BBC ANNOUNCES PERIOD SET VIENNA BLOOD DETECTIVE SERIES WITH MATTHEW BEARD FROM FREUD'S ERA WITH THE FIRST PHOTO OF THE LEADING DUO!

     NEW 'VIENNA BLOOD' 

BBC PERIOD SET TV SERIES

BBC Two has announced work on new period set detective series with the first photo: VIENNA BLOOD will be a three part series based on the Liebermann novels by Frank Tallis set in 1900s Vienna, a hot bed of

Conleth Hill, Charlene McKenna, Amelia Bullmore, Louise Von Finckh also star

philosophy, science and art, where a clash of cultures and ideas play out in the city’s grand cafes and opera houses. Max Liebermann (Matthew Beard) is a brilliant young English doctor, studying under the famed psychoanalyst

Matthew Beard will be English doctor Max Liebermann

Sigmund Freud. When Max comes into contact with Oskar Rheinhardt (Juergen Maurer), an Austrian Detective Inspector struggling with a strange case, he offers his assistance. Max’s extraordinary skills of perception

Juergen Maurer is Austrian inspector Oskar Rheinhardt

and forensics, and his deep understanding of human behaviour and deviance, help Oskar solve some of Vienna’s most mysterious and deadly cases. The series will air later this year.

BILL NIGHY IS A SUPER STYLISH TAILOR IN SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER HEARTFELT COMEDY DRAMA TRAILER

     'SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER' 

HEARTFELT BILL NIGHY TRAILER

The film will hit US cinemas in October

This one already played in UK and Australian cinemas this June but will hit US ones in October. SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER is a British comedy drama starring Bill Nighy as Alan, a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael, who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son Peter and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family. The film is based on Triple Word Score story by Frank Boyce

The title refers to the Sometimes, Always, Never Three-Button Rule. When wearing a suit with three buttons a man should sometimes button the top button, depending on the style of the suit, always button the middle button, and never button the bottom button.

JOSHA STRADOWSKI JOINS ROSAMUND PIKE AND OTHERS IN EPIC FANTASY SERIES WHEEL OF TIME AT AMAZON AS DRAGON REBORN!

     'THE WHEEL OF TIME' 

 ADS NEW CAST MEMBERS!

Top model Josha Stradowski will be Rand al'Thor

Among all of the upcoming epic fantasy TV shows, from See and Witcher to Lord of the Rings, that we are looking forward to is also THE WHEEL OF TIME. I've announced previously that the small screen adaptation of Robert Jordan's book will be toplined by Rosamund Pike, but now Amazon has revealed other names that have joined the cast: Josha Stradowski will take the male lead as Rand al’Thor, with Marcus Rutherford cast as Perrin Aybara and Zoë Robins as Nynaeve. Barney Harris will play Mat Cauthon and Madeleine Madden will play Egwene Al’Vere.

THE WHEEL OF TIME STORY
is set in a rich fantasy world where magic exists, but only certain women are allowed to access it. Moiraine (Rosamund Pike) is a member of an incredibly powerful all-female organization, and the story follows her as she

Marcus Rutherford, Zoe Robins and Barney Harris will also star

arrives in the small town of Two Rivers and embarks on a dangerous, world spanning journey. She is joined by five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn (Josha Stradowski), who will either save or destroy humanity.

ROMANTIC WEDNESDAY: LAST CHRISTMAS FESTIVE ROMANCE TRAILER WITH EMILIA CLARKE, HENRY GOLDING, EMMA THOMPSON! CHRISTINA MILIAN FINDS LOVE AT NEW ZEALAND IN FALLING INN LOVE TRAILER!

     'LAST CHRISTMAS' TRAILER

BRINGS A FESTIVE ROMANCE

Last Christmas arrives this November

We're having a romantic middle of the week with the first trailer for LAST CHRISTMAS romantic movie based on Wham!'s famous song which hits cinemas this November starring Emilia Clarke, Emma Thompson and Henry Golding (who's just been announced as lead in G.I. JOE spin off Snake Eyes). Kate (Clarke) harrumphs around London, a bundle of bad decisions accompanied by the jangle of bells on her shoes, another irritating consequence from her job as an elf in a year round Christmas shop. Tom (Golding) seems too good to be true when he walks into her life and starts to see through so many of Kate’s barriers. As London transforms into the most wonderful

The movie will also feature a new song from George Michael

time of the year, nothing should work for these two. But sometimes, you gotta let the snow fall where it may, you gotta listen to your heart … and you gotta have faith.

     'FALLING INN LOVE' TRAILER

FOR NEW NETFLIX ROMCOM!

Falling Inn Love streams in two weeks!

Netflix has, meanwhile, released a trailer and poster for their own romantic movie FALLING INN LOVE with Christina Milian (who is currently pregnant with French pop star Matt Pokora). The singer and actress stars alongside Adam Demos in the charming romance set in gorgeous New Zealand, which will start streaming at Netflix on August 29. Here is the official logline of the movie: When city girl Gabriela (Christina Milian) spontaneously enters a contest and wins a rustic New Zealand inn, she teams up with bighearted contractor Jake Taylor (Adam Demos) to fix and flip it. An idyllic inn, food, love and New Zealand, what more could you ask for in a movie? 

TUDORS AND VIKINGS CREATOR MICHAEL HIRST TO PRODUCE NEW EPIC SERIES ON CHARLEMAGNE!

     'CHARLEMAGNE' SERIES

COMING FROM MICHAEL HIRST?

I must admit Quibi, the upcoming new short video platform, confuses me as they keep ordering scripted series, but the news today is that they've just

Michael Hirst will write the series

ordered CHARLE MAGNE epic series from Tudors and Vikings creator Michael Hirst. The story of the new series will be based on the 8th century wild life of Charles the Great, king of the Franks, king of the Lombards and the emperor of the Romans, who united Western Europe in Early Middle Ages amidst navigating a salacious, complicated personal life. He was married at least four times, had three illegitimate sons and has spent more than fifty years ruling as king or emperor. Of course, I'm not sure how much we can trust this would see the light of the day as Hirst has announced so many projects in recent years and none of them has happened in the end, from Vikings spin off, then The Caesars, to new Doctor Zhivago.

BBC REVEALS AN ALL INDIAN CAST FOR THEIR PERIOD SET SERIES A SUITABLE BOY FROM ANDREW DAVIES AND MIRA NAIR BASED ON VIKRAM SETH'S NOVEL

    BBC'S 'A SUITABLE BOY' SETS

CAST FOR ALL INDIAN DRAMA

Beecham House is finished (and I really don't think it is coming back), but do not despair, spylings, we shall have another India set series to satisfy our needs for exotic places next year. As I've already announced, BBC is preparing

Ishaan Khattar will play the lead male role

A SUITABLE BOY six part series and now they've revealed the all Indian cast! Vikram Seth's novel will be adapted by Andrew Davies and Mira Nair, with the cast led by Bollywood actor Ishaan Khattar, Indian screen star Tabu and rising star Tanya Maniktala in the central role of Lata.

A SUITABLE BOY   

 tells the story of spirited university student Lata (Tanya Maniktala); coming of age in North India in 1951 at the same time as the country is carving out its own identity as an independent nation and is about to go to the polls for its first democratic general election. It is a vast, panoramic tale charting the fortunes of four large families and exploring India and its rich and varied culture at a crucial point in its history. Lata’s mother is determined to find her a husband - A SUITABLE BOY - but Lata, torn between family duty and the excitement of romance, embarks on her own, epic journey of love and self discovery. Connected to Lata through their siblings’

Tabu and Tanya Maniktala will take on the female leads

marriage, the wayward Maan (Ishaan Khatter) is determined to enjoy life to the full whatever the consequences, much to the concern of his politician father. But could his infatuation with beautiful courtesan Saaeda Bai (Tabu) be one step too far? Their stories play out during a tumultuous period for India and reflect the wider conflict between tradition and modernity at the time, as the election looms and the country decides its destiny.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON RUSSIAN 19TH CENTURY COSTUME SERIES DETECTIVE ANNA WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON AMAZON PRIME!

    'DETECTIVE ANNA'

FROM 19TH CENTURY MOSCOW!

You can catch Anna over at Amazon Prime

I forgot to mention this one before, but better late than never, especially as you can still catch the first season (a mammoth one with more than 50 episodes) of Russian period set series DETECTIVE ANNA over at Amazon Prime! Shot in 2016 and 2017, it stars young and captivating Aleksandra Nikiforova as a nineteenth century female detective in Imperial Russia! A whole little town was constructed for the purpose of the shooting near Moscow with streets filled with shops, palaces, mansions. A TV movie which would answer everything that was left unanswered after the end of the series was also announced, and

The series aired for a whole consecutive year at Russian television

earlier last winter Russian national television also started airing prequel series THE SECRETS OF MRS KIRSANOVA starring Olga Lerman. I might spotlight that one soon as well! The character of Anna is based on a real

A whole city with palaces, shops and a police station was built for the series

person, Russian noblewoman, religious philosopher, occultist and spiritualist Elena Blavatsky who, in the second half of the 19th century, founded the Theosophical Society. Many contemporaries considered her clairvoyant!

  THE STORY OF THE SERIES
Nineteen year old Anna, living at the end of the nineteenth century in the town of Zatonsk, unexpectedly discovers that she possesses supernatural powers.

Aleksandra Nikiforova plays the lead role of clairvoyant Anna

The spirits of the dead literally haunt her, begging to help. Aided by her visions, Anna manages to investigate and solve a number of mysterious crimes

I think that you can also find most of the episodes at YouTube

which have baffled the police. An experienced detective, 37 year old Yakov Shtolman (Dmitriy Frid), who chances to visit the town, teams up with Anna and becomes her partner in hunting down criminals.

OLIVIA MUNN TO HEAR JUSTIN THEROUX'S VOICE IN HER HEAD IN COMEDY DRAMA VIOLET WITH JASON DOHRING, LUKE BRACEY

    'VIOLET' INDIE DRAMA

OLIVIA MUNN TO HEAR JUSTIN THEROUX'S VOICE IN HER HEAD

Well, we've all heard of people who hear voices in their heads and sometimes even turn to them for the guidance of their inner helpers, but what if that voice isn't giving you good advices but becomes your enemy? Something like that will be the story of VIOLET, a new comedy drama in which Olivia Munn plays a rising film executive who lives according to the Voice (Justin

Olivia Munn and Jason Dohring will star in Violet movie

  Theroux) in her head, until unexpectedly realizing the truth – it’s been lying about everything. Veronica Mars star Jason Dohring will play a partner at Phoenix Circle Films who has a strong and productive film making

Justin Theroux and Luke Bracey round up the male part of the cast

relationship with Violet, having funded many of her films, while Zachary Gordon will play a young film executive who’s accustomed to other people doing his work — which means his boss, Violet, picks up his slack. Laura San Giacomo, Bonnie Bedelia, Luke Bracey will also star.

BRITISH THRILLER BARBARIANS TO SEE TOM CULLEN, WILL KEMP, IWAN RHEON, CATALINA SANDINO MORENO TOGETHER AT AN UNSETTLING COUNTRY PARTY

    'BARBARIANS' INVITES

TOM CULLEN, WILL KEMP, IWAN RHEON TO DINNER

Well, this will certainly be a hunky cast: as Screendaily reports director Charlie Dorfman has rounded up a cast for his debut thriller movie BARBARIANS for which he already wrote the script himself. Knightfall star

Iwan Rheon and Tom Cullen will dine among the Barbarians!

Tom Cullen, Reign star Will Kemp, Game of Thrones star Iwan Rheon together with Connor Swindells, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Tommy McDonnell will all star in the film which already started shooting in United Kingdom this week. 

AN UNSETTLING PARTY   
The story of the new British movie is set at a dinner party in a country house that sees four friends come together for a birthday celebration. But as the

Connor Swindells and Will Kemp will also arrive to the dinner!

night progresses secrets emerge and unsettling events begin to unfold around them. Stay tuned for more news on the project this year!

DEEPLY HAUNTING TRAILER FOR RUSSIAN WORLD WAR TWO MOVIE THE CORRIDOR OF IMMORTALITY ON HEROISM OF THE CITIZENS OF LENINGRAD

    CORRIDOR OF IMMORTALITY

 BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF HEROISM OF LENINGRAD

The only thing I have for you today is Russian historical drama THE CORRIDOR OF IMMORTALITY (Коридор бессмертия), directed by Fyodor Popov, which aired in Russian cinemas a few months ago. It follows

The film aired in Russian cinemas earlier this May

Leningrad schoolgirl Masha Yablochkina who, after the fierce winter blockade of 1941-1942 (when her hometown lost one million citizens to starvation, cold and bombardments under the siege of German and Finnish Nazis), trying to survive and gain strength, comes to the Russian railways and is sent to the construction of the Shlisselburg train line, which connects the city with the rest of the land and is in direct sight of German artillery. Under the guidance of machinist Georgy Fedorov, Masha and the rest of the heroes deliver cargo to besieged Leningrad, using all sorts of tricks to prevent the shelling of trains. The film reveals little known facts about the construction (mainly by women, as men were in war, and under constant shelling) and operation of the railway,

Artyom Alekseev and Darya Ekamasova play the lead roles

which took the brunt of the transportation and delivered 75% of military equipment and food to the besieged city for years. A 33 kilometer railway was laid along the left bank of the Neva and the southern coast of Lake Ladoga between the stations of Shlisselburg and Polyany in 17 days and worked until the city was completely liberated in January 1944.