Premiering on Friday, November 11, is the Netflix original movie True Memoirs of an International Assassin directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring Kevin James, Zulay Henao, Andy Garcia, Maurice Compte, Kelen Coleman, Andrew Howard, Rob Riggle, Leonard Earl Howze, Yul Vazquez and Kim Coates. The film’s original music is composed by Ludwig Goransson (Creed, Community, Fruitvale Station, New Girl, Central Intelligence). The comedy follows a mild-mannered would-be author who gets mistaken for a killer-for-hire when his fictional novel about an international assassin is published as a true story. The movie will be available to stream on Friday on Netflix.
Also premiering on Friday is the sci-fi adventure comedy MECH-X4 created by Steve Marmel and starring Nathaniel Potvin, Raymond Cham, Kamran Lucas, Pearce Joza and Alyssa Jirrels. Tim Wynn (The Starving Games, Superfast!, Warhawk video game) is composing the show’s original music. The series follows a freshman at Bay City High who mysteriously awakens MECH-X4, a giant robot built to defend Bay City against impending doom. The comedy will premiere this Friday on the Disney Channel.
Missing from last week’s TV music roundup was the new TBS original series People of Earth created by David Jenkins and starring Wyatt Cenac, Ana Gasteyer, Oscar Nunez, Michael Cassidy, Alice Wetterlund, Luka Jones, Brian Huskey, Nance Lenehan, Tracee Chimo, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Bjorn Gustafsson and Ken Hall. The show’s original music is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (21/22 Jump Street, The Lego Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Royal Tenenbaums). The comedy follows a journalist who investigates a support group for oddballs who think they have been abducted by aliens. The show premiered on October 31 and will air every Monday night on CBS.
