The new year is full of exciting changes and innovations. As expected, we will also be delighted with new TV series throughout the year, many of which will certainly be excellent and extremely tense. Especially interesting will be those whose story already lives between book covers. Read on for the most anticipated TV adaptations of 2017.
Film & Tv
Stephen King is undoubtedly the king of horror. In his phenomenal 38-year career, he wrote more than 50 novels and sold more than 350 million copies. As if that were not enough, his books are largely responsible for various Hollywood blockbusters. And the reason for the success is also that the king of horror knows how to scare. Here are the 10 scariest scenes from Stephen King movies. You'll sleep with the lights on tonight!
What does Maisie Williams do when she's not playing Arya Stark on Game of Thrones and entertaining the press? He makes films and is slowly making his way into Hollywood. Coming soon to the small screen is the Netflix movie iBoy, about a boy who gets superpowers after being shot in the head and pieces of a smartphone end up inside him.
Only 27 films can boast that they have earned more than a billion US dollars from ticket sales. As recently as 2011, there were only 10 of them, and in 2014 there were 19. See who are members of the elite club. These are the highest grossing films in history.
Cate Blanchett is such a good movie actress that she can change personas like shirts. This is proven in the film installation Manifesto, in which he plays 13 different roles, through which he represents different artistic movements.
Until now, horror films have been more often than not the domain of male directors. With the film anthology XX, this is now changing. The film was not directed by just one, but as many as four female directors. Watch trailer at your own risk. You definitely won't be able to take your eyes off it.
Attention! The short film If I Could Talk is packed with emotions. If you intend to watch it to the end - which we highly recommend - get your tissues ready. Anyone who owns or has ever owned a dog has probably wondered what their dog is thinking in certain situations. That they are not man's best friend for nothing is proven once again by the short film If I Could Talk, which gives dogs a voice. You will surely be moved to tears.
Raw is not a movie for everyone. Raw is a movie for those with really good stomachs (emphasis on the word really). Raw (originally Grave) is a Franco-Belgian film about young cannibals that debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, and at the Toronto festival, the graphic scenes of cannibalism had viewers fainting and vomiting.
The action comedy CHiPs is an adaptation of the popular TV series of the same name, which aired between 1977 and 1983. The film was signed by the versatile Dax Shepard, who wrote the script, directed the film and also starred in it alongside Michael Peña.
The Space Between Us is a space adventure that tells the story of a boy who, after growing up on Mars for 16 years, comes to Earth to find his father and find out where he belongs. Peter Chelsom's film stars Asa Butterfield and Britt Robertson.
A Family Without Brakes (À fond) is a breakneck comedy from the director of the film All South, about a French family that finds itself trapped in a minivan, whose cruise control electronics block it on the highway at a speed of 130 km/h. To make the situation even worse, they rush towards a standing column of vehicles...
It rarely happens that any Slovenian actor plays in a foreign-language film, let alone that we hear a foreign language in an American-produced film. Thanks to Uršula Parker, Slovenian is now also resonating in Hollywood. The young American actress and violinist with Slovenian roots demonstrated her knowledge of Slovenian in the film Spectral, where she plays the girl Sara. She is joined by Emily Mortimer (Sinister Island, Hugo, The Last Strike, The Editor) in the sci-fi action film.