FIRST IMAGES WITH KIT HARINGTON AND FRANCOIS CIVIL IN A TALE OF TWO CITIES DICKENSIAN TV SERIES ADAPTATION FROM BBC AND MGM+

  A TALE OF TWO CITIES 

KIT HARINGTON AND FRANCOIS CIVIL IMAGES

BBC One and MGM + have issued first images from their TV series adaptation of Charles Dickens' A TALE OF TWO CITIES. The four parter will be set in London, 1782. Tensions run high in the war between France andBritain. A young woman, Lucie Manette (Mirren Mack) has her life upended when she receives a message from Paris - her father, assumed dead for almost 20 years, may be alive. The messenger, idealistic French emigré, Charles Darnay (François Civil), is arrested and charged with treason. Lucie enlists the help of a brilliant but erratic young lawyer, Sydney Carton (Kit Harington), to free Darnay in the hope he will lead her to Paris to track down her father. Lucie’s collision with Darnay and Carton unleashes a powerful and complex love triangle. Both men fight to be worthy of her love, and Lucie is torn over which one to choose. Yet neither man - physically so alike, spiritually poles apart - can escape the other. Instead, they find themselves bound together in life and death, through triumphs, tragedies, marriage, and murder. The series will arrive sometime this year.

KIT HARINGTON AND FRANCOIS CIVIL TO LEAD A TALE OF TWO CITIES DICKENSIAN TV SERIES ADAPTATION FOR BBC AND MGM+

  A TALE OF TWO CITIES 

KIT HARINGTON AND FRANCOIS CIVIL TO LEAD

BBC One and MGM + have ordered the latest TV series adaptation of Charles Dickens' A TALE OF TWO CITIES. The four parter will be set in London, 1782. Tensions run high in the war between France and 

Kit Harington is also producing the series

Britain. A young woman, Lucie Manette (Mirren Mack) has her life upended when she receives a message from Paris - her father, assumed dead for almost 20 years, may be alive. The messenger, idealistic French emigré, Charles Darnay (François Civil), is arrested and charged with treason. Lucie enlists the help of a brilliant but erratic young lawyer, Sydney Carton (Kit Harington), to free Darnay in the hope he will lead her to Paris to track down her father. Lucie’s collision with Darnay and Carton unleashes a powerful and complex love triangle. Both men fight to be worthy of her love, and Lucie is torn over which one to choose. Yet neither man - physically so alike, spiritually poles apart - can escape the other. Instead, they find themselves bound together in life and death, through triumphs, tragedies, marriage, and murder.

KIT HARINGTON TO PRODUCE AND LEAD NEW THRILLER MINI TV SERIES EMPIRE OF DIRT

    KIT HARINGTON    

TO LEAD EMPIRE OF DIRT SERIES

And he will not only star in it but is also producing it. Kit Harington will lead eight part thriller series EMPIRE OF DIRT which tells the story of City hotshot Jake Galloway who reluctantly returns to his

Kit Harington will star and produce the series

family farm in the Lake District for a distant cousin’s wedding only to be pulled headlong into a deadly criminal enterprise. Jake hasn’t been home in fifteen years, but following a tragic accident this prodigal son suddenly finds himself the unwilling head of his family. He must heal the toxic legacy of his tyrannical father, repair relationships with his estranged siblings and mother, and juggle his own demons all whilst fighting for the sprawling farm’s survival. But in doing so Jake discovers something unthinkable, his father’s darkest secret – a multimillion-pound drugs racket run from a hidden corner of the family land.

GWILYM LEE, MARK ROWLEY JOIN SAS: ROGUE HEROES WW2 SERIES SEASON 2! KIT HARINGTON, JEREMY IRONS, NAOMI SCOTT IN ETERNAL RETURN FANTASY MOVIE! JASON ISAACS JOINS FREIDA PINTO, VANESSA REDGRAVE IN THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS MOVIE

   SAS: ROGUE HEROES  

SEASON 2 ADS GWILYM LEE, MARK ROWLEY AND OTHERS

A bunch of our favourite period set genre actors have been added to BBC and MGM+ hit series SAS: ROGUE HEROES on the origins of the famous Special Forces unit. Second season is set in spring, 1943. With David Stirling

Our boy Gwilym Lee has joined the cast

(Connor Swindells) captured and Paddy Mayne (Jack O'Connell) now in charge of the SAS, their attention must turn from the conflict in North Africa to mainland Europe. But GHQ have cast doubt over the future of the regiment, while the creation of a new unit and a surprise arrival make things even more difficult for the men. Can they prove that the SAS remains essential to the war, wherever it may lead them? With Dominic West, Stuart Campbell and rest of the cast returning from the first season, they will be joined by our dearest boys Gwilym Lee as Bill Stirling, David Stirling’s brother and founder of the 2SAS regiment, and Con O’Neill as General Montgomery. They will serve alongside new recruits Mark Rowley and Jack

Jack Barton, Mark Rowley, Matteo Franco will also star

Barton, who will play SAS members Jock McDiarmid and John Tonkin respectively. Further new cast members for series two include Paolo De Vita, Anna Manuelli, Edward Bennett and Matteo Franco.

  ETERNAL RETURN MOVIE  

CASTS NAOMI SCOTT, KIT HARINGTON, JEREMY IRONS

Arriving to Cannes Market, according to Variety, is Yaniv Raz's fantasy movie ETERNAL RETURN which follows Cass (Naomi Scott), a young woman who has resigned herself to a life of emotional invulnerability until she meets Virgil (Kit Harington), a cartographer who makes maps to imaginary places. Along with his partner Malcolm (Jeremy Irons), a vibrant renaissance man, the pair relentlessly attempts to travel back in time to awaken Cass to love again. 

  JASON ISAACS JOINS  

THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS MOVIE ADAPTATION

Also in offer to buyers at Cannes will be a movie adaptation of children's book THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS which just saw Jason Isaacs joining Freida Pinto and Vanessa Redgrave in the cast. The story kicks off when a mysterious new boy called Ahmet enrolls at nine-year-old Alexa’s school and the two become friends. As Alexa learns that he is a refugee, separated from his family, she will do anything she can to help. With the grown-ups out of the way, Alexa and her school friends come up with a daring plan to reunite Ahmet with his family – marking the start of an extraordinary adventure that will take them all the way to Buckingham Palace.

NEW MARCH SHOWS: TOWN CALLED MALICE WITH JASON FLEMYNG, LEX SHRAPNEL, DOUGRAY SCOTT, WILDLY STELLAR EXTRAPOLATIONS WITH MERYL STREEP, MARION COTILLARD, TOBEY MAGUIRE, MATTHEW RHYS, EDWARD NORTON, KIT HARINGTON, TAHAR RAHIM, DAVID SCHWIMMER, JUDD HIRSCH

  A TOWN CALLED MALICE  

SUN IS OUT, GUNS ARE OUT

Malice is back in town this month

Your trusted spy is presenting you two new television series coming to the small screens in the month of March which has just hit our calendars as of this morning believe it or not! First up, we have A TOWN CALLED MALICE which should hit Sky channels around Europe from March 16th! Pitched as a blend of Dallas and Pulp Fiction to the sounds of Duran Duran, this neon-soaked, 80s-set cocktail of crime thriller stars Martha Plimpton as Mint Ma and Jason Flemyng as Albert Lord, our dear boy Lex Shrapnel as Leonard Lord with Eliza Butterworth as Carly Lord and Jack Rowan as Gene Lord alongside Tahirah Sharif in the role of Cindy Carter! Daniel Sharman and Dougray Scott are also in the cast.

A TOWN CALLED MALICE

 set amongst the beach clubs and palm trees of the Costa del Sol in the early 80s,  follows the Lords, a crime family of petty thieves from South London, as they decamp from London to Spain to profit from an unexpected windfall – and to escape the attention of the police in a high-profile murder enquiry. But while they hope to recapture their former glory, they spend as much time battling each other as they do their opponents.

     EXTRAPOLATIONS   

STAR STUDDED APPLE TV+ SERIES

ExtraPolations start March 17th

Meanwhile, over at US streamer Apple TV + March 17th is bringing a star studded limited series EXTRA POLATIONS which will see Kit Harington, Daveed Diggs, Matthew Rhys, Heather Graham, Sienna Miller, Tahar Rahim, Meryl Streep, David Schwimmer, Judd Hirsch, Edward Norton, Michael Gandolfini, Indira Varma, Diane Lane, Keri Russell, Marion Cotillard, Forest Whitaker, Tobey Maguire, star in a story set in a near future where the chaotic effects of climate change have become embedded into our everyday lives. It has eight interwoven stories about love, work, faith and family from across the globe that explore the intimate, life-changing choices that must be made when the planet is changing faster than the population. Check out the trailer below:

ED SKREIN IS GALACTIC REGENT IN ZACH SNYDER'S REBEL MOON SF EPIC! KIT HARINGTON, CLARA RUGAARD TO LEAD MARY'S MONSTER! MIRANDA OTTO, GUY PEARCE, JESSE SPENCER, THERESA PALMER TO LEAD DISNEY + AUSTRALIAN SERIES SLATE

  REBEL MOON CROWNS 

ED SKREIN AS THE REGENT

Ed Skrein will be the galactic regent

And it is an unexpected move, as Ed Skrein is actually replacing Rupert Friend in the role of a galactic tyrant in Zack Snyder's science fiction epic REBEL MOON that he is shooting for Netflix. Cleopatra Coleman, Fra Fee and Rhian Rees have also joined the rather hunky ensemble of actors that already includes Stuart Martin, Cary Elwes, Corey Stoll, Michiel Huisman, Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou and Alfonso Herrera! The story of the new sf epic is set in a peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy that finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrannical Regent Balisarius, so they send a young woman (Boutella) with a mysterious past to seek out warriors from neighboring planets to help them raise a fight.

 MARY'S MONSTER CASTS 

KIT HARINGTON AND CLARA RUGAARD AS MARY SHELLEY

Although it has already been covered in other movies, the life of Mary Shelley will be the focus on new movie MARY'S MONSTER which has just cast Clara Rugaard as Mary and Kit Harington as her monster. In the

Clara Rugaard and Kit Harington will lead the movie

film, which will have a modern perspective, Mary is seduced by her own inner monster catapulting her into a dangerous, destructive psychological romance. Realising the monster is inextricably linked to her own mental state, her only route to salvation is in bringing him to life! Sold currently at Cannes, this

Ferdia Walsh Peelo and Sebastian de Souza will also star

high-concept, rock’n’roll take on the Romantic period, will also feature Ferdia Walsh-Peelo as Mary’s husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Sebastian de Souza as legendary Byron. What a godawful casting indeed.

 DISNEY + AUSTRALIAN SERIES 

SLATE WITH MIRANDA OTTO, JESSE SPENCER, GUY PEARCE!

Jesse Spencer will star in Space Age

Disney + has unveiled three series that they will shoot within their Australian slate. THE CLEARING will cover Australian cult The Family and its founder Anne Hamilton Byrne, one of the few female cult leaders in history. A rather strong cast will be led by Teresa Palmer, Miranda Otto, Guy Pearce, Hazem Shammas, Mark Coles-Smith and Tom Budge! THE ARTFUL DODGER will be a premium character drama set in 1850s Australia, 15 years after the events of Oliver Twist. The eight-episode series follows the adult double life of Charles Dickens’ famous prince of thieves – Dodger – now a surgeon, but who can’t shake his predilection for crime. Jesse Spencer and Radha Mitchell will lead LAST DAYS OF THE SPACE AGE, an eight-part dramedy series set in 1979 Perth in Western Australia, as a power strike threatens to plunge the region into darkness, while the city hosts the iconic

Tom Budge, Guy Pearce, Miranda Otto will star in The Clearing

Miss Universe pageant and the US space station. Against this backdrop, three families in a tight-knit coastal community find their marriages, friendships, and futures put to the test.

ARE YOU READY? WORLD'S MOST BELOVED TV SERIES EVER FRIENDS IS RETURNING NEXT WEEK WITH THE REUNION FEATURING THE WHOLE CAST AND SOME STAR STUDDED SPECIAL GUESTS!

   FRIENDS: THE REUNION   

IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK

Earlier this week we said the final goodbye to TV's most wholesome sitcom ever Last Man Standing which ended for good after ten years on air and almost 200 episodes, and next week the cast of another beloved classic

The Reunion is happening next week!

sitcom FRIENDS is coming back but not for a scripted return: it will just be a reunion with actors reminiscing on the beautiful years they've spent shooting world's most popular show ever. HBO Max will air THE REUNION May 27th and Sky, which aired the show back in the days, over in UK. In Canada it will stream on Crave and Foxtel, on Binge in Australia, and on HBO cable channels in Europe. Matthew Perry, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer will go back together to Friends’ original Burbank studio. People who created Friends and served as their executive producers Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman, and David Crane will also be back behind the cameras.

WHAT'LL HAPPEN AT REUNION? 

Our favorite friends are back on the set that started it all. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, and special guests reunite to discuss everything from their

All the cast is both returning and executive producing the event

casting process to whether or not Ross and Rachel were really on a break. Witness the unbreakable bond of the group that perfectly captured the moment in life when your friends become your family. Guest stars set to join

The reunion will air literally all around the world

them include David Beckham, Justin Bieber, James Corden, Cindy Crawford, Lady Gaga, Elliott Gould (who played the father of Ross and Monica), Kit Harington, Tom Selleck (who played Monica's older lover),

The original production crew will also be behind the cameras

Reese Witherspoon (who played Rachel's irresponsible sister). A day before, on Wednesday, HBO Max will air a red carpet event featuring guest star appearances!

MEET THE HEROES AND DRAGONS FROM HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD WITH JAY BARUCHEL, CATE BLANCHETT, GERARD BUTLER, KIT HARINGTON!

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON III

DISCOVERS THE HIDDEN WORLD

The movie is out February 22nd in USA

This one is already playing in certain countries around the globe, but it will fly into Northern American theatres and the ones in the rest of the world from February 22nd and a week ahead of that date (it's already out in Australia, where it broke Dream Works records, and UK). THE HIDDEN WORLD is the third and also the final concluding chapter of the legendary saga HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON based on the novels by Cressida Cowell. Directed again by Dean DeBlois and starring Gerard Butler, Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Kit Harington, the animated adventure will see our hero Hiccup ruling over a

Dean DeBlois is directing this one as well

whole dragon utopia in which all dragons can live in peace.

FLY ON YOUR OWN, FIND YOUR WAY HOME
Now chief and ruler of Berk alongside Astrid (America Ferrera), Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) has created a gloriously chaotic dragon utopia. When the sudden appearance of female Light Fury coincides with the darkest threat their village has ever faced, Hiccup and Toothless must leave the only home they've known and journey to a hidden

Jay Baruchel is lending his voice to Hiccup!

world thought only to exist in myth. As their true destinies are revealed, dragon and rider will fight together to the very ends of the Earth to protect everything they've grown to treasure.

TOGETHER FROM AFAR!

The movie comes nine years after the original one and five after the second instalment.  Icelandic musician Jonsi is performing the lead song in the

America Ferrera is lending her voice to Astrid

movie Together From Afar which is already out as a single. The movie has already earned close to $50 million ahead of the release on most of the biggest

Kristen Wiig and Justin Rupple are Ruffnut and Tuffnut Thorston

movie markets and it is expected that that will be the score for opening weekend in USA as well. The production of the movie cost somewhere close to

Jonah Hill is lending his voice to Snotlout Jorgenson

$130 million. It is the first Dream Works film to be distributed by Universal Pictures. The movie was finished only three months before the release which

Christopher Mintz Plasse is lending his voice to Fishlegs

is why the release date has been pushed four times (it was supposed to be out last summer). The story will see Toothless and Hiccup parting their ways forever!

BEAUTIFUL 'HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 3: THE HIDDEN WORLD' TRAILER WITH GERARD BUTLER AND CATE BLANCHETT!

   HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 3

HIDDEN WORLD TRAILER SOARS HIGH WHERE DRAGONS FLY

The movie will first hit cinemas in Australia

Earlier last summer we were given a teaser and now we've got the first trailer for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD which hits cinemas next January and February! Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Kit Harington, Jonah Hill are in the voice cast!

As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless' discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup's reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.

GORGEOUS 'HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 3: HIDDEN WORLD' TRAILER IS HERE! LUKE EVANS JOINS JENNIFER ANISTON, ADAM SANDLER IN 'MURDER MYSTERY'! DISNEY'S 'MULAN' LIVE ACTION MOVIE FINDS HER LOVE INTEREST

   LUKE EVANS JOINS

'MURDER MYSTERY' WITH JENNIFER ANISTON AND ADAM

Luke Evans will be the mysterious man!

SANDLER

After starring with great success and critical acclaim in TNT's The Alienist period set television series earlier this year our favourite Welshboy Luke Evans is staying on the small screens! He has just joined a new Netflix comedy movie MURDER MUSTERY which already has Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler who plays a New York cop who finally takes his wife (Jennifer Aniston) on a long promised European trip. But a chance meeting on the flight with a mysterious man (Luke Evans) gets them invited to an intimate family gathering on the super yacht of elderly billionaire Malcolm Quince. When Quince is murdered, the couple become the prime suspects in a modern day whodunit.

   DISNEY'S 'MULAN'

FINDS HER LOVE INTEREST!

Yoson An will play Mulan's boyfriend in the new movie

Speaking of castings, Disney's live action MULAN has found her love interest! As 'Deadline' reports today New Zealand native Yoson An (you will watch him this year in Jason Statham's The Meg and Peter Jackson's Mortal Engines) has joined Disney’s live-action MULAN film as her love interest, Chen Honghui, a military recruit. As I've informed you earlier Liu Yifei is playing the title character with Jet Li, Gong Li, Ron Yuan, and Donnie Yen already in the cast!

Just as the famous animated version from 1998 the live action movie will also be based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, following the rise of Mulan during the Han Dynasty when the daughter of a legendary warrior impersonates a man to fight against a Hun invasion. The pic ain't coming out any time soon, though, as the release has been set for March 2020!

   HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 3

Dragons will fall in love next Spring!

HIDDEN WORLD TRAILER IS OUT!

But the main treat today is the first trailer for the third instalment of the popular animated saga HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 3: THE HIDDEN WORLD which sees an all grown up, and rather handsome indeed, Hiccup!  As Hiccup fulfils his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless' discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the dragon away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup's reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind. Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Kit Harington are in the voice cast for the movie that will soar into the skies next March!

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON BBC'S EPIC NEW TV SERIES 'GUNPOWDER' WITH KIT HARINGTON, TOM CULLEN, LIV TYLER! NEW TRAILER!

  'GUNPOWDER' EPIC MINI SERIES

 FIRST EPIC TRAILER RELEASED!

Your Monday delight is the first trailer released by BBC for their new three part mini series GUNPOWDER which will start airing Saturday October 21st! Kit Harington plays famous rebel Robert Catesby who, back in 1605

Kit Harington has revealed that he is actually related to Catesby

tried to blow up the king and the parliament. Guy Fawkes, another famous rebel, is played by Tom Cullen, with Liv Tyler also in the cast.

BLOW UP THE KING AND ALL HIS MEN TO HELL
England, 1603. Elizabeth I is dead and King James of Scotland has taken the throne. With the country at war with Catholic Spain, English Catholics are

The series hits the small screens in two weeks

persecuted and priests caught saying Mass are punished with death. Several attempts have already been made on the new King’s life. All so far have failed.

Tom Cullen is famous Guy Fawkes the symbol of the rebellion

But deep in the heart of the Warwickshire countryside a new plot is brewing. A plot that will become legend, and leave a mark on the country that will still be felt over 400 years later. The three part historical drama follows the story of

Derek Riddell plays the infamous King James

the Gunpowder Plot, the attempt by a group of provincial English Catholics to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I in order to help restore

The series will have a Saturday evening airing slot

a Catholic to the throne. Although to this day people mostly associate the famous Gunpowder Plot with Guy Fawkes, the mastermind was nobleman Robert Catesby, a 30 year old committed Catholic at a time when Protestant

Liv Tyler plays Catesby's cousin who is worried about the success of the plot

England persecuted the church’s members relentlessly. He himself lost both his father and wife and is forced to raise his little himself on his own. That is when he starts recruiting help for his plot among family and supporters. Liv

Guy Fawkes is still celebrated with bonfires every November 5th!

Tyler plays his cousin Anne Vaux, who gets caught up in the plot. The cast also includes Peter Mullan, Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley, Robert

The last episode will air November 4th, a day earlier than the famous date

Emms, Derek Riddell and Mark Gatiss as Robert Cecil, the chief of the king's spies whose network of informants pursued the plotters in a game of cat and mouse.

OUR VERDICT  Borderline unwatchable due to its bloodthirsty depiction of violence under the superficial guise of historical accuracy, this monotonous, dragged out piece of television programming with Kit Harington's utterly bland acting and lack of any expression, is an unnecessary, base and vulgar gorefest catering to the insatiable hunger of modern audience for savage brutality.

REMEMBER, REMEMBER 5TH OF NOVEMBER? BBC RELEASES PHOTOS AND TRAILER FOR 'GUNPOWDER' EPIC MINI SERIES WITH KIT HARINGTON, LIV TYLER

  'GUNPOWDER' EPIC MINI SERIES

BBC RELEASES FIRST TRAILER AND PHOTOS WITH KIT HARINGTON

Something positively delicious this Monday! BBC has released first images and a promo teaser for their upcoming new epic mini series GUNPOWDER which should air sometime this Autumn (twould be fun if it starts on the 5th of November!)! Kit Harington plays famous rebel

Kit Harington has revealed that he is actually related to Catesby

Robert Catesby who, back in 1605 tried to blow up the king and the parliament. Guy Fawkes, another famous rebel, is played by Tom Cullen, with Liv Tyler also in the cast.

BLOW UP THE KING AND ALL HIS MEN TO HELL
The three part historical drama follows the story of the Gunpowder Plot, the 1605 attempt by a group of provincial English Catholics to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I in order to help restore

The series will have a Saturday evening airing slot

a Catholic to the throne. Although to this day people mostly associate the famous Gunpowder Plot with Guy Fawkes, the mastermind was nobleman Robert Catesby, a 30 year old committed Catholic at a time when Protestant England persecuted the church’s members

Liv Tyler plays Catesby's cousin who is worried about the success of the plot

relentlessly. He himself lost both his father and wife and is forced to raise his little himself on his own. That is when he starts recruiting help for his plot among family and supporters. Liv Tyler plays his cousin Anne Vaux, who gets caught up in the plot. The cast also includes Peter

Guy Fawkes is still celebrated with bonfires every November 5th!

Mullan, Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley, Robert Emms, Derek Riddell and Mark Gatiss as Robert Cecil, the chief of the king's spies whose network of informants pursued the plotters in a game of cat and mouse.