IN THE SPOTLIGHT
New this week: Kaepernick, Sheeran and ‘Star Trek’ spin-off
MOVIES
— “Army of Thieves,” coming to Netflix on Friday, is set in a world where there are zombies but it’s not a zombie movie. This prequel to Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead” invites viewers to join a new Europe-trotting heist. The safecracker Dieter (played by Matthias Schweighöfer, who also directed) is just a small-time bank teller who is recruited by “Game of Thrones” alum Nathalie Emmanuel to pull off a series of robberies across the continent.
— If you missed Lin-Manuel Miranda’s joyous musical “In the Heights” in theaters earlier this summer or during its limited time on HBO Max, worry not because the Jon M. Chu-directed adaptation is coming back to the streaming service on Thursday.
— A new documentary tells the story of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Nick Ut, the man who captured the horrors of the Vietnam War with a single black-andwhite photo of a 9-year-old girl in 1972. Ut gets the chance to tell his own story in “From Hell to Hollywood,” available on VOD starting Oct. 26.
MUSIC
— Ed Sheeran always equals something interesting. The fourth full-length album from the singer-songwriter — titled “=” (and pronounced Equals) — is due Friday. The 14-track album includes the hits “Bad Habits” and “Shivers.”
— The War on Drugs are back this Friday after four years with the 10-track “I Don’t Live Here Anymore.” The album is described as “an uncommon rock album about one of our most common but daunting processes — resilience in the face of despair.”
— The weather’s getting colder and the holidays are right around the corner. That can mean only one thing: Pentatonix with a new Christmas album. “Evergreen,” the Grammy-winning a cappella group’s sixth holiday album, out Friday, is timed for winter.
TELEVISION
— It’s a wild ride for the young alien outcasts who swipe a starship in the Paramount+ animated series “Star Trek: Prodigy,” debuting Thursday with a hour-long episode on the streaming service. The novice adventurers are off to a rocky start with the vessel they’ve commandeered and their impromptu journey, but an introduction to Starfleet and its ideals is in their future.
— Colin Kaepernick and TV and moviemaker Ava DuVernay are the co-creators of Netflix’s “Colin in Black and White,” a six-episode, half-hour series inspired by the Black activist and former NFL quarterback’s
teen years. Jaden Michael plays Kaepernick, adopted by white parents in a white community. Mary-Louise Parker and Nick Offerman co-star, with Kaepernick serving as the present-day narrator. The series debuts Friday.
— How about classic chills with a modern vibe for Halloween? BYUtv is offering a contemporary version of “The Canterville Ghost,” Oscar Wilde’s short, comedylaced tale. The four-part series stars Anthony Head as Sir Simon de Canterville — or, more accurately, as Sir Simon’s ghost, who’s long rattled around his former English country estate. But there’s an annoying new intruder: a U.S. tech billionaire who’s bought the place. James Lance plays the tech baron, with Carolyn Catz as his wife. The series debuts 9 p.m. EDT Sunday on the channel and on BYUtv’s free streaming service.