2019 Fall TV Preview – Netflix (Don’t Get Too Attached)

 

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

When three Gelfling -Rian, Brea and Deet- discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis’ power, they set out on an epic journey to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world of Thra.

Starring: Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nathalie Emmanuel, Donna Kimball, Mark Hamill, Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Izzard, Jason Isaacs, Akwafina, Simon Pegg, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Keegan-Michael Key, Andy Samberg, Alicia Vikander, Mark Strong, Benedict Wong, Louise Gold, Harvey Fierstein, Natalie Dormer, Lena Heady and Sigourney Weaver

Premiered August 30th 

The A List

Romance, rivalry, and radical mystery collide as a group of teens attend a remote island sleepaway camp in this suspenseful, supernatural drama

Starring: Lisa Ambalavanar, Ellie Duckles, Jacob Dudman, Savannah Baker, Rosie Dwyer, Cian Barry, Nneka Okoye

Premiered August 30th

Styling Hollywood

A series following celebrity stylist Jason Bolden and his interior designer husband Adair Curtis as they run their lifestyle company JSN STUDIO while balancing marriage and life’s ups and downs. With their talented crew of colorful employees, watch as they curate “Black Girl Magic” for some of Hollywood’s biggest stars including Taraji P. Henson, Gabrielle Union, Eve, and Ava DuVernay (just to name a few).

Starring: Jason Bolden and Adair Curtis

Premiered August 30th

The Spy

Inspired by the real-life story of former Mossad agent, Eli Cohen, who successfully goes undercover in Syria in the early 1960s. Cohen becomes close enough to ambitious military leaders and their rich friends to earn a game-changing level of trust about Syria’s biggest anti-Israel secret initiatives.

Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Noah Emmerich, Hadar Ratzon Rotem, Waleed Zuaiter, and Alexander Siddig

Premieres September 6th

The I-Land

10 people wake up on a treacherous island with no memory of who they are or how they got there. As the group sets off on a trek to try to get back home, they soon discover this world is not as it seems.

Starring: Natalie Martinez, Kate Bosworth, Michelle Veintimilla, Alex Pettyfer, Sibylla Deen, Kyle Schmid, Ronald Peet, Kota Eberhardt, Anthony Lee Medina, Gilles Geary

Premieres September 12th

Unbelievable

When teenager Marie Adler files a police report claiming she’s been sexually assaulted by an intruder in her home, the investigating detectives, as well as the people closest to her, come to doubt the truth of her story. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, detectives Grace Rasmussen and Karen Duvall meet while investigating an eerily similar pair of intruder rapes and partner to catch a potential serial rapist.

Inspired by the real events in The Marshall Project and ProPublica Pulitzer Prize-winning article, “An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” written by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong, and the This American Life radio episode, “Anatomy of Doubt”.

Starring: Kaitlyn Dever, Toni Collette, Merritt Weaver, Danielle Macdonald, Kai Lennox, Dale Dickey, Austin Hébert, Omar Maskati, Elizabeth Marvel, Liza Lapira, Eric Lange, Vanessa Bell Calloway

Premieres September 13th

Top Boy

Dushane returns from exile to his home in London to reclaim his throne in the highly lucrative drug market. He teams up with Sully, his spiritual brother, partner, and sometime rival who is also returning to the same streets after his own form of exile – prison – comes to an end. Awaiting them both is Jamie, the young, hungry and ruthless gang leader whose ambitions leave no place for Dushane and Sully.

Starring: Ashley Walters, Kane Robinson, Micheal Ward, Simbi Ajikawo, David Omoregie, Shone Romulus, Ashley Thomas, Lisa Dwan, Jasmine Jobson, Kadeem Ramsay, Saffron Hocking, Kola Bokinni,  Hope Ikpoku

Premieres September 13th

Marianne

When a horror novelist takes a break from writing, she discovers the demon from her book exists in the real world. This malevolent spirit named Marianne draws her home and insists she continues writing… or else.

Starring: Victoire Du Bois, Lucie Boujenah, Tiphaine Daviot

Premieres August 27th

Criminal

The show consists of 12 episodes of 45 minutes with three episodes each set across four countries – France, Spain, Germany and the UK. The drama takes place exclusively within the confines of a police interview suite. It is a stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama that focuses on the intense mental conflict between the police officer and the suspect in question.

Starring: David Tennant, Hayley Atwell, Nicholas Pinnock, Katherine Kelly, Lee Ingleby, Mark Stanley, Rochenda Sandall, Shubham Saraf, Youssef Kerkour, and Clare-Hope Ashitey (UK)

Margot Bancilhon, Laurent Lucas, Stéphane Jobert, Anne Azoulay, Mhamed Arezki, Nathalie Baye, Jérémie Renier and Sara Giraudeau (France)

Eva Meckbach, Sylvester Groth, Florence Kasumba, Christian Kuchenbuch, Jonathan Berlin, Peter Kurth, Christian Berkel, Deniz Arora and Nina Hoss (Germany)

Jorge Bosch, José Ángel Egido, Nuria Mencía, Daniel Chamorro, María Morales, Javi Coll, Milo Taboada, Carmen Machi, Inma Cuesta, Eduard Fernández, Emma Suárez and Álvaro Cervantes. (Spain)

Premieres September 20th

Skylines

In Frankfurt, a young and gifted hip-hop producer gets the chance of a lifetime when he signs with Skyline Records. But the worlds of music, organized crime and high finance collide when the label owner’s gangster brother returns from exile to claim his share.

Starring: Edin Hasanovic, Murathan Muslu, Peri Baumeister, Erdal Yildiz and Richy Müller

Premieres September 27th

The Politician

Payton Hobart, a wealthy student from Santa Barbara, California, has known since age seven that he’s going to be President of the United States. But first he’ll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape of all: Saint Sebastian High School. To get elected Student Body President, secure a spot at Harvard, and stay on his singular path to success, Payton will have to outsmart his ruthless classmates without sacrificing his own morality and carefully crafted image.

Starring: Ben Platt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Lange, Zoey Deutch, Lucy Boynton, Theo Germaine, Julia Schlaepfer, Laura Dreyfuss, Bob Balaban, David Corenswet, Rahne Jones, Benjamin Barrett

Premieres September 27th

Bard of Blood

Kabir Anand is settling into his new life as a Shakespeare professor in the remote mountains of Panchgani when a call from the PMO thrusts him back into the world he is trying to forget. A brilliant agent who served under the recently murdered Sadiq Sheikh, Kabir was expelled from RAW because of a disastrous mission in Balochistan ten years prior. Kabir must now revisit those ghosts, avenge his mentor and face his deadliest enemies back in Balochistan while racing against time to save both his country and his long lost love.  Based on the book by Bilal Siddiqui

Starring: Emraan Hashmi, Kirti Kulhari, Vineet Kumar Singh, Jaideep Ahlawat, Amyra Dastur and Sobhita Dhulipala

Premieres September 27th

배가본드 (Vagabond)

A mysterious plane crash kills over 200 civilians, including Cha Dal-gun’s nephew. Determined to find out the truth behind the accident, Cha Dal-gun embarks on an investigation that leads him to a tangled web of corruption. His life intertwines with Go, a covert operative for the National Intelligence Service.

Starring: Lee Seung-gi, Bae Suzy, Shin Sung-rok

Premieres September 2019

Raising Dion

The story of a woman named Nicole, who raises her son Dion  after the death of her husband, Mark. The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several mysterious, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts secret with the help of Mark’s best friend Pat, and protect Dion from antagonists out to exploit him while figuring out the origin of his abilities.

Starring: Alisha Wainwright, Ja’Siah Young, Jason Ritter, Michael B. Jordan

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Premieres October 4th

Rhythm + Flow

Judges Cardi B, Chance the Rapper and T.I. search for the next breakout hip-hop star in this music competition series.

Starring: Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, and T.I.

Premieres October 9th

Irmandade (Brotherhood)

Set in the mid-90s, Brotherhood follows the story of Cristina, an honest and dedicated lawyer, who discovers that her estranged brother has been in prison and is a leader of a rising criminal faction. Coerced by the police, she is forced to become an informant and work against her brother whom she always idolised. But as she infiltrates the Brotherhood, she begins to question what’s right and what’s just.

Starring: Naruna Costa, Seu Jorge, Hermila Guedes

Premieres Autumn 2019

Ares

The eight episode psychological horror series enters the world of Ares, a secret student society in the heart of Amsterdam where best friends Rosa and Jacob surrender to a world of wealth and power. But slowly they start to realize they’ve entered a demonic place, built on secrets from The Netherlands’ past. A place where true power comes at a terrible price.

Starring: Jade Olieberg, Tobias Kersloot, Lisa Smit, Robin Boissevain and Frieda Barnhard

Premieres Late 2019

The Witcher

The story of Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, who struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. But when destiny hurtles him toward a powerful sorceress, and a young princess with a dangerous secret, the three must learn to navigate the increasingly volatile Continent together.

Starring: Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, Anya Chalotra, Jodhi May, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Adam Levy, MyAnna Buring, Mimi Ndiweni, Therica Wilson-Read, Emma Appleton

Premieres Late 2019