HOLLYWOOD SPY

'FORIVE ME, LEONARD PEACOCK'

TO BE CHANNING TATUM'S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

Deadline reports today that Mike Vukadinovic has been set to write the adaptation of FORGIVE ME, LEONARD PEACOCK, a Matthew Quick's

YA novel which revolves around a high school student who plans to kill his best friend and then himself. It is supposed to become Channing Tatum's directorial debut! He would also play a brave teacher who tries to intervene!

'PERI-SHED LAND'

NEW EPIC TV SERIES
And great TV news: ROME and GAME OF THRONES producers will unite in creating THE PERISHED LAND new epic fantasy TV series! The 12 episode series is set in the fictional land of Talanton, a world remarkable for its natural beauty, the fantasy world (Lord Of The Rings meets Avatar), a tribal land of vengeful and benign spirits, rituals, superstitions and the supernatural, which is experiencing its own World Wars, Cold War, collision of tyrannies, ideologies, crises of resources and religions. It will unfold as a Hero’s Quest into a multi stranded narrative

'THE WINE OF SUMMER'

WITH ETHAN PECK, ELSA PATAKY AND MARCIA GAY HARDEN

And here's a movie that is actually out today in USA, although it was shot three years ago. Starring Ethan Peck (Gregory's grandson), Elsa Pataky (Chris Hemsworth's wife), Marcia Gay Harden, Sonia Braga THE WINE OF SUMMER follows a frustrated actor who travels to Spain in search of a playwright, a trip that unexpectedly binds him to a group of five previously unconnected people.

NICOLE KIDMAN

TO GUEST STAR IN 'EMPIRE'?

In today's television news, ultra popular record breaking series EMPIRE which is already airing its second season with great success might also see Nicole Kidman guest starring next to Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard! Show creator Lee Daniels has revealed that he wants her in one of the episodes after already working with her on THE PAPERBOY movie. EMPIRE's new season has already seen Ludacris, Chris Rock, Marisa Tomei and Kelly Rowland guest starring with Mariah Carey and Alicia Keys too appear soon too!

'NEXT CHAPTER' SITCOM ON SPARKS' LIFE

Meanwhile, ABC is to turn writer Nicholas Sparks' new single life into THE NEXT CHAPTER TV sitcom after he divorced his wife recently after 25 years of marriage! It will centre on a romance novelist who, after a divorce, must learn to date again and live on his own.

'THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES'

NEW POSTER FOR EPIC SERIES
And MTV has released the first official poster for their upcoming new epic fantasy series THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES which airs this January revolving around the Shannara family, whose descendants are

empowered with ancient magic and whose adventures continuously reshape the future of the world. Austin Butler, Ivana Baquero, John Rhys Davies, Manu Bennett star as elven princess, kings, magicians, warriors....

'THE GOOD DINOSAUR'

NEW TRAILER AND POSTERS!

Disney Pixar has released a brand new, delightful, trailer and posters for their new animated adventure THE GOOD DINOSAUR which arrives into theatres November 25th asking the generations old

question: What if the cataclysmic asteroid that forever changed life on Earth actually missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never

became extinct? The film is a humorous and exciting original story about Arlo, a lively 70-foot-tall teenage Apatosaurus with a big heart.

After a traumatic event rattles Arlo’s tranquil community, he sets out on a quest to restore peace, gaining an unlikely companion along the way — a young human boy named Spot.

TELEVISION HEADLINES

SEAFARING FEAR THE WALKING DEAD SECOND SEASON

In today's short TV news, it has been announced that the second, 15 episode season of FEAR THE WALKING DEAD will largely be set on the ocean, since the characters are going to board the massive yacht, and there will be plenty of zombies even at the sea.

SANAA LATHAN LEADS NEW MINI SERIES

Fox has cast Sanaa Lathan as the lead star of Brian Grazer's event series INDICTMENT which examines the dangerous aftermath of a police shooting when an African American cop kills a white teen in Tennessee!

EVA LONGORIA SELLS SITCOM TO ABC

Over at ABC Eva Longoria has sold yet another new sitcom from her production company. The untitled interracial family comedy will centre on an ambitious and meticulous Latino chef who runs a cafe with his unpredictable white father in law. She already sold BONITA AND MECHELLE sitcom to NBC where she will also star in HOT AND BOTHERED sitcom of her own.

SEAN BEAN'S 'FRANKENSTEIN CHRONICLES' TO AIR IN USA
A&E has bought ITV's upcoming FRANKENSTEIN CHRONICLES six episode epic TV series starring Sean Bean for USA airing. Bean

plays a 19th century detective hunting down a killer who appears to be assembling humans from mutilated body parts in a copycat twist on the Frankenstein story.
'BATHORY' EPIC HORROR SERIES
CBS is also doing an epic horror series BATHORY with Joel Silver! The epic series follows Elisabeth BATHORY, the 16th century

Hungarian Blood Countess. Considered the world’s most prolific serial killer, Báthory is believed to have murdered more than 600 girls bathing in their blood to preserve young looks.

'VERSAILLES' GETS 2ND SEASON!

News from Mipcom in Cannes say that Canal + has just ordered the second season of their King Louis XIV epic series VERSAILLES even

before airing the first one in November with George Blagden in the lead role! It will cover time four years after the building of his palace in the first season.

'BEOWULF' EPIC SERIES GETS ATMOSPHERIC TRAILER

And also coming to Mipcom in Cannes is the first, extremely beautiful and atmospheric long trailer for ITV's epic fantasy series BEOWULF

which you can see below starring Kieran Bew as the mythical hero alonside Ed Speleers as the young king.

NEW NETFLIX PILOTS

'EDGE: THE LONER' TV WESTERN WITH RYAN KWANTEN AND MAX MARTINI IN THE CAST

Not much to report today, it's been a very slow week! Netflix has announced a number of pilots which could turn into series if audience likes them. Among them is western EDGE: THE LONER set in 1868, with Max Martini playing a Union officer turned cowboy, who prowls the post Civil War American west doling out his own peculiar brand of justice. Australian superstar Ryan Kwanten and Yvonne Strahovski round up the cast.

CHRISTINA RICCI IS 'Z'

Meanwhile, Christina Ricci will lead Z playing Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the original Jazz Age 1920s icon. It follows her passionate and turbulent love affair with and marriage to writer F Scott Fitzgerald (Gavin Stenhouse) and their lives as a famous couple. The series travels through the wild parties, the wicked jazz and the dissolute artists of the era, as well as the alcoholism, adultery and mental illness that characterised the couple's later years.

DISNEY REVEALS FIRST

'MOANA' PRINCESS PHOTO
Disney has released the first photo from November 2016 new animated movie MOANA showing the title character and demigod Maui voiced by Dwayne Johnson! In the ancient Oceania, Moana, a born

navigator, sets sail in search of a fabled island. During her incredible journey, she teams up with her hero, the legendary demi-god Maui, to traverse the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous sea creatures, breathtaking underworlds and ancient folklore.

'SAND CASTLE' REUNITES

LUKE EVANS & HENRY CAVILL

Well, we can only hope that the movie won't be a shameless propaganda for US army and their aggressive invasions, but two of our most

beloved movie stars, Luke Evans and Henry Cavill will star together in SAND CASTLE Iraq set movie alongside Nicholas Hoult! This will be their second time to star together after Tarsem Sing's magnificent epic adventure IMMORTALS in which Evans was the powerful supreme God Zeus while Cavill was the brave Greek hero Theseus!

'SAND CASTLE' PLOT
The plot of SAND CASTLE centres on Matt Ocre (Nicholas Hoult), who is part of a mission to repair a broken water system in the dangerous and unstable Iraqi village of Baqubah. While the people of Baghdad welcome the Americans as saviours, the villagers resist their presence and Matt and his unit must try to convince the community that they are part of the solution, not the problem, in order to save the town

and get out alive. Luke Evans will be playing the sergeant in charge of Ocre’s unit and Henry Cavill is the special forces captain running the operation in Baqubah.

'PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES' TRAILER IS HERE!

WITH LILY JAMES, DOUGLAS BOOTH, JACK HUSTON, SAM RILEY

Well, it starts delightfully and idyllically and then it just all goes straight into zombie hell: that is how you could describe the first trailer for PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES which brings horror fun to cinemas next February starring Lily James as Elizabeth Bennett, Sam Riley as Mr. Darcy, Bella Heathcote, Douglas Booth as Mr Bingley, Jack Huston as Mr Whickam, Charles Dance, Lena Headey, and Matt Smith as Mr. Collins! The 19th century courting between Elizabeth and Darcy is sadly interrupted by the ''sorry stricken'' (aka the Victorian zombies) who plague their shire

so it is up to her, Mr Darcy and her sisters to stop the highly inappropriate gory madness! Based on Seth Grahame Smith's novel, the movie stays far away from being campy!

'SHATTER ME' YA SAGA

TO BE TURNED INTO TV SERIES

We're having a YA day, people, for all you youngsters! Beginning with a saga that yours truly is translating soon for the readers in his country: Tahereh Mafi's SHATTER ME YA

fantasy saga will be made into TV series by ABC Studios with her as a consulting producer. With the second book titled UNRAVEL ME and the third IGNITE ME, the trilogy revolves around a teen girl with a deadly touch who lives in a dark, militaristic dystopia in which diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly any more, the clouds are the wrong colour, and the government wants to tap into her powers for their own reasons. She has to decided: to be their weapon or to be a warrior! Mafi is also known as the wife of Ransom Riggs whose MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN is being adapted into a Tim Burton movie.

'THE ARCANE CHRONICLES'

TO BECOME YA TV SERIES
The second YA TV series coming to us will be the small screen adaptation of THE ARCANA CHRONICLES from Kresley Cole bought this week by Warner Bros! Seamus Kevin Fahey (Battlestar Galactica, The Following) will pen the adaptation of the first book in the

series, POISON PRINCESS. It is a dystopian tale about a young woman who realizes she has the power to rebuild the world. The trilogy also includes ENDLESS KNIGHT and DEAD OF WINTER, and the fourth book is out next year. Adam Shankman is producing.

'SHADOWHUNTERS' TRAILER

FOR NEW ABC FAMILY TV SERIES

Meanwhile, although its movie version didn't score huge success a few years ago, Cassandra Clare's bestselling fantasy saga MORTAL INSTRUMENTS is being turned into a TV series SHADOWHUNTERS and ABC Family has released its first teaser

trailer with some extremely cheesy acting in it. To air some time next year, it will follow young Clary (Katherine McNamara), who discovers on her birthday that she is one of the Shadowhunters, human

angel hybrids who hunt down demons. The kidnapping of Clary's mother sparks the young girl to go demon hunting with fellow Shadowhunter Jace (Dominic Sherwood) and her best friend Simon

(Alberto Rosende). The cast will also include Alan Van Sprang as villain Valentine Morgenstern, with Maxim Roy, Emeraude Toubia, Matthew Daddario and Harry Shum Jr also starring.

'UNDERGROUND' EPIC SERIES

FIRST CAST POSTERS ARE OUT

Straight from New York Comic Con we're bringing you the first cast images or character posters released by WGN for their upcoming new epic pre American Civil War TV series UNDERGROUND featuring the faces of Aldis Hodge, Jurnee Smollett Bell, Christopher Meloni (as August, a secretive mercenary who walks a tightrope between survival and morality), Alano Miller (as a charismatic slave on the plantation who is despised and feared by the other slaves), Jessica de Gouw and Amirah Vann (as head house slave, who is an expert in navigating the

upstairs/downstairs life on the plantation ) whose characters are trying to reach freedom in different ways!

ESCAPE TO FREEDOM

Underground centres on a group of slaves planning a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the UNDERGROUND Railroad as they attempt to evade the people charged with bringing them back, dead or alive. The story is told through a group of plantation slaves who band together to fight for their future and their individual freedom!

JOHN LEGEND DOING THE MUSIC

Produced by Akiva Goldsman, and set to premiere sometime early next year, UNDERGROUND also stars EMPIRE superstar Jussie Smollett (as wild-eyed runaway who doesn’t trust anyone, not even those stationed along the way who would try to help him), ONE TREE HILL star and director James Laferty (as a U.S. marshal who is intent on enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act.), Marc Blucas (as abolitionist lawyer who will break the laws he’s sworn to uphold in order to serve a greater good.), Adina Porter (as a strong wife and mother who first

gives voice to the song in which the runners will find clues to help guide them to freedom), Chris Backus, Johnny Ray Gill, Chris Chalk, Reed Diamond (as affable owner of a very large and successful

Georgia plantation and a loving family man), Theodus Crane, Renwick Scott. John Legend will oversee the music in the series after winning an Oscar this year for his song in SELMA movie.

'THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES'

EPIC SERIES TRAILER & POSTER

Continuing our reports from New York Comic Con, you can feast your eyes today on the brand new trailer (showing stunning post apocalyptic landscapes and tons of magic) and stunning poster for MTV's small screen adaptation of famous fantasy epic novels THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES It has also been revealed that the epic series will start airing its ten episodes January 5th opening the brand new year television season of new shows with a special two hour episode!

THE WORLD OF ELVES
Based on super popular Terry Brooks epic fantasy SHANNARA novel saga the series follows Elvin princess Amberle (Poppy Drayton), human Eretria (Ivana Baquero) and elf-human hybrid Wil (Austin Butler) on their quest to save the world from an evil demon with their adventures set hundreds of years after the society has destroyed itself through nuclear holocaust. Daniel Macpherson, Manu Bennett, John Rhys Davies also star in John Favreau directed and produced series. Don't forget our previous spotlight on the main characters of the upcoming series!

FELICITY HUFFMAN

TO LEAD 'HOUSE OF MOORE' FASHION WORLD SET ABC SERIES

Well, we haven't had a fashion world set drama in a long time on TV and 'Deadline' reports that DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and AMERICAN CRIME star Felicity Huffman might lead the cast in HOUSE OF MOORE, a dark one hour comedy which will also be executive produced by her.

Written and to be directed by Daniel Barnz, HOUSE OF MOORE is said to be similar in tone to ''The Devil Wears Prada'' and will explore plus-size fashion. It centres on the sexy, twisted lives of an iconic fashion family, looking at our beauty obsessed culture through a darkly comedic lens.

'THE MAGICIANS' SF SERIES

GETS A BRAND NEW TRAILER

And over from New York Comic Con comes a new trailer for SyFy's upcoming new sf series THE MAGICIANS based on Lev Grossman's books! Starting next January it stars Jason Ralph as Quentin

Coldwater, a brilliant grad student who enrols in Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, a secret upstate New York university specializing in magic. He and his 20 something friends soon discover that the magical

fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— and poses grave danger to humanity. Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta, and Summer Bishil also star in this one-hour drama.

KATE WINSLET GOES WW2

IN 'THE LIVES OF LEE MILLER'

Deadline writes today that our most beloved British star Kate Winslet is set to venture into a World War 2 project after accepting the role of Lee Miller in a feature about the acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue who during World War II chronicled such seminal events as the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris and the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau. Based on THE LIVES OF LEE MILLER, a biography written by her son, Antony Penrose it will describe Miller's life of a model, the muse for such artists as Picasso and Man Ray, who distinguished herself in Europe as a photojournalist.

'OBSIDIAN' YA SAGA

TO GET MOVIE ADAPTATION

In the news about new book adaptations, Sierra Pictures will turn Jennifer L. Armentrout's YA novel OBSIDIAN into a movie! The first of the five book LUX series, it follows bookish Katy Swartz who moves with her mother to West Virginia, resigning herself to thick accents and a boring life. She is hopeful after meeting her neighbours who are a shot of life, and the brother and sister tandem becomes even more interesting when it turns out they are aliens. When she falls for the brother and he touches her, it marks her as a homing device for an army of extraterrestrial bad guys.

'THE LAST WITCH HUNTER'

GETS THE LAST MOVIE POSTER

Meanwhile, coming out next week is Vin Diesel's action packed fantasy movie THE LAST WITCH HUNTER and you can check out the latest poster for it! Also starring Michael Caine and Lotte Verbeek, it sees Diesel leading an epic battle against witches who still live amongst us, vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world.

'ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL'

JAMES CAMERON GIVES HELM OVER TO ROBERT RODRIGUEZ

As you've probably all heard by now, since it is the main movie news today, instead of being directed by James Cameron, who planned it for many years but is too busy with three new AVATARS, BATTLE ANGEL ALITA is going to be helmed by the king of trashy movies Robert Rodriguez! Set in the 26th century, ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL follows an amnesiac female cyborg who is rescued from a scrapyard by a doctor. The rebuilt Alita, remembering only her training in a deadly martial art, becomes a hunter warrior, tracking down and eliminating vicious criminals. As 'Deadline' writes, in the form of an epic adventure movie, the story will explore a young woman’s journey of self-discovery and finding love.

'THE THOUSANDTH FLOOR'

TO BECOME ABC SF TV SERIES
Speaking of sf, Greg Berlanti and ABC have bought a possible new futuristic series THE THOUSANDTH FLOOR!

To be written by Maggie Friedman (Eastwick and Witches of East End) and based on HarperTeen upcoming debut book series by Katharine McGeeTHE THOUSANDTH FLOOR is set in 2118, in a thousand storey supertower on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. A young woman’s fall from the 1,000th floor ignites a scandal that ensnares the top floor elite and the bottom floor drones. The book is yet to be published in 2017 following the scandalous lives of teens in Manhattan’s new 1000 storey skyscraper.

'SUPERBOB' TRAILER

STARRING BRETT GOLDSTEIN AND LAURA HADDOCK

And a trailer for a new sf comedy which is actually out today in UK. SUPERBOB stars Brett Goldstein! After a freak meteor storm turns postman Bob into a superhero, he must face his greatest challenge:

going on his first date in six years. Featuring stellar support from top tier comedic talent, Bob must balance international politics, saving the world and getting the girl. Mindblowingly gorgeous Laura Haddock also stars alongside Catherine Tate.

RACHEL WEISZ TO VISIT

QUEEN ANNE'S COURT AS 'THE FAVOURITE' OF THE MONARCH

Although only a brief time ago I've reported that Kate Winslet will star in Yorgos Lanthimos period set drama THE FAVOURITE, it seems that after she accepted the role in WW2 movie THE LIVES OF LEE MILLER, her role might go to Rachel Weisz who already worked with the director on THE LOBSTER. She would play countess Sarah, THE FAVOURITE confidante of Olivia Colman's Queen Anne while Emma Stone would be an impoverished, distant relative of Sarah, who gains a position at court tending to the Queen! Weisz already has another period set movie MY COUSIN RACHEL among her future projects.

THE PLOT OF THE MOVIE
The movie follows the political machinations and the fight for influence at the court, behind the scenes during the reign of Queen Anne, the last monarch of the House of Stuarts, taking place between the end of the 17th century and first years of the 18th century!

'LOVE THE COOPERS' TRAILER

DIANE KEATON, JOHN GOODMAN, ED HELMS, AMANDA SEYFRIED, OLIVIA WILDE ALL STAR!

A new trailer and a poster have been released for Christmas family comedy LOVE THE COOPERS which is out next month following the titular family who gather to celebrate the holidays together bringing all

kinds of secrets with them which will turn everything upside down. John Goodman, Amanda Seyfried, Ed Helms, Olivia Wilde and Diane Keaton star!

ANNE HATHAWAY TO LEAD

'COLOSSAL WITH AUSTIN STOWELL AND TIM BLAKE NELSON

Now here's a cast that has been quickly rounding up lately: Anne Hathaway's monster action (I'm not joking) movie COLOSSAL has added

Tim Blake Nelson and Austin Stowell. Anne Hathaway will portray a woman who moves back to her hometown after losing her job and boyfriend, only to discover that she is somehow strangely connected to a giant lizard monster that materialized over Tokyo and is wreaking havoc on that city. Austin Stowell will play Hathaway's love interest, while Blake Nelson will portray a character named Garth, who has a drug problem that he doesn’t do a particularly good job of hiding.

Tim Blake Nelson has recently stepped into the helmer's seat and directed Christina Ricci in ZELDA Amazon series while Austin Stowell is playing a pilot in this week's released Spielberg's movie BRIDGE OF SPIES and is starring in TNT's PUBLIC MORALS. Hathaway has finished ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS in

which she plays the White Queen and is also starring in THE BURNING WOMAN as a young woman whose teen daughter vanishes and she has to raise her infant grandson herself.

'DANISH GIRL' 2ND TRAILER

IN WHICH EDDIE REDMAYNE UNDERGOES TRANSFORMATION

In the trailer department today, the second trailer for Eddie Redmayne's DANISH GIRL has been released showing his transformation from painter Einar Wegener into a woman, after

becoming the first person ever to undergo sex change operation. Starring next to Alicia Vikander and Ben Whishaw, Redmayne could become Oscar winner two years in a row!

'GUARDIANS' ZASCHITNIKI

FIRST RUSSIAN SUPERHERO FILM

Now, who says them superheroes can be found only in Hollywood? Some of them are soon to appear in Mother Russia where only this summer they finished shooting highly expensive superhero movie THE GUARD- IANS (aka ZASCHI- TNIKI) directed by Armenian director Sarik Andreasyan! Set during the Cold War a Secret organization named "Patriot" gathered a group of Russian superheroes in order to defend the homeland from supernatural threats. It includes

representatives of the different nationalities of the Soviet Union, which each one of them have long been hiding their true identity! The $20 million movie is out December 2016!

THE WILDMAN
Russian star Anton Pampushniy will play Arsus, Wildman, a form of berserker or werebear, who has the ability to transform himself into a

bear, though he can control how much of his body is transformed and can transform partially if he wills it. Superstrong, loyal and determined, he "breaks the enemy into small pieces".

THE WINDMAN

Russian star Sanzhar Madiev plays Khan the Windman. Masterfully skilled with all kinds of knives, and specialized with many

kinds of martial arts. He is primarily armed with twin, crescent blades with the efficiency to cut clean through thick fabric, as well as human

tissue and bone, without any difficulty, often allowing him to kill instantly with one swing of his weapon.

THE LANDMAN
Playing Ler or Landman is Sebastian Sisak Grigoryan. He is armed with all forms of earth manipulation abilities, such as seismokinesis, terrakinesis and geokinesis, which make him a form of

earth bender. He is able to control stones and soil, collect dust from boulders, stop falling rocks, and move mountains.

THE WATERWOMAN

Xenia Waterwoman is played by Alina Lanina. Flexible and agile, she has the ability to move on water as if it is like solid ground, as well as

seamlessly move through it. This gives her higher mobility in water than the fastest, or most manoeuvrable sea creature. She cannot feel

temperature differences, but can survive in any vacuum, even without oxygen, which allows her to survive underwater without any negative effects. Check out the mindblowing teaser below:

MAX RYAN TO LEAD

NEW 'THE HUNCHBACK' MOVIE

Not much to report this Monday people! 'The Hollywood Reporter' writes that we will be getting a new big screen version of Victor Hugo's classic novel THE HUNCHBACK! Chuck Russell will direct with SEX AND THE CITY 2 star Max Ryan playing the Quasimodo, THE HUNCHBACK and the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame who falls for gorgeous gipsy girl Esmeralda! Chuck Russell, who is famous for THE MASK and THE SCORPION KING will start shooting the movie next year in Serbia! Two years ago there were plans for Zhang Yimou to shoot QUASIMODO with Josh Brolin in the lead role.

'RATCHET & CLANK' TRAILER

GALACTIC ANIMATED ADVENTURE

A trailer has been released for new animated adventure which comes out next April! RATCHET & CLANK follows a foolhardy "lombax" who has grown up alone on a backwater planet and Clank, a pint-sized robot with more brains than brawn. When the two stumble upon a dangerous weapon capable of destroying entire planets, they must join forces with a team of colourful heroes called The Galactic Rangers in order to save the galaxy. Along the way they'll learn about heroism, friendship, and the importance of discovering one's own identity. The

voice cast is lead by Bella Thorne, Paul Giamatti, Sylvester Stallone, John Goodman, Rosario Dawson who all lend their voices!

FINAL TRAILER RELEASED FOR

'STAR WARS: FORCE AWAKENS'

As you probably know by now, Disney has released the final STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS trailer today marking the start of the ticket sales (and the crash of the internet for that matter) for the movie which is out December 17th, continuing the Star Wars saga where

'Return of the Jedi' left off, with Luke Skywalker who aims to restore the Jedi Order while Leia and Han Solo work with the New Republic against the remnants of the Galactic Empire and a new potential threat. The war is still raging across the galaxy. The Empire has morphed into The First Order.

THE FORCE IS WITH THEM
Oscar Isaac plays Poe Dameron who flies an X-Wing for a splinter group of the Rebellion now known as The Resistance. Other villains in the new movie include Domhnall Gleeson's General Hux, Gwendoline Christie as Captain Phasma and Andy Serkis as

Supreme Leader Snoke. John Boyega and Daisy Ridley join Oscar Isaac's Poe Dameron as new heroes Finn and Rey! Original stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher are all returning. Lupita Nyong’o and Max Von Sydow also star.

'VICTORIA' EPIC TV SERIES

FIRST JENNA COLEMAN PHOTO

ITV has released the first photo today of Jenna Coleman as the ruthless British enslaver Queen VICTORIA in their new historical series which will

have a 90 minute opening episode followed by seven hourlong ones. Charting her early life from accepting the crown at age 18 till her marriage to Prince Albert, the drama will also have Rufus Sewell as Lord Melbourne, Victoria's first prime minister and her intimate friend which started many rumours back in the day. The ensemble cast also includes Paul Rhys as Sir John Conroy, the ambitious controller of the Duchess of Kent’s household, who controlled Victoria’s upbringing, hoping to

rule through her, when she came to the throne. Peter Firth is queen’s conniving uncle the Duke of Cumberland, and Catherine Flemming is the Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria’s mother. Eve Myles is Mrs Jenkins, the Queen’s senior dresser.

'OF KINGS AND PROPHETS'

LOUIS TALPE IS PRINCE ELIAB

In other news from epic TV series 'Deadline' reports that Belgian actor Louis Talpe has landed a season long recurring role on ABC’s midseason drama OF KINGS AND PROPHETS. Postponed for recasting and reshooting after a rather terrible first trailer, it is an epic Biblical saga of faith, ambition and betrayal as told through the eyes of a battle weary king, a powerful and resentful prophet and a resourceful young shepherd on a collision course with destiny. Talpe will play Eliab, King David’s (Oliver Rix) proud and single minded older brother. King Saul is played by Ray Winstone while Nathaniel Parker is King Achish of Philistia!

FUNNY 'DAD'S ARMY' POSTERS

WITH CATHERINE ZETA JONES, BILL NIGHY, TOBY JONES

Meanwhile, a number of delightful character posters have been released for new British movie comedy DAD'S ARMY the remake of legendary BBC classic series which will march (or die trying) into

cinemas next February with a stellar cast lead by Toby Jones as Captain Mainwaring and Bill Nighy as Sergeant Wilson. They're joined

by Corporal Jones (Tom Courtenay), Private Godfrey (Michael Gambon), Private Pike (Blake Harrison) and Private Walker

(Danny Mays), plus Catherine Zeta Jones's visiting journalist Rose Winters who's writing an article on the home guard.

BRITISH EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
The story is set in the waning days of World War II in the small village of Walmington-on-Sea, where Captain George Mainwaring (Jones) is

leading a group of volunteers in the Home Guard. In a bizarre twist of fate, Mainwaring and his men might just become Britain's last line of defence against the Nazis when they discover a spy in their village.

'THE DRESSER' BBC MOVIE

STARRING IAN MCKELLEN AND ANTHONY HOPKINS

Hallow's Eve is closing up and with it the airing date of BBC Two's new TV movie THE DRESSER with Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins, which will also air later at Starz! The two of them are working together for the first time in the movie based on the famous play which tells the story of one fateful night in a small regional theatre during World War Two as a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeare’s King Lear. Bombs are falling, the sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor Sir who is playing Lear is nowhere

to be seen. His dresser Norman must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time and if he does will he be able to perform that night? Emily Watson is also in the cast!

TELEVISION HEADLINES

'BABY DADDY' GETS 20 EPISODES
ABC Family (which will be renamed into Freeform from January) has ordered ten more episodes of BABY DADDY rounding its upcoming fifth season with usual 20 episodes which means the popular sitcom

with its almost 100 episodes is close to syndication! Starring Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Tahj Mowry, Chelsea Kane, Melissa Peterman and Derek Theler BABY DADDY was second most watched TV comedy this summer and the best watched on Wednesday nights!
NBC CUTS DOWN SITCOM ORDERS
But over at NBC things ain't looking so bright, because they've cut both Eva Longoria's HOT & BOTHERED sitcom and Ben Feldman's

SUPERSTORE to 11 episodes being trimmed from the original 13 episode order for the upcoming mid/season comedies! It's due to the lack of space in NBC's new schedule.

'FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS'

TRAILER WITH RUSSELL CROWE, AMANDA SEYFRIED, AARON PAUL

And a new, gorgeous, trailer has been released for one of our most anticipated movie dramas this year FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS!When the past won't let you go, let love see you through... that is the main motto of deeply touching dramawith Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Aaron Paul, Jane Fonda, Octavia Spencer and Diane Kruger. In it, Crowe plays a Pulitzer-winning writer who grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own. The movie should arrive to theatres next month around Europe.

'EMERALD CITY' EPIC SERIES

TARSEM CASTS VINCENT D'ONOFRIO AND MIDO HAMADA

After casting Adria Arjona to lead their new fantasy series EMERALD CITY NBC is adding new names to the cast! Vincent D'Onofrio will play

the Wizard of Oz the enigmatic leader of Emerald City. A man of science in a world of magic, he rules through inspiration, fear and a tenuous accord with the grand witches. Cast also includes Oliver Jackson Cohen as Lucas, Ana Ularu as Wicked Witch of the West, and Mido Hamada. Tarsem is directing the epic series in which Dorothy Gale (Adria Arjona) is transported to a mystical land in great peril, where an all powerful Wizard has outlawed magic and rules over the many kingdoms. This is the fabled Land of Oz where lethal warriors

roam, wicked witches plot in the shadows and a young girl from Kansas becomes the headstrong hero who holds the fate of their world in her hands.

'KOSEM SULTANA'

STUNNING NEW TEASER TRAILERS

Meanwhile, mindblowing new cast photos and a number of stunning teasers have been released by Star TV and Tims Productions for lavish new epic TV saga MAGNIFICENT CENTURY: KOSEM (Muhteşem

Yüzyıl Kösem) which is to start airing in Turkey any time now and then around the world depicting the life of the Ottoman sultana set a few

generations after Sultan Suleyman and Sultana Hurrem who were the heroes of the original MAGNIFICENT CENTURY SERIES!

BEREN SAAT, HULYA AVSAR, EKIN KOC LEAD THE CAST
The series will follow KOSEM SULTANA, played by Beren Saat and Anastasia Tsilimpiou (younger version), who was born at the end of the 16th century and ended up in Topkapi Palace where,

thanks to her intelligence and skill she became Sultan Ahmet's favourite concubine and mother of his children. She will quickly become one of

the most influential women in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Ekin Koç will play Sultan Ahmet who died when he was only 27. Hülya Avşar plays Safiye Sultana who was the wife of Sultan Murad, and is

Ahmet's grandmother. After Ahmet's death two of his sons with KOSEM SULTANA will ascend to the throne thanks to the power of their mother.

'DA VINCI'S DEMONS'

THE FINAL THIRD SEASON AIRS THIS WEEKEND WORLDWIDE

Are you ready my DaVincians? The third and sadly the final season of everybody's favourite epic TV show DA VINCI'S DEMONS starts tonight in USA at Starz and tomorrow around the world at Fox Internat- ional Channels! The final chapter will bring the end to the adventures of the medieval mastermind and his gang which brought the cast back for reshoots earlier this year when it was suddenly decided

that due to show creator David S. Goyer's busy movie schedule the series won't go on. However, he did say that there could be a fourth

season in the form of a mini series in a few years time which would be set 15 years after the end of the third season. Tonight's opening episode

brings us back to the 1480 Ottoman siege of Otranto which Leo will try to fight off in next ten episodes faced with the theft of his own

inventions. It is also interesting that all episodes will immediately be available for viewing for the subscribers of Starz' Play and On Demand platforms.

LEONARDO DA VINCI
Leonardo Da Vinci is played by Tom Riley. To fight those who seek to destroy everything he loves, Leo must align with old foes, repair broken

friendships, discover hidden secrets, and resume a dangerous quest, knowing all the while that he is his own worst enemy.

LUCREZIA DONATI

Lucrezia Donati is played by Laura Haddock! After playing her part in the Ottoman invasion, she spirals into dark and reckless behaviour

that could threaten to destroy her from the inside out. She must put the needs of her friends before her own if she is to ever absolve herself of past sins, with the hopes of aiding Leo in his quest to save Italy.

COUNT GIROLAMO RIARIO
Count Girolamo Riario is played by Blake Ritson. His trip to the New World inspired an unlikely friendship with Leonardo, but upon his return to Italy, he failed to receive forgiveness from those whose

approval he seeks. At his most vulnerable, he was kidnapped by the mysterious Labyrinth, and their plans for him threaten to propel him down a dangerous path.

COUNT LORENZO DE MEDICI

Lorenzo De Medici is played by Elliot Cowan. The head of the Medici Bank, one of the most influential institutions in Europe, Lorenzo de’

Medici is the de facto ruler of Florence. When Lorenzo finds himself at the mercy of his enemy, he is forced to reexamine his priorities, putting the lives of those he loves, and the citizens of Florence, at risk.

ZOROASTER
Zoroaster is played by Gregg Chillin. Having been loyal to Leo for countless years, Zoroaster ultimately learns that blind faith in his friend

is not in anyone’s best interest, and begins to push Leo to examine the consequences of his actions.

VANESSA OF FLORENCE

Vanessa is played by Hera Hilmar. She is now the newly-anointed regent of Florence in Lorenzo's absence, since giving birth to his

nephew. For the future of her son as well as her city, Vanessa must form unlikely alliances ... and ultimately make a decision that will affect both her life and the lives of her friends.

KING OF NAPLES
Duke Alfonso and the new king of Naples is played by Kieran Bew. A fierce military leader and passionate patriot, Alfonso will stop at nothing

to protect his republic when the port city of Otranto is invaded by the Ottoman Empire, even aligning with an old enemy.

CHANNING TATUM TO DIRECT AND STAR IN 'FORGIVE ME, LEONARD PEACOCK' YA ADAPTATION! 'THE PERISHED LAND' EPIC FANTASY SERIES FROM 'ROME'&'GOT' PRODUCERS! 'WINE OF SUMMER' WITH ETHAN PECK, ELSA PATAKY

DELIGHTFUL NEW 'GOOD DINOSAUR' TRAILER AND POSTERS! NICOLE KIDMAN TO STAR IN 'EMPIRE' SHOW? 'NEXT CHAPTER' SITCOM ON NICHOLAS SPARKS LIFE! 'SHANNARA CHRONICLES' EPIC SERIES POSTER REVEALED

TV NEWS: STUNNING 'BEOWULF' TV SERIES TRAILER! 'VERSAILLES' GETS 2ND SEASON! 'BATHORY' 16TH CENTURY TV SERIES! SEAN BEAN'S 'FRANKENSTEIN CHRONICLES' TO AIR IN USA! 'FEAR THE WALKING DEAD' SEASON 2 SET AT SEA! SANAA LATHAN LEADS 'INDICTMENT' EVENT SERIES!

DISNEY REVEALS 'MOANA' PRINCESS & DWAYNE JOHNSON'S DEMIGOD MAUI! MAX MARTINI, RYAN KWANTEN, YVONNE STRAHOVSKI LEAD 'EDGE: THE LONER' WESTERN SERIES, CHRISTINA RICCI IS ZELDA FITZGERALD IN 'Z'

MINDBLOWING 'PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES' TRAILER IS HERE WITH LILY JAMES, DOUGLAS BOOTH, JACK HUSTON, MATT SMITH! LUKE EVANS, HENRY CAVILL, NICHOLAS HOULT IN 'SAND CASTLE'!

YA SATURDAY: 'SHADOWHUNTERS' TV SERIES TRAILER BASED ON 'MORTAL INSTRUMENTS'! 'SHATTER ME' AND 'THE ARCANA CHRONICLES' YA SAGAS TO BECOME TV SERIES!

FIRST CHARACTER POSTERS RELEASED FOR WGN'S HISTORICAL SERIES 'UNDERGROUND' WITH CHRISTOPHER MELONI, ALDIS HODGE, JUSSIE SMOLLETT, MARC BLUCAS, JESSICA DE GOUW

STUNNING NEW 'THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES' TRAILER AND POSTER WITH JOHN RHYS DAVIES, MANU BENNETT, DANIEL MACPHERSON, IVANA BAQUERO, POPPY DRAYTON

INTRIGUING NEW 'THE MAGICIANS' SF SERIES TRAILER BASED ON LEV GROSSMAN'S BOOKS! FELICITY HUFFMAN TO LEAD ABC 'HOUSE OF MOORE' FASHION WORLD TV SERIES

KATE WINSLET IN WW2 BIOPIC 'THE LIVES OF LEE MILLER'! YA SAGA 'OBSIDIAN' GETS MOVIE ADAPTATION! STUNNING NEW 'THE LAST WITCH HUNTER' POSTER WITH VIN DIESEL

SF FRIDAY: ROBERT RODRIGUEZ TO HELM 'ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL' SF EPIC! 'THOUSANDTH FLOOR' YA SF BOOK BECOMES ABC TV SERIES! 'SUPERBOB' SF MOVIE TRAILER WITH BRETT GOLDSTEIN, LAURA HADDOCK

RACHEL WEISZ TO REPLACE KATE WINSLET IN QUEEN ANNE MOVIE 'THE FAVOURITE' WITH EMMA STONE, OLIVIA COLMAN! NEW 'LOVE THE COOPERS' TRAILER WITH DIANE KEATON, JOHN GOODMAN, AMANDA SEYFRIED, OLIVIA WILDE

ANNE HATHAWAY, AUSTIN STOWELL, TIM BLAKE NELSON IN 'COLOSSAL' MONSTER MOVIE! NEW 'DANISH GIRLS' TRAILER SHOWS EDDIE REDMAYNE'S TRANSFORMATION

SPOTLIGHT ON MINDBLOWING RUSSIAN SUPERHERO MOVIE 'THE GUARDIANS' (ZASCHITNIKI) WITH ANTON PAMPUSHNIY, SANZHAR MADIEV, ALINA LANINA, SEBASTIAN SISAK GRIGORYAN

NEW 'RACHET & CLANK' ANIMATED TRAILER TAKES YOU ON A GALACTIC ADVENTURE! MAX RYAN TO LEAD CHUCK RUSSELL'S MOVIE ADAPTATION OF 'THE HUNCHBACK' OF NOTRE DAME!

FINAL 'STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS' TRAILER RELEASED WITH OSCAR ISAAC, DAISY RIDLEY, DOMHNALL GLEESON, HARRISON FORD!

1ST PHOTO OF JENNA COLEMAN AS QUEEN 'VICTORIA' IN NEW EPIC TV SERIES WITH RUFUS SEWELL! 'DAD'S ARMY' CHARACTER POSTERS WITH CATHERINE ZETA JONES, BILL NIGHY, MICHAEL GAMBON! LOUIS TALPE IS PRINCE ELIAB IN 'OF KINGS AND PROPHETS' EPIC SERIES!

BBC'S 'THE DRESSER' PHOTOS WITH IAN MCKELLEN, ANTHONY HOPKINS! GORGEOUS 'FATHERS & DAUGHTERS' TRAILER WITH RUSSELL CROWE, AARON PAUL, AMANDA SEYFRIED! 'BABY DADDY' GETS 20 EPISODE 5TH SEASON

'MAGNIFICENT CENTURY: KOSEM SULTANA' EPIC TV SERIES STUNNING NEW TEASERS! 'EMERALD CITY' EPIC TV SERIES CASTS VINCENT D'ONOFRIO, MIDO HAMADA NEXTO TO ADRIA ARJONA, OLIVER JACKSON COHEN

SPOTLIGHT ON THE FINAL 'DA VINCI'S DEMONS' EPIC TV SERIES SEASON WITH TOM RILEY, ELLIOT COWAN, LAURA HADDOCK, BLAKE RITSON!