PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT AND CHARACTER PHOTOS FROM ABC'S NEW EPIC SHOW 'OF KINGS AND PROPHETS' WITH RAY WINSTONE, NATHANIEL PARKER, OLIVER RIX, JAMES FLOYD, HAAZ SLEIMAN

'OF KINGS AND PROPHETS'

ABC'S NEW EPIC TV SERIES

Arriving to us as one of the first of the new historical series this Spring, ABC's midseason epic series OF KINGS AND PROPHETS is ready to bring swords and sandals to the small screens March 8th beginning its Tuesday evening airing.

It will be an epic biblical saga of faith, ambition and betrayal as told through the eyes of the battle weary King Saul, the resentful prophet Samuel and the resourceful young shepherd David -- all on a collision course with destiny that will change the world. Although based on an Old Testament story the producers promise a sex drenched series filled with explicitly racy scenes, describing  one of the world’s first soap operas.

RAY WINSTONE LEADS THE CAST

 The king from the story will be played by Ray Winstone, as the paranoid and violent Saul, First King of Israel. We meet him as he struggles to unify the 12 Israelite tribes and defend his fledgling nation against savage enemy attacks.

 Ahinoam will be played by Simone Kessell from TERRA NOVA. She is the queen of Israel, the advisor to the throne as the wife of Saul!

Shepherd David is played by Oliver Rix from THE MUSKETEERS! He is the future King David, the second king of Israel!

  Ish-Boseth, the youngest warrior son of the first king and queen of Israel Saul and Ahinoam will be potrayed by James Floyd.

 Jonathan, the elder son of King Saul is played by  Haaz Sleiman!

 Merav, the eldest daughter of King Saul and Queen Ahinoam and sister of Michal, is played by Jeanine Mason .

 Their youngest daughter Michal is Maisie Richardson Sellers!

Belgian actor Louis Talpe will play Eliab, King David’s proud and single minded older brother.

 The cagey, shrewd and lethal King Achish, the King of Philistia who has been warring with King Saul for years is played by  Nathaniel Parker!

Christina Chong plays Rizpah in the series!
Yoab is played by David Walmsley!
Lyne Renee is the Witch of Endor!

The series itself underwent many changes and reshoots and recastings and was moved to midseason instead of original Sunday night slot.

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).