“Parish” – season 1, created by Danny Brocklehurst and Sunu Gonera
Where and when to watch: on AMC – April 1
American adaptation of the British TV series “The Driver” by Danny Brocklehurst, known for his film adaptations of Harlan Coben’s novels. Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito plays a man named Gray Parish, who abandoned his dark past for the sake of his family, but is forced to return to his old habits after the brutal murder of his son.
“Mutual Consent” – Season 2, created by Valeria Gai Germanika
Where and when to watch: In Kion – from April 1
The second issue of Valeria Gai Germanika’s anthology about violence and women’s efforts to achieve justice in a patriarchal world. The plot of the new episodes revolves around a murder: after celebrating the 20th wedding anniversary of Marina Venisheva (Glafira Tarkhanova) she calls the police in tears – arriving officers find the body of her husband Grigory (Maxim Polzikov) with a knife to the stomach. During the medical examination, it was determined that the woman had bruises on her back for self-defense. The case was transferred to investigator Anna (Night Snipers’ lead singer Diana Arbenina)Who finds himself under serious pressure from his superiors.
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“Ripley” – mini-series, created by Stephen Zaillian
Where and when to watch: On Netflix starting April 4
A new film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, starring Fleabag and Sherlock star Andrew Scott. In the story set in 1960s New York, a wealthy man hires a young man named Tom Ripley to persuade his prodigal son to return home from Italy. It turns out that this meeting is the first step into “a complex life full of deceptions”. The series was written by Steven Zaillian, who won an Oscar for Schindler’s List.
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“Ground Zero” – Season 1, direction. Sergey Pikalov
Where and when to watch: On “Ivy” – from April 4
A drama about a virologist who moves from Moscow to Novosibirsk to participate in research activities, but as a result is forced to fight the epidemic of an unknown deadly disease. Starring Marina Alexandrova.
“Sugar” – season 1, created by Mark Protasevich
Where and when to watch: On Apple TV+ starting April 5
The second season of True Detective is coming up again, and it could be a California noir with the dark Colin Farrell solving dark mysteries in modern-day Los Angeles. In the story, private investigator John Sugar (sweet name, hard life) begins searching for the missing grandson of a legendary Hollywood producer. Trying to figure out what happened, Farrell’s protagonist encounters numerous skeletons, both very fresh and not-so-fresh, in the closets of his employer’s family.
“Parasite: Grey” – Season 1, created by Yeon Sang Ho
Where and when to watch: On Netflix starting April 5
A film adaptation of a manga about the confrontation between humans and deadly parasitic aliens who find themselves on Earth. The director of the show was Yeon Sang Ho, the author of the horror series “Train to Busan”.
“Franklin” – mini-series, created by Kirk Ellis, Howard Corder and Tim Van Patten
Where and when to watch: On Apple TV+ – April 12
A biography of US Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, starring Michael Douglas. The plot of the series covers Franklin’s eight years as ambassador to France, where he tried to persuade the local monarchy to support American democracy and unite against Great Britain.
“Fallout” – season 1, created by Jeniva Robertson-Dworet, Graham Wagner, Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan
Where and when to watch: On Amazon Prime Video – starting April 12
A serial adaptation of a series of post-apocalyptic role-playing video games developed by “Westworld” writers Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan. The series is set in an alternate retrofuturistic world that has survived a war for resources and a nuclear holocaust. The rest of humanity takes shelter in shelters built for just such an eventuality. Two centuries after the end of the world, a girl named Lucy (Ella Purnell of the Hornets)Having spent his entire life in one of these shelters, he rises to the surface and sets out to plow the dangerous lands of the Wasteland that was once Los Angeles.
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“The Sympathizer” – mini-series, created by Park Chan Wook and Don McKellar
Where and when to watch: On HBO – starting April 15
Black comedy spy thriller from Park Chan-wook (“Old Man”, “Decision to Leave”) Adapted from the novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Hoa Xuande (Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop) plays a Viet Cong spy who infiltrates a Los Angeles refugee community at the end of the Vietnam War and is torn between loyalty to his homeland and a new life. Many of the antagonists in the series are Robert Downey Jr. Animated by. (“Oppenheimer”).
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“Under the Bridge” – miniseries, created by Quinn Shepard
Where and when to watch: On Hulu – April 17
The true crime is based on Rebecca Godfrey’s book of the same name about the 1997 tragedy – 14-year-old Canadian Rina Virk went to a party with her friends and never returned home. “Call Girls” and “Daisy Jones and the Six” star Riley Keough portrays Godfrey himself, and the cop on the case is played by Lily Gladstone from Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
“The Brothers Grimm: Variations” – Season 1, created by Joji Wada and Michiko Yokote
Where and when to watch: On Netflix starting April 17
An anthology anime based on the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm from Wit Studio, known for Attack on Titan. New “variations” appeared in “Cinderella”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Hansel and Gretel”, “Elves and the Shoemaker”, “Bremen Town Musicians” and “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”.
“Dead Boy Detectives” – Season 1, created by Steve Yockey
Where and when to watch: On Netflix starting April 25
An adventure show based on Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel about two teenagers who decide not to go to the afterlife but stay on Earth to investigate supernatural crimes. Originally, the project was conceived as a spinoff of “Doom Patrol” and was created for Max’s release, but it eventually made its way to Netflix and officially joined the “Sandman” universe. The series is written by Steve Yockey, creator of the comedy thriller “The Flight Attendant” starring Kaley Cuoco.
“Veil” – mini-series, created by Stephen Knight
Where and when to watch: On Hulu – April 30
Spy thriller with Elisabeth Moss from Peaky Blinders writer Steven Knight (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) and Yumnoy Marwan (“Little birds”) in the lead role. The former stars the second’s protagonist as a top-notch MI6 agent who must find secret information that will save almost half a million people from death.
Note. Dates are indicated in Moscow time.
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Source: Gazeta
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