'A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL' BBC & STEPHEN FREARS' MINI SERIES TRAILER WITH HUGH GRANT, BEN WHISHAW! RALPH FIENNES, MARK STRONG TO VISIT MOROCCO IN 'THE FORGIVEN'

'THE FORGIVEN' MOVIE

SENDS RALPH FIENNES AND MARK STRONG TO MOROCCO!

We're sticking to the British waters today, starting with casting updates on THE FORGIVEN a John Michael McDonagh�s big screen adaptation of the best selling novel by Lawrence Osborne! To star Ralph Fiennes, Rebecca Hall, Mark Strong and Said Taghmaoui, it will describe the

Mark Strong and Ralph Fiennes will lead the cast of The Forgiven.

dramatic fallout following a random accident on the lives of an English couple (played by Fiennes and Hall), their friends and the local Moroccans who all converge on a luxurious desert villa during a decadent weekend-long party.

'A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL' 

 TRAILER WITH HUGH GRANT & BEN WHISHAW AS HIS LOVER

BBC has released last weekend the first trailer from their new period set series A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL which will air May 20th

Famous Stephen Frears is directing the mini series

this year in three episodes and will also be aired by Amazon in USA directed by amazing Stephen Frears.

It is the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been decriminalised and Jeremy Thorpe (Hugh Grant), the leader of the Liberal party and the youngest leader of any British political party in a hundred years, has a secret he's desperate to hide. As long as his ex-lover Norman Scott (Ben Whishaw) is around, Thorpe's brilliant career is at risk. Thorpe schemes and deceives - until he can see only one way to silence Scott for good. The trial of Jeremy Thorpe changed society forever, illuminating

The series was directed by legendary Stephen Frears!

the darkest secrets of the Establishment. The Thorpe affair revealed such breath-taking deceit and corruption that, at the time, hardly anyone dared

believe it could be true.Over in USA the series will start airing on Amazon Prime from June 29th! Check out the trailer below!

RALPH FIENNES TO PLAY COMPOSER HANDEL IN HILARIOUS 18TH CENTURY COMEDY 'HALLELUJAH'! JULIE WALTERS, COLIN FIRTH TO LEAD 'SECRET GARDEN' PERIOD SET ADAPTATION!

'THE SECRET GARDEN' 

JULIE WALTERS AND COLIN FIRTH TO LEAD NEW FILM ADAPTATION

Colin Firth will be Archibald Craven

Only a month or two ago I informed you that our favourite Studiocanal is planning a new big screen adaptation of THE SECRET GARDEN and now they have stars too, massive thespians! Julie Walters and Colin Firth will lead the cast in the story moved from the Edwardian era to 1947, on the eve of Partition in India, and in the aftermath of WW2 in Britain.

Set in England and based on Frances Hodgson Burnett�s 1911 book, THE SECRET GARDEN tells the story of Mary Lennox (Dixie Egerickx), a prickly and unloved 10 year old girl, born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her.

Julie Walters will play the headhousekeeper

When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven (Colin Firth), on his remote country estate deep in the Yorkshire moors. There, she begins to uncover many family secrets, particularly when she meets her sickly cousin Colin (Edan Hayhurst), shut away in a wing of the house. Together, the two damaged, slightly misfit children heal each other, partly through their exposure to a wondrous secret garden, lost in the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor. Julie Walters will play Mrs Medlock, the head housekeeper at Misselthwaite. Amir Wilson and Isis Davis will also star.

RALPH FIENNES 

IS HANDEL IN 'HALLELUJAH'

Fiennes will be famous composer Handel

In another period set movie, Ralph Fiennes and director Chris Addison will work together on comedy drama HALLELUJAH a period set movie on famous composer George Frederick Handel and the chaotic, spectacular first performance of his Messiah.

Set in a riotous 18th century London and Dublin, the farce follows drunk and cantankerous Handel who is a forgotten man to all but his whip smart valet. Worse still, he has lost his inspiration to compose. However, when he overhears the singing of famous actress Susannah Cibber, the composer is moved to write once again and King George II tasks him to create an oratorio to celebrate the new Irish Viceroy in Dublin. Yet, when Handel approaches Susannah with the news, he is shocked to learn that not only does she have a fear of singing in public, she�s also on the run from her vengeful husband. The motley crew travels to Dublin only to realize that London�s gin-soaked alleys are no match for the competing, sectarian politics of Dublin�s choirs, the stupidity of English overlords, and the hypocritical morals of the day. Confronted with these odds, Handel has no choice but to defy his critics and keep going. Show must go on.