The streaming news list highlights the most grown-up “Star Wars” series ever produced. But the report also draws attention to the volume of national productions. There are four Brazilian premieres among the best series, and each of a different genre: crime, LGBTQIA + drama, horror and musical romance.
Check out the 10 releases that get the most attention this week below.
| STAR WARS: ANDOR | DISNEY +
The most mature and best of the “Star Wars” series records an intense atmosphere of spy suspense, even more so than the space adventure, and the credit goes to the engaging screenplay by Tony Gilroy, who wrote “Rogue One”, a film that introduced the character Cassian Andor, and also signed the Jason Bourne franchise.
The plot is a prologue that saves three characters from “Rogue One” (2016), which was also the best “Star Wars” movie from the original trilogy. In addition to the title character, played by Diego Luna, is resistance leader Mon Mothma, played by Genevive O’Reilly, and the rebel Saw Gerrera, played by Forest Whitaker. Together they represent the seed of the rebellion against the Empire after the collapse of the Republic in the movie “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” (2005).
The Rebel Alliance’s first formation is headed by Toby Haynes, who wrote the 2018 Emmy winning episode “USS Callister” of “Black Mirror”. The cast also includes Adria Arjona (“Squadra 6”), Stellan Skarsgard (Golden Globe winner for “Chernobyl”), Kyle Soller (from “Poldark”), Denise Gough (“Colette”) and Alex Lawther (“The End of the F *** ing World “).
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The plot of the “real crime” is based on the book of the same name by the journalist Caco Barcellos, who in 1992, long before the “Black Lives Matter” movement, caused a furore for having reported the actions to exterminate the elite troop of the PM of San Paolo, Rota, on the outskirts of São Paulo, which has practically a victim of blacks and the poor. Following the reporter’s coverage over the years, the story shows the evolution of indignation in the face of impunity and how you risk your life to denounce the apparent genocide.
In the series, Barcellos is played by Humberto Carrão (“Marighella”) and the cast also features Lara Tremouroux (“Medusa”) in the role of a journalist, Adriano Garib (“Buongiorno, Veronica”) as an expert journalist and mentor to the duo. as well as Aílton Graça (“Carcereiros”), Ariclenes Barroso (“Second Chamada”) and Naruna Costa (“Colônia”).
Co-production of Boutique Filmes, the series is written by Teodoro Poppovic, creator of “Ninguém Tá Looking” on Netflix, and directed by Philippe Barcinski (“Entre Vales”) and Diego Martins (“Hard”).
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Originally conceived as a miniseries, the attraction follows Cassandra (played by singer Liniker), a trans woman whose independence is jeopardized when she discovers she has a son, Gersinho (Gustavo Coelho), with an ex-girlfriend (Karine Teles). . Not wanting to accept parenting, she initially rejects her son, but soon discovers that her life is turned upside down when she sees that the boy has no options.
After satisfying audiences and critics alike, the second season will explore the reunion between Cassandra and her estranged father, played by Seu Jorge (“Marighella”). Other novelties in the cast of the new chapters are the participation of Samantha Schmütz (“Tô Ryca!”) And the singers Ney Matogrosso and Mart’nália, who join the cast formed by the former BBB Linn da Quebrada (“Second Chamada”), Thomas Aquino (“Bacurau”), Clodd Dias (“Delivery to Jezebel”), Gero Camilo (“Carandiru”), singer Paulo Miklos (“California”) and Isabela Ordoñez (“Thirteen days away from the sun”).
| VALLEY OF THE FORGOTTEN | HBO MAX
The national horror series has several ingredients known to fans of the genre. A group of young people get lost on a weekend hike in the woods and seek refuge in a village hidden by constant fog – and not on the maps. Several clues indicate that something is wrong with that place. But even after “Run!”, They continue to drink the tea offered to them by the locals. It begins to sink only when they find themselves with no way out and without communication with the rest of the world.
The atmosphere of the dark, foggy and European folklore-inspired forest also refers to “Desalma”. Created by Fábio Mendonça (“O Doctrinador”) and Antônio Tibau (“Maldives”), the series features cast Caroline Abras (“The Mechanism”), Daniel Rocha (“Irmãos Freitas”), James Turpin (“Bacurau” ), Felipe Velozo (also from “Irmãos Freitas”), Jiddu Pinheiro (“O Animal Cordial”), Julia Ianina (“Reality Z”), Marcos de Andrade (“Aruanas”), Roney Villela (“New World”), Thais Lago (“3%)” and Carolina Mânica (“Rua Augusta”).
Detail: the premiere is scheduled for Sunday (25/9).
| ONLY IF IT’S FOR LOVE | NETFLIX
Like “Rensga Hits!”, This musical series takes place in the sertanejo universe and stars the multifaceted Lucy Alves (“Tempo de Amar”), Felipe Bragança (“Dom”) and the singer Agnes Nunes, making her debut as an actress .
In the plot, which takes place in Goiás, Deusa (Lucy Alves) and Tadeu (Filipe Bragança) are a couple in love who decide to create a band, Só Se For por Amor. But as soon as they start to be successful, Deusa receives a solo career offer. As they separate, their relationship suffers tremors, as the group searches for a new singer. It is then that the mysterious Eve (Agnes Nunes) appears.
| SPEECH BETWEEN FRIENDS | STAR +
The team’s new miniseries “Normal People” is also another adaptation of a Sally Rooney book with scripts by Alice Birch (“Lady Macbeth”) and directed by director Lenny Abrahamson (“Jack’s Room”). The plot examines a romantic quadrangle starring newcomers Alison Oliver, Sasha Lane (“Utopia”), Jemima Kirke (“Girls”) and Joe Alwyn (“Billy Lynn’s Long Walk”).
The protagonist Frances (Alison Oliver) is a young poet who, after three years, is still the best friend of her ex-girlfriend Bobbi (Sasha Lane). The two are inseparable until, in one of their poetry performances in Dublin, they add a third woman to their friendship, Melissa (Jemima Kirke), an older writer who falls in love with them. Melissa’s relationship also includes her husband Nick (Joe Alwyn), a handsome actor who unexpectedly shakes Frances despite the fact that she has never been with a man before her. After initial contacts, Melissa and Bobbi openly flirt, while Nick and Frances enter into a serious relationship that tests the bond between all the characters.
The attraction also includes a new song by Phoebe Bridgers titled “Sidelines”, which is the artist’s first original song from her 2020 album “Punisher”.
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The spin-off of “Sons of Anarchy” becomes a crossover in season 4, with a confrontation between the two biker gangs, saving some characters from the previous attraction. Furthermore, the new episodes also bring the trajectory of the current protagonist, EZ Reyes (JD Pardo) closer to the evolution of Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam) in “Sons of Anarchy”.
The season is also the second season filmed without the participation of producer-writer Kurt Sutter, creator of both “Sons of Anarchy” and the spinoff, who was fired from the channel due to “multiple reports” of aggressive behavior on set. The producer acknowledged his actions in an open letter to cast and production, describing himself as “a hot-headed asshole.”
With his departure, the series was led by co-creator Elgin James, who has a similar life trajectory to the characters: he founded a gang in Boston and served a prison sentence. His directorial debut came with the delicate and acclaimed independent drama “Little Birds” (2011), which screened at the Sundance Film Festival, and he also wrote the screenplay for “Lowriders” (2017), a drama about the Latin culture of his machines. .
| DAHMER: AN AMERICAN CANNIBAL | NETFLIX
The miniseries about the crimes of cannibal serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is a sort of themed take of “The Assassination of Gianni Versace – American Horror Story”. Both are produced by Ryan Murphy (also of “American Horror Story”), have the same narrative structure and the same moral of the story.
In the attraction shown in 2018, a serial killer was able to kill the owner of the Versace brand due to the homophobia of the police, who did not dedicate themselves to catching the killer who “only” killed gays. In the new production, racism is the main component of Dahmer’s impunity that will last for decades.
Based on the true story of the psychopath, the series shows how Dahmer, one of the most famous serial killers in the US, managed to kill and dismember 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991 without being captured, often with the help of politics and of the US judicial system because of its white privilege. Good-looking, he always got an apology when police officers were called by his black neighbor, who suspected the crimes.
The cast includes Evan Peters (“American Horror Story”) as Dahmer and Niecy Nash (“Claws”) as the neighbor, as well as Penelope Ann Miller (“American Crime”), Shaun J. Brown (“Future Man”) ), Colin Ford (“Daybreak”) and veteran Richard Jenkins (“The Shape of Water”).
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Based on the Swedish crime trilogy “Easy Money” (Snabba Cash), which internationally screened actor Joel Kinnaman (“Suicide Squad”) and director Daniel Espinosa (“Protecting the Enemy”), the series follows a new character of the franchise, Leya, a young single mother who tries to break into the startup scene and ends up getting involved in the world of crime.
The character is played by Evin Ahmad (from the Danish series “The Rain”), who in the second season sees his life’s work under control and must once again appeal to the worst of choices, clashing entrepreneurship and crime and complicating matters. . his life even more, turn after turn.
| BROOKLYN NINE-NINE 8 | NETFLIX
The final season of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (aka “Law & Disorder”) takes on the tone of farewell and reflects the protests against racism and police violence that gripped the United States during the “Black movement” Lives Matter “. . But without ever losing the good mood.
Created by Daniel J. Goor (writer of “Parks and Recreation”) and Michael Schur (creator of “Parks and Recreation”), the series about the daily life of a police station in Brooklyn, New York, marked an era with its cast formed by Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Melissa Fumero, Terry Crews, Joe Lo Truglio, Stephanie Beatriz, Joel McKinnon Miller and Dirk Blocker.
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