JACK LOWDEN, HAYLEY ATWELL TO LEAD BBC'S 'LONG SONG' 19TH CENTURY JAMAICAN SET TV SAGA! 'DOWNTON ABBEY' FILM SHOOTING THIS SUMMER OFFICIALLY!

    'THE LONG SONG' SERIES

JACK LOWDEN & HAYLEY ATWELL TO LEAD NEW BBC EPIC SAGA

And we are back, after his Netflix movie Calibre and yesterday's trailer for Mary Queen of Scots in which he plays Lord Darnley, with our favourite

Jack Lowden will take the lead male role

Scotsman, dearest Jack Lowden, who's just been cast together with Hayley Atwell in BBC's new epic mini saga THE LONG SONG! Three part adaptation of Andrea Levy's will also star Tamara Lawrence, Lenny Henry, Do�a Croll, Sharon Duncan Brewster, Ayesha Antoine, Arinz� Kene, Ansu Kabia, Jordan Bolger, Joy Richardson, Madeleine Mantock and Leo Bill!

THE LONG SONG, set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, follows the strong willed, young slave July (Tamara Lawrance) on a plantation owned by her odious mistress Caroline Mortimer (Hayley Atwell). When a charming new arrival to the island, Robert Goodwin (Jack Lowden), becomes the new overseer, July and Caroline are both intrigued by his seemingly revolutionary determination to improve the plantation for the slaves and mistress alike. The story is told from July�s perspective as she looks back over her life; the tone is funny, defiant and indomitable. It�s a story about the injustices that humans

First look at Tamara Lawrence and Hayley Atwell in The Long Song mini series

inflict upon each other and the unexpected ways in which people�s humanity sometimes overrules their prejudices. Three hundred years of slavery finally came to a chaotic end on the British ruled Caribbean island of Jamaica in 1838.

    'DOWNTON ABBEY' MOVIE

STARTS SHOOTING THIS SUMMER

In other period set news today, the production will officially commence this summer with the old cast on the movie version of DOWNTON ABBEY! Julian Fellowes has written the script (that apparently 'charms, thrills and

The movie will be produced by Carnival Films who did our fave Jamestown

entertains) which will be directed by The Book Thief's Brian Percival. The original cast of the turn of the century series included Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, John Carter, Jessica Brown Findlay, Matthew Goode!

FIRST POSTER FOR 'THE CORRUPTED' WITH SAM CLAFLIN, TIMOTHY SPALL, HUGH BONNEVILLE! 'BREATH' INSPIRING TRAILER WITH SIMON BAKER, RICHARD ROXBURGH

   SAM CLAFLIN IS

FIGHTING 'THE CORRUPTED'

Sam has shaved hair in one part of the movie

While you can enjoy him currently in cinemas in Adrift, you can also check out our dearest boy Sam Claflin on the first poster for THE CORRUPTED a stellar drama he is also starring in. Hugh Bonneville and Timothy Spall also star in the film in which Claflin plays an ex-con determined to win back the love and trust of his family. That's after his future was stolen from him by a crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen (Timothy Spall), who has infiltrated the highest levels of politics, finance and police. Claflin's character finds himself caught up in a web of conspiracy and corruption centring around a land grab just before the Olympic Games in London.

   'BREATH' TRAILER

 STARRING SIMON BAKER!

Currently in cinemas around Australia and also Northern America is Simon Baker's new inspiring drama BREATH also starring Richard Roxburgh based on Tim Winton's  international bestselling novel set in mid-70s

The movie is currently airing in US and Australian cinemas

coastal Australia. Two teenage boys, hungry for discovery, form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious older adventurer who pushes them to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives.