'MOTHER'S DAY' POSTER WITH JENNIFER ANISTON, KATE HUDSON, JASON SUDEIKIS, JULIA ROBERTS! FRANKA POTENTE IS MADAM IN TOM HARDY'S 'TABOO' EPIC SERIES! GREGG SULKIN GETS 'STATUS UPDATE'

 FRANKA POTENTE JOINS

TOM HARDY'S 'TABOO' EPIC TV SERIES

I haven't seen her in quite a long time, but 90's German movie star Franka Potente (RUN, LOLA, RUN) has just joined Tom Hardy's Victorian series TABOO which, set in 1814,  follows James Keziah Delaney (Tom Hardy), a man who has been to the ends of the earth and comes back irrevocably changed. Believed to be long dead, he returns home to London from Africa to inherit what is left of his father’s shipping empire and rebuild a life for himself. But his father’s legacy is a poisoned chalice, and with enemies lurking in every dark corner, James must navigate increasingly complex territories to avoid his own death sentence. Franka Potente will play Helga, a business minded madam who shares a history with James.

 GREGG SULKIN

TO GET 'STATUS UPDATE'
Meanwhile, something for the ladies, ex Disney star and now a sex symbol Gregg Sulkin will lead comedy movie STATUS UPDATE  in which he will play Josh, a five star high school quarterback who wants to be a journalist. When he writes an article about his social experiment of changing his Facebook status from “single” to “interested in men,” a fellow male student with a crush on him creates a tribute video to “Josh the Gay Quarterback” that goes viral. The media picks it up, and Josh becomes a hero to gay teens. As his relationships get tested, can he keep the secret that he’s straight?

  'MOTHER'S DAY' POSTER

WITH JENNIFER ANISTON, JASON SUDEIKIS AND KATE HUDSON

You can also check out a new poster for  Garry Marshall's MOTHER'S DAY which is out April 29th! Starring Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Julia Roberts (looking worse than ever) and Jason Sudeikis the film tells intertwining stories about the lives of several mothers (and Mr. Mom) as the title holiday approaches.

JACK LOWDEN, ANEURIN BARNARD IN 'DUNKIRK' WW2 EPIC WITH KENNETH BRANAGH, TOM HARDY, MARK RYLANCE? 'SLEEPING BEAUTY' FOLLOW UP 'AFTER' AS TV SERIES! JORDIN SPARKS IN 'TIME AFTER TIME' FANTASY SERIES

JACK LOWDEN IN 'DUNKIRK'

WW2 EPIC FILM WITH KENNETH BRANAGH AND TOM HARDY?

It seems Christopher Nolan is planning a WAR AND PEACE reunion for our dearest Jack Lowden and his colleague from the Russian saga Aneurin Barnard since they're both in talks for WW2 epic movie DUNKIRK! 'Deadline' reports that Lowden is up for one of two lead roles together with newcomer Fionn White head. This massive action adventure project will deal with the World War II evacuation of Dunkirk which took place from May till June 1940, a British military operation that saved some 330,000 Allied soldiers trapped in the harbour and surrounded by the German army. While most other roles will be cast among unknowns, the cast will also include three major names Oscar winners Kenneth Branagh and Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy!

'AFTER' TV SERIES

A SLEEPING BEAUTY FOLLOW UP!
It was only yesterday that I announced the cast for Romeo and Juliet follow up series STILL STAR CROSSED at ABC and now we have a SLEEPING BEAUTY follow up series too but at Freeform! Based on Rhiannon Thomas' book A Wicked Thing AFTER re-imagines what happens after happily ever. Princess Aurora wakes up to the kiss of a handsome prince one hundred years after falling asleep to find her family long dead and her kingdom taken from her. She must transform into a warrior to regain it. Tom Lynch is producing.

'TIME AFTER TIME' SERIES

JORDIN SPARKS JOINS THE CAST!

Speaking of new TV projects at ABC, as you know they're also preparing a pilot episode for fantasy adventure series TIME AFTER TIME  which will chronicle the epic adventures of young H.G. Wells (Freddie Stroma) who travels through time chasing Jack the Ripper (Josh Bowman) who, in our day, is a brilliant and charismatic surgeon. Upon arriving in modern New York, he is captivated by museum curator Jane Walker (Genesis Rodriguez). Now, the new addition to the cast is rnb star Jordin Sparks who has been cast as a New York stylist Jesse Givens who is also Jane Walker’s roommate and good friend. Regina Taylor will play a billionaire who owns and protects the Time Machine.

UNSETTLING 1ST BBC 'TABOO' EPIC TV SERIES TRAILER WITH TOM HARDY! TYLER SHERIDAN IS STEVEN SPIELBERG'S 'READY PLAYER ONE'! CW'S MARS SF SERIES CASTS CARL BEUKES

'READY PLAYER ONE' 

SPIELBERG CASTS TYLER SHERIDAN FOR THE LEAD ROLE

And it seems Steven Spielberg has found his lead youngster for the movie adaptation of Ernest Cline's cult sf novel READY PLAYER ONE: young Cyclops from X MEN movies Tyler Sheridan will apparently play Wade Owen Watts, a poor orphan who spends most of his time in a massive online game and virtual society whose currency is the most stable in the very troubled world. Like other players, Wade wants to solve a puzzle hidden in the game by its creator, as doing so supposedly unlocks access to a mind-blowing fortune. Olivia Cooke and Ben Mendelsohn have been cast already.

CW'S MARS SET SERIES

CASTS CARL BEUKES AND OTHERS
In TV news, I've recently announced that CW is preparing a Mars set sf series and now they are gathering cast:  Mouzam Makkar, DOMINION's Archangel Gabriel Carl Beukes and Tongayi Chirisa will play the team of explorers sent to Mars to join the first human colony on the planet, only to discover that their predecessors have vanished. Led by a woman whose husband is among the missing, the colonists are forced to change their mission from exploration and settlement to investigation and survival, while navigating the hostile planet and their own personal demons.

'TABOO' EPIC TV SERIES

TRAILER WITH TOM HARDY IS HERE

The first trailer has been released for Tom Hardy and Ridley Scott's historical series TABOO, BBC and FX eight part drama to air next year. Set in 1814, it sees Hardy playing James Keziah Delaney, a man who has been to the ends of the earth and comes back irrevocably changed. Believed to be long dead, he returns home to London from Africa to inherit what is left of his father’s shipping empire and rebuild a life for himself. But his father’s legacy is a poisoned chalice, and with enemies lurking in every dark corner, James must navigate increasingly complex territories to avoid his own death sentence. Encircled by conspiracy, murder, and betrayal, a dark family mystery unfolds in a combustible tale of love and treachery.

TOM HARDY'S TABOO' 19TH CENTURY SERIES ADS CAST! VIN DIESEL'S 'RIDDICK' SF SAGA TO GET 'MERC CITY' SPINOFF TV SERIES! NETFLIX REBOOTS 'LOST IN SPACE' TV SERIES

TOM HARDY'S 'TABOO'

EPIC SERIES GETS ITS CAST

TV updates for you today, people, starting with the news on BBC One's and FX's epic series TABOO starring Tom Hardy which has just revealed its cast! In the story created by himself, Tom Hardy plays James Keziah Delaney who returns to 1814 London after 10 years in Africa to discover that he has been left a mysterious legacy by his father. Driven to wage war on those who have wronged him, Delaney finds himself in a face-off against the East India Company, whilst playing a dangerous game between two warring nations – Britain and America. Michael Kelly will be American doctor Dumbarton, Jonathan Pryce is Sir Stuart Strange, the head of the East India Company and Delaney’s nemesis, Oona Chaplin is Delaney’s half-sister while David Hayman will be his trusted man-servant.

NEW SF SERIES ANNOUNCED

'MERC CITY' FROM VIN DIESEL'S 'RIDDICK' EPIC SAGA    
Meanwhile, besides announcing the fourth movie in famous sf epic saga RIDDICK, Vin Diesel has revealed that it will be turned into TV series as well titled MERC CITY! It will follow the Mercs and Bounty Hunters of the Riddick Universe. The fourth movie in the saga, will be called CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK: FURIA!
'LOST IN SPACE' REBOOT  
At the same time, Netflix is planning to reboot LOST IN SPACE TV series, this time a more grounded sf saga about a young family of space explorers who get lost in the galaxy and encounter strange alien lifeforms while trying to overcome insurmountable odds. Dracula Untold writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless are penning it!