Four to watch this week
Ark: The Animated Series (6 episodes, streaming from April 19 exclusively on Paramount+)
Russell Crowe, Gerard Butler and Vin Diesel are executive producers and members of a starry voice cast for an animated adventure based on the Ark: Survival Evolved open world video game.
Grief-stricken 21st-century palaeontologist Helena Walker (voiced by Madeleine Madden) washes up on the shore of a fantastical island called the Ark, inhabited by dinosaurs and other majestic creatures, shortly after the death of her wife (Elliot Page). The Ark is home to warring tribes and characters from different points in history including tyrannical Roman General Gaius Marcellus Nerva (Butler), 3rd-century Chinese rebel leader Meiyin Li (Michelle Yeoh), 17th-century Inuit teenager Alasie (Devery Jacobs) and Second World War US Army Ranger Bob (Karl Urban).
Helena calls upon her scientific training to survive her new surroundings and find her place on the Ark.
Tiger (PG, 114 mins, streaming from April 22 exclusively on Disney+)
Priyanka Chopra Jonas narrates the latest Disneynature featurelength documentary dedicated to denizens of the land, sea and air.
Director Mark Linfield and co-directors Vanessa Berlowitz
and Rob Sullivan spent 1,500 days filming Tiger to chart the lives of the majestic big cats.
Their focus is a young tigress called Ambar, who lives in the forests of India and is raising cubs in the beautiful but unforgiving environment.
The youngsters are blissfully unaware of the danger posed by male tigers, bears and pythons, so Ambar faces a stern challenge to keep her family safe.
exclusively on Netflix)
Children commit unspeakable acts in a five-part Swedish drama set in marginalised communities where escalating violence becomes the norm.
A fourteen-year-old boy lays face down in softly falling snow in front of a set of playground swings with a gaping wound in his head.
His best friend stands behind him with a gun, watching the life drain from his peer.
A shocking crime forces residents to confront the harsh reality of youngsters, whose formative years are irrevocably scarred by negligence, poverty and isolation.
City Hunter (UK 15/ROI 15 TBC, 103 mins, streaming from April 25 exclusively on Netflix,
Action/Comedy/Fantasy/Adventure)
Yuichi Satoh directs a liveaction feature film of the Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo, adapted for the screen by Tatsuro Mishima.
Private detective Ryo Saeba (Ryohei Suzuki) and business associate Hideyuki Makimura (Masanobu Ando) run the City Hunter business, which carries out tasks on demand.
When Hideyuki is murdered, the dead man’s sister Kaori (Misato Morita) becomes Ryo’s new partner as they navigate the grimy underbelly of modern-day Shinjuku. Deliver Me (5 episodes, streaming from April 24