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Entertainment Now | May 20 - 26, 2023 By Raye Smith TV Media WHAT'S NEW ON APPLE TV+ "Platonic" - Season 1 Relationships of all kinds are put to the test in the new 10-epi- sode Apple TV+ comedy, "Platon- ic," premiering its first three epi- sodes Wednesday, May 24. The re- maining episodes air weekly on Wednesdays thereafter. The series stars Seth Rogen ("Superbad," 2007) and Rose Byrne ("Physi- cal") as a pair of childhood best friends who had been inseparable growing up, until a rift tore their friendship apart. Now, as they ap- proach midlife, the pair finally re- connect, but their renewed friend- ship soon becomes all-consuming. As they work to move past their decades-old issues, they quickly find their lives destabilizing in hi- larious ways. Directed by Nicholas Stoller ("Neighbors," 2014), "Pla- tonic" also stars Luke Macfarlane ("Brothers & Sisters"), Tre Hale ("Love and Monsters," 2020), An- drew Lopez ("Blockers," 2018) and Carla Gallo ("Neighbors," 2014). Rogen, Byrne, Stoller, Franc- esca Delbanco ("Friends From Col- lege") and Conor Welch ("Pan- handle") are executive producers. WHAT'S NEW ON DISNEY+ "American Born Chinese" - Season 1 The highly anticipated action comedy "American Born Chinese," based on the groundbreaking graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, makes its debut on Disney+ Wednesday, May 24. An average teenager, Jin Wang (Ben Wang, "Chang Can Dunk," 2023) is just doing his best to balance his home life with the trials and tribulations of high school. When he meets and befriends a new foreign stu- dent (Jimmy Liu, "The Farewell," 2019), Jin's world changes forever when he learns that his new friend is the son of a mythological Chi- nese god. As he searches for his own identity, this family, comedy and action-packed story finds Jin embroiled in an otherworldly bat- tle beyond his wildest dreams. From executive producer, show- runner and writer Kelvin Yu ("Bob's Burgers"), "American Born Chinese" is directed by Des- tin Daniel Cretton ("Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," 2021) and Lucy Liu ("Elementa- ry"). Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan and James Hong reunite to star in the series after their work in the Oscar- sweeping film "Everything Every- where All At Once" (2022), along- side Yeo Yann Yann ("Ilo Ilo," 2013), Chin Han ("The Dark Knight," 2008), Poppy Liu ("Hacks"), Sydney Taylor ("Just Add Magic: Mystery City"), Daniel Wu ("Into the Badlands") and "Crazy Rich Asians'" (2018) Ronny Chieng and Jimmy O. Yang. "Chip 'N Dale: Park Life" - Season 2 Tiny troublemakers Chip and Dale return with a new season of hilarious shenanigans when "Chip 'N' Dale: Park Life" premieres the first six episodes of its second sea- son Wednesday, May 24, on Dis- ney+. This children's computer-ani- mated series — presented in a classic, non-verbal cartoon comedy style — follows the lovably mis- chievous chipmunks Chip (Mat- thew Géczy, "Les Légendaires") and Dale (Kaycie Chase, "The Smurfs") as they live the luxurious park life and go on sky-high adven- tures. This time, the duo go on even bigger and wilder adventures as they continue on their quest to in- crease their acorn stash to gargan- tuan proportions. All the while, Chip and Dale are joined in their mayhem by Disney favorite charac- ters including Pluto (Bill Farmer, "A Goofy Movie," 1995), Donald Duck (Sylvain Caruso, "Kingdom Hearts," 2002) and more. From cre- ator and writer Kathleen Shugrue ("Camp Camp") and director Jean Cayrol ("Paprika"), the series also voice stars David Gasman ("Mush Mush & the Mushables"), Lee De- long ("Invisible Network of Kids") and Barbara Scaff ("Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets," 2017). WHAT'S NEW ON PRIME VIDEO "The Gryphon" Prime Video Germany's six- episode, big-budget fantasy epic, "The Gryphon," based on book series by Wolfgang Hohl- bein, makes its international de- but on the Amazon streamer Fri- day, May 26. The story follows misfits Mark (Jeremias Meyer, "Vampire Sisters," 2012), Memo (Zoran Pingel, "The Island") and Becky (Lea Drinda, "We Children from Bahnhof Zoo"), as they stumble upon a fantastical world called The Black Tower. It is here where a world-devouring mon- ster called the Gryphon, who ruthlessly subjugates all living creatures he comes across, re- sides. Reluctant be drawn into a monster fight, despite being the only one who can take down the Gryphon, it isn't until his brother Thomas (Theo Trebs, "The White Ribbon," 2009) goes missing that Mark and his friends face their destiny and set out to con- front the dangers of The Black Tower. Brought to the screen by creators Sebastian Marka and Erol Yesilkaya (both of "Tatort"), "The Gryphon" is directed by Marka and Max Zahle ("Schrot- ten!," 2016) and executive pro- duced by Quirin Berg ("Pagan Peak"), Max Wiedemann ("Who Am I," 2014) and André Zoch ("How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)"). Sabine Timoteo ("The Chronicles of Melanie," 2016), Flora Li Thiemann ("The After- math," 2019), Yuri Volsch ("Das Boot"), Samirah Breuer ("Alma- nia"), Thorsten Merten ("Baby- lon Berlin"), Sebi Jaeger ("Fly," 2021), Golo Euler ("Kasimir und Karoline," 2011) and Sebastian Jager ("Lenssen & Partner") also star. 10 | Streaming Waltman Flooring 2 x 2" Family Services 2 x 1.5" Ben Wang stars in "American Born Chinese" Kokomo Speedway 2 x 2" Friendship Haven 2 x 2"