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'LAST CHRISTMAS' TRAILER

BRINGS A FESTIVE ROMANCE

Last Christmas arrives this November

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

The movie will also feature a new song from George Michael

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

'FALLING INN LOVE' TRAILER

FOR NEW NETFLIX ROMCOM!

Falling Inn Love streams in two weeks!

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

'THE WHEEL OF TIME'

ADS NEW CAST MEMBERS!

Top model Josha Stradowski will be Rand al'Thor

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

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

Marcus Rutherford, Zoe Robins and Barney Harris will also star

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

'SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER'

HEARTFELT BILL NIGHY TRAILER

The film will hit US cinemas in October

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

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

NEW 'VIENNA BLOOD'

BBC PERIOD SET TV SERIES

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

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

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

Matthew Beard will be English doctor Max Liebermann

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

Juergen Maurer is Austrian inspector Oskar Rheinhardt

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

'LAMBS OF GOD'

EVERY FAIRY TALE HAS DARK SIDE

The series is based on Marele Day novel

This one has just finished its four episode run over at Australian Foxtel who produced it, but if I'm not mistaken it is also airing on HBO's inter national cable channels so most of you can probably catch it there: Gothic thriller mini series LAMBS OF GOD starring Essie Davis, Emmy Award winner Ann Dowd and Sam Reid in a four part drama which centres around three eccentric, secluded nuns, each a generation apart, living on a

You can catch the series on HBO international cable channels

remote island in a dilapidated monastery, forgotten by time and the Church – until a priest unwittingly happens upon them. Unfortunately for him, it seems, judging by the poster and the trailer below!

LAMBS OF GOD FOLLOWS
the journey of three Catholic nuns, Sisters Iphigenia (Essie Davis), Margarita (Ann Dowd) and Carla (Jessica Barden), who are the last

Essie Davis plays sister Iphigenia in the series

remaining members of the enclosed order of St Agnes. They have forgotten the world outside until a young priest, Father Ignatius (Sam Reid), pushes his way through the undergrowth in the hope of finding prime real estate. What

Ann Dowd plays sister Margarita in the series

unfolds is a psychological and frightening game of survival; a thrilling ride in which the nuns become criminals and Father Ignatius is forced to confront his own personal weaknesses.

FERAL NUNS IN A MONASTERY

The mini series is actually a small screen adaptation of a captivating Marele Day novel, in the form of a very atmospheric and highly stylized, a lush, evocative drama that is both ancient and incredibly modern, with its timeless

Jessica Barden is the youngest sister Carla

message of resilience, and the power of storytelling as a redemptive force. Written by Sarah Lambert, this epic and fantastical tale of faith, love and redemption was directed by Jeffrey Walker.

FIRST 'QUIZ' PHOTO

MATTHEW MACFADYEN IS THE INFAMOUS COUGHING MAJOR

ITV and AMC have released first photo from new Who Wants to be a Millionaire? scandal TV series QUIZ they are doing together. It follows Charles Ingram (Matthew MacFadyen), a former British army major, who caused a major scandal in the early 2000s after being caught cheating his way

Sian Clifford and Matthew MacFadyen play the Ingrams in the movie

to winning £1 million on the game show! It tells how Ingram, his wife Diana and an accomplice, Tecwen Whittock, who was sitting in the audience, initially pulled off the on-screen heist before being caught and standing trial. Michael Sheen plays the quiz host.

'HIGH GROUND' PHOTO

SIMON BAKER IS BOUNTY HUNTER

First photo is also out for a new period set Australian movie HIGH GROUND starring Down Under's best boys Simon Baker, Ryan Corr and Callan Mulvey. In a remote corner of a wild country a bloody war rages in

Simon Baker plays bounty hunter Travis in the new movie

the 1930s. Travis is a bounty hunter with one last hope of redemption. Djumbatj is a young Indigenous man trying to save the last of his family. Together they embark on a manhunt, which unravels a secret that ultimately pits them against each other.

JUDY AND PUNCH PHOTO WITH

REVENGEFUL MIA WASIKOWSKA

Speaking of Australia, check out the first photo of Mia Wasikowska in JUDY AND PUNCH, a period set crime drama set in Seaside (nowhere near

Mia Wasikowska is avenging her dead baby in the movie

the sea), where puppeteers Judy (Wasikowska) and Punch (Damon Herriman) are trying to resurrect their marionette show in an an anarchic town on the brink of mob rule.

'MEDICI: POWER AND BEAUTY'

SEASON 3 EXCLUSIVE UPDATES

The new season will air on RAI this Autumn

Medici: The Magnificent was definitely a far cry from the marvellous first season Medici: Masters of Florence, having none of its great cast and masterful storytelling, as its lead star Daniel Sharman showed a rather shocking lack of acting chops, charisma and any kind of expression or even screen presence, but RAI's most successful international project is still getting the third season and we have first photos from the sets revealing not only a new longer hair look for Sharman's Lorenzo Medici, but also Sanditon's Rose Williams who is joining the season in the role of Caterina Sforza Riario, a historical figure known as the Renaissance lioness whose defiance and ruthlessness have made her a tyrant.

Rose Williams is joining the cast as Lady Sforza Riario

She was a daughter of the Duke of Milan and the wife of Girolamo Riario (Jack Roth), Pope Sixtus IV's nephew. Reign's and Last Kingdom's Tobi Regbo is also joining the cast as painter and architect Peruzzi.

MEDICI: POWER AND BEAUTY

Daniel Sharman's Lorenzo will be in his 40s in the series

will be arriving to RAI this Autumn, under that new title, and will probably air later on at Netflix too. The story will be set after the terrible Pazzi Conspiracy in which Giuliano Medici (Bradley James) lost his life. Lorenzo is tormented by the desire for revenge against Pope Sixtus IV (Raoul Bova), who authorized that bloody attack, and towards Count Riario, the last survivor among the conspirators. His beloved wife Clarice (Synnove Karlsen) tries to convince him to find peace with a compromise that would save both his soul and the city. He does not see much hope even after the discovery that Giuliano left a son, Giulio, who is welcomed into the family. Lorenzo is determined to save his family and Florence even at

Synnove Karlsen returns to the role of Lorenzo's unloved wife Clarice

the price of losing his soul. As the bank's situation becomes increasingly unstable, politics pushes Lorenzo to give up the ideals of the past and his relationship with his wife Clarice also suffers, especially after he meets beautiful lady Sforza. He also continues to finance the world of art, meeting

Toby Regbo will be the new friend of the Medicis, painter Peruzzi

the great artists such as Leonardo and Michelangelo. In affirming his ever-increasing power, however, Lorenzo clashes with an unexpected enemy, the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola (Francesco Montanari), who inflames the people of Florence with his sermons against the tyranny of the Medici.

'BLOODLEAF' YA BOOK

PRINCESS AURELIA MOVES TO TV

Here's a new fantasy series for you (if it ever gets made, that is): as Deadline reports, Cavalry Media has bought TV series rights on YA fantasy novel

A search is currently on for a writer!

BLOODLEAF from Crystal Smith. It was published in March with second part Greythorne out next year. It follows Princess Aurelia a prisoner to her crown and the heir that nobody wants. Fearing her magic, the people have turned against her. After an assassination attempt, Aurelia must flee her country and disguise herself as a commoner in a distant land. As she hides in plain sight and perfects her magic, she begins to fall for a man who is forbidden to rule beside her. But the ghosts that haunt Aurelia refuse to abandon her, exposing a wicked plot that only she can defeat and forcing her to choose between the weight of the crown and the freedom of her new life.

'CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?'

THE PITFALLS AND PLEASURES OF

The movie is out this September!

TELLING THE TRUTH

And I totally forgot to update you on this one: a new romantic comedy which will get a limited Northern American release this September! CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET, starring Tyler Hoechlin and Alexandra Daddario is a big screen adaptation of Sophie Kinsella's best selling book. Dadario plays Emma who, thinking they're about to crash, spills her secrets to a stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger... Until she later meets Jack, her company's young CEO, who now knows every

Alexandra Daddario and Tyler Hoechlin play the lead roles

humiliating detail about her. The movie, directed by Elise Duran, has already, for some reason, hit Turkish cinemas! Check out the trailer below:

'COWBOY BEBOP' ADS

ELENA SATINE TO NETFLIX SF WESTERN TV SERIES

I almost forgot about this one, but it seems it is still well in production! Netflix is preparing a fantasy series similar to the fan favourite Firefly, called

Elena Satine joins Cowboy Bebop series

COWBOY BEBOP which already has John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda and Alex Hassel announced in the cast, but now they are joined by Elena Satine who will obviously have a role similar to Morena Baccarin's in Firefly.

COWBOY BEBOP is a space western sf series, the jazz inspired, genre bending story of a ragtag crew of bounty hunters on the run from their pasts as they hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals. They’ll even save the world — for the right price.

Chris Yost, who wrote Thor movies, is writing this one, and Elena Satine will play play Julia. With a sultry beauty and a voice to die for, Julia is the dream-like object of Spike Spiegel’s (John Cho) desire. She struggles to survive in a violent world.

'LIFE LIKE' SF TRAILER

TOO PERFECT TO BE HUMAN!

Speaking of science fiction, check out the rather intriguing trailer for sf thriller LIFE LIKE which already aired in US cinemas this summer starring James D'Arcy, Steven Strait, Drew Van Acker and Addison Timlin.

The last two play an idealistic attractive young couple which acquires a stunning, life-like robot for guilt free help, but as the three grow closer, their perception of humanity will be altered forever.

'LONG STORY SHORT' WITH

RAFE SPALL & JOSH LAWSON

English star Rafe Spall takes the lead role

What can be better than four things we absolutely adore combined together: Australia, Studiocanal, Josh Lawson and Rafe Spall! The British star is already Down Under shooting Australian romantic comedy LONG STORY SHORT produced by our favourite Studiocanal! Zahra Newman, Ronny Chieng, Noni Hazlehurst, Dena Kaplan and Australian actor Josh Lawson also star in the movie which Lawson also writes and directs.

LONG STORY SHORT follows Teddy (Rafe Spall), who wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he’s jumping

Brisbane actor Josh Lawson stars in, directs and writes the movie

forward to the next year of his life. He must use every precious moment wisely to keep from losing the love of his life, and to learn to love the life he’s losing.

'I STILL BELIEVE' TRAILER

WILL BRING YOU TO TEARS!

The movie arrives to theatres next March

Speaking of weddings, there is one in new true story romantic drama I STILL BELIEVE which depicts the life of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope. K.J. Apa portrays Jeremy Camp in the heartbreaking drama, while Britt Robertson plays his ill girlfriend. The cast also includes music icon Shania Twain and Gary Sinise as his parents. The concert scene that dominates the trailer below was shot in front of live concert audience at a music festival in Alabama. The movie is out next March!

'LADY AND THE TRAMP'

LIVE ACTION TRAILER IS HERE!

It is definitely a Disney weekend with Disney + new streaming service revealing trailers for its new movies and shows! The live action version

New Lady and the Tramp streams November 12th

of their classic LADY AND THE TRAMP will stream on November 12th and now they've announced the first trailer and poster.

The story of the film centres on a pampered house dog named Lady (Tessa Thompson) whose comfortable life slips away from her. Following a series of tense circumstances, Lady finds herself on the loose in the street. She manages to befriend a tough stray mutt named Tramp (Justin Theroux, but the dog itself was actually cast among real strays). A romance begins to blossom between them. However, their many differences, along with more drama in Lady's life, could threaten to keep them apart.

Speaking of Disney classics and dogs, Disney has also revealed the first look of Emma Stone as young Cruella de Vil from CRUELLA live action movie

which will depict her youth. It looks offensively terrible. Beside dalmatians, the photo also reveals her costars Paul Walter Hauser and Joel Fry! That one hits theatres in May 2021!

'NOELLE' TRAILER

BRINGS US SANTA'S DAUGHTER!

Anna Kendrick is Santa's daughter!

Also streaming there on that very same date is festive comedy movie NOELLE in which Anna Kendrick plays Santa's daughter! The story of the film revolves around the daughter of the real Santa Claus, Noelle, whom she plays. When her father decides to retire, and her brother gets cold feat just before his first Christmas Eve, Noelle must take up the family business. Beside her and Bill Hader as her over pressured brother, legendary Shirley McClaine is also in the cast as Elf Polly, and elf nanny! The movie is directed by Mark Lawrence who also wrote the script for it!

'THE MANDALORIAN' TRAILER

FOR NEW STAR WARS TV SERIES

The highlight of the day for most sf lovers was of course the first trailer for Star Wars universe set TV series THE MANDALORIAN which will

Mandalorian was directed by John Favreau

also start streaming on Disney + November 12th. Pedro Pascal plays the title role in the series set after the Return of the Jedi when the Empire was destroyed giving way to the New Republic. Mandalorian is, however, a citizen of the underworld, a lone gunfighter from the far corner of the galaxy, who operates outside the jurisdiction of the New Republic.Disney has also announced Obi Wan Kenobi series with Ewan McGregor returning to the role. The Jedi Knight series will start shooting next year. Since Disney is always milking the cow until it kills it, they are also preparing a third series which would focus on Diego Luna's Rogue One character Cassian Andor.

'SANDITON' EPIC TV DRAMA

WELCOME TO REGENCY ERA!

Poldark is finally ending forever, spylings, tonight and tomorrow night (which is probably for the best given how embarrassingly atrocious the final season has been), so what are we going to watch now when it comes to period

We are all heading to the summer resort of Sanditon tonight!

set dramas? Well, SANDITON of course, which starts tonight at ITV clashing in the prime time spot with Captain Ross and his constantly nagging wife. SANDITON is, as I informed you before, the small screen adaptation of

Click on the photo to see the main cast in all their regency finery!

Jane Austen's last book, and it will also air sometime later this year at PBS for the American audience. The cast includes Rose Williams, Theo James, Anne Reid, Kris Marshall, Kate Ashfield, Jack Fox, Adrian Rawlins, Turlough Convery, Mark Stanley, Matthew Needham, Alexandra Roach, Leo

Theo James and Rose Williams are the love birds of the town!

Suter, Kevin Eldon and Adrian Scarborough! Andrew Davies, who brought us Les Miserables and War and Peace, is in charge of the adaptation! The series will also feature Austen's only black character (a rich heiress whom all

Kris Marshall is the ambitious Tom Parker in the series

the gents want to seduce in Sanditon) and it will also feature lots of male nudity (and not from the hunks in it, but naked bums from all the unexpected members of the male cast LOL). They are apparently trying to make good old

The Denham family rules Sanditon with their wealth!

boring Austen raunchy out of a sudden. But I'm sure there will be other offensive liberal agenda stuck within a fully nonliberal era just for the sake (or joke) of it. Austen herself has finished only 11 chapters of the novel before she died in 1817.

THE STORY OF SANDITON

follows the impulsive, spirited and unconventional Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) and her spiky relationship with the charming Sidney Parker (Theo James). When a chance accident transports her from her rural

I think this is Theo James' first time to topline a British period set drama

hometown of Willingden to a would-be coastal resort, it exposes Charlotte to the intrigues and dalliances of a seaside town on the make. The drama takes

Charlotte will meet the Parker family thanks to a coach accident!

viewers from the West Indies to the rotting alleys of London and exposes the hidden agendas of each character and sees Charlotte discover herself and ultimately find love.

THE INHABITANTS OF SANDITON!

In the eight part drama, Anne Reid will play Lady Denham. Two husbands dead and gone, Lady Denham received money from the first and a title from the second and expects to be treated with a great deal of deference.

Jack Fox and Charlotte Spencer are Edward and Ester Denham

Notoriously tight-fisted, she seems to delight in the power that she wields over the town, particularly those waiting to cash in from her death. Playing the head of the Parker family, Kris Marshall stars in the eight part series as Tom

Lady Denham and Tom Parker are Sanditon's business partners

Parker, an enthusiastic and happily married man with a vision of putting Sanditon on the map. Jack Fox is Lady Denham's nephew, villainous Sir Edward Denham, while Charlotte Spencer plays his sister Ester.

'RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON'

DISNEY'S NEW ANIMATED FILM

Disney has announced a new animated movie with the first concept art from it: RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON will take place in the fictional Kumandra, a reimagined earth inhabited by an ancient civilization that venerated the mythical dragons for their power and their wisdom. Kumandra’s

Frozen's Paul Briggs and Dean Wellins are directing the animated adventure

five distinct clans form the Land of the Dragon, but dragons are long gone and Kumandra has since been invaded by a dark, sinister force. Raya is the hero, a lone warrior on a quest to save her world, determined to find the last dragon who she believes has the power to save Kumandra.

'DICKINSON' COMEDY SERIES

UNVEILS THE FIRST TRAILER

Apple streaming service has revealed the first trailer for their period set comedy series DICKINSON starring Hailee Steinfeld as the 1800s poet Emily Dickinson! It will audaciously explore the constraints of society, gender

Dickinson will air on Apple's new streaming service this Autumn

and family from the perspective of rebellious young poet, Emily Dickinson. Set in the 19th century, Dickinson is a coming-of-age story that finds Emily Dickinson to be an unexpected hero for our millennial era (the trailer looks as bad as anything millennial gets).

'THE KING' TRAILER

PUTS HENRY V ON THE THRONE!

It will have its world premiere at Venice Film Festival next week, and will air later on this year on Netflix and in some selected theatres as well in

The film will hit Netflix this Autumn

Northern America and UK, but today you can watch the trailer for historical drama THE KING with Timothee Chalamet as King Henry V! In the film, he first appears as Hal, wayward prince and reluctant heir to the English throne, who has turned his back on royal life and is living among the people. But when his tyrannical father (Ben Mendelsohn) dies, Hal is crowned King Henry V and is forced to embrace the life he had previously tried to escape. Now the young king must navigate the palace politics, chaos and war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life, including his relationship with his closest friend and mentor, the ageing alcoholic knight, John Falstaff (Joel

Robert Pattinson is Henry's enemy, the stubborn Dauphin of France

Edgerton). The cast also includes Robert Pattinson as the dauphin of France. It definitely isn't a very promising cast and the acting looks as bland as Chalamet, Edgerton, Pattinson usually get in their constant lack of any acting expressiveness, but you can judge it for yourself below:

'WORLD ON FIRE' TRAILER

FOR NEW BBC WW2 TV SERIES

Beside the info that Sky will air its Catherine the Great series from October 3rd (October 21st on HBO), there is another epic treat for you today: first

World on Fire will air sometime this Autumn on BBC One

trailer for BBC One's World War II series WORLD ON FIRE which will air its seven episodes sometime this Autumn and then also on Masterpiece in

Jonah Hauer King takes the lead male role in the series

USA. The emotionally gripping drama will star Jonah Hauer King, Sean Bean, Lesley Manville, Blake Harrison, Arthur Darvill, Brian J.

The story of the series is set in four different nations

Smith, Max Riemelt, and Helen Hunt. From the siege of Warsaw, to Dunkirk, the fall of Paris and the battle of Britain, the series will be covering the first year of the war spanning four different nations.

WORLD ON FIRE TELLS
the hidden human stories within the big historical events we think we know. From Harry, a young English translator in Warsaw caught up in negotiations

Sean Bean also stars in the new World War II series

with the Nazis and trying to smuggle his Polish lover Kasia out of the country, to Lois, the girl who is waiting for him at home, a young Mancunian factory

Lesley Manville is no stranger to period set drama series!

worker who will come to take all the opportunities the war can offer to live a different kind of life. To Nancy, a female US war correspondent who can’t find

Julia Brown also stars in the series next to Hauer King

peace unless her life is at risk, to the Rossler family in Berlin, worried for their soldier son and willing to do anything to protect their disabled daughter from the attentions of the ruling Nazi regime. These are the stories of the ordinary

The series covers only the first year of the war

people who shaped our world. Stories of loyalty and brutality, courage and fear, hopes, stories of love and loss, hopes and dreams forged in extraordinary times.

'AERONAUTS' TRAILER TAKES

EDDIE REDMAYNE TO THE SKIES

It is one of the films that will hit both this year's London film festival and the one in Toronto, Tom Harper's skyfaring adventure AERONAUTS which has just set flight to its first trailer. Eddie Redmayne plays famous

Aeronauts is directed by Tom Harper

meteorologist James Glaisher at the end of the 19th century, while Felicity Jones is Amelia Wren, his fiercely loyal copilot who harbours a penchant for science as much as she does being a showgirl. Inspired by the story of Glashier’s 1862 excursion with fellow aeronaut Henry Coxwell (whom Wren replaces in the film), the movie, as EW reports, charts the pair’s dangerous mission to study the earth’s natural patterns from the sky as they attempt to travel higher than any human before them in a massive hot air balloon — an event Wren clearly wants to publicize as a meeting of science and spectacle to generate interest in their work, while the no-nonsense Glaishier anchors his

The film will have a limited cinema releases to get in the awards race

approach in curmudgeonly determination. Tom Courtenay, Vincent Perez and Anne Reid also star in the film that hits theatres December 6th ahead of the awards season and then streams on Amazon Prime December 20th.

'JADE DYNASTY' TRAILER

NEW MYTHICAL ADVENTURE

We haven't heard anything about this one before which is strange given how stunning the trailer below looks along with these breath takingly beautiful posters for new Chinese epic fantasy adventure JADE DYNASTY which will enchant its way into cinemas this September in Motherland! The man behind

Jade Dynasty will ascend into cinemas September 13th

the helm, the director of the movie is Ching Siu tung, who has well over twenty films behind him in his rich film making career. JADE DYNASTY (or Xiao Zhan in Chinese) was shot last Autumn and Winter in Mandarin on locations in Beijing, Sichuan, Henan, and Hebei!

THE STORYAfter the massacre of his village, Zhang Xiaofan (Sean Xiao), a kind hearted and pure village boy, is taken in by the Qing Yun sect where he begins his journey of cultivation. When he finds out the truth behind the deaths of his parents, he succumbs to his rage and demonic tendencies and becomes the enemy of Qing Yun sect.

The cast also includes other gorgeous Chinese young stars from Li Quin, Meng Mei Qi and Tina Tang to Li Shen and Qui Xin Zhi in the potential new end of summer hit based on a popular Chinese novel by Xiao Ding.

SHANGHAI FORTRESS FILM

CHINA'S BIGGEST SUMMER FLOP

We continue our Asian Invasion Weekend with massively epic trailer and posters for SHANGHAI FORTRESS science fiction disaster movie in

The film already played in cinemas earlier this month

which the Chinese are saving the planet from the alien invaders who have parked their nasty alien mothership right above China's biggest city! Directed by Hua Tao Teng, this action packed extravaganza has already played in Chinese cinemas earlier this month and it has earned about $20 million (it cost close to $60 million) around the world. Although a very expensive big budgeted affair, the movie crashed at the Chinese box office failing to break any records. Unlike most of the Western directors who would probably attack the audience for the lack of success of their film, Hua Tao Teng actually publicly apologized to the

The movie is a big screen adaptation of Jiang Nan's novel

audience for ruining their hopes in sf films with this one. Qi Shu, pop star Han Lu (I hear he is really bad in the film), Godfrey Gao and Vincent Matile are just some of the names that appear in the cast.

SHANGHAI FORTRESS
is based on the novel of the same name set in the future: the city of Shanghai China battles to defend itself against an ongoing attack by an alien force that

The story of the movie is set in year 2042!

has attacked and laid siege to numerous cities around the globe in it's quest to harvest a hidden energy only found on earth. Check out the trailer with English subtitles below:

'MORTAL KOMBAT' MOVIE

GETS ITS HEROES AND VILLAINS

Lewis Tan is set to take the lead role

We are ending our Asian Invasion Weekend today with a project coming straight from Hollywood which has gathered most of the Asian stars working in America in its cast. New Line has set March 2021 (which is when another 90s iconic epic adventure Masters of the Universe will also premiere its latest movie adaptation) date as the premiere for the new big screen adaptation of famous video game MORTAL KOMBAT but they already have most of the cast announced for the film which will be the first Mortal Kombat movie in more than twenty years and it is set to be directed by Simon McQuoid who will find himself for the first time behind the helm of a major blockbuster. The video game on which the movie is based is the best selling video game of 2019 so far. It has been sold in almost

Joe Taslim and Ludi Lin will be part of the team as well

50 million copies since it was first released in 1992 following a set of exotic martial arts heroes from different realms who are fighting for supremacy. Aquaman's James Wan is producing.

WHO IS IN THE CAST

Josh Lawson will be evil Kano

The leading role has been reserved for super charismatic Lewis Tan whom we fell in love with in Into The Badlands series. Jessica McNamee will step into the role of Sonya Blade, commander of Earth's special forces, and Australian star Josh Lawson will portray Kano, a nasty leader of an international crime cartel who has a cybernetic eye. Aquaman's Ludi Lin will be Shaolin monk Liu Kang with powerful flying kicks who is the main defender of Earth, newcomer Sisi Stringer will portray sai wielding assassin Mileena and Mehcad Brooks will play special forces muscleman Jackson “Jax” Bridges. In addition, Thor's Tadanobu Asano is set to play Japanese God of thunder Raiden, while martial arts star Joe Taslim, whom

Australian actress Jessica McNamee will be Sonya Blade

we are watching in Cinemax action series Warrior, has landed the role of frosty ninja Sub-Zero. Hiroyuki Sanada is already down in South Australia where the filming is taking place and he is set to play undead ninja Scorpion! Chin Han will play Shang Tsung, a powerful but evil wizard who shapeshifts and takes the souls of those who he defeats.

'THE I-LAND' NETFLIX SERIES

STARRING ALEX PETTYFER

Hollywood is enjoying its holiday slumber, so the only thing I have for you today is the first trailer and poster for limited series THE I-LAND which

The I-land hits Netflix next week

hits Netflix next week, September 12th! The cast of the seven episode series is lead by Alex Pettyfer and Kate Bosworth, with Kyle Schmid also in the cast of the exotic thriller adventure.

When ten people wake up on a treacherous island with no memory of who they are or how they got there, they set off on a trek to try to get back home. They soon discover this world is not as it seems. Faced with the island's extreme psychological and physical challenges, they must rise to their better selves - or die as their worst ones. Check out the mysterious trailer below and tell us what you think!

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