Shady business: Netflix premieres ‘Shadow and Bone’ Season 2
WHAT’S NEW ON NETFLIX “Shadow and Bone” - Season 2
The stories from author Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse spring to life once more when Season 2 of the fantasy drama “Shadow and Bone” premieres Thursday, March 16, on Netflix. As the story picks back up, the protagonist, Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li, “Last Night in Soho,” 2021) is on the run — a beacon of hope to some and a suspected traitor to others.Alina is determined to bring down the Shadow Fold and save Ravka from ruin, but Gen. Kirigan (Ben Barnes, “The Punisher”) has returned to finish what he started and, with an army of seemingly indestructible shadow monsters and fearsome new Grisha recruits, he’s more dangerous than ever. To stand a chance at fighting back,Alina and Mal (Archie Renaux, “The Greatest Beer Run Ever,” 2022) must rally their own allies and embark on a journey for two mythical creatures that can amplify Alina’s powers. Executive produced by Bardugo, the series is also executive produced by co-showrunners and writers Eric Heisserer (“Arrival,” 2016) and Daegan Fryklind (“Bitten”) and directed by Bola Ogun (“On the Run,” 2018), Laura Belsey (“The Walking Dead”), Karen Gaviola (“Paper Girls”) and Mairzee Almas (“The 100”). “Shadow and Bone” also stars Freddy Carter (“Free Rein”), Amita Suman (“The Outpost”), Kit Young (“The School for Good and Evil,” 2022), Danielle Galligan (“The Great”), Daisy Head (“Harlots”), Calahan Skogman (“G.I. Jose,” 2017), Lewis Tan (“Into the Badlands”), Anna Leong Brophy (“Traces”), Jack Wolfe (“The Magic Flute,” 2022) and Patrick Gibson (“The OA”).
WHAT’S NEW ON PRIME “Dom” - Season 2
Prime Video’s Brazilian crime drama, “Dom,” returns to the streamer with an action-packed new season Friday, March 17. Inspired by a true story, the series follows Pedro Dom (Gabriel Leone, “Dark Days”), who transforms from a normal, middle-class citizen in Rio de Janeiro to become the head of a dangerous crime organization in the early 2000s. In Season 2, Pedro is making headlines as the most wanted criminal in Rio. As the stakes get higher, the crimes get more dangerous and the police get closer to his every step, and Pedro has no choice but to impersonate someone else to survive. Created by Breno Silveira (“One Against All”), “Dom” is directed by Silveira and André Barros (“Trail of Lies”). The series also stars Flavio Tolezani (“The Good Side of Life!”), Filipe Braganca (“Orphans of a Nation”), Isabella Santoni (“Pride and Passion”), Raquel Villar (“Cat’s Cradle”), Laila Garin (“Rock Story”), Wilson Rabelo (“A Mother’s Love”), Roberto Birindelli (“One Against All”) and Digão Ribeiro (“Encantado’s”).
WHAT’S NEW ON HULU “Boston Strangler” (2023)
The true story of a serial killer who killed 13 women in Boston in the 1960s comes to Hulu when the new crime drama “Boston Strangler” premieres Friday,
Kit Harington in “Extrapolations”
March 17. Keira Knightley (“Pride & Prejudice,” 2005) stars as Loretta McLaughlin, a reporter for the RecordAmerican newspaper, who was the first journalist to connect the Boston Strangler murders.As the killer claims even more victims, Loretta and her colleague and confidante, Jean Cole (Carrie Coon, “Gone Girl,” 2014), work to solve the case while fighting against the rampant sexism of the era.The two women put their lives on the line to uncover the truth and bring the killer to justice. Directed and written by Matt Ruskin (“Crown Heights,” 2017), “Boston Strangler” is executive produced by Michael Fottrell (“Live Free or Die Hard,” 2007) and Sam Roston (“Naked Singularity,” 2021). Robert John Burke (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” 2022), Rory Cochrane (“Hostiles,” 2017), David Dastmalchian (“Dune,” 2021), Alessandro Nivola (“The Many Saints of Newark,” 2021), Chris Cooper (“American Beauty,” 1999), Morgan Spector (“The
Gilded Age”), Mellanie Hubert (“As They Made Us,” 2022), Kris Sidberry (“Detroit,” 2017), Owen Burke (“The Equalizer,” 2014), James Ciccone (“The Deuce”) and Jon Lindstrom (“General Hospital”) also star.
WHAT’S NEW ON APPLE TV+ “Extrapolations”
The new limited series “Extrapolations,” premiering Friday, March 17, on Apple TV+, explores the dark potential of our future on Earth through its eightepisode run. In the near future, when the chaotic effects of climate change have become embedded in our everyday lives, the series tells eight interwoven stories about love, work, faith and family around the globe. Each story is a different depiction of the way its subjects face the life-altering choices presented to them in a world that’s changing faster than the population is adjusting. From writer, director and executive producer Scott Z. Burns (“The Bourne Ultimatum,” 2007), the series boasts an all-star cast, including Meryl Streep (“The Devil Wears Prada,” 2006), Edward Norton (“Fight Club,” 1999), Forest Whitaker (“The Last King of Scotland,” 2006), Sienna Miller (“American Sniper,” 2014), Kit Harrington (“Game of Thrones”), Marion Cotillard (“Inception,” 2010), Tobey Maguire (“Spider-Man,” 2002), Michael Gandolfini (“The Many Saints of Newark,” 2021), Diane Lane (“Under the Tuscan Sun,” 2003), Murray Bartlett (“The White Lotus”), David Schwimmer (“Friends”), Daveed Diggs (“Hamilton,” 2020), Gemma Chan (“Crazy Rich Asians,” 2018) and Keri Russell (“The Americans”).