The return of the mystery-comedy 鈥淥nly Murders in the Building鈥� and Gal Gadot getting her 鈥淢ission: Impossible鈥�-style action film with the international espionage thriller 鈥淗eart of Stone鈥� are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you
Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press鈥� are a new one-hour game show that features music superstars crowning their biggest fan, and a royal rom-com adaptation of Casey McQuiston鈥檚 bestseller 鈥淩ed, White and Royal Blue鈥� lands on Prime Video.
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM
鈥� Gal Gadot gets her 鈥淢ission: Impossible鈥�-style action film in the international espionage thriller The film, debuting Friday on Netflix, stars the 鈥淲onder Woman鈥� actor as a superspy for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency called the Charter. 鈥淗eart of Stone,鈥� directed by Tom Harper, boasts plenty of stunt sequences and international locales, with Gadot starring alongside Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Keya Dhawan and Sophie Okonedo. ( .)
鈥� Harry and Meghan have competition. In the royal rom-com adaptation of Casey McQuiston鈥檚 bestseller, Nicolas Galitzine (鈥淐inderella鈥�) stars as British prince Harry and Taylor Zakhar Perez (鈥淭he Kissing Booth鈥�) plays the son of the first female U.S. president (Uma Thurman). They鈥檙e initially bitter rivals who cause a media frenzy when they tussle and fall into a cake at a royal wedding. But in the film, directed by playwright Matthew L贸pez, a resulting PR campaign brings them closer. 鈥淩ed, White and Royal Blue鈥� premieres Friday on Prime Video. ( .)
鈥� Mario is a-here. Since early August, has been streaming on Peacock, bringing one of the year鈥檚 biggest box office hits to the NBCUniversal platform. Back when the film (the second attempt at a big-screen adaptation of the Nintendo videogame) , it raced to more than $1.3 billion at the global box office. I called this 鈥淢ario鈥� 鈥渙key-dokey,鈥� writing: 鈥淎s nice as it is to look at 鈥楾he Super Mario Bros. Movie,鈥� it鈥檚 not anywhere near as fun as it would be to play it.鈥�
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NEW MUSIC TO STREAM
鈥� Music fans get to take center stage on Wednesday. CBS has the debut of a new one-hour game show series that each week as they each crown their biggest fan. Contestants vie in multiple rounds to prove they are their favorite artist鈥檚 most devoted supporter, including a lip-synch battle. Season one features Kelsea Ballerini, Gloria Estefan, Little Big Town, LL Cool J, Pitbull and Shania Twain. The show is hosted by co-creator Keltie Knight and Nate Burleson.
鈥� Neil Young has dug deep into his own record crates to release his 1977 lost album 鈥淐hrome Dreams鈥� for the first time on Friday. The 12-track album, recorded between 1974 and 1977, includes several originals eventually re-worked or overdubbed elsewhere, including 鈥淧owderfinger鈥� and 鈥淧ocahontas,鈥� later featured on 鈥淩ust Never Sleeps; 鈥淪edan Delivery鈥� and 鈥淗old Back the Tears,鈥� later remade with new lyrics; and 鈥淪tringman.鈥� Fans might know all the songs but six of the 12 tracks are presented here in its original way. ( .)
鈥� will be celebrated by Netflix with the four-part docuseries Each episode will feature a mix of classic MCs including Queen Latifah, Sha Rock, Remy Ma, Yo-Yo, Roxanne Shante, MC Lyte, Da Brat, Monie Love, Bahamadia and Rah Digga mixed with some of the hottest artists of today, such as Latto, Saweetie, Coi Leray, Chika, Rapsody, Kash Doll and Tierra Whack, as well as commentary from journalists, record label executives and stylists. It starts Wednesday.
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NEW SERIES TO STREAM
鈥� Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez have a new case to devote their podcast to when returned to Hulu on Tuesday. In the new episodes, Oliver Putnam鈥檚 (Martin Short) career comeback is in jeopardy when a murder disrupts his Broadway play, and it seems almost everyone involved is suspicious. 鈥淵our show is a death trap! Today alone I almost died three times,鈥� Martin鈥檚 Thomas Haden-Savage declares in the trailer. The third season also features new all-star cast members including Meryl Streep, Paul Rudd, Jesse Williams and Ashley Park.
鈥� A new Netflix limited series details the rise of opioid use in the United States from various perspectives. features Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler, the former Purdue Pharma head, who developed OxyContin. Taylor Kitsch plays an honest family man whose life is torn apart by opioid addiction after an accident on the job. Uzo Aduba portrays a prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney鈥檚 office investigating the Sackler family. West Duchovny (daughter of actors David and T茅a) plays a pharmaceutical sales rep who gets caught up in the allure of pushing the drug on doctors. 鈥淧补颈苍办颈濒濒别谤鈥� All six episodes were directed by Peter Berg and dropped Thursday.
鈥� After sitting out season six, Damian Lewis鈥� character, Bobby Axelrod, returns for the seventh and final season of the Showtime drama. Lewis reunites with Paul Giamatti鈥檚 character Chuck Rhoades, who is now Attorney General of New York. 鈥淏颈濒濒颈辞苍蝉鈥� will first be available on Paramount+ on Friday (with the Showtime bundle), and then air on the Showtime cable network on Sunday.
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NEW VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY
鈥� It鈥檚 been a busy summer for fans of role-playing games, but here鈥檚 something completely different: . It鈥檚 an urban fantasy in which a college dropout gains the power of song when an ancient muse dies in her arms, and the gods aren鈥檛 too happy about it. It comes from Summerfall Studios, which was founded by Dragon Age writer David Gaider, and the lead composer is Austin Wintory, best known for his Journey soundtrack. The cast of voiceover all-stars is led by The Last Of Us veterans Laura Bailey, Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson. If you love musicals but wish they were interactive 鈥� or if you love games but wish they had more singing 鈥� the show must go on Thursday on PlayStation 5/4, Xbox X/S/One, Nintendo Switch and PC.
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