JASON CLARKE IS HELEN MIRREN'S POTEMKIN IN 'CATHERINE THE GREAT' EPIC TV SERIES! MATTHEW GOODE, MICHAEL CAINE, PAULA PATTON JOIN 'FOUR KIDS AND IT' FANTASY MOVIE

 'CATHERINE THE GREAT'

 JASON CLARKE JOINS HELEN MIRREN IN EPIC NEW TV SAGA

We haven't heard much about Sky's and HBO's new mini series on CATHERINE THE GREAT ever since Helen Mirren was announced as

Jason Clarke will be Prince Grigory Potemkin

the lead star, but now she is being joined by Jason Clarke as her lover Potemkin after he starred with Mirren in Winchester! Written by Elizabeth I's Nigel Williams the four part saga is set against the politically tumultuous and sexually charged court of Russian empress Catherine the Great who wielded supreme power throughout Russia for nearly half of the 18th century; strong minded, independent, brilliantly intelligent and sexually liberated! 

CATHERINE THE GREAT will depict the end of her reign and her passionate affair with Grigory Potemkin (Clarke), a Russian military commander who became Catherine�s lover, favoured statesman and life long friend. Amid scandal, intrigue and immense conflict, they develop a unique and devoted relationship, overcoming their adversaries and together serving as the architects of modern-day Russia.

 'FOUR KIDS AND IT' ADVENTURE

MATTHEW GOODE,MICHAEL CAINE

Matthew Goode will be the father of the family

LEAD THE CAST

Great cast in Andy De Emmony's British family adventure movie FOUR KIDS AND IT which will have Michael Caine, Matthew Goode, Paula Patton and Russell Brand. It follows four children who are horrified to learn that their beach holiday is in fact a bonding trip with their potential future step siblings engineered by new couple Alice (Patton) and David (Goode). During an argument, the kids accidentally find a Psammead, a magical, sandy, grumpy creature called It (voiced by Caine) who can grant them one wish a day. Brand will be the local oddball villain Tristan bent on capturing the Psammead for his own gain in the big screen adaptation of the novel Four Children and It by best-selling author Jacqueline Wilson!

GORGEOUS NEW 'NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS' POSTER FOR LASSE HALLSTROM'S AND DISNEY'S MOVIE WITH HELEN MIRREN, MATTHEW MACFADYEN

   NEW 'NUTCRACKER' POSTER

ARRIVES FROM THE MAGICAL FOUR REALMS

A gorgeous new poster (and I reckon the second trailer is around the corner too, I'll post it here as soon as it arrives) is out for Disney's THE

The magic begins this October and November

NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS which arrives into cinemas this October helmed by amazing Lasse Hallstrom!

THE STORY 
All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer's (Morgan Freeman) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It's there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip, a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers,

The big screen adaptation is inspired by Tchaikovsky's famous ballet!

and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), to retrieve Clara's key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world. The cast also includes Matthew MacFadyen, Miranda Hart, Jack Whitehall and Richard E. Grant.

ACTING LEGENDS TUESDAY: RUSSELL TOVEY, LAURIE DAVIDSON JOIN HELEN MIRREN, IAN MCKELLEN IN 'GOOD LIAR'! PENELOPE WILTON JOINS SALLY HAWKINS, DAVID THEWLIS IN 'ETERNAL BEAUTY'! 'KING OF THIEVES' TRAILER WITH MICHAEL CAINE, JIM BROADBENT, MICHAEL GAMBON, TOM COURTENAY!

  'THE GOOD LIAR'

LAURIE DAVIDSON, RUSSELL TOVEY JOIN HELEN MIRREN AND  IAN MCKELLEN IN THE CAST

Russell Tovey has just joined the cast!

What a sensational cast indeed! I've already told you before that British acting legends Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen will star together in Bill Condon's movie THE GOOD LIAR and now they're joined in it by two of our most beloved hunks and sweetest creatures Russell Tovey and Will's Laurie Davidson in the cast which also has another acting legend Downton Abbey's Jim Carter!

THE STORY OF THE GOOD LIAR 

You know Laurie Davidson from Will epic TV series

sees Ian McKellen playing career con artist Roy
Courtnay who can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish (played by Helen Mirren) online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life.This will, if I am not mistaken, be the fourth time Beauty and the Beast's Bill Condon directs Ian McKellen on the big screens!

  'ETERNAL BEAUTY'

 PENELOPE WILTON JOINS SALLY HAWKINS AND DAVID THEWLIS

Penelope Wilton has joined the cast

Meanwhile, a slate of amazing British actors has been added to another possibly lovely movie ETERNAL BEAUTY which will be toplined by Sally Hawkins! She has just been joined in the cast by Penelope Wilton, David Thewlis and Billie Piper. The film will see Oscar nominee Hawkins playing a woman who, after being left at the altar, had a breakdown and has spiralled into a chaotic episode of schizophrenia lasting 20 years in which love (both real and imagined) and family relationships collide. Things change when she begins a darkly comic romance with Mike (Thewlis), a failed musician and fellow lost soul.

  'THE KING OF THIEVES' TRAILER

 MICHAEL CAINE,JIM BROADBENT LEAD THE CAST OF THESPIANS

King of Thieves arrives into cinemas this September

To top the day of amazing thespians, check out the first trailer for THE KING OF THIEVES crime comedy drama in which acting legends Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Michael Gambon, Ray Winstone, Tom Courtenay play a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London's jewellery district. In the true story of the unbelievable true story of the Hatton Garden heist they are also joined by Charlie Cox, Francesca Annis!

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.