New this week: ‘Jungle Cruise’ and music from Prince, Eilish

MOVIES

— Amusement park attractions don’t always make great movies, but Disney’s “Jungle Cruise” will hope its transition from Disneyland to screen goes more like “Pirates of the Caribbean” than “Tomorrowland.” Starring Dwayne Johnson as a riverboat captain and Emily Blunt as a scientist, “Jungle Cruise” is one of the splashier Hollywood spectacles to wade into the pandemic. Originally slated to be released last year, the Jaume Collet-Serradirected PG-13-rated adventure will open simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ for $30.

— One of the summer’s most delicious movie events is the neo-noir series running on the Criterion Channel. It’s a 26film gallery of some best noirs that came well after the genre’s ‘40s and ‘50s blackand-white heyday. If film noir captured the creeping shadows of postwar American life, later noirs resurrect similar moods of disillusionment for the decades that followed: new eras of despair for paranoid private eyes and deconstructed detectives. MUSIC

— Jack Antonoff is one of music’s busiest men, producing and songwriting with the pop queens Taylor Swift, Lana Del Ray and Lorde, and he’s still managed to find time to put out another Bleachers album. His third album “Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night,” includes a duet between Antonoff and fellow Garden State native Bruce Springsteen.

— Prince may be gone but his music is definitely not. Five years after the music legend’s death, a studio album is set to be released Friday from the artist’s material. “Welcome 2 America” is Prince’s first posthumous release.

— With a new look and a couple more Grammys on her shelf, anticipation is high for the follow-up to Billie Eilish’s instant hit debut record. “Happier Than Ever” is the second studio album from the 19-yearold superstar and is well stocked with 16 songs. With her whispering vocals and emotional lyrics on songs like “NDA” and “Therefore I Am,” the dark pop skills of Eilish and her artistic partner and brother Finneas O’Connell are sure to make this one a top album of the year.

TELEVISION

— “Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts,” debuting Wednesday on Disney+, promises “heartful and often humorous” back-and-forth between Roberts and guests including Debbie Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mickey Guyton, Melissa Etheridge, Billie Jean King, Betsey Johnson, Tig Notaro and Raven-Symoné.

— More talk is ahead with “The Demi Lovato Show,” among the short-form series acquired by Roku from the short-lived Quibi service and previously unseen. Debuting Friday on the free, commercial-supported Roku Channel, the nine-episode series features Lovato’s interviews with guests.

— Lily James of “Downton Abbey” is back in a period piece with a far different tone, Amazon’s three-episode “The Pursuit of Love.” James plays Linda who, with close cousin Fanny (Emily Beecham), dreams of a happily-ever-after. The friends’ paths diverge sharply in the comedy-drama set in England between World War I and II and based on Nancy Mitford’s 1945 novel. The other boldface name to know here: Emily Mortimer, who wrote and directed the miniseries greeted by U.K. critics as a witty romp with a modern edge. Mortimer (”The Newsroom”) also co-stars with Dominic West and Andrew Scott.

Chris Pizzello / AP From left, Edgar Ramirez, Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson, cast members in "Jungle Cruise," pose together at the world premiere of the film.