NEW CAST ADDITIONS, POSTER AND CLIP FOR AMAZON'S WHEEL OF TIME EPIC TV SERIES! SEE OLIVIA MUNN, LUKE BRACEY, SIMON QUARTERMAN, JUSTIN THEROUX IN VIOLET MOVIE DRAMA TRAILER

  THE WHEEL OF TIME  

NEW SEASON 2 CAST

With the news that Apple has renewed Foundation sf epic series for a second season, we also have new casting info on Amazon Prime's THE WHEEL

Behold the fugliest new Wheel of Time poster

OF TIME epic series which was also renewed for a second season even though the first one is only starting November 19th. In the series in which Rosamund Pike plays Moiraine, a member of the incredibly powerful all female organization called the Aes Sedai, Ceara Coveney will portray Elayne Trakand, with Natasha O’Keeffe and Meera Syal also joining season 2. In the first one, Moraine embarks on a dangerous, world spanning journey with five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity. Check out the new poster and clip which also features Josha Stradowski and Daniel Henney.

 

 VIOLET MOVIE TRAILER  

OLIVIA MUNN & LUKE BRACEY

In the trailer department, you can also check out a trailer for unusual movie drama VIOLET both directed and written by Justine Bateman and out this November with Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey and Justin Theroux in the

Violet will be out in cinemas and VOD November

lead roles. Our dearest WestWorld star Simon Quarterman also stars. What would you do if you weren't afraid? The film follows Violet Calder (Olivia Munn) as she realizes that she can no longer ignore the daily barrage of self criticisms (voiced by Justin Theroux) that clouds her life. These self criticisms cause her to make fear based decisions and hold her back from the kind of professional, personal, and romantic life she knows she wants. Unsure how to live a life free from that self doubt, like her childhood friend Red (Luke Bracey), Violet realizes she has no choice but to travel the road that is more frightening to her than the fear that holds her back: Doing everything differently. 

FAMILY FRIDAY: SEE KRISTOFER HIVJU, THORBJORN HARR, ASTRID SMEPLASS IN THREE WISHES FOR CINDERELLA FAIRY TALE MOVIE! HBO MAX TO LAUNCH THEODOSIA EGYPT SET ADVENTURE SERIES THIS MONTH

THREE WISHES FOR CINDERELLA

NORDIC MOVIE FAIRY TALE

We're family friendly today (don't miss our spotlight on Christmas 2021 movies on Sunday), starting with a fairy tale movie coming this

The film is out this November on Norway

November from Norway. THREE WISHES FOR CINDERELLA with pop star Astrid Smeplass in the title role and Cengiz Al as the prince. Game of Thrones Kristofer Hivju and Vikings' ThorBjorn Harr also star. It is a magnificent remake of Czech Christmas' classic. Join Cinderella into snow covered forests, and up on the sparkling Norwegian high mountains in her battle against the evil stepmother. Astrid Smeplass makes her feature film debut in the lead role as Cinderella, in a movie which will be a breathtaking ride, including brilliant archery and of course - castle ball with crazy dresses and a solid dose of magic.

 

  THEODOSIA TV SERIES  

AN ADVENTURE FOR KIDS

Here's something period set but for kids: Federation Entertainment, ZDF and HBO Max are arriving soon to MipCom with a 26 half hour episodes series THEODOSIA based on the books by Robin LaFevers.

Theodosia arrives October 12th to MipCom

HBO Max will launch it October 26th around Europe with Eloise Little in the lead role of Theodosia, Nana Agyeman Bediako as her magician friend Will and Yasmina El-Abd as Egyptian princess Safiya. Theodosia Throckmorton is the smart, bold 14 year old daughter of two intrepid Egyptologists, excavating in the Valley of the Kings in 1906. When Theo and her younger brother, invention mad Henry, stumble upon a hidden tomb and a mysterious artifact, the 'Eye of Horus', Theo unlocks the power to see and perform true magic, thus discovering a whole new world of mystery as well as danger. Now,

Theodosia will air on HBO Max, German ZDF and Salto in France

from her parent's home, the world famous Museum of Legends and Antiquities in the heart of Edwardian London, Theo must do battle with ancient forces, dark magic and comic chaos as she and Henry, along with their friends, street magician Will and Egyptian Princess Safiya, try to survive teenage life, get through education and... save the whole world.

NETFLIX UNVEILS AIR DATE AND TEASER FOR LOST IN SPACE SF TV SERIES THIRD AND FINAL SEASON WITHTOBY STEPHENS, MAXWELL JENKINS, MOLLY PARKER, IGNACIO SERRICCHIO

    LOST IN SPACE SF SERIES   

The final season arrives to Netflix December 1st

FINAL SEASON TRAILER

Netflix has released teaser for the epic finale of their sf series LOST IN SPACE which arrives December 1st! In the third and final season of the series the stakes are higher than ever and the Robinson family's survival instincts will be put to the ultimate test. After a year of being trapped on a mysterious planet, Judy, Penny (Mina Sundwall), Will (Maxwell Jenkins) and the Robot must lead the 97 young Colonists in a harrowing evacuation, but not before secrets are unearthed that will change their lives forever. Meanwhile John (Toby

Little Will has grown up and is now a teenager in space

Stephens) and Maureen (Molly Parker), with Don (Ignacio Serricchio) at their side, must battle overwhelming odds as they try to reunite with their

Ignacio Serricchio is back as everybody's fave Don

kids. The Robinsons will have to grapple with the emotional challenge of not just being lost, but being separated from the ones they love... as they face the greatest alien threat yet. 

 

GUY PEARCE JOINS DAMIAN LEWIS IN COLD WAR BRITBOX SERIES A SPY AMONG FRIENDS! NETFLIX ORDERS EDGAR ALLAN POE'S FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER GOTHIC SERIES!

  A SPY AMONG FRIENDS 

GUY PEARCE JOINS DAMIAN LEWIS IN BRITBOX SERIES

Guy Pearce replaces Dominic West

We announced the project about a year ago, but now Guy Pearce is replacing Dominic West next to Damian Lewis in A SPY AMONG FRIENDS mini series which will air on BritBox and Spectrum. Based on Ben Macintyre's book, it follows the defection of British intelligence officer and KGB double agent, Kim Philby (Guy Pearce), through the lens of his complex relationship with MI6 colleague and close friend, Nicholas Elliott (Lewis). The Fall 2022 show examines espionage through their friendship, the fallout of which affects East-West relations to this day. Philby was a British spy who defected to the Soviet Union in the 1950s, betraying secrets to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War. He and Elliott entered the spy

Damian Lewis takes the lead role in A Spy Among Friends

game together, but as they rose through the MI6 ranks, Philby turned double agent. Anna Maxwell Martin, Stephen Kunken and Adrian Edmondson also star.

 

 FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER 

TO BECOME SERIES AT NETFLIX

Mike Flanagan will produce the series

While you are currently watching his horror series Midnight Mass over at Netflix, Mike Flanagan has closed a deal with the streamer to turn Edgar Allan Poe's famous Gothic story THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER into a television series. Although the title is connected with one of his stories, the series will apparently cover multiple of his works. The story, published in 1893, features themes of madness, family, isolation and metaphysical identities. It follows a man who visits his friend, 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. It is not known if the eight episode series will be period set or not.

SF TUESDAY: LE GUIN'S DISPOSSESSED TO BECOME SF TV SERIES! WARNING SF TRAILER WITH ALEX PETTYFER, THOMAS JANE, RUPERT EVERETT, PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER, ALICE EVE! ENCOUNTER SF TRAILER WITH RIZ AHMED, OCTAVIA SPENCER

 LE GUIN'S THE DISPOSSESSED 

TO BECOME SF TV SERIES 

As Variety reports, 1212 Entertainment and Anonymous Content are set to turn Ursula Le Guin's sf novel THE DISPOSSESSED into sf tv series. It tells

Le Guin's book will become TV series

the story of the twin planets of Anarres and Urras, which remain divided by centuries of fear and distrust. The utopian colony on Anarres has long been isolated from its mother planet Urras, a civilization of warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth. On Anarres, a brilliant physicist has developed a theory that overcomes the limitations of time and distance, altering the understanding of space itself. This theory has the potential to radically change these two worlds and their place in the wider universe, but in order to prove it, he must travel to Urras and attempt to tear down the walls that have kept the two civilizations apart for generations.

 ENCOUNTER SF TRAILER 

ITS FATHER VS ALIEN PARASITES

Encounter hits Amazon December 10th

In other sf news today, check out the trailer for Octavia Spencer and Riz Ahmed's sf movie ENCOUNTER. Hitting Amazon Prime Video on December 10th (with a limited cinematic release a week before that), it sees Riz playing a decorated Marine who goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind. The film, which premiered at Toronto Film Festival this year, was directed by Michael Pearce and also stars Rory Cochrane. Check out the trailer below:

 

 WARNING SF MOVIE TRAILER 

WITH THOMAS JANE, ALEX PETTYFER, RUPERT EVERETT

And it really is a stellar ensemble as beside Thomas Jane, Alex Pettyfer and Rupert Everett, WARNING also features Patrick Schwarzenegger,

Warning is out later this month

Alice Eve and Annabelle Wallis. Set in the not too distant future, this intense sci-fi thriller explores the repercussions that humanity faces when omniscient technology becomes a substitute for human contact. But life begins to unravel when a global storm causes electronics to go haywire, leading to terrifying, deadly consequences! The film, directed by Agata Alexander in her directing debut after helming music videos, will hit selected theatres and video on demand October 22nd.

BREAKING NEWS: AIDAN TURNER TO LEAD ITV'S NEW THRILLER TV SERIES THE SUSPECT

  AIDAN TURNER TO LEAD  

THE SUSPECT TV SERIES

He is returning to the telly after Poldark and Leonardo. Five episode thriller series THE SUSPECT at ITV will see Aidan Turner playing Doctor Joe O’Loughlin, who appears to have the perfect life – a devoted wife, a loving

Aidan Turner will take the lead role

daughter, successful practice as a clinical psychologist, media profile and a publishing deal. He’s even a hero online after rescuing a young patient who was ready to jump from the 10th floor of the hospital where Joe works. When a young woman is found in a shallow grave in a West London cemetery, veteran police officer DI Vincent Ruiz and his young partner DS Riya Devi are assigned to the investigation. But has the young woman been murdered or is this a case of suicide? As a successful author, Doctor Joe’s opinion is much sought after and when he meets DS Devi he’s only too willing to offer help with profiling and his expertise. But does Joe have more to hide? His recent diagnosis with a debilitating illness could explain his behaviour. But as the investigation into Catherine’s death gathers pace, we start to ask, do we know the real Joe, or does he have a secret life? And has his work as a clinical psychologist allowed him to develop a criminal mindset? Or worse? Shaun Parkes, Sian Clifford, Camilla Beeput, Adam James and Anjli Mohindra will also star.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON APPLE TV'S $200 MILLION INVASION SF SERIES THAT STARTS THIS MONTH WITH SAM NEILL FOLLOWING ARRIVAL OF HOSTILE ALIEN SPECIES TO EARTH

 INVASION SF TV SERIES 

THE ALIENS HAVE ARRIVED!

This is one of those series that get their second season ordered even before the first one has even aired, at least that is the latest gossip I've

First three episodes will stream October 22nd

heard: Apple TV + has renewed INVASION sf series and the shooting should start in January over in United Kingdom and South Africa. The first season will, meanwhile, launch October 22nd as a character driven ten episode cataclysmic show from Simon Kinberg and David Weil, with three episodes streaming then and the rest airing weekly on Fridays. Sam Neill, Shamier Anderson, Golshifteh Farahani, Firas Nassar and Shioli Kutsuna star in the series that, set across multiple continents, follows an alien invasion through different perspectives around the world with events happening from rural America to metropolitan Japan!

INVASION STARTS WITH

inexplicable and seemingly unrelated incidents that begin happening around the world, ranging from power outages to the destruction of infrastructure and homes! But what was once thought of as being individual incidents very

Invasion sf tv series will stream in ten episodes in the first season

quickly are realized to be connected and being caused by something “not of our Earth”. Soon it will come to light that this encounter may not be some characters’ only or first encounters with extraterrestrial life. The question will

be how characters can keep themselves and their loved ones safe when faced with immediate threats, while the larger concern about humanity surviving looms.

WHO IS UNDER THE INVASION?

Sam Neill is Sheriff John Bell Tyson, a rural American lawman on the verge of retirement. Shamier Anderson is Trevante Ward, a homesick soldier stationed in Afghanistan. Golshifteh Farahani is Aneesha Malik, a Syrian

It is believed that the series cost $200 million to make which is shocking given that Apple has almost no marketing for it!

immigrant mother who sacrificed her career to raise a family; Firas Nassar plays her husband. Billy Barratt is a British schoolboy with a crush on his classmate. Shioli Kutsuna is Mitsuki, a Japanese aerospace technician who is in a love affair with a fellow astronaut.

 

SEE THE TRAILER AND POSTER FOR NEW PERIOD SET MOVIE ADAPTATION OF HONORE DE BALZAC'S EUGENIE GRANDET!

 EUGENIE GRANDET MOVIE 

BASED ON BALZAC'S NOVEL

And that will be second of his novels to be adapted into a movie this Autumn beside Lost Illusions! EUGENIE GRANDET has been released this

The movie is out this week over in France

week over in France helmed and adapted by Marc Dugain! Felix Grandet (Olivier Gourmet) reigns supreme in his modest house in Saumur where his wife and daughter Eugenie (Josephine Japy) lead a distraction free existence. Extremely avaricious, he does not take a favorable view of the beautiful parties who rush to ask for his daughter's hand. Nothing should damage the colossal fortune he hides from everyone. The sudden arrival of Grandet's nephew (Cesar Domboy), an orphaned and ruined Parisian dandy, turns the young girl's life upside down.

Josephine Japy and Outlander's Cesar Domboy in the film

Sadly, the first reviews are not favourable, citing the flatness in acting and script and no chemistry between the stars which is rather obvious in the trailer itself. 

WILLIAM MOSELEY TO PLAY DAVY CROCKETT, CZECH PRINCE & EDGAR ALLAN POE! TADANOBU ASANO, ANNA SAWAI CAST IN SHOGUN EPIC TV SERIES

   WILLIAM MOSELEY  

FROM CROCKETT AND EDGAR ALLAN POE TO CZECH PRINCE

We're updating you with the upcoming projects from Hollywood's hottest blond hunk William Moseley and I don't think I will hear anyone complaining! He already finished LAND OF DREAMS movie with Matt Dillon and Isabella Rossellini, political satire set in the near future where America has closed its borders and become more insular than ever. He is also filming ON THE LINE thriller with Mel Gibson, and you already know that

William Moseley is a very busy man

we are waiting for historical adventure MEDIEVAL to be released. In the story of fourteenth century Czech icon and warlord Jan Zizka (Ben Foster), who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire, he plays his brother Jaroslav. Michael Caine, Til Schweiger and Matthew Goode also star. Another of his historical films SAVAGE LANDS is currently in pre production: in it he plays Davy Crockett, the American Legend, whose wife has fallen deathly ill back in 1815, leaving their young children to survive on their own, so he must fight his way back to them across the many perils found in the Savage Lands of the wild frontier.

  Meanwhile, Shudder has bought his film RAVEN'S HOLLOW in which he dyed his hair black to play Edgar Allan Poe during his time at the US Military Academy, known as West Point. Returning from a training exercise in upstate New York, Poe and four other West Point cadets make a gruesome discovery. This encounter will lead

First look at William as Edgar Allan Poe in Raven's Hollow

them into a forgotten community where they find a township guarding a frightening secret that feeds Poe’s wandering and ingenious mind. AMC's horror streamer Shudder will release it sometime next year.

  SHOGUN EPIC TV SERIES  

ADS NEW CAST MEMBERS

After adding Cosmo Jarvis and Hiroyuki Sanada as leads, FX has completed the casting process for their eight part epic mini TV series

Anna Sawai is taking the female lead

SHOGUN with Anna Sawai as female lead. Tadanobu Asano, Fumi Nikaido, Tokuma Nishioka, Takehiro Hira, Ako, Shinnosuke Abe, Yasunari Takeshima, Hiroto Kanai, Toshi Toda, Hiro Kanagawa, Nestor Carbonell, Yuki Kura, Tommy Bastow, Moeka Hoshi, Yoriko Doguchi and Yuka Kouri complete the cast in the saga following Cosmo as John Blackthorne , a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture ultimately will redefine him; Lord Toranaga (Sanada), a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his

Tadanobu Asano has also joined the cast of Shogun series

own dangerous, political rivals; and Lady Mariko (Sawai), a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties who must prove her value and allegiance.

ITV CASTS HANNAH WADDINGHAM AND OTHERS IN TOM JONES EPIC TV SERIES AND UNVEILS AIRING DATE AND TRAILER FOR LARKINS FAMILY TV SERIES BASED ON DARLING BUDS OF MAY

   TOM JONES TV SERIES 

ADS HANNAH WADDINGHAM

Hannah Waddingham has joined the cast

Even though rival BBC has announced earlier this afternoon that Canal+' Marie Antoinette new period set television series (that I already announced to you earlier this summer) will air on their BBC 2 channel next year for the audience in United Kingdom, it is still ITV day here today, beginning with news from their new period set adaptation of TOM JONES classic novel by Henry Fielding. Beside Solly McLeod as the hero Tom, Sophie Wilde as the heroine Sophia Western and Pearl Mackie as Sophia’s trusted maid, Honour, they've now announced fresh Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham in the role of the seductive and vengeful Lady Bellaston! The series that will air on Masterpiece in USA, will also star James Fleet, Alun Armstrong, Shirley Henderson, Tamzin Merchant, Julian Rhind Tutt, Susannah Fielding, Daniel Rigby, James Wilbraham, Felicity Montagu, Janine Duvitski, Dean Lennox Kelly and Lucy Fallon. The raunchy novel follows often very scandalous and bawdy sexual exploits and merry adventures of the young and

Daniel Rigby, Solly McLeod, James Wilbraham take the male roles

good hearted 18th century foundling Tom Jones in a story full of twists and surprises. The shooting will start this Autumn around Belfast.

 THE LARKINS TV SERIES 
TRAILER & AIR DATE REVEALED

Tok Stephen and Sabrina Bartlett

ITV has published a trailer for their remake of Darling Buds of May classic series THE LARKINS which will start Sunday October 10th with six episodes and plus a festive one for Christmas. Set in the late 1950’s, it follows the golden hearted wheeler dealer Pop Larkin (Bradley Walsh) and his wife Ma (Joanna Scanlan), together with their six children, including the beautiful Mariette (Sabrina Bartlett), as they bask in their idyllic and beautiful patch of paradise in Kent. Fiercely loyal to each other and their community, there’s an overwhelming sense of plenty in their lives and a lot of joy and raucous laughter. With an

The series will have six episode plus a festive one

endless supply of delicious, hearty meals alongside the odd cocktail or two, the Larkins are always happy to share what they have with others, despite the fact

Bradley Walsh and Joanna Scanlan are Pop and Ma

that what they have is sometimes obtained by unusual means! Sadly their good heartedness is not always shared by certain members of the local

The series is a remake of Darling Buds of May

community and village gossip about Pop and his family is often rife. From government officials and snobbish second homeowners to aggressive urban

Joanna Scanlan is Ma Larkin who loves cooking best

developers, the Larkins never take threats to their idyllic way of life lying down but when Cedric ‘Charley’ Charlton (Tok Stephen) arrives to inspect their

Bradley Walsh is the head of the Larkin family

taxes things are looking bleak for The Larkins. Soon distracted by the beautiful Mariette, Charley quickly discovers that he has a romantic rival in the form of the handsome and mysterious Tom Fisher (Stephen Hagan).