What to watch on Netflix Canada, Disney+, Prime Video, Apple TV+ and more: New TV shows and movies in May
It's an exciting month for new TV shows and movies coming to streaming sites. Julianne Moore and Meghann Fahy star in a new Netflix series Sirens, while Succession creator Jesse Armstrong wrote, directed and executive produced a film titled Mountainheads, premiering on Crave in Canada in May.
Benito Skinner's (aka Benny Drama) is releasing a new comedy series on Prime Video, and the reality TV show The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives returns to Disney+ for Season 2. And Alexander Skarsgård stars in the upcoming Apple TV+ show Murderbot.
A live-action adaptation of the Japanese manga "Kakegurui" by Homura Kawamoto and Toru Naomura, Bet is set in an elite boarding school, where underground gambling determines the school's hierarchy.
But when a transfer student shows up with some impressive skills, the status quo gets a shake up.
Starring Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock and Kevin Bacon, Sirens follows Devon (Fahy) on Labor Day weekend at a luxurious estate, after she has concerns about her sister Simone's (Milly Alcock) relationship with her boss, socialite Michaela Kell (Julianne Moore).
"Michaela and Simone are friends. They're trauma-bonded. They're codependent," creator and executive producer Molly Smith told Tudum. "But they also really need something from each other. And what they need from each other shifts throughout the show."
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Getting back into the drama of #MomTok, the Utah reality show is coming back, introducing Taylor Frankie Paul's "ex-best friend" Miranda McWhorter, who wants to "set the record straight" on the swinging scandal.
Meanwhile, Jennifer Affleck is having more marriage troubles with her husband Zac, and it looks like Whitney Leavitt is making a comeback.
Created by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, executive produced by Nick Kroll, Adults is a new comedy that follows a group of five friends in New York, Samir (Malik Elassal), Billie (Lucy Freyer), Paul Baker (Jack Innanen), Issa (Amita Rao) and Anton (Owen Thiele), who are all crashing in Samir's childhood home.
Charlie Cox, Julia Fox, D'Arcy Carden, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, John Reynolds and Ray Nicholson will appear as guest stars.
Benito Skinner's upcoming semi-autobiographical comedy series Overcompensating. Filmed in Toronto, the show's main character Benny (Skinner) is starting college as a former football player and homecoming king Benny.
But he has a secret, Benny's a closeted gay man who just wants to fit in.
Nicole Kidman returns as Masha for Season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers as a new group of guests sign up for her wellness retreat, based on the book by Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty.
The Season 2 cast includes Henry Golding, Annie Murphy, Christine Baranski, Murray Bartlett, Dolly de Leon, and Mark Strong.
Paul Reubens, the man behind Pee-wee Herman, Pee-wee as Himself gives us a look into the personal life of the famed comedic actor, including his alter ego.
Written, directed, and executive produced by seven-time Emmy-winner Jesse Armstrong (Succession), the film Mountainhead is about a group of billionaires who get together for a mountain retreat amid an international crisis.
The film stars Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith, Ramy Youssef, Hadley Robinson, Andy Daly, Ali Kinkade, Daniel Oreskes, David Thompson, Ami MacKenzie, and Ava Kostia.
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The comedic thriller starring and executive produced by Alexander Skarsgård, Murderbot is based on Martha Wells' best-selling book series.
Skarsgård plays the titular character, a self-hacking cyborg who's puzzled by humans, but has to hide his free will and complete dangerous missions.
The film Bono: Stories of Surrender is a reimagining of Bono's one-man show, based on his memoir, looking at his life and the "family, friends and faith that have challenged and sustained him."
It's also set to premiere on Apple Vision Pro, on the same date, for an immersive experience.
Set in 1980s Staten Island, Rose Larusso (Emily Bader) discovers her father, Joe (Domenick Lombardozzi), is an emerging mafia kingpin. The movie is the directorial debut of Jennifer Esposito, who also wrote and co-produced Fresh Kills.
A 2024 New Zealand medical-drama film, A Mistake follows surgeon Elizabeth Taylor (Elizabeth Banks), the only female consultant at her hospital, but one an operation goes wrong, she's not sure she'll survive the mistake.
Creator, host and single mother Connie Britton teams up with experts in parenting, style and home, to help other single moms create more "balanced and fulfilling lives for themselves and their families."
The preview of Rick and Morty Season 8 shows Jerry excited about Easter, but we're still anxiously waiting to see what goes on with Jerry, Summer, Beth, and the other Beth.
Before "Brat," Charli XCX asked her fans to help her make an album during COVID-10 quarantine regulations. That emotional journey is documented in the documentary Charli XCX: Alone Together.
Starring Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg, Sasquatch Sunset is about a family of Sasquatches who go on a journey together for a year.
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While Jalisco has yet to reach Mexico City-levels in terms of crew and department heads, the state boasts a wealth of locations. 'Barring snow, we have cities, we have deserts—in other words, Jalisco offers a wide variety of locations, which isn't the case, for example, in Mexico City where if you wanted a beach location, it would take at least five hours to get there. We have a clear geographic advantage in that sense, plus, we have great food – and of course, tequila and mezcal,' said Filma Jalisco film commissioner Alejandro Tavares, who added that it hosts an average of five to six international audiovisual projects a year. 'We organized a fam trip here for producers from Los Angeles, directly in coordination with the Los Angeles Consulate. It was great that they came to see firsthand how easy it is to do things here — co-productions, etc. As you know, Hollywood is facing major issues right now, so they're looking for new filming destinations,' he said, adding: 'Jalisco has a big advantage over other states in Mexico, mainly due to its connectivity. Two of the country's top five airports are in Jalisco, and we have direct flights to Canada, Europe and the U.S.' Guadalajara has also become an animation hub with the Guillermo del Toro-backed film school El Taller del Chucho spearheading the genre. Over the weekend during the Guadalajara Festival El Taller unveiled 'Sira,' an ambitious hybrid animated feature co-produced with Spain, written by actor-writer-director Ángeles Cruz. Also, 'They're doing a lot of work with students, thanks to strong ties with the University of Guadalajara; It's become a key training ground for up-and-coming filmmakers and a talent pipeline for the animation industry,' Tavares noted. Around 20 animation studios have been working on several international projects, including some from Marvel. FICG's opening night film, Mexico's first stop motion animated feature 'I Am Frankelda' was post-produced in Guadalajara and tapped the cash rebate. Some of the pics in FICG's Made in Jalisco section used the cash rebate, most notably 'Abracadaver' and 'Over the Waves' ('Sobre las olas'). 'The political push by other states to develop their regions has benefited everyone, as a greater number of developed regions means more audiovisual industry growth and production services coming to Mexico,' said Saldaña. 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Harris Yulin, the veteran character actor whose many film and TV credits included Scarface, Ghostbusters II, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Ozark, died of cardiac arrest Tuesday in New York City. He was 87. His manager, Sue Leibman, confirmed the news to Entertainment Weekly. In a career spanning six decades, Yulin played more than 100 roles on stage and screen. Born Nov. 5, 1937, in Los Angeles, he made his New York stage debut in a 1963 production of Next Time I'll Sing to You and landed his first screen role in the 1970 satire End of the Road, opposite James Earl Jones and Stacy Keach. After making his Broadway debut in 1980's Watch on the Rhine, Yulin would make several returns in productions including The Diary of Anne Frank, The Price, and Hedda Gabler. He also found success in film and TV, with roles in 1975's Night Moves, 1976's St. Ives, and 1979's Steel. One of Yulin's most memorable roles came in 1983, when he played corrupt police officer Mel Bernstein in Brian De Palma's gangster classic Scarface. A few years later, he played Judge Stephen Wexler in Ghostbusters II, then had another outing as a corrupt lawman in the 1994 Harrison Ford thriller Clear and Present Danger. On the big screen, Yulin also starred in 1996's Looking for Richard, 1997's Bean, and the 1999 Denzel Washington thriller The Hurricane. He would later reunited with Washington for Training Day. Yulin had a string of memorable television appearances as well. He starred in the acclaimed Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Duet," a fan-favorite installment functioning as a two-hander with him and cast member Nana Visitor. His appearance in a single episode of Frasier, as wise guy Jerome Balasco, earned Yulin an Emmy nomination. He also memorably appeared in episodes of 24, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Entourage. More recently, he played Buddy Dieker, the terminal housemate and eventual friend of the Byrde family in the Netflix crime drama Ozark. Other TV credits included Veep, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, And Just Like That, Billions, and Divorce. Yulin spent several years teaching at Juilliard and Columbia University and directed several stage plays, including The Glass Menagerie and The Trip to Bountiful. Prior to his death, Yulin was preparing to reunite with his Ozark costar Laura Linney for a role in American Classic, an upcoming MGM+ comedy about a Broadway actor who suffers a public meltdown. American Classic director Michael Hoffman said in a statement, "Harris Yulin was very simply one of the greatest artists I have ever encountered. His marriage of immense technique with an always fresh sense of discovery, gave his work an immediacy and vitality and purity I've experienced nowhere else. And what he was as an actor, he was as a man, the grace, the humility, the generosity. All of us at American Classic have been blessed by our experience with him. He will always remain the beating heart of our show."Yulin is survived by wife Kristen Lowman, son-in-law Ted Mineo, nephew Martin Crane, and godchildren Marco and Lara Greenberg. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
