We all know the ideal ending to a classic fairy tale: “They lived happily and had many children”. But what then becomes of these children? It’s a bit like the plot of this month of May on the side of streaming platforms. There are children who leave their lightness too soon, like the heroine of bang bang baby (to see on Prime Video), a young Italian who switches to the mafia. There are also young people whose destiny is struck by a tragedy like Malik Oussekine, a student killed by police on the sidelines of a demonstration in 1986. This tragedy is the subject of a historical series on Disney+. And then there are those who remain eternal kids, although they face terrifying dangers, like the kids of Stranger Things whose season 4 is coming to Netflix. Overview of the May series releases.
“Oussekine”, a drama from the 1980s
The Oussekine affair is a dark stain on the frieze of the 1980s. On the night of December 5 to 6, 1986, on the sidelines of student demonstrations against the Devaquet university reform project, two police officers chased a young man, Malik Oussekine, whom they think they are a protester. Malik, aged 22, flees and takes refuge in a building hall. Paul Bayzelon, an official from the Ministry of Finance who lives in this building, opens the door for him. But the police manage to rush into the hall after him and beat the student to death. Malik Oussekine was then a student enrolled at the School of Real Estate Professions (EPSI) and he was returning home after attending a jazz concert. On December 6, around 200,000 people marched through the streets of Paris to protest his tragic death.
It is this tragic story that Disney + adapts in series. Series Oussekinecreated and produced by Antoine Chevrollier, was written by Cédric Ido, Julien Lilti (Germinal and Hippocrates) and Faïza Guène. In the casting, Sayyid El Alami will play Malik Oussekine.
Oussekine will be available on Disney+ from May 11
“How I Met Your Father”, the spin-off of the famous series
It is a series highly anticipated by fans of the soap opera How I Met Your Mother208 episodes long and aired between 2005 and 2014. The spin-off How I Met Your Father was created by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger. Broadcast since January 2018 on Hulu, it arrives in France on Disney+ from May 11.
While in the cult series Ted Mosby told his two children how he had met their mother, this time it is the mother who comes into the picture. In 2050Sophie (played by Hilary Duff), a mother, tells her son how she met his father, recalling her youth in the 2020s with his band of friends. Chris Lowell, Francia Raisa, Tom Ainsley and Tien Tran are also in the cast.
How I Met Your Father will be available from May 11 on Disney+.
“The Time Traveler’s Wife”, a journey through time
There’s a good slice of sci-fi on OCS this month. This is a television adaptation of the novel The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, published in 2003. A film adaptation of this bestseller had already seen the light of day in 2009 with Out of time. But this is the first time that the work has been adapted into a series. The HBO-produced fiction was written by the screenwriter Steven Moffat (sherlock, Doctor Who).
The fairly classic story features Henry De Tamble. This Man Has A Unique Genetic Disease That Causes Him To Travel Through Time Despite him. He does not control when he will leave the present, or where and when he will go, or how long his journey will last. The red thread of the series is the love story between Henry and Claire Abshire, which experiences ups and downs as the hero travels through time. “I married a time traveler, it’s complicated”, Claire said. We understand it.
The Time Traveler’s Wife will be available on OCS from May 16.
“Bang Bang Baby”, in the clutches of the mafia
There is something from the movie Gomorrah (2008) in bang bang baby when Alice fires her Kalashnikov in her wedding dress. But a clear difference separates the two fictions. In the production of Prime Video the atmosphere is more pop and less trash than in the film based on the work of Roberto Saviano.
Alice lives in Northern Italy and leads a rather dull life since her father disappeared when she was little. They say he is dead. However, when she recognizes him in a photo in the newspaper, she realizes that he is alive, and that her mother has hidden it from her for years. The teenager decides to go to Milan to find her paternal family and the trace of her parent. A reunion that plunged him into the network of the Calabrian mafia, the Ndrangheta.
bang bang baby will be available on Prime Video from May 19.
“Theodosia”, an ancient and magical Egypt
Produced by HBO and broadcast on Salto, the series Theodosia mixes ancient Egypt with magic and targets a young audience. In 1906, 14-year-old Theodosia Throckmorton was the daughter of two archaeologists digging in the Valley of the Kings. Intrepid and curious, Theo is also passionate about ancient Egypt. When with her brother Henry she discovers a hidden tomb sheltering “theEye of Horus”, a mysterious artifact, Theodosia discovers that she is endowed with magical powers. Back in London, from her parents’ house located in the famous Museum of Legends and Antiquities, she must fight against ancient forces using the black magic.
In the cast, we find Eloise C.Little, Frankie Minchella, Nana Agyeman-Bediako and Yasmina El-Abd.
Theodosia will be available on the Salto platform from May 20.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z9FXYZ0SVM
“Obi-Wan Kenobi”, the return of the famous Jedi
After the success of The Mandalorian and the disappointment of Boba Fett Book, the expectation is huge aroundObi-Wan Kenobi, the new series of the Star Wars universe which tells the flight of the Jedi to escape the Empire following episode III of the saga.
Ten years after Revenge of the Sith and Anakin Skywalker’s shift to the dark side of the force, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi seeks to escape the minions of the Empire and protect the life of Luke Skywalker, whom he delivered as a baby to his uncle’s family on the planet Tatooine.
The major event of this series is of course the return of actor Ewan McGregor in the clothes of Obi-Wan Kenobi, one of the characters of the saga most appreciated by fans, and Hayden Christensen in Dark Vader. The first images unveiled by Disney show back and forth between Tatooine and Daiyu, a new world resembling a spatial Hong Kong. A city covered in graffiti and dotted with poorly traveled streets that’s the perfect place to escape the Empire.
Obi-Wan Kenobi will be broadcast from May 27, 2022 on the Disney+ platform.
“Stranger Things 4”, high school life and a new threat
This is the charm of successful series. We grow up with the heroes. For season 4 of Stranger Things, the Hawkins gang has aged yet again. Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) and Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) no longer have their toddler cheeks. They are now teenagers close to turning into adults entering high school.
Six months have passed since the Battle of Starcourt which struck terror and desolation over Hawkins. Still staggering, our friends find themselves separated for the first time at the start of this new season. Unfortunately, a new supernatural threat appears, which will force the whole gang to return to Hawkins to put an end to the horrors of the Upside Down.
Stranger Things 4 will be available on Netflix from May 27.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8rAw_WKf8E
And also in May:
Detective Conan, season 2, the animated series worship will be available May 1 on Prime Video.
– Platonic, a comedy created by Camille Rosset and Elie Girard which tells the life of Yann and Elsa who left their respective spouses to settle together in friendship. On OCS May 5.
– HPIseason 2, the crazy Morgane Alvaro (Audrey Fleurot) returns in her costume as a very special police consultant for new investigations. Already available on Salto, HPI season 2 will air on TF1 from May 12.
– That’s how I love you In the summer of 1975, the Deslisles and the Paquettes have three weeks to regain control of their criminal empire left in the lurch during the school year. Obviouslynothing will go as planned. On Salto on May 13.