KATE WINSLET, MIA WASIKOWSKA ARE DIANE KEATON'S DAUGHTERS IN 'BLACKBIRD' DRAMA. 1ST LOOK AT OLIVIA COLMAN, HELENA BONHAM CARTER, BEN DANIELS IN 'THE CROWN' SEASON 3! 'BOY ERASED' TRAILER WITH NICOLE KIDMAN, LUCAS HEDGES, RUSSELL CROWE

 KATE WINSLET JOINS

'BLACKBIRD' WITH DIANE KEATON

Kate Winslet is currently shooting new Avatars

AND MIA WASIKO WSKA

Well, this could be a powerful female drama. The English language remake of Danish drama Silent Heart, now titled BLACKBIRD has cast Diane Keaton, Kate Winslet and Mia Wasikowska in the lead roles! 

Directed by Notting Hill's helmer Roger Michel, who did recently ruin My Cousin Rachel which could've been a marvellous movie, BLACKBIRD will see Diane playing a a terminally ill mother who brings her family together for one last weekend before she commits suicide. Winslet, who is currently shooting new Avatar sequels, and Wasikowsa will, of course, play her daughters.

 'THE CROWN' SEASON 3

PHOTOS OF THE NEW ROYALS

With the production of its third season well underway, Netflix has revealed the first photos of the new cast members for their THE CROWN series on Elizabeth II! Beside Olivia Colman as the new queen of England herself, you

Olivia Colman is Queen Elizabeth II of England

can also see Helena Bonham Carter playing her sister Princess Margaret in her older years and also Ben Daniels as her husband Lord Snowdon who was played previously by Matthew Goode. As you know, Tobias Menzies will

Helena Bonham Carter is Princess Margaret

play the older Prince Philip after Matt Smith who played him in his younger years. Jason Watkins will play former Prime Minister Harold Wilson, Josh O'Connor is young Prince Charles and Erin Doherty young Princess Anne.

Ben Daniel is Margaret's husband Lord Snowdon

Season three, which starts with year 1963 and cover events such as the rise of the Beatles and England winning the soccer World Cup in 1966, won't arrive before 2019!

 'BOY ERASED' TRAILER

WITH LUCAS HEDGES, NICOLE KIDMAN AND RUSSELL CROWE

Boy Erased is out this November

Sticking to family issues, which can sometimes be very hard, check out the first trailer for BOY ERASED drama with Nicole Kidman, Lucas Hedges and Russell Crowe. The true story, directed by Joel Edgerton, follows Jared (Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Kidman and Crowe) at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a conversion therapy program � or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith. BOY ERASED is the true story of one young man�s struggle to find himself while being forced to question every aspect of his identity. 

JOSH O'CONNOR IS PRINCE CHARLES IN 'CROWN' SEASON 3! PATRICK STEWART, FELICITY JONES, FREDDIE HIGHMORE, THOMAS BRODIE SANGSTER JOIN 'DRAGON RIDER'! DANILA KOZLOVSKY, VICKY KRIEPS IN 'PASSION SIMPLE'

  JOSH O'CONNOR IS

PRINCE CHARLES IN 'THE CROWN' SEASON 3 AT NETFLIX

Josh O'Connor will play the future king

In a piece of news that might excite all of you devoted fans of God's Own Country, last year's best movie, its star Josh O'Connor is apparently going to play young Prince Charles in the third season of Netflix' popular series THE CROWN! The Durrells star will play the prince in his early 20s in the season that will see most of the cast replaced with older actors since it will be covering the mid 1960s all the way to mid 70s! Olivia Colman will play older Queen Elizabeth II, Tobias Menzies will be her husband Prince Philip, while Helena Bonham Carter, who was in the run for the lead role herself, will play her sister Princess Margaret. Jason Watkins is also joining the cast as British Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson.

  DANILA KOZLOVSKY

TO LEAD 'PASSION SIMPLE'

Danila Kozlovsky will play the male lead!

In other casting news from Cannes, Screen Daily reports that our favourite Russian star Danila Kozlovsky and Vicky Krieps will star in the adaptation of the international best seller PASSION SIMPLE by Annie Ernaux which has been translated into 20 languages. Krieps from Daniel Day Lewis' Phantom Thread, will play a 42 year old lecturer who has no illusions about the long term future of her relationship with her younger, married lover. The diplomat, a flashy figure with a penchant for big cars and Saint Laurent suits, does not make any promises either. Nonetheless, she becomes obsessed logging her every move and sensation as she awaits his return. Until one day, he vanishes, posted back home, without letting her know.

  ANIMATED 'DRAGON RIDER'

PATRICK STEWART, FELICITY JONES TO LEND VOICES

Stellar cast also announced at Cannes for animated adventure DRAGON RIDER which has just hired voices for Patrick Stewart, Felicity Jones, Thomas Brodie Sangster, Freddie Highmore and Nonso Anozie in the adaptation of Cornelia Funke�s novel about an unlikely trio of heroes: young

Tomer Eshed is directing for Constantin Film

silver dragon Firedrake (Brodie-Sangster), Sorrel (Jones) the mountain brownie and a boy called Ben (Highmore) as they embark on an epic adventure and battle against a vicious, dragon-killing machine called Nettlebrand (Stewart) to ?nd the �Rim of Heaven�.

NETFLIX ORDERS 'CURSED' LADY OF THE LAKE EPIC SERIES FROM ARTHURIAN LEGENDS! TOBIAS MENZIES IS PRINCE PHILIP IN 'THE CROWN'! 'ONE NATION, ONE KING' FRENCH REVOLUTION EPIC DRAMA PHOTOS!

  TOBIAS MENZIES

IS PRINCE PHILIP IN 'THE CROWN

Tobias Menzies will be a mature age Philip

You've probably heard it by now, but here it is in case you've missed it: Tobias Menzies will play Prince Philip in season 3 of Netflix historical drama THE CROWN! There were rumours that Paul Bettany might take the role from Matt Smith, but it will be Rome, Game of Thrones and The Terror star who will play the queen's husband in their mature years. As you already know, the queen will be played in the third season by Olivia Colman. Vanessa Kirby who played Princess Margaret will be replaced now by Helena Bonham Carter!

  'CURSED' EPIC TV SERIES

ON KING ARTHUR'S LADY NIMUE OF THE LAKE LEGEND

The comic book is out this Autumn

And yet another beautiful new epic series to announce for you after a whole week of brilliant news from the historical series front! 'Deadline' reports that Netflix has ordered a ten episode TV adaptation of CURSED following Lady of the Lake from Arthurian legends.

CURSED, based on Frank Miller (300, Sin City, Ronin) and Tom Wheeler�s upcoming illustrated YA book of the same name, is told through the eyes of Nimue, a teenage heroine with a mysterious gift who is destined to become the powerful Lady of the Lake. After her mother�s death, she finds an unexpected partner in Arthur, a young mercenary, in a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword. Over the course of her journey, Nimue will become a symbol of courage and rebellion against the terrifying Red Paladins, and their complicit King Uther.

  'ONE NATION, ONE KING' 

1ST 18TH CENTURY FILM PHOTOS

Speaking of things epic and historical, Autumn this year will bring epic drama movie ONE NATION, ONE KING (Un peuple et son roi) into French

One Nation One King is officially out this September in France

cinemas as it is scheduled to be released this September!  With the cast lead by Gaspard Ulliel, Niels Schneider, Olivier Gourmet and Louis Garrel,

The production of the movie cost about 17 million euro!

this Studiocanal movie follows the 1789 French Revolution told through the eyes of those who rose up to start it, and made history, in an inspirational and

One Nation One King will do a round around movie festivals this spring

epic drama featuring some of the finest French actors of their generation and complimented by the visually stunning filmmaking of Pierre Schoeller.