GEMMA ARTERTON, STUART MARTIN, KEVIN MCKIDD, STEVEN CREE TO LEAD 17TH CENTURY SET MOVIE ADVENTURE STORM WITCH

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GEMMA ARTERTON AND STUART MARTIN TO LEAD PERIOD SET ADVENTURE

David Blair's new period set movie adventure has just announced cast. STORM WITCH will be set in the 17th century in a small coastal community whose villagers find themselves drawn to and suspicious of Morag (Gemma Arterton), a remarkable but mysterious woman who is uniquely connected to the nature that surrounds her. Survival is a daily and all-

Steven Cree, Stuart Martin and Gemma Arterton will lead the cast

consuming struggle that is thinly forged from an inclement sea and pushed to the edge of the land by merciless feudal landowners. But it is Morag’s passionate relationship with John Tullock (Stuart Martin), who is unwittingly pledged to marry Sinéad (Chloe Pirrie), that threatens to tear the community apart. Kevin McKidd and Steven Cree will also star.

LUKE NORRIS, TOM FORBES, BLAKE HARRISON JOIN MARK GATISS, POLLY WALKER IN NEW PERIOD SET DRAMA BOOKISH

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STARTS FILMING WITH FULL CAST REVEALED

The shooting has commenced for Mark Gatiss new mini series BOOKISH at Alibi. London, 1946 is the dynamic, dangerous and chaotic setting for this stylish new detective drama, with the eccentric Gabriel Book at the very heart of the story: a self-appointed consultant detective to the local

Jacob Fortune Lloyd, Tom Forbes, Luke Norris, Blake Harrison

police. The thousands of books that line the shelves of his shop provide him with all the knowledge he needs. Book has gathered around him a host of lovable, damaged misfits whom he informally protects, cajoles, and mentors. His wife Trottie (Polly Walker) runs the wallpaper shop next door. Blake Harrison joins the returning core cast members as Sergeant Morris, with Rosie Cavaliero, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Tom Forbes, Amanda Drew, Luke Norris, Ella Bruccoleri  and Michael Workéyè.

FRANCESCA ANNIS, STEPHEN MOYER, JACK DAVENPORT TO LEAD NEW THE FORSYTHE SAGA SERIES ADAPTATION AT PBS

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ANNOUNCES CAST AT PBS MASTERPIECE

PBS Masterpiece and Mammoth Screen have announced work on new TV series version of famous THE FORSYTE SAGA with six episodes based on John Galsworthy famous novel. In the story that follows a rich British family in 1880s London Francesca Annis will play formidable Forsyte

Jack Davenport, Francesca Annis, Stephen Moyer will lead

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

Danny Griffin, Eleanor Tomlinson, Joshua Orpin will star

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.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON NETFLIX BRIGANDS: THE QUEST FOR GOLD 19TH CENTURY SET HISTORICAL ADVENTURE SERIES

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THE QUEST FOR GOLD HAS HIT NETFLIX

I gave you first photos from this one back in December, but new historical series BRIGANDS: THE QUEST FOR GOLD is available on Netflix as of April 26th!

Briganti is streaming from April 23rd!

In this series, set in mid-19th-century southern Italy, a woman forced to go on the run transforms from dutiful wife to the ruthless leader of a groupof bandits. Gorgeous Ernesto D'Argenio leads the cast with Marlon Joubert, Alessio Pratico, Lorenzo de Moor and Giuseppe lo Piccolo.

 

  THIS SIX EPISODE SERIES

is set in Southern Italy, two years after the Unification of Italy: a woman, forced to escape from her village, joins a particular group of brigands and she will become one of the most ruthless and strategic leaders. But she is not the only one to choose this life and soon comes into contact with other women like her. In order to recover the gold of the South and restore hope to the peasants, the various bands of brigands will have no choice but to unite against the common enemy. Brigands against State, but also brigands against brigands, in a struggle where one must be willing to sacrifice even one's humanity to overcome the oppressors. Dense forests, immense glades and desolate landscapes create a precise image system in which the characters come into intimate contact with the wilderness, becoming an integral part of it. Confined to the edges of civilization and forced to live like beasts to survive in hostile places, this environment changes them forever and brings out their darker, more primitive side. A little bit Robin Hood, a little bit Pirates, the bandits protagonists acquire wealth and power to replace the State. A violent criminality is born where the only option to survive is to become an unscrupulous outlaw.

 

AMIR JADIDI TO PLAY LEGENDARY TENNIS STAR MANSOUR BAHRAMI IN A HERO BIOPIC

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MANSOUR BAHRAMI IN A HERO BIOPIC

And it will be a biopic on the famous tennis legend with gorgeous Amir Jadidi leading A HERO from Romuald Boulanger! As Deadline reports, Iran-born

The film with Amir Jadidi will be shopped at Cannes

Bahrami, 68, is a popular figure on the international tennis tournament circuit for his entertaining playing style and extraordinary life story. Born in Iran in the 1950s, he taught himself to play tennis using a frying pan as a racket and disused swimming pool as his court. Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, he fled to France. Stateless, penniless and homeless, he wandered the streets of Paris by night and slept in the locker room of Roland Garros during the day, but never lost hope. The film will capture how through sheer determination and quick wit, Bahrami navigated the complexities of life as an illegal immigrant, while forming lasting bonds with tennis icons who recognized his talent, to fulfil his childhood dream of playing at Roland Garros.

THESPIAN CAST SET FOR AUSTRALIAN SWEAPING WAR WORLD II EPIC MOVIE THE GUNS OF MUSCHU

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WW2 FILM SETS AUSTRALIAN CAST

A movie adaptation of Don Dennis’ World War II novel THE GUNS OF MUSCHU has set cast with Ben Hall as the lead alonsgide Matt Day, Callan McAuliffe, Jordan Fraser-Trumble, Gerald Lepkowski, Maximillian Johnson, Clayton Watson, Damon Hunter, and Arthur

Matt Day, Callan McAuliffe, Ben Hall, Jordan Fraser Trumble

Angel. It tells the true story of Mick Dennis, one of eight Australian Z Special commandos that landed on the Japanese-held Muschu Island, off the coast of New Guinea, on April 11, 1945, for Operation Copper, a secret mission aiming

Clayton Watson, Maximillian Johnson and Damon Hunter

to observe Japanese defences on an island occupied by the enemy and confirm the location of two concealed naval guns that commanded the approaches to Wewak Harbour. However, their presence was discovered soon after they arrived, leading to a fight for survival, from which Dennis was the sole commando to make it back to safety.

SEE FIRST IMAGES FROM BBC'S PERIOD SET MINI TV SERIES DOPE GIRLS

  DOPE GIRLS TV SERIES  

BBC UNVEILS CHEAP LOOKING FIRST IMAGES

Well, after My Lady Jane, here is another new series whose first unveiled images have put me right off wanting to watch it: aren't the first pictures from BBC new period set drama DOPE GIRLS one of the most depressive things you have seen this spring? From the boring cast to visual ugliness do they really think these would attract anyone to watch it? New six episode series will bring 1918 Soho to life, says BBC, although I see nothing lively in it. Even the woke description of the series leaves a nasty taste of rotten agenda in one's mouth.

 

IT IS THE END OF WORLD WAR ONE
As Britain celebrates the Armistice on the streets of London, men return from the front expecting to rejoin society and pick up where they left off - but a newly empowered generation of women are loath to simply return to the kitchen. Using Soho’s expanding illicit underground clubland scene as their playground, women explore previously unimaginable opportunities on either side of the law. DOPE GIRLS depicts in visceral detail the birth of the modern nightlife industry guided and gilded by female endeavour. 

 

WHO IS IN THE GANG?

Julianne Nicholson leads as Kate Galloway, a single mother who establishes a nightclub amidst the hedonistic uproar of post-World War One London, embracing a life of criminal activities with the dedicated aim of providing for her daughter Evie (Eilidh Fisher). Eliza Scanlen plays Violet Davies, one of the first wave of female officers, who is assigned to go undercover and investigate the illicit world of underground Soho nightclubs. This is where we find Billie Cassidy (Umi Myers), a bohemian dancer, whose life is irrevocably changed by Kate’s arrival. Also starring are Michael Duke, Ian Bonar, Dustin Demri-Burns, Geraldine James, Nabhaan Rizwan, Priya Kansara, Jordan Kouamé, Will Keen and Sebastian Croft .

NETFLIX ORDERS NEW CHUCK LORRE MULTICAM SITCOM WITH LEANNE MORGAN IN THE LEAD

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NEW MULTICAMERA SITCOM FOR NETFLIX

Here is another new multicamera sitcom ordered for the new season. Netflix has ordered sixteen episodes of an untitled sitcom from Chuck Lorre which will see comedienne Leanne Morgan play  a woman whose life takes an unexpected turn when her husband of 33 years leaves her for another woman. Starting over when you’re a grandmother and in menopause isn’t exactly what she had in mind, but with the help of her family she will navigate this new chapter with grace, dignity and jello salad.

BLOOD MERIDIAN 1850S SET HISTORICAL NOVEL TO BE TURNED INTO AN EPIC MOVIE

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GETTING A BIG SCREEN TREATMENT

John Hillcoat will direct the adaptation

It was supposed to be adapted for the big screen back in 2011 but now three time Oscar nominee John Logan has been set to give BLOOD MERIDIAN historical novel by Cormac McCarthy a big screen treatment. John Hillcoat will direct the movie with the story following historical conflicts along the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s. The novel follows the journey of the Kid, a 14-year-old from Tennessee, as he navigates the brutal and harrowing landscape of this new era. The novel has been a hit since it was published back in 1985 written by the Pulitzer Prize winning author. Hope the big screen movie adaptation will not be too bloody, though.

ANDREW WALKER, TYLER HYNES, PAUL CAMPBELL TO UNITE FOR CHRISTMAS AGAIN IN HALLMARK'S THREE WISER MEN SEQUEL

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THREE WISE MEN AND A BABY SEQUEL

Well the first movie has become Hallmark's most beloved Christmas film ever so it is no wonder it is getting a sequel THREE WISER MEN this Christmas. The story begins five years later with the Brenner brothers preparing for another memorable Christmas. In an unexpected turn of events, the director of Luke’s (Andrew Walker) son Thomas’ (Miles Marthaller) school holiday musical steps down. Luke is desperate to make his son’s stage dreams come true, so he enlists the help of his brothers Taylor (Tyler Hynes) and Stephan (Paul Campbell). Meanwhile, the trio navigates meeting their mom Barbara’s (Margaret Colin) new boyfriend and the brothers grapple with their own feelings about this relationship.