MAMMOTH SCREEN & POLDARK'S WRITER TO ADAPT ALEXANDRE DUMAS' 19TH CENTURY NOVEL 'COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO' INTO EPIC TV SEREIS! 1ST EDDIE REDMAYNE, FELICITY JONES PICS FROM 'AERONAUTS' HISTORICAL ADVENTURE

 'COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO'

NEW TV SERIES FROM POLDARK'S WRITER AND PRODUCERS

Cry not Poldark lovers, not because the series is returning again next year with season five, but because its producer Mammoth Screen is preparing

Poldark's scribe is working on the new series

another epic saga for us! They are currently working with Poldark's writer Debbie Horsfield on adapting Alexandre Dumas' 19th century novel THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

As 'Deadline' reports, the story, will be set between 1815 and 1839 in France and Italy. It follows the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis Philippe of France ahead of the Hundred Days period, when Napoleon returned to power. It is an adventure story following a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune, and sets about exacting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment.

  1ST 'THE AERONAUTS'

SET PHOTOS WITH EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES

Speaking of epic things, check out the first photos that have appeared around the net of Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones in Tom Harper's historical adventure THE AERONAUTS in which they play pilot Amelia

This is the second time they star together after The Theory of Everything

Wren and scientist James Glaisher who find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a hot air balloon.

IAN MCKELLEN & HELEN MIRREN TO STAR TOGETHER IN BILL CONDON'S 'THE GOOD LIAR'! 'FANTASTIC BEASTS 2: CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD' TRAILER WITH EDDIE REDMAYNE, JUDE LAW

  'THE GOOD LIAR' 

DAME HELEN MIRREN AND SIR IAN MCKELLEN TO STAR TOGETHER

Ian McKellen worked many times with Condon before

What an amazing duo of thespians will that be! As 'Hollywood Reporter' writes today, Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren are to star together in Bill Condon's adaptation THE GOOD LIAR based on Nicholas Searle's world wide best selling book.

A story about a cat and mouse game, THE GOOD LIAR centres on career con artist Roy Courtnay (Ian McKellen), who can�t resist one last score when he meets rich widow Betty McLeish (Helen Mirren) online. As the woman opens up her home and life to him, the man is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what

Helen Mirren will try to outwit Ian McKellen's Good Liar

should be a cut-and-dry swindle into a treacherous tightrope walk as all is not what it seems.Condon worked with McKellen on Mr Holmes a few years ago and they were both nominated for Oscars for Gods and Monsters.

  'FANTASTIC BEASTS 2' TRAILER

THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD

The movie arrives into cinemas this November

1st trailer has been released for the sequel to that snoozefest FANTASTIC BEASTS: CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD which is out November.  At the end of the first film, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald was captured by Magical Congress of the United States of America, with the help of Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne). But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escaped custody and has set about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure blood wizards up to rule over all non magical beings. In an effort to thwart his plans, professor Dumbledore (Jude Law) enlists his former student Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the

Jude Law plays a younger version of Professor Dumbledore

dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.