NEW PHOTOS OF JUDE LAW IN 'THE YOUNG POPE' TV SERIES! 'OF KINGS AND PROPHETS' EPIC TV SERIES GETS FULL TRAILER WITH RAY WINSTONE, OLIVER RIX

NEW JUDE LAW PHOTOS

FROM 'YOUNG POPE' TV SERIES

Not much to report today, so we're turning over to the TV world with the new photos of Jude Law as the pontiff in THE YOUNG POPE TV series that is under production. The new headshots show he looks brilliant with grey hair and in papal robes! In the Oscar winner Paolo Sorrentino directed drama he will play the fictional role of the first American Pope in contemporary times who is ultra conservative and thus has problems in Vatican. Diane Keaton is a nun who raised him and helped him become the pope. HBO, Sky and Canal + will air the series later this year.

'OF KINGS AND PROPHETS'

EPIC TV SERIES TRAILER

And ABC has finally released an extended trailer for the midseason epic TV series OF KINGS AND PROPHETS and I'm afraid it looks kinda cheap and lacking in visual image. To start airing March 8th, it will be set 1,000 years before Christ, following the first king of the Israelites, Saul (Ray Winstone), who struggles to unify the 12 Israelite tribes and defend his fledgling nation against savage enemy attacks. The prophet Samuel relays a message from God to King Saul that he must destroy one of Israel’s ancient enemies. But when Saul defies that message, Samuel prophesies that the Lord will tear the kingdom of Israel from him and choose another in his place. In time, Saul comes to realize that his greatest threat will not come from his enemies but from the shepherd, David (Oliver Rix).

1ST 'EMERALD CITY' EPIC SHOW PHOTOS WITH ADRIA ARJONA, OLIVER JACKSON COHEN & 'RANCH' SITCOM WITH ASHTON KUTCHER, DANNY MASTERSON! NEW 'OF KINGS AND PROPHETS' EPIC SERIES PROMO! GLIMPSE TOM HIDDLESTON'S 'NIGHT MANAGER' & 'POLDARK' SEASON 2 IN BBC'S NEW CLIP

'EMERALD CITY' 

1ST PHOTOS FROM EPIC SERIES

We continue with my end of year mission to present you with all the new TV stuff coming to us in 2016! And today I have for you the sweetest of treats, the first photos from my own most anticipated new show of the year NBC's epic fantasy series EMERALD CITY giving us the first glimpses of Adria Arjona as Dorothy and Oliver Jackson Cohen as Scarecrow, Vincent D'Onofrio as the Wizard and Florence Kasumba as the Wicked Witch of the East. Visual genius Tarsem Singh is directing the ten part series in which 20-year-old Dorothy Gale is transported to a mystical land in great peril, where an all-powerful Wizard has outlawed magic and rules over the many kingdoms. This is the fabled Land of Oz in a way you’ve never seen before — where lethal warriors roam, wicked witches plot in the shadows and a young girl from Kansas becomes the headstrong hero who holds the fate of their world in her hands. Joely Richardson plays Glinda.

'THE RANCH' SITCOM

1ST PICS WITH ASHTON KUTCHER AND DANNY MASTERSON
First photos have also been released for new multicamera sitcom coming to Netflix sometime later this year THE RANCH in which Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson are rejoined again! It follows a confident-but-failed semipro football player (Ashton Kutcher) who returns to Colorado to help run the family ranch. Danny Masterson is his second-fiddle brother, and Sam Elliott is their stiff-necked father. Their strong-willed mother (Debra Winger) owns a bar and temporarily lives in a trailer behind it while she figures out her marriage.

'OF KINGS AND PROPHETS'

NEW EPIC SERIES PROMO CLIP

In the trailer department check out a new promo for ABC's midseason epic series OF KINGS AND PROPHETS a saga of faith, ambition and betrayal as told through the eyes of a battle-weary king, a powerful and resentful prophet and a resourceful young shepherd on a collision course with destiny. Ray Winstone leads the cast as King Saul!

NEW BBC 2016 TRAILER SHOWS

GLIMPSES INTO NIGHT MANAGER AND POLDARK SECOND SEASON

And you must not miss a gorgeous new video announcing all the drama we shall watch at BBC One this year titled THE ONE TO WATCH! You can catch glimpses of Tom Hiddleston's THE NIGHT MANAGER, second season of POLDARK and WAR AND PEACE and A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT DREAM!

1ST PHOTO OF JENNA COLEMAN AS QUEEN 'VICTORIA' IN NEW EPIC TV SERIES WITH RUFUS SEWELL! 'DAD'S ARMY' CHARACTER POSTERS WITH CATHERINE ZETA JONES, BILL NIGHY, MICHAEL GAMBON! LOUIS TALPE IS PRINCE ELIAB IN 'OF KINGS AND PROPHETS' EPIC SERIES!

 'VICTORIA' EPIC TV SERIES

FIRST JENNA COLEMAN PHOTO

ITV has released the first photo today of Jenna Coleman as the ruthless British enslaver Queen VICTORIA in their new historical series which will have a 90 minute opening episode followed by seven hourlong ones. Charting her early life from accepting the crown at age 18 till her marriage to Prince Albert, the drama will also have Rufus Sewell as Lord Melbourne, Victoria's first prime minister and her intimate friend which started many rumours back in the day. The ensemble cast also includes Paul Rhys as Sir John Conroy, the ambitious controller of the Duchess of Kent’s household, who controlled Victoria’s upbringing, hoping to rule through her, when she came to the throne. Peter Firth is queen’s conniving uncle the Duke of Cumberland, and Catherine Flemming  is the Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria’s mother. Eve Myles is Mrs Jenkins, the Queen’s senior dresser.

 'OF KINGS AND PROPHETS' 

LOUIS TALPE IS PRINCE ELIAB
In other news from epic TV series 'Deadline' reports that Belgian actor Louis Talpe has landed a season long recurring role on ABC’s midseason drama OF KINGS AND PROPHETS. Postponed for recasting and reshooting after a rather terrible first trailer, it is an epic Biblical saga of faith, ambition and betrayal as told through the eyes of a battle weary king, a powerful and resentful prophet and a resourceful young shepherd on a collision course with destiny. Talpe will play Eliab, King David’s (Oliver Rix) proud and single minded older brother. King Saul is played by Ray Winstone while Nathaniel Parker is King Achish of Philistia!

 FUNNY 'DAD'S ARMY' POSTERS

  WITH CATHERINE ZETA JONES, BILL NIGHY, TOBY JONES

Meanwhile, a number of delightful character posters have been released for new British movie comedy DAD'S ARMY the remake of legendary BBC classic series which will march (or die trying) into cinemas next February with a stellar cast lead by Toby Jones as Captain Mainwaring and Bill Nighy as Sergeant Wilson. They're joined by Corporal Jones (Tom Courtenay), Private Godfrey (Michael Gambon), Private Pike (Blake Harrison) and Private Walker (Danny Mays), plus Catherine Zeta Jones's visiting journalist Rose Winters who's writing an article on the home guard.

BRITISH EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
The story is set in the waning days of World War II in the small village of Walmington-on-Sea, where Captain George Mainwaring (Jones) is leading a group of volunteers in the Home Guard. In a bizarre twist of fate, Mainwaring and his men might just become Britain's last line of defence against the Nazis when they discover a spy in their village.