FROM IDYLLIC LOVE IN ITALY TO LIFE CHALANGES IN USA ZOE SALDANA FACES IT ALL IN MINI TV SERIES FROM SCRATCH ARRIVING TO NETFLIX NEXT WEEK

  NETFLIX FROM SCRATCH 

NEW ZOE SALDANA SERIES

If you are looking for a new series to watch next week, Netflix has just a thing for you: their new eight episode drama FROM SCRATCH starts streaming October 21st with Zoe Saldana in the lead role of the series based

From Scratch starts October 21st

on New York Times best selling memoirs From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke. Eugenio Mastrandrea, Danielle Deadwyler, Keith David, Judith Scott, Kellita Smith, Lucia Sardo, Paride Benassai, and Roberta Rigano are also part of the cast.

  IN FROM SCRATCH 

 Amy is fresh off the plane from Texas, exploring Italy and trying to experience what she may never have the time to do again, taking art classes and trying amazing food. A chance encounter with Lino, an Italian chef, leads to the whirlwind romance of a

The series was shot in eight episodes

lifetime. The two embark on a life together full of love, but it isn't without difficulty. Amy's parents want her to return to law school, while Lino's parents are unsure of him marrying a Black woman from America. The two persevere, getting married and continuing to take what life throws at them, even when things get tough. As they settle into life in America, Lino has a difficult time finding a job that fulfills him. In Italy, he was a chef at a restaurant, but he's having trouble breaking into that realm in the United States. He begins working as a waiter, but he struggles with the fact he can't do what he's truly passionate about. Life takes a turn when Lino is diagnosed with cancer. What was meant to be a beautiful life of food and art turned into doctor's appointments and cancer treatments while trying to raise a young daughter. Check out the trailer below:

AVATAR THE WAY OF WATER TEASER TRAILER IS HERE! SEE RUSSELL TOVEY, TOBIAS SANTELMANN IN THE FORTRESS SF DYSTOPIAN TV SERIES! CHRIS BOHJALIAN'S THE LIONESS HISTORICAL NOVEL TO BECOME TV SERIES

  THE LIONESS NOVEL  

TO BECOME A TV SHOW

eOne is adapting it into a TV series

Here's one I forgot to tell you about last week: Chris Bohjalian's novel THE LIONESS will be turned into a TV series by eOne. Out tomorrow, the book a historical fiction thriller that follows a Hollywood starlet and her entourage as they embark on a luxurious African safari that turns deadly. This is not the first of Bohjalian's works to get a small screen treatment: his bestseller The Flight Attendant is now also a popular television series over at HBO. Sherry Marsh, who worked on Vikings: Valhalla is executive producing. Last year I also informed you that she is producing The Winter King series for Sony based on Bernard Cornwell's Arthurian books.

  THE FORTRESS SF SERIES  

FIRST PHOTOS ARE HERE

You can also check out the first photos from science fiction dystopian series THE FORTRESS from Nordic streamer Viaplay which has our

The new series will stream next year on Viaplay

European hunks Tobias Santelmann and Russell Tovey in the cast. The ambitious eight part dystopian drama, that will launch sometime next year, is

British superstar Russell Tovey also stars in Fortress

set in 2037 in Norway. As 'Variety' reports, the country has decided to build an enormous wall around its borders to isolate itself and its citizens from the rest

Nordic star Tobias Santelmann stars in the new show

of the world. When a deadly pandemic breaks out, the inhabitants soon realize that the wall intended to protect them is instead holding them prisoner. 

   AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER   

The new movie is out this December

AMAZING TRAILER IS HERE!

The treat of the day is the first long awaited trailer for James Cameron's AVATAR: THE WAY OF THE WATER which arrives December 16th! It shows us Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) fourteen years after the first film's events, when the human explorer decided to remain forever trapped in the body of a blue alien. Jake and Neytiri are living happily after ever, and are now the proud parents of a young blue boy. However, peace in Pandora won’t last, as the humans are back to torment the planet, leading to a new confrontation between the invader species and the  native people of Pandora. Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, AVATAR THE WAY OF WATER begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure. Kate Winslet, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh also star in the long awaited new sequel to one of the most popular blockbuster films of all times. See the gorgeous teaser below and tell us what you think:

RYAN REYNOLDS USES THE HELP OF HIS YOUNGER SELF IN ADAM PROJECT NETFLIX SF ACTION MOVIE TRAILER! NAOMI WATTS FACES A HOSTAGE SITUATION IN DESPERATE HOUR THRILLER TRAILER

  THE DESPERATE HOUR  

TRAILER WITH NAOMI WATTS

Desperate Hour is upon us end of February

It will be a turbulent weekend with Superbowl trailers, so stay tuned, people, Rings of Power Amazon's epic tv series trailer is coming up too and I have a massive spotlight on it ready for you on Monday, but before that, two trailers I did not have the time to show you this week. First up, THE DESPERATE HOUR a riveting suspense thriller with Naomi Watts and directed by Phillip Noyce in which she stars as Amy Carr, a widowed mother trying to restore normalcy in the lives of her teenage son and young daughter. While going on a run near her home, Amy receives a terrifying phone call from her son revealing he has been

Naomi Watts leads the Phillip Noyce directed suspense thriller

taken hostage after a school shooting and the whole area around the school is in lock down. How will she save her son? The movie will arrive to Video on Demand and selected theatres February 25th!

 

   THE ADAM PROJECT WITH  

RYAN REYNOLDS OLD & YOUNG

A bit later, on March 11th over at your favourite streamer Netflix, we will have Ryan Reynolds' new action movie THE ADAM PROJECT from director

Adam Project streams March 11th

Shawn Levy.  It also stars Zoe Saldana, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner. Adam Reed, age 13, and still grieving the sudden death of his father a year earlier, walks into his garage one night to find a wounded pilot hiding there. This mysterious pilot turns out to be the older version of himself from the future, where time travel is in its infancy. He has risked everything to come back in time on a secret mission. Together they must embark on an adventure into the past to find their father, set things right, and save the world. The three working together, both young and grown Adam come to terms with the loss of their father and have a chance to heal the wounds that have shaped them. Adding to the challenge of the mission, the two Adams

Zoe Saldana and Ryan Reynolds lead the cast

discover they really don't like each other very much, and if they're going to save the world, they're first going to have to figure out how to get along.

ZOE SALDANA TO BATTLE 19TH CENTURY PIRATES IN THE BLUFF HISTORICAL ADVENTURE AT NETFLIX! TAYLOR KITSCH JOINS CHRIS PRATT IN AMAZON'S TERMINAL LIST MOVIE

  ZOE SALDANA TO BATTLE 

PIRATES IN THE BLUFF FILM

Zoe Saldana will lead The Bluff adventure

Netflix and director Frank E. Flowers are preparing a new historical adventure movie THE BLUFF and they have set Zoe Saldana as the lead. Apparently, several streaming services battled for the project set in the Cayman Islands in the 1800s in which Saldana plays Ercell, a Caribbean woman whose secret past is revealed when her island is invaded by vicious buccaneers. As Deadline writes, the intention is to blend visceral action and historical fiction to create a real action vehicle as the heroine fights against the atrocities committed by the pirates.  The movie will also have another strong female who is part of the vigilante campaign, and also the nasty lead pirate so stayed tuned for the casting updates for other of the leading roles.

 THE TERMINAL LIST SERIES 

TAYLOR KITSCH JOINS CHRIS PRATT IN AMAZON TV SHOW

Over at rival Amazon, the small screen adaptation of Jack Carr's best selling novel THE TERMINAL LIST has just added Taylor Kitsch next to Chris Pratt who plays James Reece, just after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his

Taylor Kitsch and Chris Pratt will lead The Terminal List

culpability. However, as new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life but the lives of those he loves. Kitsch will play Ben Edwards, a former SEAL and Reece’s best friend. Now a member of CIA Ground Branch, Edwards uses his intelligence access and operator skill set to help Reece seek his vengeance.

HILARIOUS TRAILER FOR MISSING LINK ANIMATED ADVENTURE WITH HUGH JACKMAN, STEPHENFRY, EMMA THOMPSON, ZOE SALDANA, DAVID WALLIAMS

  'MISSING LINK' TRAILER

THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET HAIRY

Another animated treat for you this week, this time the first trailer for MISSING LINK Laika's new animated adventure in which Hugh

The Missing Link will be found next Spring

Jackman is lending his voice to the charismatic Sir Lionel Frost who considers himself to be the world's foremost investigator of myths and monsters. The trouble is none of his small minded high society peers seems to recognize this. Sir Lionel's last chance for acceptance by the adventuring elite rests on travelling to America's Pacific Northwest to prove the existence of a legendary creature (Zach Galifianakis). A living remnant of Man's primitive ancestry. The Missing Link. Emma Thompson, David Walliams, Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Fry, Matt Lucas and Zoe Saldana are just a part of the

This is the fourth time Hugh and Emma are voicing an animated film

wonderful voice cast! The film was directed by Paranorman's Chris Butler who also worked on Coraline, Corpse Bride, Kubo and the Two Strings. The movie should hit cinemas next April!

HUGH JACKMAN, EMMA THOMPSON, STEPHEN FRY, ZOE SALDANA JOIN LAIKA'S ANIMATED MOVIE 'MISSING LINK'! LAST 'MAMMA MIA HERE WE GO AGAIN' TRAILER WITH MERYL STREEP, JULIE WALTERS, COLIN FIRTH, PIERCE BROSNAN, AMANDA SEYFRIED, CHER, DOMINIC COOPER

ANIMATED 'MISSING LINK'

HIRES HUGH JACKMAN, STEPHEN FRY AND EMMA THOMPSON

First photo has been revealed from Laika's new animated adventure MISSING LINK which boasts a stellar voice cast including Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Timothy

Hugh Jackman and Emma Thompson will lead the voice cast!

Olyphant, Matt Lucas and David Walliams. Jackman is charismatic Sir Lionel Frost who considers himself to be the world’s foremost investigator of myths and monsters, but his small-minded high-society peers don’t recognize

First art from new Laika's animated movie Missing Link

this. His last chance for acceptance by the adventuring elite rests on travelling to America’s Pacific Northwest to prove the existence of a legendary creature. A living remnant of Man’s primitive ancestry. The Missing Link.

'MAMMA MIA 2' FINAL TRAILER

STELLAR CAST RETURNS AGAIN!

Mamma Mia returns this July!

When it comes to trailers, check out the final one for this summer's MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN which is out in cinemas this July, and there is also a new poster revealing the whole cast! Meryl Streep is dead in the sequel, but she will appear in flashbacks, while Cher arrives as Amanda Seyfried's grandmother while the movie reminisces on the youth of her mother and her three possible fathers played by Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard. Since she is now also pregnant and very young like her mother was when she had her, she realizes she will need to take risks like her mother did.  Lily James plays young Meryl Streep, Dominic Cooper is Amanda's husband, Julie Walters

The movie will feature other Abba songs which weren't used in the first film

is her aunt. Jeremy Irvine and Hugh Skinner play her dads when they were young, with Andy Garcia also in the cast.

BRILLIANT TRAILERS AND POSTERS FOR 'FINDING YOUR FEET' WITH TIMOTHY SPALL, CELIA IMRIE, IMELDA STAUNTON, JOANNA LUMLEY, 'I KILL GIANTS' FANTASY DRAMA WITH ZOE SALDANA, IMOGEN POOTS

  'FINDING YOUR FEET'

WITH IMELDA STAUNTON, TIMOTHY SPALL AND CELIA IMRIE

You may find Finding Your Feet in UK cinemas this wekend

While Hollywood is sleeping or watching overhyped superhero flicks, I will be showing you a bunch of trailers and posters for smaller films in upcoming few days, starting with deeply entertaining and marvellously uplifting comedy movie FINDING YOUR FEET which is hitting European cinemas this weekend and then throughout March with Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, Imelda Staunton, Joanna Lumley in the amazing thespian cast!

On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgemental snob (outstanding Imelda Staunton) discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best

Everyone deserves a second chance with a push in the right direction

friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister (brilliant Celia Imrie) who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate.

  'I KILL GIANTS' TRAILER

ZOE SALDANA & IMOGEN POOTS

I Kill Giants is based on a comic book of the same name

Meanwhile, something less funny coming out this March in US cinemas and April in Europe, is I KILL GIANTS based on J.M. Ken Nimura and Joe Kelly's 2008 graphic novel in which little Madison Wolfe plays a girl named Barbara Thorson who struggles through life by escaping into a fantasy life of magic and monsters. Check out the truly magnificent trailer below for the movie which also stars Imogen Poots, Zoe Saldana and Jennifer Ehle!

SF WEDNESDAY: 1ST 'GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2' TRAILER WITH CHRIS PRATT, ZOE SALDANA! JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT TO FRONT 'SOVEREIGN' SF THRILLER MOVIE

JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT 

TO LEAD 'SOVEREIGN' SF MOVIE

We're all space and science fiction today, starting with the news coming from British director Marc Munden who has just cast Joseph Gordon Levitt for his new sf thriller SOVEREIGN with Amy Adams' Arrival sf film producers doing this one as well!

SOVEREIGN
will see Joseph Gordon Levitt in the role of a man who, in the wake of a fractured marriage, goes to find his wife and the entire crew of a space station who have gone missing. As he explores the ship, he discovers the truth about their disappearance and is forced to confront his own role in losing her.

'GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2' 

 IS HERE! OBVIOUSLY!

Although the first one was rather mediocre at its best and not that much funny if at all, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY is getting its sequel and today you can watch first footage from it showing Chris Pratt as Star Lord and also Zoe Saldana doing a bit of flying with the Rocket Raccoon punching some walls. Set to be released into galaxy next May it will again be directed by James Gunn with Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell also making appearances in the sf adventure because, you know, the galaxy won't save itself. 

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT AND CHARACTER POSTERS FOR 'STAR TREK BEYOND' WITH CHRIS PINE, KARL URBAN, ZACHARY QUINTO, JOHN CHO, ZOE SALDANA, ANTON YELCHIN

'STAR TREK BEYOND' 

CHARACTER POSTERS ARE IN

While we're anxiously waiting to see what will the new STAR TREK TV series, starting in January at CBS, be about and who will stand at the helm of Enterprise (Nathan Fillion being fans' favourite rumoured name), we shall first watch the third movie in the rebooted saga (or the thirteenth at all) STAR TREK BEYOND which will boldly sail into the cinemas around the world from July 22nd this summer! Today you can enjoy the character posters showing all the stars portraying our beloved sf heroes!

THE CREW IS BACK
In the $150 million movie, the crew of the USS Enterprise, halfway into their five year mission, which takes them into uncharted territory, are attacked by a seemingly unstoppable wave of unknown aliens forcing them to abandon ship. Stranded on an unknown planet and with no apparent means of rescue nor communication, the crew find themselves in conflict with a new ruthless enemy, while Kirk must work out a plan to reunite his crew and get back to Earth.

CHRIS PINE AND KARL URBAN LEADING THE CAST AGAIN

With FAST AND FURIOUS franchise director Justin Lin behind the helm of STAR TREK BEYOND instead of J.J. Abrams who had to work on STAR WARS saga, the cast is again lead by the ensemble that has built up an amazing chemistry among themselves in the first two movies of the rebooted series. Chris Pine returns again as the young Captain Kirk fresh from the Star Fleet Academy and now given the command of Enterprise which he is taking into the legendary exploring mission with most famous Vulcan in the universe Spock, played by Zachary Quinto, as his trusted commander. It is interesting that while both Pine and Quinto have contracts signed for the fourth movie as well, the rest of the crew did not have presigned contracts even for this one, which Karl Urban, who is again playing everybody's beloved grumpy Doctor Bones or Lieutenant Commander McCoy, has recently confirmed by saying he did not even know he is returning for the third part, which is shocking given that his character is fans' favourite. Zoe Saldana is gain Lieutenant Uhura, John Cho portrays Lieutenant Sulu and Anton Yelchin is Lieutenant Chekov! Idris Elba is the main villain in the movie called Krall, while Sofia Boutella is Jaylah, the alien warrior you see in the trailer with the white skin. Oscar winner Shohreh Aghdashloo was cast as the High Command of the Federation for reshoots on the film.

CATE BLANCHETT, CARL URBAN, JEFF GOLDBLUM, MARK RUFFALO JOIN CHRIS HEMSWORTH, TOM HIDDLESTON, ANTHONY HOPKINS IN 'THOR RAGNAROK'! 'STAR TREK BEYOND' TRAILER WITH CHRIS PINE, KARL URBAN, ZACHARY QUINTO!

'THOR: RAGNAROK' CASTS

CATE BLANCHETT, KARL URBAN AND JEFF GOLDBLUM!

Well, this is shaping up to be the best superhero movie cast ever, seriously: it has been revealed that Cate Blanchett will officially join Chris Hemsworth's THOR: RAGNAROK as the powerful nemesis Hella, Asgardian goddess of death, while our beloved Karl Urban will be Skurge (Thor's Asgardian enemy wielding a double bladed axe, one of the Masters of Evil)! Jeff Goldblum will be the eccentric Grandmaster (a master of all games of skill and chance, a member of the Elders of the Universe), Tessa Thompson will play mighty warrior Valkyrie, while Mark Ruffalo will again be the Hulk! Tom Hiddleston will reprise his role of Loki, Idris Elba of Asgardian sentry Heimdall, while Anthony Hopkins is again the ruler of Asgard, Odin!  You can also check out the first concept art photo from the film out November next year.

'STAR TREK: BEYOND' 

THE NEW TRAILER IS HERE!

Star Trek stories are very in these days especially with hot rumours that Nathan Fillion might be playing the new captain in new STAR TREK TV series starting next January at CBS, but today we have the second trailer for STAR TREK BEYOND movie out this July!

In STAR TREK BEYOND, the intrepid Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test. The cast is again lead by Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Zachary Quinto, Anton Yelchin and Idris Elba as the new villain, with Sofia Boutella as alien warrior Jaylah!

MINDBLOWING TRAILERS FOR 'STAR TREK BEYOND' WITH KARL URBAN, CHRIS PINE, ZACHARY QUINTO, 'INDEPENDENCE DAY II' WITH JEFF GOLDBLUM, LIAM HEMSWORTH, 'HIGHRISE' WITH LUKE EVANS, TOM HIDDLESTON!

 'STAR TREK: BEYOND' TRAILER

WITH CHRIS PINE & KARL URBAN

Opening the week in the grand style, the first trailer has been released today for STAR TREK: BEYOND the third part of the rebooted sf saga which is out next July! Starring Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto, John Cho and Zoe Saldana, this one will see the crew out of Academy and starting their mission to boldly go where no man has gone before and explore new lives and new civilisations!

 'HIGH RISE' TRAILER

BRINGS TOM HIDDLESTON AND LUKE EVANS TOGETHER

Yet another trailer today comes for 1970's thriller starring two of our most beloved boys Tom Hiddleston and Luke Evans HIGH RISE  which is out next March set in a fictional 1975, with the launch of a luxury housing tower that eliminates the need for the outside world. Charming young Robert Laing (Hiddleston) is at first amazed by life inside the high-rise, but cracks soon reveal a rigid class structure on the verge of collapse. Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Sienna Miller and Jeremy Irons round up the stellar cast!

 'INDEPENDENCE DAY II' TRAILER

BRINGS ALIEN RESURGENCE

The first trailer has also been released for another massive sf franchise - INDEPENDENCE DAY II: RESURGENCE. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defence program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens' advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction. Beside Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman from the original cast, Liam Hemsworth also stars! It is, of course, out June 24th, exactly 20 years after the original movie.