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From Kristen Wiig playing a socialite in The Palm Royale to Kate Winslet playing an autocratic leader in The Regime, to the new series 3 Body Problem from the creator of Game of Thrones. to.
1. System
In this timely and absurdist satire, Kate Winslet brilliantly and hilariously plays Elena Varnum, the authoritarian prime minister of a fictional Central European country. She is a sometimes chilling, sometimes funny figure, such as singing Santa Baby on TV as a Christmas message, and a sociopathic soldier, Herbert Zubek (Matthias Schoenaerts), who works for her in a luxurious palace. ) is under the influence of Hugh Grant appears in one standout episode as Elena’s former prime minister, and Martha Plimpton appears in another as a U.S. senator negotiating foreign policy with her. Will Tracy, who wrote the recent dark comedy The Menu and contributed to Succession magazine, casts our world into the shadows without directly referencing any specific real-life authoritarians. creating the world. “This is not a current affairs show,” Winslet told The New York Times, but Tracy told the paper he had investigated the leaders of Syria, Russia and Romania. Stephen Frears (The Queen) and Jessica Hobbs (The Crown) each directed three of his episodes.
The Regime will premiere in the US on March 3 on HBO and Max, and in the UK on April 8 on Sky Atlantic and NOW.
2. Mary and George
Julianne Moore plays the real-life Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham, in this historical drama set in the 17th century and full of palace intrigue, giving her a fun role full of intrigue, but with a more luxurious setting. It feels like a diabolical modern melodrama. Mary, the wife of a minor aristocrat, realized that King James I was interested in handsome young men, and her second son George was exactly that type, and seized a unique opportunity. All she has to do is push him onto the royal path. Nicholas Galitzine, who played a British prince who falls in love with the son of an American president in the romantic comedy Red, White and Royal Blue, plays George, replacing the rugged, middle-aged James (Tony Curran) with a handsome man like himself. I might have preferred the young man. ). But what about my second son? Nicola Walker plays an influential woman as Queen James’s lady-in-waiting. The series was filmed in mansions and historic homes across the UK, including Knoll, a former royal residence.
Mary and George will premiere in the UK on March 5 on Sky and Now and in the US on April 5 on Starz
3. Gentlemen
Guy Ritchie based the series on the 2019 film The Gentlemen, setting it in the same world but featuring completely different characters. This time, Matthew McConaughey does not appear as the head of an illegal cannabis empire operating from the mansion of a cash-strapped British aristocrat. Here, Theo James plays Eddie Horniman, Duke of Halstead, who inherits one of these properties and is drawn into the world of crime. Ray Winstone plays an imprisoned mob boss whose will is enforced out in the open by his daughter Susie (Kaya Scodelario). Ritchie’s action thrillers, dating back to Lock, Stock, Two Smoking Barrels (1998), have often divided audiences, and this series is no exception. The film was criticized for its negative stereotypes of Asians, with The Hollywood Reporter’s moderate review of the show stating, “The reduction in casual anti-Asian racism is a welcome decline.” However, the London Standard was enthusiastic, saying, “This is Guy Ritchie at his peak: his strange obsession with guns, geeks and nobility.”
The Gentlemen premieres worldwide on Netflix on March 7th
4. The apple doesn’t fall
Liane Moriarty’s novels almost automatically become star-studded series such as Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers. An adaptation of her 2021 bestseller The Apple Doesn’t Fall (as in “Fall From the Tree”), the film stars Annette Bening and Sam Neill as Joy, who recently started running a tennis academy. He plays retired Stan Delaney. When Joy disappears, Delaney’s family, including her four grown children, uncover secrets even deeper than the mystery of Joy’s whereabouts, as the story jumps back and forth in time. Alison Brie and Jake Lacey are two children, and much of the suspense revolves around whether they, or one of their siblings or spouses, is a bugger. The show’s executive producer is the very powerful David Heyman (Barbie and Wonka last year alone). Melanie Marnic, who wrote the smart and twisted thriller Murder at the End of the World, is the showrunner of this promising story.
Apples Never Fall premieres March 14 on Peacock
5. Girls on the Bus
A highly fictionalized and polished look at the campaigning lives of female journalists, the series is loosely based on Amy Chozick’s experiences as a New York Times reporter, chronicled in her 2018 nonfiction book Chasing Hillary. ing. The series follows co-creators Chozick and Julie Plec (Vampire Academy) as they bond while covering a fictional U.S. presidential election campaign, featuring two very different but equally ambitious and idealistic girlfriends. Invented four women. Melissa Benoit (Supergirl) plays Sadie, a barely disguised New York Times reporter for the New York Sentinel. Carla Gugino plays a Washington-based veteran at a rival newspaper, Christina Elmore plays an unlikely black conservative on a TV station similar to Fox News, and Natasha Behnum plays an Internet writer who takes politics seriously. Play the role of an influencer. There’s romance thwarted by conflicts of interest, a scramble to find abortion pills while traveling through right-wing states, and most of all, lots of sisterly love. Sadie’s admiration for old-fashioned journalism gives the series its name, after Timothy Close’s classic campaign book The Boys on the Bus (1973). It was given by.
“Girls on the Bus” will premiere on Max on March 14th.
6. Palm Royale
Kristen Wiig plays Maxine, a feisty social climber who earnestly but deceptively attempts to break into wealthy Palm Beach society in 1969. This era, with its bushy hair and Lilly Pulitzer style, makes Palm Royale look like the comic flip side of “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans.” . Allison Janney plays a social gatekeeper determined to keep Maxine out. Laura Dern, who serves as an executive producer alongside Wiig, also stars as Maxine, a feminist trying to raise awareness. Guest appearances include Bruce Dern and the legendary Carol Burnett as the wealthy Empress Dowager. When promoting the show, Burnett told the Television Critics Association that her joining the cast was easy. “I was in a coma for the first three episodes, but I still got paid, so it was a huge success,” she said. Abe Sylvia, who created the series “George and Tammy” and co-wrote the film “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” created the show.
Palm Royale premieres on Apple TV+ on March 20th
7.3 Physical problems
The series is one of the most anticipated series of the year, as it is created by Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and DB Weiss, as well as True Blood producer and writer Alexander Wu. This is one of the. “It was really important to move forward and put Westeros behind us,” Benioff told The Hollywood Reporter. His existential science fiction novel “The 3 Body Problem” is based on a trilogy of Chinese novels. This problem began during his 1960s Chinese Cultural Revolution. A scientific experiment triggers a reaction that affects the present day and could bring aliens from a collapsing planet to Earth. The show is primarily set in England, where a group of scientists known as the Oxford Five (including Jack Rooney and Game of Thrones’ Samwell) take on an invasion that may or may not be friendly. We are working on countermeasures. Jonathan Pryce plays a billionaire cult leader, and Benedict Wong (Wong the Magician in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) plays a detective investigating the unexpected death of a scientist. The eight episodes reportedly cost $160m (£126m), twice as much as the final season of Game of Thrones, and the trailer shows that many of them are luxurious It has been suggested that more money was spent on world-building and special effects.
“3 Body Problem” premieres worldwide on Netflix on March 21st
8. We Were the Lucky One
This gripping World War II drama follows a large Jewish family trying to survive in Nazi-occupied Poland. The five adult children of Nechma and Sol Kuruk, played by Robin Weigert and Lior Ashkenazy, scatter from their hometown of Radom with their spouses and children, only to find that nowhere is safe. notice. Logan Lerman plays Adi, the youngest son of a musician who was in Paris when the Nazis took over and lost contact with his parents and siblings for years. Joey King plays her youngest daughter Halina, who joins the Polish resistance at great personal cost. The other siblings, including Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Indian Summers), who plays Jenek, are forced to go into hiding or be taken to a forced labor camp, in a series that focuses on the resilience needed to survive. will be forced to. Thomas Kyle (Hamilton and Foss/Verdon) will direct several episodes of the show, which is based on Georgia Hunter’s novel, which is based on her own family history.
“We Were the Lucky Ones” premieres March 28 on Hulu
9. Gentleman of Moscow
The series, based on Amor Towles’ best-selling 2016 novel, stars Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov, sporting a mustache that rivals Hercule Poirot. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks sentenced Rostov, a young aristocrat, to life imprisonment and locked him up in a small attic of Moscow’s grand Hotel Metropol. Going outside is a death sentence. Through decades of Russian history, Rostov wanders through the hotel, meeting hotel staff and guests, including actress Anna Urbanova (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), and becoming a father figure to his nine-year-old daughter. Become. Much of the series was directed by Sam Miller, who won a BAFTA for I May Destroy You. Vanity Fair called the show “mesmerizing” and said it “brings Amor Tolles’ novels to life on a vast and extravagant scale,” noting that it was shot on location and had sets constructed in the UK. There is.
‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ will premiere on Paramount+ Showtime on March 29th
10. Parish
Giancarlo Esposito, who made the character Gus Fring a memorable, ruthless and deadly crime boss in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, based the film on the 2014 BBC drama The Driver. is back with its own crime series. In the original show, David Morrissey played Vince, a Manchester taxi driver who works for a criminal organization. In the American version, Esposito is Gray Parish, a former criminal conductor who is now the rightful owner of a struggling auto service company in glamorous New Orleans. With his livelihood in jeopardy, Parrish agrees to deliver a package to an underworld figure, but when he falls into the orbit of a human trafficker called The Horse (Zachary Momoh), he realizes that his last job may be his last. I know that I don’t have anything. Paula Malcomson (Ray Donovan) plays Parrish’s wife, and Bradley Whitford plays a businessman who has an affair with Parrish in this action-thriller filled with violence and moral questions.
Parish premieres March 31 on AMC and AMC+
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