Two tense dramas for you today! A new trailer and a new poster have been released for war drama THE PROMISE out this May in Europe and USA starring Christian Bale, Tom Hollander, Oscar Isaac, Jean Reno, Rade Serbedzija and Shohreh Aghdashloo!
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire like the new TV series
I presented you with yesterday, THE PROMISE follows a love triangle between
Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated
Ana, and Chris - a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
'THE LAST FACE' TRAILER
STARRING CHARLIZE THERON AND JAVIER BARDEM
A new trailer and a new poster have also been released for tense action drama from director Sean Penn THE LAST FACE in which his ex Charlize Theron plays a director of an international aid agency in Africa who meets a relief aid doctor (Javier Bardem) amidst a political and social revolution, and together face tough choices surrounding humanitarianism and life through civil unrest. Jean Reno stars in this one as well, together with Jared Harris and Hopper Penn, Sean's son (yep, it ain't nepotism at all).
International epic projects today! After Britain (The Tudors, White Queen), France (Versailles), Russia (Catherine the Great, Sofia), Austria (Maximilian), Spain (Isabel), Turkey (Magnificent Century), Italy (Medici) Serbia has decided to put their glorious history on the small screens as well! Their national broadcaster RTS has started shooting (with more than 200 actors and 300 locations) 12 part epic TV series THE NEMANYICHS: BIRTH OF A KINGDOM which will follow the rise of The Nemanyichs, one of the most powerful mediaeval royal dynasties in Europe which ruled the vast Serbian Kingdom from the 12th to the 14th century. The first season will follow King Stefan the First Crowned (in the photo, played by Voyin Chetkovich)! The series will air at the end of the year marking the 800 years from Stefan's coronation.
DEZZY'S HISTORY LESSON The royal house which produced 11 Serbian kings, despots and
emperors, from 1166 till 1371, reached its zenith during the legendary
reign of Dushan, Tsar of all Serbs and Greeks, who ruled a massive
empire occupying today's Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece,
Montenegro. It was the most developed country and culture in Europe of
that time.
'THE CAPITAL: ABDULHAMID'
ON THE LAST OTTOMAN SULTAN
The Turks, who actually stopped the further development of mediaeval Serbia putting Balkans into darkness, also have a new historical saga of their own. Their Television has recently started airing CAPITAL: ABDUL HAMID on the last Sultan who ruled the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 19th century.
THE RULE OF THE RED SULTAN
The 33 years of Abdul hamid's rule were some of the most turbulent ones
in Turkish history. The last decade depicted in the series at the very
end of the 19th century was the time when European powers tried to use
the ongoing events to create a new age for Europe. Known for brutal
treatment of many minorities in the country (due to which he is known as
the Red Sultan outside the country), his rule oversaw a period of
decline in the power and extent of the Ottoman Empire! He was thrown
down by his own people in 1909 and his fall was greeted with great joy
among the citizens. Despite his reactionary and despotic rule, some
modernization of the Ottoman Empire occurred during Abdul Hamid's long
reign, including reform of the bureaucracy, railways and education. He
had more than ten imperial consorts with sultana Nazikeda being his main
wife.
STARRING AIDAN TURNER, THEO JAMES, JACK REYNOR, ERIC BANA
Two new drama banner posters for you today, starting with the one for THE SECRET SCRIPTURE which hits theatres this May with a stellar cast lead by Rooney Mara who plays a woman that keeps a diary of her extended stay at a mental hospital. Aidan Turner, Theo James and Jack Reynor play her lovers, Eric Bana is her doctor, with Vanessa Redgrave playing her older version.
'THE SENSE OF AN ENDING'
WITH BRILLIANT JIM BROADBENT
The other banner poster released is for another drama movie THE SENSE OF AN ENDING which should, based on a novel by Julian Barnes, come into cinemas next month starring Jim Broadbent as a man who becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.Charlotte Rampling, Matthew Goode, Michelle Dockery and Emily Mortimer also star.
Beside the news that one of our most favourite celebrity couples Emily Blunt and John Krasinski are to shoot a supernatural movieA QUIET PLACE and find themselves on the big screens together for the first time (with him also directing the movie with the plot that is kept secret), there is also an info on another of our fave faces, song writer and singer, Shawn Mendes landing a lead in Ivan Reitman's musical movie SUMMER OF LOVE! A road trip movie will probably be set in a summer in the 60s when youngsters were protesting against the US terrorist attack and bloody aggression on Vietnam. Around 100,000 people gathered on that protest which was also marked by the concerts from Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead etc. The owner of megahits such as Stitches and Treat You Better has appeared last year in THE 100 sf series at CW!
HENRY CAVILL TO JOIN
'MISSION IMPO- SSIBLE 6' Meanwhile, everybody's favourite Superman Henry
Cavill has been announced as the new cast addition for the sixth
instalment of the ultra popular action franchise MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 6 in
which he will join the lead star Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson who
will again be the female lead. Set to open summer next year in late
July, it will be directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Cavill will reprise
his Superman role first in the Justice League movie!
BBC'S 'DECLINE AND FALL'
COMEDY SERIES WITH JACK WHITEHALL AND EVA LONGORIA
BBC has released the first teaser for their new March 31st three part comedy series DECLINE AND FALL the first television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's 1928 satire starring Jack Whitehall as Paul Pennyfeather, an inoffensive divinity student at Oxford University in the 1920s, who is wrongly dismissed for indecent exposure having been made the victim of a prank. Finding work at Llanabba, an obscure public school in Wales, he meets Mrs Margot Beste Chetwynde (Eva Longoria) the mother of one of the pupils. For Paul it is love at first sight, but little does he know the surprises that lie ahead of him when he agrees to tutor her son over the summer holidays.
We're all historical today, and I'm sure you will deeply enjoy these two amazing posters featuring Jude Law as the naughty King Vortingern in KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD, after all he is the reason we will watch Guy Ritchie's rather blasphemous and irreverent take on the famous legend which opens up in cinemas this May.
TEMP- TATION BLACKENS THE HEART In this version the young Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) runs the back
passages of Londonium with his crew, not knowing his royal lineage until
he grabs Excalibur. Instantly confronted by the sword's influence,
Arthur is forced to make up his mind. He joins the rebellion and a
shadowy young woman named Guinevere (Astrid Berges Frisbey), he must
learn to understand the magic weapon, deal with his demons and unite the
people to defeat the dictator Vortigern, the man who murdered his
parents and stole his crown to become king. Eric Bana is King Uther
Pendragon, with Djimon Hounsou, Aidan Gillen, Katie McGrath, Millie
Brady, Eline Powell, David Beckham and Annabelle Wallis also in the
cast.
'EARLY MAN' TRAILER
EDDIE REDMAYNE AND TOM HIDDLESTON GO PREHISTORIC
It won't come out till January next year, but Aardman has released the first trailer for their animation movie EARLY MAN. Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures roamed the earth, EARLY MAN tells the story of courageous caveman hero Dug (Eddie Redmayne) and his best friend Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston) and his Bronze Age City to save their home. Coming from four time Oscar winner Nick Park it also features the voice of Timothy Spall as the tribe's long-suffering leader, and father figure to his tribe of idiotic brutes which includes a gentle giant scared of his own shadow and an inept caveman whose best friend is a rock.
It ain't a happy thing for sure, but we're haunted by the dead, today, people! The first trailer and poster have been released for Emilia Clarke'sVOICE FROM THE STONE supernatural period set thriller horror based on a novel by Silvio Raffo!
Out at the end of April, VOICE FROM THE STONE is a
haunting romance set in 1950s Tuscany. Verena, a solemn nurse, is brought to aid a young boy named Jakob who has fallen silent since the untimely death of his mother nearly a year ago. Living with his father in a massive stone manor in Tuscany, Jakob not only refuses to speak, he seems to be under the spell of a malevolent force trapped within the stone walls. As Verena’s relationship with the father (Marton Csokas) and son grow, she becomes ensnared and consumed by the severe force. If she is to save the boy, and free herself, she must face the phantom hidden inside the stone.
PIXAR'S 'COCO'
ANIMATED TRAILER IS HERE
The dead are also the subject of Pixar's new animated movie, yes you heard it right, COCO out this November. Despite his family's baffling generations old ban on music, Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colourful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector (Gael GarcÃa Bernal), and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
We are kids friendly today, presenting two projects for the younglings that are arriving into cinemas for Easter holidays, beginning with THE SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE which will smurf its way into cinemas at the end of this month for the first time fully animated unlike the previous instalments which were live action with CGI elements.
In the all new take on the Smurfs, a mysterious map sets Smurfette
and her best friends Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty on an exciting and
thrilling race through the Forbidden Forest filled with magical
creatures to find a mysterious lost village before the evil wizard
Gargamel does. Embarking on a roller coaster journey full of action and
danger, the Smurfs are on a course that leads to the discovery of the
biggest secret in Smurf history! Joe Manganiello and Demi Lovato lead
the voice cast!
'POWER RANGERS'
MIGHTY MORPHINS FLY INTO CINEMAS THIS SPRING
Another movie featuring characters beloved by many kids is also flying into theatres later this month: it is the big screen version of POWER RANGERS! I have to admit I had zero interest in this movie, but the trailer does promise a visually outstandingly gorgeous movie with the cast lead by Elizabeth Banks as vilainess Rita Repulsa and Bryan Cranston as Zordon with the POWER RANGERS played by Dacre Montgomery (Red Ranger), Naomi Scott (Pink Ranger), RJ Cyler (Blue Ranger), Ludi Lin (Black Ranger) and Becky G (Yellow Ranger). Lionsgate has a plan of turning this into a five movie franchise.
TOGE- THER WE ARE MORE The story of the $120 million worth movie follows high school
outcasts who stumble upon an old alien ship, where they acquire
superpowers and are dubbed the POWER RANGERS. Learning that an old enemy
of the previous generation has returned to exact vengeance, the group
must harness their powers and use them to work together and save the
world.
Small movies Monday for you today, starting with the first trailer and poster for the movie adaptation of CARRIE PILBY a best selling novel from Caren Lissner in which Bel Powley plays a girl of high intelligence who struggles to make sense of the world as it relates to morality, relationships, sex and leaving her apartment. Beside Powley in the title role, the cast also includes Nathan Lane as her shrink, with William Moseley, Gabriel Byrne and Jason Ritter also in the cast. The movie should be out in US cinemas beginning of April.
'BLACK BUTTERFLY' POSTER
JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS VS ANTONIO BANDERAS The
first poster has also been released for the remake of French
thriller Papillon Noir by Herve Korian now titled BLACK BUTTERFLY.
Antonio Banderas plays Paul, a down on his luck screenwriter who picks
up a drifter (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and offers him a place to stay.
However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to
write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.
Piper Perabo and Abel Ferrara also star in the movie which is out
sometime later this year.
'THE DINNER' TRAILER
RICHARD GERE & STEVE COOGAN
First trailer and poster have also been released for intense drama
thriller THE DINNER the movie adaptation of Herman Koch's novel.
Starring Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney and Chloe Sevigny and
out this May it offers a look at how far parents will go to protect
their children.
Are you ready for new court intrigues and fights for throne and power at the British isles? Starz is ready to start airing its new epic TV series WHITE PRINCESS April 16th! The ten part historical drama will chart the 15th century War of Roses in which Henry Tudor gets on the throne and princess Elizabeth of York is forced to marry him in order to end the rival conflicts. Newly crowned Queen of England, Elizabeth finds
herself torn between loyalty to her blood relatives, placating her
husband and his icy mother and establishing herself as a key player within the court's intricate politics.
QUEEN ELIZABETH OF YORK Is played by Jodie Comer. Daughter of
the late King Edward IV and The White Queen herself, gets her life
transformed when she gets married to Henry VII the new king thanks to
the plots of her mother.She is kind, warm and publicly loyal to her
husband but privately she hates him and plots against him. Their hatred
could not only destroy them but England as well.
HENRY VII KING OF ENGLAND
Is played by
Jacob Collins Levy. After living in exile for most of his youth in France, he returned to England to regain the crown from the Yorkists. He is mistrustful of women, has a strict and obsessive mother and a new wife he does not love. He finds himself torn between the two women who use him as their battleground. They both want to win his favour.
LADY MARGARET BEAUFORT The queen mother is played by Michelle
Fairley. She has sacrificed her whole life to get her son to the throne
but now he is sitting on it she realizes she barely knows him. Desperate
to get closer to him she puts herself in the role of his advisor.
DOWAGER QUEEN ELIZABETH
The new queen's mother is played by Essie Davis. She will do whatever it takes to ensure her children survive the war between the Yorks and Lancasters. It was through her betrayal of her late husband's brother, King Richard III, that the Lancaster family retook control over the English crown — with the condition that her daughter Elizabeth be made Queen consort.
JASPER TUDOR The King's uncle is played by Vincent Regan. He is
his right hand, his general and brilliant battle commander, utterly
loyal to his nephew. He has always been secretly in love with his mother
Lady Margaret.
MARGARET PLANTAGENET
Is the queen's cousin played by Rebecca Benson. She is shy and wants to be invisible, but her brother is a York heir and they are both in danger in this Tudor world. She is the queen's close friend as well.
PRINCE RICHARD OF YORK Played by Patrick Gibson is 'a boy' who
appears at court claiming he is Queen Elizabeth's long lost brother
Prince Richard of York. He has a very strong claim to the throne and a
support among the Yorkists.
PRINCESS CECILY OF YOURK
Elizabeth's younger sister is played by Suki Waterhouse. She always feels she is in a shadow and wants to marry the king herself. Battling for survival and better position she may become a turncoat!
THE DUCHESS OF BURGUNDY Is played by Joanne Whalley! Aunt to
the queen, sister of her dead father and uncle, whom she lost in the War
together with her father and husband. She wants peace but the Tudors
have taken all she's ever got. She rules her own very fashionable and light court.
Your treat for today is a gorgeous new poster for this June's WONDER WOMAN, a new trailer should come up later today and I shall embed it instead of the short new clip you can view below.
Before she was WONDER WOMAN, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons,
trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island
paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a
massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home,
convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to
end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers... and her true
destiny. The cast also includes Robin Wright as General Antiope and
Connie Nielsen as Diana's mother Queen Hippolyta!
'WOODY WOODPECKER'
TRAILER AND POSTER RELEASED!
If you are more in the mood for irritating little pests and animated characters, here's the first international trailer and poster for live action CGI movie on famous WOODY WOODPECKER which should bring his infamous cackle into cinemas some time this Autumn. Timothy Omundson plays a divorced attorney with a son and a new girlfriend who wants to build a dream home in a forest in the mountains, but once there he discovered he will have to cut down Woody's home and the bird ain't having it, naturally!
Two tense dramas for you today! A new trailer and a new poster have been released for war drama THE PROMISE out this May in Europe and USA starring Christian Bale, Tom Hollander, Oscar Isaac, Jean Reno, Rade Serbedzija and Shohreh Aghdashloo!
A new trailer and a new poster have also been released for tense action drama from director Sean Penn THE LAST FACE in which his ex Charlize Theron plays a director of an international aid agency in Africa who meets a relief aid doctor (Javier Bardem) amidst a political and social revolution, and together face tough choices surrounding humanitarianism and life through civil unrest. Jean Reno stars in this one as well, together with Jared Harris and Hopper Penn, Sean's son (yep, it ain't nepotism at all). 
