Cultural summer / Platforms | Series, games and Céline

Expected returns, intriguing new releases, the Olympic Games and Céline. Clearly, the platforms are casting a wide net this summer. Here are 10 show suggestions to accompany your rainy (or not) days over the next three months.

The Acolyte | Disney+

After The Mandalorian, Andor And Ahsokathe Star Wars universe continues to be fully exploited (the word is weak) with The Acolyte, a new live-action series. Produced by Lucasfilm, this first season of eight episodes immerses fans of the genre in the confrontation between a respected Jedi master (Lee Jung-jae) and a dangerous warrior (Amandla Stenberg) whom he knows well, while we lead a investigation to solve shocking crimes. Manny Jacinto, Dafne Keen, Jodie Turner-Smith and Carrie-Anne Moss also feature in the credits.

From June 4

Separate company | Club illico

No, it’s not a political-drama series. The premise of writer-director Benoit Lach’s 10-episode drama promises something different. There is talk of disappearance without a trace, alien abduction and ufology. The trailer gives off a disturbing and intriguing atmosphere. In other words, we will look Separate companywhich has a first-rate cast including Antoine Pilon, Maude Guérin, Robert Naylor, Juliette Gosselin, Antoine DesRochers, Hélène Florent, Luc Picard and… Bruno Pelletier.

From June 6

Presumed Innocent | Apple TV+

On paper, this eight-episode legal miniseries has it all: David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies, The Practice) as creator, JJ Abrams (Felicity, Lost) as producer and Jake Gyllenhaal as headliner. This adaptation of Scott Turow’s best-seller deals with a gruesome murder that shakes the Chicago prosecutors’ office, since one of their own is suspected. Don’t plan to binge the series during the first weekend; Episodes will be posted online every Friday until July 26.

From June 12

The Boys | Prime Video

After having sustained us with Gen V in 2023, our favorite dysfunctional superheroes return to action for eight new episodes which promise, according to a stunning trailer recently posted online, to delight the converted. Lasting 2 minutes 30 seconds, this preview features an allusion to Nazi concentration camps, Homelander (Antony Starr) on figure skates, exploding flying sheep, a machine-gunned chicken, several swear words and lots and lots of hemoglobin. Susan Heyward, Valorie Curry and Jeffrey Dean Morgan join the cast.

From June 13

House of the Dragon | Crave

Two years later, the continuation of the adventures of Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and company finally lands. Lovers of Game Of Thrones are impatiently awaiting this second season, since we recently learned that HBO had torpedoed the series project on Jon Snow (Kit Harington). Besides House of the Dragonthe only other derived series (commonly called spin off) confirmed from the universe of George RR Martin remains A Knight of the Seven Kingdomsinspired by the books The Tales of Dunk and Egg.

From June 16

I am: Celine Dion | Prime Video

This 102-minute documentary should give us fresh news about Céline, who has been fighting a rare and debilitating neurological disease for several years. Directed by Irene Taylor (The Final Inch, Hear and Now), I am: Celine Dion should “highlight the music that guides Céline” and show her resilience, reveals a press release published by Prime Video. A soundtrack will be released on June 21. It is unknown if it will include a new song. Special preview screenings will also be organized.

From June 25

The Bear | Disney+

Once the all-star season Chefs finished, The Bear will convince many viewers to return to the kitchen… through their screen, we agree. The third season of Christopher Storer’s offering will show how Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), Sydney (Ayo Edibiri) and Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) will raise the bar at Bear, their gourmet restaurant, and above all, to keep the open establishment, when each day brings its defeats, according to a press release from the FX network. Notice to the hungry: a fourth season is already in the works.

From June 27

Cerebrum | HERE Tou.tv Extra

Third and final season of Richard Blaimert’s crime thriller, which returns to action after two years of silence. On the plot side, Simone Vallier (Christine Beaulieu) returns to work after the horrible murder of Adèle, her lover. His new investigation should change his mind: doctors who have made medical errors are brutally murdered. The D^r Henri Lacombe (François Papineau) and Danno (Olivier Gervais-Courchesne) always support the heroine, who will cross paths with Jacqueline Laurent (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin), a criminal lawyer…

From July 4

The Olympic Games | HERE Tou.tv

Amateur sports fans are expected to experience a serious drop in productivity at work during July and August, based on our reading of the details surrounding coverage of the Paris Olympics. For the first time, the “vast majority” of competitions will be offered free “in real time” and “on demand” on ICI Tou.tv, promises Radio-Canada. We could thus watch up to 14 events simultaneously. Another welcome novelty: the public broadcaster claims to have assembled an equal team of analysts.

From July 26

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Prime Video

Prime Video persists and signs, and offers Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, the second season of the ambitious – the word is weak – television adaptation of the world imagined by JRR Tolkien. According to available information, this sequel will chronicle the rise to power of Sauron (Charlie Vickers), as he continues his quest for revenge. A 90-minute pre-trailer with lots of grandiose images (special effects, epic battles, horse races) dropped last week.

From August 29