AS DIOR IN THE NEW LOOK SERIES

   FIRST LOOK AT  

CHEVALIER COSTUME DRAMA

A bunch of first looks for you today starting with the first photo of Kelvin Harrison in CHEVALIER movie which will premiere at Toronto Film Festival. He portrays Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the son of a slave and a plantation owner, who became popular at the French court as a composer. Lucy Boynton plays Marie Antoinette with Samara Weaving in the lead female role. The film will hit theatres August 23rd.

EMILY BRONTE BIOPIC

Also premiering in Toronto is Frances O'Connor's biopic on Emily Bronte EMILY with Emma Mackey playing the famous writer of Wuthering Heights. Also starring Oliver Jackson Cohen, it imagines the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of a rebel and a misfit, one of the world's most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers who died too soon at the age of 30.

NAUTILUS DISNEY SERIES

We also have the first sneaky peek into Disney Plus adventure series NAUTILUS showing Shazad Latif at the sets as famous Captain Nemo from Jules Verne's legendary novel. Jacob Collins Levy and Richard E. Grant also star in this origin story of Captain Nemo and his legendary submarine. An Indian prince robbed of his birthright and family, a prisoner of the East India Company and a man bent on revenge against the forces which have taken everything from him, Nemo set sail with his ragtag crew on board the awe-inspiring vessel, battling foes and discovering magical underwater worlds.

THE NEW LOOK DRAMA

We also stole first pics from the set of Apple TV Plus' new period set fashion series THE NEW LOOK with Ben Mendelsohn as Dior and Maisie Williams as Catherine Dior. The series also starring Emily Mortimer, Claes Bang and John Malkovich, explores the rise of fashion designer Christian Dior, as he dethrones Coco Chanel and helps return spirit and life to the world with his iconic imprint of beauty and influence. Juliette Binoche plays famous French fashion designer Coco Chanel.

JULIETTE BINOCHE, BEN MENDELSOHN THE NEW LOOK TV SERIES ON CHANEL & DIOR ADS EMILY MORTIMER, JOHN MALKOVICH, CLAES BANG! SEE MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS MOVIE POSTER WITH LESLEY MANVILLE HUNTING FOR A DIOR DRESS

 DIOR & CHANEL SERIES 

ADS EMILY MORTIMER AND JOHN MALKOVICH TO THE CAST

After adding Juliette Binoche and Ben Mendelhson as Dior and Coco Chanel in their THE NEW LOOK mini series, Apple has also added some new names to the drama about the pivotal moment in the 20th Century when Paris led the world back to life through its fashion icons: Chanel and Christian Dior whose creations dominated world fashion in the decade following World War II. John Malkovich will play Lucien Lelong, President of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture whose influential eponymous fashion house employed Dior and Balmain during the Occupation. Emily Mortimer will be Eva Colozzi, friend, confidante and style inspiration to Coco Chanel. Claes Bang will play Spatz, a Nazi operative stationed in Paris to both seduce and spy on the Parisian female elite.

  MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS  

BRAND NEW MOVIE POSTER!

The film arrives this July

Speaking of Paris fashion, check out the new poster for MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS movie which arrives to cinemas around the world thisJuly starring Lesley Manville, Jason Isaacs, Lambert Wilson, Anna Chancellor, Isabelle Huppert, Freddie Fox, Rose Williams, Lucas Bravo and Christian McKay. In partnership with the House of Dior, the film tells the story of a widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London who falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides that she must have one of her own. After she works, starves and gambles to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris which will change not only her own outlook, but the very future of the House of Dior. Check out the delightful trailer below and tell us what you think:

BEN MENDELSOHN, JULIETTE BINOCHE ARE DIOR & CHANEL IN APPLE'S THE NEW LOOK PERIOD SET TV SERIES! CATE BLANCHETT TO LEAD PERIOD SET NEW BOY MOVIE! STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH 16TH CENTURY SET EPIC

 CATE BLANCHETT TO STAR 

IN THE NEW BOY MOVIE

Blanchett will both star and produce

From Dirty Films, which is her production company, and Scarlett Pictures, comes news that Cate Blanchett will produce and star in THE NEW BOY a movie written by Venice Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival award winner Warwick Thornton who will also sit behind the helm. The period set drama will open in 1940s Australia, with the film depicting the mesmeric story of a 9 year old Aboriginal orphan boy who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun (Cate Blanchett). The new boy’s presence disturbs the delicately balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.

 DIOR & CHANEL TV SERIES 

SENDS BEN MENDELSOHN & JULIETTE BINOCHE TO PARIS

Apple TV + is producing a WW2 Paris mini TV series THE NEW LOOK with Ben Mendelsohn playing Christian Dior and Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel. Inspired by true events the series depicts the meteoric rise of fashion designer Christian Dior as he dethrones the Grande Dame Coco Chanel and helps return spirit and life to the world with his

Juliette Binoche and Ben Mendelsohn will lead the series

ground-breaking, iconic imprint of beauty and influence. In addition to Dior, whose creations dominated world fashion in the decade following World War II, and Chanel, the interwoven saga will include the stories of other rivals including Balmain, Balenciaga, Givenchy, Pierre Cardin, Yves Saint Laurent and more. Todd A. Kessler is the creator.

 STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH 

16TH CENTURY SET MOVIE

Nordic streaming service Viaplay is preparing female led English language adventure STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH set in 1520 and exploring a dark chapter in Sweden’s history, which saw the infamous massacre of nearly 100 nobles and civilians in the Swedish capital. The story is told

Mikael Hafstrom is directing the English language movie

through the eyes of Anne and her foster sister Freja as they seek revenge on the men who murdered their family at Anne’s wedding. Their quest leads them to Stockholm, where they are drawn into a ruthless political power struggle between Sweden and Denmark that culminates in a mass execution known to history as the Stockholm Bloodbath.