The Brainerd Dispatch - Today's Entertainment Magazine
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Brainerd Dispatch • May 29 - June 4, 2022 •19 By Raye Smith TV Media WHAT'S NEW ON PRIME "The Boys" - Season 3 Gear up for a super showdown like no other when "The Boys" returns to Prime with its third season Friday, June 3. Based on the DC comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, this fun and irreverent series looks at what happens when superheroes go rogue and start abusing their power. While society views these heroes with the reverence and popularity associated with the most beloved celebrities and politicians, one vigilante group, known as the Boys, have made it their mission to expose and take down the Seven, a corrupt group of supers working for the multibillion- dollar conglomerate Vought. As the series continues with eight more episodes in Season 3, the Boys — made up of Billy Butcher (Karl Urban, "Star Trek," 2009), Mother's Milk (Laz Alonso, "Wrath of Man," 2021), Frenchie (Tomer Capone, "One Week and a Day," 2016), The Female (Karen Fuku- hara, "Suicide Squad," 2016) and Hughie Campbell (Jack Quaid, "The Hunger Games," 2012) — have been cleared of all charges, but that doesn't mean their journey will be easy. While it is still uncertain where congresswoman Victoria Neuman's (Claudia Doumit, "Timeless") loyal- ties lie, the season's teaser trailer hints at Homelander (Antony Starr, "Wish You Were Here," 2012), the psychopathic leader of the Seven, making some truly unhinged moves going forward. Created for television and written by Eric Kripke ("Supernatural"), Season 3 of "The Boys" is directed by Philip Sgriccia ("Supernatural"). Erin Moriarty ("Blood Father," 2016), Dominique McElligott ("House of Cards"), Jes- sie T. Usher ("Shaft," 2019), Chace Crawford ("Gossip Girl"), Nathan Mitchell ("Ginny & Georgia") and Colby Minifie ("Fear the Walking Dead") return to star in the series alongside new additions Jensen Ackles ("Supernatural"), Laurie Holden ("The Walking Dead"), Nick Wechsler ("Revenge"), Katia Winter ("The Catch," 2020), Sean Patrick Flanery ("The Boondock Saints," 1999), Frances Turner ("The Man in the High Castle") and Miles Gaston Villanueva ("Nancy Drew"). WHAT'S NEW ON DISNEY+ "Hollywood Stargirl" (2022) Dream big with the new teen romantic comedy "Hollywood Stargirl," premiering Friday, June 3, on Disney+. A sequel to the 2020 film "Stargirl," this new film fol- lows free-spirited singer Stargirl Caraway (Grace VanderWaal, "America's Got Talent") on her next big adventure. When her mother, Ana (Judy Greer, "Arrested Develop- ment"), gets a job as the costume designer on a movie set, the pair relocates from Mica, Arizona, to Los Angeles, where Stargirl has an even bigger opportunity to explore her talent and her dreams with an eclectic new group of friends. The interesting characters she meets on her journey include none other than Roxanne Martel (Uma Thurman, "Pulp Fiction," 1994), a musician Stargirl looks up to. Based on the "Stargirl" novel by Jerry Spinelli, the film is directed by Julia Hart ("Fast Color," 2018) with a screenplay by Hart and Jordan Horowitz ("Miss Stevens," 2016). "Hollywood Stargirl" also stars Judd Hirsch ("Independence Day," 1996), Al Madrigal ("The Map of Tiny Perfect Things," 2021), Ben Geurens ("Reign"), Chris Williams ("Silicon Valley"), Sarayu Blue ("I Feel Bad"), Tyrel Jackson Williams ("Brockmire"), Sara Amini ("Future Man"), Joey Jennings ("Better Things") and Elijah Richardson ("The Falcon and the Winter Sol- dier"). WHAT'S NEW ON APPLE TV+ "Physical" - Season 2 Work it out with the Season 2 release of "Physical," premier- ing Friday, June 3, on Apple TV+. Set in sunny 1980s San Diego, the series follows tortured and dutiful housewife Sheila, played by Rose Byrne ("Bridesmaids," 2011), as she finds herself thanks to the world of aerobics. Balancing her personal life with her strictly controlled image as a politician's wife, Sheila's addiction to aerobics remains firmly behind closed doors in the beginning. But as she discov- ers a way to merge aerobics with the blossoming home video craze, Sheila's life transforms completely. Although she has now successfully launched her first fitness video and become somewhat of a lifestyle guru, Sheila has a long road ahead on her way to building a full-blown fitness empire. Torn between her loyalty to her husband (Rory Scovel, "Those Who Can't") and a danger- ous attraction to someone else, Sheila also faces some fierce new business competition in town. From creator Annie Weisman ("About a Boy"), "Physical" is directed by Stephanie Laing ("Made For Love") and written by Weisman, Lex Ed- ness ("Dirty John") and new writer Jessica Dickey ("Homeland"). Mur- ray Bartlett ("The White Lotus") joins the cast for Season 2, while returning cast members include Deirdre Friel ("New Amsterdam"), Paul Sparks ("House of Cards"), Della Saba ("Ralph Breaks the Internet," 2018), Lou Taylor Pucci ("You"), Grace Kelly Quigley ("Kill- ing Time"), Geoffrey Arend ("Gar- den State," 2004) and Ashley Liao ("Fuller House"). WHAT'S NEW ON HULU "The Orville: New Horizons" The intrepid crew of an interstellar vessel returns to Earth in the first epiosde of "The Orville's" third season, subtitled "New Horizons," streaming Thursday, June 2, on Hulu, with the remaining 10 epi- sodes to air weekly on Thursdays thereafter. Set 400 years in the future, "The Orville" acts as both a parody of and an homage to the original "Star Trek" series and the Star Trek franchise at large, as the series follows Capt. Ed Mercer (played by series creator Seth MacFarlane, "Family Guy") and the crew of the Orville on their adventures across the galaxy. On a not-so-new exploratory ship in Earth's interstellar fleet, the scrappy crew face exciting adventures and challenges as they meet alien friends and foes, face dangerous situations together and deal with their own interpersonal issues. Directed by Jon Cassar ("When the Bough Breaks," 2016) and written by MacFarlane, Season 3 of "The Orville" stars Adrianne Palicki ("John Wick," 2014), Penny John- son Jerald ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"), Scott Grimes ("American Dad!"), Peter Macon ("Shame- less"), J. Lee ("aTypical Wednes- day," 2020), Mark Jackson ("Pep- permint," 2013), Jessica Szohr ("Shameless"), Kai Wener ("What Just Happened??!"), Anne Winters ("13 Reasons Why") and Michael J. Sielaff ("The Concessionaires Must Die!," 2017). "Pistol" Follow along with the story of punk music's trailblazers in the new FX limited series "Pistol," available to stream Tuesday, May 31, on Hulu. Based on the memoir "Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol" by Sex Pis- tols' guitarist Steve Jones, the six- episode series follows the band's rise to prominence and notoriety during the 1970s. As The Sex Pistols, led by Johnny Rotten (Anson Boon, "Crawl," 2019) and Sid Vicious (Louis Partridge, "Enola Holmes," 2020), help usher in a punk revolu- tion in Britain, the series tells the emotional and often hilarious jour- ney of the band's chaotic entrance into music history. Created by Craig Pearce ("Moulin Rouge!" 2001), "Pistol" is directed by Danny Boyle ("127 Hours," 2010) and written by Pearce and Steve Jones ("Californi- cation"). The series cast is rounded out by Maisie Williams ("Game of Thrones"), Dylan Llewellyn ("Derry Girls"), Emma Appleton ("The Witcher"), Toby Wallace ("Ba- byteeth," 2019), Sydney Chandler ("Don't Worry Darling," 2022), Iris Law ("I've Been Trying to Tell You," 2021), Jay Simpson ("King Gary"), Beth Dillon ("Four Weddings and a Funeral"), Christian Lees ("Sun Records"), Zachary Goldman ("Sat- urday Night Inside Out," 2021), Razan Nassar ("Mirage") and Toby Woolf ("Summer of Rockets"). WHAT'S NEW ON NETFLIX "Interceptor" (2022) One woman must use every skill in her arsenal to prevent a disaster in the new action film "Intercep- tor," premiering Friday, June 3, on Netflix. The film stars Elsa Pataky ("Snakes on a Plane," 2006) as J.J. Collins, a tough and hardened army captain who is left in charge of a lone Pacific Ocean nuclear missile interceptor base upon be- ing forced out of her dream job at the Pentagon. When a coordinated attack threatens the base at the same time a crooked former intel- ligence officer (Luke Bracey, "Point Break," 2015) plans to carry out an unthinkable plan, Collins must use her years of military expertise and tactical experience to determine whom she can trust and save the interceptor station from disaster. Directed by Matthew Reilly ("Blue World Order," 2017) and written by Reilly and Stuart Beattie ("Col- lateral," 2004), "Interceptor" is executive produced by Chris Hem- sworth ("Thor," 2011), Christopher Mapp ("Tomorrow, When the War Began"), Robert Slaviero ("Great White," 2021), Kathy Morgan ("The Danish Girl," 2015) and Peter D. Graves ("Terminator Salvation," 2009). The film also stars Aaron Glenane ("Snowpiercer"), Mayen Mehta ("Fresh Eggs"), Paul Caesar ("Heartland"), Belinda Jombwe ("The Script of Life," 2019), Mar- cus Johnson ("The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee," 2020), Zoe Carides ("Doctor Doctor") and Kim Knuck- ey ("The Great Gatsby," 2013). Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Karen Fukuhara, Tomer Capone and Laz Alonso in "The Boys" Emma Appleton and Louis Partridge in "Pistol" Mayen Mehta and Elsa Pataky in "Interceptor"