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Apple TV+), which follows an astronaut who returns home from space — only to find her reality seemingly changed. “I found it a really unique piece of writing,” D’Arcy, 48, told The Post. “It seems to me to defy easy comparison, which I liked enormously about it.

Bodyguard” and “Line of Duty,” knows a thing or two about riveting television drama.And that’s why he signed on as an executive producer of “Payback,” a BritBox crime thriller series created and written by Debbie O’Malley that takes place in Scotland and features Peter Mullan, who memorably played doomed killer Jacob Snell on “Ozark.” “Debbie was a writer I admired and I knew her a bit socially,” Mercurio, 57, told The Post. “We got talking about this idea she had for a show and it was fairly soon in the process when I realized she was on to something — and then making sure we had a very strong serial thread.“Debbie did fantastic work on the protagonist, making her an everywoman character and creating the stakes and jeopardy within the story.”The protagonist here is Lexie Noble (Morven Christie), an accountant who’s raising her two young children in Edinburgh while her husband, Jared, who’s also an accountant, runs their business.

streaming, is based on a novel by B.E. Jones and follows British couple Liv (Jenna Coleman) and Will (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), who embark on a road trip through the American West including Las Vegas and the deserts and canyons of Arizona.The opening scene is a close-up of a black widow spider, just before it’s crushed by Liv and Will, driving a powder-blue convertible.

Hulu thriller “The Other Black Girl” mixes suspense and satire for a sharp dig at the publishing industry. Premiering Wednesday, Sept. 13 and based on the best-selling novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris, “The Other Black Girl,” is executive produced by Rashida Jones.

BritBox and based on Jess Ryder’s book of the same name, features an English cast familiar to the US TV audience: Tom Mison (Fox’s “Sleepy Hollow”), Janet Montgomery (NBC’s late, great “New Amsterdam”) and Céline Buckens (“Free Rein,” “Warrior”). It’s a trope-laden drama with just enough surprises to keep viewers interested as it barrels along to a booming finale.The series opens with a meet-not-so-cute between media executive Jack Warrington (Mison) and graphic designer Natasha (“Tasha”), who’s riding her bicycle to work on a busy street when a speeding Jack plows into her with his car.She’s not seriously injured, save for a few bumps and bruises, including a scraped-up arm, and Jack — sheepish, apologetic and wanting to avoid “a scene” — promises to pay for her smashed-up bike.

Viaplay.“There is an Icelandic detective [Ragnar Jónsson] that has been on the force for 30-something years and he had this idea [for ‘Black Sands’] for the longest time,” Hamilton, 32, told The Post. “He wanted to write a TV series revolving around a young male police officer … and we actually met and started talking while I was doing another series and he was training me to handcuff people.“He shared his idea with me and I really liked it and said, ‘Have you ever considered this police officer as a woman?’ He said, ‘No, I haven’t.

Timothy Olyphant) and Sam Browne (Claire Danes) and their teen son Jared (Ethan Stoddard), who has a habit of losing his possessions (including his phone). He also makes an online acquaintance, another boy his age named Nicky (Lucian Zanes), who his parents don’t know about. Sam’s father, Chef Jeff (Dennis Quaid – donning a bewildering ponytail hairstyle) is a celebrity chef.

Charlene McKenna, fits snugly into this niche: it offers a compelling, elaborate-puzzle murder mystery that will keep you guessing all the way through to the end of its sixth and final episode.McKenna stars as Shelly Mohan, a married-and-harried mother of three dealing with a teenage stepson, Derek (Rhys Mannion), daughter Caitlin (Katelyn Rose Downey) and younger son Niall (Aidan McCann), a bright kid who’s seriously ill and gets bullied on the school bus.Shelly and her husband, police detective Jason Mohan (Barry Ward), are going through a rough patch both financially (overextended) and in their marriage — he’s loving enough at home, but she suspects he’s having an affair with Fiona (Jeanne Nicole Ni Áinle), his partner on the force.The series opens with Shelly scrubbing blood from her clothes. Flash back to nine hours earlier when, in the midst of her typically hectic day — PTA meeting, schlepping the kids around, preparing dinner — she’s approached in the local market by a bearded man with a bad mullet named Charlie (Adam Fergus).

AppleTV+  thriller “The Crowded Room,” and the show is a great advertisement for how he shouldn’t quit his day job as Spiderman. Now streaming, “The Crowded Room” is a miniseries created by Akiva Goldsman, set in  the summer of 1979 in New York City. The plot follows troubled young man Danny (Holland) after he’s arrested for open firing a gun near Rockefeller Center.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.Last weekend, it enjoyed a $118 million-dollar opening, the second-highest debut of the year, according to Variety.“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” remained in second place with sales of $2.93 million.

Iranian academics who were exiled for their interest in history. “I couldn’t partake [in the boot camp] because I had just had hernia surgery,” said Mara. “I was able to jog, but I wasn’t able to do the situps and things that involve your abs.” Although she was unable to participate in all of the physical activities, Mara said that watching her castmates go through it was “very funny.” This was in part because her co-star Brian J. Smith (“Sense8”) got a little overzealous.“Part of what we did was the fit test … you have to run a certain length,” Smith, 41, told The Post.

“Indecent Proposal,” starring Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson as Diana and David, a loving but financially strapped couple approached by John Gage, a playboy billionaire (Robert Redford) with a twisted proposition. The film was a massive hit. At the same time, it was derided by critics and won multiple Razzie awards.

Netflix thriller “The Night Agent.” “I don’t think I’ve ever played a character like this as an adult,” Basso, 28, told The Post.“I was a child actor, really [before]. So, all I had to do was be a kid.

CBS. The new show, premiering March 1 (10 p.m.), is based on the James Cameron blockbuster of the same name. It follows Harry Tasker (Steve Howey), who’s married to language professor Helen (Ginger Gonzaga).

which The Post called “a pile of dirt,” took home a staggering $63.5 million, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.It scored as the third-highest opening day in February after “Black Panther” and “Deadpool,” as per Deadline.“Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” the final installment of the Channing Tatum stripper series, undressed its way to second place, with a $1.66 million-dollar take.Released on Feb. 9, the comedy-drama is “so long and repetitive that you would gladly tip the guys to stop and put some pants on,” said The Post.“Avatar: The Way of Water” remained in third, earning close to $1.36 million.

“Halloween Ends” is only just beginning.The slasher film cut its way to first place at the box office on Friday, earning more than $20 million in theaters.The sequel to last year’s “Halloween Kills” is predicted to take in $43.4 million on its opening weekend, according to Variety.“Smile” was bumped from the top spot this week, moving down a notch to second, after spending two weeks at number one.The flick surpassed earnings of $100 million at the global box office in less than two weeks, as per Collider.The live-action/CGI musical comedy “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” swam down to third place, clawing in $2 million. The movie adaption of the popular children’s book series enjoyed a $11.5 million domestic debut on its opening weekend, according to Deadline.“The Woman King” held up her crown, remaining in fourth, with a $1 million-dollar take.

streaming, the action-thriller (which Fox also produces) is a dystopian story set in a world where a disruption to the petroleum supply chain sparks a global crisis.Fox, 56, stars as Andy Yeats, an American chemist who lives in London with his wife Elena (Joanne Froggatt, “Downton Abbey”), their 8- year-old son Sam (Taylor Fay) — who’s losing his vision — and college-aged climate activist daughter Laura (Alyth Ross), who’s scornful of her dad’s work (since it involves the fossil fuel industry).When the family is about to go to Paris for Sam’s experimental eye surgery, Andy’s work calls him away him to deal with an oil-related emergency in Luzrah (a fictional place in the Middle East). This angers Elena — who thinks he’s prioritizing work over family — and Laura (because of her principles).As power grids shut down all over Europe and social unrest breaks out, the family scatters to the wind, with Andy in Luzrah, his wife and son in France and his daughter still in England.

“Recipes for Love and Murder” — both for its overarching storyline and for series protagonist Tannie Maria, played by Maria Doyle Kennedy.“Food is a language for her. It’s the way that she is most herself … how she likes to communicate with people [and] how she processes thoughts and problems and emotions,” said Doyle, 57, the Irish-born actress (Siobhan Sadler in “Orphan Black”) and renowned singer.The 10-episode series premieres Sept.

You can add “Angela Black” to the list of riveting psychological dramas wrapped in a trope-y bow with the creepy, abusive husband and his long-suffering wife who takes matters into her own hands — through a series of “didn’t see that coming” twists and turns.Joanne Froggatt (“Downtown Abbey”) stars in the new Spectrum series as Angela Black. On the surface, has it all — a loving spouse, the French-born Olivier (Michiel Huisman), a fancy house in an exclusive neighborhood and two young boys who idolize their dad and tell mom (or mum, it’s set in England) that they love her when she drops them off for school.Or does she? The six-part series, premiering Monday (Feb.

Prime Video‘s new series, “Reacher,” it was the first time that 6’2 actor Alan Ritchson’s size came in handy.“Most of the time, I try and stay available to whatever opportunities might come, and I don’t know what those are going to look like,” Ritchson, 39, told The Post. “So I try to look as average as possible. I do a lot of running, and I don’t touch weights.

TV viewers thinking “alt history” and “Nazis” will likely conjure up “The Man in the High Castle,” Amazon’s recently concluded four-season series based on Philip K. Dick’s novel about a world in which Germany and Japan won World War II and conquered most of America.