A six-episode, behind-the-scenes Disney+ docuseries about Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour and Rian Johnson’s third “Knives Out” film, “Wake Up Dead Man,” are among the new tv, movies, music and video games headed to a tool close to you.
Also among the many streaming choices value your time this week, as chosen by The Associated Press’ leisure journalists: Chip and Joanna Gaines tackle an enormous job revamping a small dwelling within the mountains of Colorado, video players can skateboard via hell in Sam Eng’s Skate Story and Rob Reiner will get the band again collectively for “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.”
— Rian Johnson’s third “Knives Out” film, “Wake Up Dead Man” arrives on Netflix on Dec. 12. Religion is on the coronary heart of this installment, which finds Daniel Craig’s dapper detective Benoit Blanc attempting to resolve the “locked room” homicide of Josh Brolin’s Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, a charismatic and terrifying church chief with a faithful set of followers. The massive ensemble forged contains Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Renner and Kerry Washington. Some had been lower than delighted by this outing, nonetheless. In his evaluation for The Associated Press, Mark Kennedy referred to as it, “a gloomy and clunky outing that may test fans’ faith in the filmmaker.”
— Brad Pitt performs a washed-up driver on the lookout for glory on the racetrack within the Formula One film “F1,” streaming on Apple TV Friday, Dec. 12. Filmmaker Joseph Kosinski needed to make it really feel as thrilling and genuine as attainable: In many scenes, it truly is Pitt and Damson Idris driving these vehicles at 180 mph. Film Writer Jake Coyle wrote in his evaluation that it’s, “a fine-tuned machine of a movie that, in its most riveting racing scenes, approaches a kind of high-speed splendor.”
— Rob Reiner received the band again collectively for “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” which begins streaming on HBO Max on Friday, Dec. 12. Was it a mistake to revisit the good 1984 mockumentary, although? Mark Kennedy wrote in his evaluation that, “Despite some great starry cameos — Paul McCartney’s is easily the best — ‘Spinal Tap II’ leans into the old favorite bits too needily and is suffocated by the constantly looming presence of death, a downer. The improv-based comedy is forced and the laughs barely register. This is a movie only for die-hard Tappers.”
— AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr
— It is Taylor Swift’s world and we’re simply residing in it. Prepare your self for 2 new initiatives at Disney+. That’s a six-episode, behind-the-scenes docuseries about her landmark “Eras Tour” titled “Taylor Swift ‘ The Eras Tour ‘ The End of an Era” — the primary two episodes will premiere Friday. And that isn’t to be confused with the second, titled “Taylor Swift ‘ The Eras Tour ‘ The Final Show,” a live performance movie now with the inclusion of “The Tortured Poets Department” part. The 2024 album was integrated into her three-and-a-half-hour efficiency following its launch. It was filmed in Vancouver. (That differs from 2023’s “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” movie, which was compiled from a number of Swift exhibits at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, a suburb of Los Angeles and arrived forward of “The Tortured Poets Department.”) Swifties, rise!
— It has been an enormous 12 months for collaborative rap information (taking a look at you, Clipse) and that continues into 2025’s eleventh hour with “Light-Years,” a brand new launch from rapper Nas and file producer DJ Premier. They’re greats for a motive.
— The Grammy-award successful producer, DJ and digital musician Fred Again will launch the subsequent iteration of his USB sequence, the 16-track “USB002,” on Friday. Expect the surprising: The first track launched from the gathering is “you’re a star,” which options Australian punky-pop band Amyl and The Sniffers. The membership sounds a bit completely different this time round.
— AP Music Writer Maria Sherman
— Chip and Joanna Gaines have lengthy stated they might not do any fixer uppers exterior of central Texas. Until now. The couple has taken on an enormous job revamping a small Sixties dwelling within the mountains of Colorado. “ Fixer Upper: Colorado Mountain House ” premieres Tuesday on Magnolia Network and HGTV and streams similar day on HBO Max and Discovery+.
— Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon, returns to TV Wednesday with Season 2 of “ Percy Jackson and the Olympians. ” The sequence, starring Walker Scobell within the title position, adapts “The Sea of Monsters,” the second novel in a e book sequence by Rick Riordan. A two-hour season premiere will stream on Disney+ and Hulu.
— He helped to launch “American Idol” and created “America’s Got Talent” and the group One Direction. Now, cameras observe Simon Cowell as he seeks to type a brand new boy band in “Simon Cowell: The Next Act.” The docuseries, out Wednesday, is about each his search and Cowell himself. He prides himself on discovering an “it” issue. “When you’re putting a band together, it’s like mining for diamonds,” he stated within the trailer. “If this goes wrong, it will be ‘Simon Cowell has lost it.’”
— Diane Kruger stars in a brand new drama for Paramount+ referred to as “ Little Disasters ” as Jess, a mom who takes her son to the hospital for a head damage. The physician, who can also be a buddy, turns into suspicious of Jess’ description of what occurred and calls the authorities. It’s primarily based on a novel of the identical identify. All six-episodes drop Thursday.
— Alicia Rancilio
— I’ve skateboarded everywhere in the world in numerous video video games, however one location stays untouched by my deck: hell. Solo designer Sam Eng goals to right that omission with Skate Story. You are a skateboarder made from glass in an underworld crammed with demons, who can solely be defeated by unleashing your gnarliest methods. The solely solution to escape is to swallow the moon. If you like classics like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater however want they had been extra hallucinatory, this could be the experience for you. Kick off Monday on PlayStation 5, Switch 2 or PC.
— Lou Kesten
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