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'Baywatch'
Amazon Prime Video
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the hit series' launch, "Baywatch" will be available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, and it will look even better than ever: all episodes have been remastered in high-def for the David Hasselhoff-starring show's streaming debut.
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‘Central Park Five’
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Platform: Netflix
Release Date: May 31, 2019
Ava DuVernay directs the four-part limited series on the true story of five black teenagers who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. The gripping true-crime series will chart the lives of the five young men from the 1989 incident through to their 2014 exoneration. The cast includes Jovan Adepo, Joshua Jackson, Vera Farmiga, John Leguizamo.
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‘Rogue One’ Prequel Series
Disney
Platform: Disney+
Release Date: Late 2019
When Disney launches their hotly anticipated streaming platform Disney+ at the end of 2019, be ready for it to come with what is to be their first major original series – a "Star Wars" spinoff focusing on “Rogue One” rebel spy Cassian Andor. Diego Luna is set to reprise his role for the series that is already garnering major buzz online.
“We have a fantastic adventure ahead of us, and this new exciting format will give us the chance to explore this character more deeply,” Luna said of the untitled series that will begin production in 2019.
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‘Good Omens’
Amazon Prime
Platform: Amazon Prime
Release Date: May 31, 2019
Based on Neil Gaiman’s 1990 novel of the same name, 'Good Omens' stars David Tennant as the demon Crowley, opposite Michael Sheen as the angel Aziraphale in the comedy-fantasy about the apocalypse. Rounding out the ensemble cast of the six-part series is Jon Hamm, Michael McKean, Jack Whitehall, Miranda Richardson, Mireille Enos, Nick Offerman, and Frances McDormand as the voice of God.
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‘Shrill’
Hulu
Platform: Hulu
Release Date: March 15, 2019
“SNL” comedian Aidy Bryant headlines “Shrill”, a new comedy series about Annie, a woman who wants to change her life but not her body. The body-positive series based on the memoir by Lindy West is executive produced by Lorne Michaels and Elizabeth Banks.
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‘Sex Education’
Netflix
Platform: Netflix
Release Date: January 11, 2019
The eight-episode limited series features Asa Butterfield as Otis Milburn, the only child of a renowned sex therapist, played by Gillian Anderson. Thanks to the manuals and open-but-tedious conversations about sex at home, the awkward and inexperienced Otis is a reluctant sexpert, who realizes he can use his knowledge to form an underground sex therapy clinic to solve his classmates' weird and wonderful problems.
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‘The Irishman’
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Platform: Netflix
Release Date: TBD 2019
After 23 years, director Martin Scorsese reunites with Robert De Niro for “The Irishman”, a Netflix original movie about a mob hitman who recalls his involvement in the killing of teamster Jimmy Hoffa. The impressive cast includes Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Anna Paquin, Bobby Cannavale, Ray Romano, Harvey Keitel, and Jesse Plemons. When filming ended in March 2018, the movie’s budget had reportedly ballooned to $125 million. “The Irishman” is also expected to have a limited theatrical release to qualify for the Academy Awards.
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‘Too Old To Die Young’
Amazon Prime
Platform: Amazon Prime
Release Date: June 14, 2019
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, the Danish director of “Drive” and “The Neon Demon”, and features Miles Teller as a grieving cop who – along with the man who shot his partner – finds himself in the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles filled with Yakuza, cartel assassins from Mexico, Russian mobsters, and a gang of teenage killers. The first teaser showed a neon-saturated EDM-filled world and a cast that includes Billy Baldwin, Jena Malone, and John Hawkes.
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‘6 Underground’
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Platform: Netflix
Release Date: Summer 2019
The big-budget action movie from director Michael Bay stars Ryan Reynolds, Melanie Laurent, and Dave Franco. Plot details have been kept under wraps but the story will reportedly revolve around six billionaires who fake their deaths to become a quasi-crime fighting team, taking down criminals in exotic locations.
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‘Veronica Mars’
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Platform: Hulu
Release Date: Summer 2019
Following a crowd-funded big-screen revival in 2014, “The Good Place” star Kristen Bell will return to her Veronica Mars roots with a newly rebooted version of the cult series. The original cast, including Enrico Colantoni, Jason Dohring, Francis Capra, and Percy Daggs III, are all set to return for the eight-episode run.
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‘Our Planet’
Netflix
Platform: Netflix
Release Date: March 2019
From the creators of “Planet Earth” comes a new nature documentary series produced in part with the World Wildlife Fund. Filmed in Ultra HD 4K over a four-year span, “Our Planet” will feature voice-over narration by David Attenborough.