ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL ADS CAST FOR THE SECOND SEASON! VINCENT CASSEL IS CESAR, MARION COTILLARD CLEOPATRA IN ASTERIX AND OBELIX: THE MIDDLE KINGDOM

And it will be shot in France and Morocco instead of China as planned, but ASTERIX AND OBELIX: THE MIDDLE KINGDOM, the fifth film in the popular French comedy franchise will have Guillaume Canet as Asterix, Gilles Lellouche as Obelix (this time Gérard Depardieu won’t portray

Marion Cotillard and Vincent Cassel will take the royal roles

Obelix), Vincent Cassel as Cesar, Marion Cotillard as Cleopatra and Jonathan Cohen as Finalthesis. Meanwhile, soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic will appear as Oneofus. The film has a 60 million euro massive budget!

 

Since Diana Rigg died, the role of eccentric Mrs Pumphrey, famous for her spoilt Pekingese, Tricki Woo, will now go to Patricia Hodge.ALL

Patricia Hodge is taking over Rigg's role

CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL, set in the 1930s Yorkshire Dales, will see Nicholas Ralph return as young country vet James Herriot, Samuel West as his boss Siegfried Farnon, Anna Madeley as their housekeeper, Callum Woodhouse as Siegfried’s errant brother Tristan Farnon and Rachel Shenton as James' love interest. Matthew Lewis whom she was supposed to marry will also return. Also joining the cast are Dorothy Atkinson as Diana Brompton, whose vivacious nature captures Siegfried Farnon’s eye at the local Church Hall Dance, and James Fleet as Colonel Merrick, an impressive military man and local farmer. The second

The second season will also have a Christmas special like last year

season will also have six regular episodes and plus a festive Christmas one at Channel 5 and PBS Masterpiece. The series is currently shooting in United Kingdom.