TV FRIDAY: SARAH J. MAAS' FANTASY SAGA 'A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES' TO BECOME A MOVIE! TOM MADEN JOINS EMILY OSMENT IN '25' SITCOM, AMBER STEVENS WEST CAST IN DAMON WAYANS JR. NEW SITCOM AT CBS

  'COURT OF THORNS & ROSES'

TO BECOME FANTASY FILM

Although Hulu was supposed to turn Sarah J. Maas' fantasy saga Throne of Glass into TV series, it did not happen, but now German Constantin Film

The four part saga has become a huge hit

has bought rights on her fantasy novel A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES! The company which is famous for Resident Evil movies and Shadowhunters series, will make a movie out of this fantasy story about Feyre, who finds herself entwined with faeries after unknowingly killing one. When the young huntress kills a wolf in the woods, a beastlike creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world. Feyre must find a way to stop it or doom Tamlin and his world forever.

  NEW CBS MULTICAM SITCOMS

TOM MADEN JOINS '25' 

Tom starred in 13 Reasons Why without the beard

Meanwhile in the world of comedies, Tom Maden has been cast by CBS as lead opposite Emily Osment in 25 multicam sitcom about twenty something Kyle (Matt Shively), who comes to Austin to finally convince his old best friend from camp, Kate (Osment), that they are perfect for each other. Unfortunately, she just got engaged. A lot of guys would give up; Kyle is not one of those guys. But to Kyle�s surprise, even though he came to town looking for �the one,� he might end up with much more than that. Maden will play her sincere and nice fiancee who welcmes Kyle to town with open arms, unaware that Kyle is angling to steal his fianc�e away from him.
AMBER STEVENS WEST JOINS DAMON WAYANS JR SITCOM PILOT

You've watched Amber in The Carmichael Show

CBS has also find a female lead in gorgeous Amber Stevens West for the pilot of their untitled Damon Wayans Jr. multicam sitcom  in which he plays Peter and she will be Claire, a thirty something couple who are tired of their mundane life and start to reconnect with their younger, cooler selves when one of his clients, an emerging pop star (Felix Mallard), who is drawn to their super-normal suburban life, moves in.

STARZ ORDERS 'SPANISH PRINCESS' WHITE QUEEN & WHITE PRINCESS FOLLOW UP EPIC SERIES! 'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE' TRAILER WITH BILL NIGHY, MATTHEW GOODE, ELEANOR TOMLINSON! 'YOUNG & HUNGRY' CANCELLED EMILY OSMENT TO LEAD '25' SITCOM! TONE BELL, NINA DOBREV TO LEAD 'FAM' SITCOM

  'THE SPANISH PRINCESS' 

STARZ ORDERS NEW EPIC SAGA

TV day today, starting with an amazing piece of news for all of you who loved Starz' brilliant epic series White Princess last year! The follow up to

This will be third series based on Gregory's books

BBC's White Queen will now get its own follow up in THE SPANISH PRINCESS based on Philippa Gregory�s best selling books The Constant Princess and The King�s Curse.

THE SPANISH PRINCESS will follow Catherine of Aragon, the beautiful young princess of Spain who was promised the English throne since she was a child. She arrives in a grey, rain lashed England with her glorious and diverse court including her lady in waiting Lina � an African Moor. She is Princess of Wales now, but when her husband Prince Arthur dies suddenly, the throne seems lost to Catherine. Until she claims her marriage was never consummated and that as a virgin she may set her sights on the new heir, the charismatic and headstrong Prince Harry who will one day rule as King Henry VIII.

  MULTICAM SITCOM PILOTS 

EMILY OSMENT TO LEAD '25' 

Emily Osment is moving to 25 at CBS

Good and bad news from the TV comedy world. Sad news is that Freeform is ending its sitcom Young and Hungry with the remaining ten episodes of the fifth season which will air from June 20th. The good news is that its star Emily Osment has booked a lead role in new CBS multicam sitcom pilot 25 which follows twenty something Kyle (Matt Shively), who comes to Austin to finally convince his old best friend from camp, Kate (Osment), that they are perfect for each other. Unfortunately, she just got engaged. A lot of guys would give up; Kyle is not one of those guys. But to Kyle�s surprise, even though he came to town looking for �the one,� he might end up with much more than that.

TONE BELL AND NINA DOBREV TO LEAD 'FAM' SITCOM AT CBS
Another of our favourite comedians Tone Bell, whose Disjointed has just been cancelled, will take the lead in CBS multicam sitcom FAM next to Nina

Tone Bell also starred in Truth Be Told sitcom

Dobrev who plays a woman whose dreams of an upstanding life with her new fianc�, Jay (Tone Bell), and his upstanding family are dashed when her train wreck younger half sister (Odessa Adlon) comes to live with her to escape their train wreck of a father. Bell's Jay is a sophisticated NYU history professor who comes from old money but is refreshingly unaffected and down-to-earth despite his refined background. Deeply in love with Clem (Dobrev), he proposes to her � much to the delight of his parents, Walt (Brian Stokes Mitchell) and Rose (Sheryl

Nina Dobrev will take the female lead in Fam CBS sitcom pilot

Lee Ralph), who think Clem is a real catch. But he learns that Clem has not been completely honest about a few key elements in her life: For example, her father isn�t actually dead � and it drives a wedge of mistrust between them that might not be easily mended.

  'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE' 

BBC MINI SERIES TRAILER!

Over across the pond, BBC has released trailer for Agatha Christie's ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE three part mini series which was postponed so that Edd Westwick's scenes could be reshot with Christian Cooke! Also

Click on the photo to see the whole cast in bigger size

starring Bill Nighy, Matthew Goode, Eleanor Tomlinson, Luke Treadaway, it is set at Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is

Bill Nighy leads the stellar cast in the new mini series

arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence. The mysterious Dr Arthur Calgary returns from a trip to the Arctic claiming he has proof Jack is innocent. And if Jack was not the killer, then it must have been somebody else at Sunny Point. But who?