JUDI DENCH AND MATTHEW MORRISON JOIN DANE DEHAAN, ALICIA VIKANDER, CHRISTOPH WALTZ IN 17TH CENTURY 'TULIP FEVER' DRAMA! 'THE NOVEMBER MAN' TRAILER WITH PIERCE BROSNAN AND OLGA KURYLENKO

'TULIP FEVER' PERIOD DRAMA

JUDI DENCH & MATTHEW MORRISON JOIN DANE DEHAAN AND CHRISTOPH WALTZ

One of the projects that has been cooking slowly for years now is rounding up its cast: The Weinstein Company's period drama TULIP FEVER has just added a legend and a hunk into its ensemble. Her Cinematic Majesty Judi Dench (who recently swept tones of awards for her outstanding role in PHILOMENA, another of Weinstein's brilliant dramas) and GLEE's Matthew Morrison have joined the movie in which Dane DeHaan and Alicia Vikander are playing the lead roles. Set in the 17th century the story follows a romance in which an artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.

STELLAR CAST FOR THE $25 MILLION DRAMA
In the Justin Chadwick (THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL) directed movie, Judi Dench will portray the Abbess of St. Ursula’s, a rescuer of orphan children. Matthew Morrison will appear as drunken bohemian artist Mattheus, Cara Delevingne (ANNA KARENINA) as artists’ model Annetje, and Cressida Bonas as Mrs. Steen, a merchant’s young wife. Jack O’Connell, Holliday Grainger, Christoph Waltz and Zach Galifianakis are already in the cast. The $25 million worth historical drama is a big screen adaptation of the popular novel by Deborah Moggach!

THE NOVEMBER MAN TRAILER

PIERCE BROSNAN AND OLGA KURYLENKO IN ACTION THRILLER

Your trailer for today is for Pierce Brosnan's new action movie THE NOVEMBER MAN which was shot last year over in Serbia. Hitting theatres this August and also starring gorgeous Olga Kurylenko, THE  NOVEMBER MAN follows Peter Devereaux (Pierce Brosnan), a lethal and highly trained ex-CIA agent, who has been enjoying a quiet life in Switzerland. When Devereaux is lured out of retirement for one last mission, he must protect valuable witness, Alice Fournier, (Olga Kurylenko). He soon uncovers this assignment marks him a target of his former friend and CIA protégé David Mason (Luke Bracey). With growing suspicions of a mole in the agency, there is no one Devereaux can trust, no rules and no holds barred.

HISTORY ORDERS 'SONS OF LIBERTY' SWEEPING HISTORICAL MINI SERIES ON THE FOUNDING OF AMERICA WITH BEN BARNES, RAFE SPALL, HENRY THOMAS, RYAN EGGOLD, MARTON CSOKAS, DEAN NORRIS!

SONS OF LIBERTY

NEW HISTORICAL MINI TV SERIES

After SLEEPY HOLLOW and TURN have made American history trendy again as a topic for TV shows, History is venturing into those waters too by ordering six part mini series SONS OF LIBERTY which will deal with the founding of the United States coming from 'A+E Studios' and 'Stephen David Entertainment' (The World Wars). With the production on the historical mini series scheduled to begin next month, the producers have already picked out their cast and the ensemble will be lead by CHRONICLES OF NARNIA's Ben Barnes and British thespian Rafe Spall (from PROMETHEUS, LIFE OF PI)!

THE STORY OF LIBERTY

BEN BARNES AND RAFE SPALL

To be directed by BOARDWALK EMPIRE's Kari Skogland and with legendary Oscar winner Hans Zimmer composing the opening theme, the story of SONS OF LIBERTY will revolve around a defiant and radical group of young men – Sam Adams (Ben Barnes), a natural born leader with charisma and a penchant for mischief, John Adams  (Henry Thomas), a lawyer and the conservative, smart cousin of Sam Adams, Paul Revere (Michael Raymond James), a veteran who wholeheartedly joins forces with Sam Adams, John Hancock (Rafe Spall), the wealthiest man in Boston at the time, and Joseph Warren (Ryan Eggold), a doctor and man of conscience and integrity, – as they band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation. Beside them, the cast will also include Marton Csokas who will portray the ferocious General Thomas Gage who is sent to handle the unrest in Boston with a military response, Emily Berrington as Margaret Gage and Dean Norris as the brilliant yet mischievous diplomat Benjamin Franklin. From the Boston Tea Party to the Declaration of Independence, SONS OF LIBERTY will tell the rebellious story of America’s fight for freedom!

'TEXAS RISING' HISTORY'S

ANOTHER EPIC SERIES 
As you know this is not the only upcoming historical series on the subject. I've reported earlier that History has also ordered TEXAS RISING 1800's mini series!  The epic saga will describe the 1800s Texas Revolution against Mexico and the rise of the legendary Texas Rangers. That one will also have a stellar cast including: Bill Paxton, Brendan Fraser, Tomas Jane, Olivier Martinez, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ray Liotta, Chad Michael Murray and many others! 

LUPITA NYONGO IS 'AMERICANAH'! MICHAEL GAMBON LEADS THE CAST IN J.K. ROWLING'S 'THE CASUAL VACANCY' ADAPTATION! LOVELY NICHOLAS SPARKS THE BEST OF ME' TRAILER WITH JAMES MARSDEN

LUPITA NYONG'O TO

PRODUCE & STAR IN 'AMERI- CANAH'

Beside scoring a gig in new STAR WARS, Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o will also star in AMERICANAH, a movie adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (also wrote HALF OF A YELLOW SUN) bestselling novel which she will also produce with Brad Pitt. Named one of the ten best books of the 2013 by 'The New York Times', the novel tells the epic love story of young Nigerians, Ifemelu and Obinze - a romance that spans continents, visas, phone cards, and breakups, while exploring the cruelties and the humour of both the modern immigrant experience and the difficulty of finding your way home. Lupita is also scheduled to lend her voice in the new big screen version of THE JUNGLE BOOK!

MICHAEL GAMBON LEADS

BBC & HBO ADAPTATION OF J.K. ROWLING'S 'CASUAL VACANCY'
BBC and HBO have revealed the lineup of actors which will appear in their small screen three episode adaptation of J.K. Rowling's popular novel THE CASUAL VACANCY which centres on Pagford, a seemingly idyllic English village with a cobbled market square and ancient abbey. Behind the pretty façade, however, is a town at war: rich vs. poor, teenagers vs. parents, wives vs. husbands, teachers vs. pupils. Michael Gambon (already starred in Rowling's HARRY PLOPPER) will play the lead role of Howard Mollison, owner of the Pagford delicatessen; Monica Dolan plays Tess Wall, Julia McKenzie (MISS PARPLE) plays Howard’s wife, Rufus Jones plays Howard’s son, Miles Mollison, Keeley Hawes (also known as Matthew MacFadyen's wife) plays Miles’ wife, while Rorry Kinnear plays Barry Fairbrother. The shooting begins next month.

'THE BEST OF ME' TRAILER

 JAMES MARSDEN IN NICHOLAS SPARKS GORGEOUS LOVE STORY

Gorgeous trailer comes today from the latest adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel: THE BEST OF ME, in cinemas this October, tells the story of Dawson (James Marsden and Luke Bracey) and Amanda (Michelle Monaghan and Liana Liberato), two former high school sweethearts who find themselves reunited after 20 years apart, when they return to their small town for the funeral of a beloved friend. Their bittersweet reunion reignites the love they've never forgotten, but soon they discover the forces that drove them apart twenty years ago live on, posing even more serious threats today. Spanning decades, this epic love story captures the enduring power of our first true love, and the wrenching choices we face when confronted with elusive second chances.