Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British TV movie To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters written and directed by Sally Wainwright and starring Finn Atkins, Chloe Pirrie, Charlie Murphy, Jonathan Pryce and Adam Nagaitis. The film’s original music is composed by John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The Last Kingdom, The White Queen). The drama revolves around the Bronte sisters’ battle to overcome obstacles and publish their novels, which would become some of the greatest in the English language. The movie premiered in the UK this past December and airs in the U.S. as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series. Visit PBS’ official website for more information.
Premiering on Tuesday, March 28, is the BET original series Rebel created by John Singleton & Amani Walker and starring Danielle Moné Truitt, Giancarlo Esposito, Mykelti Williamson, Method Man, and LaTanya Richardson. Raphael Saadiq (Underground, Black Nativity, Underground) is composing the show’s original music and Shie Rozow contributed the music for the first two episodes. The drama about a racially motivated police shooting will air Tuesday nights on BET. Visit the official show website for updates.
Premiering on Wednesday, March 29, is the new ABC comedy Imaginary Mary created by Adam F. Goldberg & David Guarascio and starring Jenna Elfman, Stephen Schneider, Rachel Dratch, Nicholas Coombe, Matreya Scarrwener and Erica Trembay. The show’s original music is composed by Michael Wandmacher (The Goldbergs, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Piranha 3D, Underworld: Blood Wars). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the official show website to learn more about the series, which will air Wednesday nights on ABC.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the Hulu original series Harlots created by Moira Buffini & Alison Newman and starring Samantha Morton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Eloise Smyth and Lesley Manville. Rael Jones (Suite Francaise, Kids in Love, My Cousin Rachel) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which follows a woman who struggles to reconcile her roles as brothel owner and mother to her daughters in 18th Century London.
Premiering on Friday, March 31, is the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why developed by Brian Yorkey based on the best-selling books by Jay Asher and starring Dylan Minnette, Katherine Langford, Kate Walsh, Brian D’Arcy James, Derek Luke, Christian Navarro, Brandon Flynn, Justin Prentice, Alisha Boe and Tommy Dorfman. The show’s original music is composed by Eskmo (Billions). Visit our previous article to learn more about the drama. The series’ full first season will be available to stream on Netflix.
Also premiering on Friday is the docu-series Five Came Back directed by Laurent Bouzereau, written by Mark Harris based on his best-selling book of the same title, executive produced by Steven Spielberg & Scott Rudin and narrated by Meryl Streep. Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall, Finding Nemo) has composed the show’s main titles theme and Jeremy Turner (A Birder’s Guide to Everything, A Year in Space) has scored the 3-part series. Click here for more information about the documentary.
