The interesting television proposals offered by our neighbors to the South are numerous… And mainly broadcast on online viewing platforms. Here is an overview of what will catch our attention in the coming months.
Scammers, a murderess and a cheated couple
Pam and Tommy.First on the list is undoubtedly Pam and Tommy. The biographical drama recounts the turbulent episode Canadian actress Pamela Anderson and her rocker husband, Tommy Lee, went through when a video showing the couple’s honeymoon antics was made public and marketed against their will. protagonists. English actress Lily James (Downton Abbey) embodies the star ofBaywatch, while Sebastian Stan (Captain America) takes on the features of the drummer of Mötley Crüe, a role that James Franco was first to play, in addition to directing the series. It’s more like Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) that we find behind the camera of this project developed by Seth Rogen (who plays a key role in this affair) and by Evan Goldberg (Pineapple Express). Disney+, from February 2.
Inventing Anna. We are very curious to see the new creation of Shonda Rhimes on behalf of Netflix. This drama series is inspired by a 2018 article in the New YorkMagazine which revealed the true nature of Anna Delvey, a Russian scammer pretending to be a rich German heiress to the elite of the Big Apple (including some banks), whom she cheated… The always very convincing Julia Garner (Ozark, The Americans) plays the role of this fraudster convicted in 2019 of organized crime and organized crime. Netflix, from February 11.
The Dropout.Another high-profile criminal is at the heart of the miniseries The Dropout, adaptation of a podcast chronicling the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and leader of Theranos, a company that had its heyday promising an innovative blood-testing technology that turned out to be much less convincing in reality than on paper. Amanda Seyfried embodies the fallen entrepreneur, convicted of fraud at the very beginning of the year. This miniseries scripted and produced by the creators of the podcast will first launch in the United States, on the Hulu platform, on March 3. Disney+ will broadcast it in Canada at an unknown date.
The Thing About Pam. We stay in the criminal biographical narrative with The Thing About Pam, a miniseries inspired this time by a series of reports and a podcast by the NBC network about the American murderer Pamela Hupp, and more specifically the assassination of Betsy Faria, for which the criminal first blamed to the husband of the deceased, to be unmasked afterwards. The interest of this other true crime is mainly due to the presence in the credits of Renée Zellweger in the main role. NBC, starting March 8.
Dynasties
The Gilded Age.After many postponements, the American project of Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey) finally lands on our screens. The British screenwriter is interested this time in the worldly and sociopolitical vagaries of the American golden period, an era of dazzling economic growth delimited by the Civil War and the First World War. This other exercise in observing the mores of the old elite, new fortunes and people at the bottom of the social ladder will tell the story of a young woman recently orphaned (Louisa Jacobson, daughter of Meryl Streep) who leaves the countryside to go live with his wealthy aunts, played by Cynthia Nixon and the unstoppable Christine Baranski, who hang out with New York’s elite. HBO and Crave, starting January 24.
Monarch. Another powerful fictional American family is at the heart of Monarch, a soapy musical drama that tells the stormy fate of the Romans, prominent figures on the country scene for several generations whose domination is jeopardized by the publication of dark secrets. Susan Sarandon plays the main role, the matriarch of this country clan. Fox, starting January 30.
Thrillers of all kinds
The Afterparty.This cross between frank comedy and thriller which tells of a high school convent evening marked by the suspicious death of its flamboyant organizer, plays in the flowerbeds of Only Murders in The Building, another comedic “whodunnit” that enjoyed critical acclaim this fall. Hopefully it will be successful as well. Writer and producer Christopher Miller (Lego the movie) is at the helm of this miniseries, each episode of which shows a character’s point of view on this “unforgettable” evening. Apple TV+, starting January 28.
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window. We risk laughing a bit at this parody of a psychological thriller. Kristen Bell plays a woman who has become depressed following a breakup who drinks lots and lots of wine and spies on the (attractive) new neighbor. This one would have possibly committed a murder under his eyes… The title is an obvious nod to the denigration The Woman at the Window, with Amy Adams, released a year ago on the same platform. Netflix, from January 28.
Suspicion. On a much more serious note, Suspicion, an adaptation of an Israeli series that was a great public and critical success (False Flag), recounts the highly publicized hunt for five “ordinary” Britons wanted for the kidnapping of the son of “an” American press magnate (Uma Thurman). Apple TV+, starting February 4.
Severance. For its part, Severance eyeing science fiction. In the not too distant future, a company sets up a pilot project with a few consenting employees, a project which consists of making them completely forget their professional life at home and the reverse when they are at work. Adam Scott, John Turturro, Patricia Arquette and Christopher Walken are on the adventure, and Ben Stiller directs most of the episodes. On Apple TV+ February 18.