AUTUMN 2022 EPIC SHOWS
THE RINGS OF POWER
The biggest series event of the year if not the whole decade will be the September 2nd premiere of the most expensive series ever made
LORD OF THE RINGS: RINGS OF POWER over at Amazon
Prime Video. The eight episode first season is set thousands of years before the events of
J.R.R. 
Tolkien’s
The Hobbit and
The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the
world in darkness. Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. In today's exclusive photos you can see
Benjamin Walker as Elven king Gil-Galad.
MARIE ANTOINETTE
Over at French
Canal + and
BBC after Versailles, we can expect
MARIE ANTOINETTE series later this year. The eight part series, starring
Emilia
Schule in the lead role follows the famed queen Marie Antoinette, who was the last queen of France before the French Revolution.
James Purefoy also stars with
Louis Cunningham as King Louis XVI!
TOM JONES
After a very long wait, we can also expect that the Autumn will bring us the four part adaptation of
Henry Fielding's
TOM JONES over at ITV, a picaresque story of the title character’s complicated journey to find
real love, which has delighted and scandalized readers since it was
originally published
in 1749. The raunchy novel follows often very
scandalous and bawdy sexual exploits and merry adventures of the young
and good hearted 18th century foundling Tom Jones in a story full of
twists and surprises.
Solly McLeod takes the lead.
SERPENT QUEEN
Although most of the costume drama is coming from Europe, America has one in their sleeve too: Autumn is also bringing
SERPENT QUEEN to
Starz. Starring
Samantha Morton (another exclusive photo today for you)
the eight part saga will portray the Italian noblewoman and queen of France Catherine de Medici, married to King Henry II and mother of kings Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. She had huge influence in France during the 16th century.
THE EMPRESS
Earlier this summer I
showed you the first teaser for
Netflix German epic saga
THE EMPRESS which arrives September 29th. The series will
depict Austrian empress Sisi’s
life from her teenage years onwards, when she first
met Emperor Franz
Joseph of Austria Hungary, and
Devrim Lingnau and
Philip Froissant will
play the imperial couple. When the rebellious Elisabeth meets Franz,
the Emperor of Austria, in 1853 the young couple's intoxicating love
completely upsets the power structure at the Viennese court.
BARBARIANS
Also arriving to
Netflix this Autumn is the second season of Germany's historical series
BARBARIANS in which
Jeanne Goursaud, Laurence Rupp and
David Schütter return as Arminius,
Thusnelda and Folkwin who
managed to kick Romans out of Germania. The
second season will send them on a new adventure of love, friendship and
betrayal.
LIDIA POET
Also streaming on
Netflix this Autumn, but arriving from Italy is historical series
LIDIA POET with
Matilda de Angelis in the title role of the series
which reconstructs the true story of the Italian woman who in
late 19th century Turin fought a legal battle to be allowed to practice
as a lawyer after
she was forbidden to do so by a court order. She
became Italy’s first female lawyer. Romulus helmer
Matteo Rovere is directing.
1899
Netflix is also ready to give us some period set horror thrills in their new series
1899 which revolves around a migrant steamship heading west to leave the old continent from London to New York. The
passengers, a mixed bag of
European origins, are united by their hopes
and dreams for the new century and their future abroad. When they
discover another migrant ship adrift on open sea, their journey takes an
unexpected turn. What they find on board will turn their passage to the
promised land into a horrifying nightmare.
WILLOW
Disney Plus has set November 30th start date for their new epic series
WILLOW in which
Warwick Davis is reprising his movie role of Willow Ufgood in a story of a child destined to bean empress, and the unlikely hero
who would protect her.
Ellie Bamber also
stars in this film set in a magical world where sorcerers, trolls, and
other mystical creatures flourish, and where
the adventure continues, as
an unlikely group of heroes sets off on a dangerous quest to places far beyond
their home, where they must face their inner demons and come together to
save their world.
SAS: ROGUE HEROES
BBC is bringing us their new period set series
SAS: ROGUE HEROES starring
Connor Swindells, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Allen, alongside
Dominic West and
Sofia Boutella. The six part drama is the dramatised
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SAS: Rogue Heroes will air sometime next year on BBC
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account of how the world’s greatest
Specia lForces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
AMC Plus will air a TV series adaptation of
Anne Rice's vampire saga
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE with
Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt and
Jacob Anderson as Louis. The story follows an 18th century
Lord, Louis, as he recounts his story and tumultuous relationship
with his maker – Lestat – to an eager interviewer and biographer.
After he was turned into a vampire by Lestat in 1790s in New Orleans,
they developed a love-hate relationship over the centuries!
