Official trailer has been released for Kenneth Branagh's Agatha Christie movie adaptation DEATH ON THE NILE which will sail into cinemas
Death on the Nile arrives next February
February 11th starring Armie Hammer, Gal Gadot, Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Emma Mackey. Kenneth himself plays Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot whose Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short. Set against an epic landscape of sweeping desert vistas and the majestic Giza pyramids, this tale of unbridled passion and incapacitating jealousy features a cosmopolitan group of impeccably dressed travelers, and enough wicked twists and turns to leave audiences guessing until the final, shocking
Kenneth Branagh is again directing the film in Christie series
denouement! Check out the exciting new trailer below and tell us what you think, or are you still disappointed with the godawful Murder on the Orient Express adaptation?
Breaking news, people, Focus Features has sent us the first trailer for Robert Eggers directed epic revenge thriller adventure THE NORTHMAN which is sailing into cinemas this April starring Alexander Skarsgard, Anya Taylor Joy, Willem Dafoe, Ethan Hawke, Claes Bang, Nicole Kidman! Out in theatres April 22nd it stars Skarsgard as a Viking seeking vengeance in an epic revenge story that explores how far a Viking prince will go to seek justice for his murdered father. Check out the first photos from the film and trailer below and tell us what you think.
THE NORTHMAN EPIC SAGA
is an epic story told through the eyes of Amleth
(Skarsgård), who witnesses the murder of his father, King Aurvandil
(Ethan Hawke), at the hands of his uncle, Fjolnir (Claes Bang). With his
mother, Queen Gudrun (Nicole
Alexander Skarsgard fulfills his dream of playing a Viking
Kidman), captured, Amleth flees his native
land. But he vows revenge on the one who took everything from him. It
is a Viking saga filled with magic and swords and mysticism!
WHO ELSE IS IN THE CAST?
Icelandic singer Bjork returns to the big screens after more than fifteen years playing a character named Seeress in the film, Anya Taylor
Anya Taylor Joy is an enchantress called Olga
Joy, who already worked with the director in Witch, plays an enchantress called Olga, who likes to break people's minds, while Willem Dafoe is
Ethan Hawke is Amleth's father King Aurvandil
Heimir the Fool. Alexander Skarsgard made his muscles even bigger than they were in his famous Tarzan movie. Robert Eggers wrote the script with
Nicole Kidman is queen Gudrun in the film
Oscar nominee Sjon. The filming of the movie was supposed to start in the infamous March of 2020 when Covid outbreak suddenly started. The $60 million feature was mostly shot in Ireland.
We can expect a number of period set mini series coming from Germany next year (stay tuned for our list of all the historical shows to arrive in 2022) and among them is HOTEL EUROPA (Das Weiße Haus am Rhein or TheWhite House on the Rhine) which will air sometime next year on German
Two part mini series will air on ARD
national broadcaster ARD produced by our fave Beta Film, directed by Thorsten M. Schmidt and starring Jonathan Berlin, Benjamin Sadler and
Katharina Schüttler. Today I have the first poster for the series. The movie version of the two part series premiered in October at Cologne Film Festival.
Set between WWI and WWII, the predictably sumptuous true story series
portrays down
the years the dreams, foibles and destinies of members of the Dreesen
hotelier dynasty, owners of the Rhein hotel Dreesen, built on the very
banks of the Rhine, and a popular place of stay for celebrities from
many
First look at the cast of the new mini series: the Dreesens
walks of life. It is the unbelievable and dramatic story of
an entire continent, portrayed through the personal fates of the Dreesen
family. In this unique hotel, where Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler
were sleeping wall to wall, you
Jonathan Berlin plays the lead role of Emil Dreesen
can experience the incredible history of
Europe with all its ups and downs. It is a place that magically
attracted and accommodated rulers of all political stripes, artists,
philosophers and international stars, and in which dreams of great
power, revolutions and the idea of Europe were developed.
It seems that beside series on Elizabeth and Catherine de Medici, Starz is preparing to offer us a series on another historical queen: Yetide Badaki has been cast
Yetide Badaki has been set as the lead
as the lead in their new series on African warrior queen Nzinga from Spartacus creator Steven S. DeKnight. QUEEN NZINGA takes place in 17th century Angola and follows her transformation from an innocent princess into a fearless warrior queen who rages a ferocious 40-year guerrilla war against the kingdom’s formidable enemies, and the cruel subjugation of her people by Portuguese slavers. Nzinga would come to sacrifice everything to defend her people’s dignity, liberty and freedom. Thrust into a kingdom ravaged by slavery, ferocious tribal wars and ruthless power struggles, Nzinga’s journey is thwart with danger at every turn. She faces a
The series will be produced by Steven DeKnight of Spartacus
brutal family blood-bath, ferocious battles intertwined with deceptive truces, hair-raising escapes, and depraved enemies. With every part of her that she sheds or is stolen from her, she moves one step closer to realizing her dream of freedom and peace for her people.
The
arrival of Witcher's second season today also brought us first teaser
for THE WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN spin off series which arrives sometime
this year set in an elven world 1,200 years before the timeline of the
original
The series should arrive sometime later this year
series and describing the creation of the first prototype
Witcher, and the events that lead to the pivotal Conjunction of the
Spheres, when the worlds of
Laurence O'Fuarain takes the male lead in the series
monsters, men, and elves merged to become
one. Michelle Yeoh stars as a sword-elf named Scian, who is on a quest
to retrieve a sacred stolen sword.
Michelle Yeoh plays an Elven swordswoman
Laurence O’Fuarain leads the cast as a
warrior named Fjall, who will team up with a band of allies in a quest
for vengeance. Jacob Collins Levy also stars!
NETFLIX ORDERS TREASON
SERIES STARRING CHARLIE COX AND OLGA KURYLENKO
What a lovely pairing, right? As Netflix informs us today, they have ordered a six part drama series TREASON starring Olga Kurylenko, Charlie Cox and Oona Chaplin. It follows Adam Lawrence, trained and groomed by MI6, whose career seems set. But when the past catches up with
Charlie Cox and Olga Kurylenko will lead the six part drama
him in the form of Kara, a Russian spy with whom he shares a complicated past, he is forced to question everything and everyone in his life. A triangular relationship forms between Kara, Adam and his wife, Maddy; three people who are trying to expose each other’s secrets, navigate political and diplomatic relationships, whilst hanging onto their personal lives, and those they love most.
HOW I MET YOUR FATHER
HULU'S SITCOM TRAILER IS OUT
Hulu has released trailer for their new multicam sitcom HOW I MET YOUR FATHER which arrives January 18th with first two episodes. The story takes
New multicam sitcom arrives January 18th
place in the near future, as Sophie (Kim Cattrall and Hilary Duff) tells her son the story of how she met his father. Then it catapults us back to the year 2022, where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends — Jesse (Chris Lowell), Valentina (Francia Raisa), Charlie (Tom Ainsley), Ellen (Tien Tran) and Sid (Suraj Sharma) — are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options! The series is a spin off of How I Met Your Mother which ended seven years ago. Josh Peck will recur as Drew, the handsome vice principal at Jesse’s elementary school.
A few months ago I told you that Netflix is turning Poe's horror story THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER into a mini series and now they've announced cast too: in the story that follows a man who visits his friend,
Our sweet boo Zach Gilford will also star
Roderick Usher, who lies ill in a gloomy estate, spooky events inside and outside the house escalate into a terrifying conclusion to the physical and ancestral House of Usher. Frank Langella will star as the Usher patriarch, Roderick, with Mary McDonnell as his sister, Madeline. Mark Hamill and Carla Gugino will also star alongside Carl Lumbly as legendary Poe investigator, C. Auguste Dupin. Joining them as well are Zach Gilford, Annabeth Gish, Kate Siegel, Rahul Kohli, Henry Thomas, Crystal Balint, Matt Biedel, Ruth Codd, Kyleigh Curran, Aya Furukawa, Malcolm Goodwin, Daniel Jun, Robert Longstreet, T’Nia Miller, Paola Nuñez, Katie Parker, Sauriyan Sapkota, Samantha Sloyan, and Michael Trucco.
THE LOST CITY TRAILER
SENDS SANDRA BULLOCK AND CHANNING TATUM INTO JUNGLE
And it is much more hilarious that we thought it would be: trailer for adventure comedy THE LOST CITY is out announcing its March 22nd premiere.
The Lost City arrives next March!
Sandra Bullock is brilliant but reclusive author Loretta Sage who has spent her career writing about exotic places in her popular romance adventure novels featuring handsome cover model Alan (Channing Tatum), who has dedicated his life to embodying the hero character, Dash. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta is kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) who hopes that she can lead him to the ancient lost city’s treasure from her latest story. Wanting to prove that he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her. Thrust into an epic jungle adventure, the unlikely pair
The film was directed by Adam and Aaron Nee
will need to work together to survive the elements and find the ancient treasure before it’s lost forever! Don't miss Brad Pitt's cameo in the trailer!
Two family friendly movies for you today, first one coming from France. KING follows Ines, a little girl, who takes in an escaped lion cub, King. Accompanied by her brother, their grandfather, and with the unexpected help of Louise, her stepmother whose presence she has never accepted, Inès sets off
King arrives to French cinemas February 16th
on a mad race to a port in the Mediterranean. Her goal: to bring King home to Africa. But that's without counting on the director of customs, determined to get his hands on the animal. The film, coming from Pathe and David Moreau, is out in France mid February and then in 15 other countries around Europe too.
THE KING'S DAUGHTER
FINALLY COMING TO CINEMAS
This one has, meanwhile, been in works since 2015 and is now finally coming out January 21st. THE KING'S DAUGHTER sees Pierce Brosnan portraying
The film is out this January finally
the Sun King Louis XIV alongside Kaya Scodelario, William Hurt, Benjamin Walker, Ben Lloyd Hughes, Pablo Schreiber, Rachel Griffiths and Fan Bingbing with Julie Andrews as narrator! The film imagines a quest for immortality by the megalomaniacal king, whose reign
spanned the 17th and 18th centuries, as he captures and steals a mermaid’s life force.
Matters are further complicated when the king’s illegitimate daughter discovers the mythological creature. Scodelario and
Benjamin Walker met at the shooting of this movie and later on got
married. Chinese star Fan Bingbing plays the mermaid.
Yes, it is the most unexpected of casting choices but as Deadline reports today Wilmer Valderrama will take the lead role of the legendary masked hero in ZORRO series which he will also executive produce for Disney Branded Television. He will be Don Diego de la Vega and his alter ego in this
Wilmer will both star and executive produce the series
reimagination of Disney classic as a compelling period piece, set in Pueblo de Los Angeles, but told in a very modern telenovela style — with richly drawn contemporary characters and relationships set against the action, drama, suspense, and humor of the original, iconic Zorro.
THE LAUREATE TRAILER
THEY REWROTE THE RULES
A few days ago the father of her children Sam Claflin had a trailer for his new film and now it is turn for his ex wife, wildly gorgeous Laura Haddock to
Laureate should arrive this January
present us with her new work: a trailer has been released for her period set drama movie THE LAUREATE which boast a stellar cast that also includes Julian Glover, Tom Hughes and Dianna Agron. Written and directed by William Nunez it will arrive to selected cinemas and digital platforms on January 21st.
The movie follows the real life story of famous writer Robert Graves who
wrote many historical classics including I, Claudius and more than 140
other books. The film follows him as a young British War Poet (Tom
Hughes), who is married with four children when he meets and becomes
The movie premiered at Mallorca Festival
romantically involved with Laura Riding (Dianna Agron), a writer from
America. Defying the conventions of polite society, Riding moves in with
Graves and his wife (Laura Haddock plays his wife Nancy Nicholson who
was a painter and fabric designer) living as a ménage a trois. Then with
the arrival of strappingly handsome Irish poet Geoffrey Phibbs (Fra
Fee), the arrangement becomes a ménage a quatre. But soon tensions and
rivalries become so fraught that Graves is a suspect for attempted
murder. Patricia Hodge (the role was originally meant for Kathy Bates) will
be Graves’ meddling mother who fears Riding will ruin the seemingly
idyllic marriage as tensions in the household rise. Timothy Renouf
appears as another famous poet Siegfried Sassoon who is also getting a
film with Jack Lowden.
Good news about the beginning of the year is that we will have at least two interesting new series to watch: Sky is launching the 2022 season with the third season of A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES series which starts airing January 7th on Sky Max. In the third and final installment of the serial adaptation of Deborah Harkness’ All Souls book trilogy, vampire Matthew (Matthew Goode) and witch Diana (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to find tragedy at his castle of Sept Tours! They must find the missing pages from the Book of Life and the Book itself before it’s too late, but a monster from Matthew’s past is lying in wait for his return. The series will
The final season will have eight episodes like the previous ones
also air on AMC+, Shudder, and Sundance Now for the American audience! Toby Regbo and Peter McDonald are joining the cast together with Parker Sawyers and Olivier Huband.
THE GILDED AGE SERIES
WILL DAZZLE YOU LATE JANUARY
Meanwhile, Sky has also issued a rather lavish new trailer for THE GILDED AGE which arrives January 25th to Sky and a day earlier to HBO and HBO MAX in USA. Covering industrialisation and growth that created
Carrie Coon will be sporting the most outrageously lavish gowns
a new American upper class, Julian Fellowes’ nine part saga is set in 1880s New York, where heroine Marian (depressingly dull looking Louisa
And some silly looking hats too!
Jacobson, who got the role because Meryl Streep is her mama, of course) arrives after the death of her father. She’s taken in by her wealthy aunts (Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon). After befriending aspiring
New trailer offers first look at Blake Ritson
author Peggy (Denée Benton), she becomes accidentally embroiled in a battle between her old money relatives and her nouveau riche neighbours, a
And also our dear Harry Richardson as the son of tycoon couple
railroad tycoon and his wife (Morgan Spector and Carrie Coon). Blake Ritson, Simon Jones, Harry Richardson, Thomas Cocquerel, Jack Gilpin, also star in the series.
This
weekend the spy is presenting you a number of upcoming historical
series and films coming from Russia, starting with the 16 episode FRIED CHICKEN
(Цыплёнок жареный) which should arrive next year starring Nikita Volkov.
Spring 1921. The introduction of the New Economic Policy begins to
rapidly change Petrograd, exhausted by wars and revolution. MarchesF and
hymns are diluted with foxtrot and chanson, well dressed people appear
on the embankments and, as a result, gopniks (members of lower class sub
culture) appear, hurrying to take their money away.
Fried Chicken will air in sixteen hourlong episodes
Lawlessness begins,
which the Central Committee is not able to cope with - shops are raded
five times a day. And then the criminal world of St. Petersburg, headed
by the thief in law Uncle Kolya, stands up to protect the
Gorgeous Nikita Volkov takes the lead role in the series
business
owners. But not all businessmen agree to pay Uncle Kolya. And he sends
one of his fighting squads to them. The most famous and productive of
them is the gang of the protagonist of the story Rodi - a former
anarchist, a broken hearted dude and heartthrob from the north!
DECEMBER TV SERIES
STARRING ALEXANDER PETROV
December arrives Autumn next year
Also
arriving sometime next year is a sixteen episode period set series
DECEMBER about the love between famous poet Yesenin and ballet dancer
Isadora Duncan, starring one of Russia's most popular actors Alexander
Petrov and directed and written by Klim Shipenko, who recently became
the first director to ever shoot a film up in space.
In the series,
the famous dancer Isadora Duncan, who was preparing Yesenin's escape
from the country of the Soviets, arrives at the border of the USSR from
Germany. All he has to do is get on the train and get to Riga. The poet
flees from Moscow to snow covered Leningrad,
December series features some amazing costumes
where he falls into a mad
whirlwind of events. He rushes towards his beloved in spite of any
obstacles that constantly arise in his path. The series is
The series will air in sixteen hourlong episodes
currently set
for October 20th 2022 television premiere. The series itself was shot
in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Especially for the series, a large-scale
sets
Klim Shipenko wrote and directed the series
were built covering an area of more than 7 thousand square meters.
The film version will air in cinemas before the series arrives and you
check out the highly stylized trailer below:
PRINCE OLEG MOVIE
MAN WHO UNITED RUSSIANS
Probably the most anticipated of all the upcoming epic projects is PRINCE OLEG (Or Oleg the Prophet, Вещий Олег) a movie which is also coming from director Klim Shipenko with Vladimir Yaglich in the lead
Vladimir Yaglich takes the lead role of Prince Oleg
role. Based on the book by Boris Vasiliev "Prophetic Oleg" it is set in the 9th century after the birth of Christ. Numerous Slavic tribes are mired in civil strife that ravages the land. River trade route from the Varangians to the
The film started shooting years ago in Russia
Greeks passes through the East European plain all the way to the Black Sea. Merchants who risked equipping their ships are in great danger of being robbed and killed or sold into slavery. In addition to Slavic robbers, the
Klim Shipenko both wrote and directed the historical movie
Vikings and Pechenegs are engaged in robbery as well. The Khazar kaganate has long sought to seize the entire trade route and enslave the Slavic tribes, more than half of which are already paying tribute to it! From the West, the
The film follows prince Oleg who united Russian tribes
troops of the Great Roman Empire are advancing further and further east. The last stronghold of the descendants of Slavs and Russians was Novgorod, a powerful trading city inhabited by Slavs. Great Rurik - the prince of Novgorod
There are axe wielding female warriors in the film as well
protects the city and its trade routes, but time is relentless and Rurik has grown old and is no longer able to subordinate the entire trade route to his
And also powerful and handsome archers ready for battle
control. Only one prince of the Russians Oleg can unite scattered tribes and create a powerful state capable of repelling invaders of all stripes ...
CASANOVA IN RUSSIA
AT CATHERINE'S COURT
This one has been in works for a long time and should finally air its twelve episodes next year. CASANOVA IN RUSSIA stars Serbian actor Ivan Bosilychich
Ivan Bosilychich plays the title role
in the title role and Maryana Spivak as Catherine the Great alongside our lyubimiy Ilya Malakov as Potemkin
The year is 1762. In Russia, there is a palace coup, Catherine is forced
to sign a pledge to return the throne to her son Paul when he comes of
age. Many are trying to obtain such an invaluable instrument of
influence on Russia. The Vatican entrusts this matter to Casanova - so
he can atone for all his previous sins. To do this, Casanova needs to
charm three ladies: the one on the throne, the one that sells the
document, and the one that will save
The twelve episode series is partly set at Catherine's court
Casanova himself. Mortal dangers
await the great heartthrob at every turn. Finally, the invaluable
document is in the hands of Casanova, but he disposes of it in a
completely different way from what he was entrusted with!
THE CATHEDRAL SERIES
THE TIME OF PETER THE GREAT
And here is one that is already available in Russia, as of November 4th it can be found on their streamer Okko. The twelve episode series is set in the
Cathedral is already streaming over at Okko
Russian Empire in 1700, during the great reforms of Peter the Great (Maksim Averin). Young serf Ivan Starshov (Sergei Marin) falls in love with his master's daughter Maria (Svetlana Ivanova) and refuses to put up with the fact that the social gap between them can prevent them from being together. He turns to the priest for help, appealing to the fact that God created people equal, but he calls on Ivan to accept his lot as a slave and forget about a girl from a noble family. In anger, Starshov renounces his faith and escapes from the village in order to change his fate and prove that he is worthy of the girl he loves.
