BRITISH SUNDAY: NETFLIX TO MAKE $100 MILLION 'THE CROWN' TV DRAMA ON QUEEN ELIZABETH II! 'GAME OF THRONES' NATALIA TENA TOPLINES BBC'S 'THE REFUGEES' SF SHOW! BBC TO ADAPT DAVID WALLIAMS' 'BOY IN THE DRESS'

$100 MILLION 'THE CROWN' TV

DRAMA ON QUEEN ELIZABETH II AT NETFLIX

It's a rather poor day in showbiz today, people, so we shall pop over to Britain to see what is going on over there these days. We'll start from the British throne of course, since Netflix has announced their work on $100 million expensive THE CROWN television series which would depict the rule of Queen Elizabeth II! Focusing on the British political landscape in last 60 years the show will chronicle the Queen's reign from her ascent to the throne at the age of 26, right through to the present day.The 2016 series will be written by Peter Morgan who already wrote THE QUEEN movie with Helen Mirren!

BBC'S 'THE REFUGEES' SF SHOW

TO BE TOPLINED BY NATALIA TENA
Meanwhile, BBC Worldwide will join forces with Atresmedia to make THE REFUGEES sf TV series with GAME OF THRONES' and HARRY PLOPPER's Natalia Tena leading the cast. To be produced by Spanish producers, but in English language, the show will explore the impact on a small rural community after millions of refugees from the future travel back in time to seek shelter in the present day. The show will air in Autumn in Spain and will then be distributed worldwide by BBC!

BBC ADAPTS DAVID WALLIAMS'

BOY IN THE DRESS NOVEL

And also coming over from UK is the news that famous comedian and writer David Walliams will have another of his books for children adapted for the small screens by BBC! After MR STINK and GANGSTA GRANNY which drew much love from the audience last winter, his book BOY IN THE DRESS will be turned into a one hour TV movie as well!  To air this Christmas it follows a 12-year-old boy who enjoys cross-dressing, and how his family and friends react to it. It is a very touching, hilarious and poignant story of why being different is something to celebrate.

'THE GIVER' LOIS LOWRY'S SF MOVIE ADAPTATION CHARACTER POSTERS ARE HERE WITH MERYL STREEP, JEFF BRIDGES, BRENTON THWAITES, TAYLOR SWIFT, ALEXANDER SKARSGARD

'THE GIVER' POSTERS ARE HERE!

 MERYL STREEP, ALEXANDER SKARSGARD, TAYLOR SWIFT AND  BRENTON THWAITES

Your visual treat for today are new character posters for upcoming big screen adaptation of Lois Lowry's bestselling science fiction novel THE GIVER showing Jeff Bridges as The Giver, Meryl Streep as Chief Elder, pop star Taylor Swift as Rosemary, Brenton Thwaites as Jonas, Odeya Rush as Fiona, Cameron Monaghan as Asher, and Alexander Skarsgård and Katie Holmes as Jonas' father and mother.

THE STORY OF 'THE GIVER'

 RECEIVER OF MEMORY

Set for August 15th release, the movie depicts a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, racism, sickness, suffering, differences  or choice, in which a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the real world. As the 12-year-old Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) is selected to be the Receiver of Memory he uncovers the truth behind his world's past, and discovers that many years earlier his forefathers gave up humanity in order to have a stable society. Confronted with this reality, Jonas faces difficult choices about his own life and his future.

'THE GIVER' TIDBITS

HELMED BY PHILLIP NOYCE
The $25 million movie is directed by Phillip Noyce the helmer of legendary THE QUIET AMERICAN drama with Brendan Fraser and Michael Caine. Taylor Swift was offered the role of Rosemary a week after a Los Angeles concert in which she was completely unaware that the film's makers were in the audience.The lead star Brenton Thwaites is appearing in a number of huge upcoming fantasy projects - he plays the prince in Angelina Jolie's MALEFICENT and will also play the lead role in Ancient Egyptian epic GODS OF EGYPT next to Gerard Butler and Geoffrey Rush!

MINDBLOWING 'DOMINION' SF SHOW POSTER! DISNEY'S 'BIG HERO 6' ANIMATED ADVENTURE TRAILER! JONATHAN MABERRY'S 'V WARS' BESTSELLER TO BE MADE INTO TV SERIES

'DOMINION' EPIC SF SHOW

GETS STUNNING NEW POSTER!

Here's a real treat for you: the first mindblowing poster for SyFy's new epic TV series DOMINION which will start airing next month! The sf show is set in the year 25 A.E. where an army of lower angels, assembled by the archangel Gabriel, has waged a war of possession against mankind. The archangel Michael (Tom Wisdom) has sided with humanity against Gabriel (Carl Beukes). Rising out of the ashes of the 25-year-long battle are newly fortified cities which protect the human survivors.

JONATHAN MABERRY'S 'V WARS'

TO BE TURNED INTO TV SERIES
And if you thought vampires are finally over, they're not, since eOne and IDW Entertainment will transform V-WARS bestselling novel by Jonathan Maberry into TV series! As 'Deadline' reports the story is set in a world transformed by a catastrophic environmental event that releases a millennium-old virus that, once triggered, affects individuals differently depending on their DNA. The result is vampires as unique as their cultures and a response from those unaffected humans like never seen before.

DISNEY'S 'BIG HERO 6'

ANIMATED ADVENTURE TRAILER

Hitting theatres and the big screens this November is Disney's, Marvel inspired, new animated movie BIG HERO 6 a heartfelt and hilarious animated comedy adventure about robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who learns to harness his genius thanks to his brilliant brother Tadashi and their like-minded friends: adrenaline junkie Go Go Tamago, clean freak Wasabi No-Ginger, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon and fanboy Fred. When a devastating turn of events catapults them into the midst of a dangerous plot unfolding in the streets of San Fransokyo, Hiro turns to his closest companion, a cutting-edge robot named Baymax, and transforms the group into a band of high-tech heroes determined to solve the mystery.