HANNAH GOLD'S THE LAST BEAR POLAR ADVENTURE NOVEL TO GET A BIG SCREEN ADAPTATION

   THE LAST BEAR NOVEL  

GETTING A BIG SCREEN ADAPTATION

The Last Bear will be turned into a movie

As Deadline reports, insanely handsome Patrick Burleigh has penned the big screen adaptation of Hannah Gold's THE LAST BEAR and now the search is on for a director.

Translated into 27 languages so far, the book focuses on the unlikely friendship of the 11-year old April and a lost Polar Bear in the Arctic. As April grows further apart from her widower father, she resolves to help the bear get back where he belongs – no matter what it takes, including risking her own life. The novel mixes the adventure of life in the Arctic Circle with danger, excitement, and a touching exploration of April’s relationship with her father. There is also the backdrop of a thought-provoking exploration of the climate emergency. 

 

OLIVER JACKSON COHEN, ANJELICA HUSTON, MATTHEW RHYS TO LEAD NEW AGATHA CHRISTIE TOWARDS ZERO SERIES AT BBC

   BBC'S TOWARDS ZERO  

AGATHA CHRISTIE SERIES REVEALS CAST

And it will be quite stellar - three part series adaptation of Agatha Christie's TOWARDS ZERO, set in England in 1936, will follow British tennis star Nevile Strange (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and his ex-wife Audrey (Ella Lily Hyland), who make the unthinkable decision to spend a summer together at Gull’s Point, their childhood home and the coastal estate of Nevile’s aunt, Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston). With unfinished business between the former childhood sweethearts, plus the presence of Nevile’s new wife Kay (Mimi Keene), tensions are running high. Add to this a long-suffering lady’s companion, a mysterious gentleman’s valet, an exiled cousin with a grudge, a venerable family lawyer, an inquisitive orphan and a French con man, and soon there will be murder. A troubled detective must rediscover his purpose to untangle a toxic web of jealousy, deceit and dysfunction. Can he solve the crime before another victim meets their death? Jack Farthing, Matthew Rhys, Clarke Peters will also star.

SARAH SNOOK TO LEAD ALL HER FAULT TV SERIES ADAPTATION AT PEACOCK

   SARAH SNOOK TO LEAD  

 ALL HER FAULT TV SERIES AT PEACOCK

New Peacock series will both star and be executive produced by Sarah Snook. Based on Andrea Mara novel, ALL HER FAULT opens on a plausibly terrifying situation that eventually unearths the deep secrets of a
community. Marissa Irvine arrives at 14 Arthur Avenue, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn’t a mother she recognizes. She isn’t the nanny. She doesn’t have Milo. And so begins every parent’s worst nightmare.

JESSICA BIEL, ELIZABETH BANKS, COREY STOLL TO LEAD THE BETTER SISTER SERIES AT PRIME VIDEO

  THE BETTER SISTER  

JESSICA BIEL, ELIZABETH BANKS TO LEAD

Prime Video has revealed lead cast for their new TV series adaptation of Alafair Burke's THE BETTER SISTER that unveils the terrible things that drive sisters apart and ultimately bring them back together. Jessica Biel leads the cast as Chloe, who moves through the world with her handsome lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Donovan) by her side while her estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) struggles to stay clean and hustles to make ends meet. When Adam is brutally murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves through the family, laying bare long-buried secrets. Kim Dickens will play Nancy Guidry, a detective investigating Adam’s murder, while Bobby Naderi will play her kinder and younger detective partner.

SEE IAN MCKELLEN, GEMMA ARTERTON, MARK STRONG, ALFRED ENOCH, BEN BARNES IN THE CRITIC MOVIE IMAGES

    FIRST THE CRITIC  

PICS WITH IAN MCKELLEN & GEMMA ARTERTON

First images have been released for a film that actually premiered last year in Toronto but will hit UK cinemas September 13th starring Ian McKellen and Gemma Arterton in the lead roles alongside Mark Strong, Alfred Enoch, Romola Garai, Ben Barnes and Lesley Manville.

WHAT IS THE FILM ABOUT?

Based on Anthony Quinn's novel Curtain Call, THE CRITIC set in 1930s London, is a thrilling tale of ambition, blackmail, and desire with a dazzling anti-hero at its heart. When the most feared and vicious theatre critic in town Jimmy Erskine (Mckellen), finds himself suddenly in the cross hairs of the Daily Chronicle’s new owner David Brooke (Strong), he strikes a Faustian pact with struggling actress Nina Land (Arterton) who is desperate to win his favor.

SEE SABIN TAMBREA AND HENRIETTE CONFURIUS IN THE GLORY OF LIFE FRANZ KAFKA BIOPIC

  THE GLORY OF LIFE  

FIRST IMAGES FROM KAFKA BIOPIC

The movie will air in US cinemas as well

We have the first poster and images of German stars Sabin Tambrea and Henriette Confurius in THE GLORY OF LIFE biopic on famous writer Franz Kafka. Based on the bestselling novel by Michael Kumpfmüller, the film is directed by Georg Maas and Judith Kaufmann and will be distributed around Europe and North America after already playing in German cinemas earlier this March. You can also check out the German language trailer below the post.

 

WHAT IS THE STORY?

Because of the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka’s life becomes his happiest. He has never before been able to allow himself to experience intimacy, he suffers from tuberculosis and is dependent on his overbearing family. But the worldly-wise Dora Diamant accepts him as he is. And he accepts her. The two meet in 1923 on the Baltic Sea coast, where he is convalescing and she is working in a Jewish Volksheim. Together they go to Berlin and, when Franz’s health deteriorates rapidly, to a sanatorium in Austria. Barely a year after they meet, he dies. The memory of their time together will shape Dora for the rest of her life. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think, will you be watching?

 

SEE ADAM DEMOS CHANGE RADHA MITCHELL'S LIFE IN TRUE STORY MOVIE DRAMA TAKE MY HAND DEEPLY MOVING TRAILER

 TAKE MY HAND TRAILER 

WITH ADAM DEMOS AND RADHA MITCHELL

Take My Hand is out August 29th

I am treating you today with the first trailer coming from Australia for their true story drama TAKE MY HAND which lands in cinemas August 29th! John Raftopoulos’ directorial debut stars Radha Mitchell as an accomplished Australian woman living in London who is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the peak of her career. After the sudden death of her husband (our boo Bart Edwards) and losing her job, she returns to Australia with her three sons before a chance reunion with a childhood sweetheart (Adam Demos) changes her life. The story is inspired by the real-life journey of Raftopoulos’ wife Claire Jensz, who is the executive producer of the film. Jake Ryan also stars.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON CHANNING TATUM'S PERIOD SET ROMANTIC COMEDY FLY ME TO THE MOON

 FLY ME TO THE MOON TRAILER 

ROMANTIC COMEDY WITH CHANNING TATUM

The movie lands in cinemas this July

And a fake moon landing is  being staged in it by Channing Tatum who leads FLY ME TO THE MOON period set romantic movie comedy  which is hitting big screens around the world from July 12th. It is a sharp, stylish comedy-drama directed by Greg Berlanti and set against the high-stakes backdrop of NASA’s historic Apollo 11 moon landing with the plot following the relationship between a marketing specialist and a NASA director during the 1960s Space Race. The movie will also stream on Apple TV Plus sometime later this year. Back in 2022 Apple actually bought this project for $100 million then titled "Project Artemis"! Back then Jason Bateman was supposed to direct it with Chris Evans in

Greg Berlanti's first movie since Love, Simon

the lead role. Woody Harrellson and Colin Woodell are also in the cast.

 

  WILL THEY MAKE HISTORY OR FAKE IT?

During the 1960s Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union, a relationship develops between the NASA director in charge of the Apollo 11 launch and the marketing specialist brought in to fix NASA's public image and stage a "back-

Chris Evans was supposed to lead the movie at first

up" fake moon landing. Brought in to fix NASA’s public image, sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones (Scarlett Johansson) wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis’s (Channing Tatum) already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as back-up and the countdown truly begins… As the two prepare to undertake a monumental task – filming a back-up to the moon landing in case the real mission fails – they find that they may just have more in common than they first thought.

 

300 SPARTAN EPIC MOVIE GETTING A TV PREQUEL SERIES WITH ZACK SNYDER LEADING PRODUCTION?

   300 EPIC PREQUEL  

TV SERIES IN EARLY DEVELOPMENT

Well, Zack Snyder's legendary epic movie 300 did change movie history launching a special visual style that will later on become a staple for all other blockbusters. Depicting the battle between brave Spartans led by Gerard Butler's King Leonidas and Rodrigo Santoro's King Xerxes of Persia, it earned almost half a billion bucks around the world, and the rumour has it that a TV series is in early development and that it would be a prequel. It is believed that Snyder and his production team will lead the TV project as well.

FIONA MCINTOSH' EPIC NOVEL THE PEARL THIEF TO BE ADAPTED FOR THE BIG SCREEN

   THE PEARL THIEF   

 TO BE ADAPTED FOR THE BIG SCREEN

As Deadline reports, Bruna Papandrea's production house is set to adapt Fiona McIntosh's THE PEARL THIEF into a movie. Severine Kassel is asked by the Louvre in 1963 to aid the British Museum with curating its antique jewellery, her specialty. Her London colleagues find her distant and mysterious; her

Nick Drake will pen the script

cool beauty the topic of conversations around its quiet halls. No one could imagine that she is a desperately damaged woman, hiding her trauma behind her chic, French image. It is only when some dramatic Byzantine pearls are loaned to the Museum that Severine’s poise is dashed and the tightly controlled life she’s built around herself is shattered. Her shocking revelation of their provenance sets off a frenzied hunt for Nazi Ruda Mayek. Mossad’s interest is triggered and one of its most skilled agents comes out of retirement to join the hunt, while the one person who can help her – the solicitor handling the Pearls – is bound by client confidentiality. As Severine follows Mayek’s trail, there is still one lifelong secret for her to reveal – and one for her to discover. From the snowy woodlands outside Prague to the Tuilieries of Paris and the heather-covered moors of Yorkshire comes a confronting and heart-stopping novel that explores whether love and hope can ever overpower atrocity in a time of war and hate.