SparkTV has released a trailer for their romantic movie adaptation of Sarah M. Eden's book SEEKING PERSEPHONE which should air sometime later this year starring Ryann Bailey, Jake Stormoen,
The movie will air sometime later this year
Toby Alexander Smith and Will Kemp. When Persephone Lancaster refuses the marriage proposal of the feared Duke of Kielder, she believes her future is her own until the truth sets in. The fortune he offers could save her family from financial ruin. With unwavering optimism and quiet courage, Persephone journeys to the remote wilds of Northumberland to marry a man known as much for his temper as for his scars. The Duke’s castle is cold and imposing, mirroring the walls he has built around his heart. As Persephone’s kindness begins to thaw the Duke’s defenses, a powerful bond forms — one he desperately tries to deny. But when danger threatens, the Duke must choose between protecting himself or risking everything to reveal his true feelings. Discover a love worth fighting for in this sweeping romantic drama about sacrifice, healing, and the courage it takes to love.
We are getting yet another TV series based on Arthur Connan Doyle's famous detective hero Sherlock Holmes. Harry King Television will start production on TRUE SHERLOCK next January with Oli Higginsonalready cast as Sherlock and Will Kemp as Moriarty. Based on Nicholas Sercombe’s book series The Unexpurgated Adventures of Sherlock Holmes this new series will depict the origins of Holmes, Watson, Mrs Hudson, and Professor Moriarty. Sercombe will also be the showrunner!
While we are waiting for his Sandocan series, Turkish super star Can Yaman is hitting broadcasters around the world from March 21st with historical adventure EL TURCO a six-episode series with international cast
including actors from nine different countries! From this weekend it is available on Voyo in Romania, on IVI in Russia, and on Globoplay Brazil. In Italy it is out March 27 on Mediaset’s Canale 5. It will also start March 23 on Teleonce in Honduras and on April 2 on Gaín in Turkey. It will also start April 18 on Starz in the Middle East and North Africa.
IN EL TURCO EPIC TV SERIES
Can Yaman plays 17th Ottoman soldier Hasan Balaban,
who was wounded during the Turkish army’s campaign to conquer Vienna in
1683 and ended up some 200 kilometers away in the Italian Alpine village
of Moena. Nicknamed “El Turco” by the villagers, he led the locals to a
clamorous revolt against unfair taxes that made him a local hero. In
the 17th century, the villagers erected a monument to the
Turkish janissary on their main square, where during the first week of
August they still hold the Moena Turkish Festival to celebrate “El
Turco”. The show, which will have airing dates for other regions announced in due time also stars Will Kemp, David Nykl,
Kieran O’Reilly, Veronica Ferres, Slavko Sobin, Nick Wittman, Caroline
Boulton and Maddalena Aragão.
While we are waiting for his Sandocan series, Turkish super star Can Yaman has another epic series in his sleeve: historical adventure EL TURCO which had it's world launch over at Mipcom TV Market in Cannes last Autumn and should hit the small screens March 21st in Italy, Turkey, Brazil and Russia. The English language drama was originally done for Disney
Plus but they opted out of it and the series will be shopped elsewhere.
The six-episode series which aims to be international with cast
including actors from nine different countries will combine history,
action-adventure and romance done by Turkish distributor Madd
Entertainment, who are planning for the show to get a global release this spring. Check out the rather cheap looking trailer below with English subtitles and tell us what you think.
IN EL TURCO EPIC TV SERIES
Can Yaman plays 17th Ottoman soldier Hasan Balaban,
who was wounded during the Turkish army’s campaign to conquer Vienna in
1683 and ended up some 200 kilometers away in the Italian Alpine village
of Moena. Nicknamed “El Turco” by the villagers, he led the locals to a
clamorous revolt against unfair taxes that made him a local hero. In
the 17th century, the villagers erected a monument to the
Turkish janissary on their main square, where during the first week of
August they still hold the Moena Turkish Festival to celebrate “El
Turco”. The show, which has already been sold to Russia, Italy, some
Balkan countries and Middle East also stars Will Kemp, David Nykl,
Kieran O’Reilly, Veronica Ferres, Slavko Sobin, Nick Wittman, Caroline
Boulton and Maddalena Aragão.
Hallmark begins its Countdown to Christmas October 18th during which they will air almost 50 new movies! Probably the biggest hit of all of them,
Three Wisermen return this festive season
out November 23rd, is THREE WISER MEN AND A BOY sequel to their most popular Christmas movie ever. The story begins five years later with the Brenner brothers (Andrew Walker, Tyler Hynes and Paul Campbell) preparing for another memorable Christmas. In a crazy turn of events, possibly brought on accidentally by the brothers themselves, the director of Luke’s son Thomas’ 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 and Stephan. Meanwhile, the trio navigates meeting their mom Barbara’s new boyfriend and the brothers grapple with their own feelings about this relationship. In true Brenner brother fashion, they are all in for a Christmas they will never forget.
TWAS THE DATE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Robert Buckley leads the new movie
Airing
October 18th with our dearest Robert Buckley! To prevent her family
from canceling the “Chamberlain Family Christmas Olympics,” Jessie (Amy
Groening) lies and says she’s inviting a date to the long-standing
holiday tradition. She meets Bryan (Buckley) on a dating app, and he
agrees to spend the holiday with her and her family. As Jessie and Bryan
engage in eccentric activities like the search for the Christmas tree
star, gift wrapping contest and snowball fight, they start to develop
real feelings for each other. Soon her family begins to catch on to
their secret and Bryan suspects she may be hiding the real reason for
her unusual Christmas date request. As the celebrations continue, Jessie
must work to keep all her stories straight and save her date with
Bryan. Check out the first short trailer below:
JINGLE BELL RUN
Out November 16th it also stars Andrew Walker next to Ashley Williams. An unadventurous school teacher gets signed up for a Christmas-themed reality competition show where she’s paired with former hockey player Wes.
HOLIDAY TOUCHDOWN
Tyler Hynes leads the new movie
Out
November 30th. Alana Higman (Hunter King) is sure that her family’s
lifelong history as Kansas City Chiefs superfans makes them a
frontrunner to win the team’s “Fan of the Year” contest. Derrick (Tyler
Hynes), Director of Fan Engagement, is tasked with evaluating how Alana
and her family stack up against the other two finalists. As the pair
spends time together, it’s clear there’s a spark between them but when
her grandfather’s vintage Chiefs good-luck winter hat goes missing,
Alana begins to doubt everything she believed about fate, destiny and
even questions her future with Derrick – unless, that is, a little
Christmas magic can throw a Hail Mary.
MY SWEET AUSTRIAN HOLIDAY
Following the trend of international festive movies, this year we will have this one on October 31st starring Will Kemp and Britanny Bristow as Charlotte who moved to Viena to run her grandparent’s chocolate shop, whre she is selected as a finalist for chocolatier of the year. Taking home the prize could provide some much-needed money to fend off a large developer from taking over her grandparents’ shop. Charlotte soon meets and befriends Henry, and they bond over their shared affinity for quality chocolate. But a surprising twist of fate just might end their newfound relationship on a bittersweet note.
THE FINNISH LINE
Beau Mirchoff leads the new snow adventure
December
1st brings us Beau Mirchoff and Kim Matula in another international
movie setting at Hallmark. Inspired by her father’s acclaimed legacy in
dog sled racing, Anya follows in her dad’s legacy in dog sled racing,
heading to Finland after his death to take part in the 40th annual
Joulurauha race. Following an injury to her lead dog during the
qualifying race, Anya finds herself partnered with a new canine
companion owned by journalist and former racer Cole, who aims to pen a
story about her journey. Struggling to build trust with her new dog and
facing her father’s rival, Monty, Anya must navigate many challenges as
she strives to win the race.
SANTA TELL ME ROMANTIC COMEDY
Santa Tell Me is out November 9th
Out November 9th. Erin Krakow, Daniel Lissing, Christopher Russell, Benjamin Ayres, Kurt Szarka star. When Olivia, a successful interior designer, finds an old letter from Santa promising she’ll meet the love of her life by Christmas Eve, and that his name will be Nick, she’s stunned to meet not one, but three guys named Nick. As she navigates these holiday romances, Olivia also finds herself drawn to her charming co-worker, Chris, throwing her magical Christmas quest into question. With the clock ticking toward Christmas Eve, Olivia embarks on a heartwarming and humorous journey to uncover her true soulmate. You can get more info on these movies over at Hallmark Jenny's blog.
While we are waiting for his Sandocan series, Turkish super star Can Yaman has another epic series in his sleeve: historical adventure EL TURCO should have it's world launch over at Mipcom TV Market in Cannes later
Can Yaman leads El Turco epic TV series
this month. The English language drama was originally done for Disney Plus but they opted out of it and the series will be shopped elsewhere. The six-episode series which aims to be inter- national with cast including actors from nine different countries will combine history, action-adventure and romance done by Turkish distributor Madd Entertainment, who are planning for the show to get a global release in February 2025.
IN EL TURCO EPIC TV SERIES
Can Yaman plays 17th Ottoman soldier Hasan Balaban,
who was wounded during the Turkish army’s campaign to conquer Vienna in
1683 and ended up some 200 kilometers away in the Italian Alpine village
of Moena. Nicknamed “El Turco” by the villagers, he led the locals to a
clamorous revolt against unfair taxes that made him a local hero. In
the 17th century, the villagers erected a monument to the
Turkish janissary on their main square, where during the first week of
August they still hold the Moena Turkish Festival to celebrate “El
Turco”. The show, which has already been sold to Russia, Italy, some
Balkan countries and Middle East also stars Will Kemp, David Nykl,
Kieran O’Reilly, Veronica Ferres, Slavko Sobin, Nick Wittman, Caroline
Boulton and Maddalena Aragão.
To celebrate the month of love this year, Hallmark has decided to fill February weekends with Jane Austen inspired romantic movies and they called it Loveuary, a whole month celebrating love through brand new films about Jane Austen featuring some of your favourite Hallmark stars like our dashing Will Kemp who leads the first movie that opens this Austen marathon. PAGING MR. DARCY launches this lovefest from February 3rd with Will Kemp and Mallory Jansen in lead roles. When an overly serious scholar attends a Jane Austen annual conference where she is asked to give a keynote speech, she strikes a deal with the man playing Mr. Darcy and finds her perspective, and her heart, changed. Check out the trailer below the post.
AN AMERICAN IN AUSTEN
An American in Austen starts February 17th
Yes,
I spelled it right. This love drama will start on Hallmark, Saturday
evening February 17th starring Eliza Bennett and Nicholas Bishop in the
lead roles, while the other members of the cast are for some reason
still kept under wraps, but that is more or less usual for Hallmark. In
this new love movie comedy AN AMERICAN IN AUSTENEliza Bennett finds
herself in the role of Harriet, a woman who thinks that no real man can
really compare to Austen's famous romantic hero Mr. Darcy, and is by
some miracle transported into Pride & Prejudice where she gets an
unexpected chance to find out if that is really true or not.
HALLMARK'S SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
We will see Dan Jeannotte February 24th
It was strange that Hallmark kept the cast of this one hidden for a long time and we had almost no information about it other that it will be their movie adaptation of Jane Austen's famous work SENSE AND SENSIBILITY but now that they have finally unveiled first images it became clear why they kept it from the public: it will obviously be a completely blackwashed version of the classic story.
The movie follows two women: Marianne struggles to choose between two
men while Elinor longs for a men she cannot reach. It stars Deborah Ayorinde, Bethany Antonia and out beloved Hallmark and Star Trek hunk Dan Jeannotte who is looking good in tight breeches. The other costumes look colourful and lovely too, it seems they invested more in it and it had a bigger budget than most of their flicks. Does this mean we might get more costume dramas from Hallmark? This one closes the month of love on Saturday evening February 24th!
Hallmark has announced that next February will be filled with Jane Austen inspired movies. Four films include PAGING MR. DARCY with Mallory Jansen and Will Kemp in which love of Jane Austen’s stories helps two people overcome their pride and admit to their belief in love. February 10th brings LOVE & JANE in which a woman finds guidance from Jane Austen, quite literally. It stars Alison Sweeney and Benjamin Ayres. AN AMERICAN IN AUSTEN follows a librarian who thinks that no man can live up to Mr. Darcy and gets an unexpected chance to find out if that’s true. Eliza Bennett, Nicholas Bishop, and Nell Barlow will star in it on February 17th. The last weekend brings sumptuously beautiful adaptation of SENSE & SENSIBLITY, starring Deborah Ayorinde, Bethany Antonia, Dan Jeannotte, and Akil Largie. I am guessing it will be period set.
Countdown to Christmas over at Hallmark is well under way and will enter its second month this weekend when we hit December and get new
My Norwegian Holiday opens December
festive movie premieres. December is launching there this Friday with MY NORWEGIAN HOLIDAY which stars the wildly hot Ted Lasso actor David Elsendoorn in his Hallmark debut. Rhiannon Fish stars as JJ, who, grieving the loss of her grandmother and seeking dissertation inspiration, stumbles upon an unexpected holiday destiny. Meeting Henrik (David Elsendoorn), a Norwegian from Bergen, their connection deepens when he discovers she has a troll figurine from his hometown. To explore the troll’s history and her grandmother’s ties, JJ agrees to join Henrik on a journey to Norway. In Bergen, they’re drawn into Henrik’s family Christmas and wedding traditions, with his sister’s wedding the day before Christmas Eve. JJ embarks on a holiday adventure, uncovering the troll’s origins and finding her own path to healing, love and family.
A NOT SO ROYAL CHRISTMAS
A Not So Royal Christmas arrives December 2nd
The
next day, December 2nd Saturday evening on Hallmark brings the premiere
of A NOT SO ROYAL CHRISTMAS romantic holiday movie with our dearest
Will Kemp in the lead role. Hallmark veteran Brooke D'Orsay plays
tabloid journalist Charlotte who attempts to land an interview with a
famously reclusive Count. In response, the royal family convinces their
groundskeeper (Kemp) to pose and masquerade as the Count since the real
one fled years ago. In case you were wondering, you can access Hallmark Channel via
Philo, Sling TV, Frndly TV, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV and Fubo.
Viewers around the world can also find Hallmark on Prime Video or on
their cable TV providers. Check out the trailer for this romantic
Christmas comedy movie and tell us what you think, will you give it a go
this weekend?
CHRISTMAS ON CHERRY LANE
Cherry Lane opens December 9th
Probably the most star studded festive movie on Hallmark this year is CHRISTMAS ON CHERRY LANE which opens its lane December 9th and that Saturday you will see the cast which includes Catherine Bell, Jonathan Bennett, John Brotherton, Erin Cahill, James Denton, Vincent Rodriguez III! It revolves around a young couple preparing to welcome their first child (Brotherton, Cahill), an empty-nester (Bell) and her fiancé (Denton) ready to start a new chapter, and a gay couple (Bennett, Rodriguez III) who unexpectedly have the chance to expand their family on Christmas Eve, all celebrate the holiday in the same street as they navigate these turning points in their lives.
Although there are some rumours around the net that this one has been cancelled just like his previous project Sandokan, we still hope Can Yaman's EL TURCO epic TV series over at Disney is happening! In it, one of Turkey's biggest and hottest stars is supposed to play
Can Yaman as El Turco in a fanmade image
Balaban, a soldier in the Janissary army, which consisted of European slaves forcefully converted to Islam, serves as an Ottoman intelligence officer. The Ottoman army loses the Battle of Vienna in 1683, and he is taken prisoner. After he escapes, he is found wounded and rescued by the people of Moena, a small town in northern Italy. He settles there and organizes a peasant uprising against the feudal overlords who oppressed and overtaxed the people. Knowing his Ottoman origins, they nicknamed him El Turco. Will Kemp, Nigel Pilkington, David Nykl, Kieran O'Reilly, Caroline Boulton, Nick
A photo of Can Yaman from the set of the El Turco series
Wittman, Slavko Sobin are just some of the names rounding up the international cast. The shooting ended in February in Hungary, so we are hoping we will get some news on the air date soon.
Believe it or not, it is that time of the year when Hallmark announces it's legendary countdown to Christmas which means festive movies from October 21st all the way till the end of December. The 40 movies that will premiere across the channel will bring back some of your favourite romantic
John Brotherton, Luke MacFarlane, Andrew Walker, Jonathan Bennett
genre stars from Luke MacFarlane and Corey Sevier to John Brotherton, Dean Jeannotte and Andrew Walker! The lineup will also include a gay romance between Jonathan Bennett and George Krissa in THE HOLIDAY SITTER about a guy who recruits the help from a handsome neighbour while babysitting his niece and nephew! Some of the films will also
Steve Lund, Korey Sevier, Dean Jeannotte, Chandler Massey
feature Aimee Teegarden, Tia Carrere, Jack Wagner, Victor Webster, Will Kemp, Melissa Peterman, Greta Scacchi, Bruce Campbell. There will even be THREE WISE MEN AND A BABY, a movie including three Hallmark faves Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker.
LA BREA SEASON 2
ARRIVES NEXT WEEK!
La Brea returns next Tuesday to NBC
One of the premieres that next week is bringing us is the return of NBC's adventure series LA BREA with the second season after the success of the first one last year which became the best watched new show of the season.The series follows an epic family adventure after a massive sinkhole opens
in Los Angeles pulling people and buildings into a mysterious and
dangerous primeval land where they have no choice but to band together
to survive.
STARTING SEPTEMBER 27TH
which is next Tuesday, season two returns to
the Harris family which remains separated as Eve (Natalie Zea) is
reeling from her bratty son, Josh (Jack Martin), having mistakenly gone through
a portal to 1988. What she doesn’t know yet is that her estranged
husband, Gavin (Eoin Macken), and their daughter, Izzy (Zyra Gorecki),
have landed in prehistoric Seattle and now must brave the elements and
animals to make their way to L.A. The cast will see the return of Jon
Seda, Nicholas Gonzalez, Chiké Okonkwo, Veronica St. Clair, Rohan
Mirchandaney, Lily Santiago, Josh McKenzie, Tonantzin Carmelo, and
Michelle Vergara Moore, with Martin Sensmeier as Taamet, the leader of
The Exiles, a dangerous group of people living in 10,000 BC. Taamet will
become a feared adversary of the La Brea Survivors as Season Two
unfolds.
between protecting himself or risking everything to reveal his true feelings. Discover a love worth fighting for in this sweeping romantic drama about sacrifice, healing, and the courage it takes to love.
between protecting himself or risking everything to reveal his true feelings. Discover a love worth fighting for in this sweeping romantic drama about sacrifice, healing, and the courage it takes to love.
