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MERYL STREEP TO PLAY THE LEAD IN SUSAN BOYLE BIOPIC? GRANT GUSTIN TO GET STANDALONE PILOT AS 'THE FLASH'! TIM ALLEN IN 'THE ADVENTURES OF THE PENGUIN KING' DELIGHTFUL TRAILER

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MERYL STREEP TO PLAY
 SUSAN BOYLE IN A BIOPIC?!?
Well, here's a delightful piece of news this Tuesday: British singing star Susan Boyle (who became an overnight sensation when she appeared at a British singing talent show looking like a plump housewife and then vowed the crowds with some opera singing) will have her own biopic made by Fox Searchlight who bought the rights on her story, but she has now revealed that no other than Meryl Streep has been approached by the producers with the offer to take the lead role. This isn't actually all that surprising since we've seen Meryl doing unbelievable physical transformations for her roles. Four years ago there was also a rather charming gossip about Robin Williams being offered the very same role too. Just picture it, I think he would be amazing in it too!

GRANT GUSTIN'S THE FLASH
GETS A STANDALONE PILOT!
Meanwhile, in television news, Deadline reports that instead of presenting The Flash in episodes of THE ARROW show and using the last season episode of that show as a backdoor pilot episode for THE FLASH, the red costumed hero will now get his own separate pilot. He will appear in episodes 8 and 9 of THE ARROW but will then get his separate show pilot in which he will appear for the first time in his red costume. This happened after the producers have seen those two episodes with The Flash which were very well received. Grant Gustin, who plays THE FLASH in THE ARROW will appear in those two episodes only as Barry Allen, the man who later on becomes the super fast hero THE FLASH. Now the standalone pilot will delve deeper into his own story. There were rumours that Grant Gustin might play The Flash in future JUSTICE LEAGUE movie too!

TIM ALLEN IN ADVENTURES
 OF THE PENGUIN KING TRAILER!
If you are looking for a relaxing and fun film to watch with your kids and the family these holidays, here is something for you:ADVENTURES OF THE PENGUIN KING is a mixture of documentary adventure and comedy with famous comedian Tim Allen voicing the lead real life penguin whose adventures are followed in the film by cameras. The film follows Rex – a King Penguin voiced by Tim Allen– starting as a young King Penguin living near the remote island of South Georgia also known as “Penguin City,” a sub-Antarctic habitat that plays host to leopard and elephant seals, albatrosses, and six million penguins. After years at sea as a bachelor, Rex’s adventure begins when he ventures to start a family. The movie is out December 6th!

SPOTLIGHT ON NEW PERIOD SET TV SERIES: 'THE KNICK' WITH CLIVE OWEN & STEVEN SODERBERGH! 18TH CENTURY 'TURN' WITH JAMIE BELL, ANGUS MACFADYEN! 19TH CENTURY 'PENNY DREADFUL' WITH JOSH HARTNETT, EVA GREEN, TIMOTHY DALTON, BILLIE PIPER!

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CLIVE OWEN'S 'THE KNICK'
 1900TH SET HISTORICAL SERIES
Since it's been an extremely poor week in movie news business, today we spotlight a few of the upcoming period set television series! Starting with Clive Owen's mini series THEKNICK which will air over at Cinemax some time next year! Steven Soderbergh directed and produced drama is set in downtown New York in 1900 focusing on Knickerbocker Hospital and the ground breaking surgeons, nurses and staff who push the bounds of medicine in a time of astonishingly high mortality rates and zero antibiotics. Andre Holland, Juliet Rylance, Eve Hewson and Michael Angarano will all play surgeons and nurses. You can see some of the first pictures of  Clive Owen and Juliet Rylance in costumes from the series. Rylance will play a beauty who does social work the hospital helping it survive the tough times, whileAndre Holland will appear in the series as a talented African American Harward trained surgeon battling race barriers in turn-of-the-century America. Eve Hewson will play Lucy, a young, naive nurse from the South who, like tens-of-thousands of others, has come to New York for adventure and finds more of it than she ever thought she would. Michael Angarano will play Dr. Bertram, an eager surgeon-in-training who gives up the chance to practice uptown in a wealthy hospital, for the romance and excitement of learning from a ground breaking surgeon in the chaotic, downtown world of The Knick. The shooting of the series is currently underway over in New York's Lower East Side which has been given a last century look with straw covered streets, horses and carriages!

JAMIE BELL'S 'TURN'
18TH CENTURY TV SERIES
Another historical series will come to us over at AMC. Titled TURN the ten episode series will be set in the summer of 1778, telling the story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull (JamieBell), who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America's fight for independence. Rupert Wyatt (RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES) has been hired to direct the opening episode of the new show which is actually based on Alexander Rose’s book 'Washington Spies'. Written by Craig Silverstein (‘Nikita’) and executive produced by ‘Bones’ BarryJosephson, the series will also have DOWNTON ABBEY's Kevin McNally as the local magistrate and Abe’s well-respected father. Angus Macfadyen will play Robert Rogers, a feared and admired war hero who fought alongside George Washington in the French and Indian war but has fallen from grace following a return to England where he has gambled away his fortune and lapsed into alcoholism.

VICTORIAN 'PENNY DREADFUL'
 JOSH HARTNETT & EVA GREEN
And you can also check out the first look of Josh Hartnett in another period set show PENNY DREADFUL which is coming to Showtime some time next year. Set in the Victorian London,  the series, described as a study of sex and psychology, will weave together the origins of literary horror characters, such as Victor Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster, Dorian Gray, and Count Dracula, as they grapple with their monstrous alienation in the 19th century British capital. Produced by Oscar winner Sam Mendes, the series will see Josh Hartnett as Ethan Chandler, a charming, brash, daring man of action who is unafraid of violence and more complicated than he likes to admit. Eva Green is Vanessa Ives, an enigmatic, composed heroine who proves herself a force to be reckoned with. Billie Piper is Brona Croft, an Irish immigrant seeking to escape her dark past. Timothy Dalton is Sir Malcolm, a hardened African explorer on a deeply personal quest. Reeve Carney is Dorian Gray, a confident, mesmerizing, yet somewhat isolated man! Harry Treadawayis Victor Frankenstein, Helen McCrory is Madame Kali, a spiritualist. Simon Russell Beale is Ferdinand Lyle, an eccentric Egyptologist.

DRAMATIC 'DEVIL'S KNOT' TRAILER WITH REESE WITHERSPOON AND COLIN FIRTH! STARZ 'FLESH AND BONE' BALLET DANCING DRAMA SHOW! KELSEY GRAMMER & MARTIN LAWRENCE IN 'BRADDOCK & JACKSON' SHOW! JULIAN SANDS IN 'CROSSBONES' PIRATE SHOW

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TELEVISION UPDATES
'FLESH AND BONE' BALLET DRAMA
In television news today, Starz has started casting actors for their upcoming new show FLESH AND BONE, an exploration of the dysfunction and glamour of the ballet world following a young ballet dancer, Claire, who has a distinctly troubled past, as she joins a prestigious ballet company in New York. Most of the cast members will be professional ballet dancers including famous American dancers Irina Dvorovenko, Sascha Radetsky,Emily Tyra. Thousands of dancers have so far auditioned nationwide for the role of Claire.

KELSEY GRAMMER & MARTIN LAWRENCE AS LAWYERS
Meanwhile, FX is preparing BRADDOCK & JACKSON ten episode comedy show in which Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence play Chicago lawyers from vastly different backgrounds who develop a partnership after they unexpectedly meet in court on the worst day of their lives.

JULIAN SANDS JOINS PIRATES IN 'CROSSBONES' PIRATE SHOW
And famous drama actor Julian Sands has been cast in a reoccuring role in John Malkovich's NBC pirate show CROSSBONES! 'Deadline' reports that he will play William Jagger, an aristocrat turned privateer and governor of Jamaica who dispatches Tom Lowe (Richard Coyle) to accompany inventor mathematician Benedict Nightingale and his Marine Chronometer to England by way of a secret convoy.

'DEVIL'S KNOT' TRAILER
 REESE WITHERSPOON & COLIN FIRTH IN CRIME DRAMA
Your trailer for this Thursdays brings us a strange pairing of Reese Witherspoon and ColinFirth in DEVIL'S KNOT true story drama which will come into cinemas early next year. Based on the true crime book by Mara Leveritt,DEVIL'S KNOT tells the compelling story of three teenagers accused of the brutal 1993 murder of three 8-year old boys in Memphis - two of them sentenced to life imprisonment and one to death. The film explores the lives of deeply misunderstood outsiders, their families and communities, and their darkest fantasies. The conviction of the West Memphis Three riled the American justice system, shocked a tightly knit religious town and outraged the nation. Dane Dehaan and Kevin Durand also star.

MICHAEL CHIKLIS TO MAKE 'PANTHEON' TV SERIES ON ANCIENT GREEK GODS! 'THE SPACE VAMPIRES' SF TV SHOW! TURKEY'S 'THE BUTTERFLY'S DREAM' TOUCHING DRAMA TRAILER WITH KIVANC TATLITUG!

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MICHAEL CHIKLIS TO MAKE
PANTHEON GREEK GODS TV SERIES
Well, this sounds interesting: Michael Chiklis, the star of THE SHIED, NO ORDINARY FAMILY and VEGAS, is going to make PANTHEON comic book that he himself wrote into a television series. 'Deadline' writes that the 5-issue PANTHEON comic book series is a stylized story of ancient Greek gods returning to a ravaged, chaotic near-future Earth, where they battle for the fate of mankind. The television series is expected to feature Greek Gods resurfacing in present time. Chiklis is currently searching for a showrunner who would work on the project with him!

THE SPACE VAMPIRES
TO BE MADE INTO SF TV SHOW
Another futuristic story will also be seen in a television version of the 80's LIFEFORCE sf movie. To be told in a form of new television series this small screen adaptation of ColinWilson's 1976 novel THE SPACE VAMPIRES (to be also followed by a graphic novel and video games) has a plot which follows a group of astronauts who discover a derelict spaceship and return to Earth with three humanoid aliens that unleash a life-sucking plague upon humanity!

THE BUTTERFLY'S DREAM
TURKEY'S CANDIDATE FOR OSCARS
And here's a trailer for Turkey's candidate for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Awards for this year. Titled THE BUTTERFLY'S DREAM, this visually striking and deeply touching movie, starring Turkey's biggest and hottest hunk Kivanch Tatlitug, centres on two young poets in the 1940s of Turkey who make a bet on a pretty girl. Whoever’s poem the girl likes will win, and the other will step aside. The poets however have to deal with other problems like disease, poverty, compulsory work in the mines and the Second World War in the meantime. As the story unravels, the poets travel through cities and events in search of happiness. Is it the optimist who’s the bravest or the pessimist? This story will tell. With 10,000 extras and 3,000 costumes used in the film, THE BUTTEFLY'S DREAM has been seen by more than 10 million people in Europe so far.

DEZZY SPIES FROM TURKEY! 
Turkey's hottest heartthrob, Kivanch Tatlitug has been trying to cross over to Hollywood for years now and fresh rumours say that he has been offered a role in Russell Crowe's directorial debut THE WATER DIVINER which will see Russell playing a man who goes to Turkey to search for his sons, Australian soldiers, who took part in Word War I battle at Gallipoli. Kivanch is supposed to travel to USA next month for the audition. The film will also star Jai Courtney and Olga Kurylenko.

AARON PAUL JOINS RUSSELL CROWE & AMANDA SEYFRIED IN 'FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS'! NOAH BEAN JOINS '12 MONKEYS' SF TV SERIES! MARLEY SHELTON LEADS 'THE LOTTERY' DYSTOPIAN SF SHOW

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AARON PAUL JOINS
RUSSELL CROWE & AMANDA SEYFRIED IN 'FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS'  DRAMA 
Television star Aaron Paul is quickly moving onto the big screens and his latest gig is a role in FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS drama next to Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried. The story is set in two different time periods, 25 years apart, in New York City. Russell Crowe plays a famous novelist who is struggling to raise his five-year-old daughter while battling with his own mental illness. Amanda Seyfried is playing the adult daughter in present-day Manhattan, who is still coming to grips with her troubled childhood. Aaron is currently shooting Ridley Scott's epic EXODUS set in Ancient Egypt in which he plays Joshua next to Christian Bale as Moses, Joel Edgerton as Pharaoh Ramses and Sigourney Weaver and John Turturro as pharaoh's parents.

NOAH BEAN JOINS
12 MONKEYS TELEVISION SHOW
Deadline reports that the third lead actor has been cast for 12 MONKEYS sf show, the small screen adaptation of the famous movie with Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stove and BradPitt. The story follows the journey of Cole (NIKITA's Aaron Stanford), a desperate and haunted time traveller from the post apocalyptic near future who appears in present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will eventually decimate the human race. Amanda Schull will play Cassandra Railly, a brilliant doctor who is forced to choose between her idyllic life or joining Cole’s mission to uncover the dangerous conspiracy. They are now joined by another NIKITA star Noah Bean who will play the role that was done by Bruce Willis in the film.

MARLEY SHELTON LEADS
'THE LOTTERY' DYSTOPIAN SF SHOW
Another science fiction series to come to us next year has also found its lead star: I have already informed you that Lifetime is preparing their sf show THE LOTTERY and now 'Deadline' writes that Marley Shelton will lead the cast in the dystopian thriller.  The story is set in a world where women have stopped having children, threatening extinction of the human race. When 100 embryos are successfully fertilized, a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. The series centres on Dr. Alison Scott (Shelton), the brilliant fertility specialist whose breakthrough in fertilizing 100 viable eggs may have life-and-death consequences she could not have anticipated. Earlier this month, Michael Graziadei, Lesley Ann Brandt and Louise Lombard were already cast in the show.

CHARMING NEW POSTERS AND SPOTLIGHT ON 'THAT AWKWARD MOMENT' ROMANTIC COMEDY WITH ZAC EFRON, MICHAEL B. JORDAN, MILES TELLER, IMOGEN POOTS, JESSICA LUCAS!

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THAT AWKWARD MOMENT
NEW CHARACTER POSTERS
One of the delightful romantic comedies which will set the mood for the Valentines Day next year when it premiers on January 31st is hilarious comedy THAT AWKWARD MOMENTS. Today you can see charming new character posters for the film starring three young heartthrobs Zac Efron, Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, and two gorgeous young ladies Imogen Poots and Jessica Lucas. The original title of the movie was ARE WE OFFICIALLY DATING before it was changed?

THAT AWKWARD STORY
WHERE IS THIS GOING?
The plot follows three best friends who find themselves where we've all been - at that confusing moment in every dating relationship when you have to decide - so... where is this going? In support of a friend devastated by a recent breakup, the three guys vow to maintain their single status for as long as possible. The plan gets derailed when they each fall in love and have to secretly work around their pledge to bachelorhood, while trying to figure out the complications of modern day relationships.

THAT AWKWARD CAST
 SUPERHEROES AND VOLCANOES
It is interesting that most of the male stars from this movie have been mentioned for some of the superhero or legendary heroes roles. Zac Efron has allegedly auditioned for a role in new STAR WARS, Michael B. Jordan has been announced as new Johhny Storm in THE FANTASTIC FOUR remake, while Miles Teller has been mentioned as one of the candidates for the role of Robin's new superhero identity Nightwingin SUPERMAN VS BATMAN.   Meanwhile, Imogen Poots will be seen in street racer movie NEED FOR SPEED next to Aaron Paul, and Jessica Lucas will play in POMPEII, an epic movie about ancient heroes and volcanoes.

WALKING DEAD'S NORMAN REEDUS TO JOIN LUKE EVANS IN 'THE CROW' REMAKE? 'TEN COMMANDMENTS' NEW TELEVISION MINI SERIES! ANDREW J. WEST JOINS 'THE WALKING DEAD' AFTER THE MIDSEASON BREAK

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NORMAN REEDUS TO JOIN
LUKE EVANS IN 'THE CROW'REMAKE?
I'm sure that you are already excited about the remake of famous THE CROW movie from 90's which is currently being shot in USA with charismatic Welsh star Luke Evans in the lead role. To add to that excitement here's a spicy piece of news: according to some rumours THE WALKING DEAD crossbow wielding zombie slayer Daryl might join the movie since Norman Reedus is allegedly currently in talks to join the cast. To be directed by F. Javier Gutierrez, the remake will see Luke Evans playing rock star Eric Draven, who was killed alongside his fiancée and then comes back from the grave to avenge his own death. Luke Evans, who has just finished shooting DRACULA epic, is currently undergoing physical training for the role. You will watch him as Bard the Bowman next month in THE HOBBIT THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
NEW BIBLICAL MINI TV SERIES
In television news this Monday, WGN America is preparing new mini series: according to 'Deadline' they will turn THE TEN COMMANDMENTS into a ten part event series with the idea of each episode being directed by another famous Hollywood filmmaker. The Ten Commandments, or the Decalogue, feature a set of biblical principles delivered by God to Moses that include prohibitions against idolatry, blasphemy, murder, theft, dishonesty, and adultery.

ANDREW J. WEST JOINS
THE WALKING DEAD MIDSEASON!
And speaking of THE WALKING DEAD, how do you like the fourth season so far? I'm kinda missing the sudden twists and unexpected shocking surprises which were much more present in previous runs of the zombie show. The latest update from the show is that young Andrew J. West has been cast and will take a significant role with a large presence in the second part of the fourth season which airs from February after the break. He will play a character named Gareth, who is a changed version of a character from the comic books and might get a regular presence in the story later on.

ENCHANTING FIRST PICTURES FROM 'HEDDA GABLER' LAVISH 19TH CENTURY MOVIE ADAPTATION WITH RITA RAMNANI & SAMANTHA HUNT! 'THE WHALE' BBC TV MOVIE WITH JONAS ARMSTRONG, MARTIN SHEEN, ADAM RAYNER!

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THE WHALE BBC TV MOVIE
JONAS ARMSTRONG, ADAM RAYNER, MARTIN SHEEN
Set to premier this December at BBC is two hour television movie THE WHALE (we're currently waiting for first pictures and a trailer) which will describe the whaling disaster which inspired Melville's MOBY DICK. The story follows the ill-fated voyage of The Essex ship through the eyes of the cabin boy Thomas Nickerson who, at 14, was the youngest member of the crew and one of only eight survivors of the shipwreck. The action packed narrative follows Nickerson as, against all odds, he comes through the worst that nature throws at him, growing up fast in the process. He faces the destructive force of sea-storms, the power of whales, the brutal desolation of the sun and sea after the shipwreck, and finally the grim realities of dark deeds as his only means of survival. Jonas Armstrong (ROBIN HOOD) leads the cast as First Mate Owen Chase with Adam Rayner (THE SAINT) as Captain Pollard, Paul Kaye (GAME OF THRONES) as Joy, David Gyasi (WAR HORSE) as Peterson and Jolyon Coy (THE HOLLOW CROWN) as Lawrence. Martin Sheen plays old Nickerson. The film will air over in USA next summer at Animal Planet.

LAVISH 'HEDDA GABLER' MOVIE
ADAPTATION BY MATTHEW JOHN
Staying on the isle, here's the first look on the lavish movie adaptation of famous 1890's Henrik Ibsen's literary classic HEDDA GABLER. Directed by Matthew John, the movie centres on Hedda, beautiful daughter of the late General Gabler, who returns from her honeymoon with scholar husband Jorgen to confront the boredom and banality of married life. Although she has little more than amused contempt for her husband, she is pregnant by him and is revolted by the thought of carrying his child and the changes that motherhood will impose upon her future. When the re-appearance of an old flame of hers threatens both Jorgen's career prospects and her own amour propre, Hedda contrives to bring about Lovborg's destruction but, in the process, also brings about her own.
HEDDA GABLER MOVIE CAST
The new adaptation will also feature some new characters which did not appear in the play itself. The audience will also enjoy intricate costumes and rich Victorian sets! The cast is lead by enchanting Rita Ramnani, and also features lovely Samantha Hunt as Thea Elvsted, David R. Butler as Jorgen Tesman, Francisco Ortiz as Ejlert Lovborg and Jon Paul Gates as Judge Brack. Photos by Stephanie Bourgeois and Robert Lipnicki.


NEW TV SERIES: 'THE CODE' SLAVERY DRAMA BASED ON 'SONG YET SUNG' BOOK! 'KNIFEMAN' 18TH CENTURY LONDON DRAMA! 'GALYNTINE' POST APOCALYPTIC SHOW! FIRST 'GANGSTA GRANNY' PICTURE WITH JULIA MCKENZIE, ROBBIE WILLIAMS, JOANNA LUMLEY

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'THE CODE' TV SERIES
ON AMERICAN SLAVERY PERIOD
Deadline reports that FX is preparing yet another historical mini series: THE CODE will be based on James McBride's novel SONG YET SUNG describing the life of famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Born a slave, she escaped and, with the help of the hard-bitten white watermen of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, fostered an intricate escape network of secret routes and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad that she used to smuggle more than 300 slaves to the North. The main character will be Liz, a black woman making a desperate dash to freedom, on the run from an able slave catcher, who takes on one last job only to find himself in a war against a notorious female slave stealer. As Liz makes her way through forbidding swamplands using the black codes of the underground, the complexities of slavery play out in full force, pitting slave against slave, white against white, and plantation owner against plantation owner!

GANGSTA GRANNY 1ST IMAGE
JULIA MCKENZIE, JOANNA LUMLEY, ROBBIE WILLIAMS
Here's a delightful first picture from BBC TV movie GANGSTA GRANNY which will air over the festive period. The movie follows the story of Ben (Reece Buttery), who is bored staying with his granny  (Julia McKenzie) until it is revealed that she used to be an international jewel thief. Miranda Hart and David Walliams play the boy's parents, Joanna Lumley is Queen of England, and pop star Robbie Williams is also in the cast.

NEW DRAMAS AT AMC!
18TH CENTURY LONDON SET 'KNIFEMAN' SERIES
And new series are coming to AMC too! They have ordered two pilots. KNIFEMAN, based on Wendy Moore's book “The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching And The Birth of Modern Surgery,” will be set in 18th Century London following a charming, arrogant genius who challenges societal norms to transform his visions into cutting-edge discoveries. A surgeon or “barber” in a time when blood-letting and praying was the norm,  he is a hard living man not afraid to push the boundaries of modern medicine, even if it takes digging up a few graves to do it. While he makes his living running an unlicensed operating theatre out of his residence, he picks up extra cash harvesting organs for his brother Julian, favorite son and prized physician of the St. Stephen’s teaching hospital.
POST APOCALYPTIC 'GALYNTINE'
Second pilot is for GALYNTINE, a sf show taking place at a time after a cataclysmic technology induced disaster has resulted in a new society
that has eschewed any form of technology. This catastrophic event leaves small numbers of survivors scattered around the planet and forced to adapt to isolation and unique challenges.

BRILLIANT NEW IMAGES FROM '300 RISE OF AN EMPIRE' EPIC WITH SULLIVAN STAPLETON, EVA GREEN, RODRIGO SANTORO! BAZZ LUHRMANN TO HELM HBO 'NAPOLEON' EPIC MINI SERIES? STUNNING NEW 'HERCULES: THE LEGEND BEGINS' TRAILER WITH KELLAN LUTZ, LIAM MCINTYRE!

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STUNNING SECOND TRAILER
FOR KELLAN LUTZ''HERCULES THE LEGEND BEGINS' EPIC!
We're having an epic day at HOLLYWOOD SPY this festive Thursday! First, check out the second trailer for HERCULES: THE LEGEND BEGINS which will arrive to cinemas this January 10th with Kellan Lutz playing the mythical hero! The blond hunk portrays Hercules, demigod and son of Zeus, who, betrayed by his King and sold into slavery, must use his formidable strength to fight for his freedom and return to his true love, Hebe, the Princess of Crete (played by Gaia Weiss)! The cast also includes SPARTACUS star Liam McIntyre as Hercules' sidekick Captain Sotirus, along with Johnathon Schaech, Scott Adkins, Rade Serbedgia, Roxanne McKee.... Unlike the first trailer which mostly showed Hercules fighting in the arena, this one offers a look into many magnificent epic scenes with enchanting visuals.
DID YOU KNOW? This is not Kellan's first time to wear nothing but a loin cloth and sandals on his muscly body! He played God Poseidon in Tarsem's Greek epic IMMORTALS next to Henry Cavill and Luke Evans


BAZZ LUHRMANN TO DIRECT
STEVEN SPIELBERG PRODUCED 'NAPOLEON' MINI SERIES?
And here's another epic piece of news: earlier this year I told you that Steven Spielberg plans to produce a historical mini series on infamous French general and emperor NAPOLEON at HBO based on the material that Stanley Kubrick left behind him. Now, the rumour has it that MOULIN ROUGE director Bazz Luhrman is being courted to direct the whole thing! According to 'Deadline' it would become the highest profile television miniseries at HBO! If you remember, back in the days, Bazz was supposed to direct another huge epic - ALEXANDER THE GREAT (which was supposed to have Leonardo Dicaprio, Mel Gibson and Nicole Kidman in the cast) but was beaten by Oliver Stone and his craptastic epic with Colin Farrell. Now he is facing a similar situation since Warner has hired Rupert Sanders from SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN to helm a film on NAPOLEON, but that will be a big screen project.

300 RISE OF AN EMPIRE
NEW IMAGES FROM GREEK EPIC
And to finish the day in epic style, check out mindblowing pictures from next year's biggest epic adventure 300 RISE OF AN EMPIRE  the long awaited stunning sequel to legendary Spartan epic 300! After his victory over the famous Spartan king Leonidas' 300 brave warriors who sacrificed their lives to save the country, the Persian Army under the command of infamous tyrant Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) marches  south towards the major Greek city-states. The Democratic city of Athens, first on the path of Xerxes' army, bases its strength on its fleet, led by admiral Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton). Themistocles is forced to an unwilling alliance with the traditional rival of Athens, oligarchic Sparta whose might lies with its superior infantry troops. But Xerxes still reigns supreme in numbers over sea and land. Greek general Themistokles must attempt to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. 300 RISE OF AN EMPIRE pits Themistokles against the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes, and Artemisia (Eva Green), vengeful commander of the Persian navy. Produced by Zack Snyder, the naval attack starts next March!

BRITISH FRIDAY: TRAILERS FOR 18TH CENTURY ADVENTURE SERIES 'MOONFLEET' WITH RAY WINSTONE, BEN CHAPLIN, ANEURIN BARNARD &'FLEMING' MINI SERIES ON JAMES BOND CREATOR WITH DOMINIC COOPER & LARA PULVER

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'FLEMING' MINI SERIES
DOMINIC COOPER IS JAMES BOND CREATOR
While USA is in its festive mood, we're staying today over in UK: first of we're presenting you Sky One's new four part mini series FLEMING with Dominic Cooper playing the man who invented and created famous spy James Bond. Lara Pulver, Annabelle Wallis, Samuel West and Rupert Evans also star in the drama which, set against the permissive society of war-torn London, where the Martinis were always flowing and beds always being swapped, explores the early life of the charming, enigmatic 007 author. The outbreak of World War II saw the young Fleming working as an unsuccessful stockbroker, with a failed army career behind him and living off his rich family, while indulging in the very Bond- esque passions of womanising, alcohol and erotic literature. It wasn't until he was forced to join Naval Intelligence that Fleming found his true calling. Using his mischievous sense of humour, sharp charm and vivid imagination, he was responsible for some of the most outrageously dangerous counter intelligence missions against the Nazis honing his inspiration for Bond in the process.

'MOONFLEET' EPIC TRAILER
RAY WINSTONE & ANEURIN BARNARD IN PIRATE ADVENTURE
The first trailer has been revealed for Sky One's fantasy adventure movie MOONFLEET which will air in Britain December 27th starring Ray Winstone and WHITE QUEEN's Aneurin Barnard. Based on the novel by John Meade Falkner this 18th century movie follows the adventures of a young man who attempts to join a band of smugglers led by Ray Winstone’s Elzevir Block on a sea voyage to the Jewel quarter of the Hague. Ben Chaplin is also in the cast!

DEEPLY ENCHANTING 'BOXTROLLS' STOP MOTION ANIMATION TRAILER WITH TONI COLLETTE, BEN KINGSLEY! DELIGHTFUL 'LOOKING' TRAILER FOR HBO'S GAY SHOW WITH RUSSELL TOVEY, SCOTT BAKULA, JONATHAN GROFF

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ENCHANTING 'BOXTROLLS'
SECOND ANIMATED TRAILER
Two lovely trailers for you this Saturday! First one for delightful stop-motion animation movie THE BOXTROLLS! Coming from the authors of CORALINE and PARANORMAN the film will open  in theatres next September with the story which, based on Alan Snow’s novel 'Here Be Monsters', revolves around a boy named Eggs who’s raised by an unconventional family of underground dwelling creatures who live in cardboard boxes.The voice cast is lead by two thespians Toni Collette and Ben Kingsley and also includes Simon Pegg, Elle Fanning, Jared Harris, Nick Frost....

DELIGHTFUL 'LOOKING' SHOW
 TRAILER WITH RUSSELL TOVEY AND SCOTT BAKULA
Your second trailer for today is a heartwarming and romantic one for HBO's upcoming new series LOOKING which begins airing in January! Portraying gay people without prejudices and clichés, and staringJonathan Groff (GLEE), Russell Tovey (BEING HUMAN), Scott Bakula, Frankie J. Alvarez (SMASH), the new show centres on three gay friends who search for love in San Francisco. Tovey will play an accomplished video game wunderkind who has achieved financial and critical success at a young age and who works with Groff's character Patrick! STAR TREK's Scott Bakula will play a wealthy and popular figure in the San Francisco gay community.

HOLLYWOOD SPY SPOTLIGHT ON ARCTIC SET INTENSE SUSPENSE SF SERIES 'HELIX' WITH BILLY CAMPBELL, JERI RYAN, HIROYUKI SANADA PREMIERING AT SYFY IN JANUARY

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HELIX SF SERIES
THE TRUTH WILL SPREAD
Are you ready for some suspense and fright in the cold and snowy January nights? Because if you are Friday, January 10th brings the premiere of new science fiction show HELIX over at SyFy! Set in the isolated freezing cold and snow-swept Arctic regions the new show will be an intense medical and scientific thriller with Billy Campbell and JeriRyan leading the cast!

THE STORY OF HELIX
PLAY GOD, PAY THE PRICE
Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centre for Disease Control who travel to the high-tech research facility, Arctic BioSystems, to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that may hold the key to mankind’s salvation or total annihilation. However, the lethal threat is just the tip of the iceberg, and as the virus evolves, the chilling truth begins to unravel.

THE CAST OF HELIX
BILLY CAMPBELL & JERI RYAN
Helmed, created and produced by Ron Moore (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, OUTLANDER) and Steven Maeda (LOST, X FILES) the thirteen episode series stars Billy Campbell as Dr. Alan Farragut, leader of the Centre for Disease Control outbreak field team called upon to investigate and control a potential outbreak. Hiroyuki Sanada (THE WOLVERINE, 47 RONIN) also stars as Dr. Hiroshi Hatake, director of Arctic BioSystems and its mysterious viral research program. HELIX also stars Kyra Zagorsky (SUPERNATURAL) as Dr. Julia Walker, Mark Ghanimé as Major Sergio Balleseros, Jordan Hayes as Dr. Sarah Jordan, Meegwun Fairbrother as Daniel Aerov; Catherine Lemieux as Dr. Doreen Boyle, and Neil Napier (RIDDICK as Dr. Peter Farragut. STAR TREK's beauty Jeri Ryan will play Constance Sutton, the chief operating officer of Ilaria Corporation, owner of Arctic Biosystems, charming and savvy, used to getting her way at any cost.

OTHER SF SHOWS AT SYFY
RINGWORLD & CHILDHOOD'S END
Beside HELIX and the second season of DEFIANCE, SyFy is also working on other new sf shows: RINGWORLD will follow a team of explorers who travel to the farthest reaches of space to investigate a mind-blowing alien artefact called Ringworld, an artificial habitat the size of 1 million Earths where they discover the remnants of ancient advanced civilizations! CHILDHOOD'S END  will focus on a peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival ends all war and turns the planet into a near-utopia.

HOLLYWOOD SPY EXTENSIVE SPOTLIGHT ON THE CHARACTERS FROM 'BLACK SAILS' EPIC PIRATE SHOW WITH TOBY STEPHENS, TOM HOPPER, LUKE ARNOLD, HANNAH HEAT, ZACH MCGOWAN!

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BLACK SAILS
NEW PIRATE TV ADVENTURE
Are you ready for new epic pirate adventure on television? Because Starz' new historical action series BLACK SAILS is coming to the small screens faster than you can say argh!, ready to sail onto the small screens on Saturday January 25th! Today we spotlight the merry crews of the pirate ships, naughty sailors, cunning captains, flimsy tarts and the rest of the mischiefs! The second season of the Michael Bay produced show was ordered much ahead of the opening of the first one and it already started shooting a few weeks ago!

BLACK SAILS STORY
THE NATION OF THIEVES!
1715. The Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean is at its apex. The former British colony of New Providence Island is now lawless territory, controlled by the most notorious pirate captains in history. The most feared among them is Captain Flint. But as the British Navy returns to these waters, threatening to exterminate Flint and his crew, another side of him emerges. Driven by deep, complicated, even romantic motives, Flint allies himself with the formidable Eleanor Guthrie, daughter of the local smuggling kingpin who turns the pirates’ loot into profits. Together, they forge a plan to hunt the ultimate prize, and by winning it, stave off reclamation of their home to ensure their survival. Arrayed against them are a series of opponents: rival captains, jealous of Flint's power; Eleanor's father, whose ambitions for the island conflict with his daughter’s; and a young sailor, John Silver, recently recruited onto Flint's crew, who will somehow manage to constantly undermine his captain’s agenda.

CAPTAIN FLINT
TOBY STEPHENS 
Flint is the Captain of the pirate ship Walrus, and known throughout the West Indies as being the most feared of all the Golden Age pirates. His charisma masks a deep, simmering rage, and a propensity towards breathtaking violence. In order to hold off the British and Spanish forces he’ll make himself ruler of Nassau through any means necessary. Played by Maggie Smith's son, British star Toby Stephens!

BILLY BONES
  TOM HOPPER 
Boatswain of the pirate ship Walrus, Billy is key to smooth operations on the Walrus, and is widely assumed to be the next quartermaster should anything happen to Gates. Billy’s belief in the righteousness of the pirate cause will be continually tested as he’s drawn deeper and deeper into Flint’s plans for the future. Played by MERLIN's Tom Hopper!

ELEANOR GUTHRIE
HANNAH NEW
Beautiful and determined, Eleanor is the daughter of Richard Guthrie, the wealthiest black marketer in the Bahamas and the chief fence/supplier for the many pirate crews of New Providence. Left by her father to oversee all his dealings with the pirates in Nassau, she owns and operates the tavern on Nassau’s main street. Eleanor wields considerable influence, leading her to form a pact with Flint that will either bring her dream of complete independence to fruition, or doom it entirely.

  PROSTITUTE MAX
JESSICA PARKER KENNEDY
Seductive, cunning, and coolheaded, Max works as a prostitute in the brothel. In Eleanor Guthrie, she’s found a kindred spirit, a lover, maybe even a savior, but when her aspirations and Eleanor’s begin to conflict, their relationship, and Max’s well-being, take a dark turn for the worse… 

JOHN SILVER
  LUKE ARNOLD
 A lowly sailor turned pirate recruit, John Silver is a born opportunist. He insinuates himself into the crew of Captain Flint while secretly possessing the “schedule” Flint so dearly wants. A staunch individualist, Silver resents authority of any kind, a quality that brings him into direct conflict with Flint, even as events conspire to make them reluctant partners in the quest to take the Treasure Fleet.

CAPTAIN VANE & ANNE BONNY
 ZACH MCGOWAN & CLARA PAGET
The next great pirate captain on New Providence Island, Vane is known as much for his vicious temper as his tremendous financial success. Beautiful but cold-blooded, Bonny is Vane’s deadliest henchman. Her youthful looks mask a borderline psychopathic personality.

HOMAGE TO PAUL WALKER: THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE LOVING, DEDICATED AND KIND STAR! MIA WASIKOWSKA CROSSES DESERT ON CAMELS IN DEEPLY DRAMATIC AND INSPIRING 'TRACKS' TRAILER!

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GOODBYE, PAUL WALKER
1973 - 2013
First today, a small homage to beautiful Paul Walker, whom we lost way too early this weekend in a tragic car accident. I just wanted to remind everybody how special he was in Hollywood. Rather underrated, often looked upon as just another muscly surfer hunk who stars in action flicks, Paul was actually a very unique young man: did you know that he was a marine biologist (he even majored marine biology at college) and was a member of organizations which fight for the health of the oceans, he was also a big humanitarian (he collected money for places destroyed by natural disasters and his death happened while he was leaving a charity event this Saturday), he was also a father (he was a single father raising his 15 year old daughter in LA).

KIND AND LOVING PERSON

All the stars he worked with say that he was a very kind and loving person. I personally believe that he was also at the point in his career in which he was leaning towards more dramatic roles and his last film HOURS contains one of his most touching performances of a father who fights for his prematurely born baby under the attack of hurricane Katrina.

INSPIRING 'TRACKS' TRAILER
 MIA WASIKOWSKA AND CAMELS
And something heartwarming and uplifting after the tragic story above: spectacular, deeply moving first trailer for dramatic adventure TRACKS coming from director John Curran! The story of the movie is based on the memoirs of Robyn Davidson and depicts her 1700 miles journey through the Australian desert with camels and a faithful dog. She takes the trip to put her life back together after her husband leaves her and her mother dies. Mia Wasikowska plays Robyn Davidson while Adam Driver plays the National Geographic photographer, who accompanied her on her long journey.

HISTORICAL TV SERIES ON 'HANNIBAL BARCA' THE GENERAL OF CARTHAGE! 'THE WOLFMAN' TV SHOW AT NBC! FIRST TRAILER FOR 'TURN' 18TH CENTURY SERIES AT AMC WITH JAMIE BELL

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HANNIBAL BARCA
EPIC TV SERIES AT HISTORY!
Delightful news, my people: we're getting yet another historical series on TV! 'Deadline' reports that Oscar nominated screenwriter Jeffrey Caine (THE CONSTANT GARDENER) is currently penning the script for HANNIBAL BARCA mini series. The story would describe the great general's fight with Scipio Africanus — with whom he went head-to-head in the Second Punic War! To be aired as scripted series at History, HANNIBAL will begin in Carthage, 264 BC, at the beginning of his life in North Africa and will take viewers through the Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome. In what became legend, Hannibal and his archrival took a sacred vow to destroy the other and the nation he served. However, despite their fiercely opposed allegiances, the two were brought together and grew to respect each other as brothers.

THE WOLFMAN TV SHOW
TO BE PRODUCED AT NBC
With the success of new DRACULA show over at NBC it was only natural that the network would add some other of the legendary monsters to their slate of upcoming new projects: according to 'Deadline' they are now planning to make THE WOLFMAN TV series. They've even put DRACULA writer Daniel Knauf to pen the script for the pilot episode. The new show would study the themes of being a man and a human, centring on Lawrence Talbott, who suffers from an ancient curse that transforms him into a vicious werewolf when a full moon appears. Daniel Knauf is also developing an untitled series that follows six governesses who use their supernatural powers to control modern-day Los Angeles out of their elite Hancock Park women's club.

FIRST 'TURN' AMC TEASER
 18TH CENTURY SET TV SERIES
And here's also the first teaser and pictures from AMC's new historical series TURN which will air next spring! Based on the book 'Washington Spies' and helmed by Rupert Wyatt, the series is set in the summer of 1778 and tells the story of New York farmer Abe Woodhull (Jamie Bell), who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s  fight for independence. The cast also includes Seth Numrich, Heather Lind, Meegan Warner, Kevin McNally, Burn Gorman, Angus MacFadyen, JJ Field, and Samuel Roukin!

ABSOLUTELY MINDBLOWING 2ND '300 RISE OF AN EMPIRE' TRAILER WITH SULLIVAN STAPLETON, RODRIGO SANTORO! NEW 'POMPEII' EPIC PICTURES WITH KIT HARINGTON, EMILY BROWNING, KIEFER SUTHERLAND! GAL GADOT IS WONDER WOMAN IN 'SUPERMAN VS BATMAN'!

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GAL GADOT IS WONDER WOMAN
IN 'SUPERMAN VS BATMAN'
And the casting news from superhero sequel SUPERMAN VS BATMAN keep being disappointing: after the producers shocked the world by choosing Ben Affleck for the role of Batman next to brilliant Henry Cavill as Superman, now the official news is that rather non charismatic Israeli actress and model Gal Gadot has been chosen to play Wonder Woman in the film. if you remember, earlier this year I've informed you that Gal was competing for the role with enchanting James Bond star Olga Kurylenko. There are also rumours that Robin, under the identity of Nightwing, might also join the gallery of characters in the film which will again have Amy Adams as Lois Lane.

300 RISE OF AN EMPIRE SECOND STUNNING TRAILER!
WHEN 300 FELL, THE WAR FOR AN EMPIRE BEGUN!
Your main video trailer treat for today is second absolutely mindblowing trailer for next year's biggest epic adventure 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE! I must admit it could quite possibly be the most stunning trailer I've ever seen in my life: all of the battle and navalscenes contain such extraordinary visual and artistic quality which leaves me breathless. Coming to cinemas next March the movie will follow admiral Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton) trying to defend his country from the Persian invasion lead by evil naval general Artemisia (Eva Green) and Persian emperor Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro)!


NEW 'POMPEII' IMAGES
 KIT HARINGTON & EMILY BROWNING IN EPIC ADVENTURE
While we're still waiting for the second trailer and maybe some posters for upcoming epic POMPEII you can enjoy brand new pictures from the historical action with Kit Harington as  a slave, lovelyEmily Browning as his love interest and Kiefer Sutherland as an evil Roman senator. Coming to cinemas next February the movie will be set in the days leading up to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, following an enslaved gladiator (Kit Harington) on a ship heading  for Naples who works to get home to save the woman he loves (Emily Browning) and his best friend, a gladiator (Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje) trapped inside the city's coliseum.

BEN FOSTER, DOMINIC COOPER, TRAVIS FIMMEL, ROB KAZINSKY FOR 'WARCRAFT' EPIC MOVIE! 'DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY' BBC DRAMA TRAILER WITH MATTHEW GOODE, MATTHEW RHYS! MALCOLM MCDOWELL, GAEL GARCIA BERNAL IN 'MOZART IN THE JUNGLE'! KEVIN RYAN IN 'CROSSBONES' PIRATE SHOW

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WARCRAFT FILM GETS ITS CAST
 DOMINIC COOPER, BEN FOSTER, TRAVIS FIMMEL, ROB KAZINSKY
One of the most anticipated video games movie adaptations WARCRAFT is finally revealing its cast: Legendary Pictures has announced that Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Robert Kazinsky, Travis Fimmel and Paula Patton will all star in the epic fantasy movie! Scheduled for March 2016 the film is to be directed by Duncan Jones (SOURCE CODE) and will have four main characters but it is not known which of the above actors will play which role. The film will have a rich fantasy setting with a story that revolves around the epic conflict between the opposing forces of the Horde and the Alliance in a medieval like world filled with gryphons, dragons, zombies, werewolves and elves!

DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY
BBC MINI SERIES TRAILER
For those among you who, for reasons unknown, love Jane Austin, BBC One is bringing new mini series DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY in the festive days at the end of December. Today you can check out the trailer for the three-part drama which centres around a murder mystery plot that takes place after the events of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'. The cast is lead by Matthew Goode, Matthew Rhys and Jenna Coleman!


MOZART IN THE JUNGLE GETS
MALCOLM MCDOWELL & GAEL GARCIA BERNAL
In today's television news, Malcolm McDowell has joined Gael Garcia Bernal in new comedy pilot MOZART IN THE JUNGLE which is all about sex and classical music and shows that what happens behind the curtains at the symphony can be just as captivating as what happens onstage. McDowell plays Thomas, a seasoned conductor being forced into retirement by the arrival of hotshot new conductor Rodrigo (Bernal). Gorgeous Saffron Burrows will play a cellist in the middle of an affair with Thomas.
KEVIN RYAN IN 'CROSS BONES'
Over at NBC, Kevin Ryan has joined their upcoming pirate show CROSSBONES in which John Malkovich will play infamous captain Blackbeard. COPPER star will play Finnegan, a heavily-tattooed, hard and solemn pirate with a scar across one eye, who becomes involved with Blackbeard!

MTV ADAPTING 'SHANNARA' EPIC SAGA INTO TV SERIES! AMANDA SEYFRIED IN 'HE'S F-ING PERFECT' COMEDY! WORLD WAR II DRAMA 'WALKING WITH THE ENEMY' TRAILER WITH JONAS ARMSTRONG AND BEN KINGSLEY

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AMANDA SEYFRIED THINKS
THAT 'HE'S F-ING PERFECT'!
Delightful MAMA MIA and LES MISERABLES star Amanda Seyfried has joined the cast of the romantic comedy HE'S F-ING PERFECT.'Variety' reports that she will play a social media expert who is unlucky in love and is far better at criticising her friends' dates. When she meets the man of her dreams in the form of her best friend's boyfriend, she convinces her friend to dump him so she can date him instead! She then uses all her internet savvy to turn herself into his perfect match. Amanda is currently shooting Wild West comedy A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST with Seth McFarlane, Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson!

MTV TO MAKE 'SHANNARA'
EPIC FANTASY TV SERIES!
Now this is rather shocking. I've already informed you of the plans to adapt famous SHANNARA book saga but the surprise is that MTV has ordered the script from the creators of SMALLVILLE for the adaptation which will be turned into a TV series if they like the material. Jon Favreau will direct the project which, based on Terry Brook's fantasy saga, is set in our world, thousands of years after the destruction of our civilization. The story is centred on the Shannara family, whose descendants are empowered with ancient magic and whose adventures continuously reshape the future of the world. According to 'Deadline' the first season of the potential SHANNARA series will be based on 'The Elfstones of Shannara', the second title in the epic saga!

WALKING WITH THE ENEMY
 WWII DRAMA WITH JONAS ARMSTRONG & BEN KINGSLEY
And your trailer this Saturday is for historical drama WALKING WITH THE ENEMY a powerful new film inspired by a true story. It follows two men swept up in the horrors of WWII. Both men are from Hungary, a German ally that had been spared the atrocities orchestrated by Hitler throughout much of Europe. As the war reaches its climax, Germany begins to doubt the loyalties of the Hungarian leadership - in particular the infamous Regent Horthy (Ben Kingsley) who is ultimately faced with ceding power to another political party or accepting the execution of his son. As the crisis unfolds, thousands of his citizens are forced underground or put into ghettos. One of them is a young man named Elek Cohen (Jonas Armstrong) who is separated from his family and determined to find them. Aided by the woman he loves (Hannah Tointon), Elek disguises himself as a Nazi SS officer!

SPOTLIGHT ON DEEPLY ENCHANTING FANTASY FAIRY TALE 'BEAUTY AND THE BEAST' WITH VINCENT CASSEL AND LEAH SEYDOUX! FIRST STUNNING PICTURES AND MINDBLOWING TRAILER

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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
ENCHANTING FAIRY TALE
Oh, do I have a magical and special treat for you today, my people! The first, absolutely enchanting and positively delightful trailer for French fantasy movie BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (LA BELLE ET LA BETE) has been released! Starring French superstar Vincent Cassel as the Beast and young actress Leah Seydoux as Belle, this spellbinding fairy tale will open up in cinemas next February!

BEAUTY & THE BEAST STORY
 STOLEN ROSE, STOLEN HEART
The year is 1720. After the dramatic sinking of his ship in which he lost all of his wealth , a ruined merchant is forced into exile to the countryside with his six children. Among them is Belle, the youngest of his daughters, joyful and full of grace. During a  journey, the Merchant  comes upon the magical realm of the Beast who condemns him to death for stealing a rose that he took from his garden for his daughter. Promising to return to the forest as the Beast's eternal slave, the merchant goes homes to say goodbye to his family. Feeling responsible for the terrible fate that has befallen her family, Belle decides  to sacrifice herself instead of her father. In the castle of the Beast, it is not death that awaits Beautiful, but a strange life, mixing moments of magic, joy and melancholy. Every night at dinner time,  Beauty and the Beast meet. They learn to discover each other, like two strangers who have nothing in common. Belle tries to unravel the mysteries of the Beast and his domain. Every time the night falls, she dreams of a stately Prince not knowing that he is actually the Beast. She spends months and months in his castle living in magical luxury. When once she asks him to let her go and visit her family he reluctantly agrees but only if she returns exactly a week later. The treachery of her evil sisters causes her not to keep the promise and she later on finds the Beast lying heartbroken and dying next to the rose bushes. Heartbroken by his death as well she starts crying and a tear that falls down on the Beast transforms him into the prince and breaks a curse which could be broken only by finding true love, despite his ugliness!

BEAUTY & THE BEAST TIDBITS
DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHE GANS
Beside Vincent Cassel and Leah Seydoux the cast of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST also includes Andre Dussolier as Belle's father, Eduardo Noriega, and German music and movie star Yvonne Catterfeld. The 33 million euro worth movie was directed by French visual genius Christophe Gans whom you know by his famous epic movie BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF! This will be the first film to be released by the newly revived Fine Line Features, which after 10 years of retirement, has been revived by Warner Bros. as the latter's official indie division!

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