Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Love and lies: Apple debuts ‘The Last Thing He Told Me’ with Jennifer Garner
WHAT’S NEW ON APPLE TV+ “The Last Thing He Told Me”
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Laura Dave, the new, seven-part limited series, “The Last Thing He Told Me,” follows the journey of a mother and stepdaughter as they are brought together by terrifying circumstances. The series premieres its first two episodes Friday, April 14, with episodes airing weekly on Fridays thereafter. “The Last Thing He Told Me” stars Jennifer Garner (“Alias”) as Hannah, a woman whose life is upended when her husband, Owen (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, “Game of Thrones”), mysteriously goes missing. Left behind with nothing but a note to protect her 16-year-old stepdaughter, Bailey (Angourie Rice, “Mare of Easttown”), who wants nothing to do with her, the pair slowly grow closer as they work to find out what really happened to Owen. Adapted for the screen by Dave, the series is executive produced by Hello Sunshine’s Reese Witherspoon (“Wild,” 2014) and Lauren Neustadter (“Little Fires Everywhere”). “The Last Thing He Told Me” also stars Aisha Tyler (“Criminal Minds”), Augusto Aguilera (“Too Old to Die Young”), Geoff Stults (“Guilty Party”) and John Harlan Kim (“9-1-1”).
WHAT’S NEW ON NETFLIX “The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die” (2023)
The epic saga of “The Last Kingdom” wraps up with the followup film, “The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die,” when it premieres on Netflix Friday, April 14. Based on the Saxon Stories series of novels by Bernard Cornwell, “The Last Kingdom” is set in England in the first century, as a century-long war has raged through the land between its inhabitants and the Danish invaders, with a tentative peace settled between nearly everyone — except Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg (Alexander Dreymon, “American Horror Story”), ruling over Northumbria, who has yet to pledge his land to the throne. But, when King Edward (Timothy Innes, “Harlots”) dies, the peace is threatened once again as his two potential heirs, Aethelstan (Harry Gilby, “Tolkien,” 2019) and Aelfweard (Ewan Horrocks, “Domina”), battle to claim the crown. Faced with difficult decisions about the future of the country, Uhtred and his cohort embark on a journey across the country in the hopes of uniting England at last. Directed by Edward Bazalgette (“Marie Antoinette”) with a screenplay by executive producer Martha Hillier (“Vera”), “The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die” is produced by Mat Chaplin (“Fortitude”), Nigel Marchant (“Downton Abbey”) and Gareth Neame (“The Gilded Age”). Mark Rowley (“Guns Akimbo,” 2019), Arnas Fedaravicius (“Glia,” 2020), Ingrid Garcia Jonsson (“Beautiful Youth,” 2014), Rod Hallett (“Terra Nova”), James Northcote (“The Imitation Game,” 2014), Laurie Davidson (“Will”), Ross Anderson (“The King’s Man,” 2021), Tom Christian (“Gangs of London”), Zak Sutcliffe (“No Offence”) and Nick Wittman (“Mars”) also star.
WHAT’S NEW ON HULU “Am I Being Unreasonable?” - Season 1
The hit BBC comedy thriller series “Am I Being Unreasonable?” makes its leap across the pond and onto Hulu Tuesday, April 11. Daisy May Cooper (“This Country”) stars as Nic, who is grieving a loss she can’t share with anyone else while stuck in a depressing marriage, with only her son, Ollie (Lenny Rush, “Apple Tree House”), keeping her going. But when she finds a kindred spirit in Jen (Selin Hizli, “Grantchester”), a new arrival to town, Nic soon finds her dark secret starting to bubble up. Created and written by stars Cooper and Hizli, “Am I Being Unreasonable?” is directed by Jonny Campbell (“Informer”). The series also stars Dustin Demri-Burns (“Slow Horses”), Karla Crome (“Misfits”), Ruben Catt (“Maxxx,” 2020), David Fynn (“The Pembrokeshire Murders”), Samuel Bottomley (“Ackley Bridge”), Yohanna Ephrem (“The Rook”), Amanda Wilkin (“Finding Alice”) and Juliet Cowan (“Cuckoo”). “Am I Being Unreasonable?” is executive produced by Cooper and Hizli, Campbell, Jack Thorne (“His Dark Materials”), Shane Allen (“Staged”) and Kate Daughton (“The Outlaws”) for Boffola Pictures, Faith Penhale (“Gentleman Jack”) for Lookout Point and Tanya Qureshi (“I May Destroy You”) for BBC.
34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards - Special
Hulu plays host to the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards for the third consecutive year when the event streams Wednesday, April 12. Since it was first established in 1990, each year the GLAAD Media Awards honor media across the industry for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBTQ+ community, people and issues. Filmed in Los Angeles at the end of March, this year’s ceremony celebrates all of the achievements from the last year in style, with performances by “Girl of My Dreams” singer FLETCHER and Canada-based South African country singer Orville Peck (“Bronco”), both of whom are nominated for outstanding music artist. Recognizing artists from all branches of the entertainment industry, the event’s nearly 40 categories include awards for film, television, documentary features, music, theater, children and family programming, podcasts, comics, video games, journalism, variety and reality shows, print media, Spanish-language programming and more.
WHAT’S NEW ON DISNEY+ “Rennervations” - Season 1
Embracing his lifelong passion for giving back, actor Jeremy Renner (“Hawkeye”) is helping to better communities around the world in the new four-part series “Rennervations,” which makes its Disney+ premiere Wednesday, April 12. Reimagining unique, purpose-built vehicles to meet a community’s particular needs, the series goes behind the scenes as Renner, a construction veteran, his best friend and business partner, Rory Millikin, and an all-star construction crew travel the globe hoping to make life a little easier everywhere they go. Throughout the series, the team turns a tour bus into a mobile music studio, a delivery truck into a mobile water treatment facility, a shuttle bus into a mobile recreation center, and a city bus into a mobile dance studio, while special celebrity guests Anthony Mackie (“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”), Vanessa Hudgens (“Tick, Tick… Boom!” 2021), Anil Kapoor (“Slumdog Millionaire,” 2008) and Sebastián Yatra (“Encanto,” 2021) join in to help out along the way. Directed by Zach Merck (“Twentysomethings: Austin”), “Rennervations” is executive produced by Renner, Millikin, Romilda De Luca (“Poker Face,” 2022), Andrew Fried (“Chef’s Table”), Dane Lillegard (“Last Chance U”), Sarina Roma (“Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi”), Patrick Costello (“Truck Night in America”) and co-executive producer David Markus (“American Ninja Warrior”).