MICHELLE YEOH JOINS THE SECOND SEASON OF 'MARCO POLO' EPIC SERIES! 'TERMINUS' SF MOVIE TRAILER IS HERE!

MICHELLE YEOH JOINS

'MARCO POLO' SECOND SEASON

We haven't really heard much about Netflix' extremely expensive historical series MARCO POLO ever since it ended its first season with mild reviews and general verdict of it being uninspired and monotonous, but we knew it will be getting second season since it cost $100 million to make.

Now, we hear that Michelle Yeoh is joining the cast! In the story of the famed 13th century explorer Marco Polo (Lorenzo Richelmy), and his adventures, as he fights greed, betrayal and rivalries in Kublai Khan’s cour,t Michelle Yeoh will play a mysterious figure from Hundred Eyes’ (Tom Wu) past. As you know, the series already has another Asian diva Joan Chen as Empress Chabi! I've announced before that Ron Yuan will join as well as Prince Nayan!

'TERMINUS' SF TRAILER

 EXTRA TERRESTRIALS ARE HERE

The only trailer I have for you today comes from new science fiction movie TERMINUS out next month! Blinded by the light of a falling meteor, David has a devastating car accident, leading to a profound discovery: an extra terrestrial organism that may contain the secret of life itself. When David goes missing for two days, Annabelle searches for her father only to discover him wandering the forest, without so much as a scratch. David’s mysterious reappearance draws the attention of federal authorities and gives Annabelle reason to doubt his sanity. But David has a new sense of purpose, fuelled by nightmarish visions. Driven by what he believes is an otherworldly purpose, David must convince Annabelle to believe him and complete his task before government agents can stop him, and before the world destroys itself.

ENCHANTING TRAILERS FOR NEW YEAR'S NEW EPIC SERIES 'JERICHO' WITH JESSICA RAINE, HANS MATHESON, 'DICKENSIAN' WITH TOM WESTON JONES, PAULINE COLLINS, STEPHEN REA

'JERICHO' EPIC TV SERIES

TODAY'S WILDERNESS, TOMORROW'S FUTURE

We continue reminding you of all the epic series beginning around New Years, starting today with ITV's JERICHO which will air in January starring Jessica Raine and Hans Matheson. Set in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1870s, the 8 part drama focuses upon the shanty town of Jericho, home to a community that will live, thrive and die in the shadow of the viaduct they’ve been brought together to build. Rough, rustic and remote with a carnival atmosphere, Jericho is a community of pioneers, settlers and outcasts, people with secrets to hide and those looking to start again.

'DICKENSIAN' EPIC TV SERIES

ENCHANTING NEW TRAILER

Meanwhile, rival BBC is all ready and set to start airing their wonderful new half hour series DICKENSIAN from Saturday December 26th! The enchanting 20 part drama will be set within the fictional realms of Charles Dickens' critically acclaimed novels, bringing together some of his most iconic characters as their lives intertwine in 19th century London. Stephen Rea as Inspector Bucket, Tom Weston Jones as Meriwether Compeyson, Pauline Collins as Mrs Gamp, Ned Dennehy as Scrooge, Anton Lesser as Fagin, Caroline Quentin as Mrs Bumble, are all set to star!

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON 'BEOWULF' EPIC FANTASY TV SERIES WITH KIERAN BEW, ED SPELEERS, WILLIAM HURT, ELLIOT COWAN, JOE SIMS, JOANNE WHALLEY

'BEOWULF' EPIC TV SERIES

RETURN TO THE SHIELDLANDS
We've started our festive end of December yesterday with INDIAN SUMMERS and all till the end of the month I will be reminding you or presenting you with all the new historical and epic shows that are launching around the New Years! Today you can check out our final premium spotlight on ITV's new fantasy series BEOWULF: RETURN TO THE SHIELDLANDS which will bring mythical family adventure to the small screens from Sunday, January 3rd, and later on January ... ... 23rd at Esquire Network in USA as well! Filled with our most beloved hunks Kieran Bew and Elliot Cowan from DA VINCI'S DEMONS, Ed Speleers from ERAGON and DOWNTON ABBEY and Joe Sims from BROADCHURCH, the 13 part drama will follow the adventures of the famous mythical hero BEOWULF.

BRITAIN'S DARK AGES  
The series is set in the mythical Shieldlands, a place of spectacle and danger populated by both humans and fantastical creatures. Essentially, a western set in the Dark Ages of Britain’s mythic past, in which BEOWULF who, after spending many years wandering as a mercenary warrior, returns to Herot to pay his respects to the recently deceased Thane, Hrothgar - the man who raised him. But when Herot is attacked by the terrifying monster Grendl, Beowulf has no choice but to hunt it down, winning favour with Herot’s new female Thane, and the wider community, in the process. And so begins a personal journey that sees this mighty and capable man slowly reconnect with the notion of family and home.

THE STARSTUDDED CAST

Kieran Bew plays the lead role of Beowulf, William Hurt will play Hrothgar, Joanne Whalley takes on the role of Rheda. David Harewood will play Scorann, a born warrior, fearsome fighter and man of great honour, Ed Speleers has been cast in the role of Slean, David Ajala will play Rate and the cast will also see warriors or villains played by our favourite Bristol hunk Joe Sims, Elliot Cowan, Lee Boardman, David Bradley and Emmet J Scanlan.

KIERAN BEW IS BEOWULF

Beowulf is an exceptional and intelligent warrior with a reputation as a fearless ‘hero’ that he struggles to live up to and accept. What BEOWULF realises upon arriving to Herot is that what it needs to survive isn’t a Reeve who will ‘go by the book’ but one who’ll do what it takes to ensure its survival. He knows he has to step up for this community to stand a fighting chance.

JOANNE WHALLEY IS REDA

Capable, intelligent, tough when she needs to be and Herot’s Thane, Rheda proves herself as a leader and at times dangerous politician.

ED SPELEERS IS SLEAN

Rheda’s son. Ambitious, intelligent and greedy but never the fighter his father was. Brave and with a burning desire to be a great warrior but lacking the natural talent that BEOWULF is blessed with, his feelings of inadequacy and insecurity have left their mark. He believes the rule of law is vital in Herot’s progression but that doesn’t mean he necessarily follows it himself.

 WILLIAM HURT IS HROTHGAR

The Thane of Herot who adopted Beowulf and aimed to mold the then boy into a leader - a boy who, in Hrothgar’s eyes, was inherently more capable than his own son.

JOIN THE SIMLA CLUB! 'INDIAN SUMMERS' HISTORICAL SERIES 2ND SEASON TRAILER WITH JULIE WALTERS, HENRY LLOYD HUGHES, BLAKE RITSON!

'INDIAN SUMMERS' 2ND SEASON

TRAILER FOR BRITISH RAJ SERIES

One of our favourite of the new historical dramas that TV has given us this year INDIAN SUMMERS has been given the second season trailer today by British Channel 4! It has only just finished airing its first season in USA at PBS, but the first ten episodes were aired in Europe earlier this spring and the second run is ready to heat the small screens sometime this February (if the rumours are true). The series, set in the final years of British invasion of India, depicts the ruthless machinations and political intrigues of the evil British invaders frantically trying to hold onto power. With the cast enriched by Blake Ritson, James Fleet, Art Malik as a Maharaja and Rachel Griffiths, the second season should reveal us whether India is getting a new viceroy!

JOIN THE ROYAL SIMLA CLUB  
Set in the INDIAN SUMMER of 1935 three years after the end of the previous series, ten new episodes will again circle around Royal Simla Club, owned by scheming and snobbish Cynthia (Julie Walters), which gives entertainment to the members of the high colonial society including the viceroy's ambitious private secretary played by Henry Lloyd Hughes, his sister played by Jemima West and her Indian lover played by Nikesh Patel, and his gorgeous new wife played by Olivia Grant.

WHOM YOU GONNA CALL? 'GHOSTBUSTERS' REBOOT CHARACTER POSTERS WITH MELISSA MCCARTHY, LESLIE JONES, KATE MCKINNON, KRISTEN WIIG! 'FULLER HOUSE' SITCOM TRAILER IS HERE!

'GHOSTBUSTERS' REBOOT

GETS FIRST POSTERS

Your visual treat (not that you can see much on them) for the end of this week are four character posters for the new all female reboot of the GHOSTBUSTERS! Melissa McCarthy (whose MIKE AND MOLLY sitcom sadly got cancelled earlier this week with the sixth season), Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig are trying to look as ghostbusting ladies in action in these new character posters.

WARRIOR SCIENTISTS! 
 Melissa's character Abby Yates is a scientist, Kristen Wiig's Erin Gilbert, is a particle physicist, academic firebrand, spectral warrior who enjoys battling supernatural entities, although she doesn't have much of a social life. Kate McKinnon's Jillian Holtzman is a nuclear engineer, munitions expert, proton wrangler, and Leslie Jones' Patty Tolan is a ghost tracker, municipal historian and metaphysical commando. When the busts the cinemas next July you will also see Chris Hemsworth as their hunky secretary and Andy Garcia as the major of New York! Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver and Bill Murray will have cameos!

'FULLER HOUSE' TRAILER

WILL MELT YOUR HEARTS

To warm your hearts, check out the first trailer for Netflix's sitcom FULLER HOUSE which airs from February taking us back to the Tanner family house in San Francisco! This time a grown-up DJ Tanner (Candace Cameron Bure) is the head of a very busy house filled with kids and nutty family members. DJ's sister Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin) and her best friend Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber) move in to help out after the sad death of her husband Tommy. Most other original FULL HOUSE stars will cameo!

'STORK' ANIMATED MOVIE TEASER IS HERE! QUEEN LATIFAH, BENJAMIN BRATT, NICHOLAS GONZALES IN LEE DANIELS' 'STAR' TV SERIES! TAYLOR SCHILLING JOINS SAM WORTHINGTON IN 'TITAN' SF MOVIE

'THE TITAN' SF MOVIE

SAM WORTHINGTON JOINED BY TAYLOR SCHILLING

Earlier this year I informed you that our fave Australian hunk Sam Worthington has taken the lead role in sf movie THE TITAN and now he is joined by Taylor Schilling! The movie, which will also have Tom Wilkinson and Sofia Boutella in the cast, is set in a not too distant future, following the journey of a military family that is relocated to take part in a groundbreaking experiment of man’s genetic evolution into space. Before doing three new AVATARs, Sam Worthington will also play the lead role in the movie adaptation of the famous novel THE SHACK next to Olivia Spencer as God and famous Native American actor Graham Greene.

LEE DANIEL'S 'STAR' SERIES

CASTS BENJAMIN BRATT, QUEEN LATIFAH, NICHOLAS GONZALES  
In TV news, beside their groundbreaking drama EMPIRE, Fox is looking to develop their cooperation with its creator Lee Daniels with another music series! With the working title STAR, it already has Nicholas Gonzales, Queen Latifah and Benjamin Bratt in the cast! The story follows three young women (Jude Demorest, Ryan Destiny, Brittany O’Grady) who form a girl group with hope of making it big in the music industry, and the choices they face along the way. Nicholas Gonzales will play an abusive foster father of one of them, Benjamin Bratt will be a talent manager who believes in their success, while Queen Latifah will be beauty salon owner who is also their surrogate mother.

'STORKS' TEASER TRAILER

NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURE

Warner Bros. has revealed first photo and teaser from their September 2016 animated movie STORKS about those birds who deliver babies... or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for global internet giant! But the plot of the film might bring them back to their ancestral purpose. Kelsey Grammer leads the voice cast!

STUNNING NEW 'GODS OF EGYPT' TRAILER WITH GERARD BUTLER! HUGH JACKMAN'S 'EDDIE THE EAGLE' OLYMPIC BIOPIC TRAILER! JOELY RICHARDSON IS WITCH GLINDA IN TARSEM'S EPIC TV SERIES 'EMERALD CITY'!

'EMERALD CITY' EPIC SERIES

JOELY RICHARDSON IS GLINDA

The latest star to join NBC's new epic fantasy series to be directed by incredible visual genius Tarsem Singh EMERALD CITY is Joely Richardson in the role of Glinda! 

Vincent D’Onofrio is set to play the mighty Wizard, while newcomer Adria Ajorna is Dorothy Gale, the 20-year-old who is swept up by a tornado and transported to the mythical Oz. Her K9 police dog find themselves in another world, one far removed from our own — a mystical land of competing kingdoms, lethal warriors, dark magic and a battle for supremacy. Oliver Jackson Cohen will play the lead male role, Ana Ularu is the Wicked Witch, alongside Jordan Loughran, Gerran Howell and Mido Hamada.

'GODS OF EGYPT' 2ND TRAILER

SHOWS GEOFFREY RUSH AS RA  
And two trailers for you today, starting with the second one for next year's biggest epic spectacle GODS OF EGYPT which will bring Ancient Egyptian splendour into cinemas next February. This new trailer shows all the magnificent scenes and sets we shall see and also offers the first glimpse of Geoffrey Rush as supreme god Ra! Gerard Butler is Set, the merciless god of darkness, who has taken over the throne of Egypt and plunged the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos. Few dare to rebel against him. A young thief (Brenton Thwaites), whose love was taken captive by the god, seeks to dethrone and defeat Set with the aid of the powerful god Horus (Nikolaj Coster Waldau).

'EDDIE THE EAGLE' TRAILER

WITH HUGH JACKMAN!  

It is only natural for the avalanche of new trailers this week to continue with some real snow which can be seen in the first trailer for Hugh Jackman's EDDIE THE EAGLE which will jump into cinemas this April! Taron Egerton plays hapless British ski jumper EDDIE THE EAGLE who became a media sensation when he entered the 1988 Winter Olympics as the first representative from Great Britain in the Olympic category and came in last in both ski jump events. Hugh Jackman plays a ski expert who helped him train for the Olympics!

SCRAT FLIES INTO SPACE IN 'ICE AGE COLLISION COURSE' TRAILER! EDDIE REDMAYNE'S 'FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM' TRAILER! RICHARD RANKIN IN 'OUTLANDER', TOM HUGHES IN 'VICTORIA' SERIES AS PRINCE ALBERT

  RICHARD RANKIN JOINS

'OUTLANDER' SECOND SEASON

Tons of TV news, starting with our dearest Richard Rankin (CRIMSON FIELD) joining the Paris set second season of OUTLANDER epic series. He will play Roger Wakefield, the Reverend Wakefield’s adopted son., who is intelligent, kind hearted and charming, raised by the pastor after his parents died in World War II. When we meet him, he is a professor at Oxford who is very interested in history. Lionel Lingelser will play King Louis XV while Stanley Weber will appear as Le Comte St. Germain!

'VICTORIA' EPIC SERIES

TOM HUGHES IS PRINCE ALBERT
Meanwhile, another epic series, ITV's eight episode historical saga VICTORIA on the infamous British monarch has finally found the queen's husband! Mesmerizing Tom Hughes will play Prince Albert next to Jenna Coleman's VICTORIA in the series which will depict her early rule. The cast also includes actor Rufus Sewell as Lord Melbourne, Victoria's first prime minister, an intimate friendship which caused much gossip. Alex Jennings will portray King Leopold I of Belgium, uncle to Victoria and Albert, responsible for their marriage.

 'ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE'

TRAILER BURSTS INTO SPACE

The first trailer has also been released today for the new instalment of the animated saga ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE which will hit cinemas next July! Scrat’s epic pursuit of the elusive acorn catapults him into the universe where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the Ice Age World. To save themselves, Sid, Manny, Diego, and the rest of the herd must leave their home and embark on a quest full of comedy and adventure, travelling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colourful new characters.

  EDDIE REDMAYNE IN

TRAILER FOR 'FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM'

Another adventure Eddie Redmayne's new fantasy movie out next November FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM has also got its teaser trailer today. Eddie Redmayne stars as Newt Scamander, the wizarding world’s preeminent magizoologist, who stops in New York following his travels to find and document magical creatures. But a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt's fantastic beasts could spell trouble for the wizarding world!

MINDBLOWING TRAILERS FOR 'STAR TREK BEYOND' WITH KARL URBAN, CHRIS PINE, ZACHARY QUINTO, 'INDEPENDENCE DAY II' WITH JEFF GOLDBLUM, LIAM HEMSWORTH, 'HIGHRISE' WITH LUKE EVANS, TOM HIDDLESTON!

 'STAR TREK: BEYOND' TRAILER

WITH CHRIS PINE & KARL URBAN

Opening the week in the grand style, the first trailer has been released today for STAR TREK: BEYOND the third part of the rebooted sf saga which is out next July! Starring Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto, John Cho and Zoe Saldana, this one will see the crew out of Academy and starting their mission to boldly go where no man has gone before and explore new lives and new civilisations!

 'HIGH RISE' TRAILER

BRINGS TOM HIDDLESTON AND LUKE EVANS TOGETHER

Yet another trailer today comes for 1970's thriller starring two of our most beloved boys Tom Hiddleston and Luke Evans HIGH RISE  which is out next March set in a fictional 1975, with the launch of a luxury housing tower that eliminates the need for the outside world. Charming young Robert Laing (Hiddleston) is at first amazed by life inside the high-rise, but cracks soon reveal a rigid class structure on the verge of collapse. Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Sienna Miller and Jeremy Irons round up the stellar cast!

 'INDEPENDENCE DAY II' TRAILER

BRINGS ALIEN RESURGENCE

The first trailer has also been released for another massive sf franchise - INDEPENDENCE DAY II: RESURGENCE. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defence program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens' advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction. Beside Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman from the original cast, Liam Hemsworth also stars! It is, of course, out June 24th, exactly 20 years after the original movie.

SPOTLIGHT ON BBC'S AGATHA CHRISTIE 'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' MINI SERIES WITH AIDAN TURNER, DOUGLAS BOOTH, SAM NEILL, MIRANDA RICHARDSON, CHARLES DANCE

 'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE'

 AGATHA CHRISTIE MINI SERIES

If you live over in UK or have BBC One, your festive nights these holidays will certainly be warmer thanks to the brand new small screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE which will air at BBC in three episodes on December 26th, 27th and 28th! DVD will be available already in January, while the series will also air in the United States at A+E! The adaptation of the best selling crime novel of all times, set in the 1930's, is a part of celebration of Christie's 125th anniversary!

TEN STRANGERS ON AN ISLAND  
A reckless playboy. A decrepit judge. A nervous businessman. An unhinged Harley Street doctor. A God fearing spinster. A secretive governess. A guilt ridden general. A remorseless mercenary. Two anxious servants. Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts – the improbably named Mr and Mrs U.N. Owen – the weather sours and they find themselves cut off from civilisation. Very soon, the guests, each struggling with their conscience, will start to die – one by one, according to the rules of the nursery rhyme ‘Ten Little Soldier Boys’ - a rhyme that hangs in every room of the house and ends with the most terrifying words of all: "…and then there were none."

AIDAN TURNER, SAM NEIL AND DOUGLAS BOOTH LEAD THE CAST

The rather stellar cast includes acting legends Charles Dance as Justice Lawrence Wargrave, Sam Neill as General John MacArthur, Miranda Richardson as Miss Emily Brent, Toby Stephens as Dr Edward Armstrong! Our beloved hunks  Aidan Turner and Douglas Booth appear as Philip Lombard and Anthony Marston!