TO BECOME NEIL GAIMAN, AKIVA GOLDSMAN FANTASY TV SERIES
The saga was a huge fantasy bestseller
If you're into the small screen adaptations of fantasy classics, you will be happy to hear that Neil Gaiman and Akiva Goldsman will turn Mervyn Peake's five book saga GORMENGHAST into television series with Free Mantle Media. As 'Deadline' reports a great battle was lead for the rights over the unusual fairy tale which follows the inhabitants of Castle GORMENGHAST a sprawling, decaying, gothic structure with a raft of characters including Titus, the heir to the throne of the House of Groan, scheming kitchen boy Steerpike and twin sisters Cora and Clarice. Almost twenty years ago BBC had a series on it with very young Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
'THE 100' SEASON 5
THE WAR FOR EDEN BEGINS
And are you excited for the fifth season of CW's post apocalyptic fantasy series THE 100 which returns to the small screens April 24th? New poster
The 100 returns April 24th on Tuesday nights
and trailer have been released for the series which returns after that dramatic season 4 finale in which the survivors of Earth's destruction, after returning from a space ship in which they lived for many decades, had to hide in the underground shelter (under the control of Octavia) or go to another space station in order to survive a new wave of toxic rain which came to decimate what was left of Earth. They are now all back and fighting for the only habitable piece of land. Beside the regular cast lead by Eliza
The survivors are ready to fight for the only habitable piece of land
Taylor, Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos and Christopher Larkin, the show will now have William Miller as a mysterious prisoner aboard the
Octavia will lead the crew from the shelter into the fight against new enemies
long-distance mining mission sent from our time. A former enforcer from a powerful crime syndicate, his ruthless, violent methods make him a
Octavia will rule the underground crew like a pro in the new season
formidable antagonist to our heroes. Ivana Milicevic (as the leader of the new prisoner ship)and Jordan Bolger have also been cast.
It is an extremely slow Monday in Hollywood news, so the only thing I have for you today are just some small screen casting news! Earlier this
William will be the new baddie in The 100
year I announced that William Miller has been cast in CW's Searchers epic TV series but since that project fell apart, they've cast the handsome actor in their sf series THE 100 which ended its apocalyptic last season with the arrival of strange new ships to Earth. Miller will be Robert McCreary, a mysterious prisoner aboard the long distance mining mission sent from our time. A former enforcer from a powerful crime syndicate, his ruthless, violent methods make him a formidable antagonist to our heroes. Jordan Bolger, Ivana Milicevic, Lola Flanery have also joined the cast.
CBS''SUPERIOR DONUTS'
CASTS DIANE GUERRERO Our favourite new multi camera sitcom also has a new cast member:
returning October 30th at CBS, SUPERIOR DONUTS, in which
Diane starred in Orange is the New Black
Judd Hirsch
plays a grumpy donut shop owner who hires a young black man played by
Jermaine Fowler, to work for him, will now also have Diane Guerrero
guest starring! Guerrero will play Sofia, a young Uptown gentrifier who
parks her food truck, which serves healthy, socially conscious
breakfast foods, in front of Arthur’s (Judd Hirsch) old-school donut
shop. Although Arthur assumes she’s an entitled millennial, Sofia is
actually a hard working, enterprising, self made woman who has poured
every penny into her food truck business, which she plans to turn into
an empire!
Well, it seems CW won't become a channel of just super hero shows: they're preparing a fantasy adventure pilot for SEARCH- ERS about a group of unlikely heroes who find themselves on the journey of a lifetime. Ten years after the death of their parents, a pragmatic brother and free spirited sister are forced to team up when they learn that their mother’s terrifying and bizarre stories may be a road map to discovering the great legends, myths and unexplainable mysteries of the world. William Miller is the first cast member and will play Bosch, the swashbuckling ship captain of the Prometheus, a mysterious old soul who’s still haunted by his experiences with the unknown.
'THE SEA CHANGE'
MARK STRONG IN KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS DIRECTED MOVIE Meanwhile, in the world of the big screen, Mark Strong has joined
Kristin Scott Thomas in THE SEA CHANGE, a movie which will serve as her
own directorial debut as well! Based on Elizabeth Jane Howard’s novel
it follows a group of people who reevaluate loss, love and human
connection when they find themselves together on a remote Greek island.
Emmanuel (Mark Strong) is a successful London playwright married to the
complex and witty Lillian (Scott Thomas) for many years, but their
marriage is in crisis, a crisis which is overcome by the arrival of a
curious and outspoken young girl (Anya Taylor Joy). Their relationship
is thrown into perspective when her life is thrown upside down.
