Introduction to New Releases
From Lena Dunham’s new Netflix Rom-Com in London to the return of Michael C Hall’s murderous Dexter and a breathtaking new wildlife series, this summer promises to be exciting for streaming services.
Upcoming Shows
1. Ballard
Long-lived series do not die often; they only give us spinoffs. Seven seasons of Bosch with Titus Welliver as a police detective in Los Angeles led to three seasons of a sequel, Bosch: Legacy, and now Ballard. Action star Maggie Q plays Detective Renée Ballard, who was introduced as a murder detective in the last episode of Legacy. In her own series, which, like Bosch, is based on a series of popular novels by Michael Connelly, she was reassigned to lead the LAPD’s Cold Case Unit – as most cold case units are in a dirty basement. Her ragtag team consists of reserve police and volunteers, but she will soon have to tackle heavy old crimes if she is looking for a serial killer and examine the death of a John Doe. Harry Bosch from Welliver appears regularly to advise on the cases, which often puts the detective genre Ballard in danger. Ballard premieres on July 9th on Amazon Prime Video International.
2. Too Much
Lena Dunham was always best when she gave her own life for material, as she was in her first feature, Tiny Furniture (2010), loose in the series Girls (2012-2017), who was now a cultural test stone-and now in this Brash, funny new series, together with her husband, the British musician Luis Felber, and inspired. Megan Salter (Kayla in Hacks) is the ideal Dunham age as Jessica, a New York television producer, whose long relationship has ended. She flees to London and hopes to have the kind of romance that only exists in Richard Curtis films. Will Sharpe (from the Sicily season of the White Lotus) plays Felix, an indie musician who turns out to be an unexpected man in her dreams. Much of the humor comes from her well-played British-American cultural differences. Dunham headed the show and plays Jessica’s depressive sister with Rita Wilson as mother and Rhea Perlman as her grandmother. Richard E Grant plays her British boss under a dream list of guest stars, including Andrew Scott, Naomi Watts, and Rita Ora. Too Much premieres on July 10th on Netflix International.
3. Electric Bloom
The title of this family-friendly music series is the name of a fictional pop group that, despite its cringey name, became the largest band in the world. The story goes back when the three girls in the group, Posey, Jade, and Tulip, met in middle school and pushed their climb to fame. Their popularity is an exciting surprise for you. The more surprising thing for us is that the title song and the music for Diane Warren’s pilot episode were written, a regular Oscar-nominated one with 16 best song nominations and no victories yet. Her music does not suggest a YA population group, but that is the most likely audience for this Disney show, which is the serious flipsides for the latest, disrespectless girls’ band series such as Girls5eva and We Lady Parts. Electric Bloom premieres on July 10th on Disney Channel and September 17th on Disney+ International.
4. The Wild Ones
Natural shows are several years of favorites among the spectators, and the wrinkles in this series is that a trio of discoverers leads to remote areas around the world to find endangered ways and to hold them in the film to help scientists to study and preserve them. In Malaysia, you are looking for the rare and beautiful Malaysian tiger, in Indonesia, Javan Rhino, and in Mongolia, the Gobi bear. The three men are talkative, pleasant company on the screen when they tell their adventures. Vianet is the cameraman Declan, the photographer who puts her cameras in small difficult places, and Aldo, a former Royal Marines Commando who leads her in Jungles. Most of the time, they let the cameras back to film and return to see animals that have come into view, but in an episode, Vianet is there in Gabon, who watches a father of Gorilla and his son. It is breathtaking throughout the air and close-up photography. The Wild Ones premiere on July 11th on Apple TV+ International.
5. Dexter: Resurrection
If you need more evidence that old shows rarely die – see Ballard above – Dexter comes here: Resurrection. It is the fourth series when you count the pre-quel of last year, Dexter: Original Sin, to show Dexter Morgan (Michael C Hall). When the original show had its premiere 19 years ago, Dexter was a forensic analyst in Miami, who had killed the murderer to put her in court. In the resurrection, he goes to New York to try to repair his relationship with his adult son Harrison (Jack Alcott). Two top-class actors compete in the series. Peter Dinklage plays a billionaire who likes to hire a murderer, and Uma Thurman is his security manager. John Lithgow returns to the guest stars as the spirit of the Trinity Murderer. And that’s not even the end. Clyde Phillips, the long-time Dexter producer, who created resurrection, said: "We have the strongest franchise in the history of showtime and plan to do this for years." Dexter: Resurrection premieres on July 11th on Paramount+ with Showtime in the USA and Great Britain.
6. The Institute
In this horror series, based on Stephen King’s Roman 2019, a youthful genius called Luke Ellis is kidnapped and is located in a facility with other kidnapped young people who have promising telekinetics powers. It sounds like a dark version of the school of Professor Xavier for gifted young people in the X-Men films. Mary-Louise Parker plays Ms. Sigsby, the director of the institute, who is determined to teach the students to use their strength so that they and their cohorts can use them. Joe Freeman, who plays Luke, has little work experience, but has in his genes. His parents are Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington. Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone) plays a former police officer who tries to help Luke and his friends plan to escape. Barnes has said the show is less pure horror than "a slow smoldering kind of terrible thriller", which sounds very loyal to Stephen King. The Institute will premiere on MGM+ International on July 13th.
7. Untamed
Eric Bana has emerged in Thrillers from Steven Spielberg’s Munich (2005) to the newer, underestimated Australian film The Dry (2020), in which he examined some suspicious deaths in a small town. It is good here like Kyle Turner, an agent of the National Park Service, which examines a brutal murder in Yellowstone National Park, who is committed by someone who knows the park inside. According to Netflix Description, the mysterious conspiracy: "The dark secrets that lurk in both Kyle and in the past of the park may be just as dangerous as the murderer." In a large bonus of the casting, Sam Neill plays Paul Souter, the long-time Chief Park Ranger and Kyle’s friend. Rosemarie Dewitt plays Kyle’s ex-wife. And every crime history needs a rookie investigator who has to learn the ropes. Here she is a young ranger named Naya Vasquez (Lily Santiago). Untamed premieres on July 17th on Netflix International.
8. Washington Black
Sterling K Brown is the main bait in this adaptation of Esi Edugyan’s recognized Booker Short List novel, but not the main character. In the early 19th century, George Washington Black was an 11-year-old enslaved boy on a sugar plantation in Barbados as well as an artist and a scientific child prodigy. Titch (Tom Ellis from the Lucifer series) escapes as he is known in a balloon. His adventure finally leads him to Nova Scotia, where city guide Medwin Harris (Brown) becomes his mentor. The story goes back and forth in time, and Eddie Karanja plays as a boy. As a young man (Ernest Kingsley Jr.), he falls in love with Tessa (Iola Evans), whose father wants her to hide the fact that she is bi-racial. Most of the show was shot in 2022, with some scenes being shot last year, which is not a good sign. But the occupation, the history of adventure, and the topics of racial identity will probably shine through. Washington Black premieres on July 23 on Hulu in the USA and Disney+ International.
9. Leann
Leanne Morgan is not a well-known name, despite her hit Netflix stand-up special, Leanne Morgan: I am every woman (2023). But the name of her fictional counterpart is the title of this sitcom that Morgan has put together with Chuck Lorre, who has an almost infallible recording of successful shows (The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, Two Half Men) and Susan McMartin, an experienced producer of the Lorre series. Here Morgan plays a woman whose husband leaves her after 33 years and who makes an appointment again. In contrast to the figure, Morgan is still married, but the Southern family and the tone of the show reflect their autobiographical stand-up. Kristen Johnson plays her sister and Celia Weston is her mother, who is known as Mama Margaret. Morgan has to talk about her later breakthrough said: "I am a grandmother of Tennessee and now I have a TV show!" In contrast to most streaming shows, this series will have 16 episodes. Leanne premieres on July 31st on Netflix International.
