JACK HUDSON TO LEAD HISTORICAL SERIES THE RATH AND THE ROCK ABOUT A 16TH CENTURY IRISH CHIEFTAIN WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE TUDOR INVASION

   JACK HUDSON TO LEAD  

THE RATH AND THE ROCK EPIC SERIES

News coming from Ireland is that Gabriel Beristain has cast Jack Hudson as the lead in historical series THE RATH AND THE ROCK about 16th Century Irish chieftain Uaithne mac Ruairí Ó Mórdha. 

Jack Hudson will take the lead role

Hudson will play the charismatic and audacious Gaelic chieftain and rebel also known as Owney O’More in a sweeping story of the brutal Tudor Conquest of Ireland, spanning 1520 to 1653! The series will follow the fates of Irish Chieftains, English royals, ambitious nobles, the infamous pirate queen Grace O’Malley and the ordinary people caught in the crossfire. It will explore the intertwined destinies of pivotal Irish families, including the O’Mores, O’Neills, O’Donnells and O’Malleys, as they fight against the overwhelming forces of the Tudor monarchy! 

CASTING NEWS: EMILY BLUNT TO LEAD WALK IN THE BLUE FIELDS LOVE MOVIE, CATE BLANCHETT TO STAR IN SWEETSICK FANTASY FILM

     CASTING NEWS BULLETIN  

Emily Blunt will also produce the movie

EMILY BLUNT IN WALK THE BLUE FIELDS

Some casting news with some of our favourite ladies, starting with Emily Blunt who has scored a lead role in WALK THE BLUE FIELDS based on a short story by Claire Keegan. Set in Ireland, the film will revolve around a woman faced with an impossible decision, when a past love triangle is almost uncovered on her wedding day. John Crowley will direct probably later this year or next year. Blunt is also producing the film.

 

CATE BLANCHETT IN SWEETSICK

Meanwhile, Cate Blanchett is set to topline a feature movie directorial debut of Alice Birch SWEETSICK. As Deadline reports, the fantasy movie, which Birch also wrote, follows a mercurial woman (Blanchett) with a strange and piercing gift – the ability to see what others most intimately need, often at great personal cost – who sets out on a journey home. The shooting will start as soon as this Autumn in the UK and Greece.

SEE MAJESTIC TRAILER FOR THE SUMMER BOOK MOVIE ADAPTATION WITH GLENN CLOSE

  THE SUMMER BOOK   

MAGICAL TRAILER WITH GLENN CLOSE

Trailer has been released for Charlie McDowell's movie adaptation of beloved Finnish classic book THE SUMMER BOOK by Tove Jannson. Released

The Summer Book is out September 19th

 50 years ago, it follows nine-year-old Sophia (Emily Matthews) who spends the summers at her family’s seasonal home on a tranquil isle in the Gulf of Finland, but this will be the first summer without her mother. Her father (Anders Danielsen Lie) remains numbed by grief, while her grandmother (Glenn Close) guides her on a giddy, winding path towards young adulthood. With a sense of infinite possibility and a tender regard for the wonders of the natural world, Sophia and her grandmother explore the terrain, celebrate midsommar, and test the limits of faith in the face of life’s many storms. It is out September 19th in select theatres in North America.

 

NEW MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE SHOWS TO WATCH THIS AUTUMN: MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG, LYNLEY, MAIGRET, DEATH BY LIGHTNING, THE RUMOUR

 MYSTERY DETECTIVE SHOWS 

MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG

A review of new mystery and detective series coming to the small screens this Autumn, starting with MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG in which Matthew Lewis plays Canon Daniel Clement, a rector, who finds himself entangled in a murder investigation after a cousin of the church's patron is discovered with a fatal stab wound inflicted by secateurs, leading him to unravel the mystery. The six episode series will hit Acorn TV September 29th after it premieres in UK on Channel 5. See trailer here. 

 

  LYNLEY WITH LEO SUTER

Already launched earlier this week over on BritBox is a new four episode remake of LYNLEY detective series in which our lovely Leo Suter plays DI Thomas Lynley who together with DS Barbara Havers forms an unlikely police detective duo. Their contrasting backgrounds create tension, but they unite to solve crimes, navigating class and gender issues. Tom Forbes and Daniel Mays also star in the series out from September 4th and you can see the trailer here.

 

NEW MAIGRET FROM PBS MASTERPIECE

Launching a bit later on, October 5th over at PBS Masterpiece is MAIGRET in which gorgeous Benjamin Wainwright plays Chief Inspector Maigret a rising star in the Paris Police Judiciaire, relentless in his investigations, with an uncanny ability to get under the skin of the criminals he is chasing and a matchless knowledge of Paris. See trailer here.

 

 DEATH BY LIGHTNING OVER AT NETFLIX

Netflix is bringing us Matthew MacFadyen in their period set investigation series DEATH BY LIGHTNING which arrives November 6th also starring Michael Shannon, Betty Gilpin and Nick Offerman. This period set four episode drama dramatizes the stranger-than-fiction true story of 20th U.S. President James Garfield and admirer Charles Guiteau, who assassinated him. I will post the trailer when it is released.

 

 

THE RUMOUR FROM CHANNEL 5

British Channel 5 is ready to launch small town mystery thriller THE RUMOUR with Rachel Shenton from September 10th! She plays a mother who moves to a small town and gets entangled with a group of mothers. She exploits a rumor of a child predator living nearby, fueling gossip and heightening tensions while trying to safeguard her son amidst rising mistrust. See trailer here.

SEE JONAS BROTHERS IN THE TRAILER FOR THEIR FESTIVE DISNEY PLUS MOVIE A VERY JONAS CHRISTMAS!

  A VERY JONAS CHRISTMAS  

FUN TRAILER FOR THE FESTIVE MOVIE

Entering September we have reached that time of the year when your trusted spy will slowly start presenting you first trailers for this year's festive movies

The film will stream from November 14th

 and the first one to open the holiday fun is A VERY JONAS CHRISTMAS movie trailer from Disney Plus, a Christmas adventure film with Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas to arrive to the streamer November 14th which means you will be able to watch it for Thanksgiving. 

 

 LET IT BRO! 

This delightful festive comedy adventure follows three famous brothers who race against time and face mounting challenges during a chaotic journey from London to New York, desperate to make it home in time for Christmas with their loved ones. The film will have cameos from their friends and family members. 

 

ANTHONY HOPKINS TO LEAD MOVIE ADAPTATION OF COMING OF AGE STORY A VISIT TO GRANDPA'S FROM DYLAN THOMAS

 ANTHONY HOPKINS TO LEAD 

A VISIT TO GRANDPA'S MOVIE ADAPTATION

A movie adaptation of Welsh writer Dylan Thomas' coming of age beloved story A VISIT TO GRANDPA'S has just scored Anthony Hopkins as lead! DJ Caruso is set to direct the film next spring with the story following a young boy sent to spend a summer with his charismatic and wildly eccentric grandfather on a remote Welsh farm. Expecting dull days and strict rules, the boy instead stumbles into a world of delightful chaos and imagination – where outrageous stories are spun, and a world of wonder, memory, and mischief unfolds.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON NEW ITV PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER MINI TV SERIES COLDWATER WITH ANDREW LINCOLN

    COLD WATER SERIES  

 WITH ANDREW LINCOLN STARTS NEXT WEEK

Although we expected some major role for Andrew Lincoln after The Walking Dead, he opted for the lead in a small ITV series COLD WATER and I can reveal

Coldwater series starts Sunday, September 14th

 to you that he has a naked scene in it in which he is pleasuring himself! You can see it yourself when it starts September 14th! 

 

 THE STORY SET IN 

 fictional Scottish village of Coldwater, sees Lincoln playing John, a repressed, depressed man who is shocked to find himself in middle age, secretly raging at his life as a stay-at-home dad. When his failure to intervene in a violent confrontation in a playground brings his identity crisis to a head, John ups and moves his family to the rural idyll of Coldwater, as far away from London as possible. Upon arrival, John is quickly befriended by his charming, confident next-door neighbour Tommy (Ewen Bremner), a devoted husband to the local vicar Rebecca (Eve Myles). He is a man of faith, a pillar of the community and self-appointed leader of the village’s all-male book group. John is both impressed and  fascinated by Tommy. His wife Fiona (Indira Varma) despises him. Fiona saw the move to Coldwater as an opportunity to leave the past behind them and reignite the spark in their fading marriage. When her husband’s relationship with their enigmatic new neighbour becomes increasingly intense, Fiona’s suspicions are aroused. She is unconvinced Tommy is all he seems to be. When John’s long-repressed rage comes to a head with disastrous results, he soon finds himself unexpectedly indebted to his new friend, unaware that Tommy himself is harbouring horrifying secrets. It’s only after a series of unsettling incidents start to occur that John begins to wonder who the real Tommy actually is. Check out the trailer below:

 

BBC RENEWS SAS ROGUE HEROES WW2 SERIES FOR SEASON 3 AND ADS NEW CAST NEXT TO JACK O'CONNELL AND DOMINIC WEST

  SAS ROGUE HEROES 

RENEWED FOR 3RD SEASON WITH ADDED CAST

BBC has ordered a third season of their popular World War II series SAS ROGUE HEROES which, based on Ben Macintyre’s book continues the dramatised story of the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, charting their astounding feats of bravery and the impact of war upon the men. Summer, 1944, France. Paddy Mayne (Jack O’Connell) and his Rogues have parachuted deep behind enemy lines and must destroy and disrupt the mighty

Andrew Dawson, Jake Jarratt and Lorne MacFadyen

 German army as they continue to repel the Allied advances. Alongside the French resistance and new recruits, the SAS once again face seemingly unsurmountable challenges, as the liberation of Western Europe begins. Sofia Boutella returns as French-Algerian intelligence operative, Eve Mansour and Dominic West as British Army officer, Dudley Clarke. Lorne MacFadyen joins as Reverend Fraser McLusky, offering support to returning troops Theo Barklem-Biggs, Corin Silva, Jacob Ifan, Jacob McCarthy, Stuart Campbell, Bobby Schofield and Jack Barton. Further new recruits include Nick Hargrove, Andrew Dawson and Jake Jarratt, fighting alongside members of the French and Belgian Maquis. In USA the series airs on MGM Plus.

DAVID MORRISSEY TO LEAD CHANNEL 4 NEW THRILLER TV SERIES TIP TOE WITH ALAN CUMMING AND PAUL RHYS

  DAVID MORRISSEY TO LEAD 

CHANNEL 4 NEW THRILLER SERIES TIP TOE

Channel 4 has set David Morrissey and Alan Cumming as leads in their new five part drama TIP TOE from Russell T. Davies. They will play Leo and Clive, who have lived next door to each other in Manchester for almost 15 years. But just as life should be settling down, the world around

Paul Rhys, David Morrissey and Joseph Evans will star

 them is growing more tense. Words become weapons, opinions become radicalized, and gradually, two neighbors become deadly enemies in a tense, suburban thriller which challenges everything we consider to be safe. Pooky Quesnel, Jackson Connor, Joseph Evans, Paul Rhys, Charlie Condou will also star.

GORGEOUS FIRST TRAILER FOR PBS AND CHANNEL 5 LAVISH NEW COSTUME DRAMA THE FORSYTES BASED ON FAMOUS SAGA BY JOHN GALSWORTHY

   THE FORSYTES TRAILER   

NEW SAGA FROM PBS AND CHANNEL 5

PBS Masterpiece and Mammoth Screen have unveiled stunningly gorgeous first teaser trailer for their new TV series version of famous The Forsyte Saga with six episodes based on John Galsworthy famous novel. THE FORSYTES will arrive to British Channel 5 this Autumn and then later on cross the ocean to visit American audience sometime next year on PBS Masterpiece which has already renewed the new costume drama for a second season.

 IN THE STORY THAT FOLLOWS

a rich British family in 1880s London Francesca Annis will play formidable Forsyte matriarch Ann. Stephen Moyer is Ann’s eldest son, Jolyon Senior, head of the family stockbroking firm Forsyte & Co. Danny Griffin plays his bohemian son Jo, while Tuppence Middleton is his status-driven wife Frances. Jack Davenport plays Ann’s competitive younger son James.  Joshua Orpin stars as James’ shrewd son Soames, with  Millie Gibson  as his love interest. Tom Durant Pritchard  plays Monty Dartie, James’ son-in-law. Eleanor Tomlinson plays Louisa Byrne, a Soho dressmaker and Jo’s first love. 

THE SECOND SEASON ALREADY SHOOTING 

It is interesting that even before the airing of the first season, we know that Richard Rankin will be joining the cast in the second season next year. In this next chapter that is now shooting in Britain, the proud dynasty faces a new era of scandal, ambition, and shifting loyalties. As love, legacy and reputation collide, the cracks in the family’s polished façade grow ever deeper. The second season is currently shooting over in Great Britain.