WENTWORTH MILLER & DOMINIC PURCELL TO REUNITE AGAIN ON THE SMALL SCREENS
Universal Television is set to produce a new series on a team tasked with recovering hostages from terrible situations all over the globe. SNATCHBACK is already set to reunite Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell as leads after playing brothers in Prison Break. Inspired by the life of a real covert intelligence officer who is still active in the field today, the series will follow a highly skilled privately contracted team of operatives as they recover hostages across the globe from some of the most exotic, and equally dangerous locations on the planet.
Deadline reports that Will Smith could have Helen Mirren for a partner in COLLATERAL BEAUTY in which Smith is a New York City ad exec who spirals into a deep depression after an intense personal tragedy. His employees enact a scheme to bring him out of it with successful, and completely unexpected, results. As part of the scheme, the employees hire an actress to be played by Mirren.
CW ORDERS TRANS- YLVANIA EPIC SERIES Meanwhile, CW has bought 19th century set series TRANSYLVANIA from
the producers of ZOO. Set in 1880 it will follow a headstrong young
woman in search of her missing father who ventures from to TRANSYLVANIA
where she teams up with a wrongfully disgraced Scotland Yard Detective,
and together they witness the births of the most famous monsters and
villains in history
'LEGENDS OF TOMORROW'
THEIR TIME IS NOW
Speaking of CW they've released today a poster for new sf series LEGENDS OF TOMORROW which starts January following a group of heroes and villains from the DC universe – Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller), Heatwave (Dominic Purcell) and Firestorm, Atom (Brandon Routh), White Canary (Caity Lotz), Hawkman (Falk Hentschel) and Hawkgirl.
Well, I'm sure the ladies will sigh and agree that this cast has become uber hunky: Matt Bomer is the latest one to join the remake of THE MAGNIFI= CENT SEVEN and he is set to play the husband of Haley Bennett's character, the woman who hires seven mysterious gunmen to protect her town from a gang of bandits, lead by a nefarious robber baron. Earlier this week I informed you that Jason Momoa has joined the cast which already has Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Luke Grimes, Vicent D'Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee and Denzel Washington. Antoine Fuqua is directing!
'WILL' EPIC TV SERIES
FROM MOULIN ROUGE WRITER Meanwhile, another fun historical series that awaits us is WILL over
at TNT and TBS! As 'Deadline' reports the ten episode series will
revolve around a young William Shakespeare and it will be told in
raucous style by Craig Pearce, the longtime writing partner of auteur filmmaker Baz Luhrmann who
worked with him on MOULIN ROUGE and ROMEO AND JULIET. It is a period
drama with a hip soundtrack, contemporary shooting style and edgy
production design.
'LEGENDS OF TOMORROW'
TRAILER WITH WENTWORTH MILLER, BRANDON ROUTH AND DOMINIC PURCELL
And yet another series with superheros will be CW's new show LEGENDS OF TOMORROW which has just got its first trailer. When heroes alone are not enough the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known? Brandon Routh as The Atom, Dominic Purcell as Heat Wave, Wentworth Miller as Captain Cold, Caity Lotz as White Canary and Ciara Renee as Hawkgirl star!
Now, I was mostly disappointed with CW's ARROW and THE FLASH series (nice casts, boring, dated stories) but I know that many of you love to watch them, so you might be happy to hear that CW is preparing a spin-off series which will will see a group of heroes battling against a major DC Comics villain. Dominic Purcell, Brandon Routh, Wentworth Miller, Victor Garber and Caity Lotz will reprise their superhero roles from the original series. Dominic Purcell will again take his role as Mick Rory, a pyromaniac who finds an outlet for his obsession with fire when he teams up with Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller) and becomes the villain known as Heat Wave. Brandon Routh will be The Atom whileVictor Garber is Firestorm. It is not sure whether Caity Lotz will reprise her role of Black Canary or some other hero. Two other male and one female characters will also be in the show.
'OF KINGS AND PROPHETS'
JAMES FLOYD IS WARRIOR PRINCE Casting continues over at ABC for their new historical series OF
KINGS AND PROPHETS! The latest one to join the cast is James Floyd! The
biblical drama which follows a battle weary king, a bitter prophet and a
resourceful shepherd on a collision course with destiny, will see him
play Ish-Boseth, the youngest warrior son of the first king and queen of
Israel Saul and Anohim (Ray Winstone and Simone Kessell). I've told you
earlier that the series, to be shot in South Africa, will also have
Maisie Richardson Sellers playing his sister, young princess Michal,
while Oliver Rix will be David, the second king of Israel! Meanwhile,
Mohammad Bakri will play Samuel, last of the Biblical judges who hears
and speaks for God!
NBC'S 'UNDATEABLE' SITCOM
TO AIR LIVE 2ND SEASON EPISODE
Over at NBC, one of their most popular sitcoms, which broke records last summer, is returning tonight with the second season with the announcement that it's penultimate second season episode will air live on May 5th with separate live productions for both coasts! Starring Brent Morin, Chris D'Elia, Rich Glassman, Bianca Kajlich and Bridgit Mendler,UNDATEABLE is a most delightful sitcom about a group of close-knit friends living in Detroit, helping one another figure out their lives.
Today I'm reminding you of four films that are coming to cinemas this month, starting with THE LOFT which opens January 23rd with a hunky cast lead by Karl Urban, Wentworth Miller and James Marsden in the story of five married guys who conspire to secretly share a penthouse loft in the city, a place where they can carry out hidden affairs and indulge in their deepest fantasies. But the fantasy becomes a nightmare when they discover the dead body of an unknown woman in THE LOFT, and they realize one of the group must be involved. Paranoia seizes them as everyone begins to suspect one another. Friendships are tested, loyalties are questioned and marriages crumble as the group is consumed by fear, suspicion and murder in this relentless thriller. Matthias Schoenaerts and Rhona Mitra also star.
'BLACK SEA' HIDES
SECRETS FOR JUDE LAW Coming out the same date is Jude Law's BLACK SEA suspenseful
adventure thriller directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald,
centring on a rogue submarine captain (two-time Academy Award nominee
Jude Law) who pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure
rumoured to be lost in the depths of the BLACK SEA. As greed and
desperation take control onboard their claustrophobic vessel, the
increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each
other to fight for their own survival.
ADVENTURE AWAITS IN
TAKING OF THE TIGER MOUNTAIN
Suspense will also be seen this January in THE TAKING OF TIGER MOUNTAIN Chinese epic directed by legendary Tsui Hark! This magnificent 3D epic has the story based on Qu Bo's
novel which describes a true event from Chinese history focusing on a
communist soldier who went deep undercover amongst a gang of remote
bandits in order to take them down from within. The cast includes Zhang Hangyu, Han Geng, Lin Gengxin and Tong Liya. Check out the extremely captivating and mindblowingly stunning trailer below showing the enchanting
wintery setting of the movie! The novel has also been turned into a
very popular Beijing opera!
GEORGE LUCAS UNLEASHES
SOME 'STRANGE MAGIC' If you're for something more relaxing and fun, animated adventure
STRANGE MAGIC written by George Lucas will also open in the last week of
the month! Popular songs from the past six decades help tell the tale
of a colourful cast of goblins, elves, fairies and imps, and their
hilarious misadventures sparked by the battle over a powerful potion.
a real covert intelligence officer who is still active in the field today, the series will follow a highly skilled privately contracted team of operatives as they recover hostages across the globe from some of the most exotic, and equally dangerous locations on the planet.
a real covert intelligence officer who is still active in the field today, the series will follow a highly skilled privately contracted team of operatives as they recover hostages across the globe from some of the most exotic, and equally dangerous locations on the planet.
