Sunderland Echo

New launches Three to watch this week

- WITH STUART CHANDLER

She-Hulk: Attorney At Law (9 episodes, starts streaming from August 18 exclusivel­y on Disney+)

Mark Ruffalo, Tim Roth and Benedict Wong reprise their roles as the Hulk, Emil Blonsky aka the Abominatio­n and Sorcerer Supreme Wong in a superpower­ed legal comedy as part of phase four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Thirty-something attorney Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) accidental­ly receives blood from her cousin Bruce Banner (Ruffalo) and inherits his transforma­tive abilities when she experience­s fear and anger.

Bruce helps Jennifer to come to terms with her dual identities as she joins a team of legal eagles, who specialise in superhuman­oriented legal cases.

Supported by her best friend Nikki Ramos (Ginger Gonzaga), Jennifer navigates dating as a green 6-foot-7-inch hulk with a burgeoning media profile and the same strength and destructiv­e capabiliti­es as her relative.

Yellowston­e – Season 4 (10 episodes, starts streaming from August 17 exclusivel­y on Paramount+)

The award-winning western drama created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson canters onto Paramount+ for its

fourth season with an opening salvo of three episodes.

Subsequent instalment­s saddle up on Wednesdays.

John Dutton (Kevin Costner) and his clan at Yellowston­e Dutton Ranch are targeted by assassins.

The patriarch is shot and rushed to hospital while son Kayce (Luke Grimes) vows to hunt down his family’s attackers.

Chief Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham), who commands a neighbouri­ng Native American reservatio­n, has valuable informatio­n that could spark full-blown war in Montana.

Meanwhile, John’s righthand man Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) keeps on top of ranch business and spirited daughter

Beth (Kelly Reilly) has a chance encounter that radically alters her outlook.

A League Of Their Own (8 episodes, streaming from August 12 exclusivel­y on Prime Video)

Marking its 30th anniversar­y this year, director Penny Marshall’s feelgood comedy drama A League Of Their Own mined heartfelt humour from the reallife struggles of the All-American Girls Profession­al Baseball League (AAGPBL) initiated in 1943.

Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham are the creative minds behind a TV adaptation, which celebrates a generation of determined women, who realised their sporting dreams in the shadow of the Second World War.

Carson Shaw (Abbi Jacobson) jumps on a moving train to attend try outs for the AAGPBL alongside fellow hopefuls Greta Gill (D’Arcy Carden), Jo DeLuca (Melanie Field) and Lupe Garcia (Roberta Colindrez).

Star pitcher Maxine ‘Max’ Chapman (Chante Adams) is denied her chance because of the colour of her skin in an era of segregatio­n and prejudice but she refuses to give up on her dream, even if that means competing for a place on a men’s team.

As the popularity of the AAGPBL soars, Carson and co overcome sexism and their own insecuriti­es to play ball with confidence.

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